Donders Institute Open Dag

Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour

The Donders Institute explores the human brain, cognition, and behaviour across various disciplines, including medicine, physics, biology, psychology, AI, and language studies. Our researchers collaborate to enhance knowledge of the brain, aiming to benefit health, education, and technology.

Highlights

DI Open Dag 2026

The Brain Show aftermovie

Exactly one month ago, Donders Institute opened its doors for The Brain Show. On Saturday 21 March, the Trigon building was transformed into a vibrant venue brimming with wonder, curiosity and discoveries about the brain.

Gianina Cristian

Brain signals linked to intelligence in developing children

Subtle patterns in children’s brain activity can predict individual differences in intelligence, a new study published in The Journal of Neuroscience shows.

Portrait picture of Sabine Kastner

Donders Lecture by Sabine Kastner

In the Donders Lecture, Sabine Kastner will talk about attention control in the primate brain.

Agenda

Science Communication Masterclass

DCN seminar by Danny Nedialkova

Babybabbels: Peuters en pixels

Welcome Meeting for new Donderians

This is the Donders Institute

The Donders Institute, based in Nijmegen, is a leading research institute in the field of brain, cognition and behaviour. In this short video, you will get a unique insight into the work of more than 1,000 scientists from this network, spread across six partners on the Nijmegen campus.

Learn more about the Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour

The Donders Institute and the Donders Citylab offer several opportunities to learn more about our science. We are always looking for research participants to do experiments and you are invited to visit the Brain Museum in the city centre of Nijmegen:

Sensorimotor lab

Become a research participant

Help us by participating in one of our research projects

Help us by participating in one of our research projects
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