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Brain and behaviour

We are all human, but we all behave differently. Why is that? On research into what moves people and how our behavior emerges from our brain: from the level of molecules to human relationships.

News

Baby kijkt in onderzoeksopstelling naar scherm met monster

Flexible babies: eight-month-old babies can adapt their learning style to change

Babies as young as eight months old can adapt their learning style to changing situations, according to research by Francesco Poli of the Donders Institute at Radboud University.

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Research on student well-being: ‘a lot is going well, but there are also points of concern’

The majority of students are doing well, according to the research project 'Healthy Student Life', but there are also concerning signals: moderate to high stress levels and depression symptoms, cannabis use and problematic internet use.

Kindervoeten die worden gekieteld

Why after 2000 years we still don't know how tickling works

How come you can't tickle yourself? And why can some people handle tickling perfectly fine while others scream their heads off? Neuroscientist Konstantina Kilteni researches these questions in her tickle lab at Radboud University.

Researchers on behaviour

Prof. J.C.T.M. Karremans (Johan)
Dr Y.H.M. van den Berg (Yvonne)
Prof. J.M. Vink (Jacqueline)
Prof. A.G. Sanfey (Alan)
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Brain researchers

Prof. K. Roelofs (Karin)
Prof. E. Aarts (Esther)
Prof. F.P. de Lange (Floris)
Prof. S. Hunnius (Sabine)
Dr L.K.E. Genzel (Lisa)
Prof. H. Bekkering (Harold)
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Research projects

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VMBO Sportlab

In the research project vmbo sportlab, a consortium of young people, practitioners and researchers will provide insights and knowledge about how to tackle inactivity among VMBO students and get them playing sport and exercising into later life

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The Understanding Coach

Patients with memory loss often need more support as their condition worsens. The Understanding Coach project is developing a compassionate AI-powered virtual human tool that is aimed at improving these patients’ quality of life.

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DYNAMIC

A consortium of seven partners, led by the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour (Radboud University)will build the world's first MRI scanner with a magnetic field strength of 14 Tesla in Nijmegen.

Contact

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