Research Archive
Henkjan Honing endowed chair in music cognition
Dr H.J. Honing (1959) has been named professor by special appointment of Music Cognition at the University of Amsterdam's Faculty of Humanities, effective 1 September 2010. The coming three years he will be hold the Hendrik Muller chair, designated on behalf of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences' (KNAW) Academy Chairs in the Humanities Foundation. Read more...
Dr H.J. Honing (1959) has been named professor by special appointment of Music Cognition at the University of Amsterdam's Faculty of Humanities, effective 1 September 2010. The coming three years he will be hold the Hendrik Muller chair, designated on behalf of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences' (KNAW) Academy Chairs in the Humanities Foundation. Read more...
Research projects wanted
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Every year our first and second year master students have to participate in a research project. If your research lab has an interesting project where one or more students can participate in, please contact our programme assistant at: info-mcs@uva.nl
You can find more information about the research projects and an overview of current research opportunities here.
Schizophrenia caused by aberrant brain structure
The mental problems experienced by schizophrenia patients stem in large part from a disruption in the way events are processed within the hippocampus and parahippocampal region of their brains. This discovery was made recently by neuroscientist Lucia Talamini of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and a team of researchers from the UvA Academic Medical Center (AMC-UvA) and VU University Amsterdam. Their findings will be published shortly in PloS One. Read more...
The mental problems experienced by schizophrenia patients stem in large part from a disruption in the way events are processed within the hippocampus and parahippocampal region of their brains. This discovery was made recently by neuroscientist Lucia Talamini of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and a team of researchers from the UvA Academic Medical Center (AMC-UvA) and VU University Amsterdam. Their findings will be published shortly in PloS One. Read more...
NWO investment grant for Cyriel Pennartz
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has granted an ‘Investment Subsidy NWO Medium' to four researchers at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the Academic Medical Center (AMC-UvA). CSCA-researcher Prof. dr. Cyriel Pennartz is one of them.
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The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has granted an ‘Investment Subsidy NWO Medium' to four researchers at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the Academic Medical Center (AMC-UvA). CSCA-researcher Prof. dr. Cyriel Pennartz is one of them.
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Why do some people learn from their mistakes, while others don't?
People learn from their mistakes. But not everyone learns at the same rate; some people are prone to repeating their mistakes. Psychologist Mike Cohen is researching why that is, and why impulsive people tend to repeat their mistakes more often. He received a Vidi grant of €800,000 to carry out his research.
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People learn from their mistakes. But not everyone learns at the same rate; some people are prone to repeating their mistakes. Psychologist Mike Cohen is researching why that is, and why impulsive people tend to repeat their mistakes more often. He received a Vidi grant of €800,000 to carry out his research.
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The forgotten factor in anxiety disorders: The action tendency
Little is known about the mechanisms that link individual susceptibility to the development of anxiety disorders. Psychologist Dr Tom Beckers received a Vidi grant of €800,000 for his research into the behavioural science component of these disorders.
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Little is known about the mechanisms that link individual susceptibility to the development of anxiety disorders. Psychologist Dr Tom Beckers received a Vidi grant of €800,000 for his research into the behavioural science component of these disorders.
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Get angry or get happy: Which emotion works best?
People who want to influence others often use emotions, even if they don't realise it. There's never been any research into whether or not this actually works. That's why psychologist Dr Gerben van Kleef is carrying out research into which emotions are effective in influencing others, and under what circumstances. He received a Vidi grant of €800,000 to carry out his research.
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People who want to influence others often use emotions, even if they don't realise it. There's never been any research into whether or not this actually works. That's why psychologist Dr Gerben van Kleef is carrying out research into which emotions are effective in influencing others, and under what circumstances. He received a Vidi grant of €800,000 to carry out his research.
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Berlin School of Mind and Brain invites visiting scholars
The Berlin School of Mind and Brain is an international research school, located in the vibrant heart of Berlin. Visiting scholars will have a doctoral degree, and be working in an area of research relevant to the School. Read more...
The Berlin School of Mind and Brain is an international research school, located in the vibrant heart of Berlin. Visiting scholars will have a doctoral degree, and be working in an area of research relevant to the School. Read more...
Study of African IQ levels proven to be substandard
The controversial study on African IQ levels conducted by psychologist Richard Lynn is deeply flawed. This is concluded by UvA-researcher Jelte Wicherts and others.
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The controversial study on African IQ levels conducted by psychologist Richard Lynn is deeply flawed. This is concluded by UvA-researcher Jelte Wicherts and others.
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Occasionally punishing egoistical behaviour stimulates cooperation
Social cooperation can be stimulated if people offer to assist strangers and occasionally punish those who refuse to help others. This conclusion is the result of a study by Arthur Schram and Aljaz Ule of the University of Amsterdam, Arno Riedl of Maastricht University and Timothy Cason of Purdue University (USA). The results of their research were published in Science. Read more...
Social cooperation can be stimulated if people offer to assist strangers and occasionally punish those who refuse to help others. This conclusion is the result of a study by Arthur Schram and Aljaz Ule of the University of Amsterdam, Arno Riedl of Maastricht University and Timothy Cason of Purdue University (USA). The results of their research were published in Science. Read more...
Preventing worriers today from developing depression tomorrow
Excessive worrying and pondering - repeatedly experiencing negative thoughts about one's sense of feeling down - can lead to depressions and anxiety disorders. Dr Thomas Ehring and Professor Paul Emmelkamp, psychologists at the University of Amsterdam, received a €243,000 subsidy from the Netherlands organisation for health research and development (ZonMw) to study the effect of a preventative treatment for worriers.
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Excessive worrying and pondering - repeatedly experiencing negative thoughts about one's sense of feeling down - can lead to depressions and anxiety disorders. Dr Thomas Ehring and Professor Paul Emmelkamp, psychologists at the University of Amsterdam, received a €243,000 subsidy from the Netherlands organisation for health research and development (ZonMw) to study the effect of a preventative treatment for worriers.
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Published psychological study analyses often impossible to verify
In a letter published in this week's Nature, UvA psychologists Jelte Wicherts and Marjan Bakker criticise revised guidelines that make it more difficult to check the results of analyses presented in psychology publications. Their letter was written in response to the revised version of the Publication Manual drawn up by the American Psychological Association (APA).
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In a letter published in this week's Nature, UvA psychologists Jelte Wicherts and Marjan Bakker criticise revised guidelines that make it more difficult to check the results of analyses presented in psychology publications. Their letter was written in response to the revised version of the Publication Manual drawn up by the American Psychological Association (APA).
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Study of ADHD in adolescents receives 450,000 euro grant
UvA psychologist Dr Saskia van der Oord, Dr Hilde Geurts, Prof. Pier Prins and Ms Marije Kuin of ZonMW (the Netherlands organisation for health research and development) have been awarded a € 450,000 grant to study of the effectiveness of treatment for adolescents with ADHD that find it difficult to plan and organise their work. The training programme developed by Kuin and Van der Oord is the first of its kind to be targeted specifically at this age group.
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UvA psychologist Dr Saskia van der Oord, Dr Hilde Geurts, Prof. Pier Prins and Ms Marije Kuin of ZonMW (the Netherlands organisation for health research and development) have been awarded a € 450,000 grant to study of the effectiveness of treatment for adolescents with ADHD that find it difficult to plan and organise their work. The training programme developed by Kuin and Van der Oord is the first of its kind to be targeted specifically at this age group.
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Pauline Spaan receives Cermak Award
UvA neuropsychologist Pauline Spaan (Psychonomics Programme Group) received the Cermak Award in recognition of her research on memory problems among very old people. The prize was awarded by the International Neuropsychological Society (INS), the leading scientific association for neuropsychologists. Read more...
UvA neuropsychologist Pauline Spaan (Psychonomics Programme Group) received the Cermak Award in recognition of her research on memory problems among very old people. The prize was awarded by the International Neuropsychological Society (INS), the leading scientific association for neuropsychologists. Read more...
Hippocampus seems to be memory's booster engine
When we remember an important event, we almost automatically recall the place associated with the memory. But how do our brains make and record this link between the event and the place? Researchers of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) have discovered that two areas of the brain replay the information during deep sleep in rapid succession and ten times as fast as when we are awake. Read more...
When we remember an important event, we almost automatically recall the place associated with the memory. But how do our brains make and record this link between the event and the place? Researchers of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) have discovered that two areas of the brain replay the information during deep sleep in rapid succession and ten times as fast as when we are awake. Read more...
Psychologists introduce unique behavioural questionnaire
Psychologists Mariëtte Huizinga and Diana Smidts of the University of Amsterdam have introduced a behavioural questionnaire to help determine how children respond to everyday situations. This originally American questionnaire is unique in the Netherlands.
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Psychologists Mariëtte Huizinga and Diana Smidts of the University of Amsterdam have introduced a behavioural questionnaire to help determine how children respond to everyday situations. This originally American questionnaire is unique in the Netherlands.
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Brain uses two codes for one sensory experience
Our brain makes use of two codes for the perception of one sensory experience. Cyriel Pennartz, Professor of Animal Physiology and Cognitive Neurobiology at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), makes this claim as part of a newly-developed theory. Read more...
Our brain makes use of two codes for the perception of one sensory experience. Cyriel Pennartz, Professor of Animal Physiology and Cognitive Neurobiology at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), makes this claim as part of a newly-developed theory. Read more...
Sleep helps us to store relevant information
Francesco Battaglia of the Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences at the UvA and scientists at the CNRS - Collège de France show in their research that the cerebral cortex and the hippocampus communicate with one another during sleep and together replay previously acquired information. Read more...
Francesco Battaglia of the Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences at the UvA and scientists at the CNRS - Collège de France show in their research that the cerebral cortex and the hippocampus communicate with one another during sleep and together replay previously acquired information. Read more...
Third call for applications for NENS Stipends 2009 opens now!
NENS announces a round of applications for its inter-European exchange programme. Are you a Master or PhD student registered within a NENS school? Planning to spend a period of one to three months at a NENS lab of your choice? Then this programme is for you! Read more...
How do we deal with risks?
Dutch insurance company Achmea has awarded € 280,000 subsidy for a PhD study on risk perception. Read more...
Dutch insurance company Achmea has awarded € 280,000 subsidy for a PhD study on risk perception. Read more...
SIOP Fellowship for psychologist De Dreu
Carsten de Dreu, professor of Work and Organisational Psychology was appointed fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychology. De Dreu is one of the few Europeans to have received the honour. Read more...
Carsten de Dreu, professor of Work and Organisational Psychology was appointed fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychology. De Dreu is one of the few Europeans to have received the honour. Read more...