Neuropsychologist Mariska Kret is through to the next round in the 2016 Science Talent contest organised by New Scientist magazine.

A tried and tested medication for treating ADHD works differently than expected in the brains of healthy individuals during rest: rather than stimulat...

Davood  Ghara Gozli (Cognitive Psychology) has received a Veni grant. As such, he is officially recognised as a promising young scientist by science f...

Nineteen researchers who have recently been awarded their PhD are to receive a Veni grant of up to 250,000 euros. Science funding agency NWO has awar...

Neuroscientist Anne Hafkemeijer is able to distinguish two different forms of dementia using advanced imaging techniques. This is the first step towar...

Prof. Bernhard Hommel has been awarded an Advanced Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). With this grant of 2.5 million euros the cognitive ps...

Bonobos – just like humans – pay more attention to pictures that show other members of their species displaying emotional behaviour than to neutral sc...

'We believe that developing a protocol to help people fight cancer is extremely valuable, given that cancer is such a prevalent and devastating diseas...

A virtual hand that feels as if it is your own. Feeling happier because a virtual face is smiling with you. Cognitive Psychologist Ke Ma discovered us...

The idea that socially anxious people avoid eye contact because they are not interested in other people needs to be changed. They take their informati...

How do practice and theory reinforce one another in neuroscience? Professor Birte Forstmann’s inaugural lecture on 2 October will be about building in...