Summary
Currently I am doing research in age-related cognitive decline and different types of cognitive enhancement. I am specifically interested in meditation or mindfulness interventions within a large study among elderly citizens in the city of Leiden. I study different styles of meditation that may combat age-related cognitive decline and effects of these practices on attention and executive control processes, neurobiological mechanisms and implicated genetic markers. Other research interests include but are not restricted to:

• cognitive science of religion,
• creativity,
• consciousness,
• evolution,
• cultural differences and
• behavioural economics.

• Promotor

Guido Band

Bernhard Hommel

Position:

PhD candidate

Publications