Sander Nieuwenhuis
Professor
- Name
- Prof. dr. S.T. Nieuwenhuis
- Telephone
- 071 5273834
- snieuwenhuis@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-2418-3879
Sander Nieuwenhuis is professor of Cognitive Neuroscience of Decision Making in the Cognitive Psychology department of the Institute of Psychology.
More information about Sander Nieuwenhuis
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Summary
Sander Nieuwenhuis studied cognitive psychology in Groningen. He obtained his PhD in 2001 at the University of Amsterdam where he started his research line on the role of the prefrontal cortex in cognitive control. He was visiting research fellow at Cambridge University and postdoc at Princeton University and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam before he joined Leiden University as assistant professsor in 2006. At Princeton University, he started his second research line on the role of the noradrenergic system in human cognition. As of 2012 Nieuwenhuis has been full professor at Leiden University. His full CV can be found here.
For more information see his lab website.
Position
- Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
- Chair of the Research Master Program Committee
Teaching
- Coordinator and lecturer Scientific Writing
Professor
- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
- Psychology
- Cognitive Psychology