🧠 🌍 How does frontier research contribute to society and democracy? This was the central theme during European Research Council (ERC) President Maria Leptin’s visit. 📺 Missed the event? Watch the recording via Association of ERC Grantees: www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

ERC President Maria Leptin visit: science, society and the future of European research | Radboud University

The Donders Institute and Radboud University welcomed ERC President Maria Leptin for an inspiring afternoon dedicated to the role of frontier research in society. A recording of the second part of the...

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Paula Rubio-Fernández has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant for the project COMMON_GROUND. The grant will allow Paula to test and develop a new theory of how people build and manage the shared understanding that makes communication possible. www.mpi.nl/news/paula-r...

Donders Day 2026: science, community & recognition ✨🔬🌍 Energy, exchange and inspiration defined Donders Day 2026, showcasing the breadth of research across the institute’s four themes and thee partners.🏆 Congratulations to all award winners: www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

🧠 Doctoral Network grant for DESTINIES, led by Judith Homberg (Radboudumc). Globally, 20–30% of the population is highly sensitive. DESTINIES will train researchers and study how this trait develops and functions in the brain. 👉 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

Doctoral Network beurs voor training en onderzoek naar het hoogsensitieve brein | Radboud Universiteit

Het Europese Horizon Europe–programma Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions heeft een Doctoral Network-beurs toegekend aan het project DESTINIES. Met deze beurs wordt onder leiding van Judith Homberg (Radbou...

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Answered by or Andrew Vo of the @dondersinst.bsky.social ; editors: @fleurzeldenrust.bsky.social and Sjoerd Murris brainhelpdesk.nl/en/vraag/wel... Do you also have a #brain #question? Ask it at the @brainhelpdesk.bsky.social and we will come up with an #answer!

🧠 Brain signals linked to intelligence in developing children New research led by Gianina Cristian (Radboudumc) shows that subtle patterns in children’s brain activity are linked to intelligence. These findings were strongest during adolescence: www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

Brain signals linked to intelligence in developing children | Radboud University

Subtle patterns in children’s brain activity can predict individual differences in intelligence, a new study published in The Journal of Neuroscience shows.

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🧠 🎉 How does the brain create meaning? @martinavinck.bsky.social received an ERC Consolidator to study how brain areas collaborate for thought, attention, and consciousness. 📍 Nijmegen is ideal, combining computational and experimental neuroscience with top PhDs: 👇 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

How the brain creates meaning: Martin Vinck investigates the key to thoughts, attention and consciousness | Radboud University

Hoe creëert het brein betekenis uit de enorme hoeveelheid informatie die het voortdurend binnenkrijgt? Volgens neurowetenschapper Martin Vinck ligt het antwoord in large-scale integratie.

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Registrations for the escape rooms at the Brein Show (21st March) are now open! www.ru.nl/donders-inst...

🧠 Roshan Cools appointed Director of the Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging. Cools knows the institute inside out. After 9 years in Cambridge and Berkeley, she returned to Nijmegen in 2007 because she believed it was the best place to do cognitive neuroscience: 👇 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

Roshan Cools appointed scientific director of the Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging | Radboud University

On 1 March, Roshan Cools was appointed scientific director of the Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging (DCCN), one of the six partners of the Donders Institute. She succeeds Alan Sanfey, who has ...

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🎉 🧠 Professor Esther Aarts has been awarded a NWO (Dutch Research Council) #Vici #grant to study how the #gut talks to the #brain in people with #obesity and #ADHD. 👇 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

Vici Grant for Esther Aarts to study how the gut shapes the brain in overeating | Radboud University

Our gut sends signals to the brain about hunger and fullness, but we still do not understand well how the gut–brain connection affects eating when people eat without being hungry.

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🧠 A nudge in the right direction A recent study, published in Nature Communications, demonstrates that focused transcranial ultrasound (#FUS) can stimulate the brain ánd influence human behaviour — all without surgery or implants. 🎯 Read more: 👇 www.ru.nl/en/research/...

Ultrasound gives the brain a nudge in the right direction | Radboud University

Neuroscientist Soha Farboud of the Donders Institute at Radboud University has succeeded in adjusting activity in specific brain areas using a new technique.

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🧠 The BrainHelpDesk was featured in Brain Structure and Function as an example of how science communication can move beyond traditional academic settings. #science #communication as #dialogue rather than a monologue. 🗣️💬 The BrainHelpDesk welcomes your questions. 👇 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

BrainHelpDesk: Your questions answered by neuroscience experts | Radboud University

In a recent publication in Brain Structure and Function, The BrainHelpDesk is featured as an innovative way to engage with the public. This online platform enables anyone to ask questions about the br...

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🧠🎬 The Missing Piece — Understanding Psychosis through Lived Experience This new documentary (screening on 20 February), the team follows David — a father, caregiver and lived-experience expert. After the screening, join a discussion with the researchers and filmmakers. 👇 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

Documentary: The Missing Piece | Radboud University

On Friday, 20 February, the Precognition team will present a documentary by Tim Wiesner and Dr. Charlotte Fraza, with Prof. Andre Marquand, exploring the tension between lived experience of psychosis ...

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🧠 Donders Institute Open Dag: De Brein Show 🧠 Op zaterdag 21 maart organiseert het Donders Institute een bijzondere open dag: De Brein Show. Een middag vol verwondering, illusies, experimenten en ontdekkingen voor jong én oud. 👉 www.ru.nl/donders-inst...

Donders Institute Open Dag | Radboud Universiteit

Ontdek hoe fascinerend jouw brein is tijdens De Brein Show! Een dag vol interactieve belevenissen van spannende escape rooms en illusies tot live demonstraties, lezingen en experimenten – er is voor i...

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🧠 #Korsakoff’s is a serious brain disorder that has a major impact on the lives of those who suffer from it. In the #Netherlands, an estimated 8,000 to 10,000 people are affected. Only 20% of suspected cases actually receive the diagnosis. Getting it right is crucial. 👇 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

Korsakoff in focus: why more accurate diagnosis is essential for good care | Radboud University

Het syndroom van Korsakov is een ernstige hersenaandoening die veel impact heeft op het leven van mensen die het krijgen. In Nederland gaat het naar schatting om 8.000 tot 10.000 mensen. Er worden sta...

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This lab-in-the-field study embedded a classic economic task, the Ultimatum Game, in a museum, capturing <18,672 decisions about fairness from volunteer members of the public, revealing that information sampling shapes responses to unfairness. @sarahvahed.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Large-scale community study reveals information sampling drives fairness decisions - Communications Psychology

This citizen science, lab-in-the-field study embedded a classic economic task, the Ultimatum Game, in a museum, capturing &gt;18,672 decisions about fairness from volunteer members of the public, reve...

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Answer: Ségolène Bompierre and Kristin Lemhöfer of the @dondersinst.bsky.social; editing/translation: Marina Boon: brainhelpdesk.nl/en/vraag/how... Do you also have a #brain #question? Ask it at the @brainhelpdesk.bsky.social of the @dondersinst.bsky.social and we will come up with an #answer!

New research from @peelen.bsky.social, shows our brain actively predicts how they should look based on the 3D structure of the environment. Even when objects are temporarily hidden from view, their expected orientation can be decoded from activity in the visual cortex. 👇 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

How the brain predicts objects in a changing world | Radboud University

In everyday life, we often encounter objects that are partially hidden or only seen from the corner of our eye. Our brain is remarkably good at keeping track of objects, and new research reveals how t...

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🗺️ 🧠 #Parkinson’s disease is not evenly distributed across #NL. Parkinson’s is more common in the #northern #provinces, occurs more often in men than women, and is linked to higher socioeconomic status. The risk increases with age, peaking between 75 and 85 years. 👇 www.radboudumc.nl/en/news-item...

🧠 Each year, 2k–3k people aged 18 to 50 experience a #stroke. Many develop long-term cognitive problems, such as slower information processing, language difficulties and memory impairments. Recognising and acknowledging these problems is the first step. www.radboudumc.nl/en/news-item...

Many young people experience long-term cognitive impairments after ischemic stroke - Thinking problems often persist and affect working life

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🎥 Wat gebeurt er in je hersenen als je bang bent – en kun je angst uitzetten? 😱 Angsthaas Jurre Geluk en 💪 durfal Sahil Amar Aissa doken het lab van @epanlab.bsky.social in en testten met VR of het beroemde ‘angstknopje’ aan- en uit te zetten is: www.zapp.nl/programmas/p...

✨ 2026 Executive Board update: Donders Institute continues to support collaboration 🤝🧠 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

2026 Executive Board update: Donders Institute continues to support collaboration | Radboud University

While the institute was formally established on 18 May 2024, this agreement now formally underpins our collaboration across the network.

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📺 💥 Gisteren bij NPO Focus: Sabrina van Heukelum onderzoekt welke sporen #PTSS achterlaat en of die anders zijn bij vrouwtjes dan bij mannetjes? @epanlab.bsky.social Roelofs onderzocht hoe agenten in opleiding reageren onder druk als ze moeten kiezen om te schieten of niet: 👇

Trauma in het vrouwenbrein | NPO Start

Vrouwen hebben een twee keer zo grote kans om PTSS te ontwikkelen, een posttraumatische stressstoornis. Dat terwijl het meeste onderzoek naar deze stoornis is gedaan bij mannen. Petra Grijzen volgt on...

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🎉 muZIEum reopens its doors this weekend! 👀 After a major renovation, muZIEum will open again — just in time for the Christmas holidays! In the fully redesigned spaces, new routes and sensory encounters await: a place where you don’t need to see anything to experience everything. 👉 muzieum.nl

Answer by Ineke van Rossum of the Leiden University Medical Center; editing and translation by Marina Boon: brainhelpdesk.nl/en/vraag/wat... Do you also have a #brain #question? Ask it at the @dondersinst.bsky.social @brainhelpdesk.bsky.social and we will come up with an #answer!

🧠💤 #Sleep is crucial for the production of #antibodies, the #clearing of harmful substances from the brain, and the release of #growthhormone. 👶🧒 Some recent examples of sleep benefits according to @dresler.bsky.social. Read the full article here: 👇 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

Why we sleep: insights from current research | Radboud University

In the sleep lab of Martin Dresler, scientists work every day to piece together the scientific puzzle of sleep. We spend roughly a third of our lives asleep, switching off for eight hours makes any or...

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2/2 and Prof. @martinavinck.bsky.social for the NONLIN project, which investigates the non-linear mechanisms that underpin human cognition: www.ru.nl/en/research/...

ERC Consolidator Grants for research on methane eaters, air showers and language in our brain | Radboud University

Five Radboud University researchers are set to receive a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). Their research covers topics such as methane-eating micro-organisms, air showers f...

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1/2 ERC Consolidator Grants for @stephforkel.bsky.social Forkel, for the project EMERGENCE, which aims to transform our understanding of how language arises from the complex interactions within the connected brain: www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

ERC Consolidator Grant of €2 million to map how language emerges in the human brain | Radboud University

Stephanie Forkel has been awarded a prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant worth €2 million to transform our understanding of how language arises from the complex interplay of neural systems in the human ...

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🧠📚 #Longread: Parkinson’s is the canary in the coal mine In The Lancet Neurology, experts map out the historical development of #Parkinson’s and have a #call #to #politicians: If we act now, we can reverse this pandemic. 👇 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

Bas Bloem: Parkinson’s is the canary in the coal mine warning us that our environment is sick | Radboud University

In a recent publication in The Lancet Neurology, Bloem and a group of internationally recognised scientists place Parkinson's in historical perspective, beginning with James Parkinson, who first descr...

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👀 🖥️ #NEMO Met behulp van AI schreef journalist Niels Olfert #NEMO door alleen naar de letters te kijken. Lees en zie hoe dat werkt en hoe je in de toekomst er deuren mee kan openen of zelfs koffie zetten: 👇 www.nemokennislink.nl/publicaties/...

AI en EEG zetten je brein (om) in actie

Je hebt het vast al eens een gezien: zo’n ‘badmuts’ met draadjes, op het hoofd van een proefpersoon of patiënt. We gingen langs bij twee labs, waar AI herseninfo van zo’n EEG-muts koppelt aan acties.

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