Program (everyone welcome, no need to register except for expert meeting): Thursday August 29, University of Amsterdam Extended methodological talk on quantitative model fitting. Time: 14:00-15:30, location: Universiteitstheater 3.01, Nieuwe Doelenstraat 16-18  Friday August 30, Utrecht University Expert meeting on the article by Collins & Frank (PNAS, 2018), Within- and across-trial dynamics of human EEG reveal…

The question that has baffled scientists and philosophers for centuries is how molecules, cells, neurotransmitters and hormones in our brains create consciousness and self-awareness? The PhD course Neurophilosophy of Mind and Consciousness provides students with novel and practical insights into this field, which will contribute to theorizing and academic writing skills. Neurophilosophy of Mind and Consciousness…

The KNAW hosts a master class on current issues in (visual) working memory, supported by the EPOS and Helmholtz graduate schools. Three world-renowned experts will treat conceptual, modeling, and methodological aspects of working memory research. The master class is targeted towards PhD students in the cognitive sciences and neighboring fields, and assumes background knowledge on…

Helmholtz Lecture: 25 January 2019, from 14.45 – 15.45, Academiegebouw – Aula, Domplein 29 in Utrecht January 25th , 2019 –Holly Bridge,  Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, UK “Investigating the pathways underlying residual vision in hemianopia” Damage to the primary visual cortex leads to loss of the visual field contralateral to the damaged cortex….

On the 3rd of April, 2019, the Traffic Psychology Day 2019 will be organized in Utrecht. This is an annual meeting of Dutch psychology researchers to present and discuss the most recent development in the field of behaviour, traffic and mobility. The event is co-organized by Helmholtz members Stella Donkers and Chris Janssen, and there…

From the 22th to the 25th of September, 2019, Helmholtz members Chris Janssen and Stella Donker organize the Automotive User Interfaces Conference in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The conference aims to be a platform for the exchange of research, applications and educational ideas on technical and human aspects of user interfaces in the automobile domain. For…

On the 5th of November, Eveline Crone from Leiden University will give a lecture about thinking about the self and others in adolescence. She will discuss the changes that occur within the adolescent brain in the regions that are important for thinking about the self and others in the context of adolescent specific opportunites, for…

From the 5th to the 7th of December, the Dutch Experimental Psychological Graduate Research School (EPOS) and the Helmholtz institute organize a winter school on the topic of ‘Inhibition’ with among others Leonardo Chelazzi, Lotte van Dillen and Leon Kenemans. The goal of this event is to give an introduction to and an overview of recent advances in…

On the 9th of November, Edward Vogel from the department of Psychology and Institute of Mind and Biology of the University of Chicago will give a lecture about ‘Dissecting the focus of attention in working memory’.

Terburg, Scheggia, del Rio, Klumpers, Ciobanu, Morgan, Montoya, Bos, Giobellina, van den Burg, de Gelder, Stein, Stoop and van Honk have published in article in Cell called ‘The Basolateral Amygdala Is Essential for Rapid Escape: A Human and Rodent Study’. The main points that have been put forward are that the human bilateral BLA damage…