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A new pathway for Cannabis to activate the brain

Functional CB2-receptors can also be found in the brain. This is the striking conclusion of the paper Excitability of prefrontal cortical pyramidal neurons is modulated by activation of intracellular type-2 cannabinoid receptors, written by, amongst others, Femke den Boon, Pascal Chameau, Wytse Wadman en Taco Werkman (SILS).

UvA second-placed Dutch university in World Reputation Rankings

The University of Amsterdam (UvA) is the joint second best Dutch university in the World Reputation Rankings 2012 compiled by Times Higher Education (THE). In the global rankings, the UvA is placed in the 71-80 group.

UvA study shows young people with chronically ill parents feel isolated

Young people with a chronically ill parent tend to feel more isolated and constrained in their day-to-day activities than age group peers with healthy parents. These are the findings of a study conducted by scientists from the University of Amsterdam (UvA). The results were published online in the Journal of Child and Family Studies on 22 February 2012.

CSCA Summer School 2012: Emotional Memory

The interdisciplinary CSCA Summer School 2012 on Emotional Memory is now open for registration.

Brain's decision network sensitive to prior knowledge

Research conducted by neuroscientists at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) has revealed that the frontoparietal network in the brain (an area used when making decisions) is involved in the processing of prior knowledge. The findings appeared in the Journal of Neuroscience on 15 Feburary 2012.

Sleep deprivation alters brain structure

Chronic sleep restriction causes a decrease in hippocampal volume in adolescent rats, which is not explained by changes in glucocorticoid levels or neurogenesis.

Henkjan Honing appointed professor of Cognitive and Computational Musicology

Henkjan Honing has been appointed professor of Cognitive and Computational Musicology at the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Science.

Use of antidepressants during pregnancy causes structural changes in the brain of the unborn child

The use of certain antidepressants by pregnant women influences the development of the brain of their foetus, according to researchers of the University of Amsterdam (UvA). The results of their research was published in 'Neuropharmacology'.

NET-symposium (Netwerk Eerste Taalverwerving)

A symposium on first language acquisition. The Amsterdam Centre for Language and Communication welcomes students (BA & MA), PhD candidates, post-docs, senior researchers and others to participate.

Friday 9 March 2012, 9:30 - 18:00

Amsterdam Brain Connectivity Conference

What are the strengths and limitations of different functional connectivity methods? Our speakers will analyze the same dataset using different techniques and present their results to answer this question.

Thursday 19 April, 9:00 - Friday, 20 April 2012, 18:00

Reading speed: like parent, like child?

Researchers at the University of Amsterdam will research reading speed in Science Center NEMO. Which genes and environmental factors play a role in how fast someone can read?

Psychiatric disorder is a complex system of symptoms

Many psychiatric disorders may not be isolated illnesses. Instead, such disorders are a complex system of symptoms that influence each other. This theory, put forward by researchers from the University of Amsterdam , contradicts the standard model for psychiatric disorders that forms the foundation of a great deal of psychiatric and clinical psychology research.

The psychology behind Paul Klee and Cobra

The upcoming international exhibition Klee and Cobra: A Child’s Play will see the Cobra Museum in Amstelveen team up with the Developmental Psychology programme group at the University of Amsterdam (UvA).

Being Left Out: Neurobiological Correlates of Social Rejection and their Developmental Trajectory

People are strongly motivated to be accepted by others. During adolescence there is a peak in the sensitivity to social evaluation by peers. Bregtje Gunther Moor tested how this sensitivity relates to the development of brain regions implicated in social behavior

Tuesday 20 December 2011, 12:00

Network in brain makes switch between quick and accurate decision-making

Neuroscientists at the University of Amsterdam have uncovered a network of different brain regions involved in switching between quick and accurate decision-making. Their findings were published in the Journal of Neuroscience on 30 November 2011.

UvA econometrician new member of The Young Academy

UvA econometrician Matthijs van Veelen is one of the new members of The Young Academy of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).

Winner First Annual Dutch MSc Thesis Award for Cognitive Neuroscience

Early November the winner of the first annual MSc thesis award in Cognitive Neuroscience has been announced: Barbara Nordhjem of Leiden University won the price for her thesis “Bistable perception of ambiguous figures”.

UvA professors speak at TEDxAmsterdam

University of Amsterdam (UvA) professors Louise Fresco, Henkjan Honing and Eveline Crone have been invited to speak at this year’s TEDxAmsterdam, a local edition of the American TED conferences. The theme of the third edition on Friday, 25 November 2011 is 'Human Nature'.

Stronger brain connectivity leads to improved memory performance

Some people have a better memory than others, because areas of the brain involved in remembering information have a stronger connection with each other. This was one of the findings in research carried out by Dr Mike Cohen, neuropsychologist at the University of Amsterdam. His research results were published in the academic journal Current Biology on 3 November 2011.

Reluctance to share research data when evidence is weak

Researchers from the University of Amsterdam’s (UvA) Psychology Department have shown that willingness to share research data is related to the strength of the evidence and the quality of the statistical results.

8 Veni grants for cognition researchers at UvA

The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded Veni grants to seventeen postdoctoral researchers, enabling them to conduct research at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) or Amsterdam Medical Center (AMC-UvA). Of these, eight will conduct research in the field of cognition.

Creative Mind Prize 2011 for Shanti Ganesh

Shanti Ganesh, a researcher at Radboud University, is the winner of the Creative Mind Prize 2011, a new prize at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) established by the Freek & Hella de Jonge Foundation.

10 years CSCA celebrated with Symposium

The 10-year anniversary of the Cognitive Science Center Amsterdam was celebrated on October 26 with an interactive Symposium. The Symposium was also used to look ahead at the future of the CSCA, where it will be necessary to secure funding for interdisciplinary and risk-taking research and further increase the profile and visibility of brain and cognition research at the UvA.

New: issue number 8 of MindOpen, the digizine about Psychology

Prominent scientists tell about their research that has been recently published in high impact journals. MindOpen aims to make interesting scientific research accessible to a wide audience.

Cortex cuts brain connection during sleep spindle

Researchers at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) have published the results of a study in which they investigated the mechanism by which memories travel from the hippocampus to the cortex during sleep.

Prof. R. Bod

Prof. R. Bod has been appointed Professor of Computational and Digital Humanities at both the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam (UvA).

New method for studying the acquisition of fear

Researchers at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) have developed a new method that can be used to study how fear is acquired, stored, unlearned and even eliminated.

Cognitive Science Center Amsterdam (CSCA) Symposium

On 26 October, the Cognitive Science Center Amsterdam will hold a Symposium to celebrate its 10th anniversary. In the morning, we will look back at research and education in the field of brain and cognitive science over the past years, but also share our views on the future of the CSCA. The afternoon will be centered around the ‘creatieve geest prijs’ (creative mind prize), an initiative of the Freek and Hella de Jonge foundation.

Wednesday 26 October 2011, 9:00 - 16:45

42 new master Brain and Cognitive Sciences students

The master Brain and Cognitive Sciences welcomed 42 new students this year. They were introduced to the master and the university on September 2nd.

EU grant for Eric-Jan Wagenmakers

Psychologist Eric-Jan Wagenmakers received a Starting Independent Researcher Grants from the European Research Council (ERC). He plans to develop Bayesian hypothesis tests social scientists.

Venema new director ILLC

Yde Venema has been appointed director of the research institute ILLC (Institute for Logic, Language and Computation) as of September 2011.

UvA professor Jens Förster receives Kurt Lewin Award

Jens Förster, professor of Social Psychology at UvA, received the Kurt Lewin Award from the European Association of Social Psychology at this year’s conference in Stockholm.

Brain junction makes realisation of desires possible

What determines whether you actually carry out what you really want to do? Researchers at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) have discovered that a complex junction in the basal ganglia of the brain - the caudate - provides the link between desire and action.

Consciousness functions more automatically than previously thought

Neuroscientist Tomas Knapen from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) has succeeded in using an fMRI scanner to map the brain processes at the moment when a person’s perception or interpretation changes. This new research shows that changes of consciousness occur 'more automatically' than previously thought.

Rubicon grant brings two foreign researchers to UvA

The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded two promising foreign researchers Rubicon grants with which they can conduct research at the University of Amsterdam.

Annual Endo-Neuro-Psycho Meeting

From May 30th to June 1st 2011 the 9th edition of the Endo-Neuro-Psycho Meeting will be held. The ENP students committee would like to give students from the Research Master Brain and Cognitive Sciences the opportunity to be part of this years meeting.

Excellent accreditation report Research Master Brain and Cognitive Sciences

The accreditation of the Research Master Programme Brain and Cognitive Sciences has been reaffirmed by the NVAO (Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders) with a highly positive report until May 2017.

Autumn school: Perception, Action and Control: Methods, Concepts, and Challenges

Sunday 16 - Friday 21, October 2011
Autumn school organized by the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research.

CSCA Symposium 'Impulsivity and Inhibition'

The CSCA Symposium on Impulsivity and Inhibition will be held on June 30 and July 1, 2011. This Symposium can be attended separately from the CSCA Summer School 'To Head or to Heed? Cross-Disciplinary Approaches to Impulsivity and the Inhibition of Thought and Action'.

Thursday 30 June, 9:00 - Friday, 1 July 2011, 18:00

Vidi grants for UvA cognition researchers

The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded a Vidi grant to fourteen researchers from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the Academic Medical Center (AMC-UvA). Of these, three researchers work in the field of cognition.

Research priority program Brain & Cognition launched

On September 14, the university research priority program Brain & Cognition was officially launched with a kickoff Symposium. Various principle investigators presented their research plans and the future of cognition research was debated. Many researchers, students, and other interested audience attended the Symposium.

Two Veni grants for UvA cognition researchers

The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded two young scientists, who have recently obtained a doctorate, a Veni grant for research in the field of cognition at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). Each researcher will receive 250,000 euros, with which he or she can do three years of research.

Doctoral Programme Berlin School of Mind and Brain

The Berlin School of Mind and Brain offers a three-year doctoral program. Teaching takes place in English and covers all fields relevant to mind/brain-related research.

New: issue number 6 of MindOpen, the digizine about Psychology"

"From theory to practice" - Prominent scientists tell about their research that has been recently published in high impact journals. MindOpen aims to make interesting scientific research accessible to a wide audience.

Graduation Research Master Brain and Cognitive Sciences students

Nine Research Master Brain and Cognitive Sciences students have received their diplomas and are now Master of Science.

UvA psychologist wins Ig Nobel Prize for asthma research

UvA psychologist Simon Rietveld has won the Ig Nobel Prize for medicine, together with Ilya van Beest, professor of Psychology at the University of Tilburg.

Lack of control makes God more attractive than Darwin

People who feel they have no control over life's outcomes exhibit a greater preference for religion than for Darwinian evolution, in comparison with people who have a feeling of being in control. These are the findings of research conducted by University of Amsterdam (UvA) psychologists Rutjens Bastian, Joop van der Pligt and Frenk van Harreveld.

Opening Spinoza Center boost for neuroscience research

The official opening of the Spinoza Center for Neuroimaging's first location at the University of Amsterdam's (UvA) Roeterseiland complex will take place on Thursday, 30 September.

Kick- Off Symposium Brain and Cognition

A Kick-off Symposium will officially mark Brain and Cognition becoming an UvA research priority area. Rector Magnificus Professor Dymph van den Boom will also be present.

Tuesday 14 September 2010, 14:00 - 17:00

UvA researchers see mental disorder as a network of symptoms

Researchers at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) have developed a new explanation for mental disorders such as depression.

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Recently published: MindOpen 8

MindOpen number 8 - autumn 2011. Digizine on Psychology.