Stefan van der Stigchel was recently awarded an ERC consolidator grant (2M euro) on the topic of The mental economy: Testing a dynamic trade-off between internal storage and external sampling.

Psychology as the science of design: what psychological theories do Antti Oulasvirta, University of Aalto (http://users.comnet.aalto.fi/oulasvir/ ) 31 January 2020, 16:00 – 17:00. Location: Ruppert building, room Red Kurt Lewin famously said that ‘There’s nothing more practical than a good theory’. But what makes a theory applicable to practical problems? Is it validity, reliability, or…

Helmholtz Lectures Poster 2019-20

Multisensory perception: integration, timing and perceptual inference David Alais, School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Australia Helmholtz Lecture: December 6th, from 16.00-17.00, Ruppert building, Ruppert Red, Leuvenlaan 21, Utrecht    

Helmholtz lecture Karen Adolphs, Learning to move and moving to learn. 21-11-2019, 16hr, Ruppert building Purple Room

Helmholtz Lectures Poster 2019

TICS paper by Myrthel Dogge, Ruud Custers, Henk Aarts, on the limits of motor-based forward models. See https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2019.06.008

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…