Research Key research areas/research labs Publications Contacts: inivited speakers Doctoral dissertations Available documents, data,... Facilities Education Staff Cognitive science Courses Sona-Systems (Research Participation System) News 5 May 2025 Merel Dutry obtained her PhD title with her thesis "Testing talent: validating tools for informed study choices in secondary education." 23 April 2025 Jonas Simoens obtained his PhD title with his thesis "Meta-learning environment-specific learning rates in brain and behaviour." 22 April 2025 Joyce Oerlemans obtained her PhD title with her thesis "Localising reward processing in the anterior cingulate cortex: insights from epilepsy and stroke patients." 2 April 2025 Mathias Celis obtained his PhD title with his thesis "Nudging pension saving decisions." 31 January 2025 Nicoleta Prutean obtained her PhD title with her thesis "Fuel for thought: the impact of reward motivation on mental effort investment." 23 January 2025 Tabitha Steendam obtained her PhD title with her thesis "Sustaining and adapting cognitive effort." More news PhD defenses Aug 19 Ancient language, modern minds: examining the effects of studying Latin in secondary education on language competencies and cognition Hauspie, Cathy Aug 21 What stops us from stopping? A multimodal investigation of inhibitory control failures Doekemeijer, Roos All PhD defenses