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 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." 23 January 2025 Sofie Van Cauwenberghe obtained her PhD title with her thesis "Hit the road: Navigating study paths in higher education." 10 January 2025 Nanne Kukkonen obtained her PhD title with her thesis "From cost to investment: Neural and behavioral effort configurations across task and goal domains." 21 November 2024 Aaron Vandendaele obtained his PhD title with his thesis "Constraints on parallel word processing during reading." More news PhD defenses Apr 23 Meta-learning environment-specific learning rates in brain and behaviour Simoens, Jonas May 5 Testing talent: validating tools for informed study choices in secondary education Dutry, Merel All PhD defenses