Radboud Center for Decision Science
@decisioncenter.bsky.social
The Radboud Center for Decision Science is an interfaculty research center whose mission is to promote the interdisciplinary study of human decision-making and to apply emerging insights from decision science to help tackle society's greatest challenges.
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📺 💥 Gisteren bij NPO Focus: Sabrina van Heukelum onderzoekt welke sporen #PTSS achterlaat en of die anders zijn bij vrouwtjes dan bij mannetjes?
@epanlab.bsky.social Roelofs onderzocht hoe agenten in opleiding reageren onder druk als ze moeten kiezen om te schieten of niet: 👇
@epanlab.bsky.social Roelofs onderzocht hoe agenten in opleiding reageren onder druk als ze moeten kiezen om te schieten of niet: 👇
Trauma in het vrouwenbrein | NPO Start
Vrouwen hebben een twee keer zo grote kans om PTSS te ontwikkelen, een posttraumatische stressstoornis. Dat terwijl het meeste onderzoek naar deze stoornis is gedaan bij mannen. Petra Grijzen volgt on...
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January 7, 2026 at 9:27 AM
📺 💥 Gisteren bij NPO Focus: Sabrina van Heukelum onderzoekt welke sporen #PTSS achterlaat en of die anders zijn bij vrouwtjes dan bij mannetjes?
@epanlab.bsky.social Roelofs onderzocht hoe agenten in opleiding reageren onder druk als ze moeten kiezen om te schieten of niet: 👇
@epanlab.bsky.social Roelofs onderzocht hoe agenten in opleiding reageren onder druk als ze moeten kiezen om te schieten of niet: 👇
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Read the "Behind the paper" story on Vahed, S. & Sanfey, A.G. Large-scale community study reveals information sampling drives fairness decisions. Communications Psychology 3, 178 (2025)
go.nature.com/44SdJjA
go.nature.com/44SdJjA
What Bringing the Lab to the Public Taught Us About Fairness
'Behind the Paper' on a citizen science, lab-in-the-field study capturing >18,672 decisions about fairness from volunteer members of the public (Vahed, S. & Sanfey, A.G. Large-scale community study re...
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December 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Read the "Behind the paper" story on Vahed, S. & Sanfey, A.G. Large-scale community study reveals information sampling drives fairness decisions. Communications Psychology 3, 178 (2025)
go.nature.com/44SdJjA
go.nature.com/44SdJjA
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🧠💤 #Sleep is crucial for the production of #antibodies, the #clearing of harmful substances from the brain, and the release of #growthhormone. 👶🧒 Some recent examples of sleep benefits according to @dresler.bsky.social. Read the full article here: 👇
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Why we sleep: insights from current research | Radboud University
In the sleep lab of Martin Dresler, scientists work every day to piece together the scientific puzzle of sleep. We spend roughly a third of our lives asleep, switching off for eight hours makes any or...
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December 17, 2025 at 9:51 AM
🧠💤 #Sleep is crucial for the production of #antibodies, the #clearing of harmful substances from the brain, and the release of #growthhormone. 👶🧒 Some recent examples of sleep benefits according to @dresler.bsky.social. Read the full article here: 👇
www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
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🧠📚 #Longread: Parkinson’s is the canary in the coal mine
In The Lancet Neurology, experts map out the historical development of #Parkinson’s and have a #call #to #politicians: If we act now, we can reverse this pandemic. 👇
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In The Lancet Neurology, experts map out the historical development of #Parkinson’s and have a #call #to #politicians: If we act now, we can reverse this pandemic. 👇
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Bas Bloem: Parkinson’s is the canary in the coal mine warning us that our environment is sick | Radboud University
In a recent publication in The Lancet Neurology, Bloem and a group of internationally recognised scientists place Parkinson's in historical perspective, beginning with James Parkinson, who first descr...
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December 4, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🧠📚 #Longread: Parkinson’s is the canary in the coal mine
In The Lancet Neurology, experts map out the historical development of #Parkinson’s and have a #call #to #politicians: If we act now, we can reverse this pandemic. 👇
www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
In The Lancet Neurology, experts map out the historical development of #Parkinson’s and have a #call #to #politicians: If we act now, we can reverse this pandemic. 👇
www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
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This lab-in-the-field study embedded a classic economic task, the Ultimatum Game, in a museum, capturing <18,672 decisions about fairness from volunteer members of the public, revealing that information sampling shapes responses to unfairness.
@sarahvahed.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
@sarahvahed.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Large-scale community study reveals information sampling drives fairness decisions - Communications Psychology
This citizen science, lab-in-the-field study embedded a classic economic task, the Ultimatum Game, in a museum, capturing >18,672 decisions about fairness from volunteer members of the public, reve...
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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🌱 The Donders Research Stimulation Funds give early-career scientists the freedom to build something new from the bottom up like the #Neuro-#AI #Focus #Group.
A new round of the Donders Research Stimulation Funds is open until December 1st. 👇
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A new round of the Donders Research Stimulation Funds is open until December 1st. 👇
www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
Donders’ Research Stimulation Funds: call for new collaborations and focus groups | Radboud University
At the Donders Institute, new ideas often begin at the crossroads of disciplines. Through its Research Stimulation Funds, the institute encourages researchers to explore collaborations.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:48 AM
🌱 The Donders Research Stimulation Funds give early-career scientists the freedom to build something new from the bottom up like the #Neuro-#AI #Focus #Group.
A new round of the Donders Research Stimulation Funds is open until December 1st. 👇
www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
A new round of the Donders Research Stimulation Funds is open until December 1st. 👇
www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
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🎉 Bas Bloem has received the Robert A. Pritzker Prize for Leadership in Parkinson’s Research from the The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. 'We keep pushing the boundaries of science, care and creativity until Parkinson’s stops.' 👇
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Radboudumc-neurologist Bas Bloem receives international prize for Parkinson’s research - Michael J. Fox Foundation Pritzker Prize honors work integrating science, care and community for people with Pa...
17 November 2025
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November 18, 2025 at 8:22 AM
🎉 Bas Bloem has received the Robert A. Pritzker Prize for Leadership in Parkinson’s Research from the The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. 'We keep pushing the boundaries of science, care and creativity until Parkinson’s stops.' 👇
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🎯🤝🧠 We were happy to welcome an international press delegation to the Donders Brain Museum last week to share the story of how our 1,400+ researchers advance understanding of the human brain, cognition, and behaviour. Thanks for coming, Tack för ditt besök, Vielen Dank für Ihren Besuch!
November 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
🎯🤝🧠 We were happy to welcome an international press delegation to the Donders Brain Museum last week to share the story of how our 1,400+ researchers advance understanding of the human brain, cognition, and behaviour. Thanks for coming, Tack för ditt besök, Vielen Dank für Ihren Besuch!
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A Review in Nature Reviews Psychology specifies factors that exacerbate self-harm social contagion and discusses how to bridge psychological and public health perspectives to mitigate self-harm risk in adolescents. go.nature.com/46syzrc 🔒
September 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
A Review in Nature Reviews Psychology specifies factors that exacerbate self-harm social contagion and discusses how to bridge psychological and public health perspectives to mitigate self-harm risk in adolescents. go.nature.com/46syzrc 🔒
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✨Super proud of dr. Floor Burghoorn @floorburghoorn.bsky.social , who obtained her PhD with the highest distinction! Congratulations on behalf of the whole @epanlab.bsky.social lab!🎉🎉@decisioncenter.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
✨Super proud of dr. Floor Burghoorn @floorburghoorn.bsky.social , who obtained her PhD with the highest distinction! Congratulations on behalf of the whole @epanlab.bsky.social lab!🎉🎉@decisioncenter.bsky.social
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Ik was a treat to join the summerschool of the RTG on emotional learning and memory. Thanks for all discussions and inspiring talks! www.linkedin.com/posts/elena-...
The 𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 of our RTG came to an end and what a rewarding experience it was for our whole group.
Settled near the beautiful Ratzeburg at the lakeside at Hotel "Der… | Elena Drozdova
The 𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 of our RTG came to an end and what a rewarding experience it was for our whole group.
Settled near the beautiful Ratzeburg at the lakeside at Hotel "Der Seehof", we had 2.5 day...
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October 4, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Ik was a treat to join the summerschool of the RTG on emotional learning and memory. Thanks for all discussions and inspiring talks! www.linkedin.com/posts/elena-...
We're excited to announce the Department of Economics and Business Economics has started their fall edition of the Research Seminars, [email protected] in EOS 01.150 (exception: Tuesday, [email protected] in EOS 01.770). Join us!
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Research Seminars | Radboud University
The Department of Economics and Business Economics organizes a weekly research seminar that relates to the main research areas covered in the department with distinguished external scholars from all o...
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September 22, 2025 at 8:41 AM
We're excited to announce the Department of Economics and Business Economics has started their fall edition of the Research Seminars, [email protected] in EOS 01.150 (exception: Tuesday, [email protected] in EOS 01.770). Join us!
www.ru.nl/en/research/...
www.ru.nl/en/research/...
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#psychologists often stress the relevance of their work for #law & #policy, yet rarely engage legal experts to draw meaningful policy inferences & propose reform.
Thrilled to have collaborated w/ Pietro Ortolani, Catalina Goanta & Alan Sanfey ⬇️
@dondersinst.bsky.social @decisioncenter.bsky.social
Thrilled to have collaborated w/ Pietro Ortolani, Catalina Goanta & Alan Sanfey ⬇️
@dondersinst.bsky.social @decisioncenter.bsky.social
On First View: Pietro Ortolani, @cgoanta.bsky.social, @sarahvahed.bsky.social, and Alan Sanfey test some behavioural assumptions in the DSA. People are strange when you're a stranger.
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The Digital Services Act and the psychology of social media content reporting: drawing legal inferences from a behavioural experiment on notice-and-action mechanisms | European Law Open | Cambridge Co...
The Digital Services Act and the psychology of social media content reporting: drawing legal inferences from a behavioural experiment on notice-and-action mechanisms
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September 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
#psychologists often stress the relevance of their work for #law & #policy, yet rarely engage legal experts to draw meaningful policy inferences & propose reform.
Thrilled to have collaborated w/ Pietro Ortolani, Catalina Goanta & Alan Sanfey ⬇️
@dondersinst.bsky.social @decisioncenter.bsky.social
Thrilled to have collaborated w/ Pietro Ortolani, Catalina Goanta & Alan Sanfey ⬇️
@dondersinst.bsky.social @decisioncenter.bsky.social
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👏👏👏 Postdoc Appreciation Week (#PAW_NL): 15 - 19 September.
From sessions on well-being and career paths, workshops on research impact and science communication, to networking drinks. We look forward to celebrating postdocs together!
📅 👉 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
From sessions on well-being and career paths, workshops on research impact and science communication, to networking drinks. We look forward to celebrating postdocs together!
📅 👉 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
September 3, 2025 at 8:53 AM
👏👏👏 Postdoc Appreciation Week (#PAW_NL): 15 - 19 September.
From sessions on well-being and career paths, workshops on research impact and science communication, to networking drinks. We look forward to celebrating postdocs together!
📅 👉 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
From sessions on well-being and career paths, workshops on research impact and science communication, to networking drinks. We look forward to celebrating postdocs together!
📅 👉 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
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👀 How do we stay curious – and how can curiosity improve learning?
Congrats to Lieke van Lieshout on her prestigious #Veni grant from NWO! She’ll study how curiosity lasts, how it boosts memory, and whether freedom of choice plays a role.
Curious to know more? 👇
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Congrats to Lieke van Lieshout on her prestigious #Veni grant from NWO! She’ll study how curiosity lasts, how it boosts memory, and whether freedom of choice plays a role.
Curious to know more? 👇
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Veni grant for research into curiosity, an important motivator for learning | Radboud University
Lieke van Lieshout has received a prestigious NWO Veni grant for her research into curiosity. She will use this grant to gain a better understanding of how we remain curious and how this can improve l...
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September 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
👀 How do we stay curious – and how can curiosity improve learning?
Congrats to Lieke van Lieshout on her prestigious #Veni grant from NWO! She’ll study how curiosity lasts, how it boosts memory, and whether freedom of choice plays a role.
Curious to know more? 👇
www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
Congrats to Lieke van Lieshout on her prestigious #Veni grant from NWO! She’ll study how curiosity lasts, how it boosts memory, and whether freedom of choice plays a role.
Curious to know more? 👇
www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
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❓ Ever stopped presenting after one bad experience, or avoided dogs after one bite? Radboud Recharge spoke with Bob Bramson about how #anxiety shapes learning from rewards & punishments.
👉 www.radboudrecharge.nl/en/article/n...
👉 www.radboudrecharge.nl/en/article/n...
New research: how to get out of a vicious cycle when dealing with persistent anxiety?
Neuroscientist Bob Bramson is with a Veni grant launching a study on how the brain learns from rewards and punishments, and how anxiety affects this process.
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August 29, 2025 at 11:54 AM
❓ Ever stopped presenting after one bad experience, or avoided dogs after one bite? Radboud Recharge spoke with Bob Bramson about how #anxiety shapes learning from rewards & punishments.
👉 www.radboudrecharge.nl/en/article/n...
👉 www.radboudrecharge.nl/en/article/n...
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🔵 Tübingen Systems Neuroscience Symposium 2025 is here! 🔵
#SNS2025 brings together leading international researchers in system neuroscience 🧠
Join us for plenary lectures, poster sessions and social events on 6️⃣-7️⃣ October 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣
registration is open here 👉 meg.medizin.uni-tuebingen.de/sns_2025/
#SNS2025 brings together leading international researchers in system neuroscience 🧠
Join us for plenary lectures, poster sessions and social events on 6️⃣-7️⃣ October 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣
registration is open here 👉 meg.medizin.uni-tuebingen.de/sns_2025/
July 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
🔵 Tübingen Systems Neuroscience Symposium 2025 is here! 🔵
#SNS2025 brings together leading international researchers in system neuroscience 🧠
Join us for plenary lectures, poster sessions and social events on 6️⃣-7️⃣ October 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣
registration is open here 👉 meg.medizin.uni-tuebingen.de/sns_2025/
#SNS2025 brings together leading international researchers in system neuroscience 🧠
Join us for plenary lectures, poster sessions and social events on 6️⃣-7️⃣ October 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣
registration is open here 👉 meg.medizin.uni-tuebingen.de/sns_2025/
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Generative AI (GenAI) can do more than just answer questions - it can tailor its responses based on users’ preferences, habits, and even emotional tone.
We call this capability hypercustomization - explored in our new paper in Behavioral Science & Policy. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We call this capability hypercustomization - explored in our new paper in Behavioral Science & Policy. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The governance & behavioral challenges of generative artificial intelligence’s hypercustomization capabilities - Christoph M. Abels, Ezequiel Lopez-Lopez, Jason W. Burton, Dawn L. Holford, Levin Brink...
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is changing human–machine interactions and the broader information ecosystem. Much as social media algorithms persona...
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July 7, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Generative AI (GenAI) can do more than just answer questions - it can tailor its responses based on users’ preferences, habits, and even emotional tone.
We call this capability hypercustomization - explored in our new paper in Behavioral Science & Policy. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We call this capability hypercustomization - explored in our new paper in Behavioral Science & Policy. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Two Donders Institute projects just received €400K NWO grants. @stephforkel.bsky.social studies speech circuits in Parkinson’s for better treatments. Meyer & @robertoostenveld.bsky.social track 200 infants to see how early brain learning shapes language & social skills.
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NWO grants to explore brain circuits and baby’s learning | Radboud University
Two projects have been awarded Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) Open Competition M grants of €400,000 by NWO. Their work will shed new light on how our brains support speech and learning.
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July 8, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Two Donders Institute projects just received €400K NWO grants. @stephforkel.bsky.social studies speech circuits in Parkinson’s for better treatments. Meyer & @robertoostenveld.bsky.social track 200 infants to see how early brain learning shapes language & social skills.
www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
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🧠✨ Beauty of the Brain
This time in our Donders Beauty of the Brain series: a stunning image of a hippocampal brain slice, captured with a confocal microscope.
Discover more at www.dondersdiscovers.nl/en/
This time in our Donders Beauty of the Brain series: a stunning image of a hippocampal brain slice, captured with a confocal microscope.
Discover more at www.dondersdiscovers.nl/en/
July 9, 2025 at 8:35 AM
🧠✨ Beauty of the Brain
This time in our Donders Beauty of the Brain series: a stunning image of a hippocampal brain slice, captured with a confocal microscope.
Discover more at www.dondersdiscovers.nl/en/
This time in our Donders Beauty of the Brain series: a stunning image of a hippocampal brain slice, captured with a confocal microscope.
Discover more at www.dondersdiscovers.nl/en/
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🚓🕶️⌚ VR vs stress & aggression
Nearly €7M from the NWA for #CONTEXT: reducing stress and aggression in police & at-risk youth. Smartwatches + VR teach early stress detection & emotion control.
🔗 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
Nearly €7M from the NWA for #CONTEXT: reducing stress and aggression in police & at-risk youth. Smartwatches + VR teach early stress detection & emotion control.
🔗 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
New research tackles stress and aggression with virtual reality | Radboud University
The CONTEXT project has been awarded nearly €7 million from the National Science Agenda (NWA) for an ambitious project to reduce stress and aggression among police officers and at-risk youth.
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July 2, 2025 at 11:09 AM
🚓🕶️⌚ VR vs stress & aggression
Nearly €7M from the NWA for #CONTEXT: reducing stress and aggression in police & at-risk youth. Smartwatches + VR teach early stress detection & emotion control.
🔗 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
Nearly €7M from the NWA for #CONTEXT: reducing stress and aggression in police & at-risk youth. Smartwatches + VR teach early stress detection & emotion control.
🔗 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
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Coming from #law to #psychology to #neuroscience, I’ve often asked: where do I belong? This piece is a tribute to the value of crossing disciplinary lines and look at the inherent challenges which I continue to both embrace & tackle during my PhD @dondersinst.bsky.social @decisioncenter.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Coming from #law to #psychology to #neuroscience, I’ve often asked: where do I belong? This piece is a tribute to the value of crossing disciplinary lines and look at the inherent challenges which I continue to both embrace & tackle during my PhD @dondersinst.bsky.social @decisioncenter.bsky.social
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Thrilled to share an article in @natrevpsychol.nature.com! 🧠 I reflect on how a PNAS piece has helped me see that #interdisciplinarity is not merely beneficial, but vital, for tackling real-world problems @dondersinst.bsky.social @decisioncenter.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Interdisciplinarity opens new frontiers for decision science - Nature Reviews Psychology
Nature Reviews Psychology - Interdisciplinarity opens new frontiers for decision science
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July 4, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Thrilled to share an article in @natrevpsychol.nature.com! 🧠 I reflect on how a PNAS piece has helped me see that #interdisciplinarity is not merely beneficial, but vital, for tackling real-world problems @dondersinst.bsky.social @decisioncenter.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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🎉✨ Janna Vrijsen appointed Professor of #Transdiagnostic #Psychopathology: ‘I look forward to teaching researchers and psychologists to look beyond mental disorders. It is also my goal to establish exercise as a treatment for depression and other mental disorders.’
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Janna Vrijsen appointed as endowed Professor of Transdiagnostic Psychopathology
30 June 2025
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July 1, 2025 at 7:12 AM
🎉✨ Janna Vrijsen appointed Professor of #Transdiagnostic #Psychopathology: ‘I look forward to teaching researchers and psychologists to look beyond mental disorders. It is also my goal to establish exercise as a treatment for depression and other mental disorders.’
www.radboudumc.nl/en/news-item...
www.radboudumc.nl/en/news-item...
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Interdisciplinarity opens new frontiers for decision science
Journal Club by Sarah Vahed
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Journal Club by Sarah Vahed
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
June 19, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Interdisciplinarity opens new frontiers for decision science
Journal Club by Sarah Vahed
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Journal Club by Sarah Vahed
www.nature.com/articles/s44...