About us
We are located in the Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Principal Investigator
Postdoctoral Fellows
Prof. Dr.
Dirk van Morselaar
Fleur Bouwer
Ruben Laukkonen
PhD students





Evert Boonstra
Caterina Trentin
Josipa Alilovic
Joint supervision
Simon van Gaal
Lynn Sorensen
Joint supervision with Steven Scholte
Joint supervision
Carien Lansink
Chris Jungerius
Alumni
Former PhD students:
Marlies Vissers
Lotte Talsma
Valentina Perdomo
Leon Reteig
Former postdocs
Martijn Barendregt
Jim Herring
Martine van Schouwenburg

Heleen Slagter, PhD
Director of the Cognition & Plasticity laboratory, Professor Brain, Cognition, and Plasticity at the Department of Applied and Experimental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
BIO:
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Master in Biological Psychology, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands (2000)
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PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Amsterdam (2000-2005)
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Visiting Research Fellow Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University, USA (2002)
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Postdoc, Waisman Center for Brain Imaging and Behavior, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA (2005-2007)
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Assistant Scientist, Waisman Center for Brain Imaging and Behavior, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA (2007-2009)
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Assistant Professor (UD), Dept of Psychology, University of Amsterdam (2009-2011)
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Associate Professor (UHD), Dept of Psychology, University of Amsterdam (2011-2018)
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Professor (hoogleraar), Dept of Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (2019-present)
FUNDING AND AWARDS:
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Marie Curie Reintegration grant (2009; €75.000)
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VIDI (2010; €800.000)
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Spinoza Junior Investigator Grant (2010; €11.250)
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Aspasia (2011; €100.000)
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Onderzoekstalent (2012; €168.000).
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Early Career Award 2014 by the Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR)
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ABC Project Grant (2015; €250.000)
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ABMP Project Grant (2015; €250.000)
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ERC Starting Grant (2015; €1.500.000)
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ABC Talent Grant (2016; €250.000; co-PI)
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NWO talent grant (2017; €200.000; co-PI)
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ABC Project Grant (2018; €250.000)
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IDA grant UvA (2018; €250.000)
CONTACT:
Department of Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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