Donders Centre for Cognition

Research institute

The Donders Centre for Cognition (DCC) is one of the six research centres of the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour and is embedded within the Faculty of Social Sciences of Radboud University. The DCC’s mission is to advance the science of cognition, in humans and artificial agents, using behavioural, theoretical, and computational approaches. In our work on human cognition, we study brain and behaviour in health and disease, and across the lifespan, aiming to discover functional and neural mechanisms. In our work on Artificial Intelligence (AI), our goals are to develop (brain-inspired) AI and to advance understanding of AI principles. We are a diverse team of scientists who conduct fundamental and interdisciplinary research, translate our findings to address societal challenges, and develop neurotechnology beyond current frontiers. We seek to build on a unique strength of the DCC: the integration of research on natural and artificial cognition.

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Highlights

FUS brain stimulation

Take a look at our Brain Stimulation Lab

Did you know we can stimulate your brain in one of our labs? Would you like to see what this looks like? Lennart Verhagen, Hanneke den Ouden, and Soha Farboud provide you a unique look at the Donders Institute's Brain Stimulation Lab.

Pieter Medendorp

Donders Cube Award for Pieter Medendorp and Richard van Wezel

Pieter Medendorp, and Richard van Wezel received the Donders Cube for establishing the new Human Neuroscience bachelor’s programme. The Donders Cube is awarded annually for exceptional contributions to the Donders Institute.

Groep mensen tijdens een spinningles

Ageing in balance: rehabilitating older adults back for cycling

Balance is a challenge, especially for ageing adults. But to get back on your bike in 3 months is no magic, as shown by Dr Eric Maris, in his study that provided rehabilitative cycling training among senior adults who struggled with balance.

Research projects

Nodes forming a brain

ASMPT Lab

The ASMPT Lab focuses on developing trustworthy AI models, algorithms, and technology for real-time inference, prediction, and control of high-throughput data streams in the semiconductor manufacturing industry.

Uitleg SMASH model

SMASH

Our project, SMASH, is working on a new way to understand how people communicate with each other beyond words.

Wandelend Park

Sit with a scientist in the 'Walking park'

The ‘Walking Park’ is a pop-up park that moves to a different spot in the city center every three months. The new video series "Sit with a Scientist" is connected to the pop-up park.

Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour

The Donders Centre for Cognition is embedded within the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour. 

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