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Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour

The Donders Institute explores the human brain, cognition, and behaviour across various disciplines, including medicine, physics, biology, psychology, AI, and language studies. Our researchers collaborate to enhance knowledge of the brain, aiming to benefit health, education, and technology.

Highlights

Rogier Kievit

Large-scale study on the development of children's thinking skills

Why do some children progress well at school, while others struggle? To better understand this, a large-scale study on brain development and thinking skills during the first five years of life will start in April 2026.

Edward de Haan

This is the Donders Institute

The Donders Institute, based in Nijmegen, is a leading research institute in the field of brain, cognition and behaviour. In this short video, you will get a unique insight into the work of more than 1,000 scientists from this network.

Wat is trauma? | Lezing en gesprek met o.a. neurowetenschapper Sabrina van Heukelum

What is Trauma?

Programme in Dutch - What is trauma? Where is the line between something unpleasant and something traumatic, and has that line shifted over time? And what does trauma do to the way your brain works?

Agenda

What is Trauma?

What is Trauma?

DCCN Lecture by Rogier B. Mars

This is the Donders Institute

The Donders Institute, based in Nijmegen, is a leading research institute in the field of brain, cognition and behaviour. In this short video, you will get a unique insight into the work of more than 1,000 scientists from this network, spread across six partners on the Nijmegen campus.

Learn more about the Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour

The Donders Institute and the Donders Citylab offer several opportunities to learn more about our science. We are always looking for research participants to do experiments and you are invited to visit the Brain Museum in the city centre of Nijmegen:

Sensorimotor lab

Become a research participant

Help us by participating in one of our research projects

Help us by participating in one of our research projects
Opening Brain Museum

Brain Museum

Visit the Brain Museum in the city centre of Nijmegen.

Visit the Brain Museum in the city centre of Nijmegen.