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In the research group Experimental Pharmacology the vast majority of scientists are trained in pharmacology and psychopharmacology. Our team has however a nice complementarity between a number of neuroscientists-pharmacologists engaged in preclinical research, a number of analytical experts looking for new sensitive methods for monitoring numerous neuromediators, brain biomarkers and pharmacological read-outs, and a number of colleagues who ...

The research group of Clinical Psychology investigates: (a) processes in the development and course of psychological problems and psychopathology, and (b) the development of assessment and intervention methods.

The research group consists of the following researchers (in alphabetical order):

Clinical Psychology, option (young) adults

Laurence Claes

Her research is situated in the domain of (a) clinical ...

The Center studies (longitudinal) patterns of mental illness and emotional wellbeing in societies worldwide, using large epidemiological population-representative samples and complex statistical modelling. The CPHP contributes to the etiopathogenesis and structure of common mental disorders and low-prevalent conditions (such as suicidal thoughts and behaviors) by studying temporal patterns of prevalence, incidence, and persistence of ...

Learning and memory processes in psychological function and dysfunction, in particular in relation to anxiety, depression and substance use, including:

• - Basic and applied research on emotional changes, especially with regard to anxiety and depression.
• - The role of classical (Pavlovian) conditioning in evaluative processes.
• - Psychophysiological measurements with computer-assisted data processing.
• - Basic ...

The Center for Neuropsychiatry comprises 2 groups

• Laboratory for Translational Neuropsychiatry, investigating the neurobiology of late onset psychiatric disorders and social cognitive deficits caused by neurodegeneration;
• Academic Center for ECT and Neuromodulation (AcCENT), focusing on brain stimulation techniques in psychiatric disorders.

Their joint aim is to define imaging biomarkers of neuropsychiatric ...