May 2026
Simon talks about brain improvement
In this episode of the Dutch UvA podcast series "Net Echt", Simon van Gaal and Jolien Francken delve into the world of brain enhancement: from Ritalin to neuro-gadgets.
Chronological Feed
News & Talks
Keep up to date with our recent research grants, PhD defenses, international keynotes, and media appearances, ordered from newest to oldest.
May 2025
Congratulations Nico!
Nicolás Sánchez-Fuenzalida successfully defended his PhD thesis on June 5, well done!
April 2025
Congratulations Lola!
Lola Beerendonk successfully defended her PhD thesis on May 28, well done!
September 2024
Congratulations Samuel!
Samuel Noorman successfully defended his PhD thesis on April 8, well done!
April 2024
Congratulations Stijn!
Stijn Nuijten successfully defended his PhD thesis on Sept 4, well done!
March 2024
Simon Interviewed for Dutch Newspaper
Simon was interviewed by Dutch newspaper 'Het Parool' discussing cognitive control, brain mechanisms, and conscious decision-making.
March 2024
Johannes Receives Faculty's Open Science Award
The Open Science Award of the Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences at the Free University Amsterdam was awarded to Johannes Fahrenfort for developing the open-source ADAM decoding toolbox.
October 2023
Johannes Interviewed for Kids TV 'Proefkonijnen'
Johannes was interviewed about hypnosis and visual perception for the kids science TV show 'Proefkonijnen' (guinea pigs). You can watch the video excerpt on our website.
November 2022
Two PNAS Publications in One Year
This year we had not one but two PNAS publications! Very proud of Nico and Lola who did all the hard work on these projects exploring perceptual consciousness.
September 2022
Simon Receives an ERC Consolidator Grant
We are happy to consolidate our work on the neural mechanisms of consciousness! Simon van Gaal has been awarded a €2 million ERC Consolidator Grant.
August 2022
Johannes Receives Templeton ARC Grant
The Templeton Foundation funds developing a valid statistical framework for establishing unconscious processing and testing adversarial predictions.
July 2022
The Conscious Brain Lab Organizes ASSC 25
We are super proud to have organized ASSC 25 in Amsterdam. The conference was a huge success, welcoming over 500 consciousness researchers from across the globe.
June 2022
Animation: New eLife Paper!
A 7-minute animation made by Josella.nl about the paper by Stijn Nuiten and colleagues, accepted for publication in eLife.
July 2021
Congratulations Josipa!
Josipa Alilović received her PhD doctoral degree on July 2, 2021. Congratulations Josipa!
January 2020
Congratulations to Valeria!
Valeria Mongelli receives her doctoral degree on January 20, 2020! Congratulations to Valeria!
May 2019
ABC Grant for Maartje de Jong: New CBL Member!
Maartje de Jong receives an ABC talent grant and joins the Conscious Brain Lab to perform 7T fMRI pharmacological research.
March 2019
Congratulations to Erik!
Erik received his PhD on March 25, 2019! Congratulations to Erik!
November 2018
Congratulations to Camile!
Camile Correa defended her thesis in the historic Agnietenkapel in Amsterdam on November 28, 2018!
July 2016
ASSC 20 in Krakow!
Conscious Brain Lab members gave symposia and poster presentations at ASSC 20 in Krakow, Poland. It was great!