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Call for Abstracts D-CIS Human Factors Event 2010
The deadline for submitting abstracts for the D-CIS Human Factors Event 2010 has been extended until July 30, 2010.
Review Symposium: The evolution of Deception (USCKI Incognito)
One of the most debated questions of all time concerns the root of evil. Evil itself is very interesting, of course, but its implementation is of considerable interest as well. One of the nastiest ways it rears its head is most definitely through deception. It's often hard to fathom how someone who looks honest and trustworthy could knowingly lie and cheat and it's very painful to find out your confidante was not, in fact, to be trusted. It is also most important for a functional society to know that people mean what they say, and act on their words. Countless back-stabbings, forgeries and conspiracies have undermined the faith of the trusting and broken both hearts and empires. There is no shortage of reasons to try to answer the age-old question: "How could you?"
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Gehonoreerde voorstellen NIHC Brain and Cognition: an integrated approach
De Raad van Toezicht Nationaal Initiatief Hersenen en Cognitie heeft een besluit genomen over de subsidievoorstellen in de ronde Programmes for Excellence van het programma 'Brain and Cognition: an integrated approach'. Van de 35 behandelde aanvragen zijn er uiteindelijk 14 gehonoreerd.
Women's travel awards Berlin school of mind and brain
The Berlin School of Mind and Brain is an international research school, which was founded in 2006 as part of Germany's Excellence Initiative. The School offers a unique three-year interdisciplinary doctoral program in English in the mind and brain sciences.
EURO-XPRAG: Collaborative grants (call for proposals)
EURO-XPRAG, a Research Networking Program supported by the European Science Foundation is presenting a third call for proposals that will support collaborative research.
Het vijfde nummer van het digizine MindOpen
Nu online: Het vijfde nummer van het digizine MindOpen, een uitgave van het Onderzoeksinstituut Psychologie van de Universiteit van Amsterdam.
Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology 2010 - $25,000 First Prize
The Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology is an annual international research prize of $25,000, awarded to one early career scientist* for his or her outstanding contributions to neurobiology research based on methods of molecular and cell biology.
Jan Theeuwes gekozen tot lid van de KNAW
Jan Theeuwes hoogleraar Cognitieve Psychologie (VU) is één van de 27 nieuwe leden van De Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW).
Honorary chair in music cognition
Dr H.J. Honing (1959) has been named professor by special appointment of Music Cognition at the University of Amsterdam's Faculty of Humanities, effective 1 September 2010. The coming three years he will be hold the Hendrik Muller chair, designated on behalf of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences' (KNAW) Academy Chairs in the Humanities Foundation.
