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Our unique project is based on an ongoing European prenatal stress research focusing on the effect of prenatal stress on early sensory-cognitive development. We capitalize on the methodologically sound maternal and infant physiological measures…
We aim to establish whether our judgment of *misperception* is really doing justice to the condition paradoxical insomniacs suffer from. We should keep in mind that our present definition of sleep, based on the standardized polysomnographic scoring…
We aim to answer the following research questions: 1. Is there an association between trauma and psychopathology in children? In answering this question we will compare cases to their healthy siblings, cases to controls, and siblings to controls. 2…
The aim of the study is to explore the prevalence of HAND in people living with hiv.
This research proposal focuses on (i) the development and implementation of experimental approaches to identify dimensions of impulsivity, empathy and paranoia. (ii) Studying the gene-environmentinteractions which are expected to play a role in the…
The main objective of the study is to investigate whether raped adolescent women suffer from sexual problems and pelvic floor problems after rape. Secondary objective is to discover potential factors that could contribute to the development of…
The primary objective is to determine the metabolic rate of [18F]-FHBG in the brain of healthy volunteers, for comparison with the metabolic rate that was found in schizophrenic patients in the previous study.
The primary objective is to examine the relationships between the cognitive tests results of the neuropsychological assessment and dual-task cost in elderly with cognitive impairment. The second objective is to examine differences in gait…
The objective of the proposed research is to gain insight into the circumstances under which anxiety and avoidance behaviour can develop. More precisely, the goal of the current trial is to determine whether a genetic basis exists for the individual…
The objective for this study is threefold. The first goal is to objectify differences in brain function between patients and normal controls. The second objective is to support preliminary findings that the combination of CBT/PMT is an effective…
Examine whether there are differences in both instrumental as well as clinical assessment of movement disorders among drug naive patients with autism compared with matched healthy controls.
To examine whether mild and subtle induced anxiety or anger increase the extent of the aggressive attitude in stabilized psychotic patients. *Aggression* is operationalised as completing word-stems, a thought experiment, and by a computer game which…
Investigate the hypothesis that children with ADHD have difficulty with the allocation of visio-spatial attention related to an inability to control posterior alpha. A paradigm will be used in which the aim is to address covert attention as similar…
1) What is the long-term course of tics and comorbid OCD, ADHD and Quality of life in patients with GTS? 2) What are determinants of favourable versus unfavourable course?
The aim of the study is twofold:1) Examining cognitive and memory biases in depressed patients, patients in remission, and healthy controls. This will be investigated using an emotional Stroop task, working memory task and eye-tracking equipment.2)…
Investigating freezing patterns in response to aversive pictures in 2 specific clinical populations: patients with PTSD and patients with conversion disorder. This will provide new information about the role of freezing in the onset and maintenance…
To assess microglial activation in first episode patients with psychotic symptoms and first episode medication naïve patients with psychotic symptoms compared to healthy controls using the positron emission tomography (PET) tracer [11C]-R-PK11195.
Primary objective: Are changes in stress-induced autonomic and hormonal parameters associated with (epi)genetic vulnerability for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder?Secondary objectives: 1. Are changes in autonomic and hormonal parameters after…
The present study has the following objectives:1) Investigating the clinical utility of screening instruments. As a part of this objective, we will examine how several demographics (e.g. ethnicity) affect the assessment of autistic and other…
The objective of this study is to include 200 cases, 200 unaffected first and second degree family members and 200 unrelated healthy controls to participate in the assessment of variability in activity and light exposure, as these domains are…