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Our primary objective is to investigate whether oxytocin administration can affect empathy and emotion recognition in healthy and antisocial adolescents. We expect that oxytocin will enhance empathy and emotion recognition in both healthy and…
With this research project we will investigate the relationship between SSRI concentration in the (pre)term neonate and clinical short and long term effects on the neonate after exposure to SSRI*s during pregnancy and lactation. Furthermore, the…
The assumptions of the traumatic effects of coercive measures as described in the literature will be examined in the present study. The research questions are how coercive measures are experienced by patients, to what extent these measures are…
The primary objective of this study is to get insight into the course of personality disorders in order to be better able to inform patients about their prognosis. We aim to identify factors associated with lower QoL and higher societal and medical…
Our experiment will assess the respective role of the mirror neuron system (MNS) and theory of mind areas for understanding someone else*s immediate intentions and state of mind (prior intention). We want to test the hypothesis that making…
The main goal of this study is to establish the reliability (internal consistency and interrater reliability) and validity (discriminant, contruct and predictive validity) of the INCAS. Differences between the SMI and healthy group will be studied (…
Primary Objective: To determine the prevalence of attribution to jinn in Islamic patients with psychiatric symptoms attending an outpatient clinic in an urban area of Utrecht in the Netherlands, in particular in relation to symptoms classified as…
Primary Objective: Alcohol abuse and dependence (from here: alcohol abuse) and psychological problems are common among homeless people. Unfortunately, only a small part of this group will be referred to appropriate care. (Early) detection of alcohol…
We will study how a memory decision comes into being and how decisions based on information that is directly available to the senses may or may not differ from decisions based on information in memory. The neural correlates of perceptual decisions…
To better understand the relation between anticipation of inhibition and striatal activation. Experiment 1 aims to differentiate between response inhibition and response conflict. Experiment 2 aims to test the effects of subjective expectations of…
ObjectiveThe objective of this research is to formulate a better and more useful definition of the term competenceand to write a guideline which can be used by mental health professionals and more widely, in medicine.It will result in a…
The main objective of the study is to investigate whether natural elements and/or daylight can produce measurable beneficial effects on mental health * in particular mood, vitality, stress relief and self control strength * during the course of the…
The primary objectives of this study are: 1) to determine brain areas that are differentially involved in the processing of emotional words in the three groups: ASD, psychopathy and a matched group of healthy controls; 2) to determine whether…
The primary objective of this sutdy is to further investigate attention and MSI in adolescents with ASD. To do so, the following tasks will be administered. Task 1 Clock task: multisensory integration and the effect of sound on the velocity of the…
The global aim of the proposal is to expand our knowledge on the functioning of the fronto-striatal system and the relation to behavioral rigidity, and how these are affected by dopaminergic modulation. The specific aim is to study the effects of…
In the present study we want to show that automatic processing of eye-gaze is impaired in autism, and that this deficit influences the way autistic individuals perceive the world. We will test this hypothesis using a masked priming procedure to…
The project proposes to study 12-month victimization rates and risk factors among persons with severe mental illness (SMI). The results will be compared with a matched sample from the general population. Additionally, we will develop a preliminary…
The main objective of this study is to determine whether the working memory system works according to a domain specific subdivision and/or a function specific subdivision, and which brain areas play an important role in these subdivisions.
To investigate whether the use of this instrument can make the determination of competency more objective and better.
The present study aims at exploring a visuo-tactile mirroring mechanism in patients with autism. Furthermore, the relationship between neural tactile simulation processes, empathic abilities, and symptom severity in the social domain will be…