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Eliana Vassena is an Associate Professor at Radboud University in the Netherlands, where she is affiliated with the Behavioural Science Institute and the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour. Her research focuses on the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying psychiatric disorders, particularly motivation and effortful behavior. Vassena employs various methodologies, including functional MRI, computational modeling, and neurostimulation, to investigate how brain circuits influence motivated behavior and how alterations in these circuits can lead to pathologies such as depression and anxiety. She is a Marie Curie Fellow and has received several awards, including the Bertelson Award for significant contributions as an early career scientist and an ERC Starting Grant for her project on effortful persistence. Vassena is also active in promoting academic culture and interdisciplinary collaborations within the Radboud Young Academy and has served as an associate editor for various academic publications. Her work aims to develop novel interventions for understanding motivational impairments in psychopathology.
Radboud University • Nijmegen
Conducting research on the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying psychiatric disorders.
Donders Institute • Nijmegen
Investigating the role of neuroscience in understanding motivational behaviors.
Applies to Research Master's in Linguistics and Communication Sciences (Centre for Language Studies/Department of Language and Communication).