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Esther Aarts is a Professor and Principal Investigator at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, where she leads the Food & Cognition research group. Aarts' research focuses on the neural mechanisms of eating behavior and how the foods we consume impact brain functioning, utilizing functional neuroimaging. Her interests include the effects of diet on neurocognition, particularly the interactions between the gut microbiome and the immune system. She investigates peripheral-central links associated with dopamine-related brain functions, specifically motivational and cognitive control. Aarts has been awarded several prestigious grants for her research, including the Niels Stensen stipend for her postdoctoral work at UC Berkeley and multiple grants from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and the European Research Council (ERC). She is involved in projects aiming to understand how lifestyle interventions can influence brain functions and eating behavior across different studies.
Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour • Nijmegen
Leading research on food cognition and the neural mechanisms of eating behavior.
Applies to Research Master's in Linguistics and Communication Sciences (Centre for Language Studies/Department of Language and Communication).