Stimulation of the human periaqueductal gray induces threat bradycardia: a case report The ability to recognize and anticipate potential danger is crucial for survival across species. The midbrain periaqueductal gray (PAG) is implicated in regulating threat-anticipatory responses, in...

🧠 Congrats @felixklaassen.bsky.social with this unique DBS case study targeting the midbrain PAG. Direct PAG stimulation (and not a bordering control region) induces threat-specific bradycardia ❤️ @devoogdld.bsky.social @anneloeshulsman.bsky.social & co-authors www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

This case review remains important highlight to avoid misunderstandings

🧠 Can brain stimulation help socially anxious people approach what they fear? 😠😰

We used synchronized electrical brain stimulation to improve control over emotional behaviour in social anxiety, while scanning their brains to understand who responds best and why.

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Very interesting work! Congrat Johannes, fantastic to see all this amygdala-TUS work coming out now.

Improving emotion control in social anxiety by targeting rhythmic brain circuits Social avoidance is a hallmark of social anxiety disorder. Difficulties in controlling avoidance behavior are the core maintaining factor of this impairing condition, hampering the efficacy of existin...

A new way to improve emotion control in social anxiety by targeting rhythmic brain circuits via dual-site tACS: www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...

See extensive thread by @sjoerdmeijer.bsky.social ➡️
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Thanks!

The human amygdala in threat learning and extinction Ultrasonic neuromodulation of the human amygdala provides causal evidence for its role in forming persistent threat memories.

Super proud of @sjoerdmeijer.bsky.social who demonstrated that amygdala-TUS slows initial threat acquisition and enhances subsequent extinction. Great collaboration with @lennartverhagen.bsky.social and @deVoogdld.bsky.social ea. Thanks to @ERC.europa.eu.
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Postdoc Position: Affective Neuroscience and Computational Psychiatry at the Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging | Radboud University Do you want to work as a Postdoc at the Faculty of Social Sciences? Check our vacancy!

Join us for a postdoc @ the Donders Institute; application deadline March 24.
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I’m thrilled that Lina Skora was awarded the prestigious MSCA; many congrats @linaskora.bsky.social 🎉🎉 We are so much looking forward to collaborating with you in the EPAN lab @dondersinst.bsky.social 🎉🎉

Absolutely😄

Great science and fantastic skiing in at #EWCN in Bressanone ! Thanks to the organizers and participants www.ewcn.eu for fostering so many inspiring and lively discussions!

It was great fun to have Jurre and Sahil @npo visiting the Donders Institute @dondersinst.bsky.social Well done @jonathan Postema, @floris Klumpers. and @sjoerdmeijer.bsky.social at testing and scaring them😄

Huge thanks to the Healthy Brain Study initiative for the great database, and to my co-authors Karin Roelofs (@epanlab.bsky.social), Bill Burk, Terrence Jorgensen, Anouk Scheres, and Bernd Figner for the great collaboration! (6/6)

Thank you all for the fantastic collaboration. All ERC grantees should be member of the association of ERC grantees ercgrantees.bsky.social. AERG does not only have great activities and initiatives, It is essential to form a network that is the voice of unbound excellence-based research in Europe.

Thank you all for the great collaboration, I’ll miss you folks!

thanks!

Six new members of the ERC Scientific Council and three new Vice Presidents Today, six new members of the governing body of the European Research Council (ERC), the Scientific Council, have been appointed by the European Commission. The term of one current member has also bee...

It is a great honor to join the Scientific Council of the @erc.europa.eu. The ERC is precisely the kind of organisation I am proud to champion. Science is what binds Europe together and sustains its resilience

Huge congratulations Tobias! So well deserved! enjoy

Vacancy - PhD candidate in Cognitive Affective Neuroscience Are you passionate about making societal impact through scientific innovation? We invite applications for a PhD project in the field of cognitive ...

Join us for a PhD in affective neuroscience at the Donders Institute (Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging) www.radboudumc.nl/en/vacancies...

ALLEA Affirms Solidarity with the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts in Light of the Planned Discontinuation of Structural Funding The Flemish government has announced its intention to discontinue the structural funding of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (KVAB) as of 2026. In response to this develop

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Triggering just-in-time adaptive interventions based on real-time detection of daily-life stress: Methodological development and longitudinal multicenter evaluation - Behavior Research Methods Stress-related disorders present a significant global burden, highlighting the need for effective, preventive measures. Mobile just-in-time adaptive interventions (JITAI) can be applied in real time a...

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ERC at Brain Innovation Days The European Research Council will be present at the 5th edition of the Brain Innovation Days.

It was a great pleasure to advocate for the role of fundamental science at the Brain and Innovation days. erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

✨Super proud of dr. Floor Burghoorn @floorburghoorn.bsky.social , who obtained her PhD with the highest distinction! Congratulations on behalf of the whole @epanlab.bsky.social lab!🎉🎉@decisioncenter.bsky.social

The 𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 of our RTG came to an end and what a rewarding experience it was for our whole group. Settled near the beautiful Ratzeburg at the lakeside at Hotel "Der… | Elena Drozdova The 𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 of our RTG came to an end and what a rewarding experience it was for our whole group. Settled near the beautiful Ratzeburg at the lakeside at Hotel "Der Seehof", we had 2.5 day...

Ik was a treat to join the summerschool of the RTG on emotional learning and memory. Thanks for all discussions and inspiring talks! www.linkedin.com/posts/elena-...

Nobel Prize winner Serge Haroche finishing his excellent talk on the laser for the @ercgrantees.bsky.social symposium at the ÖPG-SPS meeting in the @univie.ac.at main ceremonial hall with a famous message of Abraham Flexner that resonates with all those for whom science is more than a profession.

Congrats with this nice paper Floor! @floorburghoorn.bsky.social on Intertemporal Pavlovian biases and mental health rdcu.be/eBawi

In memoriam: Andrea Evers (1967 - 2025) It is with deep sorrow that we share the news that our dear colleague Andrea Evers passed away on Monday, 4 August 2025. Since 2013, Andrea had been affiliated with the Faculty of Social and Behaviour...

I still have no words for it, what an immense loss. I know Andrea since our clinical training in 1999 and only a few months ago we toasted on our ERC’s. We have lost one of the most inspiring scientists of the world. We have lost a beautiful person. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...

Super excited to be part of this amazing @nwas.org consortium with Erasmus U (Crone & Marciniak); Amst.UMC (Nauta-Jansen), UVA (Frankenhuis), UU (Smit), @radboudumc.bsky.social (@ernohermans.bsky.nl) and many stakeholders, i.e. National Police. Thanks @Floris Klumpers! can’t wait to get started🎉🎉🎉