This summer got me thinking about how easy it is when you work in academics to just keep on going. Summertime is the time you can take it easy or even go on a holiday, but you may find yourself tempted to (finally) focus on your research since you probably have little teaching obligations. I have always been focused on …
“What, July already!?” I think, as I receive emails from the University about the close of the academic year. These past 7 months feel to have gone by in the blink of an eye. At the same time, the start of the lockdown in the Netherlands (that started on the 12th of March), has created a divide in my mind; …
Recently, we released an MRI data sharing guide for Dutch researchers. This is a tool for researchers who want to share brain MRI data but do not know where to start. Such a practical tool is an output form that we as researchers are not very much used to. Creating this guide was therefore a very different process compared to …
Vandaag verscheen er in Erasmus Magazine een interview met onderzoekers Kayla Green, Michelle Achterberg en Ilse van de Groep over het antiracismestatement dat zij namens het SYNC lab schreven. Hierin leggen ze uit waarom het voor het SYNC lab belangrijk is om dit statement te schrijven en hoe ze hopen de komende tijd met actiepunten aan de slag te gaan. …
The Clock – Marc Chagall (1914)A ticking clock symbolizing the uncertain times you cannot hold back It is easy for me to think about how spring and summer of 2020 would have been. I would have lived in my brand-new apartment and have commuted to my new office in Rotterdam. I would have gone on a family trip to New …
De corona maatregelen hebben het leven van jongeren en kinderen veel veranderd. Als jongere heb je behoefte om de wereld te ontdekken, veel nieuwe vrienden te maken en om iets goeds te doen voor je omgeving, hoe klein ook. Dat zag je ook tijdens de coronacrisis, waar er in rap tempo allerlei initiatieven zijn opgezet. Van kleine dingen als boodschappen …
KNAW Open Science in psychology and cognitive neuroscience meeting December 9, 2019 In recent years, many efforts have been made to shift the field of psychology and cognitive neuroscience towards Open Science. This is an umbrella term under which many different initiatives fall to make research more open: increasing transparency, sharing data, open access to research papers, diversity of researchers, …
PhD Candidate Ilse van de Groep has written a blog (in Dutch) for NeurolabNL about antisocial behavior during the current crisis. Together with Resist project research assistant Merel Spaander, she explains why youth show (more of) this type of behavior during the lockdown, and why it is particularly important to help the most vulnerable amongst them.
SYNC stands for Society, Youth and Neuroscience Connected. This is not just a catchy acronym; it truly reflects our mission: To bridge multiple levels of measurement to understand how young people develop into contributing members of society. All of society: regardless of origin, skin color, gender, education level, or sexual preference. We are concerned about how the recent events of …