Naomi de Haas received the competitive Jan-Brouwer thesis prize 2016 for her master thesis “Navigating our memories: how episodes and space combine in the hippocampal formation”. The prize is being rewarded annually by the Royal Holland Society for Science (Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen) in different categories of social sciences. Naomi’s thesis won the prize, which is worth 2000 Euro, in the category ‘humanities’.
http://www.khmw.nl/prijzen/prijs/jan-brouwer-scriptieprijzen/

Humans have the remarkably ability to integrate information from multiple memories and infer indirect relationships. But how does our brain support this important function? In the latest study from our lab, we show that rhythmic brain waves, called theta oscillations, engage and synchronize the brain regions that support the integration of memories. The results were published in the journal Current Biology.
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Naomi de Haas has obtained one of NWO’s ‘Research Talent’ grants to study spatial and episodic memory in humans.

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How come we can remember some things very well, while we often forget the rest? Christian Doeller, Sander Bosch and Silvy Collin set out to answer this question using fMRI neuroimaging for the Dutch television show “Katja’s Bodyscan”, starring television personality Katja Schuurman.
