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iBBA institute for research on brain, body and behaviour

Institute Brain and Behaviour Amsterdam

iBBA is a research institute within the Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, that brings together excellent research into the psychological, neural and cognitive aspects underling human behavior at different levels, from cognitive, social and learning processes, to sports and motor perception.

The goal of iBBA is to foster the exchange and development of knowledge for advanced methods of experimental research. The core mission is to develop and test fundamental theories of mind, brain, body movement and/or behaviour. The institute achieves this mission through combining world class-expertise in terms of methods and state of the art analyses, through combining and strengthening infrastructure (from labs to scanners), quality control (e.g., data management; from acquisition to storing and sharing data), communication profile (towards funding agencies and society) and by making research useful for economic or societal utilisation (valorisation).  

Our members work in the field of human movement sciences, experimental and applied psychology, clinical, neuro and developmental psychology and biological psychology.  

iBBA crosses borders

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APRIL

10th April 2025. Join us for the iBBA colloquium: "Interoception and Cognition" by Catherine Tallon-Brady, from the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris. Location: MF A307; Time: from 4 to 5pm.

23rd April 2025. Ines Verissimo's PhD defenceFrom the Corner of Our Eye: The Role of Extrafoveal Vision in Target Selection - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Location: Auditorium (Hoofdgebouw building); Time: 13.45 (be there at 13.30).

MAY

14th May 2025. Ward Nieboer's PhD defence. "Paralympic Movement meets Eye Movements". Location: Auditorium (Hoofdgebouw building); Time: 09:45.

22nd May 2025. Join us for the iBBA colloquium: "Problematic Predictions: Anxiety, Predictive Processing, and the Experience of Dizziness" by Elmar Kal, from Brunel University London. Location: MF D665; Time: from 4 to 5pm.

22nd May 2025. Annual LEARN! conference*. iBBA members are welcome to join. The deadline for the registration is 9th May 2025 (register here:  https://forms.gle/GrqwmyTzqDxBQB2K6 )

JUNE

5th June 2025. Nicolás Sánchez-Fuenzalida's PhD defence. "How to measure subjective experience". Location: Agnietenkapel, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 229-231, 1012EZ Amsterdam. Time: 13:00. 

6th June 2025. iBBA Workshop: "Vision as prediction: learning, action, and biases." Location: VU Campus (room TBD). Time: TBD. 

24th June 2025. iBBA day: "iBBA inside out. What goes on inside iBBA – and how to branch out to each other". An afternoon of flashtalks by iBBA PI’s, combined with lunch, lab tours, and drinks. Location: Atrium (MF building); Time: starting from 12:15.

OCTOBER

10th October 2025. Joint iBBA-ABC (Amsterdam Brain and Cognition - UvA) network event. Meet your fellow researchers from the University of Amsterdam and build novel connections! Location: Brakke Grond, Time: afternoon (more details to follow).

Past events

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Colloquia 2024/2025

November 21st 2024 - Isabella Wagner from University of Vienna

February 20th 2025 - Martin Rolfs from Humboldt University of Berlin

April 10th 2025 - Catherine Tallon-Baudry from Ecole Normale Supérieure

iBBA-days

2024 iBBA day 'AI in Research'

2023 iBBA day 'Science communications'

2022 iBBA day ‘Science to business’

Colloquia 2023

October 19 - Isabel Thielmann from Freiburg

September 21 - Lisa DeBruine from Glasgow replicates face research

June 8 - Jennifer Cook from Birmingham reads other people

May 25 -Tamar Makin from Cambridge about neurorehbilitation and prosthetics

March 16 - Willem Frankenhuis from Freiburg, Germany discussed 'Hidden talents' in children

iBBA fundings

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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences
Van der Boechorststraat 7
1081 HV Amsterdam

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