Mind, Mood, Microbes: |
The Science of Gut Feelings |
For more, see www.mindmoodmicrobes.org
About Laura:
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From both a personal and professional point of view, I am pursuing the Human Potential. My aim is to enhance and optimize (cognitive) performance in healthy and safe ways. I believe this is important in dealing with the demands of our environment, which contributes to well-being and happiness.
Last summer, supported by a KNAW van der Gaag Scholarschip (2017), I visited the Emotions and Quantitative Psychophysiology lab at The Ohio State University in the United States. In August, supported by an NWO Veni grant, I moved back to where it all started (Leiden University, Cognitive Psychology). Here, together with (national and international) collaborators and a number of amazing assistants and students, we investigate how gut bacteria influence physiological processes, our brains, and subsequent behavior, and how we may use that to enhance our well-being. For this work, I was recently awarded the Young Scientist award from the European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. The research I am currently conducting is funded by a project grant from the Gratama Stichting/Leiden University Fund (LUF; 2019), a Veni grant received from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO; 2018), a Talent Grant from Amsterdam Brain and Cognition (2017), and a public-private Enabling Technologies Hotels grant from ZonMw (2017). My current location: |
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