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Collaborations

The CoPAN labgroup is part of the Leiden University LIBC and the Cognitive Psychology Unit, and is affiliated with the Cognition Behavior and Evolution Network CBEN. We study expressions of emotion and their impact on social decision making across species. We are always looking for students who want to gain research experience.

International Collaborations

Prof. Bart Boets

KU Leuven

Belgium

Dr. Marco Brambilla

University of Milan

Italy

Prof. Marco Tamietto

University of Turin

Italy

Dr. Ivan Norscia

University of Turin

Italy

Dr. Roberta Sellaro

University of Padova

Italy

Prof. Lola Canamero

CY Cergy Paris University

France

Dr. Francois Quesque

University of Lille

France

Dr. Karline Janmaat

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Germany

Dr. Dennis Küster

Jacobs University

Germany

Prof. Thomas Suslow

Universitätsklinikum Leipzig

Germany

Dr. Katja Kcelkebeck

Muenster University Hospital

Germany

Prof. Akihiro Tanaka

Tokyo Woman’s Christian University

Japan

Juan Olvido Perea-García

National University of Singapore

Singapore

Dr. Zanna Clay

Durham University

UK

Dr. Hye Young Kim

London School of Economics and Political Science

UK

Dr. Gosia Gocłowska

University of Bath

UK

Prof. Frans de Waal

Emory University

USA

Dr. Laura Harrison

Caltech University

USA

Dr. Aarun Rundus

West Chester University of PA

USA

National Collaborations

Thomas Bionda, MSc.

Apenheul Primate Park

Dr. Jorg Massen

Utrecht University

Dr. Ruud Hortensius

Utrecht University

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Prof. Carsten de Dreu

Leiden University

Dr. Arko Ghosh

Leiden University

Dr. Henk van Steenbergen

Leiden University

Dr. Ruud Hortensius

Utrecht University

Prof. Carolien Rieffe

Leiden University

Dr. Esther van den Bos

Leiden University

Dr. Antoinette Laarhoven

Leiden University

Dr. Marte Otten

Amsterdam University

Dr. Evin Aktar

Amsterdam University

Prof. Agneta Fischer

Amsterdam University

Dr. Annemie Ploeger

Amsterdam University

Dr. Disa Sauter

Amsterdam University

Dr. Milica Nikolic

Amsterdam University

Prof. Henkjan Honing

Amsterdam University

Prof. Dirk Heylen

University of Twente

Memberships

Cognition Behavior Evolution Network (CBEN) – founder and board member website
Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) website
European Association of Social Psychology (EASP) website
European Human Behaviour & Evolution Association (EHBEA) website
Federation of European Neurosciences Societies (FENS) website
International Organization of Psychophysiology (IOP) website
Kurt Lewin Instituut (KLI) website
Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition (LIBC) website
Nederlandse Vereniging voor Gedragsbiologie (NVG) – board member website
Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychonomie (NVP) website
NeuroFederatie Dutch Neurofederation website
Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) website
Vereniging Voor Vernieuwingsimpuls Onderzoekers (VVViO) website

PRIZES

2022

ERC Public Engagement Prize – Involve. For involving the general public in science. Awarded €10.000

Ig-Nobel Prize for our article Prochazkova et al., 2022 Nature Hum Beh (see publication list below).

2016

New Scientist Competition. Third place in competition between Dutch / Flemish researchers from all Disciplines born after 1980. Watch.

                                                                                                                                                          

FELLOWSHIPS

2022

ERC- Proof of Concept E-VIRT. For the development of a VR-emotion training tool. Awarded €150.000

2021

Esther Katz Rosen Precollege Psychology Grant Program. Awarded 10.000USD

2020

Leiden Community. Teaching innovation. Connecting university students with high school (Technasium) students through the Psychology Lab on wheels. Awarded €13.584

Leiden and The Hague Community. Psychology Lab on wheels. Awarded €50.000

2019

Citizen Science Lab, Cognitive Psychology Unit, Psychology Lab on wheels. Winner out of 50 proposals. Awarded €30.000

2018

ERC Starting. From Mimicry to Trust: A Tinbergian Approach. Awarded €1.500.000 

NWO ORA. Production and perception of emotional expressions in humans and great apes. Awarded €308.540

NWO VIDI. Trust and distrust through emotional mimicry. Implications for autism spectrum disorder and social anxiety disorder. Awarded €800.000

2017

Leiden University. Virtual Reality study on full body mimicry. With Dr. A. Laarhoven and R. Sellaro. Awarded €60.900

Leiden University. Virtual Reality study on mimicry in high and low socially anxious individuals. With Esther van den Bos. Awarded €43.635

Templeton World Charity Foundation. Social intelligence in humans, chimpanzees and bonobos. Awarded €234.000

2016

Stichting Elise Mathilde Fonds and Leidsch Universitair Fonds. The evolutionary roots of discrimination. Awarded €24.999

2015

NWO talent grant. The role of pupil synchronization in real life interactions: Implications for trust and deception. With PhD student Eliska Prochazkova. Score: 2.3 (very good). Awarded €229.170

2014

NWO VENI Role of Pupil-synchronization in Trust. Score: 1.7 (excellent). Awarded €250.000

2013

Amsterdam Brain Center Neural mechanisms underlying pupillary contagion and subsequent development of trust. Awarded €9.000

2012

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science BRIDGE-Program Program to maintain relationships with Japan and continue established collaborations. Awarded €10.000

Koninklijke Nederlandse Academie van de Wetenschappen. Dr. J. L. Dobberke Stichting voor vergelijkende Psychology. The perception of emotions in humans and chimpanzees. Awarded €5.000

2010

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral fellowship. Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University, Japan. Awarded €20.000

Links

Apenheul Primate Park, an idealistic organization, dedicated heart and soul to primates and their natural habitat. This is where the bonobo project runs.

Cognition Behavior Evolution Network, for scholars working in the fields of evolutionary psychology, behavioral ecology, human biology, primatology, and cultural evolution.

Gishwati Forest Rwanda, a beautiful site where we study chimpanzees in their natural habitat.

Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition, an interfaculty center for interdisciplinary research on brain and cognition.

Nederlandse Vereniging voor Gedragsbiologie, Netherlands Society for Behavioral Biology.

Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychonomie, Dutch psychonomic society promoting the science of cognition and brain.

Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan, a great institute where I spent nine months studying the chimpanzee.

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