Experiments SBL

22/01/2022

Our very own Christian Keysers was part of a podcast about empathy - check it out! 🔥

Watch this episode to learn what neuroscience reveals about empathy. In this far-reaching conversation with neuroscientist Dr. Christian Keysers (who served ...

03/01/2022

We are still looking for participants!

🧠 LOOKING FOR PARTICIPANTS FOR A PAID STUDY 🧠

Looking for right-handed individuals between 18-35 years old to participate in a paid experiment (duration around 3 hours) at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience.

You will take part together with another participant and will do a task involving either conflictual choices or pain stimulation (roles decided randomly before). During the task, we will apply repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS). rTMS is a non-invasive procedure that has been used extensively for medical and research purposes to investigate brain function. You will get more information about this tool and whether you are eligible for TMS experiments upon contacting us. The payment is 8 Euros per hour plus a potential bonus from the task.

*We will be following a COVID-19 protocol at all times to ensure the safety of our participants.

If you are interested in participating, please send an email to: [email protected]

03/12/2021

Dr Valeria Gazzola and Professor Christian Keysers run the Social Brain Lab, investigating the neuroscience of empathy.

03/12/2021

03/12/2021

The ability to feel what others are feeling, a phenomenon known as empathy, is a key part of people’s social behaviour. Despite us knowing how empathy feels,...

05/11/2021

🧠 LOOKING FOR PARTICIPANTS FOR A PAID STUDY 🧠

Looking for right-handed individuals between 18-35 years old to participate in a paid experiment (duration around 3 hours) at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience.

You will take part together with another participant and will do a task involving either conflictual choices or pain stimulation (roles decided randomly before). During the task, we will apply repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS). rTMS is a non-invasive procedure that has been used extensively for medical and research purposes to investigate brain function. You will get more information about this tool and whether you are eligible for TMS experiments upon contacting us. The payment is 8 Euros per hour plus a potential bonus from the task.

*We will be following a COVID-19 protocol at all times to ensure the safety of our participants.

If you are interested in participating, please send an email to: [email protected]

13/07/2021

LOOKING FOR PARTICIPANTS FOR A PAID STUDY

Looking for individuals to participate in a paid experiment. This experiment investigates how people choose between alternatives involving conflictual outcomes for the self and others and individual differences between these choices. Payment is 8 Euros per hour. You can find more information on the flyer!

If you are interested in participating, please send an email to [email protected] with the subject “PainGain”.

06/08/2019

Hi Everyone!
The social brain lab (The Netherlands Institute for neurosciences) is currently looking for volunteers for a paid experiment (45€+bonus). Please contact us if you are interested and don't hesitate to share with your friends!
WHAT? We would like to invite you to participate in this research project. The main aim is to understand better the neural mechanisms at play in hierarchical situations.
You will be tested by pairs. One of you will be the ‘commander’ and the other one will be the ‘victim’, but at the middle of the experiment your role will be switched, so it’s fully reciprocal. In one of the experimental condition, you will be entirely free to decide to give an order to an executor (a human or a robot) to administer or not a shock to the other participant in exchange of +€0.05 during 60 trials. In the other condition you will receive the instruction from the experimenter to transmit her order to the executor, again during 60 trials.
Procedure for the shocks: The ‘victim’ will wear two electrodes on the non-dominant hand. Shocks will be delivered using a constant current stimulator (Digitimer DS7A). Participants’ individual pain threshold will be determined for the two participants before starting the experiment. The pain threshold that will be chosen by each participant will never change during the experiment and two experimenters will be always present to supervise.
When you will be in the role of the commander, your brain activity will be recorded in a MRI scanner. fMRI is a non-invasive technique to measure brain activity by detecting changes in blood flow.
HOW MUCH? The experiment will last +-4.5 hours and you will be paid minimum 45€ (the exact amount will depend on your choices during the experiment). It includes your presence for the experiment + questionnaires to fill in online before.
WHERE? At the Spinoza Centre for Neuroimaging (nearby the AMC). More information about how to go there will be provided in the information letter that we will send you by mail if you apply.
INCLUSION CRITERIA:
- Age between 18 and 36
- Be right-handed
- Don’t candidate at the same time than a friend
- Have a normal or normal-to-corrected vision
- Not having metal in your body (braces, etc.)
- Not being pregnant
- No history of psychiatric disease or neurological disorders
HOW TO PARTICIPATE? Please send a mail to [email protected]. In that mail, indicate the name of the experiment (COMMANDER expe1), you name, age, gender, a phone number and your studies. Tell us what day(s) you would be available to come in:
- Wednesday August 7th, 8:50AM
- Wednesday August 7th, 1:15PM
- Thursday August 8th, 1:45PM

04/08/2019

Hi Everyone!
The social brain lab (The Netherlands Institute for neurosciences) is currently looking for volunteers for a paid experiment (45€+bonus). Please contact us if you are interested and don't hesitate to share with your friends!
WHAT? We would like to invite you to participate in this research project. The main aim is to understand better the neural mechanisms at play in hierarchical situations.
You will be tested by pairs. One of you will be the ‘commander’ and the other one will be the ‘victim’, but at the middle of the experiment your role will be switched, so it’s fully reciprocal. In one of the experimental condition, you will be entirely free to decide to give an order to an executor (a human or a robot) to administer or not a shock to the other participant in exchange of +€0.05 during 60 trials. In the other condition you will receive the instruction from the experimenter to transmit her order to the executor, again during 60 trials.
Procedure for the shocks: The ‘victim’ will wear two electrodes on the non-dominant hand. Shocks will be delivered using a constant current stimulator (Digitimer DS7A). Participants’ individual pain threshold will be determined for the two participants before starting the experiment. The pain threshold that will be chosen by each participant will never change during the experiment and two experimenters will be always present to supervise.
When you will be in the role of the commander, your brain activity will be recorded in a MRI scanner. fMRI is a non-invasive technique to measure brain activity by detecting changes in blood flow.
HOW MUCH? The experiment will last +-4.5 hours and you will be paid minimum 45€ (the exact amount will depend on your choices during the experiment). It includes your presence for the experiment + questionnaires to fill in online before.
WHERE? At the Spinoza Centre for Neuroimaging (nearby the AMC). More information about how to go there will be provided in the information letter that we will send you by mail if you apply.

INCLUSION CRITERIA:
- Between 18 and 36
- Be right-handed
- Don’t candidate at the same time than a friend
- Have a normal or normal-to-corrected vision
- Not having metal in your body (braces, etc.)
- Not being pregnant
- No history of psychiatric disease or neurological disorders

HOW TO PARTICIPATE? Please send a mail to [email protected]. In that mail, indicate the name of the experiment (COMMANDER expe1), you name, age, gender, a phone number and your studies. Tell us what day(s) you would be available to come in:
- Wednesday August 7th, 8:50AM
- Wednesday August 7th, 1:15PM
- Thursday August 8th, 1:45PM

29/05/2019

LEARNING THE CONSEQUENCES OF MY ACTIONS

We are looking for participants for our new EEG study!

All test sessions are in English; therefore, individuals between the ages of 18-35 are welcome to participate! The study is paid and based on your performance you can earn up to 30-40 euros.

If you're interested and would like to learn more, drop us a message on the page or an e-mail at: [email protected]

Best, the SBL team

11/02/2019

LEARNING THE CONSEQUENCES OF MY ACTIONS

We are still looking for participants for our fantastic behavioural study!

If you are interested drop us a message on the page or an email ([email protected]).

Best, the SBL team