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On Friday October 9th 2009, Tim Leufkens will defend his PhD thesis titled "Hypnotics and anxiolytics: Field and laboratory measures of drug safety in driving performance and cognitive functions". Afterwards from 13.30pm-16.15pm a mini-symposium will be held on "Sleep problems, cognitive functions and traffic safety". |
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The Experimental Psychopharmacology Unit is a research unit located at Maastricht University. It consists of staff from the Faculty of Psychology (Dept. of Neuropsychology and Psychopharmacology) and the Faculty of Health, Medicine, and Life Sciences (Dept. of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology). The research in this unit is mainly focused on the neurochemical basis of various behavioural functions such as memory, attention, psychomotor performance, mood, anxiety, and addiction. We study biological mechanisms related to neurotransmitters, hormones, and drugs that affect behaviour and cognition, in both humans and animals. Our research can be divided into three main categories:
 Drugs and driving
Drugs and cognition
Drugs and disorders Within each of these categories, we use an experimental approach and not only assess the behaviour of participants or patients, but also the brain activity involved in this behaviour. The EPU is formlery known as the Institute for Human Psychopharmacology, where the main focus was on Drugs and driving research. Our methods include pharmacological and nutritional manipulation, assessment of brain function using EEG and functional MRI methods, cognitive and psychomotor assessment in laboratory conditions and assessment of car driving performance in real life. |
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