Short trains of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation increase online corticospinal excitability and pupil size in humans
Study on transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation and corticospinal excitability
Julie DUQUE
Full Professor, Head of the CoActions Lab
Research broadly explores a range of questions pertaining to the cognitive neuroscience of human behavior. Conduct experiments to explore the interaction between cognition and action in neurologically healthy and impaired individuals. Use a variety of techniques to characterize the functional role of different parts of the motor pathways, including transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), functional and structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and electroencephalography (EEG). Recent research investigates the role of the locus coeruleus in various aspects of action control, including reaching movement control, decision making, and behavioral vigor, using transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) to causally probe this neuromodulatory system. More →
16th Belgian Society for Neuroscience Meeting - October 2025
Prof. Julie Duqué presided over the 16th Annual Meeting of the Belgian Society for Neuroscience, celebrating 30 years of scientific excellence with inspiring talks and research …
White matter microstructure predicts effort and reward sensitivity
Research study on white matter microstructure predicts effort and reward sensitivity
Trinh Nam
Non-invasive Stimulation of Contralateral Primary Motor Cortex Reduces the Amount of Skill Generalization to the Untrained Arm
Research study on non-invasive stimulation of contralateral primary motor cortex reduces the amount of skill generalization to the untrained arm
Goldy YADAV
The integrated control of decision and movement vigor
Research study on the integrated control of decision and movement vigor
David THURA
Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation boosts accuracy during perceptual decision-making
Study on transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation effects on decision-making
Shiyong SU
Effect of Extrinsic Reward on Motor Plasticity during Skill Learning
Research study on effect of extrinsic reward on motor plasticity during skill learning
Goldy YADAV
Transcallosal generation of phase-aligned beta bursts underlies TMS-induced interhemispheric inhibition
Research study on transcallosal generation of phase-aligned beta bursts underlies tms-induced interhemispheric inhibition
Christian Georgiev
Fronto-motor circuits linked to effort-based decision-making and apathy in healthy subjects
Research study on fronto-motor circuits linked to effort-based decision-making and apathy in healthy subjects
Gérard DEROSIERE
Ronan Denyer Awarded 3-Year FNRS Fellowship - July 2024
Congratulations to Ronan Denyer who received a prestigious 3-year postdoctoral fellowship from the Belgian Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique to study preparatory inhibition.