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A NEW DR IN THE CELL LAB!

August 26, 2024

On the 26th of August, the CELL lab got a new Dr with a double degree at KU Leuven and Maastricht University: Dr. Charlotte Buecken successfully defended her impressive thesis entitled “’I Never Said that!’ The impact of false denials on memory based testimony”.

Congrats and we are very proud!

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NEWS

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A NEW DR IN THE CELL LAB!

May 19, 2023

Great achievements in our lab!
On May 19h, Paul Riesthuis, achieved a double degree PhD at KU Leuven and Maastricht University with his thesis: “When lying becomes the truth: the impact of lying on memory in the court room”. Congrats!

NEW GRANT FOR DR. SANNE HOUBEN

December 20, 2021

Great upcoming project in the making! Dr Sanne Houben won a grant from the KNAW to work on a project on Imagery Rescripting and Memory at KU Leuven!

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TAMARA DE BEUF EDITOR OF IN-MIND

November 16, 2021

Interesting news from our lab! As of today, Tamara De Beuf is a member of the editorial board of the online journal In-Mind.

A NEW DR IN THE CELL LAB!

November 10, 2021

On the 10th of November, the CELL lab got a new Dr. Carey Marr successfully defended her interesting thesis entitled Examining the effects of Acute Stress on Memory in Eyewitness Settings. Congrats!

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TWO NEW DR IN THE CELL LAB!

May 27, 2021

Great achievements in our lab!
On May 27th, Sanne Houben achieved the double degree of PhD at Maastricht University and KU Leuven discussing a thesis on EMDR and false memories. On the 23rd of June, Lilian Kloft successfully defended her PhD thesis on the effects of drugs on the creation of false memories obtaining the degree Cum Laude!

A NEW DR IN THE CELL LAB!

April 1, 2021

On the 31st of March, the CELL lab got a new Dr! Fabiana Battista successfully obtained the joint degree of PhD in Psychology and Criminology by defending her thesis entitled How Witnesses Remember Crimes: The Role of Cognitive Resources and Deception on Memory.

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NEW PAPER FROM OUR LAB

December 16, 2020

Another interesting publication from our lab by Prof. dr. Henry Otgaar. The paper accepted in Perspectives on Psychological Science shows how beliefs in unconscious repressed memory are still strong among legal, clinical, and academic professionals. See here! 

https://bit.ly/2K4Uxt3

NEW FWO GRANT FOR CELL

December 16, 2020

Huge news today for our group! Prof. dr. Henry Otgaar received a FWO Senior Research grant for the project “The Fate of False Memory”. The project will aim to investigate how normal forgetting affects the formation of false memories.

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NEW PAPER FROM OUR LAB

December 11, 2020

A new great publication in the Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition from our group. Dr. Wang shows how culture can shape the formation of false memories in European and Chinese people. 

Check this out: https://bit.ly/2WhkMyV 


A NEW PHD STUDENT POSITION IS NOW OPENED

December 2, 2020

Prof. dr. Henry Otgaar has a new PhD student position! The project is collaborative with the Dutch Police Academy and the candidate will be going to work on online and tele forensic interviewing under the supervision of Prof. Henry Otgaar (KU Leuven and Maastricht University), Prof. Corine de Ruiter (Maastricht University), dr. Koen Geijsen (Maastricht University, Police Academy), and dr. Nicolien Kop (Police Academy).

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