We just started a new website to support our research on dyslexia. We are interested to find out how the brain of children at risk for dyslexia (by having a parent and another relative with dyslexia) but who do not develop dyslexia, may compensate for early primary processing deficits. The study is executed in children […]
Author: Natasha Maurits
Ageing with grace: inspiration from the Nun study
While preparing my talk for the Springschool Healthy Ageing, which I also chair, I found this movie on Youtube. It is an older movie already (from 2006), but it perfectly shows why I felt so inspired after reading ‘Ageing with grace’ from David Snowdon, the PI of the Nun Study. Isn’t it amazing that, at […]
IEEE Spark: inspiring high school students
As a senior member of IEEE I was happy to see that they just launched a new website – IEEE Spark – aimed at 14-18 year olds who want to learn more about careers in engineering, technology and computing. It features articles on technological innovation, university preparation tips, professional career profiles, at-home activities, cartoons, and […]
Draw and play keep Parkinson’s at bay
Under this title the documentary in which Euronews showcases our research into the early diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease was broadcast. Although the hours of film material have been cut down to only four and a halve minutes, the main goal of our research – to provide patients with a probable diagnosis as early as possible […]
Open Access publishing does not endanger scientific quality and improves accessibility
André Aleman and I wrote a letter to NRC (a Dutch newspaper) in response to an opinion piece by Prof. Jacintha Ellers. Our point was that, in contrast to Prof. Ellers’ opinion, Open Access publishing does not endanger scientific quality and allows access to scientific results for all.
Euronews shoot successful
A two-man television crew (Spanish journalist Julian from France and English cameraman Terry from Luxemburg) spent all day at our department to gather material for a documentary on research into Parkinson’s disease. It was very fascinating to have an inside look at the professional making of a documentary. Hours of material were gathered of the […]
Euronews crew at UMCG
On Wednesday February 29th, a Euronews camera film crew will visit my group to shoot material for a documentary on our research in the FP7 DiPAR project (Diagnosing Parkinson’s disease using neuromuscular function evaluation). Some of our partners (Manus, VTT, University of Glasgow, Hispafuentes) will join us on this day to be interviewed and one […]
New website ET research
Today our site essentieletremor.nl was launched. The site is intended to draw attention to our study of essential tremor, employing EMG-fMRI, together with the AMC in Amsterdam and financed by the Prinses Beatrix Fonds. We have already included the first patients with essential tremor, but we still need more participants. In addition our site provides […]
Diagnosis by machine
One of my scientific interests is the use of EEG or fMRI for diagnosis of neurological disorders in individual patients. So far, most studies (including my own) have been able to find statistically significant differences between groups of patients or between patients and healthy subjects. But, as not everyone realizes, these results unfortunately do not […]
The Netherlands: a country for young (and older) women?
It is not always easy to find female role models, which is one of the reasons why I volunteer for ‘Spiegelbeeld’, a Dutch initiative to show female highschool students that maths, physics and all exact sciences in general are highly interesting (i.e. not dull or boring at all), are applied in more practical areas than […]