The impact of cues and negative consequences on decision making: the role of the insular cortex

Project description

Targeting the insula to treat depression

Addiction and depression are psychiatric disorders characterised by suboptimal decision-making due to aberrant processing of negative information. Laboratory tasks to assess decision-making in humans closely mimic real-life situations, providing participants with cues to guide their decisions, which can, for instance, result in winning or losing money. The EU-funded Island in the brain project will study the engagement of the insular cortex (insula) brain region in decision-making. The insular cortex has been implicated in decision-making and in several psychiatric disorders. It will also develop a new way to assess cue-guided risk/punishment decision-making in rats. The findings will be useful in the testing of treatment strategies targeting the insula.

Fields of science

• medical and health sciences › clinical medicine › psychiatry › anxiety disorders

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Topic(s)

• MSCA-IF-2019 - Individual Fellowships

Call for proposal

H2020-MSCA-IF-2019
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Funding Scheme

MSCA-IF-EF-RI - RI – Reintegration panel

Coordinator

UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT

Address

Heidelberglaan 8
3584 CS Utrecht
Netherlands

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

EU contribution

€ 187 572,48