Academic departments FGB

The Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences comprises five academic departments that provide both education and research.

The academic staff is organized into departments. The departments are headed by a professor/department head.

Human Movement Sciences

The Department of Human Movement Sciences studies how people move, how movement can become impaired and how it can be improved.

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Educational and Family studies

Educational and Family Studies provides study programs in Educational Sciences and Clinical Child and Family Studies. With our research we promote understanding of parenting, children’s development, education and care, and we work on evidence-based interventions in those areas.
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Experimental and Applied Psychology

In our department, students and staff from diverse cultural backgrounds combine theoretical knowledge and rigorous methodology to solve applied problems in society and organizations.
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Biological Psychology

The research and education programme at the department of Biological Psychology revolves around the genetic and biological basis of individual differences in mental and physical health, brain structure and function, and normal and abnormal behaviour. Our research is longitudinal and often pertains to children, adolescents, adults and elderly that come from twin families.
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Clinical, Neuro- & Developmental Psychology

De afdeling Klinische, Neuro- en Ontwikkelingspsychologie (KNOP) richt zich op onderzoek en onderwijs in de klinische psychologie in brede zin: van preventie tot behandeling voor het verminderen van de ziektelast gedurende de hele levensloop.
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