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The goal of this study was to examine avoidance behaviour in spider-fearful persons. During every trial, three of the doors have symbols: either a circle, a triangle or a square, counterbalanced for role. The participant has to select and approach one, starting from the center. After reaching the door, it will open and reveal either a coin (small reward), 5 coins (large reward) or a spider (punishment/aversive stimulus).

The goal was to gain more insight on the daily variation of wellbeing and the interaction between work and leisure time. Is it possible to decrease work related stress by improving the balance between work and leisure time?

The goal of the ThinkSlim! Project is to help people on a diet maintain a negative energy balance by improving dysfunctional eating behaviour. The system utilises Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) to help participants analyse and transform dysfunctional thoughts about eating into functional thoughts. The system collects data for research purposes and acts as an Automated Coach to the user.

The Eatwell serious game is currently in development at Instrumentation Engineering. In this game the particpant can "run" his/her own virtual restaurant. The participant has to complete memory tasks in the form in mini-games. Participation is rewarded in visual upgrades for the participant's restaurant.

We have developed a presentation version of the MRKT (Motorische Reactie-Keuze Test). In this experiment a box with 6 buttons is used. The subject has to keep a base button pressed. When one of the 5 other buttons light up, the subject has to release the base button and press the lighted button. Both the release time of the base button and the reaction time for the target button are measured. The experiment also reports whether you have pressed the correct button or not.

The Medium Exvivo Coil is a 16-channel receive array for Exvivo use. The coil will be used in a field of 9.4T and is custom-built by Instrumentation Engineering.