€500 K from NWO for Bernard Hommel's research team
Cognitive psychologist Professor Bernhard Hommel is to receive €500,000 for his interdisciplinary research into how closely knit the rational and emotional aspects of human decisions are. The amount was rewarded in the context of the NWO´s Programme of Excellence. With his research Professor Hommel hopes to gain a better understanding of regular thought processes as well as of such psycho-pathological occurrences as drug dependency and eating disorders.