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Affective Cognitive Neuroscience Lab was established in 2013 as a subdivision of the Department of Behavioural Neuroscience and Drug Development at the Institute of Pharmacology Polish Academy of Sciences. In 2017 the laboratory was associated with the Department of Pharmacology. Our main research activity is aimed at investigating the behavioural, pharmacological, neuroanatomical, and neurochemical correlates of cognitive processing biases in animal models.

Interesting links:

https://www.polskieradio.pl/10/5366/Artykul/2693798,Dezinformacja-choroba-XXI-wieku

https://www.wsj.com/articles/for-rats-a-good-tickling-can-change-the-world-1468530323

http://naukawpolsce.pap.pl/aktualnosci/news,410967,szczurzy-pesymisci-pomagaja-zrozumiec-depresje.htmlhttp://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/07/28/hamster-mood-angry-study/30803989/

http://www.wsj.com/articles/for-rats-a-good-tickling-can-change-the-world-1468530323

https://digest.bps.org.uk/2016/06/30/pessimistic-rats-are-extra-sensitive-to-negative-feedback/

https://www.facebook.com/Pracownia-Neurobiologii-Emocji-i-Proces%C3%B3w-Poznawczych-231026933735026

https://www.wiz.pl/19,285.html

Achievements

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Award

Rafal Rygula: Prime Minister's award for habilitation

Professor Rafał Ryguła, PhD

Effects of memantine, an NMDA receptor antagonist, on place preference conditioned with drug and nondrug reinforcers in mice

Popik, P., Wrobel, M., Rygula, R., Bisaga, A., Bespalov, A.Y.

DOI: 10.1097/00008877-200305000-00008

See also

Fundusze Europejskie Inteligentny Rozwój Rzeczpospolita Polska Fundacja na rzecz Nauki Polskiej Unia Europejska Europejski Fundusz Rozwoju Regionalnego Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego Polska Akademia Nauk