About the event
Mental fatigue is an increasingly relevant challenge in modern society, affecting health, performance, and daily functioning. This symposium celebrates the graduation of four PhD researchers whose work explores mental fatigue from fundamental brain mechanisms to human performance and real-world applications.
Through keynote lectures and PhD presentations, leading researchers will share perspectives on the neurobiology of fatigue, pharmacological mechanisms, pacing, perception of effort, and performance. Join us for a multidisciplinary day of science, discussion, and exchange!
This is the tentative program
The speakers
- Prof. Florentina Hettinga
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Professor and Head of the Department of Human Movement Sciences at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
- dr. Jelle Habay
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Postdoctoral researcher affiliated with MFYS and the Vital Signs and Performance Monitoring (VIPER) research group at the Royal Military Academy. He recently defended his doctoral thesis, which explored interindividual variability in responses to mental fatigue.
- Prof. Samuele Marcora
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Professor at the University of Bologna and a leading researcher in exercise physiology and the psychobiology of endurance performance.