Floris de Lange

Floris de Lange (born 1977) is a cognitive neuroscientist known for his contributions in the fields of perception research, and predictive coding magnetoencephalography, computational modeling, and AI models for neuroscience. Currently, de Lange holds the position of Principal Investigator at the Donders Center for Cognitive Neuroimaging, where he established the Predictive Brain Lab. Additionally, he serves as a senior editor at eLife and he is professor of Perception and Cognition

Education De Lange completed his first Master's degree in Neuropsychology in 2001 and his second Master's degree in Artificial Intelligence in 2003 at Radboud University Nijmegen. Building on this foundation, he graduated with a Ph.D. degree in cognitive neuroscience focused on motor imagery at the same university. de Lange explored how mental stimulations of perception and action are neurally implemented employing fMRI and MEG techniques. De Lange opened a field of questions on whether action observation triggers a simulation similar to motor imagery and whether both processes draw upon the same cognitive mechanisms for different purposes.

In 2009, de Lange established the Predictive Brain Lab at the Donders Institute. As a principal investigator, de Lange focuses primarily on the neural and cognitive mechanisms underlying predictive processing during perception and decision-making. The article focused on understanding how the brain utilizes prior knowledge to influence neural computations in perception. At the same time, the authors reviewed methodological approaches to do so, promoting the application of multi-site activity with laminar profiling precision in neuroscientific measurement.

Public engagement Floris de Lange has had several media appearances as an expert in perception and expectation neuroscience. Among others, he appeared in RTL Nieuws and de Gelderlander discussing neural mechanisms of perception.

In 2020, he was the first guest of the VPRO series Big questions (in dutch: Grote Vragen), in which he was invited as a cognitive neuroscientist to explain some of his insight to the general public, whilst visiting some of the places that initially inspired him to join the field.

In 2021, he received the Ammodo Science Award. of perception and cognition since 2018 at the Radboud University Nijmegen in partnership with the Donders Institute. Specifically, his instructional focus encompasses the courses Attention and Prediction and Cognitive Control and Decision Making, as well as Neurophysiology of Cognition and Behavior. Ammodo Science Award for fundamental research (2021) NWO Vidi Innovational Research Incentives Scheme Award (2015) Young Academy Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) (2014) Cortex Prize of the Federation of the European Societies of Neuropsychology (FESN) (2013) James S. McDonnell Scholar Award for Understanding Human Cognition (2013) Heineken Young Scientist Award for Cognitive Science (2012)