Eliana Vassena was awarded an ERC Starting Grant to study how people decide to to cease or persist. Her CoPe project will combine behavioural research, computational modeling, ultrasound and pharmacology to better understand people’s motivation in challenging circumstances, and how this may reveal heightened vulnerability to psychopathology. Read more about her project on the Radboud Recharge magazine https://www.ru.nl/en/research/research-news/why-is-chasing-your-dreams-so-tricky