Dr. B. (Bastiaan) Bruinsma

Biography

Bastiaan Bruinsma is a senior researcher at the Military Mental Healthcare department (MGGZ), where he has worked since 2020. During his PhD in neuroscience at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU), he explored the link between brain processes, behavior and cognition. His current research at the MGGZ builds on this foundation, focussing on how stress affects cognition and contributes to mental health symptoms, as well as research into treatments for insomnia and PTSD - including virtual reality-based interventions.

Overview of projects within BRaIC

Virtual reality (VR) 

IMMERSE - Virtual Reality in trauma treatment

PREDICTING

IN-DEPTH - a study examining multiple aspects of depression within the military.

Decision making

ENDURE - Executive Functioning and Decision-Making Under Stress in Realistic Environments

UNPHASED - Moral decision making in stressful situations

ARMED -  Moral decision-making among military personnel and civilians

STRIVE - Research on Stress in Virtual Environments

Publications

The publications of Dr. Bastiaan Bruinsma can be found at Google Scholar.