Anouk is a PhD candidate at the Social Brain Lab at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience. She is part of the WP3 group within the GUTS project, where she investigates the role of affective empathy in antisocial behavior, with a specific focus on embodied emotions.

She holds a Research Master’s degree in Cognitive Neuropsychology from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, where she followed the clinical track. Anouk has a background in clinical and neuropsychological psychology, and her research integrates these perspectives to better understand the emotional and cognitive mechanisms underlying antisocial behavior.