Nilosmita Banerjee
PhD Researcher (FNRS FRESH Doctoral Fellow)
ABOUT ME
Nilosmita Banerjee is a PhD researcher at Laboratory of Medical Psychology and Addiction at Université libre de Bruxelles (Brussels) in collaboration with the Department of Experimental Psychology at University of Gent (Gent) in Belgium.She is currently investigating the multifaceted expression of loss-chasing in online gambling during her doctoral degree. Her research interests include studying risky decision making in gambling and gambling like financial environments.She received her Masters of Science in Cognitive Computational Neuroscience and Bachelors of Science in Psychology from the Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield (UK). She was a national-level gold-medalist in Psychology at A-Levels in India.
PRE-REGISTERED PROJECTS
Banerjee, N., Noël, X., & Chen, Z. (2025a). Between-session chasing in a large-scale
online gambling data: Assessing the time of return following losses and wins.Banerjee, N., Noël, X., & Chen, Z. (2025b). Between-session chasing in a large-scale
online gambling data: Assessing the session wager and session duration following
losses and wins.All the pre-registrations can be accessed in the OSF repository linked below.
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Banerjee, N., Noël, X., & Chen, Z. (2025). Effects of winning and losing streaks on within-session chasing in online gambling: A replication and extension study. International Gambling Studies, 1-25.
Banerjee, N., Chen, Z., Clark, L., & Noël, X. (2023). Behavioural expressions of loss-chasing in gambling: A systematic scoping review. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 105377.
Wyckmans, F., Banerjee, N., Saeremans, M., Otto, R., Kornreich, C., Vanderijst, L., ... & Noël, X. (2022). The modulation of acute stress on model-free and model-based reinforcement learning in gambling disorder. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 11(3), 831-844.
CONTACT
EMAIL: [email protected]
LOCATION:
Faculty of Medicine,
Laboratory of Medical Psychology and Addiction,
Brugmann Hospital - CP 403/20,
Place Van Gehuchten, 4
1020 Brussels
ACADEMIC AWARDS
A-Levels Awards
Merit Award for outstanding academic performance - Senior Secondary level (2011 - 2012)State-level Gold Medalist A-Levels Psychology (2013) awarded by Indian National Govt.University Awards
Faculty of Sciences Scholarship BSc (University of Sheffield) (2016 - 2019)Department of Psychology Alumni Merit Scholarship MSc (University of Sheffield) (2019 - 2021)International Merit Scholarship MSc (University of Sheffield) (2019 - 2021)Doctoral Fellowship
Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS) under the FRESH Doctoral fellowship
Award (2022 - 2026)Best Poster Award - 10th International Conference on Behavioural Addictions (ICBA) 2025 (Nantes, France)
ACADEMIC ROLES
Associate Editor at the Journal of European Psychology StudentsFounder and Committee Member of the Pan-European Gambling Journal Club (created in collaboration with Academic Forum of the Study of Gambling and GREO)Supervision - Currently supervised Masters students at Université libre de Bruxelles in experimental projects assessing the expression of loss-chasing in gambling experimental paradigms in online studies.Peer-review - I have peer-reviewed gambling studies for Addictive Behavior , Frontiers in Psychology and the research proposals for the ZonMw grant.
CONFERENCE PAPERS/TALKS
2025
National Association for Gambling Studies (NAGS) Conference
Brisbane, Australia, November 17–19, 2025
Talk (Mini-Lecture) Selected – The Rise of Big Data in Gambling Research: Discussing the Merits, Demerits and Challenges10th International Conference on Behavioural Addictions (ICBA)
Nantes, France, July 2025
Poster Presentation – A Multifaceted Assessment of Between-session Chasing in a Large-scale eCasino Dataset: A Confirmatory Study
Winner of Best Poster Award5th International Multidisciplinary Symposium – EXCESSIVE GAMBLING: PROMOTING AND PROTECTING HEALTH IN A DIGITALISED WORLD
Caux, Switzerland, June 2025
Talk presented – A Multifaceted Assessment of Between-session Chasing in a Large-scale eCasino Dataset: A Confirmatory StudyUniversity of Brussels Institute of Neuroscience Conference
Faculty of Psychology, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, May 2025
Poster Presentation – A Multifaceted Assessment of Between-session Chasing in a Large-scale eCasino Dataset: An Exploratory StudyEarly Career Researchers PhD Day Conference
Faculty of Psychology, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, April 2025
Poster Presentation – A Multifaceted Assessment of Between-session Chasing in a Large-scale eCasino Dataset: An Exploratory Study2024
10th European Student Conference on Behaviour and Cognition
Paris Brain Institute, November 2024
Talk presented – Effects of Winning and Losing Streaks on Within-session Loss-chasing in Online Gambling: A Replication and Extension StudyGREAT British Networks – Gambling Research Showcase
Swansea University, September 2024
Invited Speaker – Digital Data and Gambling ResearchCurrent Advances in Gambling Research Conference (CAGR)
University of Amsterdam & UMA, June 2024
– Poster Presentation: Impact of Winning and Losing Streaks on Within-session chasing: A multi-faceted study
– Launched the Pan-European Gambling Journal ClubEarly Career Researchers PhD Day Conference
Faculty of Psychology, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), April 2024
Talk presented – Expression of Within-session chasing in eCasino data2023
Gambling Research and Policy Conference
Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, September 2023
Delegation and NetworkingCurrent Advances in Gambling Research Conference (CAGR)
King’s College London, June 2023
Talk presented – Expression of Within-session chasing in eCasino data - An Exploratory StudyBelgian Association for Psychological Sciences (BAPS) Annual Conference
University of Mons, May 2023
Poster Presentation – Behavioural Expressions of Loss-chasing: A Systematic Scoping ReviewInternational Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS)
American Psychological Association, Brussels, March 2023
Delegation and Networking
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