68 search results for “adolescents” in the Staff website
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Neeltje Blankenstein
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Parental criticism hurts: a glimpse inside the adolescent brain
It may seem as though adolescents do as they please, but they are more sensitive to their parents’ opinions than they would appear. The adolescent brain reacts strongly to parental criticism or praise. These are the results of a study by an interdisciplinary research group of psychologists and neuroscientists…
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Aniek Siezenga
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Simone Vogelaar
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Music to our ears: How playing an instrument affects the adolescent brain
What impact does growing up in a musical environment or during the COVID-19 pandemic have on the brain development of teenagers? This was the focus of psychologist Lina van Drunen’s PhD research, which studied hundreds of twins. Her findings reveal that practising music slows brain development, presenting…
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Anke Blöte
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Sara Jakobsson Månsson
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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ESOF2022 Online mini-symposium: The effect of the online world on adolescents
How do digital technologies affect adolescent mental health and resilience? How do we foster a secure online environment? How should we deal with increasing rates of online crimes among adolescents? During the mini-symposium ‘The effect of the online world on adolescents’, presented by the interdisciplinary…
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Adolescents experience how susceptible they are to fake news with VR glasses and rubber hands
BrainTrain: an initiative from Leiden University in which a team of students visit high schools to make adolescents more resilient against disinformation on the news and on their socials. In an interactive two-hour guest lesson, high school pupils discover how easily their brains can be tricked into…
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Eveline Crone
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Moji Aghajani
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Qijia Cong
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Dominik Sieh
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Elise Kortink
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Suzanne van de Groep
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Marieke Bos
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Caroline Bokhorst
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Iris Koele
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Simone Dobbelaar
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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André van der Laan
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Evelien Broekhof
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Miranda Sentse
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Eduard Klapwijk
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Eva Schmidt
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Rehana Dole
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Renske van der Cruijsen
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Loes Janssen
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Myrthe Veenman
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Kyra Verboon
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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LUF grant for Neeltje Blankenstein: 'I want to study online risk behaviour of young people in it's full depth'
Neeltje Blankenstein receives an LUF grant to conduct research on online risk behaviour among young people. What risks do young people take online and why? 'With this research, we not only want to help prevent serious risk behaviour, but also understand what drives young people to it.'
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If your friends jump in the river…
Young people influence one another to take greater risks, although it's not quite that cut and dried. This is what development psychologist Jorien van Hoorn discovered. Peers also have a positive influence on one another, an aspect that has so far been under-researched. PhD defence 12 January.
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Bianca Boyer
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Anne Miers
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Lisa Schreuders
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Kiki Zanolie
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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David Heyne
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Anna van Duijvenvoorde
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Lisanne van Houtum
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Mirjam Wever
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Esther van den Bos
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Burning brain questions of young people bundled in new research agenda
During ExpeditionNEXT in Middelburg, NeurolabNL youth, together with researchers from Leiden University and Erasmus University, handed over a unique research agenda to NWO Chairman Marcel Levi. In it, young people share what they would most like to learn about themselves and the brain.
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Berna Güroglu
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Veni grants for 21 researchers from Leiden University
An impressive 21 research projects by Leiden researchers have been awarded Veni funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).
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Wilma Wentholt
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Geert-Jan Will
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Podcast on resilience gives a boost to worrying youths
What if you get excluded? Are apps against fear and stress effective? How do you keep your brain in shape? The first season of the new podcastseries ‘BreinGeheim’ is about the social contexts of adolescent development and how teens become resilient individuals. Leiden-based behavioural scientist sit…
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Projects 2022-2023
In 2022-2023 eight (teams of) teachers received a Grassroots or Grass shoots grant. Here you can read about their projects.
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All episodes of Breingeheim now available on Spotify
All five episodes of the first season of 'Breingeheim' are now available to listen on Spotify. The first season of the podcastseries is about the social contexts of adolescent development and how teens become resilient individuals. In every episode, a new Leiden-based behavioural scientist and an adolescent…
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Three different perspectives on how the online world has fundamentally changed the way we live our lives
In the ESOF2022 mini-symposium organized by the Social Resilience & Security programme, international experts with a background in psychology, philosophy, and law discussed how the online world is related to adolescent mental health issues, moral and emotional awareness and children’s rights. In three…
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Research and current affairs: 2022 in six stories
Life returned to something resembling normal after Covid but other crises soon took its place. These great challenges are also being felt at the University and our researchers are working on solutions. The nitrogen crisis, problems with young people’s services and an increasingly urgent climate crisis:…