54 search results for “adolescence” in the Public website
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Increased striatal activity in adolescence benefits learning
Heightened activation of the striatum that adolescents show in response to reward is often associated with risk-taking and negative health consequences. This article in Nature Communications investigates a potential positive side of this heightened activation. It shows that the activity peak in late…
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Media use and brain development during adolescence
Nowadays children grow up with social media. This may influence the development of brain regions involved in social interaction. In their review article in Nature Communications, Crone and Konijn illustrate how neuroscience can contribute to a better understanding of how media and peers influence adolescents'…
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Eye-contact in childhood and adolescence
Effects of age and social anxiety
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Giving to friends, classmates, and strangers in adolescence
A study on the development of prosocial behaviour.
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Developmental changes and individual differences in trust and reciprocity in adolescence
Trust and reciprocity are two important social behaviors that help adolescents to navigate their social world successfully. In their empirical article in Journal of Research on Adolescence, van de Groep, Meuwese, Zanolie, Güroğlu, and Crone describe the development of trust and reciprocity in adolescents…
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Positive feedback activates adolescent brain
Children and adolescents really do use their ‘smart’ brain areas. This has been confirmed by an extensive and long-running study of the brain carried out by developmental psychologist Sabine Peters . Her findings can have important consequences for education. PhD defence 27 January.
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importance of friendships in reducing brain responses to stress in adolescents exposed to childhood adversity: a pre-registered systematic review
Up to 50% of all children and adolescents growing up worldwide are exposed to at least one form of childhood adversity (CA), which is one of the strongest predictors for later-life psychopathology.
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Brain activity of popular adolescents measured
Adolescents who were more popular among their classmates in junior school are often the ones who are more inclined to share things fairly with others. During this sharing process, 'social' areas of the brain are more strongly activated than in adolescents who are less popular. This is the finding of…
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The adolescent brain makes learning easier
The brains of adolescents react more responsively to receiving rewards. This can lead to risky behaviour, but, according to Leiden University research, it also has a positive function: it makes learning easier. Publication in Nature Communications.
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You make your best friends in your late adolescence
What happens in young people's brains when they win money for someone else? Psychologist Elisabeth Schreuders has shown that the brain responds differently according to the type of friendship and that the response is strongest with stable relationships later in adolescence. PhD defence on 6 March.
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Aniek Siezenga
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Simone Vogelaar
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Het puberende brein
Eveline Crone wrote a new edition of
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Best friends forever? How the adolescent brain reacts to good friends
During adolescence, some young people have stable best-friend relationships, while others change best friends frequently. Developmental psychologist Lisa Schreuders has studied the brains of young adolescents: ‘It seems that friendships in your early years can have consequences for your friendships…
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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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Eveline Crone to receive Ammodo KNAW Award
Professor of Neurocognitive Developmental Psychology Eveline Crone will receive an Ammodo KNAW Award. This was announced by Ammodo, an institute for arts and sciences, and the Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) on 25 January.
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Got a friend in me?
Mapping the neural mechanisms underlying social motivations of adolescents and adults
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Eveline Crone joins ERC Scientific Council
Professor Eveline Crone joined the Scientific Council of the European Research Council (ERC) on 13 January.
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Dear Future Me
Behavioral and neural mechanisms underlying self-concept development in relation to educational decision-making in adolescence
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The @school project
Developmental considerations in the design and delivery of cognitive-behavioural therapy for adolescent school refusal
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The power of positive peers for socially anxious youth
Can positive peer feedback break the cycle of negative self-relevant cognitive processes and reduce self-reported anxiety in early adolescents?
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Eveline Crone
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Moji Aghajani
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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Growing up to be fearful?
Social evaluative fears during adolescence
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The development and prevention of social anxiety in youth
What are the developmental pathways to social anxiety (disorder), the causal processes and maintaining factors? How do these factors interact in the development of social anxiety disorder? How can this knowledge be used to design and implement effective preventive intervention programs for youth?
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Me, My Fiends, and I
A neuro-ecological perspective on adolescent prosocial development
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Changing minds in social anxiety: A developmental network approach to neurocognitive bias modification
Which adolescents are more at risk of developing social anxiety disorder later in life?
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Anna van Duijvenvoorde receives Heineken Young Scientists Award
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has awarded the Heineken Young Scientist Award 2020 in the Social Sciences to developmental psychologist Anna van Duijvenvoorde for her research on the development of the brain and behaviour in adolescents.
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Bias or reality?
Negative perceptions of ambiguous social cues, social performance and physical arousal in socially anxious youth
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Caroline Bokhorst
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Iris Koele
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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Eveline Crone wins Dr Hendrik Muller prize
Eveline Crone, professor of neurocognitive developmental psychology at Leiden University, has been awarded the Dr Hendrik Muller Prize for Behavioural and Social Sciences by KNAW.
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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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Anna van Duijvenvoorde
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Esther van den Bos
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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ERC Consolidator Grant for Eveline Crone
Eveline Crone surmises that adolescence also has a positive effect on social development. She believes, for example, that it is in adolescence that young people learn the skills of cooperation, sharing and helpfulness. She will be researching this hypothesis in the coming period with an ERC Consolidator…
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Michiel Westenberg brings together teaching and youth care for the National Science Agenda
‘Equal opportunities for diverse young people’ receives a Starting Incentive of the Natonal Science Agenda of 2,5 million euros. In this project research is conducted on the processes and mechanisms in the changing environments in which young people grow up that contribute to equal - or unequal - opportunities.…
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Anna van Duijvenvoorde spends Heineken Young Scientist Award on science vlogs
She considers herself lucky. She talks about the research projects she has ended up in and a network like the Young Academy Leiden (YAL). Van Duijvenvoorde talks about her recent incentive prize for young scientific talent, the Heineken Young Scientist Award. 'A lot of people I work with deserve the…
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Eveline Crone in the media
In the Dutch media lots of articles have recently appeared based on interviews with Eveline Crone about the adolescent brain.
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Geert-Jan Will
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen