14 search results for “prosocial behaviour” in the Public website
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Maedeh NasriFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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The social brain in middle childhood
A neurobiological perspective on individual differences in social competence
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Aukje NautaFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Suzanne van de GroepFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Giving to friends, classmates, and strangers in adolescence
A study on the development of prosocial behaviour.
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Got a friend in me?
Mapping the neural mechanisms underlying social motivations of adolescents and adults
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Niels van DoesumFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Me, My Fiends, and I
A neuro-ecological perspective on adolescent prosocial development
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Lisa SchreudersFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Social brain active in childhood already
Exclusion elicits the same response in children as in adolescents and adults. That is what psychologist Mara van der Meulen found when she studied brain activity in primary schoolchildren. ‘What is new for us is that it is the same in childhood as later in life.’ Doctoral defence on 10 December.
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Fact or fiction: people with autism never make eye contact
There's a myth that people with autism avoid eye contact in conversations. This can come across as indifferent. Unjustified, stresses Jiayin Zhao, who is doing her PhD research on the socio-emotional development of children with autism. 'That people with autism don't care is anything but true.'
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Fact or fiction: people with autism are not social
Half the world's population is introverted and comes home drained after an evening of drinks. Their social battery is empty. 'People with autism have a similar experience, but much more intense,' says Boya Li, who researches emotional regulation in children with autism and hearing impairment. Does this…
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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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Double inaugural speech: how social context influences processes in the brain
It’s not a regular occurrence at Leiden University: two professors giving their inaugural lecture on the same day. Berna Güroğlu and Ellen de Bruijn specialise in related disciplines: they both research the influence of social context on processes in the brain – Güroğlu in adolescents and De Bruijn…