Hidden talents

It is well established that people living in adverse conditions tend to score lower on a variety of social and cognitive tests. However, recent research shows that people may also develop ‘hidden talents’, mental abilities that are enhanced through adversity. The hidden talents program sets out to document these abilities, their development, and their manifestations in different contexts. This project examines whether enhancements exist in two executive functions among high-adversity youth, attention-shifting and working memory updating, on standard and ecologically-relevant versions of tasks.

Funding

This project is funded by NWO (Dutch Research Council).