research projects past & present
Find out more about our past and current research projects.
More appreciation for children who text
How do children with normal language development and children with a language disorder use 'textese'?
The Alcohol Paradox
Is alcohol consumption during adolescence an addiction risk factor?
Heidi LesscherFaculty of Veterinary Medicine
Beat-it: Gaming your way out of trouble
Can serious games give young people more control over their behaviour?
Margot PeetersFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Don't Worry, BeHapp
How can your mobile phone help science? BeHapp objectively monitors social behaviour.
Martien Kas & Jacob VorstmanBrain Center Rudolf Magnus
Extra sensitive to discipline and compliments
Why some children respond strongly to both negative and positive parenting styles.
Meike SlagtFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Flexible DNA adjusts after youth trauma
How do genetic and epigenetic factors influence the development of anxiety and depression?
Marco BoksBrain Center Rudolf Magnus
Group behaviour in children and monkeys
How do children and macaque monkeys gain control over scarce resources?
Marjolijn Vermande & Liesbeth SterckFaculties of Science & Social and Behavioural Sciences
How important is playing for the development of the brain?
What are the consequences of a lack of social stimuli during the development of the brain?
Corette Wierenga & Louk VanderschurenFaculties of Science & Veterinary Science
The MIND Facility lab focuses on brain development
Stem cell technology and microscopy will open the way to a better understanding of the human brain.
Jeroen PasterkampBrain Center Rudolf Magnus
Problem behaviour in young people: this substance makes the difference
A well-functioning mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) reduces problem behaviour and depression.
Resilient young people in disadvantaged neighbourhoods
Does a 'bad' or stressful neighbourhood have an influence on problem behaviour later in life?
Susan BranjeFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Sociolinguist seeks urban geographer
Two scientists from different discliplines investigate language in the city.
Jacomine Nortier & Irina van AalstFaculties of Humanities & Geosciences
What does birdsong have to teach us about the way children learn to talk?
"There are interesting similarities between the way songbirds learn to sing and the way children learn to talk."
Johan BolhuisFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
The interplay between communication and behaviour
What is the connection between communication problems and behavioural problems in children?