brain development

The concept of creativity in relation to brain development

Creative thinking is an important skill in order to succeed in our society. Teens are sometimes better in creative thinking than adults. Sietske Kleibeuker explains the concept of creativity in relation to brain development.

Sietske Kleibeuker • 27-06-2016

Shark sighted: I think I’ll go for a swim!

Risk-taking has a bad reputation. Although it’s natural to be concerned about the high levels of risk-taking among young people, with adverse consequences including death and injuries, we shouldn’t forget that risk-taking can also have a positive side.

Berna Güroğlu • 22-02-2016

Are teenagers really missing part of their brain?

Sabine Peters has investigated how the development of cognitive and affective brain regions relates to learning and risk-taking behavior. Brain regions for cognitive control can be recruited by children and adolescents.

Sabine Peters • 19-01-2016

Bridges between education and neuroscience

Educational science and neuroscience - can they benefit one another? Researchers in both fields are enthusiastic to build bridges, but the expectations must be realistic. An educational neuroscience meeting was hosted in Leiden to get the dialogue going.

Anna van Duijvenvoorde • 25-09-2015

Adolescence – a springboard to adulthood

Little children compare themselves with themselves. Uncomplicated: ‘I can run fast; I can write neatly; I’m a big boy; I'm a smart boy’. But all that changes in puberty.

Eveline Crone • 03-09-2015

Understanding risk-taking in adolescence

Whether adolescence was relatively peaceful or full of teenage angst, none of us is likely to forget it. A special time in life, when we begin discovering who we might become, exploring possibilities and taking risks that accompany experimenting with life.

Kiki Zanolie • 02-04-2015

Why can teens be such drama queens?

Maybe you remember your own social life in your mid-teens as dynamic and, most of all, dramatic. Why? Does drama serve a purpose?

• 23-03-2015

Risk-taking in adolescence: where does the brain come into it?

Why do adolescents drive too fast, or without a helmet? And why do they take more risks when they are with their friends? Can we explain this by looking at adolescent brain development?

Barbara Braams • 13-07-2014

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