Family Fears: 'Stay at home! If you leave the house you will catch COVID-19' Children are exposed not only to a novel virus but also to their parents’ fears of the virus. Parents’ fears can easily be passed on to their children. How does this happen and can we prevent it? Cosima Nimphy • June 25, 2020
Raise the age limits for junk food advertising How come some people find it easy not to give that fast food joint a second glance, while others find their mouth watering as soon as they see it? And do children find it even harder to resist such temptations? Maybe the answers lie in our brain? Floor van Meer • July 04, 2019
Bullying and autism: blaming the victim? When it comes to bullying, we often focus on the victim, who is then often offered social skills training. Yet, when children with autism are bullied, is this really appropriate? Carolien Rieffe • April 01, 2019
How difficult is language learning? And to explain it? Language is a vertiginously complex symbolic system, and yet humans all learn it, effortlessly, within a remarkably short period of time. How do they do this? Fenna Poletiek • October 11, 2018
Is intelligence testing in school the smart thing to do? In educational settings, intelligence tests are used more and more frequently. The results of these tests are used for a multitude of purposes. Usage of these tests, however, also has negative sides. So how smart is using intelligence testing in school? Bart Vogelaar • September 24, 2018
Shy parent, shy child? Not only extreme shyness runs in families, but also an early brain response related to shyness, our family study shows. This finding can inform future research on genetic and environmental factors that play a role in the development of extreme shyness. • January 15, 2018
Art Authentication by the Crowd What underlies the capability to recognize the style of a particular artist from look-alike styles? And who can do it? Fenna Poletiek • February 06, 2017
How to deal with the threat of terrorism in children? News of terrorist attacks is on TV almost daily, and the threat of terrorism affects everyone, including children. Being aware of our reactions and enhancing our sense of control may help us to handle both children’s fears of terrorism and our own. Evin Aktar • January 05, 2017
Sinterklaas: Gratitude or lies? It’s almost December: Sinterklaas is now in town and children are eagerly waiting for him, or probably for his gifts. Most children receive many gifts in December, but did you know that children sometimes feel the need to lie in response to Sinterklaas? Sibel Altikulaç • November 28, 2016
