This is a reminder on the upcoming VNOP lab visit organized on Monday 11 February 2013 by the Brain and Development Lab in Developmental Psychology, Leiden University. The deadline for registration is 28 January 2013.

The aim of the lab visits is to meet researchers in their daily working environment and gain information about ongoing research projects as well as the research methods they employ.

Below is the preliminary program of the lab visit. Within the program there will be four methodology workshops on the following topics: functional MRI, structural MRI, heart rate analysis and pubertal hormones. The participants can attend one of these four workshops.

Below you will also find the list of suggested readings. You can download these papers on the Brain and Development website (www.brainanddevelopmentlab.nl/labvisit-vnop-2013). Please check this website for the final program.

IMPORTANT: Please indicate with your registration which workshop you would like to attend.

For registration and questions email Berna Güroglu (bguroglu@fsw.leidenuniv.nl).

For more information on the VNOP (De Vereniging Nederlandse OntwikkelingsPsychologie) (The Dutch Society for Developmental Psychology) please go to: www.vnop.nl

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Preliminary VNOP B&D Lab Visit Program 11 February 2013

10.00 Welcome & Introduction
10.15 Master class Eveline Crone
11.30 Scanner tour / Poster session
12.30 Lunch & speed dating with a researcher
13.30 Poster session / Scanner tour
14.30 Workshops (functional MRI, structural MRI, heart rate analysis and pubertal hormones)
15.15 Closing remarks
15.30 Tea/coffee

Suggested reading for all participants:

Crone, E. A., & Dahl, R. E. (2012). Understanding adolescence as a period of social-affective engagement and goal flexibility. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 13, 636-650.

Suggested reading per workshop:

– functional MRI: Bandettini, P. A. (2009). What’s new in neuroimaging methods? Annals of New York Academy of Sciences, 1156, 260-293.

– structural MRI: Bandettini, P. A. (2009). What’s new in neuroimaging methods? Annals of New York Academy of Sciences, 1156, 260-293.

– Heart rate: Crone, E. A. Somsen, R. J. M., Zanolie, K., & Van der Molen, M. W. (2006). A heart rate analysis of developmental change in feedback processing and rule shifting from childhood to early adulthood. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 95, 99-116.

– Pubertal hormones: Peper, J. S., & Dahl, R. E. (in press). Surging hormones: brain-behavior interactions during puberty. Current Directions in Psychological Science.