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- Burg. Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam
- achterberg@essb.eur.nl
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Dr. Michelle Achterberg is a postdoctoral researcher in the SYNC-lab and is interested in social emotional development. In her studies, she focusses on the underlying neural mechanisms of, and environmental influences on, social emotion regulation in childhood.
Michelle collaborates on a large longitudinal twin study on brain development in childhood and emerging adolescence, as part of the Leiden Consortium on Individual Development (L-CID)). Within this study Michelle specifically focusses on longitudinal brain development and its relation to social information processing and behavioral control. Additionally, she is expanding her knowledge of functional and structural brain connectivity and investigates how brain development is influenced by genes and the environment.
On her personal website, dr. Achterberg regularly updates news on ongoing research projects and outreach activities: www.michelleachterberg.nl
Research interests: Behavioral control, Social Emotion Regulation, Brain Development
Onderzoeksinteresses: Gedragscontrole, Sociale emotie regulatie, hersenontwikkeling
Bio
Michelle has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Research Master’s degree in Neuroscience. During her masters, Michelle worked as a research intern at the department of (child) psychiatry, University Medical Center Utrecht, where she gained her first experience with neuroimaging in children. Following her passion for developmental neuroscience, Michelle joined Eveline Crone’s Brain and Development Lab in 2014. In 2016 Michelle received a KNAW ter Meulen grant and Leiden University Fund to visit Prof. dr. Nim Tottenham at Columbia University New York. Michelle has presented her work on numerous national and international conferences and has received several trainee and travel awards.
In March 2020, Michelle defended her PhD thesis on “the nature, nurture and neural mechanisms of social emotion regulation in childhood”, for which she received the highest distinction (cum laude).
- Michelle Achterberg, A C K van Duijvenvoorde, Marinus IJzendoorn, MJ Bakermans-Kranenburg & Eveline Crone (2020) - Longitudinal changes in DLPFC activation during childhood are related to decreased aggression following social rejection - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of Ame, 117 (15), 8602-8610 - doi: 10.1073/pnas.1915124117
- Michelle Achterberg & M van der Meulen (2019) - Genetic and environmental influences on MRI scan quantity and quality - Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 38 - doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2019.100667 - [link]
- Michelle Achterberg, MJ Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marinus IJzendoorn, M Meulen, N Tottenham & Eveline Crone (2018) - Distinctive heritability patterns of subcortical-prefrontal cortex resting state connectivity in childhood: A twin study - NeuroImage, 175, 138-149 - doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.03.076 - [link]
- Michelle Achterberg, ACK van Duijvenvoorde, M van der Meulen, MJ Bakermans-Kranenburg & Eveline Crone (2018) - Heritability of aggression following social evaluation in middle childhood: An fMRI study. - Human Brain Mapping, 39 (7), 2828-2841 - doi: 10.1002/hbm.24043 - [link]
- Michelle Achterberg, JS Peper, A C K van Duijvenvoorde, RCW Mandl & Eveline Crone (2016) - Frontostriatal White Matter Integrity Predicts Development of Delay of Gratification: A Longitudinal Study - Journal of Neuroscience, 36, 1954-1961 - doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3459-15.2016 - [link]
- Ilse van de Groep, Marieke G.N. Bos, Lucres M.C. Jansen, M (Michelle) Achterberg, Arne Popma & Eveline A. Crone (2021) - Overlapping and distinct neural correlates of self-evaluations and self-regulation from the perspective of self and others - Neuropsychologia, 161 - doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2021.108000
- Lina van Drunen, Simone Dobbelaar, Renske van der Cruijsen, Mara van der Meulen, Michelle Achterberg, Lara M. Wierenga & Eveline A. Crone (2021) - The nature of the self - Human Brain Mapping, 42 (17), 5609-5625 - doi: 10.1002/hbm.25641
- Michelle Achterberg, Simone Dobbelaar, Olga Boer & Eveline Crone (2021) - Perceived stress as mediator for longitudinal effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on wellbeing of parents and children - Scientific Reports, 11 (1) - doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-81720-8 - [link]
- Simone Dobbelaar, Anna C.K. van Duijvenvoorde, Michelle Achterberg, Mara van der Meulen & Eveline A. Crone (2021) - A Bi-Dimensional Taxonomy of Social Responsivity in Middle Childhood - Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 586633 - doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.586633
- M van der Meulen, LM Wierenga, Michelle Achterberg, N Drenth, Marinus IJzendoorn & Eveline Crone (2020) - Genetic and environmental influences on structure of the social brain in childhood - Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 44 - doi: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187892932030030X
- Michelle Achterberg, A C K van Duijvenvoorde, Marinus IJzendoorn, MJ Bakermans-Kranenburg & Eveline Crone (2020) - Longitudinal changes in DLPFC activation during childhood are related to decreased aggression following social rejection - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of Ame, 117 (15), 8602-8610 - doi: 10.1073/pnas.1915124117
- Michelle Achterberg & M van der Meulen (2019) - Genetic and environmental influences on MRI scan quantity and quality - Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 38 - doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2019.100667 - [link]
- M van der Meulen, N Steinbeis, Michelle Achterberg, Marinus IJzendoorn & Eveline Crone (2018) - Heritability of neural reactions to social exclusion and prosocial compensation in middle childhood - Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 34, 42-52 - doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2018.05.010 ? - [link]
- Michelle Achterberg, ACK van Duijvenvoorde, M van der Meulen, MJ Bakermans-Kranenburg & Eveline Crone (2018) - Heritability of aggression following social evaluation in middle childhood: An fMRI study. - Human Brain Mapping, 39 (7), 2828-2841 - doi: 10.1002/hbm.24043 - [link]
- Michelle Achterberg, MJ Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marinus IJzendoorn, M Meulen, N Tottenham & Eveline Crone (2018) - Distinctive heritability patterns of subcortical-prefrontal cortex resting state connectivity in childhood: A twin study - NeuroImage, 175, 138-149 - doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.03.076 - [link]
- M van der Meulen, N Steinbeis, Michelle Achterberg, E Bilo, BG van den Bulk, Marinus IJzendoorn & Eveline Crone (2017) - The neural correlates of dealing with social exclusion in childhood - Neuropsychologia, 103, 27-39 - doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.07.008 - [link]
- DJ Bos, B Oranje, Michelle Achterberg, C Vlaskamp, S Ambrosino, MA de Reus, MP van der Heuvel & SARB Rombouts (2017) - Structural and functional connectivity in children and adolescents with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder - Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 58, 810-818 - doi: 10.1111/jcpp.12712 - [link]
- Michelle Achterberg, A C K van Duijvenvoorde, M van der Meulen, S Euser, MJ Bakermans-Kranenburg & Eveline Crone (2017) - The neural and behavioral correlates of social evaluation in childhood - Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 24, 107-117 - doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2017.02.007 - [link]
- A C K van Duijvenvoorde, Michelle Achterberg, BR Braams, S Peters & Eveline Crone (2016) - Testing a dual-systems model of adolescent brain development using resting-state connectivity analyses. - NeuroImage, 124 (1), 409-420 - doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.04.069 - [link]
- Michelle Achterberg, A C K van Duijvenvoorde, MJ Bakermans-Kranenburg & Eveline Crone (2016) - The neural basis of aggression regulation in response to negative social feedback - Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 11, 712-720 - doi: 10.1093/scan/nsv154 - [link]
- Michelle Achterberg, JS Peper, A C K van Duijvenvoorde, RCW Mandl & Eveline Crone (2016) - Frontostriatal White Matter Integrity Predicts Development of Delay of Gratification: A Longitudinal Study - Journal of Neuroscience, 36, 1954-1961 - doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3459-15.2016 - [link]
- EA Konijn & Michelle Achterberg (2020) - Neuropsychology of emotional responsiveness to media - In J. van den Bulck, E Sharrer, D Ewoldsen & M-L Mares, The International Encyclopedia of Media Psychology. - John Wiley & Sons Inc.
- D (Dorien) Huijser, Michelle Achterberg, LM Wierenga, AE van 't Veer, Eduard Klapwijk, R van Erkel & KM Hettne (2021) - Brain MRI data sharing guide - doi: 10.5281/zenodo.3822289
- Eveline A. Crone & Michelle Achterberg (2021) - Prosocial development in adolescence - Current Opinion in Psychology, 44, 220-225 - doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.09.020
