Biography
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).
Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
- achterberg@essb.eur.nl
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Work
- Michelle Achterberg, Anna C.K. van Duijvenvoorde, Marinus IJzendoorn, Marian J. 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 U.S.A., 117 (15), 8602-8610 - doi: 10.1073/pnas.1915124117 - [link]
- 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 van 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, 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]
- 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]
- D (Daphne) van de Bongardt, R (Rianne) Kok, M (Michelle) Achterberg, SI (Sari) Hogye, FM (Frank) Weerman, J (Joran) Jongerling, MC (Miranda) Lutz & LP (Linda) Dekker (2021) - Annual Peer Relations Onderzoekers (PRO) conference (Participant)
Activity: Organising and contributing to an event › Academic
- Michelle Achterberg, Lysanne te Brinke & Miranda Lutz (2022) - Dragon's Den Seed Fund
2.1C Biological Determinants
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FSWE2-012-A
2.1C Biological Determinants
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FSWE2-012-C
