Biography
I am a passionate early career researcher with a background in neurobiology and psychology. My research focuses on the multitude of internal (e.g. brain functioning, cognition, mental health, gender) and external (e.g. social interactions, culture, context) factors that contribute to the development and maintenance of substance use disorders. As a PhD candidate at the Department of Developmental Psychology of the University of Amsterdam, I contributed to multiple lines of research on alcohol and cannabis use disorders, covering a wide range of topics from unraveling the fundamental neural underpinnings of addictive behaviors to the role of social interaction and cultural attitudes in substance use. As a postdoc at the Department of Psychology, Education & Child Studies at Erasmus University Rotterdam, I will continue this work by setting up a large-scale international experience sampling methods (ESM) study in which I will focus on the interactions between (neuro)cognition, mental health, and cannabis use in both medicinal and recreational users. Ultimately, I hope my research can inspire others to embrace the complexity of substance use disorders - treating individual differences as crucial pieces of the puzzle rather than a nuisance to overcome – in order to improve treatment outcomes.
Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
- kroon@essb.eur.nl
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Work
- Emese Kroon, Lauren Kuhns, Janna Cousijn & Francesca Filbey (2024) - Cannabis cue-reactivity in cannabis use disorder: Diverging evidence in two distinct cannabis cultures - Journal of Psychiatric Research, 179, 341-350 - doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.09.030 - [link]
- T Brown, R A Ackerman, E Kroon, L Kuhns, J Cousijn & F M Filbey (2024) - The role of sleep in the link between cannabis use and memory function: evidence from a cross-sectional study - American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 50 (4), 1-10 - doi: 10.1080/00952990.2024.2362832 - [link]
- Sammie Back, Emese Kroon, Karis Colyer-Patel & Janna Cousijn (2024) - Does nitrous oxide addiction exist?: An evaluation of the evidence for the presence and prevalence of substance use disorder symptoms in recreational nitrous oxide users - Addiction, 119 (4), 609-618 - doi: 10.1111/add.16380 - [link]
- Sammie Back, Emese Kroon, Karis Colyer-Patel & Janna Cousijn (2024) - Nitrous oxide addiction or not, action is needed. A response to commentaries - Addiction, 119 (4), 627-628 - doi: 10.1111/add.16457
- Karis Colyer Patel, Christophe Romein, Lauren Kuhns, Janna Cousijn & Emese Kroon (2024) - Recent Evidence on the Relation Between Cannabis Use, Brain Structure, and Function: Highlights and Challenges - Current Addiction Reports, 11 (3), 371-383 - doi: 10.1007/s40429-024-00557-z
- Janna Cousijn, Lauren Kuhns, Francesca Filbey, Tom P Freeman & Emese Kroon (2024) - Cannabis research in context: The case for measuring and embracing regional similarities and differences - Addiction, 119 (9), 1502-1504 - doi: 10.1111/add.16460 - [link]
- E Kroon, Y J Toenders, L N Kuhns, J Cousijn & F Filbey (2024) - Resting state functional connectivity in dependent cannabis users: The moderating role of cannabis attitudes - Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 256, 111090 - doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.111090 - [link]
- Emese Kroon, Janna Cousijn, Francesca Filbey, Christian Berchtold, Tina M Binz & Lauren Kuhns (2024) - Associations between hair-derived cannabinoid levels, self-reported use, and cannabis-related problems - Psychopharmacology, 241 (6), 1237-1244 - doi: 10.1007/s00213-024-06558-0 - [link]
- Lauren Kuhns, Emese Kroon, Francesca Filbey & Janna Cousijn (2023) - A cross-cultural fMRI investigation of cannabis approach bias in individuals with cannabis use disorder - Addictive Behaviors Reports, 18, 1 - doi: 10.1016/j.abrep.2023.100507 - [link]
- Lauren Kuhns, Gabry Mies, Emese Kroon, Ingo Willuhn, Heidi Lesscher & Janna Cousijn (2023) - Alcohol cue reactivity in the brain: Age-related differences in the role of social processes in addiction in male drinkers - Journal of Neuroscience Research, 101 (10), 1521-1537 - doi: 10.1002/jnr.25206 - [link]
Dutch Society for Brain and Cognition
- Start date approval
- januari 2024
- End date approval
- januari 2027
- Place
- AMSTERDAM
- Description
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