We study the adolescent brain and mind in the social world to reveal how social experiences shape resilience and vulnerability in mental health.
Social connection is central for health and well-being in humans, especially during the formative developmental period of adolescence.
How do experiences of social disconnection, such as social stress, loneliness, and social isolation, impact the brain and mind of young people?
And how does engagement with digital technologies, such as social media use, impact young people’s cognition and brain function?
The Developing Social Minds Lab explores these questions using different methods such as behavioural experiments, neuroimaging in combination with multivariate analysis methods (e.g., multi-voxel pattern analysis, MVPA), and secondary analyses of large-scale longitudinal data.
Our research is funded by:
Developing Social Minds Lab 