Learning which environmental cues that predict danger is crucial for survival and
accomplished through Pavlovian fear conditioning. In humans and rodents alike, fear …

The amygdala and its connections with medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) play central roles in
the development of emotional processes. While several studies have suggested that this …

Acting prosocially and feeling socially included are important factors for developing social
relations. However, little is known about the development of neural trajectories of prosocial …

Prosocial behavior and empathy are important aspects of developing social relations in
childhood. Prior studies showed protracted structural development of social brain regions …

The YOUth cohort study is a unique longitudinal study on brain development in the general
population. As part of the YOUth study, 2000 children will be included at 8, 9 or 10 years of …

Motion remains a significant technical hurdle in fMRI studies of young children. Our aim was
to develop a straightforward and effective method for obtaining and preprocessing resting …

The COVID-19 pandemic caused a global health crisis with large behavioral effects and
serious stress and social consequences. Particularly, teenagers suffered pandemic-related …

Regulating aggression after social feedback is an important prerequisite for developing and
maintaining social relations, especially in the current times with larger emphasis on online …

The clinical importance of social cognition is well acknowledged in patients with psychosis,
in particular those with first episode psychosis (FEP). Nevertheless, its brain substrates and …

How neural correlates of self‐concept are influenced by environmental versus genetic
factors is currently not fully understood. We investigated heritability estimates of behavioral …