Lydia Krabbendam(vu)

Lydia Krabbendam is full professor of Developmental Neuropsychology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculty of Behavioral and Movement Sciences. Lydia’s research focuses on the neural and behavioural mechanisms of social cognitive development in adolescents. She studies this using experimental paradigms and methods that chart adolescents’ daily lives, such as ecological momentary assessment, diaries and social network analysis. Her recent work has examined the links between socioeconomic background, social-cognitive development, and mental health and wellbeing during adolescence. Lydia is also registered as a clinical neuropsychologist with the Dutch Health Register BIG and works part-time in an outpatient clinic in Amsterdam.