A5077975470- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Media Influence and Health
- Biomedical and Engineering Education
- Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Educational Games and Gamification
- Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
- Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
- Protein Structure and Dynamics
- COVID-19 diagnosis using AI
- Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms
- Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Teaching and Learning Programming
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Income, Poverty, and Inequality
- Marine and fisheries research
Radboud University Nijmegen
2017-2024
University of Amsterdam
2024
Utrecht University
2022-2024
Through communication technology, users find themselves constantly connected to others such an extent that they routinely develop a mind-set of connectedness. This has been defined as online vigilance. Although there is large body research on media use and well-being, the question how vigilance impacts well-being remains unanswered. In this preregistered study, we combine experience sampling smartphone logging address relation affective in everyday life. Seventy-five Android answered eight...
Abstract Sensitive periods, in which experiences have a large impact on phenotypic development, are most common early ontogeny. Yet, they may also occur at later ontogenetic stages, such as adolescence. At present, however, we know little about why natural selection favours sensitive periods for some traits ontogeny and others This article synthesizes recent mathematical models empirical studies that explore beyond Across models, observe two general patterns. First, emerge when an organism's...
Sensitive periods are widespread in nature, but their evolution is not well understood. Recent mathematical modeling has illuminated the conditions favoring of sensitive early ontogeny. However, also exist at later stages ontogeny, such as adolescence. Here, we present a model that explores favor developmental stages. In our model, organisms use environmental cues to incrementally construct phenotype matches environment. Unlike previous models, reliability varies across We stochastic dynamic...
Sensitive periods, during which the impact of experience on phenotype is larger than in other exist all classes organisms, yet little known about their evolution. Recent mathematical modelling has explored conditions natural selection favours sensitive periods. These models have assumed that environment stable across ontogeny or organisms can develop phenotypes instantaneously at any age. Neither assumption generally holds. Here, we present a model gradually tailor to an fluctuates ontogeny,...
Through communication technology, users find themselves constantly connected to others such an extent that they routinely develop a mindset of connectedness. This has been defined as online vigilance. Although there is large body research on media use and well-being, the question how vigilance impacts well-being remains unanswered. In this preregistered study, we combine experience sampling smartphone logging address relation affective in everyday life. Seventy-five Android answered eight...
Economic hardship is known to shape children’s self-regulation, yet little understood about how fluctuations in unfold over time and whether different patterns of unpredictability carry unique developmental consequences. Using a socioeconomically diverse sample, we tracked families’ subjective economic across 15–36 monthly assessments applied an environmental statistics framework quantify four indices unpredictability: changepoints mean, variance, coefficient variation, noise. Principal...
Scientific theories reflect some of humanity's greatest epistemic achievements. The best motivate us to search for discoveries, guide towards successful interventions, and help explain organize knowledge. Such require a high degree specificity, which in turn requires formal modeling. Yet, psychological science, many are not precise scientists often lack the technical skills formally specify existing theories. This problem raises question: How can we promote theory development psychology,...
Psychologists tend to rely on verbal descriptions of the environment over time, using terms like "unpredictable," "variable," and "unstable."These are often open different interpretations.This ambiguity blurs match between constructs measures, which creates confusion inconsistency across studies.To better characterize environment, field needs a shared framework that organizes time in clear terms: as statistical definitions.Here, we first present such framework, drawing theory developed other...
Scientific theories reflect some of humanity's greatest epistemic achievements. The best motivate us to search for discoveries, guide towards successful interventions, and help explain organize knowledge. Such require a high degree specificity, specifying them requires modeling skills. Unfortunately, in psychological science, are often not precise, scientists lack the technical skills formally specify existing theories. This problem raises question: How can we promote formal theory...
Psychologists tend to rely on verbal descriptions of the environment over time, using terms like ‘unpredictable’, ‘variable’, and ‘unstable’. These are often open different interpretations. This ambiguity blurs match between constructs measures, which creates confusion inconsistency across studies. To better characterize environment, field needs a shared framework that organizes time in clear terms: as statistical definitions. Here we first present such framework, drawing theory developed...
Sensitive periods, during which experiences have a large impact on phenotypic development, are most common early in ontogeny, yet they also occur later ontogenetic stages, including adolescence. At present, however, we know little about why natural selection favors sensitive periods for some traits ontogeny and others ontogeny. This article synthesizes recent mathematical models empirical studies that explore beyond Across formal models, observe two general patterns. First, emerge when an...
Abstract Changing environmental conditions pose serious challenges to organisms, for example, by disrupting access food. Across species and traits, animals use phenotypic plasticity rapidly adjust such changes. Previous work has demonstrated that wild house mice are able stress coping changing food quality within just three generations. However, we do not know when during ontogeny induce adjustments. We tested experimentally (as fetus, newborn, weanling, or late adolescent) a switch between...
Abstract Phenotypic plasticity – the capacity of a genotype to develop into different phenotypes depending on environmental inputs is widespread in nature. Although construction often focus research, many animals are also able deconstruct phenotypic adjustments. Organisms routinely use such reversible adjust changes their social or physical environment. For example, various invertebrates defensive morphologies previously built defend against predators. Theory that explores selection...