The Emma Neuroscience Group is part of Emma Children’s Hospital at Amsterdam UMC. We investigate the impact of disease and treatment on the brain in children and young individuals in the context of daily life functioning.

NEWS

Features recent updates on our work. We have been featured in a wide range of national and international media, including de Volkskrant, NRC, NOS Radio 1, RTL Nieuws, NTR Wetenschap.

TEAM

The Emma Neuroscience Group is led by prof. dr. Jaap Oosterlaan and dr. Marsh Königs. Our colleagues include assistant professors, postdocs and PhD candidates. Meet all our team members.

PUBLICATIONS

Features updates on recently published work. Our work has been published in renowned international peer-reviewed journals, including JAMA Neurology, Pediatrics, Neurology, Sports Medicine.

CORE METHODOLOGY

The group specializes in a selection of techniques to assess brain structure and functioning, involving computerized neurocognitive testing, advanced multimodal neuroimaging with MRI, eyetracking for neurocognitive assessment of infants, data science for predictive modelling.

PROJECTS

We execute neuroscientific studies in a wide range of target groups, including healthy subjects, patients with clinical conditions, and elite soccer athletes. We have widespread expertise in traumatic brain injury.