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Marijke Achterberg is an Assistant Professor at Utrecht University, specializing in neurobiology, particularly focusing on social play behavior. Her research emphasizes the significance of social play in proper social development and addresses its pivotal role in various psychiatric disorders including autism, ADHD, and schizophrenia. Achterberg's work aims to disentangle the neurocircuitry underlying social play behavior and to highlight its importance for social development. Additionally, she employs pharmacological and chemogenetic tools in conjunction with behavioral setups to investigate these dynamics. Her group also studies individual differences in social play behavior and how these differences influence adult social, impulsive, and addictive behaviors.
Department of Psychology