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Lorelei Aeby

Master’s student, University of Zurich

Lorelei Aeby completed a bachelor’s degree in Psychology, and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in the same field. Her academic interests center on atypical brain development, particularly ADHD and ASS, as well as science communication. Lorelei chose to write about music as a coping mechanism due to her own experience of using music therapeutically to process and regulate emotions.

Contributions by Lorelei

Lorelei Aeby, Ines Daccord, David Bürgin / 14 October 2025

Articles Development Mental health Learning environments

A teenager listens to music on headphones.

Quality Coordinator at a primary school in the Netherlands 

Ellis Stevelink

PhD Candidate at the Laboratory for the Psychology of Child Development and Education, Université Paris Cité

Mélanie Maximino-Pinheiro

Associate Professor, University of Amsterdam

Eddie Brummelman, photo by Sander Nieuwenhuys

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