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Nienke van Atteveldt

Nienke van Atteveldt
Professor of Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Nienke van Atteveldt is a professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Section Clinical Developmental Psychology. She leads a research program aimed at investigating the underlying mechanisms of school motivation and resilience in adolescents. Additionally, her lab investigates neuroscience communication and the societal impact of developments in neuroscience.

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Contributions by Nienke

How can educators address inequality in the classroom?

Eddie Brummelman, Nienke van Atteveldt, Sharon Wolf, Jellie Sierksma / 8 May 2025
Article Learning & Education Equity Diversity
A teacher helps a group of young students with their schoolwork at a classroom table.

What happens when students experience the power of their brains?

Tieme Janssen and Nienke van Atteveldt / 21 February 2023
Article Development Neuroscience
An abstract brain rocket breaks through an obstacle.

How can we make education systems fairer for children?

Annie Brookman-Byrne / 23 June 2022
Interview Learning & Education Diversity
Photo by Sam Poullain on Unsplash.com, CC0

The teenage brain: prone to risk-taking or creative?

Nienke van Atteveldt / 30 January 2019
Article Development Neuroscience
Free-Photos, Pixabay.com, CC0 1.0

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