Brain Maturation Study
The Brain Maturation Study aimed to examine the development of inhibition, risk-taking, planning, and emotion recognition in adolescents in relation to white matter microstructural development in the brain. The study recruited two cohorts with participants from the local Heidelberg community in Germany, aged 9 and 12 years, respectively, to create an accelerated cohort design. Participants were mostly right-handed, German speaking, more than two kilograms at birth, without dental braces, intellectual disabilities, developmental disorders, psychiatric conditions, or a sibling participating in the study. Of the participants, 47% were female, and 53% were male.
Study design
Cohort - accelerated
Number of participants at first data collection
125 (participants)
Age at first data collection
9 years (cohort 1)
12 years (cohort 2)
Participant year of birth
2002 (cohort 1)
1999 (cohort 2)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2011
Primary Institutions
Evangelisches Krankenhaus Königin Elisabeth Herzberge (KEH)
Free University of Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin, FU Berlin)
Humboldt University of Berlin (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, HU Berlin)
Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg)
University Hospital Heidelberg (Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg)
Links
No website available
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Dietmar Hopp Foundation (Dietmar Hopp Stiftung)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Interview – phone
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- None
Engagement
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