Julianna is a research assistant at the SYNC lab and is involved in the Gravitation program ‘Growing Up Together in Society (GUTS)’. As a research assistant, Caroline is primarily involved with planning and screening of participants and data collection including MRI scans, behavioural experiments, and questionnaires.
Julianna has a background is in psychology and neuroscience and is currently enrolled in a Research Master in Neuroscience & Cognition at Utrecht University. During this master’s she also conducted her internship at SYNC, under the Braintime study, where she helped with the last wave of data collection in young adults.
MoPriya is a research assistant involved in the Gravitation program ‘Growing Up Together in Society (GUTS)’. As a research assistant, MoPriya is primarily involved in EEG data collection.
MoPriya holds a Bachelor’s degree in cognitive Psychology and a Research Master’s degree in Cognitive Neuroscience. Throughout her studies, she deepened her interest in both conscious and subconscious social behaviour. During her masters, MoPriya worked as research intern on a project about sense of agency in the context of law enforcement, where she gained some experience with EEG data collection in a diverse sample.
Stan is a research assistant at the SYNC lab and is involved in the Gravitation program ‘Growing Up Together in Society (GUTS)’. As a research assistant, Stan is primarily involved with data collection including MRI scans, behavioral experiments, and questionnaires.
Stan completed a Master’s degree in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience with a specialization in Neuropsychology from Maastricht University. During his studies, he completed an internship at the University of Cambridge, where he contributed to data collection for a study on learning in adolescence. In addition, he conducted an independent research project using previously collected data, focusing on learning in social interactions.
Caroline Elkhoury is a research assistant at the SYNC lab and is involved in the Gravitation program ‘Growing Up Together in Society (GUTS)’. As a research assistant, Caroline is primarily involved with data collection including MRI scans, behavioral experiments, and questionnaires.
Caroline holds both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Education and Child studies. Her master thesis focused on the relation between executive functioning, gender, and the effectiveness of prediction-based learning. During her masters, Caroline worked as a research intern at the Leiden Institute of Brain and Cognition (LIBC), where she gained her first experience with neuroimaging in young adolescents. After completing her masters, she worked as a research assistant at the Leiden Consortium on Individual Development (L-CID), a large longitudinal twin study on brain development in childhood and adolescence.
