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Madelief Kuijper

@madeliefkuijper.bsky.social

PhD Candidate in Educational Genetics @ VU Amsterdam Passionate about behavioral genetics, statistical modeling, and research that can make a real-world impact 📚🧬🌏

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Dr Elsje van Bergen @drelsje.bsky.social · 3w ago

Looking forward to #SSSR2026! Alexandra Starr, @madeliefkuijper.bsky.social, @josefina-bernardo.bsky.social, Britt Min and I present work on literacy/numeracy genetics, ADHD–reading links, intergenerational transmission, and online assessment. I’ll also give the Mid-Career Award plenary on Friday.

Dr Elsje van Bergen @drelsje.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🚀From psychology undergraduate to behavioural geneticist: my PhD student @madeliefkuijper.bsky.social shares her inspiring journey “I once feared statistics—now I use R every day, even with pleasure!” vu.nl/nl/verhalen/... @vuamsterdam.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social #PhDLife #AcademicSky

Madelief Kuijper voltooide de Bachelor Psychologie - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Madelief Kuijper heeft de bacheloropleiding Psychologie aan de Vrije Universiteit voltooid. Hoe heeft zij de opleiding ervaren?

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Dr Elsje van Bergen @drelsje.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🧩Learning to talk & read isn’t just about effort or teaching—it’s shaped by biology, experience & context 🧠Our new review links genetics, neuroscience, psychology & education to show why some children find language or reading easier. 📖 doi.org/10.31234/osf... 🖼️genes→brain→cognition→behaviour 🧵👇

Figure 2 in the review: Levels of analysis from genes and brain systems to cognition and behaviour.
The child both influences and is influenced by parents through genetically shaped interactions, and by the wider school and social environment.
Figure design by Neil Usher.
Figure from this review paper: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/w23yz_v1

Dr Elsje van Bergen @drelsje.bsky.social · last yr.

Most scientists working with genetic data access neatly prepared N=1000s. But behind every datapoint, there’s a journey. This DNA kit traveled across Europe via my PhD students @magdamatetovici.bsky.social & @madeliefkuijper.bsky.social —before my 6yo bravely tried to fill it with spit

Madelief Kuijper @madeliefkuijper.bsky.social · last yr.

Just back from a lovely research trip to the University of Oslo! Big thanks to the CREATE Center. I shared our research plans in a seminar and took a course on SEM using lavaan & Mplus. Grateful for the insights, the people, and the sunshine Oslo treated us to! ☀️

Dr Elsje van Bergen@drelsje.bsky.social · last yr.

🦚 Proud of my four PhD students in behavioural genetics and developmental science for their excellent presentations at CREATE at the University of Oslo! Great to have them here—some for a short visit, others for a longer stay—during my sabbatical year.

Josi Bernardo @josefina-bernardo.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 SEMINAR ALERT 🚨 Join us at CREATE next Friday for a session on behavioral genetic approaches to studying individual differences. Three fellow PhD candidates and I will each give flash talks on our projects! www.uv.uio.no/create/engli... @madeliefkuijper.bsky.social @drelsje.bsky.social

CREATE Open Seminar: Behavioural Genetic Approaches to Studying Individual Differences in Children’s Behaviour and Learning - CREATE - Centre for Research on Equality in Education

This seminar will be presented by four PhD candidates from the University of Oslo and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU). Madelief Kuijper, Josefina Bernardo, Kassandra Pomper, and Britt Min will each ...

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