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Jaap Oosterlaan is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, conducting research predominantly in the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields, notably Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Surgery, and Developmental and Educational Psychology.

Their research focuses on core topics including Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Infant Development and Preterm Care, Children's Physical and Motor Development, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Congenital Gastrointestinal and Neural Anomalies, and Traumatic Brain Injury Research.

Jaap Oosterlaan has contributed to a range of publication venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Journal of Pediatric Surgery
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • Journal of Attention Disorders

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Jaap Oosterlaan include:

  • "Effects of physical activity interventions on cognitive outcomes and academic performance in adolescents and young adults: A meta-analysis," 2020, Journal of Sports Sciences
  • "Consortium neuroscience of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder: The ENIGMA adventure," 2020, Human Brain Mapping
  • "The effects of physical activity on brain structure and neurophysiological functioning in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis," 2020, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
  • "Analysis of structural brain asymmetries in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in 39 datasets," 2021, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • "Facial emotion recognition impairment predicts social and emotional problems in children with (subthreshold) ADHD," 2021, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

The scientist frequently collaborates with a set of co-authors including Marsh Königs, Jan K. Buitelaar, Marjolein Luman, Barbara Franke, and Catharina A. Hartman, contributing to numerous joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Meta-analysis of neurobehavioral outcomes in very preterm and/or very low birth weight children.

    Cornelieke Sandrine Hanan Aarnoudse-Moens;Nynke Weisglas-Kuperus;Johannes Bernard van Goudoever;Jaap Oosterlaan

  • How specific is a deficit of executive functioning for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder?

    Joseph A Sergeant;Hilde Geurts;Jaap Oosterlaan

  • Response inhibition in AD/HD, CD, comorbid AD/HD + CD, anxious, and control children: A meta-analysis of studies with the stop task.

    Jaap Oosterlaan;Gordon D. Logan;Joseph A. Sergeant

  • Subcortical brain volume differences in participants with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and adults: a cross-sectional mega-analysis

    Martine Hoogman;Janita Bralten;Derrek P. Hibar;Maarten Mennes

  • How specific are executive functioning deficits in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism

    Hilde M. Geurts;Sylvie Verté;Jaap Oosterlaan;Herbert Roeyers

  • Effects of physical activity on executive functions, attention and academic performance in preadolescent children: a meta-analysis

    Johannes W. de Greeff;Roel J. Bosker;Jaap Oosterlaan;Chris Visscher

  • The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex

    Katrina L. Grasby;Neda Jahanshad;Jodie N. Painter;Lucía Colodro-Conde

  • The ENIGMA Consortium: large-scale collaborative analyses of neuroimaging and genetic data

    Paul M. Thompson;Jason L. Stein;Sarah E. Medland;Derrek P. Hibar

  • Physical exercise and executive functions in preadolescent children, adolescents and young adults: a meta-analysis

    Lot Verburgh;Marsh Königs;Erik J A Scherder;Jaap Oosterlaan

  • The impact of reinforcement contingencies on AD/HD: a review and theoretical appraisal.

    Marjolein Luman;Jaap Oosterlaan;Joseph A. Sergeant

  • Executive functioning in adult ADHD: A meta-analytic review

    A. Marije Boonstra;Jaap Oosterlaan;Joseph A. Sergeant;Jan K. Buitelaar

  • Motor development in very preterm and very low-birth-weight children from birth to adolescence: a meta-analysis.

    Jorrit F. de Kieviet;Jan P. Piek;Cornelieke S. Aarnoudse-Moens;Jaap Oosterlaan

  • Neurocognitive functions in pathological gambling: a comparison with alcohol dependence, Tourette syndrome and normal controls.

    Anna E. Goudriaan;Anna E. Goudriaan;Jaap Oosterlaan;Edwin de Beurs;Wim van den Brink

  • Cognitive Outcomes of Children Born Extremely or Very Preterm since the 1990s and Associated Risk Factors: A Meta-analysis and Meta-regression

    E. Sabrina Twilhaar;Rebecca M. Wade;Jorrit F. de Kieviet;Johannes B. van Goudoever

  • Decision making in pathological gambling: a comparison between pathological gamblers, alcohol dependents, persons with Tourette syndrome, and normal controls.

    Anna E. Goudriaan;Anna E. Goudriaan;Jaap Oosterlaan;Edwin de Beurs;Wim van den Brink

  • Motor Development in Very Preterm and Very Low-Birth-Weight Children From Birth to Adolescence

    Jorrit F. de Kieviet;Jan P. Piek;Cornelieke S. Aarnoudse-Moens;Jaap Oosterlaan

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    Martine Hoogman;Janita Bralten;Derrek P. Hibar;Maarten Mennes

  • Psychological mechanisms in hyperactivity: I response inhibition, deficit, working memory impairment, delay aversion or something else ?

    Jonna Kuntsi;Jaap Oosterlaan;Jim Stevenson

  • The top and the bottom of ADHD: a neuropsychological perspective

    Joseph A Sergeant;Hilde Geurts;Stephan Huijbregts;Anouk Scheres

  • Information Processing and Energetic Factors in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

    Joseph A. Sergeant;Jaap Oosterlaan;Jaap van der Meere

  • How speci¢c are executive functioning de¢cits in attention de¢cit hyperactivity disorder and autism?

    Hilde M. Geurts;Sylvie Verte;Jaap Oosterlaan;Herbert Roeyers

Frequent Co-Authors

Barbara Franke
Barbara Franke Radboud University
Catharina A. Hartman
Catharina A. Hartman University Medical Center Groningen
Marjolein Luman
Marjolein Luman Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Nanda Rommelse
Nanda Rommelse Radboud University
Simon E. Fisher
Simon E. Fisher Max Planck Society
Srdjan Djurovic
Srdjan Djurovic Oslo University Hospital
Martine Hoogman
Martine Hoogman Radboud University
Hilde M. Geurts
Hilde M. Geurts University of Amsterdam
Herbert Roeyers
Herbert Roeyers Ghent University
Pier J. M. Prins
Pier J. M. Prins University of Amsterdam

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