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Short bio
PhD candidate interested in using social regulation of emotion and multidisciplinary game design to promote mental health in youth. Disheveled multi-tasker and provider of snacks.
Top-3 games
- Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
- Monument Valley
- Betrayal at House on the Hill (board game)
''Fear is a superpower. Fear can make you faster, and cleverer , and stronger. Fear doesn’t have to make you cruel or cowardly. Fear can make you kind.''
Steven Moffat
About me
I am a PhD-candidate at the Developmental Psychopathology program of the Behavioural Science Institute in Nijmegen. In my doctorial research I plan to design and test a video game to help youth cope with stress and promote emotional resilience.
Prior to my appointment as PhD-candidate, I obtained a master's degree in Communication Science and a research master degree in Behavioural Science at the Radboud University Nijmegen. During my research master, I collaborated with the GEMH lab to help design and study a video game to train inhibitory control. Working within this multidisciplinary team I became passionate about the potential of video games as a research and intervention tool.
Projects I’ve worked on
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CategoryBehavior RegulationDate27/06/2022Study/CourseLocation
Designing and Testing a Game Intervention to Help Youth Quit Smoking
About the projectSmoking is one of the leading public health problems in the world. In the Netherlands today, still 1 in 4 youth between the ages of 16 and 25 smoke. Even more worrisome is that there are almost no evidence-based interventions available to help them quit smoking. That’s why we, in collaboration with scientists, game designers and smoking youth, developed and tested a game to help youth quit smoking. HitnRun is a mobile game in which you can train your impulse control, and in which you collaborate in teams, support each other’s quit attempts, and compete against other teams.
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CategoryResilienceDate24/04/2018Study/CourseLocation
Facing the Challenge Together: a Social Game for Emotional Resilience
About the projectOur research aims to transform young people’s mental health by developing and testing a social game for resiliency when facing stress events. Working in collaboration with the Award winning studio Aardman Animations, we want to harness the important mental health implications of both social support and mindsets, to develop a fun and engaging intervention.
My updates
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@Anouk Poppelaars - 09-03-2019
RT @GEMH_Lab: If you are interested in internalizing psychopathology be sure to check out the 13.00 symposium "Innovative Approaches to Int…
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@Anouk Poppelaars - 06-09-2018
RT @GEMH_Lab: A new theme month! GEMH Lab - You are not alone, you can talk about it! https://t.co/D1bgDe62cC https://t.co/DzbIFdhKyg
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@Anouk Poppelaars - 06-09-2018
RT @anouk_tuijnman: A new theme month! GEMH Lab - You are not alone, you can talk about it! https://t.co/1FVVLkeMgY
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@Anouk Poppelaars - 04-05-2018
RT @GEMH_Lab: Check out our DIY on dealing with anxiety and depression: https://t.co/3sKEnTVKjK
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Theme Month January - Mindset
Anouk Poppelaars - 09-01-2018A new year is upon us, and for many of us, this means it is a time of reflection and resolutions. No matter what changes you might want to make, you need to believe you can! Therefore this month theme is centered around mindsets, how you view yourself, your abilities and characteristics.
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Bullying and Support in a Digital World
Anouk Poppelaars - 15-09-2017Thoughts on bullying and support in a digital world in light of next week's "Week against Bullying."
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Making Stress Your Friend
Anouk Poppelaars - 07-07-2017Stress, it may be an inevitable part of life. Yet by many stress is viewed as uncontrollable and even dangerous. But what if we could rewire our brains to make stress our friend rather than our enemy?
Events View all events
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30JuneAbout the event
Indigo 2017
LocationDe Lik, Utrecht
Dutch Game Garden invites you to INDIGO, the showcase for the finest, most outstanding games by independent developers.
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UNTILL07March09MarchAbout the event
International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS)
LocationParis, France
ICPS is a one-of-a-kind event designed to showcase integrative science that crosses disciplinary and geographical boundaries. Held biennially, ICPS is the culmination of efforts by the Association for Psychological Science and an international network of organizations and individual scientists to stimulate global collaboration and scientific exploration. It features some of the world’s most distinguished investigators from not only psychological science, but from a range of disciplines including computer science, neurobiology, anthropology, and sociology.
My publications
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Use of the Principles of Design Thinking to Address Limitations of Digital Mental Health Interventions for Youth: Viewpoint
Scholten, H., & Granic, I. (2019). Journal of Medial Internet Research, 21(1), e11528. doi: 10.2196/11528
Author: Hanneke Scholten
Upload date: 06-16-2020
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Do Smokers Devaluate Smoking Cues after Go/NoGo Training?
Scholten, H., Granic, I., Chen, Z., Veling, H., & Luijten, M. (2019). Psychology & Health, 34(5), 609-625. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2018.1554184
Author: Hanneke Scholten
Upload date: 01-29-2019
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When Winning is Losing: A Randomized Controlled Trial Testing a Video Game to Train Food-Specific Inhibitory Control
Poppelaars, A., Scholten, H., Granic, I., Veling, H., Johnson-Glenberg, M. C., & Luijten, M. (2018). Appetite, 129, 143-154. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2018.06.039
Author: Anouk Poppelaars
Upload date: 10-01-2018
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Behavioral Trainings and Manipulations to Reduce Delay Discounting: A Systematic Review.
Scholten, H., Scheres, A., De Water, E., Graf, U., Granic, I., & Luijten, M. (2019). Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 26, 1803-1849. doi: 10.3758/s13423-019-01629-2
Author: Hanneke Scholten
Upload date: 07-03-2019
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A Randomized Controlled Trial to Test the Effectiveness of a Peer-Based Social Mobile Game Intervention to Reduce Smoking in Youth
Scholten, H., Luijten, M., & Granic, I. (2019). Development and Psychopathology, 31, 1923-1943. doi: 10.1017/S0954579419001378
Author: Hanneke Scholten
Upload date: 06-17-2020
Worked together with
Professor and Chair of the Developmental Psychopathology department in the Behavioural Science Institute; writer; voracious podcast consumer; mother of two upstanding little gamers
Professor at McMaster's University
Researcher, interdisciplinary work and collaboration, wants to understand the how's and why's, loves her high heels and coffee in the morning, walks and talks too fast.
Assistant Professor at University of Twente
Game designer, artist, producer, anime enthusiast and lover of games. I bring diversity, design experience and the NOISE!!!!
Founder of Koontz Interactive
Assistant Professor within the Developmental Psychopathology group of the Behavioural Science Institute
Assistant Professor
Maartje Luijten
Assistant Professor