Personal profile
Expertises
adolescents; behavioural development; brain maturation; brain development; children; cognition, cortisol; developmental cognitive neuroscience; DTI; HPA-axis; maturational trajectories; MRI; neuroimaging; personality; stress
Main research areas
My research is focused on individual differences in human brain and behavioural development, and on how environmental (e.g. stress, physical activity, alcohol use), genetic and hormonal (e.g. cortisol, sex hormones) factors modulate such development. I study this by employing multimodal neuroimaging techniques, behavioural and clinical assessments, and hormonal sampling.
"Current research
My current research is within the HUBU (Hjernens Udvikling hos Børn og Unge; Brain Maturation in Children and adolescents) project. The HUBU project started in 2007, and have since collected comprehensive longitudinal (up to 12 assessments) behavioural, clinical and multimodal brain imaging data with high temporal resolution within the last nine years from a cohort of 94 children and adolescents. The overarching goal is to link developing cognitive and emotional functions to individual differences in brain maturational trajectories of specific neural circuits, and to examine the impact of genetic variability, hormones and environmental factors on such development.
Potential conflicts of interest
None
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
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Subcortical brain development by sex in adolescents at familial high risk for psychosis
Ioakeimidis, V., Kaminski, A., Ji, A., Baaré, W. F. C., Larsen, K. M., Hemager, N., Gregersen, M., Dietz, M., Rohd, S., Krantz, M., Greve, A. N., Veddum, L., Lund, T. E., Mors, O., Thorup, A. A. E., Østergaard, L., Nordentoft, M., Siebner, H. R. & Madsen, K. S., 2026, p. 1-1. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Research
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Brain activation and aberrant effective connectivity in the mentalizing network of preadolescent children at familial high-risk of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder
Veddum, L., Bliksted, V., Zhou, Y., Andreassen, A. K., Knudsen, C. B., Greve, A. N., Steffensen, N. L., Birk, M., Hemager, N., Brandt, J. M., Gregersen, M., Johnsen, L. K., Larsen, K. M., Baaré, W. F. C., Madsen, K. S., Siebner, H. R., Plessen, K. J., Thorup, A. A. E., Østergaard, L. & Nordentoft, M. & 3 others, , Jan 2025, In: Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging. 10, 1, p. 68-79 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Individual Differences in Developmental Trajectories of Global and Subcortical Brain Volumes Between Late Childhood and Late Adolescence: Findings From a 12-Wave Neuroimaging Study
Carrick, C., Baaré, W. F. C., Vitoratou, S., Madsen, K. S. & Fuhrmann, D., 1 Oct 2025, In: Human Brain Mapping. 46, 14, e70348.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Measuring and interpreting individual differences in fetal, infant, and toddler neurodevelopment
Olson, H. A., Camacho, M. C., Abdurokhmonova, G., Ahmad, S., Chen, E. M., Chung, H., Lorenzo, R. D., Dineen, Á. T., Ganz, M., Licandro, R., Magnain, C., Marrus, N., McCormick, S. A., Rutter, T. M., Wagner, L., Woodruff Carr, K., Zöllei, L., Vaughn, K. A. & Madsen, K. S., Jun 2025, In: Developmental cognitive neuroscience. 73, 101539.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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No significant association between self-reported physical activity and brain volumes in women and men from five European cohorts
Demnitz, N., Baaré, W. F. C., Binnewies, J., Brandmaier, A. M., Fjell, A. M., Gates, A. T., Kievit, R., Kjaer, M., Madsen, K. S., Nyberg, L., Pudas, S., Siebner, H. R., Suri, S., Sørensen, Ø., Walhovd, K. B., Ebmeier, K. P. & Boraxbekk, C.-J., 30 May 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, 19067.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
- 1 Lecture and oral contribution
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Motor system microstructure associated with choice reaction time in children
Madsen, K. S. (Lecturer)
17 Aug 2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution