Nikki Lee

Dr. Nikki Lee is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University, specializing in Developmental Psychology. Her research explores adolescent social and cognitive development, focusing on:

• Socio-cognitive abilities (emotion recognition, perspective taking)
• Trust behavior and interpersonal dynamics
• Impact of social context on executive functioning
• Adolescent mental health and internalizing symptoms

Her 2025-2023 publications reveal research trends in:

• Neurocognitive mechanisms of adolescent trust
• Role of social networks in emotional development
• Neuromyths in education
• Executive function development
• Post-pandemic mental health impacts

She contributes to Encyclopedia of Adolescence and collaborates on Chair Denissen projects about social and personality development, with publications in journals like Developmental Psychology and NeuroImage. Her work combines behavioral experiments with neuroimaging approaches.