Femke Lammertink
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Femke Lammertink’s research lies at the intersection of developmental psychopathology and behavioral neuroscience, with a focus on early-life risk markers for internalizing disorders. Her most-cited work, a 2018 prospective longitudinal study, investigates the link between infant freezing behavior—a conserved defensive response to threat—and the emergence of internalizing symptoms in adolescence. By demonstrating that prolonged freezing in infancy predicts later anxiety and depression, Lammertink provides compelling evidence for a non-invasive, early behavioral biomarker. This finding, cited 17 times, bridges animal models of threat reactivity with human developmental trajectories, offering a novel framework for identifying at-risk children long before clinical symptoms manifest. Her work underscores the adaptive versus maladaptive roles of freezing, challenging simplistic interpretations of this behavior. Lammertink’s contributions are particularly notable for their translational potential: they suggest that early interventions targeting threat-processing could mitigate lifelong internalizing disorders. For students and researchers, her research exemplifies how careful longitudinal design can uncover hidden continuities between infancy and adolescence, opening new avenues for prevention science.
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