Biological and Experience-based Trajectories in Adolescent brain and cognitive development

β Beta Lab

EARA 2026 · Conference Program

Trajectories through adolescence, presented in Utrecht.

A collection of BETA Lab’s contributions at EARA 2026 — conference presentations, a symposium, and poster work on how puberty shapes the developing brain and mind.

Presentations

PP03

Biological and Experience-based Trajectories in Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development

Ilona Kovács
with Hanna Szakács, Gyöngyi Oláh, Lili J. Fehér, Katinka Utczás, Zsófia Tróznai, Andrea Berencsi, Patrícia Gerván, Kristóf Kovács, Ferenc Gombos

PP26

Self-Control in Context: How Puberty, SES, and Cognition Shape Adolescent Impulsivity

Patrícia Gerván
with Anna Márton, Zita Csenge Meskó, Gyöngyi Oláh, Lili Júlia Fehér

Symposium presentations

SP29

Pubertal Maturity Shapes Differential Vulnerability in Adolescent Cognitive Development

Gyöngyi Oláh
with Lili Júlia Fehér, Patrícia Gerván, Andrea Berencsi, Ferenc Gombos, Kristóf Kovács, Ilona Kovács

SP29

Functional Brain Development and Trajectory-Based Vulnerability Across Pubertal Timing

Hanna Szakács
with Ferenc Gombos, Morten L. Kringelbach, Gustavo Deco, Ilona Kovács

Posters

POSTER

Ultrasonic Bone Age as an Objective Marker of Adolescent Maturation

Zsófia Tróznai
with Katinka Utczás, Lili Júlia Fehér, Hanna Szakács, Gyöngyi Oláh, Patrícia Gerván, Ferenc Gombos, Ilona Kovács

BETA Lab — EARA 2026