News
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Lockdown stress milder than expected, but vulnerable families hit harder 05 October 2020
During the ‘intelligent lockdown’ in the Netherlands this spring, the respondents in a Leiden study reported a mild increase in their stress levels. T...
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Nepotism is the problem; the challenge, transparency 05 October 2020
Psychologist Omar Burhan discovered in his study of nepotism that the hiring of kin, even if they are competent for the job, makes people feel they ar...
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Leiden scholars on the ‘bar-room brawl’ between Trump and Biden 01 October 2020
Few have dared declare a winner of the debate between American president Donald Trump and his Democrat challenger Joe Biden. It was more about who was...
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Three Leiden researchers receive Rubicon Grant for research abroad 30 September 2020
Chemist Liubov Belyaeva, psychologist Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam and LUMC researcher Elisa Giacomelli have received a Rubicon Grand and will therefore ...
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Podcast: The magic behind a placebo 21 September 2020
Sometimes fake medicine is enough to cure a patient. But how exactly do placebos work? And did you know that there is also the placebo effect in rever...
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LOWI conclusion: former employee did breach scientific integrity 18 September 2020
On 28 July 2020, the Netherlands Board on Research Integrity (LOWI) concluded that a former employee of Leiden University breached several rules of sc...
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No evidence for link between depression and diet 16 September 2020
Evidence that the right diet can prevent or alleviate depression is weak. In literature reviews on the subject, the authors often reach strong conclus...
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Daphne Tona maps the brain 07 September 2020
Psychologist Daphne Tona is one of the first to investigate a small nucleus in the brain stem 'in vivo' in living volunteers. That nucleus is involved...
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Elseline Hoekzema investigates the impact of pregnancy on the human brain with European grant 04 September 2020
Neuroscientist Elseline Hoekzema receives a large European grant from the European Research Council (ERC). This ERC starting grant for promising young...
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European grant for Eiko Fried to develop a personalised early warning system for depression 03 September 2020
With a starting grant of the European Research Council (ERC) for promising young researchers, Eiko Fried aims to develop a personalised early warning ...
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ERC Starting Grants for five young researchers from Leiden University 03 September 2020
The ERC Council has awarded Starting Grants to five promising Leiden researchers. With an impressive three laureates, the Faculty of Social and Behavi...
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Leiden helps refugee researcher make a new start 18 August 2020
What happens if you are an academic forced to flee your home country and find yourself here in the Netherlands with practically nothing? The Hestia sc...
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Grant for research into stress-related disorders 21 July 2020
Disruption to the gut flora can affect your mental health. How could this knowledge be used to prevent stress-related disorders? This is what psycholo...
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An inclusive learning environment for children with communication problems 13 July 2020
Schools are essential to children’s development and provide numerous options for growth. They also facilitate learning beyond the classroom and give c...
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'New' dummy MRI scanner 13 July 2020
The old dummy MRI scanner in the LUMC was replaced by a 'new' one from Marktplaats (!) at the beginning of July 2020. This device is used specificall...