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Interdisciplinarity offers ‘golden opportunities’ but not without big changes 23 February 2023
How should we organise interdisciplinary work within Leiden University? This was the key question at a symposium organised by the Liveable Planet inte...
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Turkish and Syrian students talk to Rector about possible support 22 February 2023
A group of Turkish and Syrian students from the university are raising money for victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Two of them met Recto...
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Better screening can help GPs recognise anxiety disorders earlier 15 February 2023
Only one in five young people with emotional health problems such as an anxiety disorder receives appropriate professional help. GPs often fail to pro...
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Fact or fiction? Debunking five common love myths with researcher Iliana Samara 14 February 2023
'You’ll know right away when you meet your true love’ or ‘Opposites attract’: Some persistent beliefs exist about love and attraction, but are they tr...
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Success with NWO for social and behavioural scientists 13 February 2023
Ten Leiden social and behavioural scientists have successfully applied for the NWO Open Competition. With this Open Competition, NWO gives researchers...
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Foraging skills may have made the essential difference in the evolution of our huge brain 07 February 2023
Hunter-gatherers acquire their food through complex gender-specific foraging techniques for a relatively stable and diverse supply of energy. New rese...
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Angelo Romano awarded as Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science 05 February 2023
Social Psychologist Angelo Romano have been awarded the Association for Psychological Science (ASP) Rising Star designation. This award is presented ...
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European grant for Ellen de Bruijn: ‘Hormonal fluctuations in women have been ignored for too long in brain research’ 31 January 2023
Psychologist Ellen de Bruijn studies the effects of hormonal fluctuations on behaviour and on the brain over a woman's life course. With an ERC Consol...
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ERC Consolidator Grants for six Leiden researchers 31 January 2023
From the effects of hormone fluctuations in women via the interior structure of giant planets to the prehistory of the languages and more: six Leiden ...
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Institute managers Marjolein and Wiesje: Ambitious on the work floor, in the restaurant and on the football field 30 January 2023
Marjolein van Reisen has been Institute Manager Finance for a year, and Wiesje Zikkenheiner has been Institute Manager HR for two months. This duo job...
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Healthy living? People often want to solve problems like debt or mouldy walls first 25 January 2023
Doctors can repair a lot, but preventing or delaying illness is better. This often requires lifestyle change and that turns out to be difficult. Dr. V...
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Aukje Nauta: 'Shame in the workplace can lead to stress, conflict and even burnout' 13 January 2023
Aukje Nauta's professorship at Leiden University, brought about by by training institute Sioo, has been extended for another five years. She will furt...
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Bonobos, unlike humans, are more interested in the emotions of strangers than acquaintances 11 January 2023
Humans and bonobos show striking similarities as well as differences when they see pictures of conspecifics. Both are more interested in photos of con...
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Psychology Awards 2022 09 January 2023
Psychology teacher of the year is Roy de Kleijn. The Master Thesis Awards are for Roosmarijn Goldbach en Matija Čuljak. Jeffrey Durieux receives the P...
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Rethinking sex in neuroscience of mental health 22 December 2022
Even though it is generally known that Autism and ADHD are more common in men, and depression or anxiety disorders are more common among women, it is ...