News
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Four perspectives on smoking and the tobacco lobby 23 September 2019
Doctors are entering the fray, court cases are being filed and smokers are becoming more of a pariah. From lobby expert to medical biologist: four Lei...
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Andrea Evers installed as a new KNAW member 16 September 2019
Health psychologist Andrea Evers is one of the 19 new members, selected by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), who have been in...
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Gravitation grant for team captains Bernet Elzinga and Andrea Evers 16 September 2019
Although depression looks different for each person, the treatment is the same for everyone. At the same time, the treatment of psychological issues i...
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Social Science Matters: Open Science 12 September 2019
On 20 September 2019, the opening drinks for the Open Science Community Leiden will be held at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences. Open sc...
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‘What is the value of the social sciences?’ 09 September 2019
At the Faculty's opening of the 2019-2020 academic year, the focus lay not just on the vision for the future of the social sciences, and the opening o...
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LUF grants for six Leiden psychologists 22 August 2019
LUF grants for research projects have been awarded to Liesbeth van Vliet, Michiel Claessen, Anna van Duijvenvoorde, Laura Steenbergen, Kim de Jong and...
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Psychology talents present their research on Psychology Science Day 2019 01 July 2019
On the Psychology Science Day 2019 bachelor students were granted a certificate for participating in the Honours Research Bachelor Project (HRBP) and ...
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Double inaugural speech: how social context influences processes in the brain 27 June 2019
It’s not a regular occurrence at Leiden University: two professors giving their inaugural lecture on the same day. Berna Güroğlu and Ellen de Bruijn s...
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Manon Mulckhuyse new assistant professor Cognitive Psychology 24 June 2019
In September 2019, Manon Mulckhuyse will start a position as assistant professor in the Cognitive Psychology Unit.
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Andrea Evers wins Stevin Prize for knowledge exchange and impact 21 June 2019
Andrea Evers, Professor of Health Psychology at Leiden University, has won the Stevin Prize – alongside the Spinoza Prize, the highest scientific awar...
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The role of shame and guilt in the development of aggression 04 June 2019
Adolescents with autism or hearing loss report fewer feelings of guilt and shame than their peers. However, guilt does still serve a ‘corrective funct...
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Wilco van Dijk NIAS-KNAW fellow 28 May 2019
Wilco van Dijk has been awarded a NIAS Individual Fellowship, which allow researchers to work on a project of their own choosing for a 5- or 10-month ...
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Magic moments at Museum Night 20 May 2019
Leiden University opened its doors on Leiden Museum Night, with a whole host of things to see and do at the Academy Building, Hortus botanicus and Old...
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New free online course on Health Behaviour 14 May 2019
As of 14 May, people from all over the world can follow a little part of our university’s education through a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on...
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Cranial nerve stimulation for less anxiety 13 May 2019
People appear to release their feelings of anxiety more quickly when the vagus nerve in the brain is stimulated with a device in the ear. In his docto...