If you imagine in advance that something is not going to hurt, this could mean you experience less pain. This discovery was made by health psychologis...

Laura Nijkamp’s biggest dream came true recently: she took a parabolic flight and was weightless for a moment. The BrainFly student team, which includ...

The Digital Society research agenda was presented by the Dutch universities during the VSNU Impact festival on 23 November.

Do you want to be successful at stopping smoking? If so, the main thing is that you should see yourself as a non-smoker. Psychologist Eline Meijer has...

As a psychologist and pilot, Bert Busscher is interested in the phenomenon often termed as fear of flying. Busscher discovered that the heart rate of ...

Using musical cues to learn a physical task significantly develops an important part of the brain, according to a new study co-authored by Leiden psyc...

Health psychologist Kaya Peerdeman has won the article award of the Postgraduate School For Research and Education in Experimental Psychopathology (EP...

Medicines can work even if they have no active ingredient. The first international scientific conference on placebos will take place in Leiden from 2 ...

A new health programme will reward patients with - or at risk of developing - cardio-vascular diseases for keeping to a healthy lifestyle. A research ...

Our vision of stress is starting to change fundamentally. We can suffer stress without even being aware of it, while sleeping as wall as during the da...