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Public Scientific Day Brein & Recht: An overview of the latest developments in research 22 September 2022
How does our brain interpret traces of evidence? Can someone who is suffering from brain damage be held accountable for criminal offences? And should ...
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Thirza is the new student member of the IB: 'I want to hear the opinions of less outspoken students' 21 September 2022
Since 1 September, fourth-year student Thirza van 't Rood has been the new student member of the Institute Board at Cultural Anthropology. Her first t...
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Lina van Drunen wins best poster prize at the international Flux Society Congress 21 September 2022
At the international Flux Society Congress 2022 in Paris, Lina van Drunen won the prize for best poster with her PhD research on how music influences ...
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Three different perspectives on how the online world has fundamentally changed the way we live our lives 20 September 2022
In the ESOF2022 mini-symposium organized by the Social Resilience & Security programme, international experts with a background in psychology, philoso...
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Afraid of the dark? Anke Klein: 'Let your child have a say in finding a solution' 20 September 2022
On Sunday night 25 September, all the lights in Leiden will switch off and we will see the starry sky above us twinkling in all its glory. A unique op...
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Ratna Saptari retires: anthropologist dedicated herself with heart and soul to Indonesian workers' and human rights 16 September 2022
Ratna Saptari is since 2007 Assistant Professor at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology. She has always been involved with...
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Leiden researchers receive Ig Nobel Prize for research into romantic click 16 September 2022
Cognitive psychologists Eliska Prochazkova and Mariska Kret from Leiden University have won an Ig Nobel Prize for their research into the romantic cli...
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“You look well,” said the oncologist, but she didn't feel that way at all 12 September 2022
Leiden psychologists Janine Westendorp and Liesbeth van Vliet have investigated types of communication that seriously ill patients may experience as h...
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Surprising insights, experiments and magic tricks at interactive ‘Wijsneus Festival’ 07 September 2022
What should we do about litter in the countryside? Can you tell from camera images if someone is guilty? And what does your heart rate really look lik...
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Mariska Kret: ‘The arrogance of thinking we’re better than animals is downright stupid’ 06 September 2022
Professor of Cognitive Psychology Mariska Kret studies how humans and animals express emotions. Comparisons between humans and great apes offer import...
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Draw on behavioural science for a healthy lifestyle 31 August 2022
Healthy lifestyle campaigns are often unsuccessful. It is hard to get people to eat healthily or do more exercise. Behavioural science expertise shoul...
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Liesbeth Eurelings-Bontekoe was knighted in the Order of Orange-Nassau 29 August 2022
Emeritus professor Liesbeth Eurelings-Bontekoe received the royal award from the Deputy Mayor of Amsterdam for her great contribution to the quality o...
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Psychologists receive grant for social anxiety research 22 August 2022
“We are proud and happy to receive this grant. It will enable us to do truly innovative fundamental research with a direct link to practical applicati...
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YAL Outreach Grants to tackle disinformation 18 August 2022
Leiden psychologists receive an Outreach Grant from the Young Academy Leiden (YAL) to talk about facts and fables in their field of research. Marieke ...
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Why people confess to crimes they didn’t commit 16 August 2022
When under duress innocent suspects can make a false confession. Why is this? Legal psychologist Linda Geven will give a talk about this at the Leiden...