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‘Sickness and health have become a continuum’ 13 May 2019
Professor of Health Psychology Andrea Evers is one of the coordinators of the national Health and Wellbeing programme and of the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus ...
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Leiden University's nominees New Scientist science talent 29 April 2019
Mathematician Stéphanie van der Pas and psychologist Sandy Overgaauw have been nominated for the New Scientist science talent competition, a prize for...
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Anxiety traits are visible in the brain 24 April 2019
Questionnaires or concentration tasks can be used to screen for anxiety, but so too can EEG recordings – at least indirectly. The frequent mind wander...
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Five Leiden researchers elected as members of KNAW 23 April 2019
Five Leiden researchers have been nominated as members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).They will be inaugurated on 16 Sep...
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Academy for Self-Management: from disabilities to abilities 04 April 2019
If people with intellectual disabilities are given tailored training, this promotes self-management in their daily lives. They also need less support....
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ZonMw Medical Inspirator Prize for research ‘Lyme paralyses lives’ 18 March 2019
Together with patient representatives, clinician-researchers from Radboucumc (Internal Medicine) Amsterdam UMC and researchers from Leiden University ...
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On your way to your dream job as a psychologist 22 February 2019
On the Master’s Open Day on 15 February Liza Vromen from Harlem arrives in Leiden to investigate the pre-master’s programme Psychology. As a matter o...
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‘Music has so many positive effects’ 08 January 2019
This year, Leiden University celebrates its 444th birthday – and when you’re giving a party, you need great music! Neuropsychologist Rebecca Schaefer ...
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A look at music in the brain at the LIBC public symposium 03 December 2018
How does music affect a test subject’s brain? That was just one of the questions on the minds of the people who came to the LIBC public day to hear Re...
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Men are not better than women at navigating, although they think they are 07 September 2018
Last year, more than 8,000 respondents in the Netherlands took part in a public survey on their navigation behaviour. Headed by neuroscientist Ineke...
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Winnie Gebhardt receives Honorary Fellowship 04 September 2018
Health psychologist Winnie Gebhardt has been appointed as Honorary Fellow of the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS) in recognition of her excep...
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First patients start earning discounts with healthy living 03 July 2018
Heart patients who maintain a healthy lifestyle can start earning discounts at shops or for trips out. The Tergooi Hospital is the first in the Nether...
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First guidelines for applying placebo effect in clinical practice 27 June 2018
It is becoming increasingly clear that the placebo effect has a great influence on medical treatment. An international, interdisciplinary team of rese...
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LUBEC treatment centre: bridge between support and research 11 June 2018
From anxiety disorders to an extremely unhealthy lifestyle. In the Leiden University Treatment and Expertise Centre (LUBEC) children and adults receiv...
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Clinical Psychology running the 10km 28 May 2018
This Sunday, May 27, the Leiden Marathon took place. In the pressing heat, employees of the Clinical Psychology unit participated in the 10 kilometer ...