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Spinoza Prizes for physicist Michel Orrit and psychologist Eveline CroneOf this year’s four NWO Spinoza Prizes, two have been awarded to Leiden researchers. On 12 September, Eveline Crone and Michel Orrit received their pr...
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What does a pilot know about fear of flying?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 ...
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Diener Award in Social Psychology for Carsten de DreuCarsten de Dreu has received the Carol and Ed Diener Award in Social Psychology which is designed to recognise a mid-career scholar whose work has add...
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Live supervision of training in clinical psychology therapeutic skillsAnne Krause and Niki Antypa received a facultairy 'Grassroots' subsidy of 1.000 euros for education innovation. They're going to implement live super...
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They're going on a parabolic flight - and you can go too!Always wanted to find out what zero gravity is like? Now's your chance! In December 2017 a Dutch student team will be conducting experiments during a ...
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Veni award for psychologist Barbara Braams
Developmental psychologist Barbara Braams has been awarded with a Veni funding for her research about risk behaviour in young people. This award offer...
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Veni awards for seventeen young Leiden researchesThe Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded Veni funding to seventeen researchers who recently obtained their PhD. This awa...
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Rebecca Schaefer on 'Learning with music can change brain structure'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...
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Science Agenda Starting Incentive invests in Leiden researchEight major scientific consortia are to receive research investment funding from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO. Leiden Uni...
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LGBTI+ inclusion in the spotlightWhy should your sexuality or gender identity be relevant at work? This is the question that Jojanneke van der Toorn, Professor by special appointment ...
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A different take on differences between men’s and women’s brainsThere is greater variety in the size of men’s brains than of women’s. This could help explain why some psychiatric disorders such as ADHD and autism a...
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Spinoza Prize for ‘puberty professor’ Eveline CroneEveline Crone, Professor of Neurocognitive Developmental Psychology, has been awarded the NWO Spinoza Prize for her high-profile research on adolescen...
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Open access: ‘You see that it works’The Dutch universities are conducting a joint campaign to promote open access: free access to academic and scientific publications. Many Leiden resear...
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Responding to pupils with mild intellectual disability in educationMariëtte Huizinga, Dorien Graas and Anika Bexkens call attention to learning problems of children with mild intellectual disability in the classroom. ...
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Pieters Corner: Can diversity be engineered?In discussions about today’s society and multiculturalism the word is constantly bandied back and forth: diversity. At Leiden University we aspire to ...