News
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Travel reveals the mind 16 April 2021
Exploring the minds of our primate cousins in the wild, using under-exploited observations of their travel paths. A large set of observations of the ...
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Social Science Matters: The (non)sense of conspiracy theories 15 April 2021
Climate change is made up, the secret services murdered Pim Fortuyn and JFK, and the moon landing was a fake show. Conspiracy theories are of all time...
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Combating loneliness in Living Lab 13 April 2021
Master's students of Vitality & Ageing work together with older individuals in the so-called ‘Living Lab’ to combat loneliness. You can watch four bri...
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No holiday plans? Go on a virtual trip this summer! 05 April 2021
‘Walking around in a new environment activates our brain’s learning centre. This allows us to learn better, even once we’ve returned to a familiar env...
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International appreciation for Eiko Fried 22 March 2021
Eiko Fried (Clinical Psychology) was inspired by the idea of mental disorders as complex properties with "fuzzy boundaries", rather than the categor...
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Coaching sessions by psychology master's students? 15 March 2021
Are you interested in working on your well-being, work-life balance or stress levels? Leiden Psychology students are offering a series of 5 individual...
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How do parents’ brains react to feedback about their child? 11 March 2021
Parents appear to be extremely sensitive to feedback they receive about their child. Just how sensitive depends on the (‘rose-tinted’) glasses through...
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Larger pupils? You might just have gained someone’s trust 02 March 2021
Synchrony in heart rate, skin conductance and pupil diameter plays a big role in human social interactions, such as gaining trust or being attracted t...
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Rebecca Schaefer: 'Music and science bring people together' 19 February 2021
Rebecca Schaefer received the new science communication grant for the SNAAR Festival in December 2020. With the festival, Schaefer wants to make music...
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Are all small business owners longing for business growth? 17 February 2021
Psychologist Bramesada Prasastyoga discovered that small business owners who engaged in entrepreneurship mostly for the pursuit of rewards and opportu...
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Social and Behavioural Sciences: from insight to impact 11 February 2021
Working towards resilient communities, transparency in science and connecting with the employment market – these are the three key themes being addres...
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KHMW appoints five new Leiden members 10 February 2021
The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW) has appointed five new members from Leiden. Annetje Ottow, Carsten de Dreu, Pancras Hoogen...
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Annelinde Vandenbroucke: 'Science for and by youth'. 08 February 2021
Annelinde Vandenbroucke received the new science communication grant for NeurolabNL Young in December 2020. This grant will help her in her mission: t...
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Loes Janssen in NWO Synergy Award final 03 February 2021
Loes Janssen would like to foster well-being of families by using an app and sending families short and fun activities each day to do together. For th...
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Two psychologists on a date with the Rector 19 January 2021
Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will retire on 8 February. If there’s one theme running through his career, it’s the links between the University and ...