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Animated video in Dutch about corona specially for children 02 April 2020
A Dutch-language video shows children their new life during the corona crisis and gives them some guidelines to help them feel less worried. The short...
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Webinar: societal acceptance of new climate technology 30 March 2020
Psychologists Emma ter Mors, Christine Boomsma and other research partners will share results from their work on the crucial issue of societal support...
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Organisational psychologist Aukje Nauta: ‘Take up a hobby’ 30 March 2020
Psychologist Aukje Nauta studies what makes people feel better in an organisation. For many, this ‘organisation’ is now the family; for those who live...
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Don’t underestimate the developing child brain 12 March 2020
Children’s brains react in the same way to social feedback as adults’ brains. But handling frustration or aggression after being rejected is a differe...
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Children in court proceedings should be heard at much younger age 02 March 2020
On 2 March 2020 the report Kind in proces: van communicatie naar effectieve participatie (Children in proceedings: from communication towards effectiv...
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Lively debate at public symposium on sustainability 21 February 2020
A public symposium was held at Leiden University on 20 February on a hot topic: renewable energy. This is the second time in a year that the Universit...
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Psychologist Bart Verkuil strikes a blow against burnout 20 January 2020
Burnout is on the increase. It is caused by group pressure, being ‘on’ all the time and asking too much of ourselves. Clinical psychologist Bart Verku...
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Genetic predisposition to social anxiety disorder measurable in the brain 13 January 2020
It was already known that social anxiety disorder often affects more than one person in the same family. But research by PhD student Janna Marie Bas-H...
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Annual Health, Medical and Neuropsychology awards 19 December 2019
During the 2019 Health, Medical and Neuropsychology Christmas lunch, several staff members and research (student) assistants were awarded.
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Winnie Gebhardt talking about research on health behaviour 16 December 2019
I am an associate professor in health psychology here at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences. My main line of work is health behaviour and ...
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PhD candidate has patients barking up the wrong tree with virtual reality 09 December 2019
People with intermittent arterial claudication often experience severe pain when walking. Psychologist Anne Cuperus used virtual reality to trick 20 p...
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Social brain active in childhood already 09 December 2019
Exclusion elicits the same response in children as in adolescents and adults. That is what psychologist Mara van der Meulen found when she studied bra...
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‘We’re not only studying society, we’re creating society’ 27 November 2019
Students, staff and alumni of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences joint forces to interact, debate, pitch, and speed date together at the C...
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Marketing tricks: keep your eyes peeled 25 November 2019
Mountains of pepernoten, shelves full of chocolate letters and adverts showing the perfect Christmas table. With the holidays approaching, supermarket...
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Latin American representatives visit Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences 07 November 2019
Each year, Latin American diplomats meet the researchers and students from Leiden University who specialise in their region. This year, they visited t...