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Hanneke Hulst discusses blind spots and the importance of collaboration 14 March 2023
In her inaugural lecture, Professor of Neuropsychology Hanneke Hulst explained how she is trying to bridge the gap between science and health care. ‘F...
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Leiden researchers nominated for Klokhuis Science Prize 14 March 2023
Socialising with other people is an important part of feeling good. What do children need from their surroundings to do this? Adults usually determine...
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Psychology Connected on making mistakes in science: 'Admitting errors can actually benefit your reputation' 13 March 2023
How do we get better at detecting research errors? And how do we ensure that we no longer see those errors as evidence of our inability, but as keys t...
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How e-coaching helps people with chronic kidney disease to live more healthily 09 March 2023
An e-coaching programme helps people with chronic kidney disease, particularly in areas that patients themselves want to work on. ‘A healthy lifestyle...
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Chris Riddell is one of the new Faces of Science: 'Can't wait to share research' 09 March 2023
Have you ever seen your friend smiling, and suddenly you started grinning too? PhD student Chris Riddell is researching how and why we copy body langu...
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Better health begins close to home (and not in the doctor’s surgery) 03 March 2023
Should we ban snack bars from neighbourhoods where residents are overweight or have diabetes? At the Common Sense about Health knowledge festival, sci...
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New professor Ineke van der Ham on our dependence on GPS: 'It’s making us needlessly vulnerable' 01 March 2023
Ineke van der Ham has been appointed professor of Technological Innovations in Neuropsychology on 1 January. She researches how virtual reality and ga...
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Ellen de Bruijn researches hormonal changes from puberty to menopause with Vici grant 28 February 2023
Psychologist Ellen de Bruijn is investigating what hormonal fluctuations do to women's behaviour and well-being. The National science funding body NWO...
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Hanneke Hulst on realistic expectations for researchers: ‘Let’s stop expecting people to be experts at everything’ 27 February 2023
‘Am I setting a good example myself?’ Hanneke Hulst wonders. As Recognition and Rewards project leader, she maintains that we should stop expecting re...
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Interdisciplinary minor ‘Violence Studies’: ‘It felt like we were going to fight a group of people’ 27 February 2023
The interdisciplinary, English-taught minor ‘Violence Studies’ looks at violence from very diverse scientific perspectives. What are the benefits of t...
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Five years ago, Recep fled from Turkey; he is now a university teacher 24 February 2023
For fifteen years, Recep Uysal carried out research on positive psychology in Turkey; it is even the subject of his PhD. That was until he had to flee...
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Interdisciplinarity offers ‘golden opportunities’ but not without big changes 23 February 2023
How should we organise interdisciplinary work within Leiden University? This was the key question at a symposium organised by the Liveable Planet inte...
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Better screening can help GPs recognise anxiety disorders earlier 15 February 2023
Only one in five young people with emotional health problems such as an anxiety disorder receives appropriate professional help. GPs often fail to pro...
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Fact or fiction? Debunking five common love myths with researcher Iliana Samara 14 February 2023
'You’ll know right away when you meet your true love’ or ‘Opposites attract’: Some persistent beliefs exist about love and attraction, but are they tr...
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Foraging skills may have made the essential difference in the evolution of our huge brain 07 February 2023
Hunter-gatherers acquire their food through complex gender-specific foraging techniques for a relatively stable and diverse supply of energy. New rese...