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Aukje Nauta: 'Shame in the workplace can lead to stress, conflict and even burnout' 13 January 2023
Aukje Nauta's professorship at Leiden University, brought about by by training institute Sioo, has been extended for another five years. She will furt...
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An AI system that tells you why you should eat glass – should that be allowed? 20 December 2022
The English-language interdisciplinary minor ‘AI and Society’ explores the role of artificial intelligence in our society. The interdisciplinary natur...
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Social Science Matters: Wokeism 16 November 2022
Minister of Justice Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius recently warned against "wokeists" demanding "safe spaces at universities. Speaking at the annual HJ Schoo...
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Tackle debt with healthcare funds: researchers on a healthier society for all 16 November 2022
Technology, medical knowledge, social measures and the design of the living environment: all these needed to achieve a healthier society. In a series ...
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Leiden Healthy Society Center: making Leiden the healthiest city in the Netherlands 10 November 2022
How can the people of Leiden age as well as possible? And what is needed to reduce health disparities? That is the mission of Leiden Healthy Society C...
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Parents are too hard on themselves: teens more positive about their parenting 31 October 2022
Although it can be a challenge at times, parents should keep communicating with their teens. Also about how they parent. Research by developmental psy...
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When you know how your brain works, you better understand who you are 04 October 2022
On Sept. 29, Lara Wierenga, together with graphic designer Dirma Janse, presented their new book Atlas of our Brain. In the presence of fellow scienti...
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3 October University: ‘Artificial intelligence is like young people and sex’ 04 October 2022
‘Everyone’s talking about it, everyone thinks everyone else is doing it, but the reality is disappointing,’ says biochemist Gerard van Westen in his 3...
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Public Scientific Day Brein & Recht: An overview of the latest developments in research 22 September 2022
How does our brain interpret traces of evidence? Can someone who is suffering from brain damage be held accountable for criminal offences? And should ...
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Three different perspectives on how the online world has fundamentally changed the way we live our lives 20 September 2022
In the ESOF2022 mini-symposium organized by the Social Resilience & Security programme, international experts with a background in psychology, philoso...
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“You look well,” said the oncologist, but she didn't feel that way at all 12 September 2022
Leiden psychologists Janine Westendorp and Liesbeth van Vliet have investigated types of communication that seriously ill patients may experience as h...
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Surprising insights, experiments and magic tricks at interactive ‘Wijsneus Festival’ 07 September 2022
What should we do about litter in the countryside? Can you tell from camera images if someone is guilty? And what does your heart rate really look lik...
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Draw on behavioural science for a healthy lifestyle 31 August 2022
Healthy lifestyle campaigns are often unsuccessful. It is hard to get people to eat healthily or do more exercise. Behavioural science expertise shoul...
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Why people confess to crimes they didn’t commit 16 August 2022
When under duress innocent suspects can make a false confession. Why is this? Legal psychologist Linda Geven will give a talk about this at the Leiden...
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Behavioural expertise needed for lifestyle change 14 July 2022
The importance of a healthy lifestyle does not receive the attention it deserves, as the coronavirus pandemic made painfully clear. Twelve behavioural...