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Psychologists receive grant for social anxiety research 22 August 2022“We are proud and happy to receive this grant. It will enable us to do truly innovative fundamental research with a direct link to practical applicati...
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Leiden research projects awarded NWO Open Competition grants 14 July 2022Various researchers from Leiden University have been awarded NWO (Dutch Research Council) Open Competition funding. Nine social sciences and humanitie...
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"Visual avoidance of faces in socially anxious individuals" nominated for PhD publication award 21 December 2021The Developmental and Educational Psychology unit nominated Jiemiao Chen's paper "Visual avoidance of faces in socially anxious individuals. The moder...
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Talent Acceleration Grant of Medical Delta for Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam 17 December 2021For the Train your Brain project, Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam received the Medical Delta Talent Acceleration Grant. 'My pilot project does not focus on ...
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Podcast: Social Anxiety Disorder 29 November 2021Have you ever experienced the feeling of awkwardness when attending a party where you didn’t know anybody? Ever felt shy at a party within the first f...
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LEF grant for Semiha Aydin to pilot social anxiety treatment 06 August 2021Semiha Aydin is one of the three first-generation researchers who received a grant from the Leiden Empowerment Fund to stimulate their scientific career.
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Three Leiden researchers receive Rubicon Grant for research abroad 30 September 2020Chemist Liubov Belyaeva, psychologist Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam and LUMC researcher Elisa Giacomelli have received a Rubicon Grand and will therefore ...
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Aspasia grant for promising researchers in psychology 19 May 2020Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam, Stefanie Meeuwis, and Eliška Procházková have all been awarded a share of the Aspasia diversity grant obtained by Mariska K...
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‘Could the slide have coronavirus on it?’ 17 April 2020What do I do if Mum or Dad gets the virus? Could the slide at the playground have coronavirus on it? Can children die of the virus too? On 15 April, t...
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Animated video in Dutch about corona specially for children 02 April 2020A 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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Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam about extreme shyness 10 February 2020Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam is a neuroscientist at the Institute of Psychology and conducts research on the brains of families suffering from social anx...
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Genetic predisposition to social anxiety disorder measurable in the brain 13 January 2020It 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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School absenteeism: A universal problem in need of solutions 01 November 2019The International Network for School Attendance launched an inaugural conference in Norway, playing host to 14 countries, 254 participants. Lead of th...
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Donations for research projects with relevance to society 20 October 2019Psychologists Marieke Tollenaar, Anne Miers and Esther van den Bos received donations from the Leiden University Fund and Stichting Praesidium Liberta...
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LUBEC treatment centre: bridge between support and research 11 June 2018From anxiety disorders to an extremely unhealthy lifestyle. In the Leiden University Treatment and Expertise Centre (LUBEC) children and adults receiv...