News
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LUBEC treatment centre: bridge between support and research 11 June 2018
From anxiety disorders to an extremely unhealthy lifestyle. In the Leiden University Treatment and Expertise Centre (LUBEC) children and adults receiv...
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Research in progress: Eye-contact 23 May 2018
Jiemiao Chen is running a study on eye-contact with a virtual audience. The study involves introducing oneself to the audience while wearing eye-track...
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Shy parent, shy child? 16 January 2018
Previous research has shown that extreme shyness is hereditary, but because shyness is such a broad concept it is difficult to identify specific genes...
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Brain changes underlying social anxiety: numbers count! 06 October 2017
In a recent mega-analysis, researchers from Leiden University aimed to clarify the contradictory findings of research into social anxiety disorder. Th...
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Anne Miers investigates public speaking anxiety treatments with new grant 15 March 2016
Developmental psychologist Anne Miers of Leiden University is involved in a large-scale research project investigating the efficacy of interventions r...
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Looking back at the Lorentz Workshop 13 January 2016
“Endophenotypes of Social Anxiety Disorder: Can we detect them and are they useful in clinical practice”