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Who are the winners of the Psychology awards of 2017? 09 January 2018
Several prizes have been awarded to students and staff or the Institute of Psychology. Congratulations to all of them.
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Eveline Crone wins Dr Hendrik Muller prize 22 November 2017
Eveline Crone, professor of neurocognitive developmental psychology at Leiden University, has been awarded the Dr Hendrik Muller Prize for Behavioural...
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Spinoza Prizes for physicist Michel Orrit and psychologist Eveline Crone 13 September 2017
Of this year’s four NWO Spinoza Prizes, two have been awarded to Leiden researchers. On 12 September, Eveline Crone and Michel Orrit received their pr...
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Live supervision of training in clinical psychology therapeutic skills 15 August 2017
Anne Krause and Niki Antypa received a facultairy 'Grassroots' subsidy of 1.000 euros for education innovation. They're going to implement live super...
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Veni award for psychologist Barbara Braams 01 August 2017
Developmental psychologist Barbara Braams has been awarded with a Veni funding for her research about risk behaviour in young people. This award offer...
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Veni awards for seventeen young Leiden researches 28 July 2017
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded Veni funding to seventeen researchers who recently obtained their PhD. This awa...
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Rebecca Schaefer on 'Learning with music can change brain structure' 10 July 2017
Using musical cues to learn a physical task significantly develops an important part of the brain, according to a new study co-authored by Leiden psyc...
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Michiel Westenberg brings together teaching and youth care for the National Science Agenda 10 July 2017
‘Equal opportunities for diverse young people’ receives a Starting Incentive of the Natonal Science Agenda of 2,5 million euros. In this project resea...
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Science Agenda Starting Incentive invests in Leiden research 07 July 2017
Eight major scientific consortia are to receive research investment funding from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO. Leiden Uni...
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Spinoza Prize for ‘puberty professor’ Eveline Crone 16 June 2017
Eveline Crone, Professor of Neurocognitive Developmental Psychology, has been awarded the NWO Spinoza Prize for her high-profile research on adolescen...
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Kaya Peerdeman wins award for article on analgesia 19 April 2017
Health psychologist Kaya Peerdeman has won the article award of the Postgraduate School For Research and Education in Experimental Psychopathology (EP...
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Rubicon grant for Evin Aktar 13 April 2017
The NWO has awarded Evin Aktar a Rubicon grant. From September, she will start a 12-month period of research at the Cognitive Affect and Temperament L...
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Attention for autism in girls 12 April 2017
Autism spectrum disorders are more often diagnosed in boys than in girls. For Developmental Psychology professor Carolien Rieffe this raises the quest...
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Lorenza Colzato Professor by Special Appointment in Germany 27 February 2017
On February 7th, Lorenza Colzato has become Professor by Special Appointment at Ruhr University Bochum in Germany. Psychologist Colzato: 'My ultimate ...
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Vici grants for four Leiden researchers 17 February 2017
Four Leiden researchers have been awarded a prestigious Vici grant by the Netherlands Organisation for Academic Research (NWO).