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LUF grant for Sanne Willems 08 June 2023
The Leiden University Fund (LUF)/ Gratama-Foundation has awarded a 35.000 euro grant to statistics researcher Sanne Willems. This grant enables her to...
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NWO Open Competition grants for six researchers 22 May 2023
Six researchers from Leiden University have been awarded NWO (Dutch Research Council) Open Competition funding. This funding gives them the opportunit...
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Early Career Award for Kaya Peerdeman 22 May 2023
Last week, Kaya Peerdeman received the SIPS Early Career Award at the fourth international conference of the Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Stu...
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NWO Open Competition funding for research into distracted consumption 17 May 2023
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded 400.000 euros in funding to Lotte van Dillen, associate professor at the unit of Social, Economic and Org...
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NWO Open Competition grant for two Leiden psychologists with promising research projects 16 May 2023
In the third round of the NWO Open Competition SGW-XS pilot program, development psychologist Anke Klein and neuropsychologist Marit Ruitenberg each r...
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Fact or fiction: people with autism never make eye contact 21 March 2023
There's a myth that people with autism avoid eye contact in conversations. This can come across as indifferent. Unjustified, stresses Jiayin Zhao, who...
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Fact or fiction: people with autism are not social 21 March 2023
Half the world's population is introverted and comes home drained after an evening of drinks. Their social battery is empty. 'People with autism have ...
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Four Vici grants for Leiden University researchers 23 February 2023
Four researchers from Leiden University have been awarded prestigious Vici grants the Dutch Research Council (NWO) has announced. The honoured applica...
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Youth mental health meets big data analytics: Hype or Hope? 17 February 2023
Depression and anxiety disorders among youth are causing major problems worldwide. The mechanisms involved are still unknown, however. Moji Aghajani –...
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Success with NWO for social and behavioural scientists 13 February 2023
Ten Leiden social and behavioural scientists have successfully applied for the NWO Open Competition. With this Open Competition, NWO gives researchers...
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Angelo Romano awarded as Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science 05 February 2023
Social Psychologist Angelo Romano have been awarded the Association for Psychological Science (ASP) Rising Star designation. This award is presented ...
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European grant for Ellen de Bruijn: ‘Hormonal fluctuations in women have been ignored for too long in brain research’ 31 January 2023
Psychologist Ellen de Bruijn studies the effects of hormonal fluctuations on behaviour and on the brain over a woman's life course. With an ERC Consol...
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ERC Consolidator Grants for six Leiden researchers 31 January 2023
From the effects of hormone fluctuations in women via the interior structure of giant planets to the prehistory of the languages and more: six Leiden ...
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Psychology Awards 2022 09 January 2023
Psychology teacher of the year is Roy de Kleijn. The Master Thesis Awards are for Roosmarijn Goldbach en Matija Čuljak. Jeffrey Durieux receives the P...
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Anne Urai and Neuromatch colleagues win prize for open science 10 November 2022
Cognitive neuroscientist Anne Urai is part of the Neuromatch Conference team. With the prize for open science, Neuromatch wants to reduce or remove ba...