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'Without empathy, you can't give good care' 01 May 2018
Patients who feel understood will recover faster. But how can doctors become more empathetic? By reading literary works, suggests emeritus Leiden Prof...
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Carsten de Dreu awarded ERC Advanced Grant for research on conflicts between groups 10 April 2018
Professor of Social and Organisational Psychology Carsten de Dreu has been awarded an Advanced Grant by the European Research Council. This subsidy of...
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Article award for Andreas Burger 09 April 2018
At the annual meeting of the postgraduate school for Experimental Psychopathology (April 6th), Andreas Burger was awarded the article prize for best a...
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‘Hetero norm is deeply ingrained, including among LGBT people’ 03 April 2018
Jojanneke van der Toorn, professor by special appointment in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Workplace Inclusion at Leiden University, states ...
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Rumination leads to problems in boys with autism 03 April 2018
Boys with autism are more prone to develop physical complaints, depression and aggressive behaviour. Psychologists at Leiden University have discovere...
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Adolescents who feel heard are less angry in online games 31 March 2018
How do young people react when an unknown person gets under their skin in an online game? A sense of control over their social environment can prevent...
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'Avoid fraud at banks: improve team atmosphere’ 26 March 2018
Unethical conduct by traders at banks is likely to be a continual problem as long as fraud cases are treated as the fault of a single rotten apple. Im...
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Clash of interests in Groningen 23 March 2018
Since mid-March, residents of Groningen have had access to a single digital portal for reporting damage to property arising from local gas extraction....
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Two new women professors at Psychology Institute 08 March 2018
Ellen de Bruijn and Berna Güroğlu, both of the Psychology Institute, have been proposed for professorships by the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sc...
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Fourteen women professors take over the Senate Chamber 07 March 2018
Fourteen women professors are to be given a place in the classic portrait gallery in Leiden University’s Senate Chamber. The portraits will be unveile...
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Brain research shows punishing is more rewarding than helping 26 February 2018
Just imagine: you see someone being treated unfairly. Do you find it more rewarding to help the victim or punish the perpetrator? Research by Leiden ...
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How life online influences young people 21 February 2018
Young people spend a lot of their time online. Even so, we still know very little about how this intensive use of social media influences their develo...
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Academics and partners from the field together conduct research on young people 20 February 2018
What should future education look like? And how can we make sure that young people develop to their full potential as bright and socially-minded adult...
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Imagination can reduce pain 02 February 2018
If you imagine in advance that something is not going to hurt, this could mean you experience less pain. This discovery was made by health psychologis...
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Alumni meet students in Psychology Methodology & Statistics 01 February 2018
On February 15th 2018 former students in Methodology & Statistics (M&S) of Leiden University share their current and previous professional activities ...