Psychologist Bramesada Prasastyoga discovered that small business owners who engaged in entrepreneurship mostly for the pursuit of rewards and opportu...
Working towards resilient communities, transparency in science and connecting with the employment market – these are the three key themes being addres...
The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW) has appointed five new members from Leiden. Annetje Ottow, Carsten de Dreu, Pancras Hoogen...
Loes Janssen would like to foster well-being of families by using an app and sending families short and fun activities each day to do together. For th...
Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will retire on 8 February. If there’s one theme running through his career, it’s the links between the University and ...
Childhood trauma can have a lifelong effect. Many therapists do not dare to confront these vulnerable patients with their past because they are concer...
Minou van der Werf advocates applying insights from social psychology to financial behaviour. Even small practical interventions can help people to ma...
During adolescence, some young people have stable best-friend relationships, while others change best friends frequently. Developmental psychologist L...
Michiel van Elk talks about his research on the effects of psychedelics, for which he won the Vidi-grant. 'It's the first time in history that the Dut...
For the first time, contagious yawning has now also been found in a species that roams its territory mostly in solitude and is less frequently engaged...
Mandrills keep track of how many days have passed to be the first to gather the food. This is shown by a team of researchers from the University of Am...
Dutch researchers are joining forces to conduct research together with a series of societal partners to keep the biological clock healthy in our moder...
If you expect something is going to itch, the itching really does get worse. Leiden health psychologist Danielle Bartels has proved the effect of nega...
Young children who are less empathetic than their peers are more likely to be aggressive when older. This is what Malou Noten concludes in her dissert...
As young people’s friendships improve, their mental resilience also increases. This is according to research conducted by Anne-Laura van Harmelen, Pro...