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Boys with autism respond more angrily to bullying 18 September 2018
Boys who are bullied develop more fear and shame; boys who bully develop more anger and less guilt, which makes it easier to justify more bullying. Bo...
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Carsten de Dreu receives Spinoza Prize 12 September 2018
Leiden psychologist Carsten de Dreu was presented with the Spinoza Prize by Education Minister Van Engelshoven on 12 September. The award of 2.5 milli...
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Part-time silence: children with selective mutism 11 September 2018
Livia, aged 7, was in class four. She loved to chat and was good at reading aloud. At least, at home. At school she never read aloud and she hadn't ...
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Men are not better than women at navigating, although they think they are 07 September 2018
Last year, more than 8,000 respondents in the Netherlands took part in a public survey on their navigation behaviour. Headed by neuroscientist Ineke...
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Effect of peer feedback on academic writing 24 August 2018
Feedback from fellow students on academic writing is as informative as that of teachers. That is one of the findings in Bart Huisman's (ICLON) dissert...
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Enhancing social participation of deaf and hard-of-hearing children 20 August 2018
Adva Eichengreen starts a fellowship focusing on enhancing social participation of deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children. Eichengreen has been offer...
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Students hunting for breakthrough in antibiotics resistance 14 August 2018
Bacteria that fluoresce green, blue or red may play a role in combatting resistance against antibiotics. Under the motto of 'Say yes to stress', thir...
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Five ERC Starting Grants for young Leiden University researchers 26 July 2018
The European Research Council has awarded a Starting Grant to five early career scientists from Leiden University. They received funding up to 1.5 mil...
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Carolien Rieffe starts LDE research on autism in high school students 10 July 2018
The Leiden University psychologist Carolien Rieffe will investigate how to create an social climate at high schools, to make young people with autism ...
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Gisela Hirschmann and Niels van Doesum receive LUF/Gratama research grant 10 July 2018
Leiden University researchers Gisela Hirschmann (Political Science) and Niels van Doesum (Psychology) have been awarded a LUF/Gratama grant for their ...
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Difficulty with emotions and lack of trust: Mariska Kret's Vidi research 06 July 2018
‘What a relief,’ was psychologist Mariska Kret’s reaction to the news of her Vidi grant from the national science financier NWO. The grant makes it po...
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Scientists present NeuroLabNL research agenda to ministers 04 July 2018
What effect does bullying have on the brain? This is just one of the key research questions included in the NeuroLabNL science agenda. Scientists pre...
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Pupil size of discussion partners reflects trust 03 July 2018
During eye contact, people tend to mirror the pupil size of the person they are conversing with. This social mechanism is related to the trust an indi...
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First patients start earning discounts with healthy living 03 July 2018
Heart patients who maintain a healthy lifestyle can start earning discounts at shops or for trips out. The Tergooi Hospital is the first in the Nether...
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First guidelines for applying placebo effect in clinical practice 27 June 2018
It is becoming increasingly clear that the placebo effect has a great influence on medical treatment. An international, interdisciplinary team of rese...