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‘Sickness and health have become a continuum’ 13 May 2019
Professor of Health Psychology Andrea Evers is one of the coordinators of the national Health and Wellbeing programme and of the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus ...
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Residents and researchers explore plastic and psychology in the city 16 April 2019
This year will see the start of not one but two citizen science projects in Leiden and The Hague. This is the outcome of a large survey among residen...
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Academy for Self-Management: from disabilities to abilities 04 April 2019
If people with intellectual disabilities are given tailored training, this promotes self-management in their daily lives. They also need less support....
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ZonMw Medical Inspirator Prize for research ‘Lyme paralyses lives’ 18 March 2019
Together with patient representatives, clinician-researchers from Radboucumc (Internal Medicine) Amsterdam UMC and researchers from Leiden University ...
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Optimum amount of dopamine improves cognitive ability 18 February 2019
The ‘right’ amount of dopamine in the brain makes study participants better at solving certain cognitive tasks. This is the conclusion of Bryant Jongk...
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Zsuzsika Sjoerds nominated for the Woman in the Media Award - You Go Girl 31 January 2019
Vote now for our psychologist Zsuzsika Sjoerds to win the Woman in the Media Award 2018 - You Go Girl for her important work standing up for science ...
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National Think Tank: a think tank and a do tank 08 January 2019
From learning modules for primary schools to a ‘Fixer-Upper Day’ and from a platform for returning broken electronic devices to a call to government: ...
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A look at music in the brain at the LIBC public symposium 03 December 2018
How does music affect a test subject’s brain? That was just one of the questions on the minds of the people who came to the LIBC public day to hear Re...
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Young thinkers pit their brains on the circular economy 05 November 2018
How can we speed up the transition from large cities to a circular metropolis? This is the question that Leiden students and former students Elsemieke...
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How can we make Leiden a really 'healthy university'? 18 October 2018
At the initiative of several of its professors, Leiden University has joined the international Healthy Universities network. Surrounded by space hoppe...
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Leiden strengthens collaboration with China 16 October 2018
A delegation from Leiden University, headed by Vice-Rector Hester Bijl, was in China from 9 to 11 October. During the visit to different universities ...
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There could be surprises at the Healthy University workshops 02 October 2018
From exercises for working more healthily to practical tips about getting a good night's sleep. Students and staff who take part in the Healthy Univer...
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LGBT+ Network: a platform for the like-minded 25 September 2018
Leiden University has a new platform. On 19 September Vice-Rector Hester Bijl officially launched the LGBT+ Network.
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Inspiring and scientifically proven health advice at 'Healthy University' days 24 September 2018
Leiden University is the first Dutch university to join the Healthy Universities international network. Lifestyle workshops, rewards for good behaviou...
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Psychologists test societal acceptance of underground storage of CO2 18 September 2018
How can we reduce CO2 emissions from industry? Leiden psychologists Emma Mors and Christine Boomsma are examining the public perception and acceptance...