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Podcast: Animals have emotions 01 April 2022
In this episode, we talk with Mariska Kret about the expressions of emotions in humans and animals. Mariska explores the similarities and differences ...
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What drives Lotte van Dillen, the new Psychology Director of Research? 08 March 2022
Lotte van Dillen has every confidence in the new-style Executive Board of the Institute of Psychology. ‘If we work on the basis of everyone’s good int...
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Trust me, I’m a university 31 January 2022
Technology and privacy, trust and mistrust. A discussion about this broke out when the University installed scanners and students protested. On Wednes...
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Psychology Awards 2021 12 January 2022
Psychology teacher of the year is Anouk van der Weiden. The master thesis awards are for Irina Verhülsdonk and Christel Klootwijk. Eliška Procházková ...
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PTSD treatment can help patients with childhood trauma 10 January 2022
Adults who were abused or mistreated as a child and consequently suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can benefit greatly from cognitive ...
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Anne Urai on her Veni subsidy and open science 16 December 2021
Neuroscientist Anne Urai has been awarded a Veni subsidy to further develop her ideas over the coming four years on how the brain makes choices. Why d...
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‘Heart rate and skin conductance predict romantic attraction’ 02 November 2021
Synchronised heart rates and skin conductance tell us that people are attracted to each other. This explains why we feel a romantic ‘click’ with some ...
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Psychologist writes sober book about psychedelic drugs 29 October 2021
Psychedelic drugs like magic mushrooms and LSD are embraced by some and seen as lethal by others. Cognitive psychologist Michiel van Elk delved into t...
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Young babies laugh like apes 01 September 2021
Young babies laugh like adult apes do: producing sounds while inhaling and exhaling. Adult humans produce sounds on the exhale only. Cognitive psychol...
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Teamwork psychologists and educators appreciated and rewarded by KNAW 05 May 2021
A team of developmental psychologists and educators are involving young people in the communication about brain development. A second team of Leiden n...
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Travel reveals the mind 16 April 2021
Exploring the minds of our primate cousins in the wild, using under-exploited observations of their travel paths. A large set of observations of the ...
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Larger pupils? You might just have gained someone’s trust 02 March 2021
Synchrony in heart rate, skin conductance and pupil diameter plays a big role in human social interactions, such as gaining trust or being attracted t...
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Psychology prizes 2020 18 December 2020
The Psychology Teaching Award goes to the entire team of teaching staff. PhD candidates Wouter van Loon and Hilmar Zech wrote the best scientific arti...
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Orangutans yawn contagiously when they see others yawn 17 December 2020
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...
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Mandrills; timing is everything 04 December 2020
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...