Have you ever experienced the feeling of awkwardness when attending a party where you didn’t know anybody? Ever felt shy at a party within the first f...
Around seven per cent of children have difficulty learning their mother tongue because they have some form of developmental language disorder (DLD). ...
Semiha Aydin is one of the three first-generation researchers who received a grant from the Leiden Empowerment Fund to stimulate their scientific career.
The British Academy appointed Eveline Crone as a Corresponding Fellow to recognise her contribution to the SHAPE themes - the social sciences, humanit...
After receiving positive feedback from peers, socially anxious young people feel as confident about themselves as their non-anxious counterparts. 'The...
On June 10, Michelle Achterberg received the prize for best dissertation from the Dutch Neurofederation, the network of Dutch neuroscientists, for her...
How you think about yourself is important for the choices you make. Adolescents are faced with choosing a study programme that will determine their fu...
For their research many neuropsychologists use the brain scanners at the LUMC. At the start of the pandemic, the rules for visiting the hospital becam...
A team of developmental psychologists and educators are involving young people in the communication about brain development. A second team of Leiden n...
During adolescence, some young people have stable best-friend relationships, while others change best friends frequently. Developmental psychologist L...
The Psychology Teaching Award goes to the entire team of teaching staff. The theses awards go to Robert-Jan de Rooij and Florian Thomas-Odenthal. PhD...
During the ‘intelligent lockdown’ in the Netherlands this spring, the respondents in a Leiden study reported a mild increase in their stress levels. T...
Chemist Liubov Belyaeva, psychologist Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam and LUMC researcher Elisa Giacomelli have received a Rubicon Grand and will therefore ...
Neuroscientist Elseline Hoekzema receives a large European grant from the European Research Council (ERC). This ERC starting grant for promising young...
Schools are essential to children’s development and provide numerous options for growth. They also facilitate learning beyond the classroom and give c...
