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The power of compliments for young people, by young people 16 June 2021
After receiving positive feedback from peers, socially anxious young people feel as confident about themselves as their non-anxious counterparts. 'The...
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Michelle Achterberg receives Award for PhD Thesis on brain development in children 14 June 2021
On June 10, Michelle Achterberg received the prize for best dissertation from the Dutch Neurofederation, the network of Dutch neuroscientists, for her...
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Developing your own self-image and choosing the right study programme 14 June 2021
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...
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Back to the scanner: brain science in times of corona 16 May 2021
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...
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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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Annelinde Vandenbroucke: 'Science for and by youth'. 08 February 2021
Annelinde Vandenbroucke received the new science communication grant for NeurolabNL Young in December 2020. This grant will help her in her mission: t...
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Best friends forever? How the adolescent brain reacts to good friends 12 January 2021
During adolescence, some young people have stable best-friend relationships, while others change best friends frequently. Developmental psychologist L...
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Psychology prizes 2020 18 December 2020
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...
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Lockdown stress milder than expected, but vulnerable families hit harder 05 October 2020
During the ‘intelligent lockdown’ in the Netherlands this spring, the respondents in a Leiden study reported a mild increase in their stress levels. T...
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Three Leiden researchers receive Rubicon Grant for research abroad 30 September 2020
Chemist Liubov Belyaeva, psychologist Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam and LUMC researcher Elisa Giacomelli have received a Rubicon Grand and will therefore ...
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Elseline Hoekzema investigates the impact of pregnancy on the human brain with European grant 04 September 2020
Neuroscientist Elseline Hoekzema receives a large European grant from the European Research Council (ERC). This ERC starting grant for promising young...
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An inclusive learning environment for children with communication problems 13 July 2020
Schools are essential to children’s development and provide numerous options for growth. They also facilitate learning beyond the classroom and give c...
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Anna van Duijvenvoorde spends Heineken Young Scientist Award on science vlogs 07 July 2020
She considers herself lucky. She talks about the research projects she has ended up in and a network like the Young Academy Leiden (YAL). Van Duijvenv...
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Black Lives Matter - New network of Dutch museums 30 June 2020
How are people of color represented in art collections? And do young people of color feel that museum collections reflect their norms and values? Deve...
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Anna van Duijvenvoorde receives Heineken Young Scientists Award 29 June 2020
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has awarded the Heineken Young Scientist Award 2020 in the Social Sciences to developmental ...