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Research in progress: Eye-contact 23 May 2018
Jiemiao Chen is running a study on eye-contact with a virtual audience. The study involves introducing oneself to the audience while wearing eye-track...
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Rumination leads to problems in boys with autism 03 April 2018
Boys with autism are more prone to develop physical complaints, depression and aggressive behaviour. Psychologists at Leiden University have discovere...
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Adolescents who feel heard are less angry in online games 31 March 2018
How do young people react when an unknown person gets under their skin in an online game? A sense of control over their social environment can prevent...
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Two new women professors at Psychology Institute 08 March 2018
Ellen de Bruijn and Berna Güroğlu, both of the Psychology Institute, have been proposed for professorships by the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sc...
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Fourteen women professors take over the Senate Chamber 07 March 2018
Fourteen women professors are to be given a place in the classic portrait gallery in Leiden University’s Senate Chamber. The portraits will be unveile...
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How life online influences young people 21 February 2018
Young people spend a lot of their time online. Even so, we still know very little about how this intensive use of social media influences their develo...
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Academics and partners from the field together conduct research on young people 20 February 2018
What should future education look like? And how can we make sure that young people develop to their full potential as bright and socially-minded adult...
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Shy parent, shy child? 16 January 2018
Previous research has shown that extreme shyness is hereditary, but because shyness is such a broad concept it is difficult to identify specific genes...
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The adolescent brain makes learning easier 20 December 2017
The brains of adolescents react more responsively to receiving rewards. This can lead to risky behaviour, but, according to Leiden University research...
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Eveline Crone wins Dr Hendrik Muller prize 22 November 2017
Eveline Crone, professor of neurocognitive developmental psychology at Leiden University, has been awarded the Dr Hendrik Muller Prize for Behavioural...
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Which master's? Spoilt for choice! 14 November 2017
On Friday 10 November, Leiden University welcomed curious students from all corners of the world to the Master's Open Day. One thing is clear: student...
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Adolescents don't just think of themselves 30 October 2017
Parents often see that when their sweet, socially-minded children become adolescents they change into selfish 'hotel guests' who think only of themsel...
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Brain changes underlying social anxiety: numbers count! 06 October 2017
In a recent mega-analysis, researchers from Leiden University aimed to clarify the contradictory findings of research into social anxiety disorder. Th...
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First School Psychology graduate at Leiden University 21 September 2017
On Wednesday September 20th, Diamanto Fragkiadaki received her MSc degree in Psychology. She is the first student to complete the master’s specialisat...
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Spinoza Prizes for physicist Michel Orrit and psychologist Eveline Crone 13 September 2017
Of this year’s four NWO Spinoza Prizes, two have been awarded to Leiden researchers. On 12 September, Eveline Crone and Michel Orrit received their pr...