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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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If you expect an itch, you’ll get an itch 24 November 2020
If you expect something is going to itch, the itching really does get worse. Leiden health psychologist Danielle Bartels has proved the effect of nega...
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Breast cancer patients remember more information if doctors show empathy 06 November 2020
Patients with incurable breast cancer remember more information about their treatment if their doctor is more empathetic during consultations. These a...
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Margot van der Doef first Leiden psychologist to hold Senior Teaching Qualification 06 July 2020
'Continuing to work on my professional development is inspiring and stimulating, and it’s rewarding to have an influence on how psychology is taught.’...
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Our expectations shape our health 08 June 2020
Positive expectations about a medicine may help it to work more effectively, even if you tell patients about this placebo effect. The reverse, the noc...
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Aspasia grant for promising researchers in psychology 19 May 2020
Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam, Stefanie Meeuwis, and Eliška Procházková have all been awarded a share of the Aspasia diversity grant obtained by Mariska K...
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Why the brain needs to get out and about 01 May 2020
We are all at home in familiar surroundings. Not only is this boring but it can also have a negative influence on our learning, explains cognitive neu...
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Government, media and citizens: Watch out for the nocebo Corona effect 20 April 2020
We are confronted on a daily basis with news about the Corona virus and its consequences. We read alarming headlines like 'Dutch becoming increasingly...
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Rubicon grant for pain researcher Aleksandrina Skvortsova 14 April 2020
Aleksandrina Skvortsova has been awarded a Rubicon grant by the NWO. She will use it to conduct research at McGill University in Canada into whether m...
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Psychologist Jos Brosschot in LD on how isolation can cause stress 08 April 2020
Chronic stress weakens the immune system, psychologist Jos Brosschot warns in an interview with Leidsch Dagblad newspaper. Social isolation can cause ...
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Four Leiden professors appointed to KHMW 20 February 2020
Four Leiden University professors have been appointed to The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities. Andrea Evers, Erwin Muller, Sjaak Neefj...
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Psychology Awards 2019 20 December 2019
The theses awards go to Maud van den Eijnden (MSc) and Michael Aristodemou (MSc research). PhD candidates Frank Doolaard and Meriem Manaï wrote the be...
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Annual Health, Medical and Neuropsychology awards 19 December 2019
During the 2019 Health, Medical and Neuropsychology Christmas lunch, several staff members and research (student) assistants were awarded.
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Winnie Gebhardt talking about research on health behaviour 16 December 2019
I am an associate professor in health psychology here at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences. My main line of work is health behaviour and ...
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PhD candidate has patients barking up the wrong tree with virtual reality 09 December 2019
People with intermittent arterial claudication often experience severe pain when walking. Psychologist Anne Cuperus used virtual reality to trick 20 p...