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Eleven Leiden scientists receive funding for science communication22 April 2021The KNAW has rewarded 11 Leiden scientists for their commitment to science communication, by awarding them 10,000 euros each from the ‘Appreciated!’ f...
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Combating loneliness in Living Lab13 April 2021Master's students of Vitality & Ageing work together with older individuals in the so-called ‘Living Lab’ to combat loneliness. You can watch four bri...
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No holiday plans? Go on a virtual trip this summer!05 April 2021‘Walking around in a new environment activates our brain’s learning centre. This allows us to learn better, even once we’ve returned to a familiar env...
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Rebecca Schaefer: 'Music and science bring people together'19 February 2021Rebecca Schaefer received the new science communication grant for the SNAAR Festival in December 2020. With the festival, Schaefer wants to make music...
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Andrea Evers awarded Proof of Concept Grant12 January 2021Professor of Health Psychology Andrea Evers has been awarded a Proof of Concept Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). This additional grant is...
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Psychology prizes 202018 December 2020The 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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If you expect an itch, you’ll get an itch24 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 empathy06 November 2020Patients 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 Qualification06 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 health08 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 psychology19 May 2020Janna 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 about01 May 2020We 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 effect20 April 2020We 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 Skvortsova14 April 2020Aleksandrina 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 stress08 April 2020Chronic stress weakens the immune system, psychologist Jos Brosschot warns in an interview with Leidsch Dagblad newspaper. Social isolation can cause ...