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Marketing tricks: keep your eyes peeled 25 November 2019
Mountains of pepernoten, shelves full of chocolate letters and adverts showing the perfect Christmas table. With the holidays approaching, supermarket...
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Vote now for the best employer for the MS@Work Awards 08 November 2019
The National Multiple Sclerosis Foundation need your vote for the best employer. This Award is based on the research project MS@Work from psychologist...
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Pavlov revisited. About the placebo effect of rose scent 28 October 2019
Health psychologist Aleksandrina Skvortsova has made clever use of the Pavlov effect to link the ‘cuddle’ hormone oxytocin with the placebo effect. Th...
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Andrea Evers installed as a new KNAW member 16 September 2019
Health psychologist Andrea Evers is one of the 19 new members, selected by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), who have been in...
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Gravitation grant for team captains Bernet Elzinga and Andrea Evers 16 September 2019
Although depression looks different for each person, the treatment is the same for everyone. At the same time, the treatment of psychological issues i...
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LUF grants for six Leiden psychologists 22 August 2019
LUF grants for research projects have been awarded to Liesbeth van Vliet, Michiel Claessen, Anna van Duijvenvoorde, Laura Steenbergen, Kim de Jong and...
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Psychology talents present their research on Psychology Science Day 2019 01 July 2019
On the Psychology Science Day 2019 bachelor students were granted a certificate for participating in the Honours Research Bachelor Project (HRBP) and ...
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Andrea Evers wins Stevin Prize for knowledge exchange and impact 21 June 2019
Andrea Evers, Professor of Health Psychology at Leiden University, has won the Stevin Prize – alongside the Spinoza Prize, the highest scientific awar...
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New free online course on Health Behaviour 14 May 2019
As of 14 May, people from all over the world can follow a little part of our university’s education through a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on...
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‘Sickness and health have become a continuum’ 13 May 2019
Professor of Health Psychology Andrea Evers is one of the coordinators of the national Health and Wellbeing programme and of the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus ...
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Five Leiden researchers elected as members of KNAW 23 April 2019
Five Leiden researchers have been nominated as members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).They will be inaugurated on 16 Sep...
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Academy for Self-Management: from disabilities to abilities 04 April 2019
If people with intellectual disabilities are given tailored training, this promotes self-management in their daily lives. They also need less support....
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ZonMw Medical Inspirator Prize for research ‘Lyme paralyses lives’ 18 March 2019
Together with patient representatives, clinician-researchers from Radboucumc (Internal Medicine) Amsterdam UMC and researchers from Leiden University ...
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On your way to your dream job as a psychologist 22 February 2019
On the Master’s Open Day on 15 February Liza Vromen from Harlem arrives in Leiden to investigate the pre-master’s programme Psychology. As a matter o...
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‘Music has so many positive effects’ 08 January 2019
This year, Leiden University celebrates its 444th birthday – and when you’re giving a party, you need great music! Neuropsychologist Rebecca Schaefer ...