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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 ...
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Four Leiden professors appointed to KHMW20 February 2020Four 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 201920 December 2019The 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 awards19 December 2019During 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 behaviour16 December 2019I 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 reality09 December 2019People with intermittent arterial claudication often experience severe pain when walking. Psychologist Anne Cuperus used virtual reality to trick 20 p...
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Marketing tricks: keep your eyes peeled25 November 2019Mountains 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 Awards08 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 scent28 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 member16 September 2019Health 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 Evers16 September 2019Although 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 psychologists22 August 2019LUF 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 201901 July 2019On 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 impact21 June 2019Andrea 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 Behaviour14 May 2019As 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...