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NWO grant for Pavlov’s conditioning during sleep 27 June 2016
Andrea Evers has received an NWO research talent grant with Jelle van Leusden as the PhD candidate. This grant enables them to start a research projec...
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Expectations can relieve pain 07 June 2016
To relieve a patient's pain, it can be effective to induce expectations. This finding is promising for optimising the effectiveness of treatments, con...
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Sylvia van Beugen wins award for publication on psychodermatology 24 May 2016
Sylvia van Beugen has won the Herman Musaph Literature award 2016 for the best publication about psychodermatology. Her publication describes the impo...
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Distinguishing differences in dementia using brain scans 23 May 2016
Neuroscientist Anne Hafkemeijer is able to distinguish two different forms of dementia using advanced imaging techniques. This is the first step towar...
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ERC Advanced Grant for Bernhard Hommel 31 March 2016
Prof. Bernhard Hommel has been awarded an Advanced Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). With this grant of 2.5 million euros the cognitive ps...
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Bonobos’ attention attracted by emotions 14 March 2016
Bonobos – just like humans – pay more attention to pictures that show other members of their species displaying emotional behaviour than to neutral sc...
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Psychology student starts crowdfunding for cancer PhD research 11 March 2016
'We believe that developing a protocol to help people fight cancer is extremely valuable, given that cancer is such a prevalent and devastating diseas...
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Health psychologist Jos Brosschot professor by special appointment 25 February 2016
Jos F. Brosschot has been appointed as a professor by special appointment on the chair ‘psychophysiological mechanisms of stress in daily life’. This ...
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Is this really my hand? 11 February 2016
A virtual hand that feels as if it is your own. Feeling happier because a virtual face is smiling with you. Cognitive Psychologist Ke Ma discovered us...
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Brain connections predict adolescent impulsiveness 29 January 2016
There is a link in adolescents between brain connections and impulsiveness. Leiden researchers have discovered that these connections also predict whi...
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Is lack of sleep bad for study performance? 07 January 2016
The Netherlands Association for Sleep-Wake Research is studying this issue. Lead researcher Kristiaan van der Heijden, Leiden psychologist and sleep ...
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Socially anxious people are interested in others 21 December 2015
The idea that socially anxious people avoid eye contact because they are not interested in other people needs to be changed. They take their informati...
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Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, a Healthy Faculty 04 December 2015
The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences has become a lot healthier, thanks to the first Healthy Faculty event on 29 and 30 October, 2015. Healt...
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Interdisciplinary approach benefits brain research 30 September 2015
How do practice and theory reinforce one another in neuroscience? Professor Birte Forstmann’s inaugural lecture on 2 October will be about building in...
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Interdisciplinary approach benefits brain research 28 September 2015
How do practice and theory reinforce one another in neuroscience? Professor Birte Forstmann’s inaugural lecture on 2 October will be about building in...