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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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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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The restorative power of nature 18 January 2016
Have you had a busy week at work? If so, it’s better to take a walk in a natural environment than to go shopping in the city.
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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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Reconciling conflicting interests 24 December 2015
A far-reaching understanding of human behaviour is necessary to get to grips with conflicts in society and to encourage parties to meet each other hal...
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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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Two Veni grants awarded to Leiden Psychology researchers 10 September 2015
Two Leiden researchers of the Institute of Psychology have been given the opportunity to realise their research plans for the coming three years thank...
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Gratama Science Award for Jojanneke van der Toorn 09 September 2015
Jojanneke van der Toorn has been proclaimed the young and promising researcher of 2015. At the official opening of the academic year on 31 August she...
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'The university belongs to nobody' 31 August 2015
‘Universities are only the trustees of a complex intellectual heritage that they themselves did not create,’ said Stefan Collini, professor in Cambrid...
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The brain on alert 09 June 2015
When focussing attention, the neurotransmitters noradrenaline and acetylcholine play an important role. This new finding made by psychologist Stephen ...
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Schadenfreude and the role in social relations 04 September 2014
Leiden psychologist Wilco van Dijk and communication scientist Jaap Ouwerkerk of VU University Amsterdam published a book about the emotion Schadenfre...
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Do placebos help against itching? 22 April 2014
If a pill containing no active ingredients still helps, this positive expectation is called a placebo effect. A negative expectation is called a noceb...