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How cyborg do we want to be?Future technologies will drastically influence our daily lives. To what extent will that benefit us? The Brave New World future congress on 2 and 3 No...
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Male researchers mostly share their work with menThe scientific world is a competitive place. Even so, researchers are often prepared to share their findings with colleagues. This applies particularl...
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Brain changes underlying social anxiety: numbers count!In een mega-analyse scheppen Leidse onderzoekers helderheid in tegenstrijdige resultaten van onderzoek naar sociale angststoornis. Hun internationale ...
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Updated MRI scanner ready for useThe updated MRI scanner at the Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition (LIBC) will become operational on 29 September. The new version is faster and ...
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First School Psychology graduate at Leiden UniversityOn Wednesday September 20th, Diamanto Fragkiadaki received her MSc degree in Psychology. She is the first student to complete the master’s specialisat...
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Spinoza Prizes for physicist Michel Orrit and psychologist Eveline CroneOf this year’s four NWO Spinoza Prizes, two have been awarded to Leiden researchers. On 12 September, Eveline Crone and Michel Orrit received their pr...
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What does a pilot know about fear of flying?As a psychologist and pilot, Bert Busscher is interested in the phenomenon often termed as fear of flying. Busscher discovered that the heart rate of ...
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Diener Award in Social Psychology for Carsten de DreuCarsten de Dreu has received the Carol and Ed Diener Award in Social Psychology which is designed to recognise a mid-career scholar whose work has add...
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Live supervision of training in clinical psychology therapeutic skillsAnne Krause and Niki Antypa received a facultairy 'Grassroots' subsidy of 1.000 euros for education innovation. They're going to implement live super...
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They're going on a parabolic flight - and you can go too!Always wanted to find out what zero gravity is like? Now's your chance! In December 2017 a Dutch student team will be conducting experiments during a ...
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Veni award for psychologist Barbara Braams
Developmental psychologist Barbara Braams has been awarded with a Veni funding for her research about risk behaviour in young people. This award offer...
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Rebecca Schaefer on 'Learning with music can change brain structure'Using musical cues to learn a physical task significantly develops an important part of the brain, according to a new study co-authored by Leiden psyc...
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A different take on differences between men’s and women’s brainsThere is greater variety in the size of men’s brains than of women’s. This could help explain why some psychiatric disorders such as ADHD and autism a...
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Spinoza Prize for ‘puberty professor’ Eveline CroneEveline Crone, Professor of Neurocognitive Developmental Psychology, has been awarded the NWO Spinoza Prize for her high-profile research on adolescen...
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Responding to pupils with mild intellectual disability in educationMariëtte Huizinga, Dorien Graas and Anika Bexkens call attention to learning problems of children with mild intellectual disability in the classroom. ...