News
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Mandrills; timing is everything 04 December 2020
Mandrills keep track of how many days have passed to be the first to gather the food. This is shown by a team of researchers from the University of Am...
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A multi-million grant to keep the biological clock healthy 25 November 2020
Dutch researchers are joining forces to conduct research together with a series of societal partners to keep the biological clock healthy in our moder...
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If you expect an itch, you’ll get an itch 24 November 2020
If you expect something is going to itch, the itching really does get worse. Leiden health psychologist Danielle Bartels has proved the effect of nega...
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Vidi grant for psychedelics research Michiel van Elk 10 November 2020
What exactly do psychedelics do in our brains? To investigate this, NWO has awarded a Vidi grant to Michiel van Elk. The Leiden cognitive psychologist...
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Breast cancer patients remember more information if doctors show empathy 06 November 2020
Patients with incurable breast cancer remember more information about their treatment if their doctor is more empathetic during consultations. These a...
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Veni grants for eleven Leiden researchers 05 November 2020
Eleven Leiden researchers have been awarded a Veni grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The grant will enable them to develop their research ide...
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Mirror on the wall, who's the best at mirroring? 26 October 2020
The better you mirror each other's behavior, the better you appear to work together. In her PhD research at the unit Cognitive Psychology in Leiden, F...
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Lockdown stress milder than expected, but vulnerable families hit harder 05 October 2020
During the ‘intelligent lockdown’ in the Netherlands this spring, the respondents in a Leiden study reported a mild increase in their stress levels. T...
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Nepotism is the problem; the challenge, transparency 05 October 2020
Psychologist Omar Burhan discovered in his study of nepotism that the hiring of kin, even if they are competent for the job, makes people feel they ar...
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Three Leiden researchers receive Rubicon Grant for research abroad 30 September 2020
Chemist Liubov Belyaeva, psychologist Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam and LUMC researcher Elisa Giacomelli have received a Rubicon Grand and will therefore ...
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No evidence for link between depression and diet 16 September 2020
Evidence that the right diet can prevent or alleviate depression is weak. In literature reviews on the subject, the authors often reach strong conclus...
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Daphne Tona maps the brain 07 September 2020
Psychologist Daphne Tona is one of the first to investigate a small nucleus in the brain stem 'in vivo' in living volunteers. That nucleus is involved...
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Elseline Hoekzema investigates the impact of pregnancy on the human brain with European grant 04 September 2020
Neuroscientist Elseline Hoekzema receives a large European grant from the European Research Council (ERC). This ERC starting grant for promising young...
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European grant for Eiko Fried to develop a personalised early warning system for depression 03 September 2020
With a starting grant of the European Research Council (ERC) for promising young researchers, Eiko Fried aims to develop a personalised early warning ...
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Grant for research into stress-related disorders 21 July 2020
Disruption to the gut flora can affect your mental health. How could this knowledge be used to prevent stress-related disorders? This is what psycholo...