News
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Janneke Fruin-Helb grant for Elise Kortink 25 November 2016
Elise Kortink, student of the Master in Psychology (research) won the award for the best LUF-grant application of 2016 with her research proposal for ...
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'Personalized medicine' as ideal in treatment of psychiatric disorders 09 November 2016
An ever widening gap is appearing between clinical practice and the treatment prescribed in DSM-5, the standard work on schizophrenia, psychiatrist Ja...
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Brain activity of popular adolescents measured 28 October 2016
Adolescents who were more popular among their classmates in junior school are often the ones who are more inclined to share things fairly with others....
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Lorenza Colzato editor-in-chief of new scientific journal 10 October 2016
Psychologist Lorenza Colzato is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Cognitive Enhancement, a new interdisciplinary psychology publication. The journ...
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Leiden researchers win public award in Smartest Project contest 04 October 2016
A research project by Developmental Psychology professor Carolien Rieffe and researchers of the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science has been...
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Greed and fear hamper cooperation 04 October 2016
Everyone benefits when cooperation runs smoothly However, people often act obstructively. Why do they do that? Professor of Social Psychology Carsten ...
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Cannabis makes you less alert 04 October 2016
Regular users of cannabis are less aware of their own mistakes, and they are not good at creative thinking. This is the conclusion drawn by psychologi...
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Social Science Matters: Clinton vs. Trump - race over? 28 September 2016
Monday 26 September, 2016 saw the first confrontation between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Expectations were high – not only about the content o...
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Neuropsychologist Mariska Kret through to top 5 Science Talent 12 September 2016
Neuropsychologist Mariska Kret is through to the next round in the 2016 Science Talent contest organised by New Scientist magazine.
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Training children in self-control 07 September 2016
What is the effect of training children to exercise self-control? Niko Steinbeis has been awarded a major European subsidy to find the answer to this ...
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ERC grants for Leiden scientists 06 September 2016
Leiden research on psychology and archaeology will boosted by two subsidies. Both research projects focus on children.
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Brains react differently to ADHD medication than expected 26 July 2016
A tried and tested medication for treating ADHD works differently than expected in the brains of healthy individuals during rest: rather than stimulat...
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Psychologist Davood Ghara Gozli received a Veni grant 15 July 2016
Davood Ghara Gozli (Cognitive Psychology) has received a Veni grant. As such, he is officially recognised as a promising young scientist by science f...
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Veni grants for 19 young Leiden researchers 15 July 2016
Nineteen researchers who have recently been awarded their PhD are to receive a Veni grant of up to 250,000 euros. Science funding agency NWO has awar...
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Social support and quitter-identity may help smokers quit 05 July 2016
Receiving positive support and seeing yourself as being a quitter may help smokers quit, say Eline Meijer and colleagues. The health psychologists pub...