News
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Parents are too hard on themselves: teens more positive about their parenting 31 October 2022
Although it can be a challenge at times, parents should keep communicating with their teens. Also about how they parent. Research by developmental psy...
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WARN-D: Your personal code yellow - orange - red 23 October 2022
Imagine getting a notification on your mobile phone with your personal code for impending mental health problems or even depression: yellow, orange, o...
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Family matters 06 October 2022
Brothers and sisters within a family, with the same parents, experience their upbringing differently. As well as the impact of their own negative expe...
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When you know how your brain works, you better understand who you are 04 October 2022
On Sept. 29, Lara Wierenga, together with graphic designer Dirma Janse, presented their new book Atlas of our Brain. In the presence of fellow scienti...
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European grant for Birte Forstmann to create an atlas of the Human Deep Brain 27 September 2022
Deep-brain stimulation (DBS) is the most promising surgical treatment for movement and neuropsychiatric disorders, but is accompanied by unwanted side...
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Three Leiden scientists win IFCS Cluster Benchmarking Challenge 23 September 2022
At the International Federation of Classification Societies (IFCS) conference 2022 in Porto, psychologists Tom Wilderjans, Jeffrey Durieux and Julian ...
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Afraid of the dark? Anke Klein: 'Let your child have a say in finding a solution' 20 September 2022
On Sunday night 25 September, all the lights in Leiden will switch off and we will see the starry sky above us twinkling in all its glory. A unique op...
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Leiden researchers receive Ig Nobel Prize for research into romantic click 16 September 2022
Cognitive psychologists Eliska Prochazkova and Mariska Kret from Leiden University have won an Ig Nobel Prize for their research into the romantic cli...
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“You look well,” said the oncologist, but she didn't feel that way at all 12 September 2022
Leiden psychologists Janine Westendorp and Liesbeth van Vliet have investigated types of communication that seriously ill patients may experience as h...
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Surprising insights, experiments and magic tricks at interactive ‘Wijsneus Festival’ 07 September 2022
What should we do about litter in the countryside? Can you tell from camera images if someone is guilty? And what does your heart rate really look lik...
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Draw on behavioural science for a healthy lifestyle 31 August 2022
Healthy lifestyle campaigns are often unsuccessful. It is hard to get people to eat healthily or do more exercise. Behavioural science expertise shoul...
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Liesbeth Eurelings-Bontekoe was knighted in the Order of Orange-Nassau 29 August 2022
Emeritus professor Liesbeth Eurelings-Bontekoe received the royal award from the Deputy Mayor of Amsterdam for her great contribution to the quality o...
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Psychologists receive grant for social anxiety research 22 August 2022
“We are proud and happy to receive this grant. It will enable us to do truly innovative fundamental research with a direct link to practical applicati...
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YAL Outreach Grants to tackle disinformation 18 August 2022
Leiden psychologists receive an Outreach Grant from the Young Academy Leiden (YAL) to talk about facts and fables in their field of research. Marieke ...
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Why people confess to crimes they didn’t commit 16 August 2022
When under duress innocent suspects can make a false confession. Why is this? Legal psychologist Linda Geven will give a talk about this at the Leiden...