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'Avoid fraud at banks: improve team atmosphere’ 26 March 2018
Unethical conduct by traders at banks is likely to be a continual problem as long as fraud cases are treated as the fault of a single rotten apple. Im...
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Clash of interests in Groningen 23 March 2018
Since mid-March, residents of Groningen have had access to a single digital portal for reporting damage to property arising from local gas extraction....
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Conference award and poster presentation for health psychologists 13 March 2018
During the 76th American Psychosomatic Society conference in Louisville, Kentucky from 7-10 march 2018 Aleksandrina Skvortsova was awarded with one of...
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Two new women professors at Psychology Institute 08 March 2018
Ellen de Bruijn and Berna Güroğlu, both of the Psychology Institute, have been proposed for professorships by the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sc...
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Fourteen women professors take over the Senate Chamber 07 March 2018
Fourteen women professors are to be given a place in the classic portrait gallery in Leiden University’s Senate Chamber. The portraits will be unveile...
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Brain research shows punishing is more rewarding than helping 26 February 2018
Just imagine: you see someone being treated unfairly. Do you find it more rewarding to help the victim or punish the perpetrator? Research by Leiden ...
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How life online influences young people 21 February 2018
Young people spend a lot of their time online. Even so, we still know very little about how this intensive use of social media influences their develo...
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Academics and partners from the field together conduct research on young people 20 February 2018
What should future education look like? And how can we make sure that young people develop to their full potential as bright and socially-minded adult...
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Here’s to the next 443 years as a bastion of freedom 08 February 2018
‘Praesidium Libertatis is a daily responsibility.’ These were the words of Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker on 8 February during the 443rd Dies Natalis...
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Imagination can reduce pain 02 February 2018
If you imagine in advance that something is not going to hurt, this could mean you experience less pain. This discovery was made by health psychologis...
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Alumni meet students in Psychology Methodology & Statistics 01 February 2018
On February 15th 2018 former students in Methodology & Statistics (M&S) of Leiden University share their current and previous professional activities ...
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Sylvia van Beugen wins ARPH Best Thesis Award 29 January 2018
During the 7th annual meeting of the Association for Researchers in Psychology and Health (ARPH) Sylvia van Beugen, from the Health, Medical and Neuro...
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Shy parent, shy child? 16 January 2018
Previous research has shown that extreme shyness is hereditary, but because shyness is such a broad concept it is difficult to identify specific genes...
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The adolescent brain makes learning easier 20 December 2017
The brains of adolescents react more responsively to receiving rewards. This can lead to risky behaviour, but, according to Leiden University research...
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Weightless in the name of science 11 December 2017
Laura Nijkamp’s biggest dream came true recently: she took a parabolic flight and was weightless for a moment. The BrainFly student team, which includ...