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Lorenza Colzato Professor by Special Appointment in Germany 27 February 2017
On February 7th, Lorenza Colzato has become Professor by Special Appointment at Ruhr University Bochum in Germany. Psychologist Colzato: 'My ultimate ...
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Vici grants for four Leiden researchers 17 February 2017
Four Leiden researchers have been awarded a prestigious Vici grant by the Netherlands Organisation for Academic Research (NWO).
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Laura Steenbergen and Christian Eistrup win Leiden FameLab 15 February 2017
Which young scientists are best at explaining their research in three minutes and can take part in the national finals? These questions were answered ...
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Designing a smart city together 31 January 2017
How can we make clever use of new technologies to improve quality of life in cities? The answer is in the NL Smart City Strategy, which Mark Rutte off...
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Saving for discounts by living healthily 26 January 2017
A new health programme will reward patients with - or at risk of developing - cardio-vascular diseases for keeping to a healthy lifestyle. A research ...
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Eveline Crone to receive Ammodo KNAW Award 24 January 2017
Professor of Neurocognitive Developmental Psychology Eveline Crone will receive an Ammodo KNAW Award. This was announced by Ammodo, an institute for a...
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Reward rather than punish 17 January 2017
People prefer to reward cooperative behaviour than punish egotistical behaviour, even if this egotism has a negative effect on others. This is the con...
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Highly gifted children benefit from explanation as much as their peers 17 January 2017
We often assume that highly gifted children always perform at maximum capacity. Psychologist Bart Vogelaar discovered that this group too benefits fr...
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Eveline Crone joins ERC Scientific Council 13 January 2017
Professor Eveline Crone joined the Scientific Council of the European Research Council (ERC) on 13 January.
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If your friends jump in the river… 12 January 2017
Young people influence one another to take greater risks, although it's not quite that cut and dried. This is what development psychologist Jorien van...
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Eveline Crone in Social Sciences Council 06 January 2017
From 1 January 2017, Professor of neurocognitive developmental psychology Eveline Crone has been appointed member of the Social Sciences Council of th...
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Jojanneke van der Toorn appointed to new Workplace Pride chair 20 December 2016
From 1 January 2017 Jojanneke van der Toorn will be the first holder of the Workplace Pride special chair, with a focus on the inclusion of people who...
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Pregnancy changes brain structure 19 December 2016
Brain researcher Elseline Hoekzema has discovered that the structure of the brain changes during pregnancy, particularly those areas related to social...
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Psychometric Society Career Award for Willem Heiser 01 December 2016
Willem Heiser receives the 2017 Psychometric Society Career Award for Lifetime Achievement. 'Receiving this prize from my colleagues makes me very hap...
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Even unconscious stress can cause stress symptoms 30 November 2016
Our vision of stress is starting to change fundamentally. We can suffer stress without even being aware of it, while sleeping as wall as during the da...