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Floor van Meer receives news Trial & Error Award 28 March 2024
Psychologist Floor van Meer won the first Trial & Error Award for her research on the effect of being distracted while eating on eating behavior. This...
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The psychological poverty trap: How lack of money impacts decision-making, procrastination and loss of control 21 March 2024
Lack of money impacts how a person takes financial decisions: now or preferably later. Procrastination and avoidance behaviours in turn have an effect...
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How to improve the workplace for bi+ people 20 March 2024
People who are attracted to more than one gender often experience a disadvantage in the workplace and labour market. BI+ Netherlands and Leiden Univer...
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Dehumanising: how students reject candidate housemates 08 February 2024
Being rejected always hurts, but so does having to reject someone. Social psychologists have discovered that at interviews to select suitable housemat...
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Give peace a chance: the way conflict can be eased, according to social psychology 01 February 2024
How to reduce aggression when two parties are at odds? PhD research by psychologist Lennart Reddmann shows that it can help to offer them a peaceful a...
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Navigating the Energy Transition: A Call to Consider the Citizen Perspective 07 December 2023
A wind turbine near your home? The energy transition is not seen as just by all parties concerned. It’s essential to involve local residents, argues E...
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Meditating before class: ‘Students sometimes say: I forgot I had a body’ 18 September 2023
In this new ‘Educatips’ column, Psychology lecturers share their most important insights about teaching. This month: Elise Seip wants to help students...
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Video: Why some people feel no shame 18 September 2023
Some people seem to feel no shame. And especially for this episode, we found one such person: Appie Mussa. He is our guinea pig and if anyone can put ...
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Happy at work? Jojanneke van der Toorn looks ahead to the symposium on inclusiveness and diversity 13 September 2023
Jojanneke van der Toorn is kicking off the new Academia@WorkplacePride year with the LGBTIQ+ Workplace Inclusion Symposium. As a social psychologist, ...
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Brainstorming with and for students about money management 05 September 2023
How do we tackle financial stress among students? Policymakers and students came up with a plan. The outcome has been a report that the university can...
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Vibrant illustrations and mind-boggling graphs - Psychology students share insights into their research 07 July 2023
Why do some smokers quit much more easily than others? Can we think ourself to insomnia? And does playing music together help to calm conflicts? Psych...
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New childcare system poses risks for vulnerable parents, experts warn 05 July 2023
A new, almost free childcare system may sound ideal, but it also comes with risks for parents. Psychologists from Leiden University and research firm ...
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NWO Open Competition grants for six researchers 22 May 2023
Six researchers from Leiden University have been awarded NWO (Dutch Research Council) Open Competition funding. This funding gives them the opportunit...
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NWO Open Competition funding for research into distracted consumption 17 May 2023
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded 400.000 euros in funding to Lotte van Dillen, associate professor at the unit of Social, Economic and Org...
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Do you have a hard time with uncertainty? This may influence how you perceive the world 04 April 2023
Always taking the same route to work, going for that one dish in restaurants and going on the same holiday each summer: this may ring a bell for those...