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Weightless in the name of science11 December 2017Laura Nijkamp’s biggest dream came true recently: she took a parabolic flight and was weightless for a moment. The BrainFly student team, which includ...
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VSNU presents Digital Society research agenda24 November 2017The Digital Society research agenda was presented by the Dutch universities during the VSNU Impact festival on 23 November.
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Who are you without that cigarette?10 November 2017Do you want to be successful at stopping smoking? If so, the main thing is that you should see yourself as a non-smoker. Psychologist Eline Meijer has...
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What does a pilot know about fear of flying?04 September 2017As a psychologist and pilot, Bert Busscher is interested in the phenomenon often termed as fear of flying. Busscher discovered that the heart rate of ...
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Rebecca Schaefer on 'Learning with music can change brain structure'10 July 2017Using musical cues to learn a physical task significantly develops an important part of the brain, according to a new study co-authored by Leiden psyc...
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Launching event National Antibiotic Development Platform20 April 2017Antibiotic resistance is one of the major threats to human health. This week the National Antibiotic Development Platform, NADP, was officially launch...
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Kaya Peerdeman wins award for article on analgesia19 April 2017
Health psychologist Kaya Peerdeman has won the article award of the Postgraduate School For Research and Education in Experimental Psychopathology (EP...
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The placebo effect: first world congress in Leiden07 March 2017Medicines can work even if they have no active ingredient. The first international scientific conference on placebos will take place in Leiden from 2 ...
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Saving for discounts by living healthily26 January 2017A 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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Even unconscious stress can cause stress symptoms30 November 2016Our 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...
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Social support and quitter-identity may help smokers quit05 July 2016Receiving positive support and seeing yourself as being a quitter may help smokers quit, say Eline Meijer and colleagues. The health psychologists pub...
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NWO grant for Pavlov’s conditioning during sleep27 June 2016Andrea Evers has received an NWO research talent grant with Jelle van Leusden as the PhD candidate. This grant enables them to start a research projec...
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Expectations can relieve pain07 June 2016To relieve a patient's pain, it can be effective to induce expectations. This finding is promising for optimising the effectiveness of treatments, con...
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Why fundamental science matters21 March 2016Why do we need fundamental science? For a lot of reasons, speakers showed at the Lustrum Symposium ‘Science Matters’. This symposium was held on 18 Ma...
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Health psychologist Jos Brosschot professor by special appointment25 February 2016Jos F. Brosschot has been appointed as a professor by special appointment on the chair ‘psychophysiological mechanisms of stress in daily life’. This ...