Leiden Psychology Podcast
Episode 20: The Science of Breathing
We often hear that breathing exercises can reduce stress, improve sleep, and even boost performance. But what does the science actually say?
In this episode, Dr. Roderik Gerritsen discusses the fascinating role of breathing in our daily lives, explains how breathing patterns are linked to stress and relaxation, and separates evidence-based findings from popular myths.
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Episodes
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Episode 20: The Science of Breathing
We often hear that breathing exercises can reduce stress, improve sleep, and even boost performance. But what does the science actually say?
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Episode 19: Ageism in the Age of AI
When we think of ageism, we often think of discrimination against older adults. However, ageism occurs across the entire lifespan; in the tech wo...
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Episode 18: Self-Love Beyond the Social Media Hype
Bubble baths and face masks: that’s what we often see on social media when discussing self-love. However, is this a true reflection of what self-...
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Episode 17: Starting the Conversation on Trauma and Suicidality
What do you do if you suspect someone around you is struggling with suicidal thoughts but aren’t sure how to bring it up? And how can we support ...
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Episode 16: The Power of Ketogenic Interventions
Dr. Eline Dekeyster joins us to tell us more about what ketogenic interventions entail, their impact on our body and mind and much more.
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Episode 15: Understanding High Sensitivity
Dr. Eline Dekeyster joins us to tell us more about what ketogenic interventions entail, their impact on our body and mind and much more.
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Episode 14: Reveal Your Mind with Psychedelics
Philosophical researcher Aidan Lyon joined us to tell us more about psychedelic experiences.
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Episode 13: Becoming a Clinical Psychologist
We have the pleasure of welcoming Sepideh Saadat, a lecturer at Leiden University and a practicing clinical psychologist, as our guest on this ep...
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Episode 12: Get to Know the New Hosts
Season 2 of the Leiden Psychology podcast has started, and we're kicking it off with a special Q&A featuring our new hosts Aziza and Priya. I...
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Episode 11: The art of Presenting
We have the pleasure of hosting organisational psychologist Fieke Harinck. Fieke is an expert on negotiation, communication skills and improvisat...
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Episode 10 - Starting a career in Psychology
In this episode of the Leiden Psychology Podcast we talk with Sophia Dittmar about starting a career in Psychology. Dittmar is currently studying...
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Episode 9: A changing view on Psychedelics
We talk with Michiel van Elk, about his research into mapping what effects psychedelics have on the human brain and what this means for the possi...
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Episode 8: A life with Bipolar Disorder
We talk to Justin, who was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder type 1 over 14 years ago. Justin is very candid and talks about his first manic episod...
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Episode 7: Training parents of anxiety prone toddlers
In this episode, we talk with Leonie Vreeke and Nina Komrij about the Cool Little Kids research project. CLK explores the effectiveness of traini...
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Episode 6: Animals have emotions
In this episode, we talk with Mariska Kret about the expressions of emotions in humans and animals. Mariska explores the similarities and differe...
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Episode 5: Prosocial Behaviour and Exclusion
In this episode we talk with Mara van der Meulen about prosocial behaviour and social exclusion in children. Van der Meulen also explores the rol...
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Episode 4: Social Anxiety Disorder
We talk with Sara Jakobsson Månsson and Dayenne Meijer about Social Anxiety Disorder in Adolescents. Have you ever experienced the feeling of awk...
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Episode 3: Self-image and study choice
In this episode of the Leiden Psychology Podcast we talk with Laura van der Aar (in Dutch) about the role of self-image in making decisions for f...
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Episode 2: Fear and Decision Making
In this second episode of the Leiden Psychology Podcast we talk to professor Lotte van Dillen. We talk about the influence of fear in decision ma...
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Episode 1: SPS-NIP Stedelijk Bestuur Leiden
In this first episode of the Leiden Psychology Podcast we talk with the board of SPS-NIP Stedelijk Bestuur Leiden. They tell us about what it is ...