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Three different perspectives on how the online world has fundamentally changed the way we live our lives 20 September 2022
In the ESOF2022 mini-symposium organized by the Social Resilience & Security programme, international experts with a background in psychology, philoso...
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Afraid of the dark? Anke Klein: 'Let your child have a say in finding a solution' 20 September 2022
On Sunday night 25 September, all the lights in Leiden will switch off and we will see the starry sky above us twinkling in all its glory. A unique op...
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“You look well,” said the oncologist, but she didn't feel that way at all 12 September 2022
Leiden psychologists Janine Westendorp and Liesbeth van Vliet have investigated types of communication that seriously ill patients may experience as h...
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Mariska Kret: ‘The arrogance of thinking we’re better than animals is downright stupid’ 06 September 2022
Professor of Cognitive Psychology Mariska Kret studies how humans and animals express emotions. Comparisons between humans and great apes offer import...
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Why people confess to crimes they didn’t commit 16 August 2022
When under duress innocent suspects can make a false confession. Why is this? Legal psychologist Linda Geven will give a talk about this at the Leiden...
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Behavioural expertise needed for lifestyle change 14 July 2022
The importance of a healthy lifestyle does not receive the attention it deserves, as the coronavirus pandemic made painfully clear. Twelve behavioural...
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Leiden research projects awarded NWO Open Competition grants 14 July 2022
Various researchers from Leiden University have been awarded NWO (Dutch Research Council) Open Competition funding. Nine social sciences and humanitie...
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Zoo visitors can watch research into orangutan emotions 13 July 2022
Researchers from Leiden University are working with Ouwehands Zoo to improve our understanding of emotions and intelligence in orangutans. Visitors to...
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Heineken Young Scientists Award for three Leiden researchers 11 July 2022
Three of the four Heineken Young Scientists Awards for 2022 have gone to researchers from Leiden: chronobiologist Laura Kervezee, physicist Jordi Tura...
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Antibiotic treatments make us more susceptible to negative emotions 08 July 2022
People who have taken antibiotics in the past three months pay more attention to negative facial expressions, according to research by postdoc Katerin...
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Publish Your Reviews: promoting openness in peer review 07 July 2022
Publish Your Reviews is an initiative encouraging peer reviewers to share their reviews and to contribute to open science and transparant research com...
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Marja Spierenburg about the importance of the EuroScience Open Forum 07 July 2022
From Wednesday 13 July 2022, for four days, Leiden is at the epicentre of European science, as it hosts Europe's largest interdisciplinary conference,...
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'The effect of the online world on adolescents' 06 July 2022
How do digital technologies affect adolescent mental health and resilience? How do we foster a secure online environment? How should we deal with incr...
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Major international study links genes to brain structural changes over time 04 July 2022
There seem to be genes that influence how our brains develop over time. A large international consortium has discovered this with an extensive study....
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Broadening the scope of the Social Resilience & Security programme 28 June 2022
The Social Resilience & Security interdisciplinary programme broadens its scope by embedding two research projects lead by Dr. Joanne Mouthaan. The pr...