Psychology
The Institute of Psychology is committed to play a prominent role in teaching and research at the national and international level.
Psychology students at Leiden University are taught by leading researchers in the field: the scientists who carry out the institute’s research programmes. The Psychology degree programme aims to ensure that each individual student achieves a high academic level at the bachelor’s, pre-master’s and master’s level.
Psychology in Leiden
News
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What our experts have to say about the key issues in the Dutch elections -
Do’s and don’ts for an effective immigration policy -
Finding our way out of the hyper-nervous society? ‘Time to pause and reflect on our basic human needs’ -
Beyond Iced coffee and face masks: ‘True self-care is about emotional awareness and living according to your values’ -
More than movement: study of cognitive and psychological symptoms of Parkinson’s -
Natural brain opioids help us “see the bigger picture” after rewards -
How can the Netherlands form a stable government? -
‘I want to organise processes in such a way that researchers can focus mostly on the content of their work.’ -
Pre-registering your research: Extra effort, but what's the pay-off? -
Providing information in palliative care: what if patients don’t want to know everything? -
Podcast: Self-Love Beyond the Social Media Hype -
Toddlers, apes and Japanese people helped reveal how we express -
Managing chronic pain? ‘With a data driven approach you can tailor treatment to the individual’ -
For the first time, scientists map brain activity across the entire mouse brain -
From innovative idea to start-up: during new workshops psychology students learn about doing business -
In memoriam: Andrea Evers (1967-2025) -
Too old for a job interview? 'Age discrimination is everywhere, but we’re often unaware of it' -
Does your smartwatch say you’re stressed? It may often be wrong -
Mirjam Oomens: ‘Healthcare professionals should be cautious about survival prognoses’ -
Spring for everyone: KCPEG symposium on existence insecurity shows both urgency and solutions -
Time to attend to the itch in psychology -
From horror to silence that speaks volumes: Leiden researches emotions at Lowlands -
From hormone differences to valid questionnaires: psychology students present their research at the Science Day 2025 -
Four Leiden researchers receive ERC Advanced Grant -
Honesty doesn’t always pay in negotiations -
Afraid of the vacuum cleaner? ‘Uncertainty about the world can cause anxiety in young children’ -
Suicide prevention professor: ‘Talking saves lives’ -
How simple interventions can encourage better intergroup relations -
New healthcare knowledge network at work on suicide prevention -
Migration scholar Katharina Natter wins Gratama Science Prize -
Psychology alumnus Marisse van Os is helping improve mental health services from within -
How e-learning makes writing a thesis easier for lecturers and students -
In this museum, psychologists explore how to bring abstract art closer to children -
Practising with AI: a chatbot for suicide prevention -
Probiotics reduce negative feelings -
Boost your team: Get to know each other through science, games and insights -
Many playgrounds unsuitable for children with autism -
AI in the workgroup: ‘The moment I give students an assignment, they browse to ChatGPT’ -
Yuliia's big wish fulfilled: dissecting a calf's brain -
‘As a researcher, you learn a lot from projects outside your own area of expertise’ -
Klokhuis episode about blushing and smiling? Your vote counts -
De Hoe?Zo! Show teaches children that science is anything but boring -
Four Leiden professors elected members of the KHMW -
On the same wavelength: Deaf and hard-of-hearing children keep pace with hearing peers in emotional development -
Podcast: Starting the conversation on trauma and suicidality -
How can people with autism and social anxiety understand others’ emotions better? -
As a parent, you have a big influence on your child’s anxiety (though there’s no need to worry about it) -
How AI and wearable technology help create more inclusive environments for children -
Sleep plays key role in predicting suicidal thoughts -
Leiden University will recognize and reward open science more -
Who are the winners of the Psychology Prizes of 2024? -
Open Science as the standard: ‘You don’t do science for yourself’ -
‘We should have more trust in one another; people are actually very trustworthy’ -
Grants awarded for five innovative psychology research projects -
Psychology Connected on the role of our biological clock in depression -
Language that comforts: The power of communication in healthcare -
KWF funding for research on culturally sensitive palliative care -
Michiel Westenberg advocates prevention for social anxiety: ‘Why wait until the damage has been done?’ -
Eleven Leiden University researchers receive Vidi grants
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Alumnus teaching at a Texan university: pizza, guns and heated debate in the lecture theatre -
Social Science Matters: Internationalization -
'It’s the complexity of this group of patients that makes the challenge of improving their quality of life so interesting’ -
Children pay more attention to art when descriptions are playful and interactive -
Special training and testing reveal children's potential for learning -
Don’t take everything in a scientific journal at face value, students learn in this new module -
Graduation Ceremony BSc Psychology filled with passion -
How do we make choices in an overwhelming world? That is what Lotte van Dillen will study as new Professor Social Cognition and Decision Making -
Earlier treatment of PTSD symptoms in women staying in the women’s shelter in Amsterdam at LUBEC Leiden -
Prepared for pain? The impact of the nocebo effect on people with chronic pain -
1.5 million awarded for research into misinformation among youth -
Ten Leiden researchers awarded ERC Starting Grants -
'I don't want that benefit anymore': Why people aren't claiming the financial support they're entitled to -
‘Science is always the foundation for finding the best treatment, but we should broaden our scope' -
Funding for science communication on deaf community and on losing your way -
Grant worth millions for research on the socio-economic impact of hydrogen transition -
Veni grant for Xiaochen Zheng to explore cognitive control processes of language -
Veni grant for Neeltje Blankenstein for research to promote healthy online behaviour in youth -
Reinoud Kaldewaij awarded Veni grant to measure brain and body reactions to touch -
Veni grant for Leiden researchers -
Veni grants for 22 researchers from Leiden University -
Want to help develop a Serious Game at Psychology Lab on Wheels? -
Psychology students talk about their research at the Science Day 2024 -
Using VR to experience how it feels when a patient throws a shoe at you -
Aleksandrina Skvortsova receives LUF grant for Mind over Meal -
Renske Gilissen Professor by Special Appointment of Suicide Prevention -
Better is a stranger faraway than a nasty neighbor nearby -
Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam receives the J.J. Groen junior prize 2024 -
Leiden: the heart of health and well-being -
Spinoza Prize for Professor Bernet Elzinga -
‘Scary, huh?’ – The power of parental ‘fear talk’ -
Seven Comenius grants for Leiden lecturers -
Psychology Connected on entrepreneurship: 'Failure is inevitable, but that should be no surprise for academics’ -
Music to our ears: How playing an instrument affects the adolescent brain -
‘High sensitivity is not a clinical diagnosis, but a personality trait you can harness’ -
These tips (might) help you win the Euro football pool -
Nutrition and fasting for the brain: why the Keto diet shows promise -
Saying goodbye to Prof Carsten de Dreu on 18 June -
The new self-evaluation of the Institute of Psychology: ‘The quality of the academic culture is more important’ -
Taarique teaches career planning but doesn’t want students to plan their future too strictly: ‘Keep on experimenting’ -
Alumnus Sam van Raalte: From psychology to podcast
