808 search results for “cognitive psychology” in the Student website
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Finding our way out of the hyper-nervous society? ‘Time to pause and reflect on our basic human needs’
Hit the brakes! That’s the advice of the Council for Public Health and Society in a recent report. Eight psychologists share their insights on how to slow down and reconnect.
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Helen PluutFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Reportage: training anxious children should help prevent disorders and depression
Many primary school children suffer from anxiety and their numbers are increasing. Psychologists from the Knowledge Center Anxiety & Stress (KAS) are developing and researching preventive training.
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Leiden Law Cast: Victimisation of sexually transgressive behaviour with Maarten Kunst
Leiden Law Cast is a podcast made by Leiden Law School, Leiden University, for everyone who wants to learn more about current legal issues.
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Rubicon awarded to neuroscientist Simeen Tabassi Mofrad
Neuroscientist Simeen Tabassi Mofrad has been awarded a Rubicon grant to conduct research on cortical and allelic determinants of age-related cognitive decline at University of Oxford. She holds the first rank among all Rubicon applicants in NWO Domain Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH).
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Mily CrevelsFaculty of Humanities
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Larissa Mendoza StraffonFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Sophia van Ghesel GrotheFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Simone MeijerFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Willeke KitselaarFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Willem HeiserFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Pien van der VeldeFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Hans van LennepFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Bunga PratiwiFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Henk KeldermanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Kenny van LieshoutFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Mathilde VerdamFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Creating a sustainable university: ‘You need breathing space for activist work’
More papers, more grants, more students: constant growth is still the gold standard at universities. Neuroscientists Anne Urai and Claire Kelly argue that this mentality obstructs us in resolving such complex societal problems as the climate crisis. Their alternative? The university as a doughnut.
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Liever een verre vreemde dan een valse buur
Mensen werken niet alleen liever samen met leden van hun eigen ingroup, ze concurreren er ook liever mee, lieten Leidse onderzoekers in een sociaalpsychologische studie in 51 landen zien. Dit ‘nasty neighbor’- effect was een grote verrassing voor de onderzoekers, totdat ze in studies over dieren doken.…
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Transferable skills
During your studies you will develop transferable skills. Leiden University has selected 13 transferable skills that it finds important for students to develop during their studies. These skills are important not only during your studies but also in later life once you begin working.
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Striking similarities in how humans and other primates search for food
How unique is the human capacity for learning and adapting to an environment? In field research – in the rainforest and Artis Zoo – primatologist Karline Janmaat is studying how humans and other primates adapt to their environment in their search for food. She will give her inaugural lecture as Professor…
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Michiel WestenbergFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Why avoid my gaze?
Individuals suffering from social anxiety disorder (SAD) consistently avoid eye contact. However, in a non-clinical population, gaze avoidance in socially anxious individuals depends on social situations, Jiemiao Chen saw in a series of experiments, for which she used wearable eye-trackers. On 25 April…
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Five Leiden professors installed as Medical Delta professors
On 2 November, nine professors were simultaneously inaugurated as ‘Medical Delta Professor’ at Leiden University, LUMC, Delft University of Technology, Erasmus University and Erasmus MC. With an appointment at a minimum of two of these five academic institutions, they combine technology and healthcare…
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Dies Natalis
University ceremony
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Yung-Ting TsouFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Laura PapeFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Denise GroeneveldFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Wouter van LoonFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Judith SchomakerFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Zsuzsa BakkFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Juan Claramunt GonzalezFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Mohammed MudarrisFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jennifer MartinFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Lara Gröschel-EvertsFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jolien van BarlingenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Kim MinneboFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Verena LyFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Merel van BeemFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jacintha SoeharsonoFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Renée IJzermanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Fabian WoltersFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jasmin RahemeniaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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PhD candidate Camil Staps figured out what ‘out’ means
Words originally intended to indicate space, such as ‘out’, are also regularly used to indicate cause and effect. Why does this happen? And how does it work in other languages? PhD candidate Camil Staps decided to find out.
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New Year's Reception 2025: the power of diversity and collaboration
‘Let us not forget the power of genuine engagement,’ dean Sarah de Rijcke stressed at the New Year's Reception on 7 January 2025, which was also attended by Rector Magnificus Hester Bijl and addressed the Faculty of Social Sciences.
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Ook jij hebt een cyclus – en daar gedraag je je naar
Leiden researchers Arko Ghosh and Enea Ceolini analysed the usage data of hundreds of mobile phones and discovered that our body has rhythms ranging between 7 and 52 days. These cycles influence how we behave. Their research resulted in an article in npj Digital Medicine journal, a Nature Portfolio…
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Jonathan Benichov
Faculty of Science
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Jurriaan WittemanFaculty of Humanities
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'On 1 January I’ll quit for good!': Can you visualise your way out of a smoking addiction?
A million people in the Netherlands attempt to quit smoking each year, often without lasting success. Health psychologist Kristell Penfornis carried out doctoral research into the role of self-image in smoking cessation. “If smoking is normal in your social circle, it more easily becomes part of your…