In the media
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Fact or fiction: people with autism are not social 21 March 2023
Half the world's population is introverted and comes home drained after an evening of drinks. Their social battery is empty. 'People with autism have ...
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Podcast: Starting a career in Psychology 01 March 2023
We talk with Sophia Dittmar about starting a career in Psychology. Dittmar is currently studying the master's specialisation in Economic and Consumer ...
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All episodes of Breingeheim now available on Spotify 01 February 2023
All five episodes of the first season of 'Breingeheim' are now available to listen on Spotify. The first season of the podcastseries is about the soci...
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ROBUST AI programme receives 25 million euros from Dutch Research Council 10 January 2023
The ROBUST consortium, which is the initiative of the Innovation Center for Artificial intelligence (ICAI), has received 25 million euros from the Dut...
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Two Leiden academics nominated for Person of the Year 05 January 2023
Leiden academics Remco Breuker and Auke-Florian Hiemstra stand to win the title of Person of the Year. According to the Leidsch Dagblad newspaper, the...
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Are the brains of males different from those of females? Psychologists produce a podcast on brain research and mental health 20 December 2022
Women are more often diagnosed with depression, whereas ADHD is much more frequently detected in men. And there are other more striking differences. W...
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Podcast on resilience gives a boost to worrying youths 19 December 2022
What if you get excluded? Are apps against fear and stress effective? How do you keep your brain in shape? The first season of the new podcastseries ‘...
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Being a guest teacher during master: how do BrainTrain students experience high-school visits? 19 December 2022
The outreach and engagement platform BrainTrain consists of five enthusiastic students of the masters programme Forensic Family Science. As part of th...
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Podcast: A changing view on psychedelics 16 December 2022
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 possible c...
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Ellen de Bruijn about the social context of making mistakes and learning from it 15 December 2022
During the event 'Fout?' by De Jonge Akademie, Ellen de Bruijn held a lecture about the social context of making mistakes and the psychological elemen...
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Anne-Laura van Harmelen about resilience research and public engagement on Dutch radio programme Sleutelstad 14 December 2022
In a one-hour interview on Dutch radio programme Sleutelstad, Anne-Laura van Harmelen talks about her research into the role friendships in adolescent...
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Simon Willmetts in the Leiden Security and Global Affairs podcast about the CIA 13 December 2022
Simon Willmetts, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, walks listeners through the founding of the Agency, its successe...
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Marieke Liem explains that the typical Hollywood serial killer image is not scienfically valid 16 November 2022
In Belgium Radio 1, Marieke Liem (professor of Violence and Interventions) gives a scientific perspective on serial killers and explains the typical H...
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Anne-laura van Harmelen about the term resilience and its 'Yes! No!' game 16 November 2022
In Dutch magazine De Psycholoog, Anne-Laura van Harmelen talks about the use of the term resilience and argues that resilience is concept that needs f...
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Podcast: A life with Bipolar Disorder 29 September 2022
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 episode at ...