892 search results for “behaviour economics” in the Public website
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Don’t underestimate the developing child brain
Children’s brains react in the same way to social feedback as adults’ brains. But handling frustration or aggression after being rejected is a different matter, developmental psychologist Michelle Achterberg has discovered. Using fMRI techniques, the development of the child brain has now been studied…
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Reconciling conflicting interests
A far-reaching understanding of human behaviour is necessary to get to grips with conflicts in society and to encourage parties to meet each other halfway. Psychologists, anthropologists and political scientists from Leiden are making invaluable contributions to that understanding. You can find out…
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Anne Miers investigates public speaking anxiety treatments with new grant
Developmental psychologist Anne Miers of Leiden University is involved in a large-scale research project investigating the efficacy of interventions regarding social skills, resilience and insecurity. The project is funded by a grant from The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research - Health…
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Eveline Crone in the media
In the Dutch media lots of articles have recently appeared based on interviews with Eveline Crone about the adolescent brain.
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10-12 December International Conference 'The General Labour History of Africa'
The second authors' conference of the General Labour History of Africa (GLHA) project will be held from 10 to 12 December 2015 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
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Gijs DreijerFaculty of Humanities
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Cigdem Billur-AdaFaculty of Humanities
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Rebekka GrossmannFaculty of Humanities
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Jaroslaw KantorowiczFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Bastiaan van GanzenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Mees VergouwenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Wim WillemsFaculty of Humanities
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Dirk BroekhuijsenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Tirza CramwinckelFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Ronja GrundekenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Tanja BenderFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Johan JolFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jan Willem KakebeekeFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Tim van Brederode
Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Daria MorozovaFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Savvas SkoufaridisFaculty of Humanities
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Qunfang JiangFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Daan StremmelaarFaculty of Humanities
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Paul Kalsbeek
Faculty of Humanities
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Rhys BaneFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Milena BowmanFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Ezgi Arik ÖnalFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Socio-Economic Integration and Social Citizenship of Migrants: Empirical Analyses
PhD defence
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From Risks to Public Opinion: How Structural Economic Changes Shape Political Attitudes and Policy Preferences
PhD defence
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What does a pilot know about fear of flying?
As a psychologist and pilot, Bert Busscher is interested in the phenomenon often termed as fear of flying. Busscher discovered that the heart rate of a person undergoing a therapeutic flight shows how much they still suffer from fear of flying. The post-flight heart rate can even predict whether the…
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You make your best friends in your late adolescence
What happens in young people's brains when they win money for someone else? Psychologist Elisabeth Schreuders has shown that the brain responds differently according to the type of friendship and that the response is strongest with stable relationships later in adolescence. PhD defence on 6 March.
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Conflict Resolution
How can we solve value conflicts?
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Intergroup helping
The aim of 'Intergroup helping' is to provide an overview of psychological research on intergroup helping, such as between countries or organisations, or in case of international crises. Co-editor Esther van Leeuwen has been an assistant professor at Leiden University in Social and Organisational psychology.…
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About the programme
In the master’s specialisation in Economic and Consumer Psychology, students study the psychological mechanisms that underlie many of our choices and decisions concerning consumption and other economic behaviours.
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Jonathan Benichov
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Prof. Ton Liefaard speaks in Strasbourg about children’s rights in the field of biomedicine
On 24-25 October 2017, the Council of Europe organized an international conference to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine (Oviedo Convention).
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Leiden researchers explain shock PVV victory
Geert Wilders and his PVV party have won the 2023 elections. What was the deciding factor for this victory?
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Right brain hemisphere also important for learning a new language
Novel language learning activates different neural processes than was previously thought. A Leiden research team has discovered parallel but separate contributions from the hippocampus and Broca's area, the learning centre in the left hemisphere. The right hemisphere of the brain also seems to play…
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Freya Baetens writes fact sheet on free trade agreements for Dutch Lower House
Free trade negotiations and agreements are important instruments of EU trade policy. An increasing number of EU climate, environmental and sustainable development objectives play a role in free trade agreements.
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Esther van Leeuwen
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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How a global carbon price would weaken Eastern European and Asian economies
Although seen as the fastest and cheapest way to global climate protection, a uniform global carbon price would have major consequences for the economic competitiveness of countries. Hauke Ward, who recently joined Leiden University, showed in the journal Energy Economics that modern western countries…
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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…
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Start of new sound impact project on fish
On the 1st of October a new project funded by the Joint Industry Programme (JIP) started at the IBL on the potentially negative effects of sound on fish. Behavioural biologist and bioacoustic specialist Dr. Hans Slabbekoorn leads the international research team.
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All episodes of Breingeheim now available on Spotify
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 social contexts of adolescent development and how teens become resilient individuals. In every episode, a new Leiden-based behavioural scientist and an adolescent…
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NIAS grant for Robert Stein: Where do receipts come from?
Nowadays they can cause the fall of ministers, but once upon a time receipts were a new phenomenon. Associate Professor Robert Stein is to receive a grant from NIAS to map their origins.
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Collaboration
Collaboration is right at the heart of our work within the theme Health and well-being in a healthy society.
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Social inequality of health
This focus area adresses the social context of health and well-being, with a particular emphasis on social inequality.
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politics of anticipation in the funding arena: disclosing the techno-economic alignment of chemistry research for the energy transition
Seminar
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Spinoza Prize for ‘puberty professor’ Eveline Crone
Eveline Crone, Professor of Neurocognitive Developmental Psychology, has been awarded the NWO Spinoza Prize for her high-profile research on adolescent development. NWO announced the award on 16 June. What will Crone do with the award of 2.5 million euros?