Leiden Psychology Blog

Do you feel pain because you fear it? The case of fibromyalgia

If you type “Is fibromyalgia ...”, Google suggests “Is fibromyalgia real?” Doctors agree it is a “real” medical condition involving both physical and mental mechanisms. Current research highlights the importance of people’s expectancies about their symptoms.

Fabiënne van den Ende + 2 others • 25-11-2019

Is Social Media making our kids depressed?

Why are rates of depression rising in teenagers? Why do we see this especially in girls? Could social media use be one of the causes, and if so, how could we find out?

Philip Brandner • 21-11-2019

Fact or fake? The deceiving brain

A story about our (too) efficient brain and our impressionable memories: why what we remember so clearly is not always what actually happened.

Roos Voorvaart • 11-11-2019

I want to stop eating but I can’t

Food is essential for our daily functioning, but what if food becomes an obsession? What if you can’t stop eating, even though it’s the thing you want most? Well, you’re not alone: there are many more binge eaters out there.

Joel Zwiep • 29-10-2019

Donor Registration Week, register your choice on organ donation

The new Donor Act will come into force in July 2020, which hopefully leads to more attention for donor registration. While 88% of Dutch inhabitants would want to receive an organ if needed, only 58% of the 42% registered donors has provided consent for donation.

Lieke Wirken • 18-10-2019

What breakfast makes you live longer?

What does it mean to make healthy lifestyle choices? For example, although many Spaniards eat sweet cakes for breakfast, the country’s life expectancy is one of the highest in Europe. Does a long healthy life depend on healthy choices, or on resilience?

Annelinde Vandenbroucke • 14-10-2019

When Social Sciences become social movements!

This summer, a look at trending twitter hashtags led to some confusion. Leiden proudly hosted the SIPS conference on placebo studies. But #SIPS2019 was already being used for a different SIPS conference taking place in Rotterdam at the same time!

Leonie Cloos + 1 other • 30-09-2019

How not to use social media?

We are more connected than ever. But is social media use bad for us? How can we protect ourselves from the detrimental effects of social media use?

Cevdet Acarsoy • 23-09-2019

Veni, what else?

Summer is ending and young researchers are sweating behind their laptops. September 3rd is the deadline for the coveted NWO Veni grant. Last year only 9% of applicants in the Social Sciences and Humanities were successful. So if there’s no Veni… what else?

Anna van Duijvenvoorde • 02-09-2019

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