Leiden Psychology Blog

Competent or in control – how to be successful?

How do children grow up to become socially adaptive and skilled adults? What factors contribute to their well-being? Read on for a sneak peek at findings of the L-CID study!

Mara van der Meulen • 07-02-2022

Can I ‘read’ your emotions in my body?

Have you ever felt a shiver or the pricking of tears when you see someone grieving about a dead loved one? “Feeling” others’ emotions does not only happen in our heads: it affects our entire bodies. But are those changes actually informative?

Julia Folz • 20-01-2022

Wim Hofstee (1936-2021) and the Theory of Psychological Relativity

Wim Hofstee was one of the designers of post WWII psychological science in the Netherlands. His contribution can roughly be summarized in two concepts: Prediction and Relativity. And decades of assiduous work, using the method of Thinking.

Fenna Poletiek • 23-12-2021

Do you see what I see? Discrepancy between images and official police reports

On 17 June 2020, police officers observed a car driving onto a motorway, swerving unpredictably. The officers saw the driver was using their phone and pulled the car over. Several kilos of drugs were then discovered in the car, and the driver was arrested on suspicion of violating the Opium Act.

Lotte van Dillen + 2 others • 20-12-2021

Proper care starts with the basics: Structural attention for suicide prevention

How should I ask a client about suicidal thoughts? What do I do if a client tells me they are thinking about suicide? As a clinical psychology teacher, I am regularly faced with these kinds of questions from students in the master's programme.

Joanne Mouthaan • 09-12-2021

Language: the Hardest Problem of Science - Easy Peasy for any Child

One of the most difficult problems of science is where language comes from. Language ontogeny – how children can learn it? – and phylogeny – how did it emerge in evolution? – are still largely unsolved mysteries today. In a recent study, we attacked the issue in the lab, with surprising results.

Fenna Poletiek • 15-11-2021

Bringing science to your home! Using online tools for research on the development of babies

Using an online platform to help researchers assess how babies are developing is becoming increasingly popular and promises to revolutionize research efforts and research practices around the world. How does this work?

Szilvia Biro • 25-10-2021

Collaborative international open science in times of COVID: the start of my Rubicon project

A year ago, I received great news: I’d been awarded a Rubicon grant! This grant enabled me to work with Prof. Daniel Pine, based at the National Institute of Mental Health (US). But how could I perform an innovative, international scientific project in a pandemic?

Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam • 11-10-2021

The mental load of motherhood

Doing laundry, cooking healthy family meals, ensuring everyone has clean and fitting clothes, enrolling children in swimming lessons, and buying a farewell present for the teacher.. a mother’s job is never done! Good thing dad’s around to do his share. Or does he?

Mara van der Meulen • 27-05-2021

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