Leiden Psychology Blog

Why risk takers are mostly young

At Leiden University's Brain and Development Lab, Barbara Braams studied adolescents' risk-taking behaviour in connection to the brain's development. Examples of risk-taking behaviour are: drinking a lot of alcohol and acting really funny on your scooter.

Barbara Braams • 22-11-2015

Connecting clinical decision- making and psychological research with rule-based methods

Psychologists working in practice have to make decisions about clients, with limited time and information. New data-analytic algorithms may provide empirical research results that are more efficient and easier to apply in psychological practice.

Marjolein Fokkema • 10-11-2015

Shy? What about your family?

Being shy is a familiar experience for many people. And most people are nervous when they have to speak in a group. But what if serious anxiety gets the better of you in social situations?

Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam • 27-10-2015

Why we are doomed when handwriting disappears

A recent study shows that computer use in schools is negatively correlated with academic performance. I say it’s time to start emphasizing handwriting in schools again.

Stephen B.R.E. Brown • 20-10-2015

Can’t find my keys: innocent or problematic forgetfulness?

Where are my keys? What was I going to do? I can’t focus! Everyone experiences cognitive problems from time to time. But to what extent do they relate to actual cognitive impairment?

Karin van der Hiele • 12-10-2015

Just joking! …?! – Workplace bullying and mental health

Half a million people have suffered from bullying at work in the past year. And 80,000 of these people have been structurally humiliated, excluded, verbally abused, or threatened (TNO). What do we know about how workplace bullying affects our health?

Marc Molendijk + 1 other • 28-09-2015

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