Leiden Psychology Blog

When what’s under the surface makes you sick

You may not always be aware that something is bothering you, but this can be detrimental to your health. Does unconscious stress make us sick?

Melanie van der Ploeg • 02-09-2014

Risk-taking in adolescence: where does the brain come into it?

Why do adolescents drive too fast, or without a helmet? And why do they take more risks when they are with their friends? Can we explain this by looking at adolescent brain development?

Barbara Braams • 13-07-2014

Is it right for lefties to be left out?

About 10% of the population is left-handed. However, neuroscientific and genetic studies often exclude left-handed individuals. What is the rationale behind this, and is it justified?

Jiska Peper • 07-05-2014

Leave your laptop at home!

In this digital age of iPad schools, Facebook communities and trending topics, students more and more use their laptops to take notes during lectures. Recent research has shown that this has a bad influence on their knowledge acquisition.

Fieke Harinck • 16-04-2014

It’s rational not to vote

The turnout for the recent Dutch municipal council elections was very low. From a rational perspective this is not surprising. The chance of casting the pivotal vote is minuscule, so why vote?

Gert-Jan Lelieveld • 02-04-2014

Alternative medicine and the placebo effect

A lot of money is spent on alternative medicine, even though there is no scientific evidence that its benefits are anything more than a placebo effect. But if it makes patients feel better, is there actually anything wrong with these treatments?

Sabine Peters • 24-03-2014

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