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• UvA programmes rise in latest QS World University Rankings

  29 Apr 2015

  In the latest edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject, Communication & Media Studies are ranked 8th globally. Last year these subject areas, which are bundled by QS, were ranked in 10th place. Several ...

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• Preschoolers explore environment better after observing theory-violating evidence

  1 Apr 2015

  Preschoolers tend to investigate their environment better when faced with a situation that conflicts with their expectations. They do so in a way that corresponds to a firm scientific approach. There is thus more ...

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• ERC Consolidator Grant awarded to five UvA and AMC-UvA researchers

  25 Mar 2015

  The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a prestigious Consolidator Grant to five researchers from the University of Amsterdam and the Academic Medical Center (AMC-UvA). The recipients are rheumatologist ...

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• Powerful people feel inspired chiefly by themselves

  9 Mar 2015

  People in positions of power feel more inspired by themselves than by other people, while people with less power also draw inspiration from others. That is a conclusion reached by a group of Dutch and American ...

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• Creative Mind Prize 2015

  3 Mar 2015

  The ABC Creative Mind Prize 2015 will be presented to a young academic with an original and exciting research proposal that centres around the aspects of creativity, cognition and/or the workings of the human brain.

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• Christian Keysers, professor of Social Neuroscience

  15 Jan 2015

  Prof. C.M. Keysers (1973) has been appointed professor of Social Neuroscience at the University of Amsterdam’s (UvA) Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences.

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• UvA Social Sciences once again top QS Rankings

  18 Sept 2014

  Once again this year, social and behavioural sciences at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) achieved top positions in the QS Ranking by Subject.

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• Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) relocates to Roeterseiland Campus

  9 Sept 2014

  The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Science’s disciplines of Sociology, Anthropology, Human Geography and Urban and Regional Planning, Political Science, Educational Sciences and Child Development, and ...

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• Questionnaire encourages discussion of psychosocial problems related to genetic counselling

  21 Aug 2014

  A new questionnaire for people requesting genetic counselling in relation to cancer improves the quality of such counselling (genetic diagnostics and advice). The questionnaire helps with the recognition and ...

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• Humans and chimps adjust pupils during interaction with same species

  21 Aug 2014

  Not only the pupils of humans, but also those of chimpanzees adjust during contact with one another. This pupil-mimicry or pupil-synchronisaton effect is most pronounced during an interaction with an individual from ...

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• UvA Social Sciences climbs in Shanghai Top 50 Ranking

  15 Aug 2014

  This year Social Sciences at the University of Amsterdam has climbed in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) field ranking, also known as the Shanghai Ranking, from 50 to 39 globally.

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• New academic journal focuses on methodology and transparency

  21 July 2014

  The new social psychology journal ‘Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology (CRSP)', which launched on Friday, 11 July, has a publication policy unique in social psychology: articles will only be considered for ...

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• Oeuvre prize and article award for psychologist Carsten de Dreu

  21 July 2014

  Carsten de Dreu, social psychologist and professor of Work and Organisational Psychology at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), has been awarded two prizes this month: the Kurt Lewin Medal for his oeuvre to date, and ...

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• Martijn Wokke wins 2014 Creative Mind Prize

  19 June 2014

  Martijn Wokke, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Amsterdam, has been named winner of the 2014 Creative Mind Prize for his research proposal ‘Unleashing creativity by decreasing prefrontal control’. ...

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• 'Bareback' porn influences safe sex intentions

  16 May 2014

  New research shows a causal link between viewing bareback pornography (in which men have intercourse with each other without a condom) and a reduced intention to practise safe sex. The study was conducted by ...

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• Post-traumatic stress a problem for years in more than half of all cases

  14 Apr 2014

  According to the results of a large-scale meta-analysis conducted by researchers at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), Tilburg University and the University of London, more than half of all people affected by ...

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• Treatment reduces intimate partner violence among substance abusers

  24 Mar 2014

  Many cases of intimate partner violence (IPV) involve substance abuse by the perpetrator, and a relatively large number of clients who enter treatment for substance use disorders have reported violence against their ...

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• Young people with mild to borderline intellectual disability vulnerable to risk-taking behaviour

  9 Dec 2013

  Young people with a mild intellectual disability have a limited ability to weigh up cognitive decisions and are more easily influenced by their peers. These are the findings of UvA researcher Anika Bexkens, who will ...

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• Many liars honest about their dishonesty

  9 Oct 2013

  The assumption that everyone lies is not true. Many people do not lie at all, and only a small minority lies very frequently. Moreover, many liars are honest and open about how often they lie. These are the ...

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• UvA’s Social Sciences best in the Netherlands

  8 Oct 2013

  The discipline of Social Sciences at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) is the best in the Netherlands, according to the THE World University Ranking.

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• UvA in top 50 of ARWU Ranking for Social Sciences

  10 Sept 2013

  The University of Amsterdam has been placed in the top 50 for the discipline of Social Sciences by the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). This ranking of the world’s 500 best universities is published ...

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• Prestigious ERC Advanced Grants awarded to five UvA professors

  14 Aug 2013

  Neuropsychologist Edward de Haan, chemist Joost Reek, mathematician Lex Schrijver, cell biologist Hergen Spits and oncogeneticist Rogier Versteeg are each to receive a prestigious ERC Advanced Grant from the European ...

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• UvA researchers Vinck and Kievit win Scopus Young Researcher Award

  18 June 2013

  The Scopus Young Researcher Awards have been presented for the first time in the Netherlands. The University of Amsterdam (UvA) scooped up two of the three awards.

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• Three UvA professors appointed to the KNAW

  30 May 2013

  The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has appointed UvA professors Eveline Crone, Martin van Hees and Annemarie Mol as members. Membership of the KNAW, which includes leading academics from every ...

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• Ten UvA subject areas listed in QS World University Rankings worldwide top 50

  16 May 2013

  Ten subject areas taught at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) are listed among the QS World University Rankings by Subject worldwide top 50, published on Thursday, 8 May. UvA’s programmes in Communication Science and ...

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• Dr D. Borsboom, professor of the Principles of Psychology and Psychometrics

  22 Apr 2013

  Dr D. Borsboom (born in 1973) has been named professor of the Principles of Psychology and Psychometrics at the University of Amsterdam’s (UvA) Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences.

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• Patti Valkenburg appointed University Professor of Media, Youth and Society

  9 Apr 2013

  Prof. Patti Valkenburg has been appointed University Professor of Media, Youth and Society by the Executive Board of the University of Amsterdam (UvA). The appointment is effective from 1 May 2013. Valkenburg is ...

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• 'UvA in the spotlight' interview with Prof. Susan Bögels

  22 Mar 2013

  Why modern Western society is making people mentally ill and the science behind Mindfulness as a cure for 21st century problems ranging from anxiety disorders and depression to ADHD and autism.

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• Changes in patterns of brain activity predict fear memory formation

  1 Mar 2013

  Brain activity predicts whether a fearful event will become a lasting fear memory, reports a study recently published online in ‘Nature Neuroscience’. Using a new method for analysing functional magnetic resonance ...

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• Memory appears susceptible to eradication of fear responses

  18 Feb 2013

  Fear responses can only be erased when people learn something new while retrieving the fear memory. This is the conclusion of a study conducted by scientists from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and published in ...

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• Four UvA and AMC researchers receive prestigious Vici grants

  7 Feb 2013

  Four scientists from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the Academic Medical Center (AMC-UvA) have received a Vici grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).

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• UvA implements measures as result of final report on Stapel affair

  28 Nov 2012

  ‘An important report. We will take the recommendations to heart. We have already implemented many of the proposed measures or they will soon be introduced,’ said Rector Magnificus Dymph van den Boom of the University ...

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• Brain distinguishes between impulsive errors and errors caused by attention lapses

  27 Nov 2012

  When we make a mistake, our brains can distinguish between impulsive errors and errors due to a lapse in attention. These two types of errors induce a different brain response. These are the findings of cognitive ...

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• Smell stimulates memory

  22 Nov 2012

  The relationship between a smell and memory is stored in the orbitofrontal cortex, a brain region near the eye sockets. Researchers from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) have discovered an important cog in the brain ...

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• UvA Psychology research best in Netherlands

  9 Nov 2012

  Psychology research at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) is the best in the Netherlands. These are the findings of a report by the review committee of Quality Assurance Netherlands Universities (QANU) for the period ...

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• New issue of MindOpen, the digizine about Psychology. Theme: scientific integrity

  2 Oct 2012

  In this issue, junior researchers and distinguished scientists comment on the great pressure to publish as a potential cause of fraud, among other things.

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• European Starting Grants for three UvA researchers

  12 Sept 2012

  Social geographer Manuel Aalbers, anthropologist Alexander Edmonds and psychologist Birte Forstmann have all received a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). This will enable them to establish ...

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• University of Amsterdam one of top 150 universities in global ARWU rankings

  17 Aug 2012

  The University of Amsterdam (UvA) is ranked, just as previous years, in the top 150 of the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). This ranking of the 500 best universities in the world is published annually ...

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• Attend inspiring lectures by renowned UvA professors in the Glass House of Science and Scholarship

  17 Aug 2012

  This year marks the 380th anniversary of the University of Amsterdam (UvA). In honour of this 76th ‘lustrum’ (anniversary occurring every five years), the UvA will be celebrating the opening of the academic year on a ...

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• Four UvA talents receive NWO grant to complete doctoral thesis

  26 July 2012

  Four young ethnic minority researchers from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) have been awarded a Mosaic grant from The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) to conduct their doctoral research.

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