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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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Veni grant for 19 researchers from the UvA and AMC-UvA
24 July 2012
Nineteen researchers who recently obtained their doctorates have been awarded a Veni grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). Each researcher will receive up to 250,000 euros, which they ...
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UvA six times best in the Netherlands in QS World University Rankings by Subject 2012
12 July 2012
The University of Amsterdam (UvA) is the best Dutch university in six subjects according to the QS World University Ranking by Subject 2012. In the rankings for Communication and Media Studies, the UvA occupies 13th ...
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Nine Vidi grants for researchers UvA and AMC
3 July 2012
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded a Vidi grant to nine researchers from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the Amsterdam Medical Center (AMC-UvA).
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'LAB': interdisciplinary centre for research
20 June 2012
All the research facilities and advanced equipment of the University of Amsterdam’s Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) – including a sleep lab, baby lab, fMRI brain scanner and virtual reality lab – ...
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Dr E.J. Wagenmakers
15 May 2012
Dr E.J. Wagenmakers has been appointed Professor of Neurocognitive Modeling; interdisciplinary integration at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences of the University of Amsterdam (UvA).
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Nine subsidies from NWO Research Talent programme for UvA research
3 May 2012
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has accepted nine proposals from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) as part of the Research Talent subsidy programme of the NWO Division of Social Sciences ...
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Larger working memory stimulates creative thinking
25 Apr 2012
University of Amsterdam researchers and a fellow researcher from the University of Groningen have discovered that people are more creative if they have a larger working memory. The findings are due to be published ...
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UvA psychologists present new peer review system
28 Mar 2012
A new, open peer review system would solve many of the problems plaguing the current scientific publication system. This is the conclusion of an article by psychologists from the University of Amsterdam.
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UvA study shows young people with chronically ill parents feel isolated
5 Mar 2012
Young people with a chronically ill parent tend to feel more isolated and constrained in their day-to-day activities than age group peers with healthy parents. These are the findings of a study conducted by ...
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Brain's decision network sensitive to prior knowledge
21 Feb 2012
Research conducted by neuroscientists at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) has revealed that the frontoparietal network in the brain (an area used when making decisions) is involved in the processing of prior ...
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Dealing with feelings: the role of emotions in political communication
4 Jan 2012
Communication scientist Andreas Schuck recently received a Veni grant for his research into the mobilising/demobilising role of emotions in political news reporting.
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