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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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New: issue number 8 of MindOpen, the digizine about Psychology
13 May 2011
Prominent scientists tell about their research that has been recently published in high impact journals. MindOpen aims to make interesting scientific research accessible to a wide audience.
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New: issue number 6 of MindOpen, the digizine about Psychology"
11 Jan 2011
"From theory to practice" - Prominent scientists tell about their research that has been recently published in high impact journals. MindOpen aims to make interesting scientific research accessible to a wide audience.
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New: issue number 5 of MindOpen, the digizine about Psychology
14 Sept 2010
Issue number 5 is dedicated to the UvA research priority area: Brain and cognition.
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UvA outpatient clinic for emotional disorders fully operational
1 Apr 2010
The UvA PsyPoli, an outpatient clinic for people with anxiety and mood disorders, has been fully operational since 1 March 2010.
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Frightened fathers, frightened children?
1 Apr 2010
Professor of Special Education in the Family and at School Susan Bögels believes that fathers play a crucial role in the development of fear in children. She received a Vici grant of € 1.5 million for her research ...
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Get angry or get happy: which emotion works best?
16 Feb 2010
Psychologist Dr Gerben van Kleef is carrying out research into which emotions are effective in influencing others, and under what circumstances. He received a Vidi grant of €800,000 to carry out his research.
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Why do some people learn from their mistakes, while others don't?
16 Feb 2010
Psychologist Mike Cohen is researching why some people are prone to repeating their mistakes, and why impulsive people tend to repeat their mistakes more often. He received a Vidi grant of €800,000 to carry out his ...
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The forgotten factor in anxiety disorders: the action tendency
16 Feb 2010
Psychologist Dr Tom Beckers received a Vidi grant of €800,000 for his research into the behavioural science component of anxiety disorders.
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Preventing worriers today from developing depression tomorrow
23 Dec 2009
Dr Thomas Ehring and Professor Paul Emmelkamp, psychologists at the University of Amsterdam, received a €243,000 subsidy from the Netherlands organisation for health research and development (ZonMw) to study the ...
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FMG earmarks funds for interdisciplinary research projects
24 Nov 2009
Edward de Haan, dean of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG), has designated two interdisciplinary research focal areas. These research projects, Institutions and Inequality and The Entertainization ...
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ZonMw subsidy for research into adolescent sleep problems
26 Oct 2009
Psychologist Anne Marie Meijer from the department of Pedagogical and Educational Sciences has been awarded a €384,175 subsidy from the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) for ...
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Study of ADHD in adolescents receives € 450,000 grant
19 Oct 2009
UvA psychologist Dr Saskia van der Oord, Dr Hilde Geurts, Prof. Pier Prins and Ms Marije Kuin of ZonMW (the Netherlands organisation for health research and development) have been awarded a € 450,000 grant to study ...
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The court rules... – Study assesses decision-making by full bench sections
19 Oct 2009
How do full bench sections arrive at a ruling? Which circumstances have a beneficial or detrimental effect on their decision-making process? Prof. Carsten de Dreu (professor of Work and Organisational Psychology and ...
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Pauline Spaan receives Cermak Award
3 Sept 2009
Last month UvA neuropsychologist Pauline Spaan (Psychonomics Programme Group) received the Cermak Award in recognition of her research on memory problems among very old people. The prize was awarded by the ...
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Psychologists introduce unique behavioural questionnaire
27 July 2009
Psychologists Mariëtte Huizinga and Diana Smidts of the University of Amsterdam have introduced a behavioural questionnaire to help determine how children respond to everyday situations. This originally American ...
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A belief in progress protects against existential anxiety
16 June 2009
A belief in moral and social progress protects people from existential anxiety. As University of Amsterdam researcher Bastiaan Rutjens has observed, a belief in progress operates in the same way as a religious belief ...
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SIOP Fellowship for psychologist De Dreu
8 Apr 2009
Carsten de Dreu, professor of Work and Organisational Psychology was appointed fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychology. De Dreu is one of the few Europeans to have received the honour.
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How do we deal with risks?
18 Mar 2009
Dutch insurance company Achmea has awarded a € 280,000 subsidy for a PhD study on risk perception. The study will focus on the psychology behind how we deal with ascertained risks.
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Study investigates mixed feelings in decision processes
18 Mar 2009
How do people deal with mixed feelings about choices and decisions? This is the theme behind the PhD research project entitled ‘Ambivalence and choice conflict: Regulatory processes in attitudes and decision-making'.
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FMG to appoint 12 Academy Assistants
9 Mar 2009
The Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) has presented the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences with a subsidy towards the appointment of 12 Academy Assistants (Akademie-assistenten). The ...
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Ending the fear
17 Feb 2009
In a recent study led by Vici award recipient Merel Kindt (Full Professor of Experimental Clinical Psychology, University of Amsterdam), a team of researchers succeeded in reducing fear responses among human test ...
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Can people ‘train’ themselves out of their addiction?
14 Jan 2009
Both automatic and rational processes have roles to play in addiction. But how does that work? Can we influence these processes to help people shake their addiction? Professor of Developmental Psychology Reinout ...
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The more power, the less compassion
5 Jan 2009
Powerful people are less able to relate to others’ emotions than those without much power. That was the conclusion of a study conducted by psychologist Gerben van Kleef (University of Amsterdam) together with a ...
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