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Sandy Overgaauw is Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology at the Institute of Psychology, Leiden University.

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The rewarding feeling of saying 'I told you so'

Have you ever experienced a feeling of satisfaction and an impulse to say “I told you so”? In our recently published fMRI study, we demonstrated the rewarding effect of being right, even in the case of a negative outcome like monetary loss.

Sandy Overgaauw • June 04, 2018

Buying happiness or stress? The role of empathy in Christmas shopping

A few weeks before Christmas most people seem to be stressed out about what to buy their loved ones. But why do we make such an effort in buying all these gifts?

Sandy Overgaauw • December 09, 2015

Empathy in adolescence: convenient or key?

Not everybody is equally competent at reading intentions, sharing emotions, and in estimating the needs of others. Sandy Overgaauw investigated the role of individual differences in empathy. How and why do we differ from a brain and behavioral perspective?

Sandy Overgaauw • February 16, 2015