What breakfast makes you live longer?

What does it mean to make healthy lifestyle choices? For example, although many Spaniards eat sweet cakes for breakfast, the country’s life expectancy is one of the highest in Europe. Does a long healthy life depend on healthy choices, or on resilience?

Annelinde Vandenbroucke • October 14, 2019 • 4 comments

When Social Sciences become social movements!

This summer, a look at trending twitter hashtags led to some confusion. Leiden proudly hosted the SIPS conference on placebo studies. But #SIPS2019 was already being used for a different SIPS conference taking place in Rotterdam at the same time!

Leonie Cloos and Ricarda Proppert • September 30, 2019

How not to use social media?

We are more connected than ever. But is social media use bad for us? How can we protect ourselves from the detrimental effects of social media use?

Cevdet Acarsoy • September 23, 2019

Veni, what else?

Summer is ending and young researchers are sweating behind their laptops. September 3rd is the deadline for the coveted NWO Veni grant. Last year only 9% of applicants in the Social Sciences and Humanities were successful. So if there’s no Veni… what else?

Anna van Duijvenvoorde • September 02, 2019 • 1 comment

Raise the age limits for junk food advertising

How come some people find it easy not to give that fast food joint a second glance, while others find their mouth watering as soon as they see it? And do children find it even harder to resist such temptations? Maybe the answers lie in our brain?

Floor van Meer • July 04, 2019

Do wedding choices influence marriage quality?

Spring has given way to summer, which means it’s time for tropical temperatures, beach days, barbecues, and of course, weddings! In this blog let’s find out whether wedding choices, such as the number of guests, can influence marriage quality

Suzanne van de Groep • June 06, 2019 • 2 comments

Music on prescription: Train your body and brain

Music is intertwined in the daily life and social events of many cultures around the world. However, the music sector has suffered great budget cuts during the past decades. Did you know that music has multiple beneficial effects besides making you smile?

Iris Koele • May 28, 2019

Why some people believe vaccinating their children is worse than doing nothing

People’s motivation for not vaccinating their children can be explained by the fact that people feel more responsible for the negative consequences of vaccination than for the consequences of doing nothing.

Gert-Jan Lelieveld • April 25, 2019

Bullying and autism: blaming the victim?

When it comes to bullying, we often focus on the victim, who is then often offered social skills training. Yet, when children with autism are bullied, is this really appropriate?

Carolien Rieffe • April 01, 2019 • 1 comment