Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences

The Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences is part of Aarhus BSS, one of the five faculties at Aarhus University. The department carries out research and teaching within all of the important fields of psychology and contributes with research and knowledge exchange for society at large. Researchers from the Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences are part of close national and international collaborations and have a strong tradition for collaborating with researchers from many different academic areas.

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Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes

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PhD in psychology and behavioural sciences

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News

21 December 2021 - Aarhus BSS

New research from Aarhus BSS shows that we underestimate our own and our close others’ risk of infection.

12 November 2021 - Featured

New research shows that the side-effects each of us experience after COVID-19 vaccines are linked to our own expectations. If we are expecting side-effects, we are more likely to actually get them. According to the researchers behind the study, especially healthcare professionals should be mindful of this effect.

06 September 2021

On Sunday 5 September, professor of psychology Dorthe Berntsen received the Carlsberg Foundation Research Prize. For her outstanding memory research. For being an interdisciplinary role model. And for having “transformed psychological research in Denmark."

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