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2018.04.04 | People
NEW DOCTOR OF MEDICAL SCIENCE CARRIES OUT RESEARCH INTO PLACEBO EFFECTS
Lene Vase is a new Doctor of Medical Science at Aarhus University, Health. Her research into placebo effects is targeted towards medical doctors, researchers and pharmaceutical companies who want to test and increase the effect of their treatment and of new forms of treatment.
2018.01.09 | People, CONAMORE
Postdoc grant for Müge Özbek Akçay
Müge Özbek Akçay receives a 2-year postdoctoral research grant from the Carlsberg Foundation for her project on Turkish immigrants’ autobiographical memories.
2017.12.15 | Health and disease, Public/media
More than just anxiety treatment - Aarhus BSS centre expanding treatment options for children
The Anxiety Disorder Clinic for Children and Adolescents is changing its name to the Centre for the Psychological Treatment of Children and Adolescents. With the new name come expanded treatment options for children with psychological disorders. Among other things, children with worrying levels of school absenteeism can get help at the centre.
2017.11.01 | Events
Call for abstracts - Autobiographical Memory and the Self
Conference, 20-21 June 2018 in Aarhus, Denmark
2017.08.11 | Research news
Chemotherapy impairs your memory
Chemotherapy can affect the brain’s network and impair the memory according to a new study from Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Aarhus BSS and Aarhus University Hospital.
2017.06.19 | People, Rusmiddelforskning
New director at the Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research
The Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research at Aarhus BSS has a new director: Professor Torsten Kolind, who has worked at the centre for a number of years.
2017.06.02 | Events, Rusmiddelforskning
Can we predict which young people will develop a substance abuse?
Most young people use some form of alcohol or drug when they go to a party without it causing any problems. However, for a small group of young people, the use escalates and causes major problems for them in the long term. Why does this happen to some young people - and how can we prevent it from happening?
2017.05.19 | People
Mia Skytte O’Toole from the Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Aarhus BSS h
Mia Skytte O’Toole from the Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Aarhus BSS has been selected as this year’s - and the Danish Psychological Association’s first - junior researcher.
2017.03.21 | Research news
Children with older mothers thrive better
The average maternal age has increased steadily for the past many years - and that is actually not so bad. New research from Aarhus BSS shows that older mothers are less likely to punish and scold their children while raising them, and that the children have fewer behavioural, social and emotional difficulties.
2017.01.25 | Research news
Can we help dementia patients remember?
VELUX FONDEN has granted DKK 6,687,123 to “MemoScience: Centre for the rehabilitation of autobiographical memory in dementia patients”, the Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences at Aarhus BSS. The grant will be spent on research into whether it is possible to recover some of the memory of people with Alzheimer’s disease.