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Comparative Psychology & Affective Neuroscience (CoPAN) lab at Leiden University. Research focus: Emotion processing and social decision making across species. PI: Professor Mariska Kret. Website: https://www.mariskakret.com/.
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๐ Registration for #EHBEA2026 is now open!
Join us for cutting-edge research on human behaviour & evolution, plus the special [AI]volution track where humans and machines collide๐ค
โฐEarly bird until 20 February
๐ Register via: www.ehbea2026.com
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We have already received many wonderful abstracts, thank you all! ๐
For those who need a little extra time, we have good news: the #EHBEA2026 deadline has been extended to 9 Jan. โ๏ธโจ
Add the finishing touches, hit submit, and join an exciting, inspiring conference!
๐ www.ehbea2026.com
Presentation of the Dr. Hendrik Muller Prize 2025. Left to right: Koen Ottenheym (Board Member Hendrick Muller's Vaderlandsch Fonds), Mariska Kret & Marileen Dogterom (President of the Academy).
Symposium โScience with Emotion: The Reality of Research and Motherhood.โ From left to right: Mariska Kret, Iza Korsmit, Iliana Samara, Evy van Berlo, Milica Nikolic and panel moderator Eveline Crone.
From left to right: Loes Schouten, Mariska Kret, Suzanne Mekking and Stephanie Veldman.
Mariska Kret, Editor-in-Chief of Behaviour, received the Dr. Hendrik Muller Prize 2025 yesterday for her innovative research on emotions in humans and great apes ๐๐โค๏ธ. This award recognizes her scientific vision and dedication to the field.
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๐ข Thinking about presenting at EHBEA? Nowโs your chance!
๐ Work in behavioural science?
๐ง Use evolutionary theory?
โฐ And you havenโt submitted your abstract yet?
๐ #EHBEA2026 is coming up fast โ submissions CLOSE 15 December!
Donโt miss your chance to share your work ๐
๐ www.ehbea2026.com
On December 4th, Professor Mariska Kret will receive the KNAW Dr. Hendrik Muller Prize 2025. She will also be hosting a symposium on the realities of #research and #motherhood (in English). And you can join! Admission is free, but please sign up via: knaw.nl/en/events/sy...
๐ข Call for abstracts!
๐ The time has come โ abstract submission for #EHBEA2026 is officially OPEN since this week! ๐
๐ Submission Nov 1st โ Dec 15th
๐ 300 words
๐ง Important: Make an OpenReview account before submitting โ it takes time!
๐ www.ehbea2026.com
Photo of Mariska Kret, recipient of the 2025 Dr. Hendrik Muller Prize from KNAW - the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
๐ Huge congratulations to Mariska Kret, Editor-in-Chief of Behaviour, on receiving the 2025 Dr. Hendrik Muller Prize from @knaw-nl.bsky.social๐for her groundbreaking work on emotion, behaviour and social cognition.๐
๐ www.knaw.nl/en/news/mari...
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EHBEA 2026 in Leiden - abstract submission opens soon!
Leiden looking good today ;-)
๐ข Abstract submission will be open Nov 1st โ Dec 15th for EHBEA 2026
โกPresent your research, connect & collaborate 14-17 April
๐ 300 words (extendable to 800 after acceptance)
For more information & our full call for abstracts, check www.ehbea2026.com
Elisabetta Palagi - Speaker for the Frans de Waal Honorary Lecture 2026.
๐ฟ Excited to announce Elisabetta Palagi as the speaker for the 2nd Frans de Waal Honorary Lecture at #CBEN2026 in Leiden (14 April)! ๐โจ
A celebration of empathy, play & evolution โ and of what connects us all. ๐
#CBEN2026 #Ethology #Empathy #Evolution @ehbea2026.bsky.social @ehbea.bsky.social
Call for Submissions for the Frans de Waal PhD Dissertation prize 2026
๐ฃ Honouring Frans de Waalโs spirit of curiosity & empathy ๐ง ๐
The Frans de Waal PhD Dissertation Prize 2026 is now open for submissions. Celebrating #Primatology, #Ethology & the evolution of social behaviour.
๐ Announced at #CBEN2026 (Leiden, Apr 14)
โฐ Apply by Jan 15, 2026!
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www.ehbea2026.com is now live for our 2026 European Human Behaviour & Evolution Association (EHBEA) conference in Leiden (NL๐ณ๐ฑ) Check for ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, first ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ & the [๐๐]๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ!
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PhD candidates Kia Radovanoviฤ and Karlijn van Heijst on the Tobii website about eye tracking research with great apes!
www.tobii.com/blog/eye-tra...
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Our group is working on a solution designed to help you strengthen your emotional intelligence and navigate stress more effectively. We'd love your input!
Can you spare 5 minutes to complete this quick survey?
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(2/2) ... in which they compare basic emotion theories and the theory of constructed emotion on their evolutionary basis.
(1/2) New paper out: doi.org/10.1177/1745.... Professor Mariska Kret & RA Karlijn van Heijst, together with collaborator Dr. Annemie Ploeger reply to commentary by Barrett and colleagues on their previous publication (doi.org/10.1177/1745...), ...
Professor Mariska Kret was appointed member in The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities in February! www.medewerkers.universiteitleiden.nl/nieuws/2025/...
In an interview (in Dutch) with Leiden University, PhD candidate Anouschka van Dijk talks about her experience answering questions from children in a science show www.universiteitleiden.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Postdoc Iliana Samara was interviewed by the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad about offline dating! www.ad.nl/binnenland/b...
Two new blogs (in Dutch) by professor Mariska Kret on our website! www.mariskakret.com/blog/mijn-go...
