797 search results for “cognitive psychology” in the Student website
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Marijana VujosevicFaculty of Humanities
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Elective credits
In addition to compulsory elements, most degree programmes also have elective credits. These are credits you can earn in a variety of ways, for example by taking elective courses, studying abroad or doing a minor.
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Natural brain opioids help us “see the bigger picture” after rewards
Feeling good doesn’t just lift our mood—it also helps us stay flexible and resilient. A new study by an international team of neuroscientists shows that natural brain opioids released after rewards play a key role in broadening attention, offering fresh insights into stress, cognition, and well-bein…
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Exhibition on scripts at Oude UB: Pseudo or Don’t
What is writing? And what looks like writing, but isn’t? The Pseudo or Don’t pop-up exhibition explores the boundaries of scripts. The exhibition will run at Oude UB from 9 to 26 October.
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Do you have a hard time with uncertainty? This may influence how you perceive the world
Always taking the same route to work, going for that one dish in restaurants and going on the same holiday each summer: this may ring a bell for those who don’t like uncertainty. Researchers are now discovering that this aversion affects how we understand the world.
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Illusions as the key: how spatial technology can help patients
Spatial technology such as virtual reality can help patients who have difficulty with spatial cognition, for instance if they keep on losing their way. In her inaugural lecture, neuropsychologist Ineke van der Ham will talk about the importance of avatars, the patient experience and room for innovat…
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Jochanan VeerbeekFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Maria del Carmen Parafita CoutoFaculty of Humanities
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How research sheds light on the invisible symptoms of MS
What are the often invisible cognitive consequences of multiple sclerosis? Maureen van Dam mapped these out during her doctoral research. 'People usually notice the physical symptoms, but the cognitive symptoms deserve at least as much attention.'
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Student for a Day - Child and Adolescent Psychology (MSc Psychology)
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Student for a Day - Social and Organisational Psychology (MSc Psychology)
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Student for a Day - Clinical Psychology (MSc Psychology)
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Student for a Day - Health and Medical Psychology (MSc Psychology)
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Student for a Day - Occupational Health Psychology (MSc Psychology)
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Student for a Day - Economic and Consumer Psychology (MSc Psychology)
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Student for a Day - School Psychology (MSc Psychology)
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Student for a Day - School Psychology (MSc Psychology)
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Student for a Day - School Psychology (MSc Psychology)
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Student for a Day - Child and Adolescent Psychology (MSc Psychology)
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Student for a Day - Health and Medical Psychology (MSc Psychology)
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Tommy van SteenFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Josh RobisonFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Sandra van DijkFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Why people confess to crimes they didn’t commit
When under duress innocent suspects can make a false confession. Why is this? Legal psychologist Linda Geven will give a talk about this at the Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition’s Brain & Law event. At this symposium (in Dutch) on 16 September you can attend talks on fascinating brain research…
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Internship and research coordinators
Some study programmes have a coordinator who is specialised in assisting students with internship and research matters.
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Veronique de GuchtFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Podcast: Prosocial Behaviour and Exclusion
In this episode we talk with Mara van der Meulen about prosocial behaviour and social exclusion in children. Van der Meulen also explores the role of genetics and environment in the development of social behaviour. To find out more about her research on why some children are beter able to develop their…
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Jan SleutelsFaculty of Humanities
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Elise DusseldorpFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Seven Comenius grants for Leiden lecturers
Eleven lecturers from Leiden University have been awarded Comenius grants that will allow them to work with their teams on an innovation project within their own teaching. They have been awarded three grants of 100,000 euros within the Senior Fellows programme and four grants of 50,000 euros within…
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Kate KirkFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Rebecca Schaefer: 'Music and science bring people together'
Rebecca Schaefer received the new science communication grant for the SNAAR Festival in December 2020. With the festival, Schaefer wants to make music and science accessible to a wide audience. How exactly? That's what she tells in this issue of Humans of Psychology.
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Annelinde Vandenbroucke: 'Science for and by youth'.
Annelinde Vandenbroucke received the new science communication grant for NeurolabNL Young in December 2020. This grant will help her in her mission: to make science attractive for and by youth. Vandenbroucke tells Humans of Psychology why youth is important to science and vice versa,
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Podcast: Training parents of anxiety prone toddlers
In this episode, we talk with Leonie Vreeke and Nina Komrij about the Cool Little Kids research project. CLK explores the effectiveness of training parents of anxiety prone toddlers to prevent their children from developing anxiety on a later age. Want to learn more about their research and discover…
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Pre-registering your research: Extra effort, but what's the pay-off?
Registering your hypothesis and analysis plan online before starting your study – why should researchers bother? Henk van Steenbergen, a researcher in cognitive psychology, decided to give it a try. 'I used it as an exercise in open science.'
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Jantien Vrijmoet-WiersmaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Podcast: Self-image and study choice
Laura van der Aar talks about the role of self-image in making decisions for future education. In her research, Laura investigated the importance of paying attention to the development of self-image, and how this can better support teenagers in their study choice.
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Annelies OskamFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Elseline Hoekzema
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Erica Bohnen
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Psychologie: Vacature Student-Assistent: nakijken Selectie & Plaatsing Online Assessment
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ERC Award for Mariska Kret bringing science to the zoo
Mariska Kret, Professor in Cognitive psychology has been awarded the European Research Council (ERC) Public Engagement with Research Awards 2022. Kret convinces the jury with 'RecognizeYourself - Bringing science to the zoo. Involving the public into the study of great apes emotions'.
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‘Teaching a robot to fry an egg isn’t as easy as you’d think’
‘AI can’t do half as much as people think,’ says computer scientist and psychologist Roy de Kleijn. He tries to teach robots seemingly easy things, and keeps on discovering how smart human intelligence really is. Three things that computers are no way near doing.
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Podcast: A life with Bipolar Disorder
We talk to Justin, who was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder type 1 over 14 years ago. Justin is very candid and talks about his first manic episode at the age of 28, and how he learned to live a stable life. Justin is doing well, and he owes this in particular to his own perseverance. What do you experience…
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Student for a Day - Methodology and Statistics in Psychology (MSc Psychology)
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Student for a Day - Methodology and Statistics in Psychology (MSc Psychology)
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Esther VerwayenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Anne NijboerFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Mischa de RoverFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Marjolein VandenboschFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences