1,064 search results for “cognitive neuroscience” in the Public website
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Steven MiletićFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Julian SteinkeFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jeshua TrompFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Is this really my hand?
A virtual hand that feels as if it is your own. Feeling happier because a virtual face is smiling with you. Cognitive Psychologist Ke Ma discovered using virtual reality that the way we experience our body is more flexible than we thought. Ma: ‘We can think up some fantastic applications.' PhD defence…
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Predicting alcohol use disorder through machine learning
How to come to valid risk stratification of alcohol use disorder?
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Autism and higher education
How can we improve quality of life and study success in young, high-functioning adults with autism?
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Floor van MeerFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Distinguishing differences in dementia using brain scans
Neuroscientist Anne Hafkemeijer is able to distinguish two different forms of dementia using advanced imaging techniques. This is the first step towards early recognition of dementia in patients on the basis of brain networks. PhD defence 26 May.
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Child care
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Laura SteenbergenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Call for Papers: The Senses, Cognition, and the Body in Medieval Devotional Practices, Padova, 5-6 juni 2024
On 5 and 6 june 2024, the conference The Senses, Cognition, and the Body in Medieval Devotional Practices is organised at the University of Padova. The organisers welcome abstracts for 25-minute papers in English or Italian, to be submitted by November 30.
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The brain on alert
When focussing attention, the neurotransmitters noradrenaline and acetylcholine play an important role. This new finding made by psychologist Stephen Brown provides clues for further research on how focussed attention comes about. Dissertation defence on 16 June.
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Kim Stroet
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Marloes van Moort
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Linda van Leijenhorst
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Tim LamérisFaculty of Humanities
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Two research schools partnered with Leiden University participate in Graduate Programme
The Casimir Research School and the Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences will be participating in the first Graduate Programme. This was announced on Wednesday 12 August by Minister Plasterk (Ministry of Education, Culture and Science). Leiden University is a partner in both schools. Nine Dutch…
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Hüseyin BeyköylüFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Fenying Zang - Mental Health Disorders
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Computerised Dynamic Testing
An assessment approach that tailors to children’s instructional needs
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Frank Baas
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Leiden Learner Corpus
First set up in 2015, the Language Learner Corpus (LLC) project collected language data of over 150 language students. We have now launched new communicative tasks to collect longitudinal data of language learners at Leiden University.
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2012 Two major NWO subsidies for language research in Leiden
Professor Johan Rooryck will be examining cognition and core knowledge systems and how possession is expressed in different languages. Rooryck and fellow researchers have been awarded two NWO grants totalling 2.75 million euro to carry out two research programmes: 'Knowledge and Culture' and 'Lend me…
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Harriet VermeerFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Artistic Truth
What makes a truth true? Throughout the history of philosophy, numerous theories have been proposed to define what it means for something to be ‘true’. Despite their wide variety, most accounts presuppose that a truth is expressed through linguistic assertations or propositional statements. But can…
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Clinical Neuropsychology (MSc)
In the specialisation Clinical Neuropsychology, part of the Master in Psychology, you will focus on fostering clinical and scientific skills based on a solid theoretical background as well as practical training in neuropsychology and (clinical) neuropsychological research.
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Capillary Electrophoresis-Mass Spectrometry based Metabolomics Approaches for Volume-restricted Applications
Metabolomics is a powerful tool that can provide a comprehensive insight into the complexity of human biology and the pathophysiology of diseases. By analyzing the metabolome, which refers to the complete set of small (endogenous) molecules (with a mass <1500 Da) present within a given biological system,…
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Ewine van Dishoeck appointed Academy Professor
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (KNAW) has awarded an Academy Professorship to Ewine van Dishoeck, Professor of Molecular Astrophysics at Leiden University.
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Programme structure
The research master's specialisation Social and Economic Psychology consists of five main parts: the general courses, the track-specific courses, the elective courses, a research internship and a thesis.
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After graduation
Psychology graduates acquire skills useful in a variety of jobs. Whether helping people with mental disorders, researching the brain or deciding who should be hired at a company, psychologists can do it.
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Developmental changes and individual differences in trust and reciprocity in adolescence
Trust and reciprocity are two important social behaviors that help adolescents to navigate their social world successfully. In their empirical article in Journal of Research on Adolescence, van de Groep, Meuwese, Zanolie, Güroğlu, and Crone describe the development of trust and reciprocity in adolescents…
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Seven Leiden researchers win €1.5m Vici grant
Seven Leiden researchers have each been awarded a Vici grant by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). This will enable them to form a research group and develop their own innovative line of research.
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Programme structure
In the first year, the Linguistics programme provides a sound basis for specialisation and helps you develop your academic skills. In the second year, you will choose one of our four specialisations. While focusing on this track in your second and third year, you can also choose electives outside your…
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The importance of relating to others: why we only learn to understand other people after the age of four
When we are around four years old we suddenly start to understand that other people think and that their view of the world is often different from our own. Researchers in Leiden and Leipzig have explored how that works. Publication in Nature Communications on 21 March.
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Special education and autism
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Executive deficits in relation to early reading and math development
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Topic: Spatial thinking
Our everyday life consists of all sorts of spatial processes: we find our way to work, remember where we left our keys, and are able to pick up our cup of coffee. We study how the human brain processes such spatial processes. From a clinical perspective, we are interested in how acquired brain damage…
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Anna van Duijvenvoorde: In the media
Stay tuned for updates on relevant media appearances of Anna van Duijvenvoorde.
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ADHD&me: improving self-esteem in young adults with ADHD
ADHD&me is a new cognitive-behavioural therapeutic intervention for young adults (16–25 years old) with ADHD, specifically aimed at improving self-esteem. In this study, we are conducting a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) to examine whether this intervention improves self-esteem and whether related…
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Bianca BoyerFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Paul van den BroekFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Language and number
Knowledge and culture subproject 2:
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Neurofibromatosis Type I
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