651 search results for “animal communication” in the Student website
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Karlijn van HeijstFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Students discover chimpanzees make rhythmic sounds (despite limited sense of rhythm)
How can chimpanzees, so closely related to humans, have almost no sense of rhythm? ‘The best students ever’ and behavioural biologist Michelle Spierings demonstrated that chimps can actually drum and move rhythmically—each following their own unique beat.
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Community Building
Creating and sustaining a diverse and inclusive environment where all students feel welcome is one of Leiden University’s main priorities. Hence, The POPcorner is building a community around creative social binding activities.
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Podcast: Animals have emotions
In this episode, we talk with Mariska Kret about the expressions of emotions in humans and animals. Mariska explores the similarities and differences in emotion expression in humans and primates. Want to learn more about Mariska's research and discover why it's important that we learn more about animal…
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Francette BroekmanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Community Engagement Service
Are you looking for relevant work experience or interesting voluntary work?
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Mini organs-on-chips: an alternative to drug testing on animals
Mini organs-on-chips allow us to study how diseases develop and how drugs work. Although the technology is not new, it is becoming increasingly advanced. PhD candidate Bart Kramer hopes it will eliminate animal testing in the future.
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Boundaries, communication and consent
Study support
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Community and well-being
Co-creating your student journey: community, engagement, and well-being.
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Anouk SpeltLURIS
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In pictures: animal mummies in a scanner
The story of Tutankhamun, the Egyptian pharaoh, is world famous. But did you know that the Ancient Egyptians mummified not only people but animals too? The National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden recently put a bunch of animal mummies through a CT scanner. This was in collaboration with Canon Netherlands…
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Clara Bik
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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David Kühling
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Olga CeranFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Katie HudsonFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Antoinette HaverhalsFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Willemijn PlompFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Rüya KoçerFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Thaddeus BergéFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Simone Mulder
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Erica Hyatt
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The parallels between quarrelling animals and humans
The journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society – Biological Sciences published its theme issue ‘Conflict across taxa’ on 4 April, which was edited by Professor of Social and Organisational Psychology Carsten de Dreu. Together with researchers from other disciplines he provides more insight…
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Alysa EijkelenboomFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Vittorio NespecaFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Sjoerd HuismanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Andrew HoffmanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Céline RichardFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Marina HanssenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Arjaan WitFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Andrea BartolucciFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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What DNA in droppings can reveal about an animal’s diet
Imagine scanning lion dung or a mouse dropping and instantly knowing exactly what and how much the animal has eaten. Thanks to new DNA techniques, this is becoming increasingly feasible. PhD student Kevin Groen tested how effective these techniques are at unraveling the diets of wild animals.
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Brusgaard's investigation into complex relationship early farmers and wild animals
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a prestigious Starting Grant to Leiden archaeologist Dr Nathalie Brusgaard. With this €1.5 million grant, Brusgaard will investigate how the transition to farming in Western Europe affected the relationship between humans and wild animals. A theme that,…
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‘Science communication is important for every scientist’
Just start somewhere: whether it's videos, board games, theatre performances, or festivals. That was one of the key insights Sophie Wintermans gained during the Science Communication Summer School. In her view, the Summer School is a great step for any scientist interested in science communication.
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Kiki SpoelstraFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Animation: Why Leiden is the birthplace of the Janssen vaccine
If you'll soon be getting a COVID-19 vaccine, you might just get the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) one. This vaccine was developed for the most part in Leiden – and this is no coincidence. Watch the animation below about the development of one of the vaccines in the fight against COVID-19.
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Zhuoxi Han
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Dmitrii KochetkovFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Sander van Rijn