950 search results for “near cognitive functions” in the Staff website
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Mi-Lan WoudstraSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Roy de KleijnSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Michiel ClaessenSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Fenna PoletiekSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Guido BandSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Brenda de GrootSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Daniëlle van der BurgFaculty of Science
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Neurolinguists investigate the brain: not two, but three options for brain functional categories
Based on the results of a language-switching experiment, PhD candidate Fatemeh (Simeen) Tabassi Mofrad MA and Professor Niels Schiller have discovered that the traditional categorisation of brain areas is not sufficient. They published their research findings in the scientific journal NeuroImage.
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Charlotte RouzéeSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Geert-Jan WillSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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400,000-Year-Old Mystery Unearthed Near Rome
Construction work at Casal Lumbroso, on the outskirts of Rome, led to the discovery of a fossilised elephant tusk, and soon after, the remains of a 400,000-year-old elephant. A newly published study, led by Enza Spinapolice and Francesca Alhaique uncovered traces showing that early humans had scavenged…
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Anne HelderSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Szilvia BiroSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Marco MaioliniFaculty of Science
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Bart VogelaarSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Selin TopelSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Julia FolzSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Tijm LanjouwFaculty of Archaeology
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Sam BotanFaculty of Archaeology
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Wilma Resing
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Jörg MeyerFaculty of Science
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Roberto ArcieroFaculty of Archaeology
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Psychology-colleagues are raising money for MS-research: ‘Most of us take their cognitive skills for granted.’
Running, walking or horseback riding: colleagues from the Health, Medical and Neuropsychology unit are each working up a sweat this month to raise money for research on Multiple Sclerosis. How much have they collected so far?
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Moji AghajaniSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Linda van Leijenhorst
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Kees van Putten
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Harriet VermeerSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Katja CardolSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Henk van Steenbergen
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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More than motor skills: study of cognitive and psychological symptoms of Parkinson’s
Cognitive decline and anxiety in Parkinson’s disease are often only recognised at a late stage, in spite of their great impact. Research by Marit Ruitenberg focuses on new tests and methods to show up these symptoms earlier and make them more specific.
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Neuroscientists on tour: 'Many people with MS do not link their cognitive symptoms to the disease'
In the MS Cognitietour, psychologists and neuroscientists from Leiden University discuss the latest scientific knowledge with MS patients and their loved ones. This leads to insights: 'One lady told how much stress she felt from all those caregivers around her bed.'
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Tanja Masson-Zwaan: 'Regular near-collisions in space'
Satellites belonging to American space company SpaceX recently came very close to a Chinese space station. Experts are calling for traffic management rules in space.
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Francesco BudaFaculty of Science
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Willem van der DoesSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Amy de BruïneSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Annual agreements become function-based contracts
Human resources
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Veni grant for Xiaochen Zheng to explore cognitive control processes of language
'Psychologists think I’m a linguist but linguists think I’m a psychologist,' says cognitive neuroscientist Xiaochen Zheng. With the Veni grant she will be able to bring these two fields of research closer together. Read her answers to five questions.
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Fenying ZangSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Huseyin BeykoyluSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Eveline Crone
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Steven MileticSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Bleda DüringFaculty of Archaeology
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Victor KlinkenbergFaculty of Archaeology
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Two new functions for anthropologist Erik Bähre
Erik Bähre has been elected to the board of the Society of Economic Anthropology of the American Anthropology Association. On top of this he has joined the scientific advisory board of the NIAS-Lorentz Program.
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Lotte van DillenSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Laura SteenbergenSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Life cycle of comets near other star resembles that of our solar system
The life cycle of comets near the star Beta Pictoris is similar to that of comets in our own solar system. This is the conclusion of a team of astronomers from the Netherlands, France and Brazil. It seems that, just like in our own solar system, there are fewer comets as the star gets older. The researchers,…
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Tim LamérisFaculty of Humanities
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Marloes van Moort
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Kim Stroet
Social & Behavioural Sciences