942 search results for “near cognitive functions” in the Staff website
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Arnout KoornneefFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Arie VerhagenFaculty of Humanities
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Veronica Janssen
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Marina TerkourafiFaculty of Humanities
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Tessa VerhoefFaculty of Science
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Dutch Brain Cognition and Behavior Day
Conference
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Leticia Rettore MicheliFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Mind tools, language and the origins of AI
Lecture, LUCL Colloquium
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Special training and testing reveal children's potential for learning
Traditional school tests, like the Dutch CITO, largely reflect students' existing knowledge and abilities. However, dynamic testing sheds light on students' learning potential, discovered Mirjam de Vreeze in her PhD research. This approach is especially promising for children with learning challenges,…
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Philip SpinhovenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Basic income would not reduce people’s willingness to work
A basic income would not necessarily mean that people would work less. This is the conclusion of a series of behavioural experiments by cognitive psychologist Fenna Poletiek, social psychologist Erik de Kwaadsteniet and cognitive psychologist Bastiaan Vuyk. They also found indications that people with…
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Melle van der MolenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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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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Nina KomrijFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Wouter HoflandFaculty of Humanities
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Alisee DevillersFaculty of Humanities
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Albert Planelles OrozcoFaculty of Humanities
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Eric Olijdam
Faculty of Archaeology
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Kiki FreriksFaculty of Humanities
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Jesse Millek
Faculty of Humanities
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Georg Cyrus
Faculty of Humanities
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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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Review on “Anticancer opportunities at every stage of chemokine function” is featured on the cover of TIPS
Last November, Dr. Natalia Ortiz, Martijn Bemelmans (MSc), and Prof. Laura Heitman published a review in Trends in Pharmacological Sciences (TIPS) on targeting the chemokine system in cancer (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tips.2021.08.001). The review was written in collaboration with Prof. Tracy Handel…
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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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Jeltje van der SteenASSC
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Willemieke van der EntASSC
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Corry van den EsschertASSC
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Optical Near-Field Electron Microscopy
PhD defence
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Major international study links genes to brain structural changes over time
There seem to be genes that influence how our brains develop over time. A large international consortium has discovered this with an extensive study. The results of the study were recently published in Nature Neuroscience.
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How animals flirt with each other
How do animals choose their partners? The answer is simple: it’s all about quality. While humans tend to wear clothes that happen to be in fashion, animals do nothing without a reason. Behind beautiful plumage or a deafening roar is only one message: I am in great shape. The evolutionary courtship displays…
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Exploring the Gap between Embodied Cognition and Generative AI
Conference, Spring workshop
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Bicycles
If you cycle to work, you can use the University’s bicycle racks or lockable bicycle sheds; to use a lockable shed, however, you need a bicycle pass. At some locations you can also borrow a staff bicycle.
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The Biological Roots of Musicality
Lecture, Tuesday Talk
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‘Let pupils actively engage with texts to improve their reading comprehension’
Young Dutch people’s reading skills have been declining for years. The main reason for this is that many have difficulty with reading at greater depth. Teach pupils to read actively in order to construct meaning is what Leiden researchers Paul van den Broek, Christine Espin and Anne Helder write in…
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Ellen de BruijnFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Niek StrohmaierFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Archaeology alumna Elizabeth Hicks awarded first runner-up in thesis competition
Elizabeth Hicks won first runner-up in the Netherlands Institute of the Near East (NINO) MA thesis 2021 competition at the end of January.
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Bob van de WaterFaculty of Science
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Birte Forstmann
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Rites of Passage in Ancient Near Eastern Rituals
Middle East Studies Lecture
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Marga Sikkema-de JongFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Monique ArntzFaculty of Archaeology
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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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University Sports Centre
During an evacuation, all employees and students gather at the greens near the beach volleyball fields, next to the University Sports Centre.
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Snellius Laboratory
During an evacuation, we gather on the southeast side of the building on the Niels Bohrweg, near the bicycle shed.
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The ascending arousal system and its impact on cognition
PhD defence
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Dutch Symposium of the ancient Near East (DUSANE)
Arts and culture
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Yena KimFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Pauline Ruygrok
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences