521 search results for “special cognitive” in the Staff website
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Somayeh SahebalzamaniFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Eline DekeysterFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jop Groeneweg
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Isabelle HoxhaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Sebo UitholFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Can birds imitate Star Wars robot? Yes – and some are surprisingly good at it
Scientists have discovered that starlings and parrots can imitate the complex sounds of Star Wars droid R2-D2 remarkably well. Their study reveals how the structure of a bird’s vocal organ determines its vocal abilities – and how citizen science helps uncover it.
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Psychology Elevator Pitch: How a better sleep pattern makes students mentally healthier
Do you often find yourself exhausted in the lecture hall or at your workplace? Not great for your mental well-being, as Laura Pape knows. She is investigating how an online self-help program can assist in addressing sleep issues and preventing mental health problems. Join her on this elevator pitch…
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The Special Chair for Central European Studies at Leiden presents a film at the “Eastern Neighbors” Film Festival in The Hague
On Sunday, November 9 2025, Prof. dr. Sarah Cramsey presented a film at the “Eastern Neighbors” Film Festival in The Hague.
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Script: Using visuals
The next step in preparation of your studio recording is to create a PowerPoint where bullet points, images, animations and videos go hand in hand with your storyline. The image below gives an insight in the template used at Leiden University when recording a knowledge clip in the studio.
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AI platform LUCA
On the secure platform LUCA (Leiden University Cognitive Agent), you as a Humanities teacher have the opportunity to experiment with conditioning specific chatbots for the students following your courses.
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Katharina Riebel -
Markus DavidsenFaculty of Humanities
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Special Forces in een tuinstad
PhD defence
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What do children see in art? Psychologists are studying this at the Rijksmuseum
From games to scavenger hunts: museums already do all sorts of things for children. But how do children really look at art? Do paintings affect them more if they receive information that is specially tailored to young visitors? Join psychologist Francesco Walker at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and see…
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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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The importance of an interdisciplinary approach to open information provision in palliative care
What if seriously ill patients do not want to hear their diagnosis? Does a clinician always need to provide a patient with all available information? Communication researcher Liesbeth van Vliet, medical anthropologist Annemarie Samuels and research intern Fiona Brosig will put these questions on open…
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IX Special Interest Group (SIG) First Meeting
Special Interest Group meeting
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Blended learning
Didactics
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Visiting Professor for Central European Studies Saskia Jaszoltowski talks about 'lullabies' with the ERC Starting Grant 'CareCentury' team
On May 15, Prof. dr. Saskia Jaszoltowski, the Visiting Professor for Central European Studies this semester at Leiden University, led a seminar on the 'Lullabies' for the ERC Starting Grant 'CareCentury' project led by Prof. dr. Sarah Cramsey.
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Karlijn van HeijstFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Junjie HuangFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Aminata BicegoFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Kia RadovanovicFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Diego Barbosa Arize SantosFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jin YanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Motoyuki SanadaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Rajat Ravi RaoFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Tonko ZijlstraFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Special Colloquium 'News from the neutrino sky'
Lecture
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Can humans observe a single particle of light? (And what does that say about our brain?)
Hoping to learn something about the human brain, Leiden researchers are creating a setup to shoot single photons, particles of light, into someone’s eye. ‘The eye is a passageway to the brain.’
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Mariona Oliver Lloberas -
Astrid Van WeyenbergFaculty of Humanities
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Lotte GunnewegFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Sophie MartensFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Pepijn Tuinier
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Mark Brown
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Nathalie HaakFaculty of Humanities
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Liselotte Polderman-Borst
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Christiaan van Beek
Faculty of Humanities
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Annida Aqiila PutriFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Shahab DaneshvarFaculty of Humanities
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Annas Rabbani -
Lara OffermansFaculty of Humanities
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Zihao Yuan -
Sifra Matthijsse
Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Melanie FranseFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Anouk Koenderink
Faculty of Humanities
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Ivo van Wijk -
Emma Elisabeth van der Meulen
Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Daan van den Wollenberg
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences