805 search results for “cognitive and language” in the Staff website
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Octogenarian underground poets, political language turned on its head, and more: unofficial poetry from China in Digital Collections
Over 30.000 pages of new material have been added to the online collection of unofficial poetry publications from China in the Leiden Digital Collections. Produced outside the system, these journals and books are hugely influential yet very hard to find. To address this paradox, Leiden University Libraries…
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The Values of Language(s) in the Ancient World
Conference, Penn-Leiden Colloquium on Ancient Values XIII
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Doing Ethics: Addressing Real-World Challenges in Language Research
Conference, workshop
- International conference on Russian-language literature in emigration
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Old signs & current signs in LSF (French Sign Language)
Lecture, Sign Language & Deaf People
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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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A good start for every child, and how data science can help
Some children start life with a disadvantage. Sometimes even before they are born. A new research project involving Professor Wessel Kraaij of Leiden University investigates how data science can help give these children a good start in life.
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Language Policy and Planning of Amazigh Languages in Morocco
PhD defence
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‘A last-minute challenge became my biggest breakthrough’
Data Science & AI student Nataliia Bagan combines a passion for mathematics, language, and artificial intelligence. Her exceptional bachelor’s thesis on improving reasoning in large language models earned her a nomination for the Leiden Science Young Talent Award 2025.
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Building a Dynamic and Integrated Linguistic Engine for Ethio-Semitic Languages
Lecture
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Khrystyna SemkivFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Zachry KlopFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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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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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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Colin EwenFaculty of Humanities
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Geert BooijFaculty of Humanities
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Xiao-Fang ChiFaculty of Humanities
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Cornelia de Haan
Faculty of Humanities
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Eli ten Lohuis
Faculty of Humanities
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Charlotte van Haarlem
Faculty of Humanities
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Anne Marie Kuijpers
Faculty of Humanities
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Fernanda Maciel Ziober
Faculty of Humanities
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How infants learn about language within their social context - experimental and observational evidence
Lecture, LUCL Colloquium
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Jenny AudringFaculty of Humanities
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Esther de VrindICLON
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ERC Consolidator Grants for six Leiden researchers
From the effects of hormone fluctuations in women via the interior structure of giant planets to the prehistory of the languages: six Leiden researchers have been awarded a Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council.
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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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Nivja de Jong listed among 2% most influential scientists
Professor Nivja de Jong has been included in the list of most influential scientists by Elsevier Data Repository. This list of scientists with the highest impact is compiled annually based on citations. De Jong appears on the annual list for the third consecutive time.
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Lustrum: 75 years English Language and Culture programme
Alumni event, Lustrum
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From Gothic to OMG: the 21st conference on English historical linguistics comes to Leiden
The largest international conference on English historical linguistics is coming to Leiden. From 7 June to 11 June 2021, the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) organises the International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (ICEHL-21). Due to Covid measures, the conference takes…
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Svetlana Kharchenkova investigates translated non-fiction and Chinese censorship: ‘I am curious to see what considerations authors make with
When a foreign book is translated for the Chinese market, there is a good chance that not all of the text will make it into the new version. With an NWO XS grant, university lecturer Svetlana Kharchenkova will investigate how foreign authors deal with this censorship.
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Research finds WiFi isn’t the only thing connecting us during video calls: so are our bodies
Can we truly connect with each other through video calls? Yes, according to a recent study. Psychologists found our bodies synchronise almost as much in digital conversations as in real life. But this doesn’t mean we should skip in-person meetings altogether, says researcher Fabiola Diana.
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Language Professionals on the Move: the Language Sector and Migrant Agency in Early Modern Europe
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Katharina Riebel -
Petra SijpesteijnFaculty of Humanities
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Myra ArendsFaculty of Humanities
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Chiara RavinettoFaculty of Humanities
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Blended learning
Didactics
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Sancisi-Weerdenburg Lecture: The Achaemenid Persian Empire and World History
Lecture
- Social Exclusion, Unmet Support Needs, and Vulnerability to Extremist Exploitation Among Some Autistic People
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NWO grant for Claartje Levelt: how toddlers learn words
Professor Claartje Levelt, together with Paula Fikkert (Radboud University), has received an NWO Open Competition grant for research into the development of word production in toddlers.
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Word by word, the first modern Japanese-Dutch dictionary is nearing completion
It was more than twenty years ago that the plan for a Japanese-Dutch dictionary was born. Now it contains over 65,000 words, and completion is tentatively coming into view. Dictionary makers Oscar Veltink and Hetty Geerdink-Verkoren talk about their enthusiasm for this decades-long mammoth task.
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Svetlana Kharchenkova on The Diplomat about decreased number of U.S. books in China
The number of books by U.S. authors released in China has drastically decreased in recent years. Assistant professor Svetlana Kharchenkova wrote an article about this for the Diplomat.