428 search results for “ruimtelijke 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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Pascal HaazebroekFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Isabelle HoxhaFaculty 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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Katharina RiebelFaculty of Science
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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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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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Zsuzsika SjoerdsFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Femke Stad
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Karlijn van HeijstSocial & 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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Fabiola DianaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Francesco WalkerFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Ruchella KockFaculty 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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Blended learning
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Sancisi-Weerdenburg Lecture: The Achaemenid Persian Empire and World History
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- Social Exclusion, Unmet Support Needs, and Vulnerability to Extremist Exploitation Among Some Autistic People
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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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Step-by-step guide
Use this step-by-step guide when you want to (re)design your course, lecture or assignment. SEEDS is here to help you every step of the way.
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How these young researchers are preparing for their first scientific conference
Three Psychology students will present a poster of their thesis research on Alzheimer’s and dementia at the international conference AAIC Neuroscience Next. ‘I remind myself to recognise - without fear or shame - when I don't know something.’
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Singing parrots wanted: is our musicality unique?
Is our musicality unique? That’s what the Bird Singalong project aims to find out. And for that, they need the help of feathered friends from all around the world. ‘By researching how parrots learn songs, we also learn more about the origin of our own musicality.’ Do you have a parrot that can sing…
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Lowlands as lab: virtual trips in the name of science
While tens of thousands of visitors dance to deafening music, a team of Leiden psychologists are trying to collect data for their research at Lowlands. How do festivalgoers experience a virtual trip? And what role do factors such as too little sleep and whether they have experience with psychedelics…
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Bart Verkuil
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Roderik Gerritsen in The Guardian on breathing
The market is flooded with books and classes claiming ‘breathwork’ can help with mental health, sleep and even Covid-19. But are experts convinced? Cognitive psychologist Roderik Gerritsen explains the role of breathing on stress.
- How to use video in your teaching?
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Over €1.4 million for research into sensory overload in MS and FND
The study, made possible through funding from the Hersenstichting, is led by neurologist Brigit de Jong, in collaboration with psychiatrist Sonja Rutten, Karin van der Hiele and Aglaia Zedlitz. Other partners include University Medical Center Groningen, Klimmendaal Rehabilitation Centre and Amsterdam…
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Josi MarschallFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Chenxiao ZhaoFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Aidan LyonFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Mily CrevelsFaculty of Humanities
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Chris RiddellFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Eliska ProchazkovaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Rüya AkdagFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Meredith SprengelFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Reportage: training anxious children should help prevent disorders and depression
Many primary school children suffer from anxiety and their numbers are increasing. Psychologists from the Knowledge Center Anxiety & Stress (KAS) are developing and researching preventive training.
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Rubicon awarded to neuroscientist Simeen Tabassi Mofrad
Neuroscientist Simeen Tabassi Mofrad has been awarded a Rubicon grant to conduct research on cortical and allelic determinants of age-related cognitive decline at University of Oxford. She holds the first rank among all Rubicon applicants in NWO Domain Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH).
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New Professor Hanneke Hulst is a team player
Hanneke Hulst has held the new Leiden chair in Neuropsychology in Health and Disease since 1 September. From 1 January she will also be chair of the Health, Medical and Neuropsychology (HMN) unit. ‘HMN is my new base. I’m curious to find out about the people who work here, what they do and what motivates…