450 search results for “special cognitive” in the Student website
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Annas RabbaniFaculty of Science
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Juliette StaüdtFaculty of Humanities
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Lara OffermansFaculty of Humanities
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Marco RomagnaFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Geert Onno PrinsFaculty of Humanities
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Melanie FranseFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Gwendolyn BolderinkFaculty of Humanities
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Joeri Loggen
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Sifra Matthijsse
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Zihao YuanFaculty of Science
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Special Colloquium 'News from the neutrino sky'
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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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Foraging skills may have made the essential difference in the evolution of our huge brain
Hunter-gatherers acquire their food through complex gender-specific foraging techniques for a relatively stable and diverse supply of energy. New research indicates that this specialisation by boys and girls starts at a very young age. Most likely, this enabled the human species to evolve much larger…
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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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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.
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Bart Verkuil
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Internships and research in the Netherlands
How can you find an internship or research project and what arrangements do you need to make?
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Josi MarschallFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Evania Lina FasyaFaculty 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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Grants awarded for five innovative psychology research projects
Researchers from the Institute of Psychology have secured NWO Open Competition XS grants, each worth up to €50,000. One of the projects explores how making music together can enhance cooperation. Discover more about all five research projects.
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Transferable skills
During your studies you will develop transferable skills. Leiden University has selected 13 transferable skills that it finds important for students to develop during their studies. These skills are important not only during your studies but also in later life once you begin working.
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Striking similarities in how humans and other primates search for food
How unique is the human capacity for learning and adapting to an environment? In field research – in the rainforest and Artis Zoo – primatologist Karline Janmaat is studying how humans and other primates adapt to their environment in their search for food. She will give her inaugural lecture as Professor…
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Mosaic 2.0 scholarship for Rüya Akdağ
Rüya Akdağ is part of a research team with the aim of further studying social anxiety. The Leiden psychologist receives the grant for her doctoral research on the role of emotions and cognition in the emergence and occurrence of social anxiety in adolescents.
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Marlon KruizingaFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Sofia de JongFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Roosje PeetersFaculty of Humanities
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Rik LettanyFaculty of Archaeology
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Ana Parrón CabañeroFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Nick TombergeICLON
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Cigdem Billur-Ada
Faculty of Humanities
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Lasse van den DikkenbergFaculty of Archaeology
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Andrea Reyes ElizondoFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Tim ClaerhoutFaculty of Science
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Casper van DijkFaculty of Humanities
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Ahlam el Barnoussi-el MhamdiFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Hazel DoughtyFaculty of Science
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Joni OysermanFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Hanneke Lankveld