919 search results for “cognitive and language” in the Student website
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Amaranth FeuthFaculty of Humanities
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Emma GrootveldFaculty of Humanities
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Language that comforts: The power of communication in healthcare
For people who are seriously ill, an empathetic doctor can make a world of difference. Psychologist Janine Westendorp examined helpful and harmful communication in the consulting room. ‘It’s very important to stress that you are always there supporting the person, even if there’s no cure.’
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Tomomi MatsuuraFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Magdalena Sabat
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Yena KimFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jenna Yeisley
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Eva PottersFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Enea Ceolini
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Anna Forlani
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Pauline Ruygrok
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Weitao ZhangFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Nadia GarnefskiFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Vivian Kraaij
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Arko GhoshFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Iris KoleAdministration and Central Services
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Psychology MSc September 2026: Start Course Enrolment
Study information
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Cattle, rather than geometric shapes, determine how the Hamar see the world
Sara Petrollino, a university lecturer in linguistics, strongly believes that language influences the way we see the world. An NWO Open Competition (XS) grant will enable her to test this hypothesis among the Ethiopian Hamar people. ‘The idea that everyone thinks in geometric shapes is culturally de…
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Programme
When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.
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Programme
When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.
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Geert-Jan WillFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jos Schaeken, Professor of Slavic and Baltic Languages and Cultural History, to be new interim Vice-Dean
Prof. J. (Jos) Schaeken, Professor of Slavic and Baltic Languages and Cultural History, will be the interim Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Humanities from 1 March 2025. He will succeed the present Vice-Dean, Mirjam de Baar, who will complete her second term on that date.
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Marinus van IJzendoorn
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Maarten KossmannFaculty of Humanities
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Casper de JongeFaculty of Humanities
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Tazuko van BerkelFaculty of Humanities
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Lettie DorstFaculty of Humanities
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European Day of Languages - Taalquizine
Festival
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Psychologie: Word studentvoorlichter
Education, Organisation
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Annachiara RaiaFaculty of Humanities
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Anne Urai receives 2026 Heineken Young Scientists Award for Social Sciences
How do people make choices, and what happens in our brains when we do? Anne Urai investigates how our brains process information and use it to make decisions. In applying the resulting insights to current issues in society, she hopes to gain a better understanding of what motivates people to adopt sustainable…
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Negation in Dutch Sign Language
Lecture, Com(parative) Syn(tax) Series
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Natural brain opioids help us “see the bigger picture” after rewards
Feeling good doesn’t just lift our mood—it also helps us stay flexible and resilient. A new study by an international team of neuroscientists shows that natural brain opioids released after rewards play a key role in broadening attention, offering fresh insights into stress, cognition, and well-bein…
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Enrico OdelliFaculty of Humanities
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Uncorking Language
Debate, LUCL Fireside Chat
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LLRC conference 2026: Language teacher research
Conference
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Science in the language of children’s books: Honours College students take up the challenge
How do you explain loss, social inequality or mental health to children without losing sight of the gravity of the subject? The new Honours course From Research to Children’s Book, taught by Annelies van Bentum, challenges students to make complex academic themes accessible through the medium of children’s…
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History and change in Sign Language Phonology
Lecture
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Internship and research coordinators
Some study programmes have a coordinator who is specialised in assisting students with internship and research matters.
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One language = one archaeological culture? Peruvian evidence for a richer interface between language and archaeology
Lecture, Language and the Human Past
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Students of Russian Studies use language skills to help Ukrainian refugees
What started as a call for help in a Facebook group turned into a permanent group of students from the Bachelor's in Russian Studies and the Master's in Russian and Eurasian Studies who regularly help the Ukrainian refugees. They act as the link between the refugees and aid workers at various reception…
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NWO grant to research scent language in seventeenth-century literature: 'God is like a scent'
When it comes to literature, people mostly talk about what characters see or hear. Rarely is it about what they smell. That’s a shame, thinks university lecturer Jan van Dijkhuizen. He has been awarded an Open Competition grant from NWO to expand academic knowledge about scent in literature, and to…
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Sign language emergence and diachronic change
Conference, Leiden-Birmingham Lectures
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Peter PutmanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Language as a weapon: alumna Femke Eisma is the spokesperson for the government commissioner on sexual violence
It is one of the most talked-about subjects right now: how do we eradicate sexual harassment and violence? Alumnus Femke Eisma is the spokesperson for Mariëtte Hamer, the government commissioner tasked with tackling this persistent social problem. Eisma studied the Dutch language at Leiden. How is her…
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Sasha LubotskyFaculty of Humanities
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Hubert MooimanFaculty of Humanities
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Henric JansenFaculty of Humanities
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Bob van VelthovenFaculty of Humanities