1,024 search results for “cognitive and language” in the Staff website
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Manuals
Do you want to install software yourself at your workplace? Or would you link to sync your work email with your smartphone? On this page you will find all our ICT workplace manuals, sorted by theme.
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Assessment formats
The most common assessment formats and points to consider when making your choice.
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Researchers about the labs
Since the opening of the SSH labs in the Sylvius Building, more and more researchers are starting in the state-of-the-art lab spaces. What research are they doing, and how do they like the new facilities? Read about their experiences.
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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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Geert-Jan WillFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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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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Tazuko van BerkelFaculty of Humanities
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Casper de JongeFaculty of Humanities
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Lettie DorstFaculty of Humanities
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European Day of Languages - Taalquizine
Festival
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ERC grant for Jan Vonk: 'Mathematics is the most powerful language to describe our universe'
On 22 November, Leiden scientist Jan Vonk received an ERC starting grant for his research on the building blocks of mathematics. This grant is not his first this year: in fact, this July Vonk also received a Vidi from NWO. Four questions to the scientist who got two grants this year.
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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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Annachiara RaiaFaculty of Humanities
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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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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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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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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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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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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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PTSD treatment can help patients with childhood trauma
Adults who were abused or mistreated as a child and consequently suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can benefit greatly from cognitive behavioural therapy. This is the conclusion of a study of 149 patients. Researcher and PhD candidate Chris Hoeboer is hopeful about the results and the…
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Janneke GeursenICLON
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Marion ElenbaasFaculty of Humanities
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Sasha LubotskyFaculty of Humanities
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Bob van VelthovenFaculty of Humanities
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Kees GelukFaculty of Humanities
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Hubert MooimanFaculty of Humanities
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Henric JansenFaculty of Humanities
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Peter PutmanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Funding for science communication on deaf community and on losing your way
Two Leiden University science communication projects have been awarded a WECOM grant through the Dutch Research Agenda (NWA). One project is a study of the history of the deaf community in the Netherlands and the other is of a condition that causes people to lose their way.
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‘migrazione’ and ‘migracja’: Free teaching modules on migration in six languages
Social scientists from Leiden University have worked with an international team to create teaching modules on migration.
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Gezinus Wolters
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jolanda SnelFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Alessandro van den Berg -
Liwen MengFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Wenyu WanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Anoek LorskensFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Olivier de WinterFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Manon MulckhuyseFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Thor van den BergFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Multilingualism of Frisian children: Evelyn Bosma wins Keetje Hodshon Prize
Postdoc and linguist Evelyn Bosma receives the Keetje Hodshon Prize for her dissertation. For her research on the multilingualism of Frisian children, Bosma previously won the Klokhuis Science Prize and the Campus Fryslân Science Prize.
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Tracy HuangFaculty of Humanities
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Floris Meertens
Faculty of Humanities
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Kumiko Hirata
Faculty of Humanities