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919 search results for “cognitive and language” in the Student website

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  Fenna Poletiek Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  poletiek@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Exhibition on scripts at Oude UB: Pseudo or Don’t News - 9 October 2023

  What is writing? And what looks like writing, but isn’t? The Pseudo or Don’t pop-up exhibition explores the boundaries of scripts. The exhibition will run at Oude UB from 9 to 26 October.

• What do children see in art? Psychologists are studying this at the Rijksmuseum News - 12 December 2022

  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…

• Do you have a hard time with uncertainty? This may influence how you perceive the world News - 4 April 2023

  Always taking the same route to work, going for that one dish in restaurants and going on the same holiday each summer: this may ring a bell for those who don’t like uncertainty. Researchers are now discovering that this aversion affects how we understand the world.

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  Mirre Stallen Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.stallen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277336

• More than motor skills: study of cognitive and psychological symptoms of Parkinson’s News - 7 October 2025

  Cognitive decline and anxiety in Parkinson’s disease are often only recognised at a late stage, in spite of their great impact. Research by Marit Ruitenberg focuses on new tests and methods to show up these symptoms earlier and make them more specific.

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  Hannah De Mulder Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.n.m.de.mulder@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277563

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  Anouschka van Dijk

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  Selin Topel Ph.D fellow

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  s.topel@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Symposium: Through the Hands of Signers: History of sign language emergence, transmission, and change Event - 10 July 2026

  Conference

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  Azeb Amha Lecturer

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  a.amha@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273364

• Summer School in Languages and Linguistics Event - 6 July 2026

  Course, summer school

• Gaining insight through listening: ‘Creole languages should be taken seriously’ News - 23 June 2026

  Creole languages have long had a bad reputation. They were thought to be simpler than other languages and therefore less worthy of study. Lecturer Benjamin Storme and PhD candidate Tristan Chopinez want to change that perception.

• Save the Date: Day of Languages and Cultures Event - 26 September 2026

  Festival

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  Lotte van Dillen Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  dillenlfvan@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271362

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  Laura Steenbergen Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  l.steenbergen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273875

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  David Bezpalec Phd-candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  d.b.bezpalec@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 55th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics Event - 24 August 2026

  Conference

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  Dorota Moravcikova Teaching and Research Assistant

  d.moravcikova@liacs.leidenuniv.nl |

• Looking back on the Area Fair: Have you made your area and language choice yet? News - 8 November 2022

  As the deadline for choosing a region of study dwells on International Studies Students, on October 28th, the yearly Area Fair was held. Students could walk around the Schouwburgstraat building as presentations, stands filled with snacks from the area, and workshops were being offered.

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  Kerwin Olfers Research technician

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  k.j.f.olfers@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273803

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  Rebecca Schaefer Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  r.s.schaefer@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276748

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  Melle van der Molen Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.j.w.van.der.molen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276042

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  Karline Janmaat Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  k.r.l.janmaat@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Useful links for language support

  At the Writing Lab we will help you in all stages of the academic writing process, whether you would like help with planning or structuring your text, for example. We do not check grammar and spelling, however. For those who would like help in these areas, we here provide several useful links. We have…

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  Arnout Koornneef Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.w.koornneef@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271861

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  Bryant Jongkees Assstant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  b.j.jongkees@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Anneke Wurth Teaching Methodologist for Dutch

  ICLON

  j.g.r.wurth@iclon.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277162

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  Tom Kouwenhoven Postdoc

  t.kouwenhoven@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274799

• Veni grant for Xiaochen Zheng to explore cognitive control processes of language News - 17 July 2024

  'Psychologists think I’m a linguist but linguists think I’m a psychologist,' says cognitive neuroscientist Xiaochen Zheng. With the Veni grant she will be able to bring these two fields of research closer together. Read her answers to five questions.

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  Bernhard Hommel Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  hommel@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Marit Ruitenberg Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.f.l.ruitenberg@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Ans de Rooij-van Broekhuizen Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.m.de.rooij@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272597

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  Channeke Keuls Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  c.s.keuls@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Ying-ting Wang Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  y.wang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273096

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  Kiki Spoelstra Self Funded Phd Candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  k.e.spoelstra@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• ‘Language is part of your identity’ News - 4 March 2024

  Language is omnipresent: when you talk, app or meet in Teams. Understanding how we communicate with one another and what communication does to us is essential. In her inaugural lecture, Nivja de Jong will call to redress the balance between the sciences and the humanities.

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  Milan van der Kuil Guest employee

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.n.a.van.der.kuil@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Arie Verhagen Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.verhagen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jessy Terpstra Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.a.terpstra@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Keiko Yoshioka Lecturer and Head of the Japanese language programme.

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.yoshioka@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272553

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  Roderik Gerritsen Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  r.j.s.gerritsen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277334

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  Sander Nieuwenhuis Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  snieuwenhuis@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273834

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  Hanneke Hulst Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  h.e.hulst@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Samarth Varma Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  s.varma@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Fleur Bouwer Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  f.l.bouwer@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Veronica Mäki-Marttunen Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  v.maki-marttunen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Dick Smakman University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.smakman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272607

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  Manolis Fragkiadakis Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.fragkiadakis@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278059

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  Ronald Kon Guest Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.e.kon@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727