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428 search results for “cognitive” in the Staff website

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  Pascal Haazebroek Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  phaazebroek@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Isabelle Hoxha Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  i.hoxha@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Natural brain opioids help us “see the bigger picture” after rewards News - 2 October 2025

  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…

• 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…

• Students discover chimpanzees make rhythmic sounds (despite limited sense of rhythm) News - 17 January 2025

  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.

• The importance of an interdisciplinary approach to open information provision in palliative care News - 28 January 2022

  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…

• AI platform LUCA

  On the secure platform LUCA (Leiden University Cognitive Agent), you as a teacher have the opportunity to experiment with conditioning specific chatbots for the students following your courses.

• 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.

• Factors Influencing Maternal Employment After Childbirth: A Comparative Analysis between Japan and Three European Countries Event - 30 April 2026

  Lecture

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  Bernet Elzinga Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  elzinga@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273745

• Multilingualism of Frisian children: Evelyn Bosma wins Keetje Hodshon Prize News - 4 June 2021

  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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  Peter Putman Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  pputman@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274818

• Can birds imitate Star Wars robot? Yes – and some are surprisingly good at it News - 10 November 2025

  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.

• Psychology Elevator Pitch: How a better sleep pattern makes students mentally healthier News - 12 June 2023

  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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  Zsuzsika Sjoerds Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  z.sjoerds@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275437

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  Femke Stad Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  f.e.stad@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276790

• Blended learning Course

  Didactics

• Radicalism and Radicalization: Where to Draw the Line? Event - 9 June 2026

• Sancisi-Weerdenburg Lecture: The Achaemenid Persian Empire and World History Event - 8 June 2026

  Lecture

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  Karlijn van Heijst PhD candidate

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  k.van.heijst@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Junjie Huang PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.huang@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Aminata Bicego Postdoc / Marie Curie fellow

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.bicego@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Kia Radovanovic PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  k.radovanovic@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Diego Barbosa Arize Santos Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  d.arize@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Fabiola Diana Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  d.fabiola@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Francesco Walker Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  f.walker@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Ruchella Kock Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  r.m.d.kock@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jin Yan PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.yan@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Motoyuki Sanada Visiting Researcher

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.sanada@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Rajat Ravi Rao PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  r.ravi.rao@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Tonko Zijlstra Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  t.w.zijlstra@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Markus Davidsen Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.davidsen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272582

• Can humans observe a single particle of light? (And what does that say about our brain?) News - 11 July 2024

  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.’

• 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.

• How these young researchers are preparing for their first scientific conference News - 16 April 2024

  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.’

• Lowlands as lab: virtual trips in the name of science News - 21 August 2023

  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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  Katharina Riebel Associate professor

  Faculty of Science

  k.riebel@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275149

• Roderik Gerritsen in The Guardian on breathing News - 13 October 2020

  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 Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  bverkuil@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273460

• How to use video in your teaching?

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  Josi Marschall PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.c.marschall@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Evania Lina Fasya Phd/guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  e.l.fasya@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Chenxiao Zhao Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  c.zhao@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Aidan Lyon Researcher / guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.s.lyon@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Mily Crevels Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.i.crevels@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Chris Riddell Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  c.d.riddell@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Eliska Prochazkova Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  e.prochazkova@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Rüya Akdag PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  r.akdag@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Meredith Sprengel PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.l.sprengel@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Rubicon awarded to neuroscientist Simeen Tabassi Mofrad News - 18 June 2024

  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).