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  Julia Folz Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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

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  Henk van Steenbergen Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  hsteenbergen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273655

• Workshop Generative AI & Embodied Cognition Event - 22 May 2025

  Lecture

• Generative AI and Embodied Cognition Event - 25 November 2025

  Conference, workshop

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  Isabelle Kaiko Postdoc

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  i.r.kaiko@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Katja Cardol Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  c.k.cardol@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275697

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  Marco Maiolini PhD candidate

  m.maiolini@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274910

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  Kees van Putten

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  putten@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Carel ten Cate Professor emeritus

  c.j.ten.cate@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275040

• As new Professor of Social Cognition and Decision, Lotte van Dillen studies how we make choices in an information-overloaded world News - 23 September 2024

  Due to technological and societal developments, we are being flooded with more information than our brains can process. How does this affect our decision-making, both as individuals and as a society? And can we learn to make better choices? This is what Lotte van Dillen will explore with her profess…

• multifaceted approach to understand cognitive impairment in MS: Exploring the nonlinearity of cognition Event - 22 October 2025

  PhD defence

• Mariska Kret receives new science prize for groundbreaking research News - 5 February 2024

  Professor Mariska Kret has received the Mercator Sapiens Stimulus, a new science prize from the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW). The prize consists of a sum of 1m euros.

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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

• The interaction between Arousal and Cognitive Control Event - 9 April 2025

  PhD defence

• Dutch Brain Cognition and Behavior Day Event - 25 March 2025

  Conference

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  Marloes van Moort PhD candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.l.van.moort@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Anne Helder Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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

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  Tim Laméris University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.j.lameris@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275634

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  Kim Stroet Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  k.f.a.stroet@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273955

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  Linda van Leijenhorst Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  lleijenhorst@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273750

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  Julian Steinke

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  Steven Miletić Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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

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  Jeshua Tromp Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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

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  Tom Kouwenhoven Postdoc

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

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  Bart Vogelaar Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  b.vogelaar.2@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276022

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  Harriet Vermeer Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  vermeer@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273491

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  Szilvia Biro Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  sbiro@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274815

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  Hester Ruigendijk Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  h.a.h.ruigendijk@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271361

• Student Aline-Priscillia: ‘I am an odd academic, I’m not very attached to outcomes’ News - 11 May 2022

  In the new video series 'The World of Linguistics', alumni and academics talk about their passion for their field. Student Aline-Priscillia is particularly curious about how language is processed in the brain.

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  Fenying Zang

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  Hüseyin Beyköylü PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  h.beykoylu@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Mariska Kret receives Dr Hendrik Muller Prize 2025 News - 20 November 2025

  Professor of Cognitive Psychology Mariska Kret has been awarded the Dr Hendrik Muller Prize by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) for her pioneering research into emotions. Kret: ‘This prize offers a wonderful opportunity to give a boost to emotion research.’

• Exploring the Gap between Embodied Cognition and Generative AI Event - 22 May 2025

  Conference, Spring workshop

• The ascending arousal system and its impact on cognition Event - 6 June 2025

  PhD defence

• Basic income would not reduce people’s willingness to work News - 14 January 2022

  A basic income would not necessarily mean that people would work less. This is the conclusion of a series of behavioural experiments by cognitive psychologist Fenna Poletiek, social psychologist Erik de Kwaadsteniet and cognitive psychologist Bastiaan Vuyk. They also found indications that people with…

• 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.

• How animals flirt with each other News - 1 February 2021

  How do animals choose their partners? The answer is simple: it’s all about quality. While humans tend to wear clothes that happen to be in fashion, animals do nothing without a reason. Behind beautiful plumage or a deafening roar is only one message: I am in great shape. The evolutionary courtship displays…

• ‘Let pupils actively engage with texts to improve their reading comprehension’ News - 3 February 2022

  Young Dutch people’s reading skills have been declining for years. The main reason for this is that many have difficulty with reading at greater depth. Teach pupils to read actively in order to construct meaning is what Leiden researchers Paul van den Broek, Christine Espin and Anne Helder write in…

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  Anne Urai Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.e.urai@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273371

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  Franz Wurm Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  f.r.wurm@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Illusions as the key: how spatial technology can help patients News - 23 November 2023

  Spatial technology such as virtual reality can help patients who have difficulty with spatial cognition, for instance if they keep on losing their way. In her inaugural lecture, neuropsychologist Ineke van der Ham will talk about the importance of avatars, the patient experience and room for innovat…

• 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.

• Special training and testing reveal children's potential for learning News - 9 October 2024

  Traditional school tests, like the Dutch CITO, largely reflect students' existing knowledge and abilities. However, dynamic testing sheds light on students' learning potential, discovered Mirjam de Vreeze in her PhD research. This approach is especially promising for children with learning challenges,…

• Anne Urai receives 2026 Heineken Young Scientists Award for Social Sciences News - 8 June 2026

  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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  Paul van den Broek Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  p.vandenbroek@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Bianca Boyer Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  b.e.boyer@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Major international study links genes to brain structural changes over time News - 4 July 2022

  There seem to be genes that influence how our brains develop over time. A large international consortium has discovered this with an extensive study. The results of the study were recently published in Nature Neuroscience.

• Functional MRI Analysis (Basics) Course

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  Tessa Verhoef Assistant professor

  t.verhoef@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277903