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325 search results for “cognitive evolution” in the Staff website

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  Marco Maiolini PhD candidate

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

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  Carel ten Cate Professor emeritus

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

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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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  Julian Steinke PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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

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  Eveline Crone Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  ecrone@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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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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  Kim Stroet Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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

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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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  Linda van Leijenhorst Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  lleijenhorst@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273750

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  Tim Laméris University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Guillermo Guerrero PhD candidate

  g.guerrero@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Fenying Zang PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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

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  Hüseyin Beyköylü PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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

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  Gerrit Dusseldorp Associate professor

  g.l.dusseldorp@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272428

• Frederic Lens: building bridges in biodiversity research News - 18 February 2021

  Four green research institutes in Leiden are joining forces to integrate evolution and biodiversity research, at local and at the national level. Pivot in this collaboration is Frederic Lens.

• Tropical bananaquits lose song quality in the city News - 21 September 2021

  I think we should go this way. This way! THIS! WAY!! Making yourself heard in a city can be difficult. That is not only the case for humans, but birds seem to be hindered by urban noise as well. Researcher Hans Slabbekoorn of Leiden University already showed that great tits in Leiden communicate differently…

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  Harriet Vermeer Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  vermeer@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273491

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  Simon Portegies Zwart Professor

  spz@strw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278429

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  Cora Tabea Leder PhD candidate

  c.t.leder@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Sebastian Fajardo Bernal Postdoc

  s.d.fajardo.bernal@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Supergenes make bizarre traits possible News - 13 June 2022

  Within the same species of butterfly many different wing patterns can occur. How is this possible? According to researchers Ben Wielstra and Emma Berdan, of the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL), the answer lies within supergenes. A supergene is a part of a chromosome that contains many strongly linked…

• Veni-grant for Michelle Spierings: ‘Do birds hear tick-tock too, or tock-tick?’ News - 22 December 2021

  ‘I did not expect to receive the grant, but it will make an amazing research possible,’ Michelle Spierings says. The researcher of the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL) got awarded a Veni-grant of the Dutch Research Council (NWO).

• NWO grant of 350.000 for Wielstra lab News - 30 September 2021

  Ben Wielstra and his team have received a ENW-M-1 grant. This grant of 354.000 euros is awarded by NWO, and will enable the researchers of the Institute of Biology Leiden and Naturalis to continue their evolutionary newt research.

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  Marie Soressi Professor of Hominin Diversity Archaeology

  m.a.soressi@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275355

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  Lennart Schada von Borzyskowski Assistant professor

  l.schada.von.borzyskowski@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274278

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

  Lecture

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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

• Generative AI and Embodied Cognition Event - 25 November 2025

  Conference, workshop

• Even a duck can parrot News - 6 September 2021

  That a parrot can copycat sounds is nothing new. But vocal learning is not common in animals. Researcher Carel ten Cate of the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL) of Leiden University has now discovered a duck species that can imitate sounds. ‘It started with an obscure reference about an Australian musk…

• Biologist Carel ten Cate will now really retire. Right? News - 8 June 2022

  Pigeons, zebra finches and parakeets. Carel ten Cate studied bird sounds. But not just that. Together with linguists from Leiden, he investigated parallels between birdsong and language. On 9 June, his farewell symposium was held to mark the end of his broad career. Well, the end? Carel ten Cate has…

• Michelle Spierings aims for Klokhuis Wetenschapsprijs with musicality animals News - 26 October 2021

  Tapping to a rhythm, recognizing sound patterns and enjoying music: For people, it is common sense. But is this also the case for animals? It is the research topic of Michelle Spierings, a researcher at the Institute of Biology Leiden, and it is nominated for the Klokhuis Wetenschapsprijs.

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  Michael McCabe III PhD candidate

  m.d.mccabe.iii@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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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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  Leticia Rettore Micheli Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  l.rettore.micheli@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.

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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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  Jochanan Veerbeek Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.veerbeek@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273399

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  Maria del Carmen Parafita Couto Guest reseacher

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.parafita.couto@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 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…

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  Amanda Henry Professor

  a.g.henry@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277844

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  Ilse Kamerling Laboratory Assistant

  i.m.kamerling@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272394

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  Birte Forstmann Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  b.u.forstmann@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Comparative wood anatomy and evolution of Apocynaceae and Sapotaceae Event - 1 April 2025

  PhD defence

• Functional MRI Analysis (Basics) Course

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  Niek Strohmaier Assistant Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  n.strohmaier@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277997

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  Yena Kim Guest Postdoc

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  y.kim@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Liwen Meng PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  l.meng@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Weitao Zhang Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  w.zhang@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Ellen de Bruijn Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  edebruijn@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273748