5 search results for “spatial cognition” in the Public website
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Topic: Spatial thinking
Our everyday life consists of all sorts of spatial processes: we find our way to work, remember where we left our keys, and are able to pick up our cup of coffee. We study how the human brain processes such spatial processes. From a clinical perspective, we are interested in how acquired brain damage…
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Michiel ClaessenFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
m.h.g.claessen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6034
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Illusions as the key: how spatial technology can help patients
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…
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Ineke van der HamFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
c.j.m.van.der.ham@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6746
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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.