502 search results for “cognition and language” in the Student website
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Matthew Sung
Faculty of Humanities
h.w.m.sung@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125
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Programme
When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.
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Programme
When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.
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Cattle, rather than geometric shapes, determine how the Hamar see the world
Sara Petrollino, a university lecturer in linguistics, strongly believes that language influences the way we see the world. An NWO Open Competition (XS) grant will enable her to test this hypothesis among the Ethiopian Hamar people. ‘The idea that everyone thinks in geometric shapes is culturally de…
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Bernet Elzinga
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
elzinga@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3745
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Lunch Series “A Forest of Knowledge – Investigations on foraging cognition in tropical forest foragers”
Lecture
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Students of Russian Studies use language skills to help Ukrainian refugees
What started as a call for help in a Facebook group turned into a permanent group of students from the Bachelor's in Russian Studies and the Master's in Russian and Eurasian Studies who regularly help the Ukrainian refugees. They act as the link between the refugees and aid workers at various reception…
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NWO grant to research scent language in seventeenth-century literature: 'God is like a scent'
When it comes to literature, people mostly talk about what characters see or hear. Rarely is it about what they smell. That’s a shame, thinks university lecturer Jan van Dijkhuizen. He has been awarded an Open Competition grant from NWO to expand academic knowledge about scent in literature, and to…
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Peter Liebregts
Faculty of Humanities
p.liebregts@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2160
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Olga van Marion
Faculty of Humanities
o.van.marion@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2128
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Felix Ameka
Faculty of Humanities
f.k.ameka@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Language as a weapon: alumna Femke Eisma is the spokesperson for the government commissioner on sexual violence
It is one of the most talked-about subjects right now: how do we eradicate sexual harassment and violence? Alumnus Femke Eisma is the spokesperson for Mariëtte Hamer, the government commissioner tasked with tackling this persistent social problem. Eisma studied the Dutch language at Leiden. How is her…
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Geert-Jan Will
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
g.j.will@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Previous projects
You can find an overview of the projects and a list of all research trainees below.
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PTSD treatment can help patients with childhood trauma
Adults who were abused or mistreated as a child and consequently suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can benefit greatly from cognitive behavioural therapy. This is the conclusion of a study of 149 patients. Researcher and PhD candidate Chris Hoeboer is hopeful about the results and the…
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Types of research
Reacting rapidly to a task, filling in a questionnaire, becoming immersed in a virtual world, having your heart rate measured, or having images made of your brain: our research is very diverse.
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Programme
When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.
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Minors
A minor allows you to develop your knowledge beyond the boundaries of your study programme, or to specialise further in your own field of study. You can follow a minor in Leiden and also in Delft or Rotterdam.
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BACK ON TRACK - training for international students
Study support
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Multilingualism of Frisian children: Evelyn Bosma wins Keetje Hodshon Prize
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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Sasha Lubotsky
Faculty of Humanities
a.m.lubotsky@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Maarten Jansen
Faculteit Archeologie
m.e.r.g.n.jansen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2439
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Rik van Gijn
Faculty of Humanities
e.van.gijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2413
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International Mother Language Day
Conference
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Psychology Elevator Pitch: How a better sleep pattern makes students mentally healthier
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…
- Language Café: Improve your Dutch!
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Applications of Large Language Models to the Humanities Workshop
Workshop
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Culture-Language Maintenance in a City of Many Tongues
Conference, Leiden2022
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Study associations
A study association is a good way to combine study-related activities with pleasure. Every faculty has one or more study association.
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Study associations
A study association is a good way to combine study-related activities with pleasure. Every faculty has one or more study association.
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Study associations
A study association is a good way to combine study-related activities with pleasure. Every faculty has one or more study association.
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Study associations
A study association is a good way to combine study-related activities with pleasure. Every faculty has one or more study association.
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Study associations
A study association is a good way to combine study-related activities with pleasure. Every faculty has one or more study association.
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Programme
When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.
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Study associations
A study association is a good way to combine study-related activities with pleasure. Every faculty has one or more study association.
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Programme
When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.
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Study associations
A study association is a good way to combine study-related activities with pleasure. Every faculty has one or more study association.
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Study associations
A study association is a good way to combine study-related activities with pleasure. Every faculty has one or more study association.
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Study associations
A study association is a good way to combine study-related activities with pleasure. Every faculty has one or more study association.
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Study associations
A study association is a good way to combine study-related activities with pleasure. Every faculty has one or more study association.
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Programme
When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.
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Study associations
A study association is a good way to combine study-related activities with pleasure. Every faculty has one or more study association.
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Study associations
A study association is a good way to combine study-related activities with pleasure. Every faculty has one or more study association.
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To arrange before departure
To arrange before departure
- International Mother Language Day 2024
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Peter Putman
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
pputman@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4818
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Thijs Porck wins Faculty Teaching Prize
Thijs Porck, teacher at English Language and Culture, has won the faculty teaching prize. He was lauded for his enthousiasm, his creative ways of teaching, and his commitment to his students.
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From Gothic to OMG: the 21st conference on English historical linguistics comes to Leiden
The largest international conference on English historical linguistics is coming to Leiden. From 7 June to 11 June 2021, the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) organises the International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (ICEHL-21). Due to Covid measures, the conference takes…
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Celebration of the Georgian Language Day
Conference
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How did Proto-Indo-European reach Asia?
Five thousand years before the common era (BCE), Proto-Indo-European, the mother of many languages that are spoken today in Europe, Central Asia and South Asia, originated in eastern Europe. PhD candidate Axel Palmér has combined a 175-year-old hypothesis with new techniques to demonstrate how descendants…