1,615 search results for “cognitive and language” in the Public website
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Kate Bellamy
Faculty of Humanities
k.r.bellamy@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2125
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Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade
Faculty of Humanities
i.m.tieken@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Publications
Electronic versions of our publications can be obtained by sending an e-mail to Esther van den Bos: bosejvanden@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
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Two NWO grants for Johan Rooryck
LUCL is pleased to announce that Professor Johan Rooryck has been awarded both an NWO Horizon Grant for his project entitled 'Knowledge and culture', and an NWO Vrije Competitie Grant for his project entitled 'Lend me your ears: the grammar of (un)transferable possession' for a total of €2.75m.
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Sign language processing needs interdisciplinary approach
Computer scientist Tessa Verhoef received a Best Paper Award during the ‘ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility’. The paper emphasised the need for interdisciplinary research in sign language processing. The authors state that linguists and computer scientists should collaborate with…
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Facing your fears together
Peer-mentored cognitive behavioral therapy for adolescents with mild intellectual disability and anxiety disorder
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Language use and language attitudes among Ukrainian refugees in the Netherlands
Lecture, Sociolinguistics & Discourse Studies Series
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Launch of the Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics
International scholarly publisher Brill has released the most complete and up-to-date reference work on the Chinese language available today. Prof.dr. Rint Sybesma oversaw the project as Editor-in-Chief.
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Programme structure
The master's specialisation Clinical Neuropsychology consists of three main parts: the mandatory and elective courses, a thesis and an internship.
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Gijsbert Rutten
Faculty of Humanities
g.j.rutten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2112
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Janet Connor
Faculty of Humanities
j.e.connor@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7210
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Contact in the Prehistory of the Sakha (Yakuts): Linguistic and Genetic Perspectives
This study analyses the prehistory of a northeastern Siberian population, the Sakha, from both a molecular-genetic and a linguistic perspective.
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Public symposium Twee Talen - één BeTalen
What are the advantages of speaking a second language? Why do some people find it easier to learn a second language than others? Does a dialect count as a first language? On 20 May, Leiden University is organising an English-speaking public symposium on bilingualism: Twee Talen - één BeTalen.
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Presentations and Lectures
Members of our research team give different types of presentations and lectures.
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Visual arts and geometry
Knowledge and culture subproject 3:
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Twelve months old infants' evaluation of observed comforting behavior using a choice paradigm
As humans we have a tendency to judge certain actions as either right or wrong. Where does our moral sense come from? We found evidence that infants who are only one year old prefer those who comfort as opposed to ignore another who is sad.
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Interpreting particles in dead and living languages: A construction grammar approach to the semantics of Dutch ergens and Ancient Greek pou
In this dissertation, the types of context Dutch speakers need to interpret the poly-interpretable word ergens ‘somewhere/anywhere’ are studied.
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Kim Stroet
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
k.f.a.stroet@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3955
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Anne Helder
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
a.helder@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Szilvia Biro
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
sbiro@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4815
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Marco Maiolini
Science
m.maiolini@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4910
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Bart Vogelaar
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
b.vogelaar@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6022
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Hester Ruigendijk
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
h.a.h.ruigendijk@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1361
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Call for Papers: The Senses, Cognition, and the Body in Medieval Devotional Practices, Padova, 5-6 juni 2024
On 5 and 6 june 2024, the conference The Senses, Cognition, and the Body in Medieval Devotional Practices is organised at the University of Padova. The organisers welcome abstracts for 25-minute papers in English or Italian, to be submitted by November 30.
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In Search of a Lost Language: Performing in Early-Recorded Style in Viola and String Quartet Repertoires
How might viola and string quartet playing in the performer-centered, moment-to-moment and communicative style heard on early recordings be brought about today?
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Language loosens tongues
Language research generates a wealth of information about people: from our history and cultural differences to the way we learn. Leiden University shares its knowledge and passion for this topic via de MOOC on ‘Miracles of Human Languages’ and the web dossier on Language Diversity.
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Me, My Fiends, and I
A neuro-ecological perspective on adolescent prosocial development
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A Grammar of Ghomara Berber
This dissertation provides a grammatical description of Ghomara Berber, a Berber language spoken in North-West Morocco by about 10.000 people. The grammar consists of a description of the phonology, the morphology and the syntax. In the appendices a number of texts and a wordlist are included. The data…
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Pedagogies in bilingual education
In the Netherlands approximately 130 out of 700 secondary schools offer a bilingual stream. However, research about CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) is limited. With her dissertation Evelyn van Kampen (PhD student at ICLON) wants to contribute to the understanding of the nature and range…
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Child care
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‘Man's empathy comes from language and stories’
Man is nature's mind-reading champion: we are better able than any other living beings to empathise with others. This comes in part from our story-telling culture, according to Max van Duijn. PhD defence 20 April.
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Tijmen Pronk
Faculty of Humanities
t.c.pronk@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4168
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Marian Klamer
Faculty of Humanities
m.a.f.klamer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2783
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Contact-induced change in Dolgan
This study explores the role of linguistic data in the reconstruction of Dolgan (pre)history by analyzing contact-induced changes and using them to infer information about the nature of the contact settings in which they occurred.
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Vocational identity among at-risk adolescents. Effectiveness of programs at lower VET aiming at continuing education or work
The overall aim of the project is to investigate effective ways to strengthen vocational identity of at-risk adolescents in order to contribute to a successful transition from late secondary to post secondary lower vocational education or to work.
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BAT: Breaking the Transmission of Anxiety in the Family
Parents may pass anxiety onto their offspring by exposing them to anxious behaviors in novel situations. Just as the parents’ anxious signals lead to anxiety, parents’ confident signals can ward off anxiety in the offspring. This project is seeking a new way to break anxiety transmission in the family…
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Calendar Academic Language Centre
Important dates in the Academic Language Centre calendar
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Joost Grootens
Faculty of Humanities
j.grootens@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Joan Booth
Faculty of Humanities
j.booth@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2166
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Rick Honings
Faculty of Humanities
r.a.m.honings@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2126
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New language museum for Leiden
Leiden is to have a new language museum in 2015, a public institute focusing on language in all its facets and where science and social developments come together for a broad public. It won't be in a building, but at different places in the city. Dynamic, contemporary, flexible and affordable. The details…
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Computerised Dynamic Testing
An assessment approach that tailors to children’s instructional needs
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Self-directed learning with mobile technology in higher education
Language learners in higher education increasingly conduct out-of-class self-directed learning facilitated by mobile technology. This project aims to explore how university students use mobile technology for their self-directed language learning and investigate factors that influence their self-directed…
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Programming resembles learning a language
What languages do you speak? According to Felienne Hermans, ‘Python’ could be an answer to this question. Hermans studies how people learn to program at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) of Leiden University. In an article of the NewScientist she explains why programming is similar…
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Linda van Leijenhorst
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
lleijenhorst@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3750
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Tim Laméris
Faculty of Humanities
t.j.lameris@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5634
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Kees van Putten
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
putten@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Carel ten Cate
Science
c.j.ten.cate@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5040
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Harriet Vermeer
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
vermeer@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3491
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Henk van Steenbergen
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
hvansteenbergen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3655