The Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition (LIBC) is a network focusing on science valorisation and outreach, stimulating interdisciplinary exchange of knowledge and expertise on topics related to brain and cognition.

What is the relation between brain development and social and cognitive development across childhood, adolescence and adulthood?

The more opportunities a child has to learn and develop, the stronger his or her future position in society. Leiden University investigates how the brain picks up information, and how learning processes can be influenced positively.

The Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition is a network focusing on science valorisation and outreach, stimulating interdisciplinary exchange of knowledge and expertise on topics related to brain and cognition. Its research members come from a broad and diverse spectrum of specialized academic fields…

Reactions and reaction times in cognitive tasks.

Dementia is a progressive disease, diagnosed at a relatively late stage when intervention may not be effective. Aim of the research is to study scans of brain networks to help discover the early network changes related to dementia. Early diagnosis may benefit effectiveness of future treatment.

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Yearly, the LIBC organizes a public event to share scientific research in the field of brain & cognition

The LIBC organizes Sylvius Lectures and Colloquia for scientists and students about brain & cognition.

The LIBC is actively involved in training and education in the field of brain and cognition.

The LIBC organizes a yearly LIBC Public Scientific Day, Colloquia, Sylvius Lectures and so on.

All brain and/or cognition researchers from Leiden University or the LUMC are most welcome to join the LIBC!

How do humans construct their self?

The LIBC is a network focusing on science valorisation and outreach, stimulating interdisciplinary exchange of knowledge and expertise on topics related to brain and cognition. Get to know the support team.

The Brain and Education lab is a research group in the Institute of Education and Child Studies at Leiden University in the Netherlands. We use a Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience approach to study the development of complex cognitive processes involved in learning and academic skills such as reading…

Every year the LIBC organizes a Public Scientific Day about brain research in Leiden together with the City of Leiden.

This research profile area brings together descriptive, historical and theoretical linguistics, as well as psycho- and neurolinguistics.

What is the relation between brain development and social and cognitive development across childhood, adolescence and adulthood?

The Cognitive Psychology Unit has two main reseach lines, which focus on basic research questions and more applied challenges.

The Leiden Institute of Education and Child Studies aims to conduct high-quality research that addresses major social issues. This inspires its BSc, MSc and PhD programmes.

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In the track Cognitive Neuroscience we focus on the investigation of the psychological, computational, and neuroscientific bases of human cognition by means of mind and brain research.

What is the role of emotion regulation in coping with interpersonal feedback?

Social anxiety and factors determining school success in children. Brain development in relation to cognitive, social and emotional development in adolescence.

How does the brain develop from birth up to adolescence? And why are young people given so little information about the development of their brain? Two new websites of the Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition provide an answer.

What is the relationship between outcomes of dynamic testing and cognitive flexibility in young children?

In this thesis, dynamic testing principles were applied to examine young children's potential for learning. Our studies focused on the role of cognitive flexibility, to further increase our understanding of the cognitive processes involved in children's ability to learn from instruction and feedback,…

Which adolescents are more at risk of developing social anxiety disorder later in life?

The work presented in this thesis addresses the role of the locus coeruleus (LC) - norepinephrine (NE) system in various aspects of human cognition, and the modulation of brain state.

The project aims at highlighting and strengthening Dutch research into the diversity of the world’s languages from a historic and a cognitive perspective.

Our researchers are experts in the fields of languages, cultures, history, arts, societies and philosophy. Together we cover almost all continents and time periods. Knowledge of these disciplines contributes to a humane, safe and sustainable world.

How to come to valid risk stratification of alcohol use disorder?

Fundamental research teaches us how our brain decides to eat one more sweet, instead of doing exercise. A public information campaign about healthy lifestyle has little impact on the decision, as Professor of General Psychology Bernard Hommel is aware. However, he does know what works. But the question…

Our research covers a very broad terrain and has a strong disciplinary basis across a wide range of scientific disciplines and fields.

How does stress influence cognitive performance? What is the role of selective attention to threatening information in this effect? Could we prevent stress-induced decline of cognitive performance with pharmacological interventions? Could we use resting state theta/beta ratio as a biomarker for cognitive…

The Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition (LIBC) is concentrating increasingly on research into the role of the brain in language development. The institute has now set up the LIBC Language website that brings together all the information on this research.

In the future, physicians may be able to identify dementia much earlier than they can today because a computer algorithm will be able to predict from brain scans how our memory is going to develop.

The research carried out within the unit Health, Medical and Neuropsychology investigates the psychological factors of health and disease, and the development of innovative treatment.

The research programme Formal Theoretical and Experimental Linguistics brings together LUCL researchers who focus mainly on formal theoretical and experimental linguistics.

How is structural and functional brain development related to behavioral change in cognitive-control, impulse regulation, and socio-emotional functioning?

Toward optimal measurement and greater understanding of youth cognition in school refusal and cognitive behavioural therapy outcome

How can we implement the technique of pharmacological resting-state fMRI to improve the diagnosis of dementia?

On February 7th, Lorenza Colzato has become Professor by Special Appointment at Ruhr University Bochum in Germany. Psychologist Colzato: 'My ultimate goal is to understand the neurobiological underpinnings of how to elevate performance up to an optimal level.'

What is the role of the noradrenergic system in human cognition?

Knowledge and culture subproject 3:

Our childhood years largely determine how we will fare later in life. In the first two decades of our life, our brain is still developing, which is clearly reflected in our behaviour. By studying how the young brain develops and how children behave, researchers can learn important information about…

Neuroscientist Anne Hafkemeijer is able to distinguish two different forms of dementia using advanced imaging techniques. This is the first step towards early recognition of dementia in patients on the basis of brain networks. PhD defence 26 May.

Cognitive enhancement reflects the use of any (legitimate) means such as for example food supplements to reach one’s personal best.

How do people acquire language? How can you train your brain? What is the effect of stress on an unborn child? LIBC research topics range from language processing to cognitive robotics, and from psychiatric disorders to the impact of social factors on human behaviour. Meet several main research topics…