1,908 search results for “animal cognition” in the Public website

• The Lazy Mindreader: a new perspective on “mindreading” from the study of language and narrative Research project

  How is social cognition shaped by our knowledge of language and stories?

• How artists classified the animal kingdom News - 21 June 2016

  In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries artists were fascinated by how the animal kingdom was classified. They were in some instances ahead of natural historians.

• Anime as a source of human knowledge News - 13 March 2017

  Japanese animated films are often fantastic to watch. What's less known is that anime often has a political message. Mari Nakamura researched this phenomenon. PhD defence 14 March.

• In pictures: animal mummies in a scanner News - 22 February 2021

  The story of Tutankhamun, the Egyptian pharaoh, is world famous. But did you know that the Ancient Egyptians mummified not only people but animals too? The National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden recently put a bunch of animal mummies through a CT scanner. This was in collaboration with Canon Netherlands…

• Dutch youth unfamiliar with native animal species News - 6 September 2019

  For the first time research has been done on species literacy in the Netherlands. Children in primary schools know about 1 in 3 native animal species. Publication in Biological Conservation.

• Safety testing of chemicals without laboratory animals News - 8 June 2021

  Testing chemical substances without using animals. It seems a utopia, but a European team is going to develop a way to make this a reality. The RISK-HUNT3R project, led by Leiden professor Bob van de Water, received 23 million euros from the European Commission for this purpose. The project was launched…

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  Tom Roth PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Laura Scherer Assistant professor

  Science

• MBO Rijnland students animate Leiden physics News - 2 July 2019

  There are miniaturisation beams, microrobots, and ice skaters who suddenly drop into a hole in the ice. Students of the local MBO Rijnland let their imagination run free while animating Leiden physics research. The result is eleven surprising and very diverse science animations.

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  Jessy Terpstra PhD Candidate

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Fenna Poletiek Assistant Professor

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Niki Antypa Assistant Professor

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Julia Folz PhD Candidate

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Michiel Claessen Assistant Professor

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Marloes van Moort PhD candidate / Guest

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Mi-Lan Woudstra Guest

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

• Aquatic animals harmed by our noise News - 8 June 2016

  Two PhD defences on 9 June by behavioural biologist Errol Neo and underwater acousticianan Özkan Sertlek relate to measuring noise in the North Sea and the harm this noise can do to aquatic animals and their surroundings. Little is known about how harmful human noise can be to aquatic animals.

• Manon Mulckhuyse new assistant professor Cognitive Psychology News - 24 June 2019

  In September 2019, Manon Mulckhuyse will start a position as assistant professor in the Cognitive Psychology Unit.

• Biogeochemical Biographies Research project

  A multiple isotope approach to human-animal dynamics in the Lesser Antilles across the historical divide

• Lab facilities Comparative Psychology and Affective Neuroscience Research facility

  We study expressions of emotion and social decision making across species.

• Segments and rules: a comparative study on linguistic rule learning mechanisms Research project

  A central and much debated topic in the study of language acquisition concerns the nature of the learning mechanisms that are required. Are the computational and learning mechanisms that guide learning about language structure special and specific to language or humans?

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  Henk van Steenbergen Assistant Professor

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Roderik Gerritsen Lecturer

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Mirre Stallen Assistant professor

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Guido Band Associate Professor

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  David Amadeus Vogelsang Assistant Professor

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Dietsje Jolles Assistant Professor

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Willem van der Does Professor of Clinical Psychology

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Bernhard Hommel Professor of General Psychology

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Sander Nieuwenhuis Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience of Decision Making

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

• A micro-trial study to investigate the effectiveness of public speaking treatments in children Research project

  Which intervention technique is more effective in reducing public speaking anxiety in children aged 9 – 12 years, exposure or restructuring cognitions?

• How do you prevent viral outbreaks? By protecting animal health News - 8 May 2020

  Many dangerous diseases such as COVID-19, Ebola and Q fever have jumped from animals to humans. But it is not only because of these diseases that we should include animals in our health policy, but also because of their right to health, writes PhD candidate Joachim Nieuwland. PhD defence on 13 May.

• Corona waste kills animals throughout the entire world News - 24 March 2021

  Face masks and gloves designed to protect us are, in fact, dangerous for the animals around us. Scientists from Leiden warn that throughout the world, on land and in the water, animals are ingesting corona waste, or getting entangled in it. The two biologists are asking for everybody’s help to better…

• Hybrid conference on animation in the Middle Ages News - 13 September 2021

  From 16 to 19 September 2021 a hybrid conference will take place on animation in the Middle Ages. This conference is a cooperation between the University of Bergen (Norway) and the A. Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw, Branch Campus in Bialystok (Poland).

• Species Literacy in the Netherlands Research project

  How can species literacy in the Netherlands be explained and improved?

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  Fien Demuynck PhD candidate

  Science

• 2008 Culture and cognition of Palaeolithic hominins News - 11 February 2008

  The Palaeolithic period extends from the earliest stone tools (and in Europe, earliest occupation) to the beginning of the current warm period.

• Animation: Why Leiden is the birthplace of the Janssen vaccine News - 25 May 2021

  If you'll soon be getting a COVID-19 vaccine, you might just get the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) one. This vaccine was developed for the most part in Leiden – and this is no coincidence. Watch the animation below about the development of one of the vaccines in the fight against COVID-19.

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  Ilse Schuitema Assistant professor

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Ili Ma Aassistant Professor

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Eleanor Dutton PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Annelinde Vandenbroucke Researcher

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Moji Aghajani Assistant Professor

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Verónica Mäki-Marttunen Postdoc

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Marja Oudega Lecturer

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Suzanne van de Groep PhD candidate / Guest

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Roy de Kleijn Assistant Professor

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Samarth Varma Lecturer

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Wei Li

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Luisa Prochazkova PhD Candidate

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen