Jurriaan Witteman
Assistant professor
- Name
- Dr. J. Witteman
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 8031
- j.witteman@hum.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-0279-2342
Jurriaan Witteman is a Lecturer at the Centre for Linguistics. He is a a cognitive neuroscientist interested in the neural basis of speech perception. He uses neuro-imaging and meta-science methods (meta-analysis, replication) to study these topics and adopt an Open Science approach.
Fields of interest
- Cognitive neuroscience of language
- Meta-science
- Open science
Research
I am specialized in the cognitive neuroscience of prosody perception, using neuroimaging and meta-science methods (replication, meta-analysis).
Grants and awards
- Keetje Hodshon Prize for the best dissertation in Linguistics in the Netherlands (2017)
- NWO Open Competition XS grant (2023)
Curriculum vitae
2017-present | Assistant professor at Leiden University Centre for Linguistics |
2015-2017 | Lecturer at Leiden University Centre for Linguistics |
2012-2015 | Project coordinator at Dutch institute for Alcohol Policy |
2014 | PhD in cognitive neuroscience of language. Cum Laude. |
2007-2012 | PhD-candidate at Leiden University |
2005-2007 | Research Assistant at the Psychiatry and Neurosurgery department of Utrecht University medical centre |
2005 | MSc in Clinical Neuropsychology at the University Of Amsterdam. Cum Laude. |
Key publications
- Witteman J., IJzendoorn M.H. van, Rilling J.K., Bos P.A., Schiller N.O. & Bakermans-Kranenburg M.J. (2019), Towards a neural model of infant cry perception, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 99: 23-32.
- Witteman J., Heuven V.J. van & Schiller N.O. (2012), Hearing feelings: A quantitative meta-analysis on the neuroimaging literature of emotional prosody perception, Neuropsychologia 50(12): 7257-7263.
- Witteman J., Van IJzendoorn M.H., Velde D.J. van de, Heuven V.J. van & Schiller N.O. (2011), The nature of hemispheric specialization for linguistic and emotional prosodic perception: A meta-analysis of the lesion literature, Neuropsychologia 49(13): 3722-3738.
Assistant professor
- Faculty of Humanities
- Leiden Univ Centre for Linguistics
- LUCL Taalwetenschap
- Witteman J., IJzendoorn M.H. van, Rilling J.K., Bos P.A., Schiller N.O. & Bakermans-Kranenburg M.J. (2019), Towards a neural model of infant cry perception, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 99: 23-32.
- Verfaillie S.C.J., Witteman J., Slot R.E.R., Pruis I., Vermaat L.E.W., Prins N.D., Schiller N.O., Van de Wiel M., Scheltens P., Van Berckel B.N.M., Van der Flier W.M. & Sikkes S.A.M. (2019), Amyloid accumulation is associated with fewer specific words during spontaneous speech in subjective cognitive decline, Neuropsychologia 131: 184-192.
- Witteman J., Chen Y., Pablos-Robles L., Parafita Couto M.C., Wong P.C.M. & Schiller N.O. (Eds.) (2018), (Pushing) the Limits of Neuroplasticity Induced by Adult Language Acquisition. Frontiers in Psychology: Frontiers Media.
- Schiller N.O., Van Lenteren L., Witteman J., Ouwehand K., Band G.P.H. & Verhagen Arie (2017), Solving the problem of double negation is not impossible: electrophysiological evidence for the cohesive function of sentential negation, Language, Cognition and Neuroscience 32(2): 147-157.
- Witteman J., Sousa Fernandes Perna E.B. de, Theunissen E.L., Kuypers K.P., Evers E.A., Stiers P., Toennes S.W., Dalen W. van & Ramaekers J.G. (2017), Brain reactivity to alcohol and cannabis marketing during sobriety and intoxication, Addiction Biology 22(3): 823-832.
- Perwitasari A., Klamer Marian, Witteman J. & Schiller N.O. (2017), Acoustic analysis of Javanese and Sundanese vowels, Journal of East-Asian Linguistics 10(2): 1-9.
- Witteman J., Post H., Tarvainen M., Bruijn A. de, De Sousa Fernandes Perna E., Ramaekers J.G. & Wiers R.W. (2015), Cue reactivity and its relation to craving and relapse in alcohol dependence: a combined laboratory and field study, Psychopharmacology (Berl) 232(20): 3685–3696.
- Witteman J., Goerlich-Dobre K.S., Martens S., Aleman A. & Heuven V.J. van (2014), The nature of hemispheric specialization for prosody perception, Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience 14(3): 1104-1114.
- Witteman J., Goerlich-Dobre K.S., Martens S., Aleman A., Heuven V.J. van & Schiller N.O. (2014), The nature of hemispheric specialization for prosody perception, Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience 14(3): 1104-1114.
- Witteman J. (18 December 2014), Towards a cognitive neuroscience of prosody perception and its modulation by alexithymia (Dissertatie, Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University) no. 378: LOT, Utrecht. Supervisor(s): Heuven V.J.J.P. van & Schiller N.O.
- Goerlich K.S., Witteman J., Schiller N.O., Heuven V.J. van, Aleman A. & Martens S. (2014), Blunted feelings: Alexithymia is associated with diminished neural response to speech prosody, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 9: .
- Goerlich K.S., Witteman J., Schiller N.O., Heuven V.J. van, Aleman A. & Martens S. (2013), Once more with feeling: Neural responses to prosody are modulated by alexithymia, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience : .
- Witteman J., Heuven V.J. van & Schiller N.O. (2012), Hearing feelings: A quantitative meta-analysis on the neuroimaging literature of emotional prosody perception, Neuropsychologia 50(12): 7257-7263.
- Goerlich K., Witteman J., Schiller N.O., Heuven V.J. van, Aleman A. & Martens S. (2012), The nature of affective priming in music and speech, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 24(8): 1725-1741.
- Witteman J., Van IJzendoorn M.H., Velde D.J. van de, Heuven V.J. van & Schiller N.O. (2011), The nature of hemispheric specialization for linguistic and emotional prosodic perception: A meta-analysis of the lesion literature, Neuropsychologia 49(13): 3722-3738.
- Goerlich K.S., Witteman J., Aleman A. & Martens S. (2011), Hearing Feelings: Affective Categorization of Music and Speech in Alexithymia, an ERP Study, PLoS ONE 6(5): 1-11.