624 search results for “leiden institute for brain and cognition” in the Staff website
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Collecting physiological data
FSW researchers use equipment to measure heart-, brain- and muscle-responses. For some types of research they collect blood or saliva samples.
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Fenna Poletiek
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Michiel Claessen
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Julia Folz
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Kiki Spoelstra
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Jessy Terpstra
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Back to the scanner: brain science in times of corona
For their research many neuropsychologists use the brain scanners at the LUMC. At the start of the pandemic, the rules for visiting the hospital became stricter and a large amount of psychology research looked as though it would fall through. Thanks to good protocols the researchers can now pick up…
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Developing your own self-image and choosing the right study programme
How you think about yourself is important for the choices you make. Adolescents are faced with choosing a study programme that will determine their future, while their self-image is still under development. Tough choice? Research by psychologist Laura van der Aar has shown that taking a training course…
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Ana Parrón Cabañero
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Ludo Waltman
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Tim Mickler
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Emmy Koning
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Neuroscientists on tour: 'Many people with MS do not link their cognitive symptoms to the disease'
In the MS Cognitietour, psychologists and neuroscientists from Leiden University discuss the latest scientific knowledge with MS patients and their loved ones. This leads to insights: 'One lady told how much stress she felt from all those caregivers around her bed.'
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European grant for Birte Forstmann to create an atlas of the Human Deep Brain
Deep-brain stimulation (DBS) is the most promising surgical treatment for movement and neuropsychiatric disorders, but is accompanied by unwanted side effects. Birte Forstmann, professor by special appointment, has been awarded a ERC Proof of Concept Grant to create an atlas of the human deep brain…
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Tom Louwerse
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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AI recognizes anxious youth based on their brain structure
A unique multicenter study, including about 3,500 youth between 10 and 25 years old from across the globe, shows that artificial intelligence - specifically machine learning - is able to identify individuals with anxiety disorders based on their unique brain structure.
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If your friends jump in the river…
Young people influence one another to take greater risks, although it's not quite that cut and dried. This is what development psychologist Jorien van Hoorn discovered. Peers also have a positive influence on one another, an aspect that has so far been under-researched. PhD defence 12 January.
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Gravitation grant for research into growing up successfully
How can young people grow up successfully and contribute to the present and future society? The consortium that is researching this will receive 22 million euros within the scope of the Gravitation programme.
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Lara Wierenga
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Jiska Peper
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Nutrition and fasting for the brain: why the Keto diet shows promise
Autism, Alzheimer’s, and bipolar disorder: can the development of these mental health conditions be influenced by the ketogenic diet? Increasingly, research suggests it might. 'For those it helps, it can be life-changing,' says neuroscientist Eline Dekeyster.
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How do parents’ brains react to feedback about their child?
Parents appear to be extremely sensitive to feedback they receive about their child. Just how sensitive depends on the (‘rose-tinted’) glasses through which they look at their child. All this can be seen in the brain. Neuroscientist Lisanne van Houtum and her Leiden colleagues published on this issue…
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Stimulating the gut–brain nerve can influence emotion
Stimulating the vagus nerve, which provides a direct link between the gut and brain, makes people pay less attention to sad facial expressions. This research study by psychologists Katerina Johnson and Laura Steenbergen is published in the journal Neuroscience.
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Psychology-colleagues are raising money for MS-research: ‘Most of us take their cognitive skills for granted.’
Running, walking or horseback riding: colleagues from the Health, Medical and Neuropsychology unit are each working up a sweat this month to raise money for research on Multiple Sclerosis. How much have they collected so far?
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Mirre Stallen
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Roderik Gerritsen
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Sanne Kellij
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Renske Gilissen Professor by Special Appointment of Suicide Prevention
Every day, 5 people die by suicide in the Netherlands. Suicide is a complex phenomenon and consequently many questions remain about how to reduce the number of suicides. Renske Gilissen will strengthen both research and education on suicide prevention at Clinical Psychology in Leiden. From June 1,…
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Institutional accreditation and audit (ITK)
Higher-education institutions must be assessed and accredited once every six years to ensure they provide a high standard of education. You may be asked to speak to the assessment panel during the institutional audit.
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Moji Aghajani
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Julie Hall
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Roy de Kleijn
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Jiangnan Sun
Science
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Zsofia Pilz
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Martin Kolnes
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Anouschka van Dijk
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Fenying Zang
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Marja Oudega
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Fleur Bouwer
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Ili Ma
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Samarth Varma
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Suzanne van de Groep
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Philippa Johnson
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Ilse Schuitema
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Mario Severo
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Arjen Boin
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Bruijn: ‘Hormonal fluctuations in women have been ignored for too long in brain research’
Psychologist Ellen de Bruijn studies the effects of hormonal fluctuations on behaviour and on the brain over a woman's life course. With an ERC Consolidator grant, she and 3 PhDs and a postdoc will further her EEG research on the different stages at which girls and women experience strong hormonal f…
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Dominique van den Heuvel
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Eduard Klapwijk
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Arko Ghosh
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen