439 search results for “dutch brain” in the Student website
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Burning brain questions of young people bundled in new research agenda
During ExpeditionNEXT in Middelburg, NeurolabNL youth, together with researchers from Leiden University and Erasmus University, handed over a unique research agenda to NWO Chairman Marcel Levi. In it, young people share what they would most like to learn about themselves and the brain.
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Stolen Focus: Our Brains Online - The Reading List
There is a reasonable chance that you came to this reading list through a social medium. Now it's our job to keep your attention. We are going to do our best. There are so many distractions; from notifications on your phone, to another screen near you, that may also be screaming for attention. Every…
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Willows in the Dutch polder
What will the Dutch polder landscape look like in the future? Ecologists and social scientists, in collaboration with farmers and citizens, are trying to answer this question in Polderlab VrouwVenne just outside of Leiden.
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Child abuse from generation to generation: what role does the brain play?
‘We didn’t find any mechanisms in the brain for transmitting child abuse from generation to generation. What we did find is that experiences of neglect and abuse affect the brain differently,’ concludes Lisa van den Berg (Clinical Psychology). PhD defence 30 June.
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Geert BooijFaculty of Humanities
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Rick HoningsFaculty of Humanities
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Victor PosthumaFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Reinoud Kaldewaij awarded Veni grant to measure brain and body reactions to touch
Part of our social contact is currently online, with no physical proximity. Does digitalisation mean that we are losing an effective way of making contact with one another? This is what Reinoud Kaldewaij will be studying with a Veni subsidy from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). 'An issue that will…
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may have made the essential difference in the evolution of our huge brain
Hunter-gatherers acquire their food through complex gender-specific foraging techniques for a relatively stable and diverse supply of energy. New research indicates that this specialisation by boys and girls starts at a very young age. Most likely, this enabled the human species to evolve much larger…
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Wim van den DoelCollege van Bestuur
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Leonor Alvarez FrancésFaculty of Humanities
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Gerrit van UitertFaculty of Humanities
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Tinde van AndelScience
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Paul HoftijzerFaculty of Humanities
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Ruud Koole
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Tristan MostertFaculty of Humanities
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Annemieke VerbaasFaculteit Archeologie
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Peggy Bracco GartnerFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Hans-Martien ten NapelFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Rianti ManullangFaculty of Humanities
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Kiki Zanolie
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Hongchang ShanScience
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Serge RomboutsFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Michelle AchterbergFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Lina van DrunenFaculteit 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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Dietsje JollesFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Anne Hafkemeijer
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Esther Op de BeekFaculty of Humanities
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years of International Studies: ‘During lectures I sometimes felt my brain was exploding with all the new insights.’
The bachelor's programme in International Studies is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Ko Voskuilen was among the very first batch of students to follow the study, and Sophia Healy graduated this summer. How do they look back on their time at the university?
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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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Peter MeelFaculty of Humanities
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Shared Histories, Different Memories: Dutch East India Company (VOC) histories entwined with Australian aboriginal narratives
Conference
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Berna GürogluFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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PhD research: Was there already Dutch-Dutch and Belgian-Dutch in the past?
What developments preceded modern Standard Dutch? PhD candidate Iris Van de Voorde conducted research on ‘pluricentricity’, or the idea that language norms arise in different places and spread outwards from there. PhD defence on 19 April.
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Nathalie BrusgaardFaculteit Archeologie
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Weishuo LiFaculteit Archeologie
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Marijn NagtzaamFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Mette LangbroekFaculteit Archeologie
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Arjan LouwenFaculteit Archeologie
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Ann Marie WilsonFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Richard JansenFaculteit Archeologie
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Ronny BoogaartFaculty of Humanities
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Wim VoermansFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Quentin BourgeoisFaculteit Archeologie
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Carmen KleinherenbrinkFaculty of Humanities
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Oda NuijFaculteit Archeologie
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Weixuan LiFaculty of Humanities
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Lieke SmitsFaculty of Humanities
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New Year's Reception
Conference