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. (21 June 2017), Taalwetenschapper Jurriaan Witteman Over Over Spraakmelodieën In De Hersenen. (Sleutelstad FM). [interview].
- Witteman J. (23 September 2017), Een alarmerend verhaal over onze nationale lievelingsverslaving. Interviewed by Sahadat I. for De Volkskrant. [interview].