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Leiden Institute for Brain And Cognition (LIBC)
The LIBC is an interfaculty center for interdisciplinary research on brain and cognition. The Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and the Faculties of Humanities, Mathematics Natural Sciences, and Social Behavioral Sciences of Leiden University participate in the LIBC.

Mission: Interdisciplinary Research

 * To initiate and coordinate high-quality, multidisciplinary research on brain and cognition, carried out by researchers working in the participating faculties.
 * To take care of the set-up and management of an excellent research infrastructure.
 * To develop proposals for joint research programmes between the various participating faculties.

Mission: Education

 * To contribute to the training and supervision of PhD students in the area of brain and cognition.
 * To develop and offer interdisciplinary, inter-faculty courses and course programmes in the area of brain and cognition.

In 2011, the LIBC will focus on the new hotspot 'LIBC-Language'. In this context, the LIBC organized a public symposium “Twee talen, één beTalen” and a Master Class “Bilingual Language Acquisition” from May 19-20, 2011.

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