Leanne Kuiper

Leanne Kuiper is a student in the research master’s program Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). Previously, she completed a bachelor’s degree in Linguistics at Leiden University, where she focused on language and cognition. In this light, she conducted a research internship in language acquisition and wrote her thesis on the phonology of sibilants in Awa Pit. Her current interests are broad, ranging from a research project regarding long-term musical memory in conditions of limited exposure to a literature thesis on the role of prosody in irony comprehension in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder. In 2021, she will participate in the Tesla minor at the UvA, seeking ways to conduct scientific research in the context of projects with societal impact.

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Is there a Christmas canon?

24 December 2020 Research

If I ask you to think of popular Christmas music, what song would come to mind first? Would you mention one of the true oldies, like ‘Sleigh Ride’ by The Ronettes? Maybe ‘Driving Home for Christmas’ by Chris Rea? Or would you go with Mariah Carey’s sensational hit ‘All I Want for Christmas is You’? No matter the song, chances are that it was produced a while back. The ‘Christmas canon’ appears to consist of pre-2000’s songs, despite exceptions like Ariana Grande’s ‘Santa Tell Me’, produced in 2014.

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