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Behavioural Biology University of Antwerp
Our research focuses on social behavioural mechanisms in mammals, especially humans. The core question is always an evolutionary one: In what why is behaviour an evolutionary adaptation? In human behaviour we emphasize on the analysis of communication of emotions, both the production of signals as their perception. The influence of testosterone on emotional behaviour is investigated. We also inquire into the appropriateness of the hypothesis ...
Joery De Kock Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Kristien Van Reeth Ghent University
Vincent Van Rompaey University of Antwerp
Centre Leo Apostel Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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CLEA investigates the possibilities of interdisciplinary research, concentrating on the search for integrating world views. In a rapidly changing and complex society, scientific, social, and cultural knowledge is fragmented. This fragmentation leads to a growing gap between the exact sciences and the humanities (the two cultures), and between the layman and the specialist in general. Even more it entails the alienation of humankind from his ...