Projects
Re-assessing Human Agency in a More-Than-Human World. Towards a New Materialist Anthropology. University of Antwerp
Towards an Object-Oriented-Anthropology. Re-assessing Human Agency in New Materialist Ethics. University of Antwerp
Political representation and democratic agency. KU Leuven
The Source of Selfhood: Experimental and Phenomenological Investigations Into the Sense of Agency KU Leuven
This doctoral proposal consists of three projects focusing on Spizzo’s effect, a phenomenon of extended agency arising in sensorimotor synchronization tasks. In synchronizing rhythmic movements to a visual metronome, agents feel the sense of agency that normally accompanies movements extending to control the pulses of a visual metronome. The extension arises once agents have reached synchronization with the pulses and occurs in spite of ...
Agency and structure in practices of educational innovation. A description and analysis of implementation practices in primary and secondary schools. KU Leuven
Firstly, the diversity in implementation practices ...
Agency and morality as building blocks of self-esteem KU Leuven
Does your self-esteem depend on how well you can achieve your personal goals, or how good you are for others? The 'agency hypothesis' claims that the first is true. The competing 'morality hypothesis' claims that self-esteem above all hinges on morality (a facet of communion), rather than agency. Previous studies have provided evidence for either hypothesis. Consistent with the agency hypothesis, self-esteem correlates more strongly with ...
The role of patient agency in the psychotherapeutic process: a mixed methods study. Ghent University
The patient is an active agent in his therapeutic process and is considered the most important determinant of psychotherapy outcome. The concept of patient agency refers to this characteristic to actively generate change. We will investigate whether patient agency can predict therapy outcome and how it comes about in the therapist-patient interaction.
Perception and agency. Helmholtz's psycho-physiological optics as a forerunner of the contemporary agentive/sensorimotor approach to human vision Ghent University
This project will examine the historical continuity between Hermann von Helmholtz's pchycophysiological optics and the contemporary sensorimotor/enactive approach to perception. On the basis of an analysis of (i) Helmholtz's conceptualisation of the problem of perception and (ii) the philosphical background of his optics (historical part), a critical perspective will be offered on the sensorimotor/enactive approach (comparative/systematic ...
A neuroscience approach to prison experience: On the influence of prison on the sense of agency and empathy for pain among (ex-)inmates and prison guards. Ghent University
At the end of the prison sentence, former inmates are expected to reintegrate the social system. However, past research and criminological data highlight that prison sentences are not an effective mean for preventing recidivism. This project aims to investigate, with a social neuroscience approach, the potential influence of the coercive and restrictive nature of prison on two neurocognitive processes related to decision-making: The sense of ...