The role of visual information on safe traffic participation by bike is investigated among adults and children. In a first stage, the visual behavior is coupled to the motor aspect of cycling. In the second stage we investigate to what extent visual behavior influences hazard perception and decision making among cyclist.
The aim is to gain fundamental insights in the rol of visual search patterns in young bicycle users and to formulate adequate guidelines for traffic education. In the first phase visual behavior will be analysed during specific tasks (cycling slalom, straight lines, and 8-shaped tracks. In a second phase the visual behavior in real-life traffic situations will be analysed.
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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common mental disorders in children worldwide. While there is a wide variety of behavioral treatments for children with ADHD, behavioral parent training is the best established. There are many variants of behavioral parent training programs, with diversity in content, duration, format, and setting. Despite this diversity, it appears that all of these parent ...
People often engage in behavior that is not in their best interest. For instance, they become aggressive even when they risk a high cost (e.g., retaliation or ruining a relationship) and they engage in unhealthy behaviors such as smoking. Traditional theories have attributed these so-called suboptimal behaviors to a stimulus-driven process in which a stimulus activates a response based on the person’s prior learning history or innate wiring. ...
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by difficulties in social interaction and communication, and restricted interests and repetitive behaviors. Considering the increasing prevalence and high clinical, social and financial burden of ASD on society, there is a strong need for effective treatments. To date, therapeutic interventions mainly comprise behavioral social skills trainings, for which ...
Family interaction processes are considered to be the engine of child development. To study the moment-to-moment dynamics of exchanges between parents and their children, the parent-child interactions are often videotaped and coded in short time intervals (e.g., a few seconds) for the absence or presence of multiple target behaviors, yielding binary time series data. On top of the relative frequencies, also the co-occurrence and sequential ...
Adoption studies have demonstrated that there is a remarkable heterogeneity in adopted children’s developmental outcomes. Whereas the majority of adopted children are well-adjusted, a minority shows persistent delays or difficulties in various developmental domains such as cognitive functioning and behavioral adjustment. In the current dissertation we aimed to broaden our understanding of factors in the pre-adoption and in the post-adoption ...
The question 'how to incite consumers to a more conscious way of consuming' is very actual. Behavior inconsistency is hereby a big problem. Consumer ethics and green consumer behavior both conducted research about possible explanatory variables for a behavioral change among consumers, but developed quite separately. The aim of this research project is to meaningfully integrate theories and models from both areas.
This doctoral research will study teaching within the context of the specific curriculum of behavioral sciences. Firstly, we aim to unravel the origins of behavioral sciences as a school discipline and the way it is being transformed into a school curriculum. Secondly, a theoretical framework will be constructed for didactics in behavioral sciences. Finally, and departing from this theoretical framework, we aim to analyze and optimize ...