Projects
Comparative psychology of positive emotions: A multi-componential approach to understand affective states in man’s closest living relative, the bonobo. Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp
measures, but these measures fail to identify the emotional valence. Positive emotions appear especially challenging to identify. ...
The Psychology and Neurobiology of Late Onset Psychosis KU Leuven
Summary
Title: The psychology and neurobiology of late onset psychosis
PhD student: Lies Van Assche
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Mathieu Vandenbulcke, Prof. Dr. Patrick Luyten
The first onset of psychosis in late life is a highly incapacitating syndrome which is more common than previously assumed, presenting in approximately 10-62% of nursing home residents, 5-15% of elderly psychiatric inpatients and 27% of psychiatric ...
BOF-ZAP post in Experimental Psychology Ghent University
BOF-ZAP post in Experimental Psychology (Frederick Verbruggen)
“Relational Confession as Therapy of the Heart?” A Postmodern Dialogue between Augustine of Hippo’s Confessions and Elementary Experience in Psychology KU Leuven
This research project is entitled “Love and desire in Saint Augustine's Confessions in dialogue with Elementary Experience in Psychology as a relational narrative for the postmodern context.” This project seeks, first, to situate Augustine within the therapeutic perspective of ancient world and set his confessional perspective in dialogue with the postmodern reception and the implications of a “postmodern confession”. Secondly, to explore the ...
Drawing Conclusions: The Psychology and Neuroscience of Observational Drawing. KU Leuven
The drawings of Renaissance artists like Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo are paradigms of how to convey natural forms. They became experts of their art by developing explicit and implicit strategies for accurate depiction. This helped them to avoid a common pitfall of drawing: drawing what we know rather than what we see. However, drawing ability is often considered a gift you either have or (as many a frustrated artist will testify) don’t ...
Facultair Mobiliteits- en Sabbaticalfonds Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences Ghent University
Each faculty has a specific Faculty Mobility and Sabbatical Fund managed by the Faculty Committee for Scientific Research (CWO) to enable research mobility. The faculties have each drawn up faculty regulations in which the funding possibilities of the Faculty Mobility and Sabbatical Fund are detailed.
The neurobiology and psychology of late onset psychosis KU Leuven
Very-late-onset schizophrenia-like psychosis (VLOSLP) is an invalidating condition characterized by diffuse and mildly progressive cognitive dysfunction. In this PhD project we wish to research neurobiological and associated neuropsychological/behavioral factors that may contribute to the onset and persistence of VLOSLP. Specifically, we hypothesize that brain integrity and possibly neurodegenerative mechanisms may be involved in reducing a ...
Psychological distress in parents: a comparative analysis of European childcare systems. University of Antwerp
How does experience shape brain representations? An fMRI comparative investigation in human and nonhuman primates KU Leuven
Throughout evolution, our species developed unique cognitive abilities that set us apart from other nonhuman primates. Behavioural and cognitive differences must be reflected in the brain’s functional organization. Yet, accumulating evidence points towards homologues brain organization across species. Do monkeys represent the world the way we do? In a series of functional neuroimaging (fMRI) studies, we will investigate how different types of ...