Projects
The impact of teachers’ mental representations of dyadic teacher-child relationships on social information processing: New insights from affective priming research KU Leuven
The extended attachment perspective on teacher-child relationships states that teachers internalize
experiences with specific children into a mental representation of the dyadic relationship. These
mental relationship representations are believed to shape cognitive-affective and behavioral
responses towards children. According to this perspective, understanding teachers’ mental
relationship presentations (MR) is of ...
What if you could pay what you want for this research project? Understanding the key succes factors of participative pricing strategies. KU Leuven
Organizations increasingly adopt pay-what-you-want (PWYW) pricing systems, which allow customers to determine the amount of money they want to spend on products or services. Prior research examined extensively how customers determine the price they want to pay, as well as whether introducing PWYW pricing systems increases revenue. The literature did not yet examine how employees perceive PWYW pricing systems, despite the fact that they are ...
Research into the driving force of multi-species habitat selection as a link between local and regional biodiversity patterns in aquatic (meta) communities Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Enhancing the research possibilities of the IMOB driving simulator Hasselt University
Technology-assisted writing training in Parkinson's Technology-assisted writing training in Parkinson's KU Leuven
The basal ganglia play an important role in motor learning, especially during the consolidation phase. This raises the question whether it is possible to sustain learning increments in a neurodegenerative condition such as Parkinsons disease (PD). The aim of this study is to gain knowledge on whether it is possible to relearn skills which are actually affected by PD, such as writing, and determine whether neuroplasticity is possible. In this ...
Writing Christian history in the language of Islam: a study on the beginnings of Christian historical writing in Arabic (mid 9th-early 11th cent.) Ghent University
This project aims at investigating the origins of Christian historiography in Arabic, by studying the earliest six preserved texts. These works deserve our attention because they both mirrored and impacted the identity-building of the communities that produced them,as well as their self-representation in the daily confrontation with each other and with the Muslims.
Creative Writing and the Uses of Theory: Forms and Institutions of Contemporary US Literature KU Leuven
American literary production has become increasingly enmeshed with the institutions of higher education. At the heart of this phenomenon lies a proliferation of creative writing courses: between 1994 and 2014 the number of Writing MFAs in the US more than tripled. Many writers have formed defining ties with universities, first graduating from and later teaching at such programmes. For the literary historian Mark McGurl, this development ...
Mapping the Black Atlantis of Black British Women's Writing and Criticism Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Acquisition and consolidation of writing skills in Parkinson’s disease: effects and working action of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) KU Leuven
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder causing slowness and decreased movement size, affecting writing performance. Current available treatments for PD patients are unable to slow down the course of the disease, can induce motor fluctuations and offer only limited symptomatic relief. Motor relearning may partially alleviate the functional impact of PD. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has the potential to boost ...