Projects
Tracking Mood and Mood Disorder Using Mobile Sensing KU Leuven
Analysis of kynurenines in serum of bipolar patients and their association with affective and cognitive symptoms. University of Antwerp
Derailment of the affective system: Measurement, early detection, and underlying mechanisms KU Leuven
Updating affective information in working memory: its nature, determinants, and consequences. KU Leuven
Whatever is on your mind clearly plays an important role in how you feel. Likewise, the processes that determine what is on or off your mind play a critical role in changing how you feel. Research demonstrates that affective updating ability, a cognitive process that is at least in part responsible for changing or modifying emotional thoughts, may play a key role in maintaining and changing how we feel. Indeed, it has been shown that ...
The role of attentional flexibility during emotion processing in resilience and emotional disorders Ghent University
The ability to flexible deploy attention during emotion processing is thought to play a crucial role in resilience to stress and healthy emotion regulation. Relatedly, according to cognitive models of anxiety and depression, impairments at this level may play an important role in mood disorders, where there often is exacerbated attention for (negative) emotional information. The present project aims to examine these ideas
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In-depth study towards the role of neuromedine U in the stress response and in stress-related CNS disorders Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The influence of nutrient- and tastant induced gut-brain signals on appetite, emotions and gastrointestinal symptoms. KU Leuven
In addition to the provision of energy, our nutrient intake has wide-ranging effects on physiological processes. Signalling between the gut and the brain is crucial for regulation of hunger and satiety, but may also influence emotions. The mechanisms by which different types of nutrients affect our brain and emotions are incompletely understood. A better understanding of these mechanisms may have critical implications for several disorders in ...
BINGE EATING AND PURGING IN COLLEGE STUDENTS: CROSS-SECTIONAL AND LONGITUDINAL MULTIVARIATE CORRELATES KU Leuven
INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND Binge eating and purging behaviors (BPB) are symptomatic behaviors which can be present in eating disorders and other mental disorders, as well as in non-pathological conditions. Specifically, binge eating refers to episodes during which a person rapidly consumes an excessive quantity of food while feeling a sense of loss of control; purging behaviors are inappropriate compensatory behaviors, aiming to prevent ...