Projects
iVision-2 - Game-based adaptive therapy for children with cerebral visual impairment KU Leuven
The overall goal of the current research grant proposal for iVision-2 is to
evaluate the effectiveness of a personalized, adaptive gamified
visuoperceptual therapy program on visuoperceptual capacities and
viewing behaviour of children with CVI. We will combine the knowledge
of the iVision-1 and eye-tracking projects in order to optimize the
automated adaptivity approach and thereafter evaluate the
effectiveness ...
How do childless older people experience loneliness? A research into different types and patterns of loneliness and the moderating role of reasons for childlessness. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Despite the fact that levels of childlessness have been increasing rapidly in most European countries, the way how childless older people experience their social network and loneliness remains underresearched. The state of the art reveals three scientific gaps: the ...
Multimodal dual-imaging-derived biomarkers for unravelling host response from lung disease progression in cystic lung fibrosis, infection and therapy KU Leuven
Despite the significant advances made by the introduction of imaging techniques for lung diseases and fungal infection research, there are still important gaps where we identify three priorities we want to address with our project. First, we will address the need for alternative antifungal treatment approaches by investigating fungicidal combinatorial treatment in vivo in mouse models of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) (context of ...
Combining small animal molecular imaging with next generation neuromodulation to explore novel treatments for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. University of Antwerp
Perturbed cortical hierarchies in Autism Spectrum Disorder: The case of high-level vision. KU Leuven
While people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) show clear impairments in normal day-to-day behavior, they simultaneously outperform their Typically Developing (TD) counterparts on many perceptual tasks. This relative superiority in tasks requiring the processing of separate features rather than the stimulus configuration, evoked two competing theoretical frameworks: the Weak Central Coherence hypothesis (WCC) and the Enhanced Perceptional ...
The Biomark Microfluidics system for high throughput genotyping, expression profiling and CNV analysis. University of Antwerp
Intraneuronal shift in bioenergetics as key for neuronal repair in the central nervous system KU Leuven
Brain injury and neurodegenerative disorders represent a growing socio-economic problem in our aging society, partly because the central nervous system (CNS) of mammals has a limited regenerative capacity. Most of the injured neurons die, and the few survivors fail to extend their axons beyond the damaged site. Despite many years of research, functional circuit regeneration is still not possible. Up till now, the contribution of dendrites to ...
Automated sleep analysis from wearable monitoring devices. KU Leuven
Sleep-wake disturbances are widespread across the disease spectrum. They are among the earliest and most disruptive symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), which is the number one neurodegenerative disease and represents a huge burden in our aging society. Sleep-wake disturbances are also associated with epilepsy, which in turn interacts with AD. While there is plenty of evidence for the interplay between AD, epilepsy and sleep, the nature of ...