Projects
The Ageing Brain: Early intervention for cognitive decline Ghent University
Cognition and Auditory-Evoked Potentials in DFNA9 Patients and Humanized Mice - From Normal Function to Adult-Onset Otovestibular Decline University of Antwerp
Learning methods for dealing with complex nodes in Fuzzy Cognitive Maps. Hasselt University
Sabbatical Céline Gillebert: Neuropsychological rehabilitation in patients with mild cognitive impairment KU Leuven
Attentional impairments in neurological populations have long been treated as being less critical than physical impairments, and a patient’s need for care packages is still heavily informed by physical needs alone. This stems from a medical emphasis on physical recovery, but equally there is a substantial lack of knowledge about the impact of cognitive impairments on daily functioning and there is no good evidence for linking cognitive ...
Towards an integrative model of spoken and written word processing in the intact brain and its decline in primary progressive aphasia and neurodegenerative disease KU Leuven
The development of small clauses in English: constructional growth and decline KU Leuven
This study investigates the development of the English Secondary Predicate Construction, against the background of current views on language change. A Secondary Predicate Construction, or SPC, consists of a verb, a noun phrase (NP), and an Xphrase (XP). The NP and XP are in a predicative relation, similar to a subject-predicate relation in a copular clause. In (1a) for instance, consider him handsome involves a verb ...
Targeting the cystine/glutamate antiporter system xc- to protect the brain against age-related decline in proteasome function and neurodegeneration. KU Leuven
An ever-increasing number of people reach an age when physical and cognitive limitations affect quality-of-life. Age is an important risk factor for developing dementia and neurodegenerative diseases that are characterized by protein aggregation and accumulation, such as Parkinson’s disease (PD). Disturbed protein homeostasis is an important contributor to age-related (cellular) dysfunctions and can result from impairment of the ubiquitin ...
Cognitive vulnerability to recurrent depression and the default mode network: a cognitive neuroscience investigation Ghent University
A substantial proportion of remitted depressed individuals will experience the recurrence of depressive episodes. It is thought that depressive episodes are associated with a decline in cognitive control that causes emotion regulation impairments. This hypothesis is investigated using cognitive neuroscience methodology examining functional connectivity of cognition and emotion interactions in the brain in resting state.
Exploring structural deficits and predictive outcomes in patients with cognitive impairment after stroke KU Leuven
Het belangrijkste doel van deze studie is om de rol van kwetsbaarheid in de evolutie van cognitieve achteruitgang na ischemische beroerte te evalueren. Secundaire doelen zijn: het beoordelen van zowel het begin als de verergering van gedrags- en psychologische symptomen die verband houden met cognitieve achteruitgang; om structurele en functionele tekorten te evalueren met behulp van MRI en EEG op basis van kwetsbaarheidsstatus. Patiënten die ...