Projects
Art and the evolution of signalling in a cultural species: a comparative approach. University of Antwerp
The zebrafish as model system to study the genetic causes and risk factors for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). KU Leuven
Combined effects of chemical stress (copper) and harmful algal blooms (cyanobacteria) on Daphnia magna magna in a context of climate change Ghent University
This project is situated in the field of ecotoxicology. Toxic cyanobacteria can contaminate drinking water and surface water, affecting both humans and aquatic animals. Harmful cyanobacterial blooms have already been reported in surface waters and reservoirs in Luxembourg and elsewhere, and their occurrence is expected to become increasingly severe under projected climate change. Copper (Cu) is a contaminant of concern under the water ...
Generalization versus Contextualization in Attitude Formation and Change Ghent University
Spontaneous feelings sometimes appear to be resistant to contradictory information but are sometimes very sensitive to such information. Gawronski et al. (2010) offered an explanation according to which attitude-relevant information is stored in a context dependent manner provided that the context is attended. We examine the impact of contradictory information that is not bound to a particular context.
Squaring the triangle; visual experience, information processing, and the brain. KU Leuven
Despite extensive progress in the neuro- and cognitive sciences, a central problem has come little nearer to a solution: the relation between brain activity and conscious experience. Amongst the dynamic patterns that characterize brain activity, traveling waves are a most ubiquitous feature, occurring over a wide variety of mental tasks. Traveling waves provide cortical activity with unity and duration. Unity and duration are constitutive ...
Multisensory integration and social cognition in autism spectrum disorder: An integrative approach. Ghent University
Research indicated that social cognition problems in autism spectrum disorder are related to difficulties in distinguishing between own and others' motoric actions. I suggest that these difficulties are caused by an aberrant integration of body-related sensory information with information from other senses. This relationship between multisensory integration and social cognition deficit will be examined, using EEG, fMRI and behavioural ...
The link between changes in life history traits and gene expression levels under stressful conditions in the waterflea Daphnia magna. KU Leuven
The functional organization of cortico-striatal networks during motor sequence learning: fMRI research in the context of typical and atypical development Ghent University
The postdoctoral project aims to directly investigate the functional organization of the cortico-striatal networks in children with and without motor developmental problems. First, typical developmental changes during motor sequence learning will be compared between children, adolescents and adults on functional brain activation and connectivity parameters. Brain organization will then be compared between typically developing children and ...
Diagnostic and treatment methods to overcome transmission of mitochondrial DNA mutation disorders Ghent University
Patient with a mitochondrial DNA mutation are at high risk to transmit this to their progeny. Reliable diagnostic tools are lacking in human. Using a heteroplasmic mitochondrial mouse model, we will verify if the 1st or 2nd polar body, and individual blastomeres can be used to determine the heteroplasmy level. Furthermore, the effect of nuclear transfer techniques to eliminate mitochondrial disorder transmission will be verified.