Projects
Optimising physical education teachers’ motivating style via an online tailored approach: what are the effects on students’ motivation and physical activity, and teachers’ well-being? Ghent University
Regular exercise is beneficial for youth’s physical and mental health. Still, the majority is insufficiently active. Physical education teachers and more specifically their motivating style play a crucial role in motivating young people to be active. Hence the need for effective interventions targeting teachers’ motivating style. Current Self-Determination-Theory-based interventions are mostly workshop-like one-size-fits-all programs. In this ...
Effects of motivation on visual attention: an integrated psychophysiological approach Ghent University
Attention allows to attend to relevant information in the environment while suppressing irrelevant
one. It can operate based on multiple cues available at a given time. Usually a dichotomy is
proposed in the existing literature between bottom-up (or stimulus-driven) and top-down (or
goalrelated) attention control effects. Yet, changes in motivation are usually not considered in this
dominant framework, although it can ...
SMILE: cost-utility and impact of high-intensity speech therapy on Speech, MotIvation, and quality of LifE in children with cleft palate Ghent University
A cleft palate ± a cleft lip is the most prevalent congenital craniofacial defect. The societal burden of
this condition is substantial as it impacts speech, hearing, feeding, oral behavior, dentition, and
satisfaction with appearance. These consequences have a prolonged and adverse influence on social
integration and well-being. The WHO reported considerable financial costs incurred from this defect
in terms of ...
SMILE: cost-utility and impact of high-intensity speech therapy on Speech, MotIvation, and quality of LifE in children with cleft palate KU Leuven
The final utilization goal of this project is the implementation and widespread establishment of high intensity speech intervention in clinical practice in patients with a cleft (lip and) palate.
Simultaneously, we want to increase awareness of the benefits of high intensity speech intervention for children with a CP±L among patients, parents, SLPs, and other healthcare providers. This will go hand in hand with more effective, ...
Contract design and collaborative creativity in partnerships: the role of the motivation climate, types of creativity and use of intrafirm controls Vlerick Business School
Neural information flows during motivation and cognition. Ghent University
The research project involves applying highly advanced analyses
techniques on a variety of functional magnetic resonance imaging and electroencephalography data sets. Effective connectivity between brain areas will be investigated. These data sets stem from studies within the field of cognitive neuroscience (motivation and cognition). The results will provide insights into human behavior and the underlying neural mechanisms. ...
Teaching in the bed of Procrustes – Effectiveness of gender-sensitive strategies with regard to academic achievement, school retardation, unqualified drop-out, the motivation to learn and the aspirations of youngsters in secondary education. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Investigating the role of the dopaminergic midbrain in cognitive control and motivation in humans Ghent University
The present project is aimed at investigating the complex role of the dopaminergic system in cognitive control, specifically at the intersection with motivation. By employing reward-modulated conflict paradigms and combining different neuroimaging techniques, functional magnetic resonance imaging and electroencephalography, we hope to illuminate the interactions between cortical and subcortical brain regions during the behavioral modulations ...
Intrinsic motivation and innovative work behavior revisited: Reciprocal relationships at different stages of the innovation process. Ghent University
The current project focuses on the motivational antecedents/outcomes of the different dimensions of innovative work behavior (i.e. idea generation, idea promotion and idea realization) in organizations. This project includes on the one hand the development of a computerized simulation of innovative work behavior. On the other hand a fieldstudy is planned to investigate innovative work behavior in a longitudinal research design.