Projects
SBO project with a primary societal finality: Digital ageing: How seniors can appreciate the benefits and avoid the pitfalls of a digitalizing society Vrije Universiteit Brussel
good life for seniors in the digitalizing society is possible.
Critical attributes of parks associated with physical, mental and social health in older adults: a participatory approach Ghent University
Given the rapid urbanization and demographic ageing, the availability of high quality urban parks
will be of increased importance for public health. Despite the many health benefits of visiting parks,
park use is very low among older adults. As resources for park design and refurbishment are
restrained, it is important to know what should be prioritised to increase park use among older
adults. The purpose of this ...
Behavioural change based on the self-categorisation theory: promotion of physical activity among sedentary older adults (intervention study among older adults on intrinsic and social determinants of physical activity and health-related behaviour). KU Leuven
A blended experimental and computational approach to assess control of standing balance KU Leuven
With age, our ability to complete seemingly simple activities of daily living declines. Older adults move slower, less accurate and more often lose their balance resulting in frequent falls, which might lead to significant injuries requiring medical attention and leading to loss of independence. Age is associated with declines in muscle strength, sensory acuity, motor acuity and cognitive ability, but our understanding of the relative ...
The INTERACT project: CannabINoid recepTors as kEy playeRs in skeletAl musCle plasTicity KU Leuven
Sarcopenia is a critical matter of concern in an aging population. It impairs the elderly’s quality of life and imposes an enormous burden on the healthcare system. No therapies can fully overcome age-related skeletal muscle (SkM) wasting, although SkM is very plastic. Therefore, INTERACT explores the cannabinoid system as a novel target in combatting SkM wasting. More specific, we target cannabinoid receptor (CBR) 1 and CBR2 to improve the ...
Language socialisation and second language acquisition in kindergarten. KU Leuven
Little Pitchers, Big Ears? The Success of Learning New Vocabulary through Addressed and Overheard Speech in Flemish- and Moroccan-heritage Preschool Children
Language acquisition research has long focused nearly exclusively on the way in which young children learn language in direct interactions (Akhtar, Jipson, & Callanan, 2001). However, children also learn much language in indirect situations: by keenly observing others ...
Severe reading problems in blind children. Similarities with developmental dyslexia? KU Leuven
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Learning to read is a complex task requiring the translation of written symbols, or graphemes, into speech forms, or phonemes. Given that the brain evolved to understand communicative messages ...
Sociolinguistic gatekeeping with indexical variation: a quantitative-qualitative investigation of the endexical value of Standard and Colloquial Belgian Dutch variation in 'elderspeak' in Flemish nursing homes KU Leuven
In many Western societies, elders (>65 years) are gradually becoming a larger demographic (OECD Data, 2016), yet at the same time, a complaint frequently heard among the older generations is that people no longer respect their elders. This complaint is supported by a linguistic phenomenon studied in Sociolinguistics known as ‘elderspeak’ (Kemper, 1994). Elderspeak refers to a cluster of linguistic features utilized by younger adults to ...