Projects
The fluent and flexible use of external representations in statistics: empirical studies on representation use in distributional problem solving. KU Leuven
Representative democracy in crisis? An analysis of citizens' expectations toward representation Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Representation of concepts in health & neurodegenerative disease: a subject-specific multivariate approach based on representational similarity analysis using fMRI and MEG KU Leuven
During this project, we want to investigate how concrete entities (animals, objects) are represented in the human brain. We will examine healthy controls and patients suffering from neurodegenerative disease. In our previous work, we discovered that when the meaning of words is more alike, the brain response patterns in the left temporal lobe are also more alike. We performed these studies on large groups of healthy young volunteers. Now, we ...
The representation of language in bilinguals: Neural overlap as a function of modality, representational level, language proficiency and context. Ghent University
Bilinguals use their two (or more) languages in their everyday lives and may need to switch back and forth between them frequently. In order for bilinguals to flexibly use their different languages, they need clear representations (lexical, semantical, …) of each language and a language control mechanism to coordinate the continuous interactions between these representations. In this project, we focus on the neuronal representations of the ...
Democratic respresentation and political participation. A philosophical inquiry into the meaning and scope of political agency with representative democracy. KU Leuven
Political representation of ethnic minorities. A national and international comparative analysis of representation of ethnic minorities at the local level in England, France and Belgium. Ghent University
To which degree do citizenship regime, electoral system, party features and interest constellations foster or hinder 1) the election of candidates belonging to ethnic minorities, and 2) group representation (representation of ethnic minorities' interests by elected belonging to these societal groups)? This research is based in in-depth interviews with electoral candidates, elected and selectors in three countries featuring variety regarding ...
Invasive human recordings to decode action and image representation. KU Leuven
Hoe concepten gerepresenteerd zijn in de menselijke geest is fascinerend, maar blijft moeilijk te vatten. Het menselijke brein is zeer moeilijk te onderzoeken op neuronaal niveau aangezien hiervoor invasieve registraties nodig zijn. We proberen neuronale selectiviteit te ontrafelen in neurochirurgische patiënten en bestuderen de neurale representatie van conceptuele informatie in patiënten met epilepsie en tetraplegie. Naast het bestuderen ...