Name Activity "Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology" "The research focuses on the synergy between fundamental and applied or policy-relevant research with target groups of normal and clinical populations of different ages. Illustrative of our policy is research on motivational processes, education and socialization; clinical research on obesity and eating disorders; research on personality, temperament and development of maladaptive traits and social psychological research on decision-making processes, procedural justice, prejudices and political attitudes. Our research uses diverse research methods such as questionnaire research, longitudinal designs, experiments and multiple informants." Radiology "Dunant Academy" "Bart Vancoppenolle" "The Dunant Academy makes recent insights from science and practice accessible to professionals and the general public. Our range of courses helps you deal with issues of today and tomorrow. Certain lessons can be taken either on-site or online, in the form of theory or practicals." "Clinical and Lifespan Psychology" "Development of personality traits, personality disorders and psychopathology across the lifespan. Investigating developmental pathways - based on biological and psychosocial factors - towards vulnerability or protection for psychopathology and considering the evolution of personality characteristics across the life phases. oInfant development and parenting. Studying different aspects of infant development and parenting, such as parent-infant interactional synchronization, intersubjectivity, communication development, attachment processes, parenting behavior, parenting styles, motherhood and infanthood representations. oBio-physiological markers of the clinical manifestations of learning disabilities and the implications for interventions. Revealing the underlying bio-physiological correlates of the cognitive and behavioral manifestations of learning disabilities (dyslexia, dyscalculia) and its subtypes." "Centre for Psychology of Learning and Experimental Psychopathology" "Filip Raes" "Learning and memory processes in psychological function and dysfunction, in particular in relation to anxiety, depression and substance use, including:- Basic and applied research on emotional changes, especially with regard to anxiety and depression.- The role of classical (Pavlovian) conditioning in evaluative processes.- Psychophysiological measurements with computer-assisted data processing.- Basic and applied research into cognitive vulnerability factors for emotional problems and disorders- Electronic cigarettes and Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR)" "Mind-body Research" "Stephan Claes" "The Center for Mind-Body research focuses on the study of the biological stress response (HPA axis and autonomous nervous system) in psychiatric disorders such as major depression, chronic fatigue syndrome and eating disorders. Stress sensitivity is studied both in lab conditions and in daily life, using remote patient monitoring devices. In order to understand individual differences in stress sensitivity and disease vulnerability, the Center focuses on gene-environment interaction studies, on genetic deletion syndromes and on epigenetic research." "Cultural History since 1750, Leuven" "Tom Verschaffel" "The research group Cultural History since 1750, Leuven, seeks to cover many aspects of the cultural landscape of the past. It focuses on the history of knowledge and science, historiography and historical culture, cultural infrastructure and cultural tranfers, by considering the various shapes and meanings of scientific and cultural practices." "Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences" "Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences" "Media, ICT and interpersonal relations in Organisations and Society (MIOS)" "Michel Walrave" "MIOS is a research group within the Department of Communication Studies at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences. The research team aims at analysing individuals' and organizational uses of ICT (and other media) to gain insight into (computer) mediated communication, its uses and effects, and to pursue evidence-based communication strategies and policy. The research activities of MIOS can be linked to two communication levels, which comprise the central and complementary research strands: • The use of ICT (and other media) by individuals, and the associated risks and opportunities: This level focuses on research into the use of internet, mobile phones and games by children, young people and adults. • The strategic use of ICT (and other media) by organizations (companies, social-profit organizations, governments): At this level, research is conducted in areas such as (online) marketing and health communication. Studies within the first research strand center on the following key topics: • Cyberbullying: definition, measurement, typology, prevalence, profiles of bullies and victims. • E-marketing and privacy: the various types of electronic marketing, the disclosure of personal data in online marketing contexts and on social networking sites, the knowledge and experience that children and adolescents have in the area of e-marketing (and more specifically, their ad-discriminating ability and their ad-intent awareness). • Digital gaming: the study of player experiences and player involvement, the integration of marketing communication into games (e.g. in-game advertising), the health implications of games and moral issues related to digital games. • ICT Families: how the use of ICT possibly interferes with parenting, food intake patterns (e.g. decline of family meals) and other family rituals. In addition, the parenting behaviours, communication styles of parents and parental internet-mediation strategies are examined within this context. The second research strand is primarily focused on the use of technological applications for purposes of strategic communication in profit and social-profit organizations. This context involves the expansion of research concentrating on marketing (and e-marketing) communication, as well as on governmental or other awareness-raising communication campaigns, including health-related communication and interventions. Attention is also paid to the impact of ICT on internal organizational communication." "Research Support Office FPPW" "Geert Crombez" "The faculty resaerch support office, their goal is to facilitate high quality research."