Projects
Reasoning Across the Divide: Interpersonal Deliberation, Emotions and Reflective Political Reasoning KU Leuven
One of the biggest challenges facing contemporary democracies is that when making political judgements, most citizens do not engage in reflective political reasoning. Research finds that people’s political reasoning is distorted by a range of cognitive biases and constraints. When faced with opposing information, most people have tendency to neglect it and cling to their prior attitudes. People’s emotional attachment to their favored ...
(How) Do school inspections affect the professional identity of teachers: emotions as obstacle or catalyst? University of Antwerp
The influence of nutrient-induced gut-brain signals on our emotions and the underlying physiological basis KU Leuven
In addition to the provision of energy, our nutrient intake has wide-ranging effects on physiological processes. Signaling between the gut and the brain is crucial for regulation of hunger and satiety, but may also influence emotions. The mechanisms by which different types of nutrients affect our brain and emotions are incompletely understood. A better understanding of these mechanisms may have critical implications for several disorders in ...
Facing emotions. Towards a better understanding of automatic facial expression processing mechanisms in typical and atypical populations. KU Leuven
As social beings, we often linger in a social environment in which we interact with others. However, these social interactions are not automatically successful and they require social sensitivity and social cognition. One of the key components of social cognition is facial emotion processing. Facial emotion processing expands beyond merely attending to and perceiving facial expression information; it also involves assessing the nature and the ...
Perception and modulation of pain in vulvodynia: role of emotions, partners and oxytocin KU Leuven
Provoked vestibulodynia (PVD), i.e., chronic vulvar pain without an identifiable cause, is a prevalent disorder affecting about 5 to 19% of young women at reproductive age. The pain can be experienced during sexual as well as non-sexual activities (e.g., bicycling, wearing tight trousers) and negatively affects psychosexual and interpersonal functioning. To date, little is known about the causes of PVD and the factors that influence the ...
The legal limits to the monetisation of online emotions KU Leuven
Our online activity is constantly monitored by commercial entities. Given the rise in smart technologies our time spent online is set to increase thus allowing for almost 24/7 tracking. Based on this information marketers create detailed consumer profiles indicating preferences, behaviour and emotions. This is referred to as behavioural and emotional profiling and allows commercial actors to sway consumers towards commercial transactions on ...
Perceiving bodily and cinematographic emotions in MCI. KU Leuven
Alzheimer's research project that consists of observing physical and cinematographic emotions in MCI as a result of AD and early BV-FTD.
The influence of nutrient- and tastant induced gut-brain signals on appetite, emotions and gastrointestinal symptoms. KU Leuven
In addition to the provision of energy, our nutrient intake has wide-ranging effects on physiological processes. Signalling between the gut and the brain is crucial for regulation of hunger and satiety, but may also influence emotions. The mechanisms by which different types of nutrients affect our brain and emotions are incompletely understood. A better understanding of these mechanisms may have critical implications for several disorders in ...
Don't push my buttons! Emotions and online behavior in adolescence KU Leuven
A rapidly growing body of research acknowledges the importance of cyberbullying as a new form of bullying among youngsters. This research has shed light on the prevalence of cyberbullying, features of cyberbullies and cybervictims, and antecedents and consequences related to cyberbullying involvement. However, most of the cyberbullying research endeavors are not guided by theory. In contrast, research on other forms of bullying, such as ...