Projects
The Triad of Bias:How Biases Affect Testimonies, Legal Professionals, and Expert Witnesses in Court KU Leuven
When Lies Become the Truth:The Impact of Lying on Memory in the Courtroom KU Leuven
“Implanting” a fear memory in the human mind: A new approach for fear generalization KU Leuven
Validating a mental lexicon derived from a large-scale word association project KU Leuven
Semantics is at the core of any language-based activity in our society but arguably one of the most complex aspects to study. To gain a deeper knowledge in how word meaning is processed and stored in human memory, several lexico-semantic models have been proposed. These models have been proven to be instrumental in a number of lines of research, ranging from purely theoretical questions, such as atypical word processing, the structure and ...
Constructive memory. Rethinking memory to redefine personal identity. University of Antwerp
The Triad of Bias: How Biases Affect Testimonies, Legal Professionals, and Expert Witnesses in Court KU Leuven
I have envisioned a research program for my research professor position in which three key parties operating in the legal system (victims/witnesses/offenders, legal professionals (police etc.), and expert witnesses) are brought together under one empirical umbrella theme, which I will refer to as “bias”. Biases refer to an almost automatic tendency towards a certain decision (confirmation bias). Bringing these key parties together under one ...
Skeptical minds? Advancing insights into the human gullibility tendency and people’s flawed self-assessment in the age of misinformation. Ghent University
In the new age of information, the ability to discern truth from falsehood has become more relevant than ever. The current project aims to gain insight into human judgment about the truthfulness of information, beyond mere accuracy, focusing on the type of errors that people tend to make. Indeed, when making incorrect judgments about truthfulness, people can judge factually incorrect information as true (= being too gullible), or can judge ...
A New Metric for Evaluating the Colour Quality of White Light Sources with Reference to Memory Colours KU Leuven
Algorithms for solving 3D cutting and packing problems with real-world constraints KU Leuven
Three-dimensional cutting and packing problems consist of allocating a number of smaller items inside one or more larger items. Most existing research regarding 3D packing problems involves a single container, a set of identical containers or a set of identical items. The majority of individual papers employ heuristics in their approach, a situation explained by the difficulty of solving such problems. This causes the few existing modeling ...