Projects
Causality in cognitive science and philosophy of mind. University of Antwerp
Risk as a subjective phenomenon. Integrating cognitive science into the concept of risk in European data protection law Vrije Universiteit Brussel
such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which demand that regulatees conduct such
an assessment. The project will respond to the calls for debiasing the law through a better
understanding of the subjective character of risk – including a ‘risk to a right’. This will be done
through the identification ...
methodological foundations of physical music cognition Ghent University
The development of new technologies at IPEM will make it possible to measure gestural behavior of humans as a response to musical stimuli. Multidimensional and complex designs are needed to obtain this goal. Specific statistical methods will be developed to analyze these complex datasets. Traditional and new statistical techniques will be investigated and evaluated in order to quantify human gesture.
Foundations of expressive timing control in music Ghent University
Timing is a crucial aspect of meaningful musical communication. In order to achieve the intended musical expression, musicians need to control their movements such that time-critical musical structures can be adequately performed. In the past, foundations of timing have been based on cognitive theory. However, we believe that an embodied approach may offer new insights that are of fundamental importance to music research. In particular, we ...
Theoretical Foundations of Finding Significant Patterns in Data Mining. University of Antwerp
Cognitive depletion or cognitive depression? On the role of affect in sustained cognitive control. Ghent University
Controlling our behavior is something we can only do for a limited time. E.g., when studying
multiple hours in preparation for an exam, studying typically becomes increasingly more difficult.
At first sight, it seems like controlling our behavior relies on a finite resource that becomes
exhausted with use – an idea that dominated cognitive psychology for the past two decades.
However, more recent studies have indicated ...
Understanding cognitive vulnerability for depression: A network analysis of the role of cognitive control in emotion regulation processes Ghent University
Prevention of recurrence of depression is an important societal challenge. There is need for
fundamental research focusing on mechanisms underlying depression vulnerability. Recent studies
show that cognitive control training (CCT) procedures hold potential in improving emotion
regulation (ER) in at-risk and patient samples, providing evidence for the causal involvement of
cognitive control in depression vulnerability. ...
Using EEG to study the temporal dynamics of cognitive processes such as cognitive control, attention and observational learning Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Characterizing scientific kinds. The role of generic generalizations in science. KU Leuven
Generics are generalizations that are not explicitly quantified, like ‘Dogs bark’ for example. Although they appear to be very simple generalizations, their semantics are very complex. To see this, consider that a generic can be true even though only a small minority of the kind instantiates the property (e.g. ‘Ticks carry Lyme disease’) and can be false even though the majority does instantiate the property (e.g. ‘Humans are right-handed’). ...