Projects
Emotion language in context: A longitudinal, multi-modal investigation of meaning-making in everyday life and its association with expertise and well-being KU Leuven
Some people are more skilled than others in how they understand and experience emotion: they have greater expertise in emotion. These individuals have better mental, physical, and relational well-being because they make emotional meaning that is context-specific and tailored to the situation at hand, helping them to regulate and cope in healthier ways. Language is a key means of gaining insight into emotional meaning-making. However, research ...
Copula-based multivariate association measures and tail coefficients KU Leuven
The main topic of the thesis is quantification of the strength of dependence within a d-variate random vector X. The dependence structure of X is fully determined by the corresponding copula function. We investigate various ways how to summarize the strength of dependence (given by the corresponding copula) into a single number.
In particular, we focus on two types of such coefficients. The overall dependence is described by ...
The paradoxical co-occurence of overgeneral memory and intrusions: an investigation into the role of rumination and cognitive inhibition. KU Leuven
Neuroanatomical outcomes of early literacy intervention in kindergarteners at risk for dyslexia KU Leuven
Learning to read is one of the most important developmental milestones and an instrumental skill in modern society. Approximately 7% of the population is diagnosed with developmental dyslexia, a specific learning disability associated with severe and persistent difficulties with word reading and/or spelling. Literacy interventions can be beneficial for individuals with dyslexia, and even more so if provided early, such as in kindergarten or ...
Specificity and vantage perspective of autobiographical memories in borderline pathology. KU Leuven
Moving Conditions: Bodies That Move Matter That Move Bodies KU Leuven
This project will develop the notion of ‘moving conditions’ as a critical lens through which to look at certain artworks that propose ways of ‘making bodies move’. The notion of ‘moving conditions’ relates to the physical, economic, social, and political limitations that are the body’s conditions of possibility, and the word ‘moving’ evokes the possibility to mobilize and change such conditions. Therefore, this study will be an inquiry around ...
Activation of ATP13A2 as therapeutic strategy for neurodegenerative disorders KU Leuven
Neurodegenerative diseases result from progressive loss of structure and/or function of the neurons leading to motor and cognitive dysfunction. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is one of the most common neurological diseases caused by a complex interplay between genetic and environmental factors. The ATP13A2/PARK9 gene encodes an endo- and lysosomal membrane-associated protein belonging to the superfamily of P-type ATPases (type 5B) and is associated ...
Film School Time KU Leuven
The PhD project researches the relation between attention and distraction in digital, networked times through the making of a film essay within the educational environment of the film department at LUCA School of Arts.
Both school and cinema carry the potential to open the world, to arouse interest though establishing an indeterminate time in which attentive waiting/awaiting attention can materialise. This potential is put to the test ...
Numerals and numerosities: Together or apart? Investigating the relation between symbolic and non- symbolic numbers in children and adults KU Leuven
Numbers can be represented as numerosities (i.e., sets of objects) and as numerals (i.e., number words and digits). Over the past few decades in numerical cognition research field, the question about the origin of the numerals has been intensively debated. According to the most dominant theory, both the processing and the acquisition of numerals are tightly linked to the numerosity processing and are deeply rooted in a pre-verbal core system ...