The research described in this thesis aims to investigate whether, and if so which, facial expressions can be found that are used for action coordination between subjects. This is done by having subjects play a negotiation ...

Neuronal replay of recent wake experiences during sleep is thought to be an important concept in memory consolidation. Evidence for replay dur- ing human sleep is sparse, however, due to the high number of learning experiences ...

Children with autism spectrum disorders can benefit from having careful structure in their lives [Palmen et al., 2012]. Designing the Agenda Coach, a digital personal agenda which provides structure and extra information ...

In this thesis the development process of a proof of concept for a web search interface for the blind is described. The need for such an application was con firmed in a survey that was conducted. It was found that blind ...

The word learning performance of monolinguals and early and late bilinguals was simulated using the Bilingual Interactive Activation (BIA) model by Dijkstra and Van Heuven (2002), a model for visual word recognition. ...

Although the importance of shame proneness in the etiology of psychopathology is increasingly acknowledged, research on shame proneness has been hampered by difficulty with its assessment and the consequent lack of ...

In 2020 there will be about 42.3 million people worldwide with a form of dementia (Ferri et al., 2006). It seems likely that a fast and precise diagnoses can contribute to better care for the patient and more certainty ...

In synesthesia specific sensory stimuli lead to unusual, additional experiences. Mirror-sensory synesthetes mirror the pain or touch that they observe in other people on their own body. It has not been examined whether ...

This study is the first to provide an overview of music’s influence on physiology and serves as the foundation for the envisioned affective music player. It reports an experiment that investigates the effects of tempo ...

The search for biomarkers of psychiatric disorders is an important area within translational psychiatry, as these biomarkers could potentially be transferable to humans. Research in this area involves observing behaviour ...