In immersive technology, digital (virtual) elements are added to the physical world. Immersion is the perception of being physically present in a non-physical world,or experiencing the physical presence of a non-physical element (like in Pokémon Go). Except that the first (fatal) accidents as a result …

Onderzoek in opdracht van Zorggroep Manna en Hogeschool Viaa naar de waarde van de dementerende mensen, hoe hun geloof en zingeving functioneert, welke problemen zich voordoen bij geloofsontmoetingen en of er waardevolle ontmoetingen zijn tijdens geloofsontmoetingen. Dit resulteerde tot de volgende onderzoeksvraag: …

Purpose In order to better understand how heuristics are used in practice, the authors explore what type of heuristics is used in the managerial domain of financial advisors to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and what influences the shaping of these heuristics. In doing so, the authors detect …

Because it globalises (or rather, colonises), smart technology unifies. While cultural diversity is under pressure, we are approaching the world worldwide through the same streaming services and social media apps. Virtually all human cultures have been colonised by both the global language English and …

What Big Tech companies are praised, psychologists/psychiatrists would end up in jail for. If they don 't want to end up behind bars, politicians must also have a very good story if they carry out an operation in which thousands of people lose their jobs, with all the social and psychological consequences …

Ieder jaar wordt een groot aantal Nederlanders getroffen door Niet Aangeboren Hersenletsel (NAH). Eén van de beperkingen waarmee patiënten als gevolg van NAH te maken kunnen krijgen, zijn mobiliteitsproblemen (Van Cranenburgh, 2016). In het Loop Expertise Centrum (LEC), gevestigd in de Sint Maartenskliniek, …

Interview met Belgische studenten journalistiek over dragqueens, identiteit en Gender.

Usually the whole is the sum of its parts (added linearly): someone is happy and travelling, so happy travelling. Someone walks across a motionless and stable bridge and thus moves forward. But when hundreds of people walk together, the bridge may start to wobble quite suddenly. Both systems - the pedestrian …

Part 2 of 4 columns on Dynamic Systems Theory. Like biological systems, psychological systems also arise from the coupling of many cyclic (oscillating) processes. For instance, over our lifespan, our bodies change and go through several attractor states. Healthy lifestyle is important, but should not …

The article argues that a dynamic systems theory approach can be helpful in understanding intrapersonal psychological behaviour changes. In terms of control and coordination, different movement systems - walk, trot, canter - are incomparable. This is also the case with psychological phase transitions. …