We will demonstrate a prototype exergame aimed at the serious domain of elderly fitness. The exergame incorporates straightforward means to gesture recognition, and utilises a Kinect camera to obtain 2.5D sensory data of the human user.

In het kielzog van post-Sputnik curriculumvernieuwing in het middelbaar onderwijs in de Verenigde Staten werd ook ruim aandacht gegeven aan natuurwetenschap in de basisschool. Er werden interessante programma’s ontwikkeld met nadruk op hands-on science en onderzoekend leren (inquiry). Voorbeelden zijn …

Mirror neurons in the cerebral cortex have been shown to fire not only during performance but also during visual and auditory observation of activity. This phenomenon is commonly called cerebral resonance behavior. This would mean that cortical motor regions would not only be activated while singing, …

Untrained listeners demonstrate implicit knowledge of syntactic patterns and principles. Untrained generative music ability, for example singing, humming, and whistling, is a largely unconscious or intuitive application of these patterns and principles. From the viewpoint of embodied cognition, listening …

This paper aims to describe how we change our mind. As any human knows from his or her own experience, this does not always come naturally to us. This dissertation therefore aims to find fault in Seneca’s assertion: not only to err is human, but it is also human to persist in this mistake despite evidence …

Many studies report changes taking place in the field of higher education, changes which present considerable challenges to educational practice. Educational science should contribute to developing design guidance, enabling practitioners to respond to these challenges. Design patterns, as a form of design …

In het Elkerliek ziekenhuis te Helmond is onderzoek gedaan naar de mogelijkheid om een C-categorie te introduceren voor haar blootgestelde werknemers, die met ioniserende straling werken. Blootgestelde werknemers komen in aanmerking voor de C-categorie indien ze minder dan 1 mSv per jaar aan ioniserende …

P&o-ers moeten zich minder focussen op het strategisch partnerschap maar op de dagelijkse uitvoering van de organisatiestrategie. Deze uitvoering is hard nodig in een tijd waarin organisaties met steeds meer uitdagingen worden geconfronteerd, aldus Robert Verburg, lector aan de HAN Hogeschool. ‘Strategie …

We study optimal incentive contracts for workers who are reciprocal to management attention. When neither worker’s effort nor manager’s attention can be contracted, a double moral-hazard problem arises, implying that reciprocal workers should be given weak financial incentives. In a multiple-agent setting, …