Projects

This project investigates the use of different kinds of emoji together with different aspects of CHV in webcare, and explores language style accommodation with emoji in webcare in terms of usage and effects.

This project will directly assess the critical role of olfaction in word meaning by exploring smell- and taste-related language in individuals without a sense of smell (i.e., anosmics) and comparing them to controls with an intact sense of smell.

The main aim of this project is to understand how aphantasia - a condition in which people are unable to experience visual imagery whilst being unaffected in visual perception - affects narrative reading experience.

This study aims to increase knowledge on the influence of cultural and religious values on intercultural communication breakdowns during consultations between Dutch POH-GGZs and Turkish-Dutch mental health patients, and their influence on patients’ intention to adhere to the recommended mental health treatment, patient satisfaction and caregiver credibility.

Humans avoid thinking about death. Death is man’s biggest fear. Paradoxically, they are drawn to movies that feature death and tragedy. This proposal examines if humans use tragic entertainment to temporarily escape their fear of death, or to accept and rise above it.

In this project we investigate how news media content and social media discussions affect the public’s perception of cancer screening benefits and harms, how this is different for different social network structures, and how to develop social media communication strategies needed to enhance informed decision making and trust in screening (organisations).

The aim of this research project is to investigate the role of biological sex and psychosocial gender in interactions between general practitioners and patients with common somatic symptoms.

This project investigates the involvement of social-cognitive processes, such as empathy and theory of mind, during story reading. Central questions in this project are: which linguistic characteristics of stories activate social-cognitive processes in readers? Which individual differences between readers play a role in the social-cognitive and linguistic processing of stories? And how can exposure to stories ultimately make a positive contribution to socio-cognitive skills?