Research projects
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Corpus-based research into intra- and interpersonal language variation in people with aphasia
People with aphasia (PWA) experience language impairments due to acquired brain damage. The aim of this project is therefore to make these individual differences measurable and record them, especially the differences within the speaker.
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Autonomy, persuasion, and manipulation in the digital sphere
Emerging information technologies like large language models and opaque recommendation systems pose challenges to public values. In this theme, researchers from various fields study the current online information ecosystem.
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RAPIDE: Regular and Unplanned Care Adaptive Dashboard for Cross-Border Emergencies
In this project, researchers will develop and test scenarios and care models to organise regular care more flexibly and resiliently during a health crisis.
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Dynamic Assessment of Everyday Communication using Virtual Reality (DCOM-VR)
People with aphasia experience language impairments due to brain damage such as stroke. This project develops a reliable, ecologically valid tool to assess communicative ability, using virtual reality.
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Responsible AI for Voice Diagnostics (RAIVD)
This project refines healthcare/education by improving speech AI for neurodegenerative diagnosis and pronunciation assessment while ensuring privacy.
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The quality and quantity of arguments
This project studies whether the classic advice on tailoring arguments to audience motivation holds up when the original study is replicated in multiple ways.
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Navigating uncertainty in gender incongruence and differences in sex development (DSD)/intersex conditions
This project investigates how uncertainty in gender incongruence and differences in sex development (DSD) is displayed in interaction among healthcare professionals (HCP), among peers (adolescents/parents) and between HCP and adolescents/parents.
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The digitalisation of (para)medical consultation
The aim of this project is to identify the impact of digitalisation on (para)medical interaction in the context of professional practice, and to provide solutions that can support professionals in the use of these technologies.
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Predictive Validity of a Diagnostic Academic Language Skills Test for First Year University Students
Radboud University has developed a test, given to all undergraduate students, that aims to determine which students may need extra support to develop the academic language skills. This project aims to evaluate the predictive validity of the test.
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Word meaning without the sense of smell
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.
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Putting discourse particles in context
Dutch discourse particles (e.g. eigenlijk) are frequent and important in conversation. This project addresses the as of yet unanswered question how people with acquired communication disorders (ACD) use these important linguistic elements.
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Finding de-escalation strategies
This project investigates what expectations language users have of conflict, of resolving disagreements and of helping out, by further developing a X-corpus to examine how norms and values play a role in online interaction.
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The Language Leak - Subproject 1
In this subproject of 'The Language Leak' new insights will be provided by means of co-registered eye-tracking and EEG.
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Processing pronouns of address (ImPro)
In various languages, speakers have a choice between using a polite or informal pronoun when addressing others. This project focusses on the impact of the use of a polite or informal pronouns on the addressee.
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Speech comprehension in a communicative setting
The aim of this project is to examine how the everyday communicative setting impacts on speech comprehension.
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Moral decision making in a communicative setting
The aim of this project is to develop an ecologically valid account of moral decision making when listening to moral dilemmas in communicative settings.
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Evaluating subjectivity in digital news stories
This project aims to unravel the relationship between subjectivity, digital news medium, and literacy level, by investigating processing and appreciation of subjectivity in online news narratives.
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The body in language use
Using a Conversation Analytic approach, this project inductively investigates what signals humans make relevant while interacting with a robot for the first time.
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WordWise: Rhetoric for All!
WordWise is a pathbreaking initiative of Peitho (Radboud Centre for Rhetoric) and Radboud University’s Department of Political Science offering rhetoric as a means to educate responsible and resilient citizens.
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SENTENCES
In this project, we examine how news media content and social media discussions influence public perceptions of the benefits and harms of cancer screening.