This study investigates how human resemblance in avatars shapes mind perception. Virtual worlds are often praised for their potential to transform how people collaborate, learn, and play. Yet this promise relies on our willingness to treat others in a genuinely human way. Mind perception theory defines …

Background and Objectives Collaboration between formal and informal caregivers is essential for providing good care to nursing home residents. Yet, ambiguity regarding mutual roles and responsibilities often impedes effective collaboration. To address this issue, we examined how formal caregivers, informal …

In this thesis, we focus on developing behaviours for socially interactive agents (SIAs). The context in which the agent is used is a self-regulated learning system for children. We focus on personalising learning objectives and interaction content within an intelligent tutoring system (ITS). We envision …

Background: Virtual Reality (VR) holds much promise for online offering of arts and psychomotor therapies. As these therapies use bodily experiences, expressive/artistic media, materials, movement, music, and (role) play, VR is more suitable than online/video consultations. Objectives: This study was …

The importance of learning to create an expressive performance is a consistently discussed topic in music education. However, how musicians develop “expressiveness” is still understudied. Recent investigations haveshown that musicians’ motor behavior is a significant source of perceptual information …

Maatschappelijke druk, onbegrip, discriminatie en normen in de samenleving kunnen zelfacceptatie bemoeilijken bij aseksuele mensen. Er is een gebrek aan kennis over aseksualiteit onder beeldend therapeuten. Dit kan ervoor zorgen dat behandelaren vooroordelen hebben, aseksuele mensen niet de juiste hulp …

Dit onderzoek onderzoekt de effectiviteit van beeldende interventies binnen de spanningsregulatie fase van de Affectregulerende Vaktherapie (ArVT) voor het verminderen van stress bij kinderen met Autisme Spectrum Stoornis (ASS). Door observaties, stressindicatoren en percepties van cliënten, ouders en …

Purpose: This study explores limitations in communication in daily life of children with developmental language disorder (DLD) from their parents' perspective as well as communicative abilities and social functioning in the classroom from their teacher's perspective. Furthermore, differences between …

Deze N=1 studie richt zich op het in beweging brengen van de client, om apathie en hospitalisatie te verminderen. Veel van deze cliënten zijn in behandeling bij beeldende therapie. Tijdens de beeldende therapie worden cliënten gemotiveerd om meer intiatief te nemen. In dit onderzoek wordt de Florence …

Copenhagen-based menswear brand Isnurh decided to collaborate with mental health awareness platform Community of Real People (further called CORP) to produce a non-profit collection, from which two styles should be released during mental health awareness month in May 2023 and sold to raise donations …