Presentation at the SMiLES consortium meeting about the current status of the project

To benefit from the social capabilities of a robot math tutor, instead of being distracted by them, a novel approach is needed where the math task and the robot's social behaviors are better intertwined. We present concrete design specifications of how children can practice math via a personal conversation …

The challenges facing primary education are significant: a growing teacher shortage, relatively high administrative burdens that contribute to work-related stress and an increasing diversity of children in the classroom. A promising new technology that can help teachers and children meet these challenges …

Introduction Negative pain-related cognitions are associated with persistence of low-back pain (LBP), but the mechanism underlying this association is not well understood. We propose that negative pain-related cognitions determine how threatening a motor task will be perceived, which in turn will affect …

Background: Pain-related cognitions are associated with motor control changes in people with chronic low-back pain (CLBP). The mechanism underlying this association is unclear. We propose that perceived threat increases muscle-spindle-reflex-gains, which reduces the effect of mechanical perturbations, …

This systematic review focused on synthesizing information on studies that evaluated influential and constitutional factors that characterize (elements of) a learning environment for developing Information Problem Solving (IPS) in Higher Education students. Specifically, the goal was to create a comprehensive …

In de accountancybranche heersen een aantal kenmerken die ervoor hebben gezorgd dat de adoptie van automatisering, digitalisering en data-analyse achterloopt. Dit heeft een aantal redenen: door de hoge werkdruk is er soms geen kans om te innoveren; de omzet is toereikend, waardoor de nut en noodzaak …

Sustainable production of aromatics, especially benzene, toluene and xylenes (BTX), is essential considering their broad applications and the current global transition away from crude oil utilization. Aromatization of lower olefins, particularly ethene and propene, offers great potential if they are …

Rewilding is a new agrarian movement, that welds together nature and farming. In this project, situated in the western part of the Zuiderwaterlinie, a new ecological landscape is created in a traditional agrarian area. Because of different subsoils a new zoning is introduced, including a lake with a …

Dit spel is tot stand gekomen in samenwerking met studenten van de master Talent Development & Creativity Rijksuniversieit Groningen (Maleah Knevel en Emma Kok), studenten van de Pabo Hanzehogeschool Groningen (Matthijs Smid, Jason Engbers, David Veen, Milan Kingma) en van Toegepaste Psychologie Hanzehogeschool …