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Research interests
I conduct research on intuition, decision making, and parapsychology. Students interested in doing an apprenticeship (stage) or a master thesis on these topics are welcome to discuss their hunches, plans or intuitions....
- Intuition. I am completing a PhD project about Intuition (with Dick Bierman). Intuition can be defined as "affectively charged judgments that arise through rapid, non-conscious, and holistic associations." (Dane & Pratt, 2007). Although intuition involves non-conscious processes, the outcomes of these intuitive processes can somehow be evaluated. I try to find answers to questions like: a. to what extent are physiological changes (heartrate, EEG, etc.) indicative of intuitive processes? b. Is intuition helpful in decision making? c. Can we improve intuition, d. and if so, how can we improve it? e. In what types of situations is intuition more likely to happen or be used? f. In what way is the use of implicit knowledge the same as or different from intuition?
- Parapsychology. Although many psychologists do not recognize parapsychology as a legitimate field of study, I believe there is ample empirical evidence to conclude that at least 'something strange' is going on. Students who are interested are invited to join me to further chart this exciting field. Research questions that combine 'mainstream' (i.e., 'accepted') psychology with parapsychological research questions are definitely possible.
My Current Projects
Previous Projects
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Teaching
I love working together with students, and love the variety of different subjects and teaching goals. I try to find the best ways to share what I know and to learn new points of view from my students.
Psychological Research Methods
- Since graduating in Psychological Methodology in 1999 (and even before), I have taught or helped design courses in research methods, statistics and SPSS.
- Besides supervising bachelor or master thesis research projects, I also teach courses in scientific writing in Psychology.
Mathematics
Twice a year I teach a course in mathematics at the Psychology Department at the University of Amsterdam that helps students prepare for a maths test.Students who have insufficient background in mathematics need to pass this maths test in order to qualify for statistics modules in the first year Psychology curriculum at the University of Amsterdam.
Increasingly, students in other fields participate in this course as well.
Information about the maths course (in Dutch) |
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