How can we prime people to eat healthily? People often feel that they should eat healthily, but they don’t always follow through on this thought. In this talk I discuss a couple of ways that we can encourage people to eat healthily. This involves: a) exposing them to obese or thin models, and b) […]
Fight the power? How conspiracy mentality affects people’s judgments ABSTRACT: Not only nowadays, conspiracy theories are widespread in (Western) societies. People believe that the lunar landing was a hoax and was staged in a movie set. Or they think that AIDS was created by the CIA and deliberately spread by the WHO via polio inoculations […]
Poverty & Obesity: How poverty and hunger influence food choices ABSTRACT: Although levels of overweight and obesity are increasing throughout the entire world, they tend to be higher among individuals from low socioeconomic status (SES) and those experiencing food insecurity. Previous research has shown that cues that indicate poverty make people eat more calories. The present research examines what […]
On the role of interoceptive processes for emotions and health-related behavior Interoception is understood as the sensing and representation of signals concerning the internal state of the body. Within psychology, there has been a resurgence of interest in interoception, driven by increasing realization of the extent to which mental processes are embodied. Individual differences […]
“Do you need a vagina for medical reasons?” How health professionals draw the line between ‘medically necessary’ and ‘cosmetic’ interventions in response to atypical sexed embodiment Medical interventions on the bodies of people who have atypically sexed bodies – that have been called both ‘intersex’ and ‘disorders of sex development’ have been controversial […]
Me voyez-vous tel que je me vois ? L’impact du narcissisme sur la méta-perception Notre société valorise les tendances narcissiques et celles-ci sont amplifiées par l’usage des médias sociaux. Les narcissiques développent de bonnes relations surtout à court terme, mais sont égocentriques et très préoccupés par l’image qu’ils donnent aux autres. Comprendre les difficultés relationnelles […]
Lumumba, icône planétaire: La mise en image et en récit d’un héros africain contemporain Figure centrale de l’indépendance du Congo, Patrice Lumumba mourut en 1961 dans des conditions tragiques qui le firent célébrer comme martyr de par le monde – et plus particulièrement en Afrique, dans les pays de l’Est et dans les milieux […]
UGent Unit “Nutrition and Food Safety”: New focus on stress and emotion The unit ‘Nutrition and Food Safety’ was launched as an independent unit within the Department of Public Health in 1998, with the major aim to promote the importance of diet as a major determinant of public health. Currently three main research niches […]
