Dutch elections / Nederlandse verkiezingen 2023

Hi all! We are recruiting for participants who voted in the Dutch elections 2023, so I’ll continue in Dutch below. Hoi allemaal, We zijn op zoek naar deelnemers aan ons onderzoek over meningen over de Nederlandse verkiezingen (2023) en de Nederlandse maatschappij. Dit doen wij middels een online enquête die tussen de 10-20 minuten duurt, … Continue reading Dutch elections / Nederlandse verkiezingen 2023

Rituals during the COVID-19 pandemic

In our research investigating mental health during early COVID-19 lockdowns (involving 8,000+ participants worldwide), we found that engaging with religion/spirituality, which typically contributes to improved wellbeing, was associated with increased anxiety. We suggest that a lack of structured rituals during lockdown may have been fundamental here. Being the social creatures we are, having social networks … Continue reading Rituals during the COVID-19 pandemic

Looking for people to participate in imagination & intuition survey/tasks

I’m currently running a project on imagination and intuition together with PhD student Micia de Wet, and we’re looking for participants! We are particularly interested in reaching actors, but not exclusively so. We are conducted a survey and a study with a number of imagination tasks, available for both actors and non-actors. If you would … Continue reading Looking for people to participate in imagination & intuition survey/tasks

Potential PhD opportunity

Apply for funding to do a PhD with me at Coventry University! Talk to me about a research plan on topics in imagination, memory and belief research. I’m currently particularly interested in proposals investigating extraordinary experiences (mystical/religious/awe/flow/psychedelics/intuition), conspiracy theories, cognitive science/psychology of imagination, fiction/narrative & art, and evolutionary aspects of the above, but very happy … Continue reading Potential PhD opportunity