Staff members with discipline Psychology, Developmental
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Keywords: Perception-Action, Motor Control, Motor Development, Motor Learning, Rehabilitation Training, Upper Limb Prosthetics, Tool Use, Motor Variability, Reaching, Grasping, Upper-Limb Control, Muscle Synergies




















perception-action
embodiment
complex dynamical systems
empirical aesthetics
art experience


For more information, please visit: www.drlauracuijpers.com
Coordination dynamics || Motor Development and learning || Sport Sciences








identity development
career decision making
early school leaving
motivation




































































children's talented behavior and how it can be stimulated
process analyses in studying the effects of educational interventions








My main research interest is positive bias, the phenomenon that many people see the world more brightly and more positive than it really is. Positive bias may protect us from developing mental health problems. Where do individual differences in optimism come from? As part of my Veni project The bright side of life: understanding the origins of optimism, I investigate to what extent and how parents transmit their optimism to offspring.
I am passionate about improving scientific practice. I am a member of my department’s Ethics Committee and of the Open Science Community Groningen, where I give pre-registration workshops. Examples of open science practices in my work are pre-registrations, sharing syntax and data, and publishing open access.
More information about my research can be found on my website .





