KU Leuven is offering full-time PhD positions in the interdisciplinary field of multimodal language processing and word learning in children. The research is based in the Departments of Neuroscience (ExpORL) and Linguistics (MIDI) and focuses on how children with language processing challenges learn new words by integrating verbal and non-verbal cues such as gestures and gaze. The project utilizes eye-tracking and both digital and real-life interactions to investigate how multimodal signals infl...

The Research Group Health Psychology at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, is offering a full-time PhD position focused on the effects and mechanisms of slow breathing on stress recovery. The group investigates the interaction between psychological and somatic variables in health and disease, using a biopsychosocial perspective. Research themes include dyspnea (breathlessness), pain, psychophysiology, stress, interoception, and symptom perception, with a strong emphas...

The ExpORL (Experimental Otorhinolaryngology, Dept. of Neurosciences) and MIDI (Multimodality, Interaction & Discourse, Dept. of Linguistics) research groups at KU Leuven are launching an interdisciplinary project investigating how Dutch-speaking children with language processing difficulties learn new words through multimodal and non-verbal signals. Two PhD positions are available, each with a distinct research focus, but both candidates will collaborate closely within a dynamic, multidisciplin...