Martin van Rooijen, MEd
Martin (MEd, currently a PhD candidate at University of Humanistic Studies, Utrecht) focuses on risk-taking in children’s outdoor play in his research. He is involved in Dutch networks on nature play and children’s play rights, and is a member of the Dutch Korczak Foundation. He is appointed to the board of the International Journal of Playwork Practice, member of the Dutch branch of the IPA (International Play Association), member of the Special Interest Group Outdoor Play & Learning of the EECERA (European Early Childhood & Education Research Association), and has built up an international network towards the subject of ‘risky play’.
Understanding emotions from other people’s faces and from social situations is essential for daily social interaction. But how is that for children with hearing loss? Can they learn to understand emotions just as easily as hearing children?Through a collaboration between Developmental Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, and Otorhinolaryngology (LUMC and Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital Taiwan), Yung-Ting’s unique eye-tracking studies show that daily "exposure" in the social environment in which emotions take place is essential for the development of this aspect of emotional intelligence. The results are now published in 
