Sam Boeve

PhD candidate

My work in Bogaertslab is focused on reading and reading development. Starting from the framework of statistical learning, I wondered what regularities in text impact our reading behavior. My primary interest lies in investigating how individuals of all ages, from children to adults, harness long-range word dependencies (i.e., the context) to optimize their reading behavior and arrive at successful reading comprehension. Seeking answers to these questions, I will be using eye-tracking and large language models. In doing so, I hope to be able to offer new insights into the way we teach and measure reading proficiency. Outside academia, I enjoy living a sporty lifestyle supplemented by family time, good reads, and strolling through the beautiful streets of my hometown Antwerp.