Danna Oomen

Danna Oomen

@oomendanna.bsky.social

Postdoc Leuphana Uni 🇩🇪, previously: Ghent Uni 🇧🇪, Leiden Uni 🇳🇱| Social perception (social interaction, biological motion 💃🏻, imitation), autism, and replication studies. Using behavioural and neurophysiological measures (RT, EEG, HR, SC)

119 Followers 292 Following 2 Posts Joined Mar 2025
1 month ago
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“(Deictic) Relational responding is not related to autism traits in the general population.”

At least, that’s what we found across two (online) experiments ...

Want to know more? Click here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1mWZI7s%7E...

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1 month ago

Our article on the communication experiences of adults with autism is now published!

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3 months ago
Research Assistant (m/f/d) PhD student

We looking for a PhD-student (75%, 3 years) on social-cognition @leuphana.bsky.social.
Topic: Perception-action coupling (person perception, imitation, free-will belief, etc.).
Methods: Surveys, observations, reaction-times, neuro-physiology
📅 Apply by 31.12.2025
🔗 Details: tinyurl.com/bdf8ebpr

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4 months ago
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Does reading an anti-free will text affect beliefs related to free will over time? — A registered report Scientists debate how the public would react when anti-free will messages are communicated in the media. Taking part in this debate, social psychologi…

Do messages claiming free will doesn’t exist actually shift people's beliefs? Our @jexpsocpsych.bsky.social paper finds believe reductions over a week—but only when the context of reporting beliefs is the same as when reading text. w/ @protzko.bsky.social @sebraem.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/yb3y4ahs

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7 months ago

Hi bluesky community! I am Teresa, a research associate and PhD candidate at Leuphana University Lüneburg. Together with @olivergenschow.bsky.social and @oomendanna.bsky.social, we do research on imitation. Happy to join bluesky's science and psychology community :)

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7 months ago
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Still a bit surprised, but very happy, to have received the 2025 Psychology Teaching Prize 🎉
It’s the end of my second year teaching @leuphana.bsky.social and it’s been a lot of fun working with such engaged students. Looking forward to the new academic year after the break.

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8 months ago
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Er wordt veel gesproken over #ADHD. Maar welke woorden verkiezen mensen met ADHD in België en Nederland?
Heb je ADHD? Deel je mening via:
ugent.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... of scan de QR code.
Heb je geen ADHD? Deel dan dit bericht! 😉

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9 months ago
Hub Science Project “Psychology of Transformation towards Sustainability”: Doctoral Research Associate with a background in Psychology or a related field

Are you passionate about #scicomm & psychology in the context of #Sustainability? We are looking for a PhD-candidate (75%; 4 yrs) for the Hub Science project "Psychology of Transformation" at Leuphana University Lüneburg! www.leuphana.de/universitaet...

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9 months ago

Now in press: doi.org/10.1093/cerc...! We show that morphological processing in 7y/o relies mostly on phonological mechanisms (IFGop & STG) AND find a surprise exploratory negative correlation between language and activity in the anterior lobe of the cerebellum during morph processing. W/James Booth

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10 months ago
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Excited to be presenting my poster this Friday at #INSAR25!
It dives into the theory of the double empathy problem, with a focus on how well people with and without autism can understand each other’s thoughts when they share (or don’t share) the same neurotype. Come say hi!

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11 months ago
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CNS people: come by my poster at #CNS2025 about morphological processing (D121) in the pediatric brain and let’s talk some language in this methods poster session!

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11 months ago

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1 year ago
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Automatic Imitation Book brings together leading researchers from various domains to provide readers with a recent overview of developments in automatic imitation research.

@craccoemiel.bsky.social and I are excited that our edited book on #AutomaticImitation is now published online as open access @SpringerPsych. The chapters cover sections on measures, processes, and consequences of diverse forms of automatic imitation. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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