Why We Act Against Our Values and How to Change You know better, yet you stay stuck in old patterns. Maybe the real issue isn’t willpower, but your mind’s predictions about who you are.

Pieter's blogpost about "Why We Act Against Our Values and How to Change", published on Psychology Today, has been positioned as an Essential Read! www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/spon...

Happy to have attended the CoCoFlex seminar today in Ghent. Came for the answers, left with even more questions 🤯 I also presented a poster with some findings on two studies of my Ph.D. project. Thanks to the organizers for a great event!

🌱 Pieter and Jan presented at the BE4LIFE Research Day, an inspiring day diving into the methods and insights behind research on sustainable, healthy, and ethical consumption. Seeds of new ideas and collaboration were planted!
👉 Learn more: www.be4life.eu

Very happy to present (part of) my PhD research at @bapsciences.bsky.social 2025 annual meeting!

@mauranevejans.bsky.social presented a part of her work on an RFT account on perspective taking and ToM in autism at the BAPS annual meeting. A thought-provoking presentation full of important takeaways!

📢 We are hiring! PhD position opening at the LIP lab on impression formation and learning. Please visit our website for more information: liplab.be
Please share or repost this vacancy!

⚠️Don't miss out on the Relation Reasoning Meeting in Ghent this April 11-12! Registration is still open. Follow this link for more details: relationalreasoning.ugent.be

New paper out (the first one from my PhD! 😊): "The impact of model eyesight and social reward on automatic imitation in virtual reality"

doi.org/10.1037/xhp0...

(With Roeljan Wiersema, Jan de Houwer & @craccoemiel.bsky.social)

On the 11th and 12th of April, the Relational Reasoning meeting will take place in the heart of beautiful Ghent ‼️ Check out this link for more details!: liplab.be/relational-r...

The Prison of the Future: A Humane, Evidence-Based Approach Prisons often punish rather than rehabilitate, worsening issues for inmates and society. Evidence-based reforms focus on reintegration and skill-building for lasting change.

My new blogpost on the importance of a humane and evidence-based prison policy is now online! Read more via:
www.google.com/amp/s/www.ps...

Na-apen is sterker dan jezelf Wanneer we met elkaar praten, kopiëren we (onbewust) elkaars bewegingen. Hoe doordacht is dat imitatiegedrag? Ons onderzoek toont aan dat mensen de neiging h...

@mauranevejans.bsky.social wrote a Dutch blog for EOS Wetenschap about her PhD research on social imitation! Link to the blog: www.eoswetenschap.eu/psyche-brein...

Need something else than papers for summer lecture, but still want to educate yourself? ☀️🏖📚 Don't look any further! Check here for some interesting blogs and articles on research at the lab (spoiler alert: there is something for everyone!)

Amazing LIP Lab posters from Deborah, @zitameijer.bsky.social , @mauranevejans.bsky.social, and Alejandro at the annual BAPS meeting!

Demo shiny app (very much still in development): www.drjamiecummins.com/inference-po...

'premenstrual exacerbation' could be a term worth delving into for this question, I think!

Trying to read myself into a new research area: the relationship of the menstrual cycle and mood disorders broadly. Not so much interested in biology/mechanisms rather than descriptive epidemiological evidence and open questions. Recommendations welcome—thanks a lot!

@zitameijer.bsky.social

Héél blij dat ik mocht schrijven voor In-Mind! Ontdekt meer over waarom en hoe de gevangenis van de toekomst een humaner en evidence-based beleid moet implementeren in dit artikel 🔐: nl.in-mind.org/article/de-g...

My first solo-authored paper was just accepted for publication at the Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science!

In this paper, I use a variety of measurement approaches to assess the Relational Abilities Index as a measurement instrument.

A short thread:

psyarxiv.com/zsy8b/