EXPLORA Gent

Since last year (with many thanks to @epronizius.bsky.social!), I have been part of the 'Many Social Minds' community: a group of ECRs who want to better understand the current state of social cognition research, its key challenges, and its future directions. JOIN US: manysocialminds.univie.ac.at

So happy (and proud of @hannahdelaet.bsky.social!) that our paper "Adults with autism’s communication preferences with others with and without autism: A mixed-methods study" is now published in 'Research in Autism'! 50-day free access through this link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

December conference month, part 1! At the social cognition workshop “From Self-Knowledge to Knowing Others”, organized by @henrykbukowski.bsky.social, four EXPLORA members presented their work on a poster! Well done, Anouk, Mathilde, Yulong and Chiara!

Egoïstisch en oppervlakkig? Uit onderzoek blijkt dat veel jongeren juist erg gemotiveerd zijn om anderen te helpen, zowel hun vrienden als maatschappijbreed. Hoe ontwikkelen jongeren hun prosociale vermogen, en wat hebben ze er zelf aan? Sophie Sweijen schreef erover: nl.in-mind.org/article/de-k...

So happy my project on Mind-Space/Double Empathy in autism with Roeljan Wiersema and Geoff Bird got funded!

PsyPost discusses a recent EXPLORA study by @joskerijmen.bsky.social and colleagues on the effect of noise on ADHD traits. Read more below!

It's a great pleasure to share our work on communication and autism on the SocCog Workshop @selfknowingothers.bsky.social with our lovely team🍻 @explora-gent.bsky.social

📝TAKE-HOME of this study: Communication Takes Two🫂

New co-authored paper: research on the neural underpinnings of visuomotor adaptation in children with DCD, by Griet Warlop. Findings highlight the role of sensory prediction error sensitivity in motor difficulties. Check out the infographic by Griet, and the full article: doi.org/10.1016/j.ri...

Of we nu kleding kopen op Vinted of een huisje boeken via Airbnb, vaak vormen we direct onbewuste oordelen over de verkopers en verhuurders. Maar een betrouwbaar gezicht betekent niet noodzakelijk een betrouwbaar persoon.
Lees meer in de blog van Mathias Van der Biest: nl.in-mind.org/blog/post/wa...

Werk je in een professionele context (klinisch of wetenschappelijk) met kinderen, jongeren of volwassenen met #ADHD? We horen graag welke termen jij gebruikt om over ADHD te spreken. Laat het horen via ugent.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
(vragenlijst van 5 à 10 minuten). Delen? Heel graag!

Next call for our scholarship for openly autistic academics at (post)doctoral level in autumn 2025! We offer a grant that enables participation in an activity of choice relevant to their research. We also enable them to present their research at our symposium.

Had the best time volunteering at Lowlands Science with Prof Suzanne Dikker's 'Empathy Machine' - see lowlands.nl/acts/ll-scie... - hyperscanning at a festival, because why not? 😁

We are opening a self-funded trainee/intern position of 3-6 months (starting at September 2025). For more information see internship #2 here: bardilab.com/join-us/ (and please reshare!)

May was EXPLORA conference month! 🙋🙋@mauranevejans.bsky.social and @joskerijmen.bsky.social presented at BAPS (Brussels) in a panel on Autism and Neurodiversity, where @annabelnijhof.bsky.social discussed with others on Uncertainty in Academia. Annabel also presented results of an fMRI study at VSS!

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...

This link should work: shengjiexu.ugent.be/CoCoFlex_Sem...

We're organizing a symposium in Ghent on "Flexible Definitions of Cognitive Flexibility" on Wednesday, September 10th, with six exciting speakers: shengjiexu.ugent.be/CoCoFlex_Sem.... Registration is free, but seats are limited. You can also submit poster or talk abstracts by July 31st!

As I had to cancel last year, SO thrilled to be traveling today for the VSS meeting (16-20 May) - for those joining, come find me on the final day of the conference with a poster on face- and name-processing in autistic adults (www.visionsciences.org/presentation...)!

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!

🧠 Gezocht: nieuwe bloggers voor InMind! ✍️

Ben jij een psychologie-onderzoeker met interesse in wetenschapscommunicatie en schrijven? Dan is dit wellicht iets voor jou!

Meer informatie? Zie onze LinkedIn-post hier: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... of stuur een mailtje naar evelyne.fraats@ugent.be

Vorige week was ik samen met Arnoud Wokke te gast bij de podcast 'Met Nerds Om Tafel' om te praten over autisme. Wat was dit leuk! 😍 Dank lieve Randal Peelen en Jur Ubachs, voor de uitnodiging.

Audio: open.spotify.com/episode/5EvW...
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7w-...

During the Inclusive Autism Research Day, people with autism shared with researchers what needs to change in research! The day started with presentations and continued with engaging round table discussions. Immensely proud of what we organized! @mauranevejans.bsky.social
@explora-gent.bsky.social

🚨 Call for Abstracts for a Special Issue on the Negative Psychological Consequences of Social Media 🚨

We are currently seeking abstracts for the special issue “The Dark Side of Social Media — Unpacking its Psychological Impact”.

🗓️ Abstracts submission deadline: May 2, 2025

Last week I was invited to present on 'Autism and the Predictive Brain', alongside Prof Floris De Lange, at the Science Cafe Nijmegen. Thanks to Floris, the organizers, the amazing audience that made for a lively discussion afterwards, the live musicians... I had a great time!

Voor een online experiment zoeken we 20 volwassenen MET AUTISME die:
- Tussen 18 en 50 jaar oud zijn
- Broer(s) en/of zus(sen) hebben
- Student zijn en/of een job hebben

Duur: +/- 1,5 uur, vergoeding: 15 euro! 💰
Sluit tussendoor uw scherm/PC niet af!

Interesse? research.sc/participant/...

Was happy to present on Autism and the Brain (and Neurodiversity!) for a full house at @breinwijzervzw.bsky.social yesterday! Thanks to the organisers and enthusiastic audience :)

𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦
Meet Kalliopi, Yulong and Paloma, the researchers behind the NeuroNarratives residency! Learn more about them on our webiste: neuro-narratives.com/team/

𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬?
You can apply via the link in bio!

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)

Meeting of Minds for Youth festival voor SCHOLEN - Breinwijzer Ons jaarlijks MOM4Y brein festival gaat door op donderdagvoormiddag 13 maart 2025 in de Centrale te Gent. Wetenschappelijke presentaties & workshops, exclusief voor leerlingen van de 2e & 3e graad + begeleidende leerkrachten. Meer info volgt.

More (Dutch) #scicomm fun! 🥳
On March 13, I will present on Autism & The Brain for school children:
www.breinwijzer.be/evenementen/...

On March 19, I will be back in Nijmegen (yay!) for the Science Cafe, also on Autism & The Brain (& Predictive Processing). www.sciencecafenijmegen.nl

𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋
We are excited to launch NeuroNarratives, an art-science residency bringing neuroscientists and artists together to create meaningful art based on science!

Sign up via de link in bio!

#opencall #artandscience #art #science #artscienceresidency #neuroscience