Aan mijn Nederlandstalige volgers: we zoeken deelnemers voor een korte online studie, waarmee we hopen een nieuwe vragenlijst te valideren - slechts 20 minuutjes werk, kans op een bol.com-bon, eeuwige dankbaarheid! Deelname via: ugent.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_en… Delen? Graag! ♥️

We are now two days away from the start of ESCAN! If you haven't done so yet, please register via the online platform (escan2024.com/membership-reg…). On-site registrations are possible, but they must also be done through the platform (no cash). Looking forward to seeing you there!

Dear ESCAN attendees, Please find the final program at a glance and the full booklet here: escan2024.com/conference-pro…

Happy to be part of escan2024 @ Ghent in Ghent, with Hannah De Laet, Dr Annabel Nijhof + Roeljan being part of the organizing committee (+ Annabel + Roeljan of a symposium yesterday!) 🤩 Tomorrow, come see Maura Nevejans' poster on the impact of social reward on imitation in VR! ✨

#PhDposition Opening in Our Social & Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, led by Prof. Lara Bardi 😇 Get in touch If you are interested in joining us!!

Congrats to our 3 best poster awards winner! 🥳🏆 1st: Arthur Pabst 2nd: Ondine Simonot-Bérenger 3rd: Mado Gautier

We zoeken nog MANNEN die deze korte vragenlijst willen invullen. Delen? Heel graag! ugent.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_en…

For our Dutch followers: be sure to follow us on Instagram, instagram.com/explora_gent, to stay up to date (new projects, publications, conference visits...), with amazing graphics by Maura Nevejans and Hannah De Laet

When we communicate, we often unconsciously mirror each other's movements. But how deliberate is this imitative behavior? 👯‍♂️ 📖 Read more about it in my blog post on Psychology Today! psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/spon…

2-year postdoc on arousal and attention regulation in ADHD in our team. Spread the word! Details: jobs.ugent.be/job/Ghent-Post…

New paper out! The title says what we found 🙃: "Intact Neural Responding to Hearing One’s Own Name in Children with Autism" (ages 7-13, ERP analysis). Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10.100… (by Rachida El Kaddouri, myself, Roeljan Wiersema and Marcel Brass)

TWO new papers Explora Gent: 'Self-Bias and Self-Related Mentalizing are Unaltered in Adolescents with Autism', Amodeo et al: link.springer.com/article/10.100… and: 'Intact Neural Responding to Hearing One’s Own Name in Children with Autism', El Kaddouri et al: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

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! Maura Nevejans Explora Gent

Excited to be presenting my poster later today at #INSAR2025! 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!