Autism researcher at EXPLORA Gent (previously King's College London). Self + social cognition. Columnist Psyche en Brein, co-editor-in-chief InMind Nederland.
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Dr Annabel Nijhof
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So proud of this collaborative project, two years in the making! Thank you Katja and all others involved 🤩! (Read her full thread below!)
Paper in Acta Psychologica 🥳
No increased Stroop effect under direct eye gaze vs closed eyes (across 3 exps), irrespective of whether one's own or another person's eyes were presented.
@explora-gent.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... (L. Amodeo, D. Oomen, me, M. Brass + J.R. Wiersema)
Dr Annabel Nijhof
Dr Annabel Nijhof
Als gevolg van hersenschade kan iemands gedrag sterk veranderen, waardoor die persoon fundamenteel ‘anders’ lijkt. Wat zijn hiervoor de verklaringen en wat verandert er nu echt na een hersenletsel? Je leest erover in een nieuw In-Mind-artikel van Ella Salgado Figueroa: nl.in-mind.org/article/waar...
🚨 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀: 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 🚨
We are seeking abstracts for a special issue on how people adapt to major life transitions, from becoming a parent to facing illness or loss. Contributions should be accessible and written for a non-specialist audience.
Waarom werkt #phishing? Wanneer we onder druk staan of snel moeten handelen, nemen we beslissingen zonder alles grondig te controleren - en criminelen maken hier handig gebruik van! Hoe precies? Mathias Van der Biest schrijft erover in een nieuwe blog!
nl.in-mind.org/blog/post/wa...
EXPLORA goes Nerdland Festival ✨🤓! Emma Asselman and Hannah De Laet will present on autistic skills and autistic communication (in Dutch) on Monday 25/5, 15.45! More info: www.nerdlandfestival.be/nl/programma...
#INSAR2026 Looking forward to chatting more about the Double Empathy Problem with you 🫵😉
On 25/5, Emma+Hannah took the stage at Nerdland Festival with their talk 'Autism: skills & chills', arguing we shouldn't only look at autism through a negative lens, but also not put on rose-coloured glasses. The truth and value lie in the nuance. Emma's full post: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Direct eye gaze is a salient social stimulus that may hinder concurrent task performance, even when presented with another prominent distracter, such …
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The future
The mind-space framework Long et al 2022 (including CRAE’s Geoff Bird)
Shout out for Geoff!!!!
How to quantify predictions and test them.
The way forward involves consensus-building efforts, adversarial collaborations, & Big Team Science approaches, along with open science practices guided by intellectual humility & epistemic courage.
Interested? Join the community and help shape the future of SC: manysocialminds.univie.ac.at