Pieter and Tilia presented at Dag van de Wetenschap! They discussed how our brain functions as a prediction machine and how to apply this knowledge to change behavior. #DVDW #dagvandewetenschap2025

A few more photos from our team at the ABAI conference.

Last week, Zita, Matthias, Jan, Guilherme, and Alex from the LipLab participated in the 12th International Conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI). They presented several posters and talks.

Day 1 of conducting our impulse control training study in Dendermonde prison 🔐

In September, we enjoyed our annual research retreat, filled with engaging discussions, shared dinners, and plenty of laughter! We are totally ready for a new academic year!

@marinerougier.bsky.social and Jan De Houwer participated in the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology in Lisbon with the symposium "Changing person perception: Building bridges between impression formation and learning research."

🧠 Meet the BAPS Junior Board for the academic year 2025-2026! ✨ Fresh team, fresh ideas, fresh events! Stay tuned! 👉Learn more about the team at: www.baps.be/about-us/jun...

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...

Hi everyone, We are pleased to announce that the submission deadline for the EASP General Meeting has been extended by one week until November 7th midnight UTC –12. Please submit your abstracts via our online portal. For more information please visit the official website: easp2026strasbourg.com

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

@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!

I am once again asking: if you or someone you know (i) knows the SAS programming language, (ii) has some degree of familiarity with social psychology, and (iii) wants to be paid to review a paper as part of @error.reviews, please get in touch with me!

The 2nd Relational Reasoning Meeting occurred last Friday and Saturday in Ghent - 2 days of interdisciplinary talks, inspiring posters, and meaningful new connections. Thanks to all presenters, attendees, and organizers!

📢 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)

We are organizing a meeting on Relational Reasoning on April 11 and 12 in Ghent. All info, submissions and registration here: event.ugent.be/registration....

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...

Very grateful for the opportunity to present our research at the Social Cognition Workshop as a blitz talk (and a poster)! Thank you for the interesting questions and discussions. I’m already looking forward to next year’s edition! 😄

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...

This week, I attended the autism workshop organized by the Delacroix Research Foundation! Three days filled with interesting talks and posters. I loved hearing and learning about different autism research areas (and presented a poster myself!).

Also come and find Yannick Boddez on Dag van de wetenschap 24/11, where he will give a talk about how conditioning can shed light on complex emotions like fear and even heartbreak! More info: www.dagvandewetenschap.be/activiteiten...

On 22/11, Jan De Houwer will give a talk about training relational reasoning during the annual meeting of the @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social. He'll share the results of two large-scale studies conducted with @zitameijer.bsky.social and @jamiecummins.bsky.social. Curious? Don't miss his talk! 🎤

@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!