Program

Monday, December 1st 2025
TimeEventTopicDuration
9:30Registration & coffee30 min
10:00Introduction to the workshop by Henryk Bukowski10 min
10:00-12:00TalkChris Conway: “Socio-cognitive abilities in the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology50 min
Talk Annabel Bogaerts: “Unstable selves and empty cores: Understanding and assessing identity disturbance and feelings of inner emptiness as transdiagnostic constructs”50 min
12:00-13:00Lunch break1h
13:00-15:00BlitzShort talks:
-“State of Social Cognition Research: Challenges, Future Directions, and Efforts Toward Consensus Building” by E. Pronizius
-“Functional network reorganization underlies context-changes in naturalistic social cognition” by L. Maliske
-“Practising Gratitude Journaling: When Focussing on Others Is Linked with Weaker Implicit Sense of Agency” by A. Le
-“Interoceptive-Based Interventions for Eating Disorders” by S. Diana
-“True correlations in psychopathology: Leveraging self- and informant-reports to advance dimensional assessment of mental health problems” by S. Henry
-“Discrepant views of apathy in patients and caregivers: The role of cognitive deficits in Parkinson’s disease” by G. Funghi
-“Individual Differences in Prior–Sensory Integration during Social Inference” by E. Kurnaz
8+2 min per talk
15:00-15:30Coffee & tea break30 min
15:30-17:00TalkAikaterini (Katerina) Fotopoulou: Updating body beliefs and taking bodily decisions in eating disorders: From Computational Neuropsychology to the Clinic50 min
TalkDiscussion with all speakers45 min
17:00-18:45DiscussionWorld café (discussions on selected issues with examples below)
– What “transdiagnostic” implies for clinical and research work?
– Which are the key elements of self-other functioning to assess and treat/intervene onto?
– Should we focus clinically on self-understanding first or on understanding others?  
+ drinks + light snacks
1h30
Tuesday, December 2nd 2025
TimeEventTopicDuration
8:30-9:00Coffee & tea & viennoiserie30 min
9:00-11:00TalkAntonia Hamilton: “Synchrony of brain and behaviour builds social connections and learning50 min
TalkElodie Peyroux: “Social cognitive training: from theory to application – Insights from the RC2S program50 min
11:00-13:00Poster session and lunch break2h00
13:00-15:00TalkShort talks:
-“Interpersonal Adjustment as an Account for Communication Challenges between Individuals with Low and High Autistic Traits” by R. Liu
-“Mapping Social Brain Networks During Naturalistic Movie Viewing with Intracranial EEG” by S. Aykan
-“Differential effects of cerebellar neuromodulation on mentalizing across the Autism Spectrum” by B. Catoira
– “Coupling Minds: Technical and Conceptual Foundations for Hyperfeedback” by K. Kostorz
8+2 min per talk
TalkGeoff Bird: “Rethinking Theory of Mind and Its Clinical Relevance50 min
15:00-15:30Coffee break30 min
15:30-17:30TalkAlix Bigot & Henryk Bukowski: “Self-other distinction across clinical populations50 min
DiscussionDiscussion with all speakers45 min
TalkConclusions and best poster awards by Henryk Bukowski15 min
18h15-…SocialOptional dinner and drinks in Brussels center at Wolf (not covered)