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Ghent Center for Cognitive Neuroscience @ghentccn.bsky.social · Aug 11

Why is testing good for you(r memory)? Because it forces you(r brain) to predict. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Neural and computational evidence for a predictive learning account of the testing effect | PNAS

Testing enhances memory more than studying. Although numerous studies have demonstrated the robustness of this classic effect, its neural and compu...

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Senne Braem @sebraem.bsky.social · Jul 17

We moved our symposium to a bigger room so we have a few more extra seats available now! Join us September 10th for our symosium on "Flexible Definitions of Cognitive Flexibility"
shengjiexu.ugent.be/CoCoFlex_Sem.... Poster or talk submission deadline is in two weeks: July 31st!

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Communications Psychology @commspsychol.nature.com · Jul 4

The study suggests a few metacognitive states correlate with rational behavioural adjustments; this might help steering behaviour towards optimality.
@lucvermeylen.bsky.social @sebraem.bsky.social @kobedesender.bsky.social @gonzalezgarcia.bsky.social @mruz.bsky.social
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The temporal dynamics of metacognitive experiences track rational adaptations in task performance - Communications Psychology

Using computational modeling and EEG, the study suggests several metacognitive states correlate with rational adjustments in behavior; this might benefit steering behavior towards optimality

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Ghent Center for Cognitive Neuroscience @ghentccn.bsky.social · Jun 27

The Learning and Cognitive Control Laboratory at Ghent University (Belgium), led by Clay Holroyd, is recruiting two highly motivated postdoctoral fellows to apply a control-theoretic approach to investigate the neurocognitive mechanisms of cognitive effort ( doi.org/10.1037/rev0... )

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Ghent Center for Cognitive Neuroscience @ghentccn.bsky.social · Jun 27

Position 2: The successful candidate will train RNNs to learn the generative structure of existing behavioral, EEG and MEG data (dynamical system reconstruction), and apply linear control theory to investigate the energy demands of the resulting network architectures: www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...

Postdoctoral fellow

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Ghent Center for Cognitive Neuroscience @ghentccn.bsky.social · Jun 27

Position 1: The successful candidate will apply linear control theory to investigate the energy demands of existing artificial neural network models of working memory, task switching, and brain computer interface tasks: www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...

Postdoctoral fellow

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Ghent Center for Cognitive Neuroscience @ghentccn.bsky.social · Jun 27

The positions are funded by a European Research Council Advanced Grant ( www.ugent.be/en/news-even... ), are for 3 years with an opportunity to renew, and are available to start January 2026.

Ghent University shines with six prestigious ERC Advanced Grants

Ghent University has once again proven its excellence in research by securing six coveted ERC Advanced Grants. This remarkable achievement places the university at the forefront of European scientific...

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Ghent Center for Cognitive Neuroscience @ghentccn.bsky.social · Jun 27

The Learning and Cognitive Control Laboratory at Ghent University (Belgium), led by Clay Holroyd, is recruiting two highly motivated postdoctoral fellows to apply a control-theoretic approach to investigate the neurocognitive mechanisms of cognitive effort ( doi.org/10.1037/rev0... )

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BogaertsLab @bogaertslab.bsky.social · Jun 4

NEUROCOG 2025 is taking place in Brussels Nov 17–18!

The theme: AI and the Human Brain 🤖 🧠

We’re thrilled to welcome 6 amazing invited speakers:
@evfedorenko.bsky.social, @nicoschuck.bsky.social, @summerfieldlab.bsky.social, @jeffreybowers.bsky.social, @irisgroen.bsky.social & @mtoneva.bsky.social

NeuroCog » November 17-18, 2025

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Emilie Caspar @emiliecaspar.bsky.social · May 30

New publication in Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (SCAN) with @guillaumepech.bsky.social !

We investigated the influence of conformity and obedience on intentions to help a child whose relative had caused harm to the participant’s family.

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A cross-cultural EEG study of how obedience and conformity influence reconciliation intentions

Abstract. The study investigated the influence of conformity and obedience on intentions to help a child whose relative had caused harm to the participant’

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Daniele Marinazzo @danielemarinazzo.bsky.social · May 21

Hear hear!
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Psychonomic Society @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social · May 20

The more the merrier! Traditional psychometric networks focus on pairs of variables, but what happens when we look at three or more at once? #psynomBRM paper on #hypergraphs by Marinazzo and colleagues; post by Alyssa Asmar buff.ly/tS2PrhL

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Senne Braem @sebraem.bsky.social · May 20

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!

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Daniele Marinazzo @danielemarinazzo.bsky.social · May 15

PhD fellowship to work with me and Benedetta Franceschiello on the analysis and modelling of fast sampled fMRI data!

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Doctoral fellow

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CAPLAB @caplab.bsky.social · May 19

We are hoping for a rewarding afternoon with a talk of Nellia Bellaert (University of Mons) on the mechanisms of irritability and their association with anhedonia during @ghentccn.bsky.social meeting, this Thursday at 3pm!

CCN meeting | Nellia Bellaert (University of Mons, Belgium), invited by Gilles Pourtois

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joskerijmen.bsky.social @joskerijmen.bsky.social · Apr 30

🥳 Happy to share that another chapter from my PhD dissertation has now been published: 👉 Bouncy bands do not improve academic performance: an ecologically valid classroom study on the role of ADHD traits 👈

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Bouncy Bands Do Not Improve Academic Performance: An Ecologically Valid Classroom Study on the Role of ADHD Traits

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Moral & Social Brain lab @moralsocialbrain.bsky.social · Apr 30

We are pleased to invite you to the first edition of the Social & Moral Brain seminar: Emotions, Others, and Morality, October 16–17, 2025, at the Ghent University Museum (GUM) Forum Belgium.

Call for abstracts until May 19th
🔗 Submission : thesmbseminar.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag...

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Moral & Social Brain lab @moralsocialbrain.bsky.social · Feb 12

Our lab finally just joined #BlueSky! --> moralsocialbrain.com

Don't hesitate to follow for open positions (Ph.D. or postdoc), research internships, or new publications!

#Academia #Neuroscience #Social #Moral #Cognition #DecisionMaking

PI : @emiliecaspar.bsky.social
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Ghent Center for Cognitive Neuroscience @ghentccn.bsky.social · Feb 12

Save-the-date for the 2025 edition of the Neurocog conference. The topic this year is AI and the human brain: neurocog.be

NeuroCog » November 17-18, 2025

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Ghent Center for Cognitive Neuroscience @ghentccn.bsky.social · Feb 3

Why is testing better for learning than studying? We propose because testing makes you actively predict: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Predictive learning as the basis of the testing effect - Communications Psychology

Testing yields better memory than studying. The origin of this effect is unclear. Based on three experiments and computational modeling, this study provides evidence that predictive (error-based) lear...

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Centre for Research on Ecology, Cognition and Behaviour of Birds @ecobird.bsky.social · Nov 20

🌿 Hello, Bluesky! 🌿
We’re EcoBird—a passionate research group from Ghent University, dedicated to exploring the lives of birds and their ecosystems. 🐦✨ Our goal is to advance scientific knowledge and tackle environmental challenges impacting bird populations worldwide. ecobird.ugent.be

Home - Centre for Research on Ecology, Cognition, and Behaviour of Birds

Website of the Centre for Research on Ecology, Cognition and Behaviour of Birds

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BogaertsLab @bogaertslab.bsky.social · Jan 18

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The advantage of spaced studying is well documented for explicit learning, but is there such an advantage for incidental #StatisticalLearning of novel #Language?

Jasper de Waard from @jthee.bsky.social’s lab tested it! Find out what we found here : 🔗 doi.org/10.3758/s134...

Taking time: Auditory statistical learning benefits from distributed exposure - Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

In an auditory statistical learning paradigm, listeners learn to partition a continuous stream of syllables by discovering the repeating syllable patterns that constitute the speech stream. Here, we a...

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CAPLAB @caplab.bsky.social · Jan 12

Is it valence, or is it expectancy?

Within the #EEGManyLabs project, across 13 labs we aimed to replicate Hajcak et al. (2005) findings on FRN & P300 modulation during feedback processing. Check the outcomes of this replication just published in Cortex!!

Revisiting the electrophysiological correlates of valence and expectancy in reward processing – A Multi-lab replication

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Josh @josheayrs.bsky.social · Jan 13

New year new paper! Now out in Psychophysiology: Reward and Efficacy Modulate the Rate of Anticipatory Pupil Dilation onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

<em>Psychophysiology</em> | SPR Journal | Wiley Online Library

We found pupils dilate in the final moments before a target in a Stroop task. The rate of dilation was more rapid for trials where the participant anticipated a large reward which was performance-con...

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Eva Van den Bussche @evdbussc.bsky.social · Jan 9

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....

Event Registration

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