CAPLAB
@caplab.bsky.social
Cognitive & Affective Psychophysiology Laboratory (CAPLAB) at Ghent University, led by Gilles Pourtois: https://www.cap-lab.be/
We have a new publication and a new Doctor!
Meet Dr. Xue, who is also a co-author of 'Neither exogenous, nor endogenous: Evidence for a distinct role of negative emotion during attentional control' paper just published in PLoS One: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Meet Dr. Xue, who is also a co-author of 'Neither exogenous, nor endogenous: Evidence for a distinct role of negative emotion during attentional control' paper just published in PLoS One: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
October 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
We have a new publication and a new Doctor!
Meet Dr. Xue, who is also a co-author of 'Neither exogenous, nor endogenous: Evidence for a distinct role of negative emotion during attentional control' paper just published in PLoS One: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Meet Dr. Xue, who is also a co-author of 'Neither exogenous, nor endogenous: Evidence for a distinct role of negative emotion during attentional control' paper just published in PLoS One: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
On September 25th, Xiaojuan (Juan) Xue will be defending the PhD thesis entitled 'Emotional attention revisited: modulatory effects of value, goal, and salience on the capture of attention by negative emotion'.
Good luck, Juan!
Good luck, Juan!
Emotional attention revisited: modulatory effects of value, goal, and salience on the capture of attention by negative emotion
www.ugent.be
September 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
On September 25th, Xiaojuan (Juan) Xue will be defending the PhD thesis entitled 'Emotional attention revisited: modulatory effects of value, goal, and salience on the capture of attention by negative emotion'.
Good luck, Juan!
Good luck, Juan!
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Registration for the 20th NVP Dutch Society for Brain and Cognition Winter Conference is open! ✅ You can register and submit your abstract here: www.conftool.pro/nvp2025/. 📅 Early bird registration until Oct 1. ✨For more information: www.societyforbrainandcognition.nl/conference-nvp
Conference – Dutch Society for Brain and Cognition
www.societyforbrainandcognition.nl
September 15, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Registration for the 20th NVP Dutch Society for Brain and Cognition Winter Conference is open! ✅ You can register and submit your abstract here: www.conftool.pro/nvp2025/. 📅 Early bird registration until Oct 1. ✨For more information: www.societyforbrainandcognition.nl/conference-nvp
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Cap-E will guide you through related projects, spin-offs, and associated initiatives. This includes EEG100 celebrating 100 years of EEG (see dx.doi.org/10.1038/s415...) and the pan-European network EEG101 COST Action (www.cost.eu/actions/CA24...).
One hundred years of EEG for brain and behaviour research - Nature Human Behaviour
On the centenary of the first human EEG recording, more than 500 experts reflect on the impact that this discovery has had on our understanding of the brain and behaviour. We document their priorities...
dx.doi.org
August 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Cap-E will guide you through related projects, spin-offs, and associated initiatives. This includes EEG100 celebrating 100 years of EEG (see dx.doi.org/10.1038/s415...) and the pan-European network EEG101 COST Action (www.cost.eu/actions/CA24...).
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#EEGManyLabs website is now live: eegmanylabs.org
A home for our global effort to test the replicability of influential EEG findings, share resources, improve methods in cognitive neuroscience, and grow an open, connected community.
A home for our global effort to test the replicability of influential EEG findings, share resources, improve methods in cognitive neuroscience, and grow an open, connected community.
eegmanylabs
eegmanylabs.org
August 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
#EEGManyLabs website is now live: eegmanylabs.org
A home for our global effort to test the replicability of influential EEG findings, share resources, improve methods in cognitive neuroscience, and grow an open, connected community.
A home for our global effort to test the replicability of influential EEG findings, share resources, improve methods in cognitive neuroscience, and grow an open, connected community.
CAPLAB is going for Krakow!
If you are attending 22nd World Congress of Psychophysiology (IOP 2025), drop by to the talk of Nancy Wang on July 10th, morning session "Attention", starting at 9.00!
If you are attending 22nd World Congress of Psychophysiology (IOP 2025), drop by to the talk of Nancy Wang on July 10th, morning session "Attention", starting at 9.00!
International Organization of Psychophysiology 2025
iop2025.pl
July 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
CAPLAB is going for Krakow!
If you are attending 22nd World Congress of Psychophysiology (IOP 2025), drop by to the talk of Nancy Wang on July 10th, morning session "Attention", starting at 9.00!
If you are attending 22nd World Congress of Psychophysiology (IOP 2025), drop by to the talk of Nancy Wang on July 10th, morning session "Attention", starting at 9.00!
We have a new publication!!
Check out recent JoCN paper with @samversc.bsky.social @lucvermeylen.bsky.social @boevesam.bsky.social on how perceptual decoupling contributes to the "internal shielding benefit" during shifts between external and internal attention.
Check out recent JoCN paper with @samversc.bsky.social @lucvermeylen.bsky.social @boevesam.bsky.social on how perceptual decoupling contributes to the "internal shielding benefit" during shifts between external and internal attention.
Perceptual Decoupling Underlies Internal Shielding Benefit during Switches between External and Internal Attention: Evidence from Early Sensory Event-related Potential Components
Abstract. People need to often switch attention between external and internal sources of information, that is, external and internal attention, respectively. There has been a recent surge of research ...
direct.mit.edu
June 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
We have a new publication!!
Check out recent JoCN paper with @samversc.bsky.social @lucvermeylen.bsky.social @boevesam.bsky.social on how perceptual decoupling contributes to the "internal shielding benefit" during shifts between external and internal attention.
Check out recent JoCN paper with @samversc.bsky.social @lucvermeylen.bsky.social @boevesam.bsky.social on how perceptual decoupling contributes to the "internal shielding benefit" during shifts between external and internal attention.
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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
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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June 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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
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
And another paper!
Ayala Denul, Gilles Pourtois, Tom Loeys & Wim Notebaert have co-authored the Scientific Reports paper, have a read!
Ayala Denul, Gilles Pourtois, Tom Loeys & Wim Notebaert have co-authored the Scientific Reports paper, have a read!
Social post-error adaptations across four NBA basketball seasons - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Social post-error adaptations across four NBA basketball seasons
www.nature.com
June 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
And another paper!
Ayala Denul, Gilles Pourtois, Tom Loeys & Wim Notebaert have co-authored the Scientific Reports paper, have a read!
Ayala Denul, Gilles Pourtois, Tom Loeys & Wim Notebaert have co-authored the Scientific Reports paper, have a read!
We have a new publication!
Jintao Xing, Gilles Pourtois & Qian Yang co-authored a paper just published in Biological Psychology!
Jintao Xing, Gilles Pourtois & Qian Yang co-authored a paper just published in Biological Psychology!
Electrophysiological evidence for flexible adjustments in cognitive control depending on feedback’s contingency
Cognitive control is a fundamental ability that enables to detect and resolve conflict. However, this ability is not encapsulated but liable to learni…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 1, 2025 at 8:53 PM
We have a new publication!
Jintao Xing, Gilles Pourtois & Qian Yang co-authored a paper just published in Biological Psychology!
Jintao Xing, Gilles Pourtois & Qian Yang co-authored a paper just published in Biological Psychology!
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One of the top events in cognitive & affective neuroscience is heading to Rome!
ESCAN 2026 | June 3–6
Great science, great people, and unforgettable food—in one unforgettable city.
More details soon.
#ESCAN2026 #Neuroscience #Rome2026
ESCAN 2026 | June 3–6
Great science, great people, and unforgettable food—in one unforgettable city.
More details soon.
#ESCAN2026 #Neuroscience #Rome2026
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ALT: cars are driving down a street in front of a large building called the colosseum
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May 28, 2025 at 8:01 AM
One of the top events in cognitive & affective neuroscience is heading to Rome!
ESCAN 2026 | June 3–6
Great science, great people, and unforgettable food—in one unforgettable city.
More details soon.
#ESCAN2026 #Neuroscience #Rome2026
ESCAN 2026 | June 3–6
Great science, great people, and unforgettable food—in one unforgettable city.
More details soon.
#ESCAN2026 #Neuroscience #Rome2026
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Big news. After 48 drafts, Clay Holroyd and I are excited to present a narrative review and new theoretical summary on our favorite sensitive & specific EEG marker of reward receipt - the Reward Positivity: tinyurl.com/yzy98rur
May 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Big news. After 48 drafts, Clay Holroyd and I are excited to present a narrative review and new theoretical summary on our favorite sensitive & specific EEG marker of reward receipt - the Reward Positivity: tinyurl.com/yzy98rur
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
CCN meeting | Nellia Bellaert (University of Mons, Belgium), invited by Gilles Pourtois
www.ugent.be
May 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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!
We have a new publication!
Xiaojuan Xue and Gilles Pourtois have co-authored 'Neurophysiological evidence for emotional attention modulation depending on goal relevance' paper, which has just been published in Scientific Reports.
Have a read >>>
Xiaojuan Xue and Gilles Pourtois have co-authored 'Neurophysiological evidence for emotional attention modulation depending on goal relevance' paper, which has just been published in Scientific Reports.
Have a read >>>
Neurophysiological evidence for emotional attention modulation depending on goal relevance - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Neurophysiological evidence for emotional attention modulation depending on goal relevance
www.nature.com
April 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
We have a new publication!
Xiaojuan Xue and Gilles Pourtois have co-authored 'Neurophysiological evidence for emotional attention modulation depending on goal relevance' paper, which has just been published in Scientific Reports.
Have a read >>>
Xiaojuan Xue and Gilles Pourtois have co-authored 'Neurophysiological evidence for emotional attention modulation depending on goal relevance' paper, which has just been published in Scientific Reports.
Have a read >>>
We have a new visiting PhD student!!
Kamela Cenka is following the Joint PhD Program in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Bologna, supervised by Prof. Alessio Avenanti. During her research visit at CAPLAB, she will investigate brain-body interactions and early visual attention.
Kamela Cenka is following the Joint PhD Program in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Bologna, supervised by Prof. Alessio Avenanti. During her research visit at CAPLAB, she will investigate brain-body interactions and early visual attention.
March 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
We have a new visiting PhD student!!
Kamela Cenka is following the Joint PhD Program in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Bologna, supervised by Prof. Alessio Avenanti. During her research visit at CAPLAB, she will investigate brain-body interactions and early visual attention.
Kamela Cenka is following the Joint PhD Program in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Bologna, supervised by Prof. Alessio Avenanti. During her research visit at CAPLAB, she will investigate brain-body interactions and early visual attention.
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The European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience can now also be found here! 🤘
@escaneu.bsky.social
#neuroskyence #PsychSkySci
@mtsakiris.bsky.social
@hvansteenbergen.bsky.social
@silanilab.bsky.social
@scanunit.bsky.social
Please spread the word and tag fellow ESCAN members!
@escaneu.bsky.social
#neuroskyence #PsychSkySci
@mtsakiris.bsky.social
@hvansteenbergen.bsky.social
@silanilab.bsky.social
@scanunit.bsky.social
Please spread the word and tag fellow ESCAN members!
January 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience can now also be found here! 🤘
@escaneu.bsky.social
#neuroskyence #PsychSkySci
@mtsakiris.bsky.social
@hvansteenbergen.bsky.social
@silanilab.bsky.social
@scanunit.bsky.social
Please spread the word and tag fellow ESCAN members!
@escaneu.bsky.social
#neuroskyence #PsychSkySci
@mtsakiris.bsky.social
@hvansteenbergen.bsky.social
@silanilab.bsky.social
@scanunit.bsky.social
Please spread the word and tag fellow ESCAN members!
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!!
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
Two event-related brain potential (ERP) components, the frontocentral feedback-related negativity (FRN) and the posterior P300, are key in feedback pr…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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!!
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!!
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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...
Relational Reasoning Meeting 2025 | liplab.be
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January 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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...
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It's out!
Our work on multi-dimensional control adaptation landed on @naturehumbehav.bsky.social
Free access to the full text here: rdcu.be/d5pt1
Big shout-out to @wouterkool.bsky.social for sharing the venture and for setting the bar that high in mentorship!
For a quick recap, linked thread
Our work on multi-dimensional control adaptation landed on @naturehumbehav.bsky.social
Free access to the full text here: rdcu.be/d5pt1
Big shout-out to @wouterkool.bsky.social for sharing the venture and for setting the bar that high in mentorship!
For a quick recap, linked thread
January 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
It's out!
Our work on multi-dimensional control adaptation landed on @naturehumbehav.bsky.social
Free access to the full text here: rdcu.be/d5pt1
Big shout-out to @wouterkool.bsky.social for sharing the venture and for setting the bar that high in mentorship!
For a quick recap, linked thread
Our work on multi-dimensional control adaptation landed on @naturehumbehav.bsky.social
Free access to the full text here: rdcu.be/d5pt1
Big shout-out to @wouterkool.bsky.social for sharing the venture and for setting the bar that high in mentorship!
For a quick recap, linked thread
As part of #EEGManyLabs project, a network of collaborators will attempt to replicate Hajcak and Foti’s (2008) findings on the ERN and defensive motivation.
Check the preprint: Revisiting Defensive Motivation and the Error-Related Negativity: A Multi-Site Replication Study
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Check the preprint: Revisiting Defensive Motivation and the Error-Related Negativity: A Multi-Site Replication Study
osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
January 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
As part of #EEGManyLabs project, a network of collaborators will attempt to replicate Hajcak and Foti’s (2008) findings on the ERN and defensive motivation.
Check the preprint: Revisiting Defensive Motivation and the Error-Related Negativity: A Multi-Site Replication Study
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Check the preprint: Revisiting Defensive Motivation and the Error-Related Negativity: A Multi-Site Replication Study
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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We have a new opening for a three-year postdoc position in the Department of Experimental Psychology at Ghent University: jobs.ugent.be/job/Ghent-Do...
Doctoral assistant department Experimental psychology
Doctoral assistant department Experimental psychology
jobs.ugent.be
December 13, 2024 at 2:58 PM
We have a new opening for a three-year postdoc position in the Department of Experimental Psychology at Ghent University: jobs.ugent.be/job/Ghent-Do...
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Now available in fancy copy-edited version, let me know if you'd like a copy but don't have access :)
doi.org/10.1037/rev0...
We have also started testing this ideomotor hypothesis and just finished a six-week autogenic training pilot study, results will hopefully follow soon!
doi.org/10.1037/rev0...
We have also started testing this ideomotor hypothesis and just finished a six-week autogenic training pilot study, results will hopefully follow soon!
December 13, 2024 at 7:52 AM
Now available in fancy copy-edited version, let me know if you'd like a copy but don't have access :)
doi.org/10.1037/rev0...
We have also started testing this ideomotor hypothesis and just finished a six-week autogenic training pilot study, results will hopefully follow soon!
doi.org/10.1037/rev0...
We have also started testing this ideomotor hypothesis and just finished a six-week autogenic training pilot study, results will hopefully follow soon!
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Higher-order interactions: mechanisms, behaviors, and networks - Aug 25-31, 2025
We're happy to host a course/workshop at the Ettore Majorana Center for Scientific Culture in the incredibly beautiful Erice, Sicily, with amazing speakers
sites.google.com/view/ho2025e...
Wait no further and join!
We're happy to host a course/workshop at the Ettore Majorana Center for Scientific Culture in the incredibly beautiful Erice, Sicily, with amazing speakers
sites.google.com/view/ho2025e...
Wait no further and join!
Higher-order interactions
Higher-order interactions: mechanisms, behaviors, and networks
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December 12, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Higher-order interactions: mechanisms, behaviors, and networks - Aug 25-31, 2025
We're happy to host a course/workshop at the Ettore Majorana Center for Scientific Culture in the incredibly beautiful Erice, Sicily, with amazing speakers
sites.google.com/view/ho2025e...
Wait no further and join!
We're happy to host a course/workshop at the Ettore Majorana Center for Scientific Culture in the incredibly beautiful Erice, Sicily, with amazing speakers
sites.google.com/view/ho2025e...
Wait no further and join!
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New preprint with @lucvermeylen.bsky.social, @boevesam.bsky.social, and @caplab.bsky.social!
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Perceptual decoupling underlies internal shielding benefit during switches between external and internal attention: Evidence from early sensory ERP components
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Perceptual decoupling underlies internal shielding benefit during switches between external and internal attention: Evidence from early sensory ERP components
December 2, 2024 at 8:35 AM
New preprint with @lucvermeylen.bsky.social, @boevesam.bsky.social, and @caplab.bsky.social!
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Perceptual decoupling underlies internal shielding benefit during switches between external and internal attention: Evidence from early sensory ERP components
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Perceptual decoupling underlies internal shielding benefit during switches between external and internal attention: Evidence from early sensory ERP components