Publicaties
ACES: Automated Correlation of Electric field strength and Stimulation effects for non-invasive brain stimulation Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Create your own path Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Spatial trajectory planning and execution in a social context play a vital role in our daily lives. To study this process, participants completed a goal-directed task involving either observing a sequence of preferred goals and self-planning a trajectory (Self Sequencing) or observing and reproducing the entire trajectory taken by others (Other Sequencing). The results indicated that in the observation phase, witnessing entire trajectories ...
Two is company Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Previous studies have identified that the posterior cerebellum, which plays a role in processing temporal sequences in social events, is consistently and robustly activated when we predict future action sequences based on personality traits (Haihambo Haihambo et al. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 17(2), 241-251, 2022) and intentions (Haihambo et al. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience 23(2), 323-339, 2023). In the ...
Editorial: A multi-talented butterfly: the role of the cerebellum in social cognition, emotion, and language Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Sex differences in autistic adults: A preliminary study showing differences in mentalizing, but not in narrative coherence Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Dynamic causal modeling of cerebello-cerebral connectivity when sequencing trait-implying actions Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Prior studies suggest that the cerebellum contributes to the prediction of action sequences as well as the detection of social violations. In this dynamic causal modeling study, we explored the effective connectivity of the cerebellum with the cerebrum in processing social action sequences. A first model aimed to explore functional cerebello-cerebral connectivity when learning trait/stereotype-implying action sequences. We found many ...
Degree of abstraction rather than ambiguity is crucial for driving mentalizing involvement Vrije Universiteit Brussel
To Do or Not to Do Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Humans read the minds of others to predict their actions and efficiently navigate social environments, a capacity called mentalizing. Accumulating evidence suggests that the cerebellum, especially Crus 1 and 2, and lobule IX are involved in identifying the sequence of others' actions. In the current study, we investigated the neural correlates that underly predicting others' intentions and how this plays out in the sequence of their actions. ...
Mentalizing and narrative coherence in autistic adults Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This review focuses on autistic adults and serves 4 purposes: (1) providing an overview of their difficulties regarding mentalizing (understanding others' mental states) and narrative coherence (structured storytelling), (2) highlighting the relations between both skills by examining behavioral observations and shared neural substrates, (3) providing an integrated perspective regarding novel diagnostic tools and support services, and (4) ...