Executive Commitee
Current Members
PRESIDENT: Jan De Houwer (UGent)
Research Topics: Learning, social cognition, cognition & emotion, cognitive psychology, experimental psychopathology
PAST PRESIDENT: Olivier Luminet (UCLouvain)
Specific Tasks: Societal impact, EFPA liason
Research Topics: Emotion, Personality, Health, Memory
SECRETARY: Gilles Vannuscorps (UCLouvain)
Research Topics: Cognitive neuropsychology, Cognitive neuroscience, Vision (biological movement, actions), Language
TREASURER: Dinska Van Gucht (Thomas More / KU Leuven)
Research Topics: Health-related behaviors (e.g., smoking, chocolate craving) & conditioning, Prevention of relapse, Tobacco Harm Reduction (e.g., vaping)
Communication Officer: Tim Vantilborgh (VUB)
Research Topics: Organizational Behavior, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Research Methods, Psychological contracts, Social exchange theory, Temporal dynamics, Volunteering, Personality
EDITOR PSYCHOLOGICA BELGICA: Steve Majerus (ULg)
Research Topics: Experimental psychology, neuropsychology, functional neuroimaging, developmental psychology, Language, memory
ADVISOR: Mandy Rossignol (UMons)
Research Topics: Psychopathology and mental health in youths, Cognitive biases in anxiety disorders, Interoceptive awareness and self-evaluative biases in anxiety
ADVISOR: Vera Hoorens (KU Leuven)
Research Topics: Stereotypes, Person perception, Verbal communication, Cognitive and motivational biases in social comparison (e.g., as these affect health and career decisions)
ADVISOR: Axelle Calcus (ULB)
Research Topics: Auditory cognitive neuroscience, Neurophysiology, Development, Reading acquisition, Hearing impairment
ADVISOR: Lien Goosens (UGent)
Research Topics: Developmental Psychopathology; Intra- and interpersonal processes of eating related pathology
ADVISOR: Ilse Van Diest (KU Leuven)
Research Topics: interoceptive learning, tVNS, respiration, psychophysiology, stress & health
Past Presidents
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2017-2020: Olivier Luminet (UCL)
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2014-17 Johan Wagemans (KUL)
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2011-14 Steve Majerus (ULg)
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2008-11 Marc Brysbaert (UGent)
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2005-08 Axel Cleeremans (ULB)
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2003-05 André Vandierendonck (UGent)
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1999-2003 Frank Van Overwalle (VUB)
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1996-99 Bernard Rimé (UCL)
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1994-96 Gery d'Ydewalle (KUL)
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1990-93 De Keyser (ULG)
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1987-90 Leni Verhofstadt (UGent)
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1984-87 Paul Bertelson (ULB)
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1981-84 Janssen (KUL)
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1979-81 Jean Costermans (UCL)
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1978-79 Osterrieth (ULB)
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1975-77 De Coster (UGent)
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1972-74 De Waele (VUB)