Workshop Program


MONDAY 26.05.2025

 

16:00 – 17:00 Registration

 

17:15-18:00 Concert

 

18:00 – 22:00 Opening talk and welcome reception


 

 

TUESDAY 27.10.2025 Chaired by Justyna Hinchcliffe

 

07:00 - 09:00 Breakfast

 

09:00 – 10:00 Michael Mendl "Judgement bias as an indicator of affective valence: origins, progress and challenges" 



10:00 – 10:45 Junior researcher talks


10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break 

 

11:15 – 12:15 Jonas Everaert "Resolving ambiguity in depression: The role of Interpretation bias and inflexible belief updating in the lab and everyday daily life"

 

12:15 – 13:00 Junior researcher talks


13:00 – 14:30 Lunch

 

14:30 – 15:30 Justyna Hinchcliffe "Squeak to me: what affective biases and ultrasonic vocalisations can tell us about the emotional state of laboratory rats?"

 

15:30 – 16:00 Junior researcher talks

 

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break 

 

16:30 – 17:30 Nashat Abumaria "Regulation of behavioral switch when facing prolonged uncontrollability or repeated failure"

 

17:30 – 18:30 Sakumi Iki "From Scratching to Pessimism: Exploring Emotion-Cognition Links in Nonhuman Primates" 



19:00 – open Dinner

 

 

 

WEDNESDAY 28.05.2025 Chaired by Megan Jackson


07:00 - 09:00 Breakfast

 

09:00 – 10:00 Łukasz Gawęda

 

10:00 – 10:45 Junior researcher talks


10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break 

 

11:15 – 12:15 Beata Godlewska "Bridging Psychological and Pharmacological Approaches in Depression Treatment: Insights from Emotional Processing and Neuroimaging Research"

 

12:15 – 13:00 Junior researcher talks


13:00 – 14:30 Lunch

 

14:30 – 15:30 Megan Jackson "When the glass is empty: a species-specific approach for understanding apathy syndrome"

 

15:30 – 16:00 Junior researcher talks


16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break 

 

16:30 – 17:30 Emma Robinson "Turning the glass from half empty to half full: investigating neuropsychological mechanisms and rapid-acting antidepressants"


17:30 – 18:30 David Slattery "
Cognitive flexibility in neurodevelopmental and Alzheimer's disease mouse models"

 

19:00 – open Dinner

 




THURSDAY 29.05.2025 

 

07:00 – 09:00 Breakfast

 

9:30 – 18:00 Full-day tour, including sightseeing in Kraków and its surroundings.



19:00 – open Dinner

 




FRIDAY 30.05.2025

 

07:00 – 09:00 Breakfast

 

09:00 – 12:00 Departure

 


Supported by the program „Doskonała nauka II” of Poland's Ministry of Science and Higher Education.