STRESS IN SOCIAL SITUATIONS FROM CHILDHOOD TO OLD AGE

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From fundamental research on physiological mechanisms towards new avenues for prevention and intervention

CHAIR: Prof. Rudi De Raedt (UGent)
DISCUSSANT: Prof. Marie-Anne Vanderhasselt (UGent)
Guy Bosmans (KULeuven):  The impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on the development of attachment in children: the role of stress regulation as indexed by hair cortisol.
Sam Bonduelle (VUB, UZBrussel): How adolescents’ perceived criticism and self-criticism affect amygdalar functional connectivity in response to parental criticism.
Jens Allaert (UGent): Effects of prefrontal tDCS on social attention and emotional reactivity to social evaluative feedback.
Greta Mikneviciute (Université de Genève): Psychophysiological and cognitive effects of acute psychosocial stress in young versus older adults.

This symposium is coordinated by Rudi De Raedt, Professor of Clinical Psychology and head of the department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology at Ghent University, where he is PI of the Psychopathology and Affective Neuroscience lab. He developed influential frameworks and accomplished ground breaking work on the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying stress dynamics and vulnerability for affective disorders, and the translation to innovative neurocognitive interventions. He received the Révész honorary chair from the Graduate School of Psychology at the University of Amsterdam, and is fellow of the Association for Psychological Science.