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Join us for a unique and exciting event that will explore the power of combined forces and zoom in on brain, cognition and behavior research at UvA and VU!
Event details of ABC x iBBA Day 2025
Date
10 October 2025
Time
12:00 -21:00
Location
De Brakke Grond

ABC x iBBA

ABC and iBBA are teaming up for the Amsterdam Brain, Cognition and Behavior Day at De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam.

Online Registration was required and has closed 21 Sept.

Check-in desk for your conference badge on location will be open from 12:00 - 12:55, with the program starting no later than 13:00.
We will wrap the day with networking during borrel and dinner from 18:00, closing at 21:00.

Time

Program

   
12:00 - 12:55 Registration open – Day Badge    
13:00 - 13:20

Welcome and Introduction
by the Directors of iBBA/VU and ABC/UvA

iBBA - Heleen Slagter
ABC - Birte Forstmann
 
13:20 - 14:20

Symposium 1

   
Vicarious body maps bridge vision and touch Thomas Knapen VU - iBBA - Cognitive Psychology
Crossing the Styx:
From In Vivo MRI to Post Mortem Histology
in Human Brain Atlasing
Anneke Alkemade UvA - ABC - Brain and Cognition
Is motor exploration limb specific? Katinka van der Kooij VU - iBBA - Human Movement Sciences
Digital brain models and cognitive functions Jorge Mejias UvA - ABC - Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience
14:20 - 14:30 Intro to Break with Demos and Poster session    
14:30 – 14:45 Break    
for everybody to get a pause and a snack    
14:45 - 16:15

Poster Session, Demos & Networking break
     with refreshments & snacks

   
  Demos     
  VU-AMS: Measure with Precision Sage Sealey  iBBA / VU
   Are you smarter than AI? Claire Stevenson ABC / UvA
  Open Statistics with JASP Johnny van Doorn  ABC / UvA
  3D brain models Anneke Alkemade ABC / UvA
  Mobile eye tracking: easy, and (relatively) cheap! David Mann iBBA / VU
16:15 - 17:15

Symposium 2

   
  Genetics meets environment:
Twin studies and polygenic scores
in learning and neurodiversity
Elsje van Bergen VU - iBBA - Biological Psychology
  Rapid auditory/visual recalibration
in Autistic Individuals 
Dirk Smit UvA - AMC - Psychiatry
  Enriching cognitive science through cross-cultural research Josh Tybur VU - iBBA - Social Psychology
  How arousal shapes performance: Pupillometry, pharmacology, and modeling evidence Lola Beerendonk UvA - ABC -Brain and Cognition
17:15

Conclusions, Poster Prize

   
  Networking, Drinks and additional time for Demos    
18:00 - 21:00

Networking & Buffet Dinner

   

This day will give you the opportunity to share your ideas and results with a like-minded community in Amsterdam from UvA and VU. Time will be given for informal and fun interactions with each other and the day will wrap with a borrel and dinner.

Researchers linked to ABC and iBBA are equally excited to join forces and we are looking forward to an interesting and inspiring joint day with all of you.

The members of the organizing committee are very excited to support this joining of forces and blurring of geographical and interdisciplinary boundaries.
We are very much looking forward to an interesting and inspiring day with all of you.

On behalf of ABC: Birte Forstmann, Simon van Gaal, and Timo Stein
On behalf of iBBA: Heleen Slagter, Freek van Ede, David Mann, Caterina Trentin