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APS Virtual Poster Showcase

Inflexible Beliefs and Belief Updating across Mental Disorders: Behavioral Findings and Neural Underpinnings.

Sunday, May 24, 2020 · Virtual

Oral · Clinical Science

Inflexibility in forming and maintaining beliefs has been implicated in a variety of mental health conditions. This symposium presents cutting-edge behavioral and neuroscience research on various mental disorders with the common goal of understanding the nature and mechanisms of (in)flexible beliefs and belief updating.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Jonas EveraertChair
    Ghent University
  • Corlett PhilipDiscussant
    Yale University

Presentations

  1. Belief Updating and Autism Hyper-RationalityLiron Rozenkrantz, Tali Sharot, John Gabrieli
  2. Pathways to Paranoia: Analytic Thinking and Belief FlexibilityMichael Bronstein, Jonas Everaert, Ariana Castro, Jutta Joormann, Tyrone Cannon
  3. When Negative Interpretations Persist, Positive Emotions Don’t! Inflexible Negative Interpretations Encourage Depression and Social Anxiety By Dampening Positive EmotionsJonas Everaert, Michael Bronstein, Ariana Castro, Tyrone Cannon, Jutta Joormann
  4. Using Resting-State Intrinsic Network Connectivity to Identify Mechanisms of Inflexibility and Suicide Risk Among Individuals with Mood DisordersJonathan Stange, Lisanne Jenkins, Stephanie Pocius, Kayla Kreutzer, Katie Bessette, Sophie R. DelDonno, et al.