Does cognitive load influence the development of secondary hyperalgesia? Excited to share my first article! 👉doi.org/10.1002/ejp.20… Thank you Diana Torta, @JohannesVlaeyen, Emanuel van den Broeke, Andreas von Leupoldt, and Andrew Palmer!

Go Elke go!

‘It just doesn't feel right’ and other reasons why some people fear and avoid positive emotions. Our new paper led by Liesbeth Bogaert (congratulations on your first publication🥳!!) with Barney Dunn and Filip Raes sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New fully-funded PhD position in my group KUL Health Psych funded by FWO to study hypersensitivity to non nociceptive stimuli in painful states kuleuven.be/personeel/jobs…. Deadline to apply is 31/5. RT is appreciated!

Come join us at OGP and work with this stellar PI Diana Torta 🤩🤩🤩

Go Elke!

Massive thanks to KU Leuven DOC for having generously funded our 6 year C1 project HURT over habituation and sensitization of aversive bodily symptoms KUL Health Psych! Thanks @JohannesVlaeyen and Pralle Kriengwatana for preparing me at the best for the interview!

In Press: Elke Meyers and colleagues show that working memory does not buffer against the development of secondary hypersensitivity. However, pain-related fear plays a role! Diana Torta Maryna Alves Anouk Teugels KUL Health Psych PPW_KULeuven Full: jpain.org/article/S1526-…

Does working memory play a role in the development of secondary hyperalgesia? Check out our new paper! 👇 KUL Health Psych

Congrats to our very own Elke Meyers Diana Torta !

New from the lab in PAIN Journal! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37433188/ KUL Health Psych #OGPainers PPW_KULeuven funded by FWO. In this Center for Open Science preregistered study we show that handholding reduces the development of secondary hypersensitivity 1/N

New study in PAIN Journal together with Ketan Jaltare, Laetitia Vanderijst, and Diana Torta showing that #social #support in the form of #handholding can reduce development of secondary #hyperalgesia. Nice collaboration :)

Our paper is out in Gastroenterology! We found that psych factors, not reflux parameters, were most important contributors to symptom severity in refractory reflux patients. Results were consistent across reflux phenotypes. #gastropsych Link w/free access: authors.elsevier.com/a/1hcRD3mEmfbKe

The Annual Meeting of The International Society for the Advancement of Respiratory Psychophysiology (ISARP) will take place from September 6th– 8th in Leuven, Belgium. Registration and full program info are available online at isarp.net/meeting-2023

Check out this newspaper article on slow breathing where our very own Ilse Van DIest (the slow breathing expert) is interviewed! standaard.be/cnt/dmf2024013…

Congratulations to our very own Martina D'Agostini for receiving a prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions postdoctoral fellowship! We are SO proud of you! gero.usc.edu/labs/matherlab…

Our very own Johan Vlaeyen was awarded the Honorary Membership of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) for his outstanding contributions to the study of pain!

🚨VACANCY: We’re looking for 2 enthusiastic PhD students for interdisciplinary research projects examining mechanisms of breathlessness in people without and with respiratory disease (e.g., COPD). See links for more information! kuleuven.be/personeel/jobs… kuleuven.be/personeel/jobs…

Yesterday was a ✨big day ✨for OGP! We received word that both Valentina Jelinčić and Martina D'Agostini received FWO junior postdoctoral fellowships. Congratulations to you both! OGP is very proud of you👏👏👏

OGP is looking for an enthusiastic PhD candidate w/a MA degree in psychology, neuroscience or biomedical science for an interdisciplinary 4-year research project that examining interoception of bodily sensations across different bodily domains. More info: kuleuven.be/personeel/jobs…