CNP X REMAC Symposium

Date: 19-11-2025

About CNP X REMAC Symposium
This one-day symposium is a collaboration between the REMAC and the CNP network funded by a Catapult grant of the Radboud Young Academy. It has been organized to foster exchange between researchers working in the fields of EMA and computational psychiatry.
In this symposium, Prof. Michael Browning (Oxford University) will link laboratory measures of uncertainty and motivational biases with real-world variability in mood and behaviour. Next, Dr. Olivia Kirtley (KU Leuven) will present her work using EMA to investigate dynamic daily-life processes involved in suicidal thoughts and behaviours.
Following each of the keynote speakers, CNP & REMAC researchers will present their exciting new projects, highlighting ongoing EMA and computational psychiatry work from Nijmegen.
Finally, two workshops will take place: on the basics of computational modelling (Prof. Browning), and on good science practice in EMA research (Dr. Kirtley).

Program Overview:

• 10:00 - 10:15 | Welcome & Opening Talks
• 10:15 - 11:15 | Keynote: EMA as uncertain communication - Prof. Michael Browning (Oxford University)
• 11:15 - 12:00 | Pitches: Capturing Positivity: An EMA-based App to Modify Memory Biases - Iliana Liakea (BSI)
  Pavlovian biases predict daily life coupling of subjective valuation with action and thought - Dr. Bertalan Polner (DCCN)
• 13:30 - 14:30 | Keynote: EMA in suicide research and prevention - Prof. Olivia Kirtley (KU Leuven)
• 14:30 - 15:15 | Pitches: Computational phenotyping of motivation: From foraging behaviour to real-life affect - Rares Radulescu (DCCN-BSI)
  The signal in the noise: Ambulatory Assessment of classroom noise and cognitive performance - Dr. Jessica Schaaf (DCCN)
• 15:15 - 15:30 | Closing
• 16:00 - 17:00 | Workshops: Basic concepts in model fitting - Prof. Michael Browning (Oxford University)
  EMA and open science - Dr. Olivia Kirtley (KU Leuven)