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Highlights from the Recent Psychology Congress in Helsinki

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We are pleased to share that our lab par­tic­i­pat­ed in the Psy­chol­o­gy Con­gress (Psykolo­gia Kon­gres­si 2024), held from August 14 to 16, 2024, mark­ing the even­t’s return after a long hia­tus. The con­gress pro­vid­ed a won­der­ful oppor­tu­ni­ty to con­nect with new col­leagues, reunite with famil­iar faces, and explore the lat­est dis­cov­er­ies in psychology.

The event brought togeth­er researchers, clin­i­cal prac­ti­tion­ers, and experts from diverse fields relat­ed to psy­chol­o­gy. Tra­di­tion­al­ly held every two years, the con­gress was post­poned in 2020 due to the pan­dem­ic, with the pre­vi­ous gath­er­ing hav­ing tak­en place at Tam­pere Uni­ver­si­ty in 2016. This year’s con­gress was a high­ly antic­i­pat­ed occa­sion for explor­ing advance­ments in psy­cho­log­i­cal science.

Our lab was rep­re­sent­ed by our prin­ci­pal inves­ti­ga­tor, Pro­fes­sor Annette Horstmann, as the keynote speak­er. Her pre­sen­ta­tion focused on the neu­rocog­ni­tive aspects of obe­si­ty and eat­ing behav­iors, high­light­ing the brain func­tions under­ly­ing these phenomena.

In addi­tion to the keynote, our lab con­tributed to a sym­po­sium orga­nized by Matthias Aulbach, titled “The Psy­chol­o­gy of Food and Eat­ing: From Basics to Real Life Data and Appli­ca­tion.” Held in the Main Build­ing, Room F3005, this ses­sion fea­tured sev­er­al insight­ful talks from our researchers:

  • Arsene Kanyamib­wa pre­sent­ed “A pic­ture set of high-fat/high-car­bo­hy­drate foods for the pop­u­la­tion of Finland.”
  • Nadine Her­zog dis­cussed “Impaired updat­ing of work­ing mem­o­ry rep­re­sen­ta­tions in indi­vid­u­als with high BMI.”
  • Matthias Aulbach shared find­ings on “Emo­tion­al and stress-eat­ing in 800 healthy indi­vid­u­als using EMA.”
  • Artemii Nikitin explored “Neu­ro­POD — Cog­ni­tive Phe­no­typ­ing and Sub­group Iden­ti­fi­ca­tion in Obesity.”

Beyond the sci­en­tif­ic pro­gram, atten­dees enjoyed a uni­ver­si­ty recep­tion and con­gress din­ner, which pro­vid­ed addi­tion­al oppor­tu­ni­ties for net­work­ing and collaboration.

We are proud of the con­tri­bu­tions made by our lab at the con­gress and look for­ward to the ongo­ing impact of these dis­cus­sions and insights in the field of psychology.