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Registration<\/td>\n

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09:00<\/td>\n

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Opening<\/td>\n

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Michel Denis, Ineke van der Ham<\/td>\n

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09:45<\/td>\n

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Keynote 1<\/td>\n

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Roland Benoit<\/td>\n

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The mechanisms and functions of episodic simulation<\/td>\n

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10:45<\/td>\n

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Coffee Break<\/td>\n

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11:00<\/td>\n

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Imagery<\/td>\n

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11:00<\/td>\n

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Enea Weber; Daniel Fitze; Fred Mast<\/td>\n

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Visual Mental Imagery Enhances Sensory Processing of High and Low Spatial Frequency Information<\/td>\n

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11:20<\/td>\n

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Stephanie Hartgen-Walker; Giorgio Ganis; Alastair Smith<\/td>\n

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Same performance, different process: Mental rotation across the imagery spectrum<\/td>\n

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11:40<\/td>\n

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Bilge Sayim; Rahel Aschwanden; Fazilet Zeynep Yildirim-Keles<\/td>\n

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Improving peripheral visual discrimination by mental imagery<\/td>\n

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Lunch Break<\/td>\n

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VR and Methods<\/td>\n

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Angela Schwering<\/td>\n

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GeoGami: An Open-Source Platform for Spatial Navigation Studies in Real and Virtual Environments<\/td>\n

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13:40<\/td>\n

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Vasiliki Kondyli; Mehul Bhatt<\/td>\n

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A Visuospatial Complexity Framework for Analysing Anticipation in Naturalistic Active Vision<\/td>\n

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Celine Kuipers; Ineke van der Ham; Judith Schomaker; Angus Mol; Jos van der Hage<\/td>\n

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Headfirst into VR: Teaching Brain Anatomy Through Immersive Technology<\/td>\n

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14:20<\/td>\n

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Elaine Herkul; Judith Schomaker<\/td>\n

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Toward More Comfortable VR<\/td>\n

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14:40<\/td>\n

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Angelo Lucio Silvino et al.<\/td>\n

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Modeling Sustainability: How Virtual Agents Influence Pro-Environmental Behavior<\/td>\n

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Coffee Break & Posters<\/td>\n

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Spatial Cognition<\/td>\n

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Juliette Dutay Balcarce; Simon Lhuillier; Val\u00e9rie Gyselinck<\/td>\n

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Influence of postural constraints on the upper and lower limbs on our memory of near and far spaces<\/td>\n

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16:20<\/td>\n

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Veronica Muffato; Sonia Betti; Luisa Sartori; Chiara Meneghetti<\/td>\n

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Environmental representation in Action<\/td>\n

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16:40<\/td>\n

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Michela Possenti; Renato Orti; Tina Iachini; Francesco Ruotolo; Giovanni Formisano; Gennaro Ruggiero<\/td>\n

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The Role of Semantic Information and Temporal Dynamics on Egocentric and Allocentric Spatial Representation Processes<\/td>\n

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17:00<\/td>\n

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Renato Orti; Tina Iachini; Gennaro Ruggiero<\/td>\n

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Switching Between Egocentric and Allocentric Reference Frames<\/td>\n

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17:20<\/td>\n

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Jolien Moorkens et al.<\/td>\n

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From Objects to Environments: Exploring Spatial Abilities and Anxiety in Children<\/td>\n

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17:40<\/td>\n

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Opening Reception<\/td>\n

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19:00<\/td>\n

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Closing<\/td>\n

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Thursday<\/h2>\n

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Individual Differences<\/td>\n

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Chiara Meneghetti; Tommaso Feraco; Veronica Muffato; Francesca Taufer; Elisa Visintin<\/td>\n

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The orienteering practice and spatial abilities<\/td>\n

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09:20<\/td>\n

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Judith Schomaker<\/td>\n

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Human spatial exploration behavior<\/td>\n

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Hatice Dedeta\u015f \u015eat\u0131r; Benedict C.O.F. Fehringer; Stefan M\u00fcnzer<\/td>\n

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Age-Related Differences in Map Reading for Wayfinding<\/td>\n

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10:00<\/td>\n

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Keynote 2<\/td>\n

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Margaret Tarampi<\/td>\n

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Seeing space differently: How we think, move, and imagine in space<\/td>\n

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11:00<\/td>\n

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Coffee Break<\/td>\n

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Tomasz Zaleskiewicz; Agata Sobkow; Julie Ji; Lewend Mayiwar; Jakub Traczyk<\/td>\n

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Imagining Climate Change Promotes Pro-Environmental Motivation and Donation Behavior<\/td>\n

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Aytac Karabay; Puck Vriens; Jonathan Adams; Ngoc-Anh Tran; Muhammet Ikbal Sahan<\/td>\n

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How you encode is how you remember<\/td>\n

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TBD<\/td>\n

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Lunch Break<\/td>\n

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Clinical<\/td>\n

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Marit Ruitenberg; Megan Soppe; Patrick Santens; Ineke van der Ham<\/td>\n

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Spatial abilities in Parkinson’s disease<\/td>\n

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Sara Albarran-Berlanga; Albert Postma<\/td>\n

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Understanding forgetting mechanisms in Korsakoff’s syndrome<\/td>\n

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Dawn Rose; Rebecca Schaefer; Ellen Poliakoff<\/td>\n

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Musical and motor imagery in Parkinson’s care<\/td>\n

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Julia Braams; Siddharth Ramanan; Zoe-Lee Goldberg; Rebekah Ahmed; Olivier Piguet; Albert Postma; Muireann Irish<\/td>\n

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Exploring the boundary extension effect in memory drawings<\/td>\n

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14:50<\/td>\n

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Dominique Blokland; Nathan Van der Stoep; Albert Postma; Krista Overvliet<\/td>\n

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A novel tool for assessing wayfinding preferences<\/td>\n

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16:00<\/td>\n

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Excursion<\/td>\n

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19:00<\/td>\n

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Conference Dinner<\/td>\n

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Friday<\/h2>\n

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Attention<\/td>\n

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Madeleine Vohs; Oliver Lindemann; Rolf Zwaan<\/td>\n

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Investigating Visual Imagery in Aphantasia: A Multi-Method Approach<\/td>\n

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Jiayi Yao; Joshua Snell; Jan Theeuwes<\/td>\n

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Distraction Masks but Does Not Disrupt Across-Trial Learning in Older Adults<\/td>\n

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Yayla Ilksoy; Dirk van Moorselaar; Sander Los; Jan Theeuwes<\/td>\n

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The transfer of learned distractor suppression<\/td>\n

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Coffee Break & Posters<\/td>\n

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Perception<\/td>\n

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Giulia Cristoforetti; Simone Vigano; Marco Ciapparelli; Roberto Bottini<\/td>\n

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Eye movements reveal conceptual search dynamics<\/td>\n

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11:30<\/td>\n

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Jean Ribot; Rawad Chaker; M\u00e9lanie Gallot<\/td>\n

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Multimodal assessment of visuospatial abilities<\/td>\n

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11:50<\/td>\n

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Britt Petit; Robbe Vidts; C\u00e9line Gillebert; Joyce Bosmans<\/td>\n

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Embodied Navigation<\/td>\n

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12:10<\/td>\n

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Rebecca Frinco et al.<\/td>\n

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Visual experience and peripersonal space boundaries<\/td>\n

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12:30<\/td>\n

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Lunch Break<\/td>\n

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13:30<\/td>\n

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Keynote 3<\/td>\n

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Christian Doeller<\/td>\n

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Structuring experience in cognitive space<\/td>\n

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14:30<\/td>\n

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Coffee Break<\/td>\n

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Emotion<\/td>\n

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14:50<\/td>\n

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Luming Zheng; Valentin Baumann; Ineke van der Ham; Judith Schomaker<\/td>\n

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Role of stress in spatial exploration<\/td>\n

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Francesco Ruotolo et al.<\/td>\n

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Emotion and Spatial Memory<\/td>\n

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Closing & Award<\/td>\n

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Albert Postma, Ineke van der Ham<\/td>\n

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8:00 \u2013 8:30<\/td>\nRegistration<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:30 \u2013 8:45<\/td>\n\n

Welcome and Introduction:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002- Tina Iachini, scientific committee<\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002- Luigi Trojano, director of the Department of Psychology,\u00a0University\u00a0 of Campania Vanvitelli<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

8:45 \u2013 9:30<\/td>\n\n

Special Lecture by Michel Denis \u201cSpace in life, space in film<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n

Introduced by Francesca Pazzaglia<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

9:30 \u2013 10:45<\/td>\n\n

Symposium: Understanding the affective dimension of social interactions in real and virtual spaces<\/strong><\/p>\n

Convenor: Michela Candini<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ivan Patan\u00e9, Michela Candini, Cl\u00e9ment Desoche, Alessandro Farne, Fadila Hadj-Bouziane, Caterina Bertini, Elisa Ciaramelli, Giuseppe di Pellegrino: <\/strong>The effects of emotion imitation on personal space regulation<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Georgios Michalareas:<\/strong> Effect of Psycopathy on the perception of Interpersonal Distance<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Martina Fusaro, Maddalena Beccherle, Valentina Moro, Salvatore Aglioti: <\/strong>Exploring social touch perception in fibromyalgia and endometriosis: Insights
from virtual reality<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bianca Monachesi:\u00a0 <\/strong>The effects of sexual objectification on own body attention, emotional response, and interpersonal interaction<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

10:45 -11:30<\/td>\n\n

coffee break +<\/strong> poster session 1 <\/strong>(Mental imagery, environment, well-being and emotions)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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11:30 \u2013 12:30<\/td>\n\n

Keynote 1<\/strong> (Alessandro Farn\u00e8<\/strong>, ImpAct Team, Lyon Neuroscience Research Centre, France)<\/p>\n

Humans embody tools to use them like hands. How\u2019s that?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Introduced by Valerie Gyselink<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

12:30 \u2013 13:15<\/td>\n\n

Session 1: Peripersonal and interpersonal space<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chair: Gennaro Ruggiero<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lucie Lenglart, Clemence Roger, Adriana Sampaio, Yann Coello: <\/strong>Self-advantage in the processing of objects in peripersonal space<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lauren Buck, Mauricio Flores-Vargas, Rachel McDonnell: <\/strong>The role of spatial audio fidelity in the mediation of interpersonal and peripersonal space in immersive virtual reality<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Antonella Ferrara, Claudio Brozzoli, Cl\u00e9ment Desoche, Romeo Salemme, Tina Iachini, Alessandro Farn\u00e8, Gennaro Ruggiero: <\/strong>How a tool or an elongated virtual arm influence space and body representations<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

13:15 \u2013 14:30<\/td>\nLunch Time: Welcome Drink & Lunch<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14:30 \u2013 16:15<\/td>\n\n

Symposium: Visual-Spatial Imagery Across Real-World Contexts: Insights into Spatial Updating, STEM Learning, Artistic Performance, and Neurological Disorders<\/strong><\/p>\n

Convenors: Maria Kozhevnikov, Laura Piccardi<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Gaspare Galati:<\/strong> Decoding the contents and spatial topography of mental images in high-level visual cortex<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Maria Kozhevnikov, Laura Piccardi, Alessandro Von Gal, Sylvia Tan Zi Han, Andrea-Ren\u00e9 Angeramo:<\/strong> Exploring object visualization abilities in artistic domains: The role of color, shape, and texture visualization<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mary Hegarty:<\/strong> The contributions of visual-spatial imagery to learning organic chemistry<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Christodoula Gabriel, Adamantini Chatzipanagioti, Alexia Galati, Marios Avraamides:<\/strong> Teleporting impairs scene recognition in virtual environments<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Alastair Smith:<\/strong> Using drawing tasks to probe visuospatial memory in disorders of perception and action<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fabrizia D’Antonio, Laura Piccardi:<\/strong> Visual mental imagery and visual hallucinations<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

16:15 \u2013 17<\/td>\n\n

coffee break<\/strong> + poster session 2 <\/strong>(Maps, spatial memory, multisensory signals, interpersonal space and neural bases)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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17 \u2013 17:45<\/td>\n\n

Session 2: Navigation and spatial maps<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chair: Ineke van der Ham<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hatice Dedetas Satir, Stefan M\u00fcnze<\/strong>r: Minimizing the influence of cognitive ability facets in map-based route learning via instructional interventions<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Simon Lhuillier, Alain L’Hostis, Val\u00e9rie Gyselinck<\/strong>:<\/strong> How do different map formats influence the perception of space-time and route choices on a geographical scale?<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jakub Krukar, Ahmed Aly, Angela Schwering<\/strong>:<\/strong> Analysing 3D sketch maps<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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8:30 \u2013 9:30<\/td>\n\n

Session 3: Spatial reasoning and construction<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chair: Boris Suchan<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 David Pearson, Vebj\u00f8rn Ekroll:<\/strong> Heuristic-based errors during intuitive spatial reasoning<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Isa Zappullo, Anna Lauro, Roberta Cecere, Massimiliano Conson:<\/strong> The effect of motor simulation on spatial construction<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Spencer Talbot, Patricia Kanngiesser, Alastair D. Smith:<\/strong> Hide and Seek: The influence of role and mentalising on exploratory behaviour<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In\u00e8s Djelloul-Daouadji, Mathis Prost, Elise Grison, Aur\u00e9lie Dommes:<\/strong> Should I stay or should I go? Guiding decision making at railway crossings<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

9:30 \u2013 10:15<\/td>\n\n

Special Lecture by Robert H. Logie \u201cVisual working memory: Diverse assumptions, testing methods, and participant strategies\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Introduced by Tina Iachini<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Session 4: Memory mechanisms<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chair: Robert H. Logie<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Elena Carbone, Irene C. Mammarella, Erika Borella: <\/strong>Training visuo-spatial working memory in healthy older adults with immersive and tablet-based tasks: preliminary results<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Andria Shimi:<\/strong> Attentional selection, suppression and visual working development<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nicola Matteucci, Alessandro Von Gal, Valentina Di Maria, Laura Piccardi, Maria Kozhevnikov, Raffaella Nori:<\/strong> False navigational memories: The influence of semantic traces and meta-memory<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Federica Santacroce, Annalisa Tosoni, Davide Di Censo, Carlo Sestieri, Giorgia Committeri:<\/strong> Generalization from episodic experience to semantic knowledge through the extraction of objective regularities<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

11:15\u2013 11:45<\/td>\ncoffee break<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:45 \u2013 13<\/td>\n\n

Symposium: \u201c<\/strong>Lights and Shadows in the Intersection of Technologies and Navigation Abilities\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Convenors: Veronica Muffato, Laura Miola<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Val\u00e9rie Gyselinck, Simone Morgagni, Virginie Van Wassenhove:<\/strong> Temporal and spatial cognition in the wild: how technologies affect our representations?<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Toru Ishikawa:<\/strong> Human sense of orientation: Where does the use of mobile navigation tools lead us?<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Laura Miola, Veronica Muffato, Enrico Sella, Chiara Meneghetti, Francesca Pazzaglia: <\/strong>Is GPS use associated with our navigation skills? A systematic review and meta-analysis<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ineke van der Ham:<\/strong> Cognitive performance in immersive technology<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

13 \u2013 14:15<\/td>\nLunch Time<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14:15 \u2013 15:15<\/td>\n\n

Keynote 2<\/strong> (Mary Hegarty, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, UC Santa Barbara, USA)<\/p>\n

Individual Differences in Navigation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Introduced by Chiara Meneghetti<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

15:15 \u2013 16:15<\/td>\n\n

Session 5: Mental imagery<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chair: Michel Denis<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Joanna M. Smieja, Tomasz Zaleskiewicz, Agata Gasiorowska:<\/strong> Mental imagery shapes emotions in people\u2019s decisions related to risk taking<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dagmara Budnik-Przybylska, Karol N\u0119dza, Karol Karasiewicz:<\/strong> Imagery questionnaire in different time perspectives-psychometric data of the tool<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dina van Well, Sharon Geva:<\/strong> Enhanced vividness of imagery in aphantasia after exposure to multi-modal stimuli<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nadja Schott, Tobias Feiner, Soo-Yong Park:<\/strong> Neural correlates of task proceduralization and motor simulation in “good” and “poor” motor imagers. A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study (fNIRS)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

16:15<\/td>\nExcursion + social dinner<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Greetings and remarks on new technologies <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0-Luigi Maffei, Pro-Rector for Technological Innovation, University of Campania Vanvitelli<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Introduced by Tina Iachini<\/em><\/p>\n

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Session 6: Clinical perspectives<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chair: Giorgia Committeri<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ineke van der Ham, Midas M. St\u00f6fsel, Martine J.E. van Zandvoort:<\/strong> Developmental topographical disorientation: further theoretical framing and a possible link to aphantasia<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Boris Suchan:<\/strong> Preventing dementia using go4cognition<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Diletta Decarolis, Loreta Cannito, Tiziana Quarto, Paola Palladino:<\/strong> Virtual reality to assess episodic memory in AD and aMCI patients: The role of emotional variables<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

9:30 \u2013 10:30<\/td>\n\n

Keynote 3<\/strong> (Anna Christina Nobre, Department of Psychology, Yale University, USA)<\/p>\n

The internal focus of attention<\/strong><\/p>\n

Introduced by Tina Iachini<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

10:30 \u2013 11:30<\/td>\n\n

Session 7: Body, perspective taking and social mechanisms<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chair:\u00a0 David Pearson<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Alexandra de Lagarde, Fabien Boucaud, Louise P. Kirsch, Indira Thouvenin, Catherine Pelachaud, Malika Auvray:<\/strong> Paving the way for social touch sonification: Behavioral studies and applications in virtual reality<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Malika Auvray, Alexandra de Lagarde, Chiara Baiano, Louise Kirsch, Xavier Job, Gabriel Arnold:<\/strong> Taking my perspective or yours? The influence of personality traits, psychopathological traits, and interoceptive abilities<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Yuan He, Rachel McDonnell :<\/strong> Body swapping in virtual reality: reshaping boundaries between self and others to enhance interpersonal trust<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chiara Fini, Vanessa Era, Giovanna Cuomo, Ilenia Falcinelli, Manuel Mello, Anna M. Borghi:<\/strong> Online vocal exchanges about abstract concepts foster automatic imitation between young conversational partners<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

11:30 \u2013 12<\/td>\ncoffee break<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12\u2013 13:15<\/td>\n\n

Symposium: \u201cStepping forward with immersive technology: virtual characters in applications\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Convernors: Anne-H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Olivier, Katja Zibrek, Julien Pettr\u00e9, Ana Zappa<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Katja Zibrek:<\/strong> Perception of virtual characters in VR<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ana Zappa:<\/strong> Using VR to explore the role of social cues and interaction in second language learning<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Anne-H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Olivier:<\/strong> Immersive technologies and non-verbal interactions during locomotion: Validation, applications & future directions<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Julien Pettr\u00e9:<\/strong> Collecting \u201ccrowd\u201d data with Virtual Reality<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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14:30 \u2013 15:15<\/td>\n\n

Session 8: Virtual Reality Applications and Psychological effects<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chair: Marios Avraamides<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Andrea Massironi, Marco Alessandro Petilli, Carlotta Lega, Simone Fontana, Emanuela Bricolo:<\/strong> The impact of proactive attentional control on braking and lane keeping: A simulator study on driving performance<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Vasiliki Kondyli, Marcin Leszczynski, Mehul Bhatt:<\/strong> Visual and auditory cueing direct visual predictions in immersive embodied locomotion<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Monika Dunin-Kozicka, Magdalena Szubielska, Pawe\u0142 Fortuna, Natalia Kopi\u015b-Posiej, \u0141ukasz Kaczmarczyk, Julia Iwi\u0144ska:<\/strong> How does attending virtual art exhibitions influence creative behavior?<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

15:15 \u2013 16<\/td>\n\n

Session 9: Spatial memory and frames of reference<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chair: Francesco Ruotolo<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Alessio Lustro, Francesca Conte, Benedetta Albinni, Clarissadebora Alterio, Francesca Costanzo, Oreste De Rosa, Rosa Di Filippo, Gennaro Ruggiero, Gianluca Ficca:<\/strong> The role of sleep in the consolidation of different spatial memory representations<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Shaun Dordoy, Spencer Talbot, Rory Baxter, Alastair D. Smith:<\/strong> Awareness of statistical learning in a large-scale virtual environment<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Renato Orti, Tina Iachini, Francesco Ruotolo, Michela Possenti, Eleonora D\u2019Agostino, Gennaro Ruggiero:<\/strong> Cognitive load in egocentric-allocentric switching processes: A pupillometry study<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

16 \u2013 16:45<\/td>\n\n

Session 10: Developmental perspectives<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chair:\u00a0 Gennaro Ruggiero<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Veronica Debora Toro, Gianluigi Serio, Chiara Valeria Marinelli, Eugenio Trotta, Maria Bove, Diletta Decarolis, Paola Palladino, Tiziana Quarto: <\/strong>The interaction between parenting style and cortisol levels on emotional words processing in primary school children: An ERP study<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ramona Cardillo, Camilla Orefice, Nicolas Leanza, Irene C. Mammarella: <\/strong>Exploring motor and visuospatial processing in developmental coordination disorder and nonverbal learning disability: A comparative analysis<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nadja Schott, Carolin Franzki, Laura Scholz, Inaam El-Rajab: <\/strong>Motor performance as a function of compromised motor imagery ability in individuals with Down Syndrome?<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

16:45<\/td>\nConcluding remarks<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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