Email: henryk.bukowski at uclouvain.be • Website: henrykbukowski.com • Birth: 1st Feb 1986 (Brussels, BE)
EDUCATION
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
AWARDS & HONORS
PUBLICATIONS
Articles:
Full courses and supervisions:
COMPETENCES
Technical skills:
Social / communication / pedagogical skills:
Languages:
PRESENTATIONS
Oral presentations:
WORKSHOPS & SUMMERSCHOOLS
PERSONS of REFERENCE
- 2010-2014 : Ph.D. in Psychological Sciences (87.55%), Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium. Thesis title: What influences perspective taking? A dynamic and multidimensional approach. Supervisor: Dr. Dana Samson.
- 2007-2009 : Master’s degree in Psychological Sciences (Grande distinction), Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium. Thesis title: What executive functions tell us about the cognitive regulations of emotions? A neurocognitive perspective. Supervisor: Dr. Pierre Philippot.
- 2004-2007 : Bachelor’s degree in Psychological Sciences (Distinction), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. Thesis title: What role does the frontal lobe play in violence?
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
- 03/2021 – ... : Scientific advisor, Federal Public Service of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium.
- 10/2020 – 02/2020 : Post-doctoral researcher, Centre de Recherche en Défense Sociale, Tournai, Belgium. Supervisor: Pr. Thierry Pham.
- 01/2018 – 12/2019 : Post-doctoral researcher, Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium. Supervisor: Pr. Dana Samson.
- 10/2014 – 12/2017 : Post-doctoral university research assistant, Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Unit, University of Vienna, Austria. Supervisor: Pr. Claus Lamm.
- 10/2010 – 10/2014 : Ph.D. student, Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium. Supervisor: Pr. Dana Samson.
- 06 - 07/2011 : Visiting researcher, Brain & Creativity Institute (A. Damasio & H. Damasio), University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
- 09/2009 – 9/2010 : Intern researcher, Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium. Supervisor: Dr. B. Rossion.
- 02/2008 – 06/2008: Intern researcher, Brain & Creativity Institute (A. Damasio & H. Damasio), University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA. Supervisor: Pr. L. Aziz-Zadeh.
AWARDS & HONORS
- 2021: Postdoctoral fellowship (2 years), Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, European Commission.
- 2018: Best poster award, Normal and pathological personality colloquium, University of Mons, BE.
- 2018: Top 3 of Best University Teachers (as rated by 80.7% of former students), University of Vienna, Austria.
- 2018: Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Seal of Excellence, European Commission.
- 2017: Postdoctoral fellowship (2 years), Move-In Louvain, Université catholique de Louvain, BE.
- 2015: Best poster award, Social Cognition Workshop, University of Bangor, UK.
- 2014: Travel award, IAS Social Cognition Workshop, University of Surrey, UK.
- 2013: Fellowship, Social Cognitive Neuroscience International Summer School, SISSA, Trieste, Italy.
- 2011: Fellowship, NIMH Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience, UC Davis & Santa Barbara, USA.
- 2010: Doctoral fellowship (4 years), Fond National de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS), aspirant mandate.
- 2010: Grant, Experimental Psychology Society, Grindley Grant for Conference Attendance.
PUBLICATIONS
Articles:
- Bukowski, H., Todorova, B., Boch, M., Silani, G., & Lamm, C. (2021). Socio-cognitive training impacts emotional and perceptual self-salience but not self-other distinction. Acta Psychologica, 216, 103297. doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2021.103297
- Bukowski, H., & Samson, D. (2021). Automatic imitation is reduced in narcissists but only in egocentric perspective-takers. Acta Psychologica, 213, 103235. doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2020.103235
- Bukowski, H., Tik, M., Silani, G., Ruff, C., Windischberger, C., & Lamm, C. (2020). When differences matter: rTMS/fMRI reveals how differences in dispositional empathy translate to distinct neural underpinnings of self-other distinction in empathy. Cortex, 128, 143–161. doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2020.03.009
- Bukowski, H. (2018). The Neural Correlates of Visual Perspective Taking: a Critical Review. Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports, 1-9. doi:10.1007/s40473-018-0157-6
- Tik, M., Hoffmann, A., Sladky, R., Tomova, L., Hummer, A., Navarro de Lara, L., Bukowski, H., Pripfl, J., , Biswal, B., Lamm, C., & Windischberger, C. (2017). Towards understanding rTMS mechanism of action: Stimulation of the DLPFC causes network-specific increase in functional connectivity. NeuroImage, 162(September), 289–296. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.09.022
- Bukowski*, H., Deliens*, G., Slama, H., Surtees, A., Cleeremans, B., Samson, D., & Peigneux, P. The Impact of Sleep Deprivation on Visual Perspective-Taking. Early View in Journal of Sleep Research. doi:10.1111/jsr.12595
- Bukowski, H., & Samson, D. (2017). New insights into inter-individual variability in perspective taking. Vision, 1(1), 8. doi:10.3390/vision1010008
- Bukowski, H., Hietanen, J., & Samson, D. (2016). From gaze cueing to perspective taking: Revisiting the claim that we automatically compute where or what other people are looking at. Visual Cognition, 23(8), 1020–1042. doi:10.1080/13506285.2015.1132804
- Lamm, C., Bukowski, H., & Silani, G. (2016). From shared to distinct self-other representations in empathy: evidence from neurotypical function and socio-cognitive disorders. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 371(1686). doi:10.1098/rstb.2015.0083
- Bukowski, H., & Samson, D. (2015). Can emotions influence level-1 visual perspective taking? Cognitive neuroscience, 1-10. doi:10.1080/17588928.2015.1043879
- Quadflieg, S., Michel, C., Bukowski, H., & Samson, D. (2014). A database of psycholinguistic and lexical properties for french adjectives referring to human and/or nonhuman attributes. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale, 68(1), 67-76. doi:10.1037/cep0000001
- Bukowski*, H., Dricot*, L., Hanseeuw, B., & Rossion, B. (2013). Cerebral lateralization of face-sensitive areas in left-handers: Only the FFA does not get it right. Cortex, 49(9), 2583–2589. doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2013.05.002
- Bukowski, H. (2019). Self-Knowledge. In V. Zeigler-Hill & T. K. Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences (pp. 1–5). Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_2004-1
- Bukowski, H., & Lamm, C. (2018). Superior Temporal Sulcus. In V. Zeigler-Hill & T. K. Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences (pp. 1–5). Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_463-1
- Bukowski, H., & Lamm, C. (2017). Temporoparietal Junction. In V. Zeigler-Hill & T. K. Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences (pp. 1–5). Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_863-1
- Bukowski, H., Boch, M., Lamm, C., & Silani, G. (2020). Is Self-Other distinction malleable? Egocentric and altercentric biases in empathy are modulated by priming attachment style and similarity mindsets. PsyArXiv. doi:10.31234/osf.io/bpyvz
PEDAGOGICAL EXPERIENCE
Full courses and supervisions:
- 01/2018 – 12/2019: Faculty of Psychology, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
- Co-supervision: 4 master theses (2 via collaborations with Pr. Mandy Rossignol from Univ. of Mons).
- 10/2014 – 08/2018: Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Austria.
- 5 master theses and 24 internships.
- Courses taught:
- Theoretical and empirical academic work (mind and brain). Master. 10 ECTS.
- Research approaches in cognitive psychology and in neuroscience. Master. 5 ECTS.
- Special topics of cognitive psychology and neuroscience. Master. 5 ECTS.
- Literature Seminar. Bachelor. 5 ECTS.
- Seminar on biological foundations of experience and behavior. Bachelor. 6 ECTS.
- 10/2010 – 10/2014: Faculty of Psychology, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
- Co-supervision: 5 master theses.
- 04/2007: Certified trainer for child activity leader, Guides catholiques de Belgique.
- For Séminaire de psychopathologie cognitive, Université de Mons, (2020, 2019, 2018, 2017).
- For Special topics of cognitive psychology and neuroscience, University of Vienna, (2015, 2016).
- For Research approaches in cognitive psychology and in neuroscience, University of Vienna, (2015, 2016)..
- For Cognitive psychology, Gent University, 2019.
- For Mind and Brain Research Seminar, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2021.
COMPETENCES
Technical skills:
- Experimental designs in social and cognitive psychology (E-prime, Matlab, Presentation).
- fMRI data collection and analysis (SPM and BrainVoyager)
- rTMS neuromodulation (MagVenture, Magstim) with Brainsight neuronavigation
- Meta-analytic (SDM, GingerALE) and multivariate statistical methods.
- Design and programming of web-based psychometric tools (jsPsych, Testable, Flash).
- Experienced programmer in Matlab, JavaScript, Php, MySQL, html, VBA Excel, ActionScript3
Social / communication / pedagogical skills:
- Easily establish good working relations (easy-going, open-minded, genuine interest in people)
- Good communication skills obtained through numerous oral and written presentations in conferences (awarded twice for best poster presentation)
- Good pedagogical skills attested by positive feedbacks (cf. henrykbukowski.com/teaching)
Languages:
- French: native.
- English: proficient.
- Dutch: basic.
- Polish: basic.
PRESENTATIONS
Oral presentations:
- Bukowski, H. From shared to distinct affects via rTMS/fMRI combined: Neuroenhancement of self-other distinction in empathy depends on dispositional empathic understanding. Workshop on Affective Shared Perception. 2020. Valparaiso, Chile – online format.
- Bukowski, H. When differences matter: rTMS/fMRI reveals how differences in dispositional empathy translate to distinct neural underpinnings of self-other distinction in empathy.. Neuromatch 3.0. conference. 2020. Online format.
- Bukowski, H. Introduction to Self-Other (mis)understanding). From Self-Knowledge to Knowing Others workshop. 2019. Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Belgium (Be).
- Bukowski, H. Is there an autist – neurotypical – schizophrenic continuum in social cognition? A critical review of theories and evidence. Belgian Association of Psychological Sciences annual meeting. 2019. Université de Liège, Be.
- Bukowski, H. Influences of Emotions, Sleep Deprivation, and Individual Differences in Visual Perspective Taking Support a Multidimensional Account of Mindreading. International Congress of Psychological Science. 2019. Paris, France.
- Bukowski, H. An Introduction to Self-Other knowledge. Workshop “From Self-knowledge to Knowing Others”. 2018. UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium.
- Bukowski, H. Self-Other distinction in empathy: an rTMS/fMRI study. Third EDG Workshop “Understanding Others”. 2018. University of Dresden, Germany.
- Bukowski, H. Self-Other distinction in empathy is modulated by cTBS on right supramarginal gyrus and dispositional cognitive empathy: an rTMS/fMRI study. ESCAN bi-annual conference meeting 2018. University of Leiden, Netherlands.
- Bukowski, H. Introducing a multi-dimensional assessment of visual perspective-taking and empathic performance. 2017. Unité de Neurosciences Cognitives et de Psychopathologie Cognitive, Université de Liège, Belgium.
- Bukowski, H. Introducing a multi-dimensional assessment of visual perspective-taking and empathic performance. 2016. Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium.
- Bukowski, H. Coordinates-based meta-analyses of neuroimaging studies: A critical overview. NeuroCog, 2016. KU Leuven, Belgium.
- Bukowski, H. A multidimensional approach to perspective taking. Cognition and System neuroscience (COSY) talks, 2015. Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
- Bukowski, H. Measuring and decomposing human empathy. Aegina Summer School: The social self, 2015, Aegina, Greece.
- Bukowski, H. A multidimensional approach to perspective taking. Belgian Association of Psychological Sciences annual meeting, 2015, Vrijd Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
- Bukowski, H. A multidimensional approach to perspective taking. Workshop Perspective Taking, Intentionality, and Joint Action, 2015. Central European University, Hungary.
- Bukowski, H. & Samson, D. What boosts attention orienting in response to other people’s gaze direction? Belgian Association of Psychological Sciences annual meeting, 2014, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
- Bukowski, H. & Samson, D. Can you resist the influence of others? Altercentrism, egocentrism, and personality traits. Belgian Association of Psychological Sciences annual meeting 2013, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
- Bukowski, H. & Samson, D. Taking someone's perspective under the emotion. Institute of Neuroscience PhD student day, 2012, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
- Bukowski, H. & Samson, D. Effects of one's emotional state on perspective-taking and prosocial behavior. Annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, 2012, New Orleans, USA.
- Bukowski, H. & Samson, D. Emotion induction: empirical and theoretical lessons [French]. Psychological Sciences Research Institute Day, 2012, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgique.
- Bukowski, H. & Samson, D. Effects of one’s own emotional state on perspective-taking, and prosocial behaviour. Belgian Association of Psychological Sciences annual meeting, 2012, Université de Liège, Belgium.
- Bukowski, H. Have we, men and women, the same moral sense? [French] Talk presented twice during the "Jeunes chercheurs dans la cité" festival, 2011, Brussels and Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium.
- Bukowski, H. & Samson, D. Effects of one’s own emotional state on perspective-taking and prosocial behavior. Donders Discussion, 2011, University of Nijmegen, Netherlands.
- Bukowski, H. & Samson, D. Effects of one’s own emotional state on perspective-taking and social behavior. Psychological Sciences Research Institute Day, 2011, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
- Bukowski, H. D. Coordinate-based meta-Analysis in PET and fMRI. Psychological Sciences Research Institute, 2010, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
- Bukowski, H., & Samson, D. Measuring and decomposing human empathy. Colloquium « Actualités sur la personnalité normale et pathologique », UMons, Belgique.
- Bukowski, H., Silani, G., & Lamm, C. How Attachment and Similarity Mindsets Affect Empathy when Self-Other Distinction Is Required? International Convention of Psychological Science, 2017, Vienna, Austria.
- Bukowski, H., Silani, G., Riva, F., Tomova, L., & Lamm, C. Measuring Self-Other Sharing and Self-Other Distinction as Distinct Dimensions of Empathy. 3rd international conference of the European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (ESCAN), 2016, Porto, Portugal
- Bukowski, H., & Samson, D. Measuring and decomposing human empathy. Social Cognition Workshop, 2015, University of Bangor, UK.
- Bukowski, H. Measuring and decomposing human empathy. Aegina Summer School: The social self, 2015, Aegina, Greece.
- Bukowski, H. & Samson, D. What boosts attention orienting in response to other people’s gaze direction? IAS Social Cognition Workshop, 2014, University of Surrey, UK.
- Bukowski, H. & Samson, D. Effects of one's emotional state on perspective-taking and prosocial behavior. Annual meeting of the Society for Social Neuroscience, 2012, New Orleans, USA.
- Bukowski, H. & Samson, D. Effects of one's emotional state on perspective-taking and prosocial behavior. Social Cognition, Engagement and the Second-Person-Perspective Interdisciplinary Conference meeting, 2012, University of Cologne, Germany.
- Bukowski, H. & Samson, D. Effects of one’s own emotional state on perspective-taking, and prosocial behaviour. Social Brain symposium, 2011, Brussels, Belgium.
- Bukowski, H., Dricot, L., Hanseeuw, B., Schiltz, C., & Rossion, B. Cerebral lateralization of the face-cortical network in left-handers: only the FFA does not get it right. Institute of Neuroscience Inauguration, 2010, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
- Bukowski, H., Dricot, L., Hanseeuw, B., Schiltz, C., & Rossion, B. Cerebral lateralization of the face-cortical network in left-handers: only the FFA does not get it right. Vision Sciences Society, 2010, Naples, FL, USA.
WORKSHOPS & SUMMERSCHOOLS
- Workshop 'Social Cognition: From Evolution to Applications’, 2015, University of Bangor, UK.
- Aegina Summer school 2014 ‘The social self’, 2015, Aegina, Greece. Organisers: Dr. Tsakiris, Dr. Deroy.
- Workshop ‘Perspective Taking, Intentionality, and Joint Action’. 2015. Central European University, Hungary.
- Workshop 'Social Cognition: Origins, Mechanisms and Disorders', 2014, IAS, University of Surrey, UK.
- Social Cognitive Neuroscience International Summer School, 2013, SISSA, Trieste, Italy.
- Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience, 2011, UC Davis & UC Santa Barbara, USA.
- 2nd European Workshop on Social Neuroscience, 2010, Ghent, Belgium.
- 5th MBIC fMRI school, 2010, University of Maastricht, Netherlands. Organizer: Dr. Goebel.
PERSONS of REFERENCE
- Pr. Claus Lamm (claus.lamm@univie.ac.at), current supervisor, professor and principal investigator at the Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience unit, University of Vienna.
- Pr. Giorgia Silani (giorgia.silani@univie.ac.at), collaborator and principal investigator of the SILANI lab, University of Vienna.
- Pr. Dana Samson (dana.samson@uclouvain.be), PhD supervisor, professor and principal investigator at the Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Université catholique de Louvain.
- Pr. Marcel Brass (marcel.brass@ugent.be), professor and principal investigator at the Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium
- Dr. Bruno Rossion (bruno.rossion@uclouvain.be), supervisor of internship, principal investigator at the Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Université catholique de Louvain.