In this workshop we are visited by researchers from China, Japan, Germany and Denmark. We will be discussing cross cultural differences in aspects of social cognition and will also look at differential diagnostic considerations regading depression, schizophrenia and autism. The workshop will focus around Happé and Frith’s Animated triangles task which have been used in almost all the presented research. Data from behavioral studies, fMRI studies and cross-linguistic analysis will be presented.

Programme:

9.30-9.35       Welcome  Vibeke Bliksted

9.35-10.05      Nicolai Ladegaard: Social- and metacognitive ability in depressive disorder in Denmark

10.05-10.15     Discussion and questions

10.15-10.45      Katja Koelkebeck: Investigation of a German sample of depressed patients with the animated triangles task

10.45-10.55      Discussion and questions

10.55-11.10      Small coffee break

11.10-11.40      Yuan Zhou: Abnormal game behaviours in schizophrenia and major depressive disorders in China

11.40-11.50      Discussion and questions

11.50-12.20      Vibeke Bliksted: Social cognitive deficits in first-episode schizophrenia: State or trait? Universal or depending on culture?

12.20-12.30      Discussion and questions

12.30-13.00      Lunch break

13.00-13.30      Shiho Ubukata and Vibeke Bliksted: Discriminating autism spectrum disorders from schizophrenia by investigation of mental state attribution: a review and meta analysis

13.30-13.40      Discussion and questions

13.40-14.10      Riccardo Fusaroli: Assessing schizophrenia from spontaneous behavioral data

14.10-14.20      Discussion and questions

14.20-14.30      Small coffee break

14.30-15.00      Shiho Ubukata: Emotion recognition under cultural context (Islamic veil). Japanese- Syric research collaboration

15.00-15.10      Discussion and questions

15.10-15.40      Katja Koelkebeck: Cultural aspects in social cognition research

15.40-15.50      Discussion and questions

15.50                Closing remarks (Vibeke Bliksted)

Speakers:

Yuan Zhou, Associate Professor, Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science & Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research Center Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing.

Katja Koelkebeck, Dr. Med., psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, School of Medicine, University of Muenster, Germany.

Shiho Ubukata, Post doc, Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.

Riccardo Fusaroli, Assistant Professor, Interacting Minds Centre, School of Culture and Society & Centre for Semiotics, School of Communication and Culture, Aarhus University.

Nicolai Ladegaard, PhD, Senior researcher, Aarhus University Hospital Risskov, Department of affective disorders, Research unit Q.

Vibeke Bliksted, Honorary Associate professor, Senior researcher, Aarhus University Hospital Risskov, Psychosis department, Research unit P and Interacting Minds Centre, Aarhus University.