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Henryk Bukowski

Professeur

SSH/PSP Faculté de psychologie, logopédie, sexologie et des sciences de la famille (PSY)

SSH/IPSY Psychological Sciences Research Institute (IPSY)

  • Expertise :
  • Cognition sociale
  • psychométrie

As a researcher, I am…

  • using and refining methods of cognitive psychology and neurosciences
  • examining situational and individual factors of social and differential psychology
  • testing across clinical populations how social cognition relates to mental health
  • developping internet-based solutions for large-scale performance-based testing
  • always eager to collaborate, open to share my data, and willing to learn new methods

I study mainly empathy and perspective taking along these lines of research: 

1. Deconstructing Self-Other Distinction:
Since we feel, see, and believe while we infer what others feel, see, and believe.
How do we distinguish our own thoughts from those others?

2. Shifting from egocentric to altercentric and more:
We are not always self-focused! Emotions, priming, and social contexts can shift you into being other-focused (i.e., altercentric) or more or less flexible.

3. Beyond poor and good performance in empathy and perspective-taking:
By measuring performance on multiple core dimensions,  we provide new insights into individual differences: we can explain why someone is poor or good.

4. Self-knowledge to know others:
Is limited, biased, or unclear knowledge of the Self a barrier to understanding others?

5. Self-Other understanding in clinical populations:
We found that self-understanding and others’ understanding are impaired in autism, borderline personality disorder, schizophrenia, severe alcohol use disorder, and anorexia. Is there a transdiagnostic pattern?

And many other avenues related to perspective taking and psychometrics.
 

2025
Article de journal

Bigot, A., Emilie Auger, Bukowski, H., Karyn Doba, & Jean-Louis Nandrino. (2025). Perspective taking processes across anorexia nervosa subtypes: egocentric and altercentric bias. European Eating Disorders Review. Submitted. (Original work published 2025)


Bigot, A., Luca Tiberi, Xavier Saloppé, Jean-Louis Nandrino, Thierry Pham, & Bukowski, H. (2025). Confusing my viewpoint with his: Altered self-other distinction performance in antisocial personality disorder. Antisocial personality disorder : theory, research and treatment. Published. https://doi.org/10.1037/per0000660 (Original work published 2025)


Papier de conférence

Bigot, A., Bukowski, H., Salavrakos, M., Samson, D., & de Timary, P. (2025). Effects of alcohol abstinence on a rapid recovery of social cognition. European society for biomedical research on alcoholism, Brussels. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/269580


2024
Papier de conférence

Bigot, A., Tiberi, L., Saloppé, X., Nandrino, J.-L., Pham, T., & Bukowski, H. (2024). Confusing my viewpoint with his: Altered self-other distinction performance in antisocial personality disorder. 7th Conference of the European Society for the Study of Personality Disorders (ESSPD). https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/256218


Bigot, A., & Bukowski, H. (2024). What does self-priority mean? European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 7th bi-annual meeting. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/256229


Bukowski, H., Bigot, A., Tiberi, L., Saloppé, X., Nandrino, J.-L., & Pham, T. (2024). Mistaking my views for his: Impaired self-other distinction in antisocial personality disorder. Belgian Association for Psychological Sciences (BAPS) annual meeting 2024, Vrije Universiteit Brussel. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/256217


Bukowski, H., Pronizius, E., Bigot, A., Golab, D., Bogaerts, A., Horký, M., & De Meulemeester, C. (2024). Self-Other Distinction Self-reported Questionnaire (SOD-SRQ): A multidimensional scale to measure self-other distinction in the everyday life of healthy and clinical populations. 7th Conference of the European Society for the Study of Personality Disorders (ESSPD), Antwerp, Belgium. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/256214


Article de journal

Quesque, F., Apperly, I., Baillargeon, R., Baron-Cohen, S., Becchio, C., Bekkering, H., Bernstein, D., Bertoux, M., Bird, G., Bukowski, H., Burgmer, P., Carruthers, P., Catmur, C., Dziobek, I., Epley, N., Erle, T. M., Frith, C., Frith, U., Galang, C. M., et al. (2024). Defining key concepts for mental state attribution. Communications Psychology, 2(1 (2024)). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-024-00077-6 (Original work published 2024)


Pronizius, E., Bukowski, H., & Lamm, C. (2024). Comparing Self-Other Distinction Across Motor, Cognitive, and Affective Domains. Royal Society Open Science. Accepted/in-press. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/237163 (Original work published 2024)


Samuel, S., Erle, T. M., Kirsch, L. P., Surtees, A., Apperly, I., Bukowski, H., Auvray, M., Catmur, C., Kessler, K., & Quesque, F. (2024). Three key questions to move towards a theoretical framework of visuospatial perspective taking. Cognition, 247, 105787. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2024.105787 (Original work published 2024)


2023
Papier de conférence

Bukowski, H. (2023). What is worth being measured in perspective taking? A psychometric perspective. Integrating current views on perspective taking, UCLouvain, Woluwe. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/238731


Bukowski, H. (2023). Self-other distinction and Self-other priority in perspective taking. International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS) 2023, Brussels. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/238728


Bukowski, H., Bigot, A., Leclercq, S., Tiberi, L., Amadieu, C., Peeters, J.-C., Saloppé, X., Nandrino, J.-L., Pham, T., & de Timary, P. (2023). Self-other distinction performance in alcohol use disorder and antisocial personality disorder. North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders (NASSPD) Conference 2023, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/256222


Chapitre de livre

Bukowski, H. (2023). Modèles influents récents de l’empathie en neuropsychologie et neurosciences. In Nathalie Nader-Grosbois (ed.), L’empathie en développement : Modèles, évaluation et intervention (p. p. 57-68). De Boeck Supérieur. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/237170


2022
Papier de conférence

Bukowski, H. (2022). Social cognition broken into its building blocks and expanded to large-scale, developmental, and transdiagnostic scopes. IPSY New Academic Members Presentations, Louvain-La-Neuve. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/238782


Bukowski, H., Bigot, A., Amadieu, C., Pham, T., Saloppé, X., Tiberi, L., Nandrino, J.-L., Peeters, J.-C., & de Timary, P. (2022). Measuring the building blocks of mentalizing performance across mental disorders. Belgian Association for Psychological Sciences (BAPS) annual meeting 2022, KU Leuven. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/256224


Bukowski, H., Tiberi, L., Saloppé, X., & Pham Hoang, T. (2022). La Cognition Sociale chez les patients médico-légaux : Résultats préliminaires de l’évaluation des compétences de prise de perspective et de décodage multi-niveau des émotions. 50 ans de la Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l’Education de l’UMONS, Mons. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/238730


de Timary, P., Amadieu, C., Starkel, P., Delzenne, N., Mikolajczak, M., Maurage, P., Bukowski, H., Samson, D., & Leclercq, S. (2022). The gut microbiota, IL8, craving and sociability in AUD. 2nd World Congress on Alcohol and Alcoholism, Cracow, Poland.


Bukowski, H., Bigot, A., Amadieu, C., Leclercq, S., Pham, T., Saloppé, X., Tiberi, L., Nandrino, J.-L., Peeters, J.-C., & de Timary, P. (2022). Uncovering transdiagnostic socio-cognitive profiles by measuring the building blocks of mentalizing performance across mental disorders. 22nd meeting of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCoP), Lille. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/256223


Bukowski, H., Amadieu, C., Leclercq, S., & de Timary, P. (2022). L’empathie cognitive chez les alcoolodépendants et impact du microbiote. Forum Addiction et Société 2022, Bruxelles. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/238733


Bukowski, H. (2022). Votre capacité (et celles de vos patients) à prendre le point de l’autre mise à l’épreuve via un test de performance en ligne . Forum Addiction et Société 2022, Bruxelles. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/238785


Tiberi, L., Saloppé, X., Bukowski, H., Degouis, F., Dogru, E., Nandrino, J.-L., & Pham Hoang, T. (2022). Cognitive Empathy (CE) among antisocial forensic inpatients without (ASPD) and with Psychopathic Personality Disorder (PPD): Comparison between self-evaluation and competencies. 22nd European Society of Cognitive Psychology (ESCoP) Conference, Lille, France. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/232563


Article de journal

Bukowski, H., Sweeney, C., Bennett, D., Rizzo, G., & O’Tuathaigh, C. M. P. (2022). Medical student empathy and breaking bad news communication in a simulated consultation. Patient Education and Counseling, 105(5), 1342-1345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2021.09.017 (Original work published 2022)


2021
Article de journal

Bukowski, H., & Samson, D. (2021). Automatic imitation is reduced in narcissists but only in egocentric perspective-takers. Acta Psychologica, 213, 103235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2020.103235 (Original work published 2021)


Bukowski, H., Ahmad Kamal, N. F., Bennett, D., Rizzo, G., & O’Tuathaigh, C. (2021). Association between dispositional empathy and self-other distinction in Irish and Belgian medical students: a cross-sectional analysis. B M J Open, 11(9), e048597. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048597 (Original work published 2021)


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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2021.103297 (Original work published 2021)


Papier de conférence

Bukowski, H., & Kotsou, I. (2021). Leadership & Intelligence émotionnelle. Webinaire Leadership du Service public fédéral Santé publique, Sécurité de la Chaîne alimentaire et Environnement. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/238781


2020
Papier de conférence

Bukowski, H. (2020). 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 (WASP), Valparaiso, Chile. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/238784


Bukowski, H. (2020). 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, Online. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/238786


Article de journal

Bukowski, H., Tik, M., Silani, G., Ruff, C. 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(July 2020), 143-161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2020.03.009 (Original work published 2020)


2019
Papier de conférence

Bukowski, H. (2019). Influences of Emotions, Sleep Deprivation, and Individual Differences in Visual Perspective Taking Support a Multidimensional Account of Mindreading. International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS) 2019, Paris. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/238789


Bukowski, H. (2019). Is there an autist – neurotypical – schizophrenic continuum in social cognition? A critical review of theories and evidence. Belgian Association for Psychological Sciences (BAPS) annual meeting 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/238788


Chapitre de livre

Bukowski, H. (2019). Self-Knowledge. In V. Zeigler-Hill & T. K. Shackelford (ed.), Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences (p. p. 1-7). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_2004-1


2018
Chapitre de livre

Bukowski, H., & Lamm, C. (2018). Superior Temporal Sulcus. In V. Zeigler-Hill, T. K. Shackelford (ed.), Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences (p. p. 1-5). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_463-1


Article de journal

Deliens, G., Bukowski, H., Slama, H., Surtees, A., Cleeremans, A., Samson, D., & Peigneux, P. (2018). The impact of sleep deprivation on visual perspective taking. Journal of Sleep Research (Print), 27(2), 175-183. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.12595 (Original work published 2018)


Bukowski, H. (2018). The Neural Correlates of Visual Perspective Taking: a Critical Review. Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports, 5(3), 189-197. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40473-018-0157-6 (Original work published 2018)


Papier de conférence

Bukowski, H. (2018). Self-Other distinction in empathy: an rTMS/fMRI study. DFG Workshop Series Understanding Others - Integration of Social Cognitive and Affective Processes, Dresden. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/238790


Bukowski, H. (2018). Self-Other distinction in empathy is modulated by cTBS on right supramarginal gyrus and dispositional cognitive empathy: an rTMS/fMRI study. 4th international conference of the European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (ESCAN), Leiden. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/238791


2017
Article de journal

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(November 2017), 289-296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.09.022 (Original work published 2017)


Bukowski, H., & Samson, D. (2017). New Insights into the Inter-Individual Variability in Perspective Taking. Vision, 1(1), 8. https://doi.org/10.3390/vision1010008 (Original work published 2017)


Chapitre de livre

Bukowski, H., & Lamm, C. (2017). Temporoparietal Junction. In Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences (p. p. 1-5). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_863-1


2016
Article de journal

Bukowski, H., & Samson, D. (2016). Can emotions influence level-1 visual perspective taking? Cognitive Neuroscience, 7(1-4), 182-191. https://doi.org/10.1080/17588928.2015.1043879 (Original work published 2016)


Bukowski, H., Hietanen, J. K., & 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. https://doi.org/10.1080/13506285.2015.1132804 (Original work published 2015)


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 B: Biological Sciences, 371(1686), 20150083. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0083 (Original work published 2016)


Papier de conférence

Bukowski, H. (2016). Coordinates-based meta-analyses of neuroimaging studies: A critical overview. NEUROCOG 2016, Leuven. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/238792


2015
Papier de conférence

Bukowski, H. (2015). A multidimensional approach to perspective taking. Belgian Association for Psychological Sciences (BAPS) annual meeting 2015, Vrije Universiteit Brussel. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/238793


2014
Papier de conférence

Bukowski, H., Hietanen, J. K., & Samson, D. (2014). What boosts attention orienting in response to other people’s gaze direction? Annual Meeting of the Belgian Association for Psychological Sciences (BAPS), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/232582


Thèse

Bukowski, H. (2014). What influences perspective taking ? A dynamic and multidimensional approach. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/232585


Article de journal

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, 68(1), 67-76. https://doi.org/10.1037/cep0000001 (Original work published 2014)


2013
Papier de conférence

Bukowski, H., Courtain, A., & Samson, D. (2013). Can you resist the influence of others? Altercentrism, egocentrism and interpersonal personality traits. Annual Meeting of the Belgian Association for Psychological Sciences (BAPS), Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-La-Neuve. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/232587


Article de journal

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2013.05.002 (Original work published 2013)


2012
Papier de conférence

Bukowski, H., & Samson, D. (2012). Effects of one’s emotional state on perspective taking and prosocial behavior. Annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, USA. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/232586


Bukowski, H., & Samson, D. (2012). Effects of one’s own emotional state on perspective taking and prosocial behaviour. Meeting of the Belgian Association for Psychological Science (BAPS) and Sociedad Espanola de Psicologica Experimental (SEPEX), University of Liege. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/232591


2011
Papier de conférence

Bukowski, H. (2011). Penser et agir socialement sous l’émotion : une question de genre ? Jeunes chercheurs dans la cité, Halles de Schaerbeek, Bruxelles. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/232592


Bukowski, H., & Samson, D. (2011). Effects of one’s own emotional state on perspective taking and prosocial behaviour. Donders Discussions, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/232593


Unités d'enseignement pour 2025

Libellé Code
Méthodologies de la recherche LPSP1210
Psychométrie LPSP1211
Psychodiagnostic et travaux pratiques sur les tests LPSP1307
Séminaire sur les tests psychodiagnostiques LPSYS2006