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Biological Psychiatry @biologicalpsych.bsky.social · 5d

Westlin and colleagues found that patients with functional neurological disorder exhibit atypical macroscale cortical organization, characterised by altered functional gradients that are linked to symptom severity.

Functional Connectivity Gradients Reveal Altered Hierarchical Cortical Organization in Functional Neurological Disorder

Neuroimaging studies of functional neurological disorder (FND), a core neuropsychiatric condition, often rely on discrete connections or parcellations that may obscure the brain’s functional network a...

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FND Poltergeist 👻 @fndportal.bsky.social · 21h

Excited to dig into some weekend reading under a metric ton of blankets. It's time 🧠☕

And specifically this paper, which looks very very interesting! from @mariandrnh.bsky.social @micahgallen.com @francescafardo.bsky.social

very cool experimental design

direct.mit.edu/imag/article...

Supramodal and modality-specific neural information supports multi-feature prediction errors across cortical levels

Abstract. Predictive coding posits that the brain actively anticipates inputs from different senses, generating prediction errors when incoming information deviates from internal expectations. While m...

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adrianamannino.bsky.social @adrianamannino.bsky.social · Jul 16

🧠 Clinicians treating IBS, functional dyspepsia & other #DGBI - we want your insights!

📝 Take our 15min survey on multidisciplinary care for DGBI: redcap.link/multidiscipl...

🔍 Help shape future models of care for these complex gut-brain conditions.
#GutHealth #UniMelb #Research

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Jane Boissiere @edinpublishing.bsky.social · 2d

1 in 3 Worldwide Have Functional Bowel Disorders! #MedEd #Gastroenterology #IBS #DGBI

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Jane Boissiere @edinpublishing.bsky.social · 2d

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Manchester Gut-Directed Hypnotherapy Training Course for Healthcare Professionals - BSCAH

The Manchester Protocol, developed by Professor Peter Whorwell, is internationally recognised as the gold-standard approach to gut-directed hypnotherapy. The pioneering research evidence provided by P...

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Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social · 3d

1/🧵 Out today in @frontiersin.bsky.social : “Consciousness science: where are we, where are we going, and what if we get there?” By @axc.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social, & me (a CIFAR & @erc.europa.eu production 🧠). www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...

Advancing consciousness science

Defining new directions in consciousness research and exploring implications for medicine, technology, and ethics

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Lisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 11d

Fascinating talk by Valentina Bambini on metaphors and figurative language in schizophrenia, reporting from the PROMENADE project #MEIMI2025 #philsky #philpsy #epistemicinjustice

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Hugo Spiers @hugospiers.bsky.social · 12d

Please help share this link to a cool experiment. Its a short experiment that anyone can do, and will result in some fascinating discoveries about memory.
#neuroskyence

Jon Simons @jonsimons.bsky.social · 12d

Vivid memories are all over the BBC website front page! It takes just a few minutes to complete our public survey: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 16d

#Hemispherotomy is a surgical treatment for #epilepsy by disconnecting a portion of the #cortex. @anilseth.bsky.social &co show that the isolated cortex has #EEG patterns resembling deep #sleep or #anesthesia, with slow oscillations & reduced spectral exponent @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3J9ci8X

This metaphorical illustration reimagines a hidden view of the brain of a patient with hemispherotomy. In the absence of subcortical activating inputs, the disconnected cortex defaults to a sleep-like state, marked by slow-wave EEG activity and here evocatively represented as night. By contrast, the intact hemisphere, still integrated with subcortical structures, sustains wakefulness and a bright inner world capable of environmental interaction, reflected in faster EEG rhythms. The image underscores the divergence of cortical states after hemispheric isolation. The image was created by Michele A. Colombo, the first author of the paper, through digital photo manipulation combining drawings with real neuroimaging and electrophysiological data.

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Clare Mackay @claremackay.bsky.social · 22d

Proud moment as the first BFRB research study from the University of Oxford has been published. Great summary thread here from Polly…

Polly Waite @pollywaite.bsky.social · 22d

New paper with @claremackay.bsky.social led by MSc student Talia Mayerson on the role of shame in the adolescent hairpulling and co-occurring anxiety and depressive symptomology: acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/....
Summary below:

JCPP Advances | ACAMH Child Development Journal | Wiley Online Library

This study found that shame is a significant mediator in positive associations between hairpulling severity and depression and anxiety severity within a community sample of adolescents with clinical ....

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Lottie Shipp @lottie-shipp.bsky.social · 16d

Very pleased to share our latest paper - a systematic review of psychological therapies for primary Generalised Anxiety Disorder in children and adolescents - which has recently been published in JCPP Advances. It’s available here doi.org/10.1002/jcv2..., or keep reading for the key messages! (1/6)

JCPP Advances | ACAMH Child Development Journal | Wiley Online Library

Background Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is common in children and adolescents, and if not successfully treated, has negative consequences for their current and subsequent mental health. Whilst...

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Caterina Gratton @caterinagratton.bsky.social · 17d

Why do brain networks vary? Do these differences shape behavior? If every 🧠 is unique, how can we detect common features of brain organization?
@rodbraga.bsky.social and I dig in, in @annualreviews.bsky.social (ahead of print):
go.illinois.edu/Gratton2025-...

#neuroskyence #psychscisky #MedSky
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Dense Phenotyping of Human Brain Network Organization Using Precision fMRI

The advent of noninvasive imaging methods like functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) transformed cognitive neuroscience, providing insights into large-scale brain networks and their link to cog...

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Alasdair MacLullich @amaclullich.bsky.social · 17d

"Have you been having a difficult time?"

"Is there anything I can do to help you?"

➡️ Questions to help provide comfort to those with #delirium & #dementia

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 22d

𝗔 𝗡𝗘𝗨𝗥𝗢𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗫
By Mars and Passingham
"Understanding anthropoid foraging challenges may thus contribute to our understanding of human cognition"
Going to the top of the reading list!
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
#neuroskyence

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Jane Boissiere @edinpublishing.bsky.social · 23d

Absolutely wonderful project. Trained (1 month) Community Grandmothers and a Community park bench. Brilliant way forward. We all have skills to help each other!!! Brilliant idea 🙏😊👍

Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience @kingsioppn.bsky.social · 23d

In Zimbabwe, Prof Dixon Chibanda lost a patient to suicide over a $10 bus fare. This inspired @friendshipbench.bsky.social, which has now helped hundreds of thousands.

Through global partnerships, King’s is improving access to mental health care. #WorldMentalHealthDay

www.kcl.ac.uk/zimbabwe-to-...

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Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience @kingsioppn.bsky.social · 27d

Congratulations to Professor Mark Edwards! He was awarded the Stanley Fahn Presidential Lecture award by International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders @movedisorder.bsky.social for his extensive work at the interface of mind-body research

www.kcl.ac.uk/news/profess...

Professor Mark Edwards awarded the prestigious Stanley Fahn Presidential Lecture award by International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders | King's College London

Award is the highest honour that recognises an outstanding scholar and role-model clinician in the field of Movement Disorders.

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Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience @kingsioppn.bsky.social · 23d

In Zimbabwe, Prof Dixon Chibanda lost a patient to suicide over a $10 bus fare. This inspired @friendshipbench.bsky.social, which has now helped hundreds of thousands.

Through global partnerships, King’s is improving access to mental health care. #WorldMentalHealthDay

www.kcl.ac.uk/zimbabwe-to-...

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Devin Terhune @devinterhune.bsky.social · Sep 28

Excellent opportunity to pursue a PhD on dissociative states with @susannahpick.bsky.social and me at the IoPPN @kingsioppn.bsky.social Reach out to us with any questions

Dr Susannah Pick @susannahpick.bsky.social · Sep 26

Applications opening on 8th October for our @kingsioppn.bsky.social MRC DTP PhD studentships for 2026 entry - lots of great projects being offered including one from me and @devinterhune.bsky.social on transdiagnostic dissociative states/symptoms kcl-mrcdtp.com/apply/projec...

Projects - MRC DTP

kcl-mrcdtp.com

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Brigitte Nerlich @bnerlich.bsky.social · Oct 3

Today's post is of course about #metaphor, but also about #alchemy, about the history of science and about what we can learn from it for today's #genomic talk and #scicomm makingsciencepublic.com/2025/10/03/m...

Metaphor, alchemy and lessons from the 17th century

Philip Ball has just published a magnificent book on the history of alchemy: Alchemy: An Illustrated History of Elixirs, Experiments, and the Birth of Modern Science. This made me think about metap…

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Mena Farag @drmfarag.bsky.social · Sep 26

Amid this week’s huge milestone in #HD treatment, I’m excited to share part of my PhD thesis + our paper published today in @movedisorder.bsky.social on CSF #PENK predicting striatal atrophy decades before clinical motor diagnosis 🔗 movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Cerebrospinal Fluid Proenkephalin Predicts Striatal Atrophy Decades before Clinical Motor Diagnosis in Huntington's Disease

Background Huntington's disease (HD) is characterized by early, selective, progressive vulnerability of striatal medium spiny neurons (MSNs). Proenkephalin (PENK), a precursor of opioid peptides abu...

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Dr Susannah Pick @susannahpick.bsky.social · Sep 26

Applications are also open for the @kingsioppn.bsky.social and @wellcometrust.bsky.social PhD programme in mental health research for healthcare professionals. I'm in the supervisor pool and welcome enquiries about projects kclmentalhealthphd.co.uk/apply

Funding, Eligibility & How to Apply — PhD Programme in Mental Health Research for Health Professionals

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Vaughan Bell @vaughanbell.bsky.social · Sep 26

One of the most important mental health books I've read in the last decade, Darren McGarvey's Trauma Industrial Complex is absolute 🔥
www.penguin.co.uk/books/439534...

Skip the subtitle, it's a much wider analysis of trauma and lived experience in mental health. Takes on lots of unquestioned dogmas

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Len Pennie @lenniesaurus.bsky.social · Sep 16

Cannae believe the tour is kicking off next week. I'd love it if you could join me to launch POYUMS ANNAW!! Tickets are available for most events here 👇

buythebook.online/poyums-annaw

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Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social · Sep 15

A Kantian take on Integrated Information Theory - newly published in Philosophical Explorations by our very own @robertchisciure.bsky.social - and its #OpenAccess too 🎉👇https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13869795.2025.2550245

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Anna Ciaunica @annaciaunica.bsky.social · Sep 12

New preprint 🎉😎!

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Brilliantly led by Julia Ayache and Malika Auvray

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