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James Kilner @jameskilner.bsky.social · 6h

This looks incredibly interesting

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Jordan Theriault @jtheriault.bsky.social · 1d

Excited to share our work making an "allostasis-first" case that brain function is most productively framed in terms of its core regulatory function. We also introduce some new ideas in the context of metabolism and cognitive function in Alzheimer's.
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

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James Kilner @jameskilner.bsky.social · 1d

I did a small thing for the BBC on the remarkable increase in people listening to ambient music.

Here

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

and here

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Why modern life has us turning to ambient music - BBC Sounds

Dani Thomas explores the genre's surge in popularity

www.bbc.co.uk

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SINe Lab @sinelabdtu.bsky.social · 11d

🫁❤️New preprint out: The social, decoupled self

We show effects of interpersonal synchronization of physiological rhythms on intrapersonal cardiorespiratory coupling: when we sync our breathing, our breathing–heart rhythms decouple, with a perturbed phase-relationship
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The social, decoupled self: interpersonal synchronization of breathing alters intrapersonal cardiorespiratory coupling

People synchronize their periodic behavioural and physiological rhythms with each other during social interaction. While this interpersonal synchronization has largely been associated with positive ef...

www.biorxiv.org

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Prof Rick Adams @drrickadams.bsky.social · 15d

Post doc job alert 📢! Announcing a v exciting job on a Wellcome-funded project in my group at UCL, looking at auditory hallucinations... Advert here 👀: rb.gy/230w8l - deadline is end of Oct. Please apply! 1/5

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Martina Saltafossi @martinasaltafossi.bsky.social · 19d

I'm thrilled to share that our new paper is now published in Psychophysiology (Open Access):
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

@zacndr.bsky.social @teamlabuda.bsky.social @fraferri.bsky.social @danlikesbrains.bsky.social

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SANS @sansmeeting.bsky.social · 22d

Symposium submissions are now open for #SANS2026 in San Diego! The deadline for these submissions is November 17th at 23:59 Pacific. Check out the submission guidelines here: socialaffectiveneuro.org/symposia-gui...

Symposia Guidelines - Social Affective Neuroscience Society

socialaffectiveneuro.org

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James Kilner @jameskilner.bsky.social · 23d

Love it! I am happy that you have got this up and running. I am afraid the London van has been stuck in a UCL car park for the last couple of years!

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Junghee Lee @jungheelee.bsky.social · 26d

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Brain–body states as a link between cardiovascular and mental health

Numerous studies in humans have demonstrated a strong link between heart and brain function at different timescales. We conceptualize this functional …

www.sciencedirect.com

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Ole Jensen @olejensen.bsky.social · 27d

In our Trends in Cogn Sci paper we point to the connectivity crisis in task-based human EEG/MEG research: many connectivity metrics, too little replication. Time for community-wide benchmarking to build robust, generalisable measures across labs & tasks. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Confronting the connectivity crisis in human M/EEG research

The cognitive neuroscience community using M/EEG has not converged on measures of task-related inter-regional brain connectivity that generalize acros…

www.sciencedirect.com

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James Kilner @jameskilner.bsky.social · Sep 2

Using SPM to show that people's faces change colour with their heartbeat.- The centre face is aligned to the R-peak and the red colour shows areas of the face where there is an increase in the green colour in the image and blue a decrease. #neuroscience #social #interoception #heartbeats

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James Kilner @jameskilner.bsky.social · Aug 28

Great work Micah - hopefully I will have a chance to chat to you about this in the near future

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Tahnée Engelen @tahnee-engelen.bsky.social · Aug 27

3 (!) open PhD positions at @maastrichtu.bsky.social focusing on brain and bodily oscillations and their role in cognition: vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...

PhD Candidates - Flexible Oscillatory Workspace (FLOW)

vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl

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Peter Kok @peterkok.bsky.social · Aug 8

We are recruiting a new PI at the FIL @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social, Associate or Full Professor. This is an amazing place to do cognitive neuroscience, in the heart of London. If you or someone you know might be interested, please pass it on. #neuroskyence

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Alex Galvez-Pol @alexgalvezpol.bsky.social · Jul 25

🚨 We’re running a short self-report study on how BREATHING interacts with your daily life 🫁🌍

We're struggling to find participants and would truly appreciate your help; it only takes a few minutes.

👉 You can participate here: shorturl.at/rwwXc

🙏 Feel free to share the link with others. Thank you!

Breathing Through Your Day: A Brief Reflection Survey

You move, interact, speak, listen, think, and feel. Life unfolds through a rich variety of experiences and tasks.

test.uib.es

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Natalie Peluso 🧠🫁😊 @nataliepeluso.com · Jul 11

Making Sense of Sensation: A model of Interoceptive Attribution and Appraisal with Clinical applications

New preprint from @drhannahsavage.bsky.social & @sarahgarf.bsky.social

#interoception #neuroskyence 🧠🫀🫁

osf.io/preprints/ps...

OSF

osf.io

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Alex Galvez-Pol @alexgalvezpol.bsky.social · Jul 4

🚨 New paper out!
Phase confusion: How inconsistent cardiac labeling obscures interoception research 🫀🧠

We unpack methodological incosistencies and propose a way forward with the HEARTS framework.

In Biol. Psychol. - Open Access:
🔗 shorturl.at/YJhyn

1st paper of great @angeliacaparco.bsky.social!

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James Kilner @jameskilner.bsky.social · Jun 25

Tim Key poem MRI

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dickretired @dickretired.bsky.social · Jun 5

The Royal Society is offering £4 million per researcher for scientists in the USA who want to move to the UK. The money offered is £30 million in all for all the Fellowships. These Faraday Fellowships are for 5 to 10 years.

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Alex Galvez-Pol @alexgalvezpol.bsky.social · May 30

🧠 NEW REVIEW

"Interoceptive Rhythms & Perceptual Experience
Mechanisms, Contexts & Strategies for Real-World Research"

How heart, lungs & gut shape what we see, feel & do—& how to study it in everyday life.

🔗 tinyurl.com/4ex7chdr
#NeuroSky #Interoception #Perception

👇 Thread 🧵

OSF

tinyurl.com

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zacndr.bsky.social @zacndr.bsky.social · May 12

🚨 Early-bird deadline approaching! ⏳

Only 3 days left to early-bird registration for Adriatica2025 🫀🫁🧠

📍 Pescara, Italy | 8–12 September 2025

Secure your spot by May 15th to benefit from reduced rates!

www.dnisc.unich.it/pagina-adria...

@fraferri.bsky.social @lauramrz.bsky.social

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James Kilner @jameskilner.bsky.social · May 10

really wish I could have made it! Enjoy

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Department of Imaging Neuroscience @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social · May 9

Don't miss our upcoming #SPM course for #EEG & #MEG online from 19-22 May 2025! 🧠

We'll cover preprocessing, source reconstruction, DCM & OPM analyses. Practicals will include SPM-Python!

Programme: www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/spm/docs/cou...

Register by May 11th 👇 onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-...

Course schedule - SPM Documentation

Documentation of the SPM Software for neuroimaging

www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk

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James Kilner @jameskilner.bsky.social · Apr 2

In all seriousness we did have to have policies in place for this! Most of the experiments were carried out outside the van though

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James Kilner @jameskilner.bsky.social · Apr 2

Yes this is what we did and took to a music/arts festival. It was a really great opportunity to run experiments on large numbers of people

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