Yifei He 何奕菲
@yifeihe.bsky.social
Post-doc @ Marburg Psychiatry @tnm-lab.bsky.social
language, action, gesture, and psychiatry 🇨🇳🇨🇦🇮🇹🇳🇱🇩🇪
📍 www.yifeihe.com
language, action, gesture, and psychiatry 🇨🇳🇨🇦🇮🇹🇳🇱🇩🇪
📍 www.yifeihe.com
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Super happy to announce that our Research Training Group "PIMON" is funded by the @dfg.de ! Starting in October, we will have exciting opportunities for PhD students that want to explore object and material perception & interaction in Gießen @jlugiessen.bsky.social ! Just look at this amazing team!
December 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Super happy to announce that our Research Training Group "PIMON" is funded by the @dfg.de ! Starting in October, we will have exciting opportunities for PhD students that want to explore object and material perception & interaction in Gießen @jlugiessen.bsky.social ! Just look at this amazing team!
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Did you know the heart imprints onto the voice? New preprint spearheaded by Marijn Hafkamp, confirming (seemingly forgotten) research from the 80's and testing for the first time possible biomechanical mechanisms (evidence points to heart-lung-voice interactions).
wimpouw.com/files/Hafkam...
wimpouw.com/files/Hafkam...
December 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Did you know the heart imprints onto the voice? New preprint spearheaded by Marijn Hafkamp, confirming (seemingly forgotten) research from the 80's and testing for the first time possible biomechanical mechanisms (evidence points to heart-lung-voice interactions).
wimpouw.com/files/Hafkam...
wimpouw.com/files/Hafkam...
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How I contributed to rejecting one of my favorite papers of all times, Yes, I teach it to students daily, and refer to it in lots of papers. Sorry. open.substack.com/pub/kording/...
How I contributed to rejecting one of my favorite papers of all time
I believe we should talk about the mistakes we make.
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
How I contributed to rejecting one of my favorite papers of all times, Yes, I teach it to students daily, and refer to it in lots of papers. Sorry. open.substack.com/pub/kording/...
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Team science (all shared authorship), pre-registered, diamond open access paper now accepted at Open Mind: "Foreign Language Learners Show a Kinematic Accent in Their Co-speech Hand Movements".
with Bosker, Marieke Hoetjes, Doenja Hustin, Lieke van Maastricht
www.wimpouw.com/files/POSTPR...
with Bosker, Marieke Hoetjes, Doenja Hustin, Lieke van Maastricht
www.wimpouw.com/files/POSTPR...
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Team science (all shared authorship), pre-registered, diamond open access paper now accepted at Open Mind: "Foreign Language Learners Show a Kinematic Accent in Their Co-speech Hand Movements".
with Bosker, Marieke Hoetjes, Doenja Hustin, Lieke van Maastricht
www.wimpouw.com/files/POSTPR...
with Bosker, Marieke Hoetjes, Doenja Hustin, Lieke van Maastricht
www.wimpouw.com/files/POSTPR...
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Rhythmic Speech Facilitates Turn-Taking, finds @juletzky.bsky.social. See osf.io/preprints/ps....
OSF
osf.io
November 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Rhythmic Speech Facilitates Turn-Taking, finds @juletzky.bsky.social. See osf.io/preprints/ps....
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New paper from @parkbmb.bsky.social on links between felt presence and psychosis risk. Some surprising associations between individual differences in resilience and aspects of felt presence experiences: karger.com/psp/article/...
Felt-Presence and Psychosis-Risk in the General Population
Abstract. Objective: Felt presence (FP) is the experience that another entity is present in one’s proximal environment, despite no sensory evidence. Occurrence of FP is linked to psychosis-risk, but q...
karger.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
New paper from @parkbmb.bsky.social on links between felt presence and psychosis risk. Some surprising associations between individual differences in resilience and aspects of felt presence experiences: karger.com/psp/article/...
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New lab preprint: Searching for visuomotor matches vs mismatches biases confidence and visual sampling strategies, but not performance
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
Searching for visuomotor matches vs mismatches biases confidence and visual sampling strategies, but not performance
Visuomotor self-other distinction relies on the comparison of forward predictions from one’s motor system with visual movement data. Previous work suggests that matching kinematics may be prefer...
www.researchsquare.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:56 AM
New lab preprint: Searching for visuomotor matches vs mismatches biases confidence and visual sampling strategies, but not performance
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
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Inner speech and the neurobiology of psychosis
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
With @daniellametti.com and David Green
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
With @daniellametti.com and David Green
August 27, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Inner speech and the neurobiology of psychosis
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
With @daniellametti.com and David Green
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
With @daniellametti.com and David Green
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Our new MEG study is out! Here, we show alterations in both auditory evoked responses and alpha-band connectivity during a passive spatial auditory task in ASD. We also found that functional connectivity is associated with ASD and sensory symptomatology.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Lower Cortical Activation and Altered Functional Connectivity Characterize Passive Auditory Spatial Attention in ASD
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental condition characterized by difficulties in social interaction, communication, and sensory processing. The ability to orient towards sounds is a key c...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Our new MEG study is out! Here, we show alterations in both auditory evoked responses and alpha-band connectivity during a passive spatial auditory task in ASD. We also found that functional connectivity is associated with ASD and sensory symptomatology.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Ziyue Hu, Dominic M.D. Tran, and Reuben Rideaux:
Multimodal evidence challenges the effectiveness of probabilistic cueing for establishing sensory expectations
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Multimodal evidence challenges the effectiveness of probabilistic cueing for establishing sensory expectations
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
September 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Ziyue Hu, Dominic M.D. Tran, and Reuben Rideaux:
Multimodal evidence challenges the effectiveness of probabilistic cueing for establishing sensory expectations
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Multimodal evidence challenges the effectiveness of probabilistic cueing for establishing sensory expectations
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
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Check out our new paper on communicative intentions in social interactions!
Sending emojis 😀/😐/😠 to a virtual agent modulated mimicry and evaluation of a facial expression received in response!
doi.org/10.1111/psyp...
@biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social @therealspr.bsky.social
Sending emojis 😀/😐/😠 to a virtual agent modulated mimicry and evaluation of a facial expression received in response!
doi.org/10.1111/psyp...
@biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social @therealspr.bsky.social
<em>Psychophysiology</em> | SPR Journal | Wiley Online Library
Communicating emotional intentions via emojis influences how people evaluate and mimic facial expressions during social interactions. Sending a smile emoji increased pleasantness and mimicry of happy...
doi.org
September 12, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Check out our new paper on communicative intentions in social interactions!
Sending emojis 😀/😐/😠 to a virtual agent modulated mimicry and evaluation of a facial expression received in response!
doi.org/10.1111/psyp...
@biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social @therealspr.bsky.social
Sending emojis 😀/😐/😠 to a virtual agent modulated mimicry and evaluation of a facial expression received in response!
doi.org/10.1111/psyp...
@biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social @therealspr.bsky.social
🥳 Our study led by @edwardody.bsky.social from the @tnm-lab.bsky.social is published in the European Journal of Neuroscience. Take a look if you are interested in action-perception transition, readiness potential, and voluntariness of action!
📍https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ejn.70236
📍https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ejn.70236
September 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM
🥳 Our study led by @edwardody.bsky.social from the @tnm-lab.bsky.social is published in the European Journal of Neuroscience. Take a look if you are interested in action-perception transition, readiness potential, and voluntariness of action!
📍https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ejn.70236
📍https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ejn.70236
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University of South Carolina has *7* tenure-track faculty positions in Neurobiology of Language:
tinyurl.com/USC-Faculty-...
Positions in COMD, Psych, Linguistics, School of Medicine.
@snlmtg.bsky.social #SNL2025, we will have a booth.
w/@rutvikdesai.bsky.social @imb-uofsc.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/USC-Faculty-...
Positions in COMD, Psych, Linguistics, School of Medicine.
@snlmtg.bsky.social #SNL2025, we will have a booth.
w/@rutvikdesai.bsky.social @imb-uofsc.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
University of South Carolina has *7* tenure-track faculty positions in Neurobiology of Language:
tinyurl.com/USC-Faculty-...
Positions in COMD, Psych, Linguistics, School of Medicine.
@snlmtg.bsky.social #SNL2025, we will have a booth.
w/@rutvikdesai.bsky.social @imb-uofsc.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/USC-Faculty-...
Positions in COMD, Psych, Linguistics, School of Medicine.
@snlmtg.bsky.social #SNL2025, we will have a booth.
w/@rutvikdesai.bsky.social @imb-uofsc.bsky.social
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Huge congratulations 🥳 to
@sofievalk.bsky.social
&
@reznikdan.bsky.social
for receiving ERC Starting Grants 2025! We're proud of you!
Learn more about their projects: www.cbs.mpg.de/2397348/2025...
@sofievalk.bsky.social
&
@reznikdan.bsky.social
for receiving ERC Starting Grants 2025! We're proud of you!
Learn more about their projects: www.cbs.mpg.de/2397348/2025...
Sofie Valk and Daniel Reznik receive ERC Starting Grants
Sofie Valk and Daniel Reznik receive ERC Starting Grants
www.cbs.mpg.de
September 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Huge congratulations 🥳 to
@sofievalk.bsky.social
&
@reznikdan.bsky.social
for receiving ERC Starting Grants 2025! We're proud of you!
Learn more about their projects: www.cbs.mpg.de/2397348/2025...
@sofievalk.bsky.social
&
@reznikdan.bsky.social
for receiving ERC Starting Grants 2025! We're proud of you!
Learn more about their projects: www.cbs.mpg.de/2397348/2025...
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Agentic coding using Claude Code - the latest in my Better Code, Better Science series open.substack.com/pub/russpold...
Agentic coding using Claude Code
Better Code, Better Science: Chapter 5, Part 2
open.substack.com
September 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Agentic coding using Claude Code - the latest in my Better Code, Better Science series open.substack.com/pub/russpold...
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🧠 New paper out!
Rashid, Kircher & Straube (2025) investigate temporal characteristics of hemodynamic responses during active vs. passive hand movements in schizophrenia spectrum disorder.
📄 Schizophrenia:
👉 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Rashid, Kircher & Straube (2025) investigate temporal characteristics of hemodynamic responses during active vs. passive hand movements in schizophrenia spectrum disorder.
📄 Schizophrenia:
👉 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Temporal characteristics of hemodynamic responses during active and passive hand movements in schizophrenia spectrum disorder - Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia - Temporal characteristics of hemodynamic responses during active and passive hand movements in schizophrenia spectrum disorder
doi.org
August 22, 2025 at 10:50 AM
🧠 New paper out!
Rashid, Kircher & Straube (2025) investigate temporal characteristics of hemodynamic responses during active vs. passive hand movements in schizophrenia spectrum disorder.
📄 Schizophrenia:
👉 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Rashid, Kircher & Straube (2025) investigate temporal characteristics of hemodynamic responses during active vs. passive hand movements in schizophrenia spectrum disorder.
📄 Schizophrenia:
👉 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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📣new and exciting paper alert! 📣
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Ever wonder what's the rhythm of speech -- across languages?
1/10
W/ Maya Inbar and Eitan Grossman, we analyzed over 650 recordings from 48 languages, focusing on intonation units—short prosodic phrases that structure speech in time.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Ever wonder what's the rhythm of speech -- across languages?
1/10
W/ Maya Inbar and Eitan Grossman, we analyzed over 650 recordings from 48 languages, focusing on intonation units—short prosodic phrases that structure speech in time.
A universal of speech timing: Intonation units form low-frequency rhythms | PNAS
Intonation units (IUs) are a hypothesized universal building block of human speech
[W. Chafe, Discourse, Consciousness and Time: The Flow and Displ...
www.pnas.org
August 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
📣new and exciting paper alert! 📣
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Ever wonder what's the rhythm of speech -- across languages?
1/10
W/ Maya Inbar and Eitan Grossman, we analyzed over 650 recordings from 48 languages, focusing on intonation units—short prosodic phrases that structure speech in time.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Ever wonder what's the rhythm of speech -- across languages?
1/10
W/ Maya Inbar and Eitan Grossman, we analyzed over 650 recordings from 48 languages, focusing on intonation units—short prosodic phrases that structure speech in time.
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Congratulations to Flo Martinez-Addiego and @striemamit.bsky.social for the publication of a cool new paper in PNAS showing that high-level actions like tool use generalize between hand and foot, even in individuals born without hands. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Action-type mapping principles extend beyond evolutionarily conserved actions, even in people born without hands | PNAS
How are actions represented in the motor system? Although the sensorimotor system
is broadly organized somatotopically, higher-level sensorimotor a...
www.pnas.org
August 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Congratulations to Flo Martinez-Addiego and @striemamit.bsky.social for the publication of a cool new paper in PNAS showing that high-level actions like tool use generalize between hand and foot, even in individuals born without hands. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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thrilled that our guides for #OpenScience in developing countries is now published in AMPPS of @psychscience.bsky.social: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Please see the thread for details
Please see the thread for details
August 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
thrilled that our guides for #OpenScience in developing countries is now published in AMPPS of @psychscience.bsky.social: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Please see the thread for details
Please see the thread for details
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Our department is seeking applicants for an Assistant Professor position with a focus on affective science. Please apply and/or pass this along to anyone who might be interested! facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Assistant Professor, Psychology
facultypositions.stanford.edu
August 20, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Our department is seeking applicants for an Assistant Professor position with a focus on affective science. Please apply and/or pass this along to anyone who might be interested! facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
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3+1-year fully funded PhD position in Experimental and/or Computational Psycholinguistics. Official application deadline today, but applications submitted by August 25 will receive full consideration.
tmalsburg.github.io/job_ad_2025_...
tmalsburg.github.io/job_ad_2025_...
Fully Funded PhD Position in Experimental and/or Computational Psycholinguistics
tmalsburg.github.io
August 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM
3+1-year fully funded PhD position in Experimental and/or Computational Psycholinguistics. Official application deadline today, but applications submitted by August 25 will receive full consideration.
tmalsburg.github.io/job_ad_2025_...
tmalsburg.github.io/job_ad_2025_...
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Deadline Sept 5: 2 Lecturers, area open (see ad for more), Psychology, University of York
We have two permanent lectureships currently available at York - home and overseas applicants are welcome! Please share: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
Jobs - The University of York
jobs.york.ac.uk
August 14, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Deadline Sept 5: 2 Lecturers, area open (see ad for more), Psychology, University of York
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@davidpoeppel.bsky.social points out the elephant in the conference: whichever direction of the planet we look, things are bad.
Einstein, chomsky and arendt point out to us that silence is not neutral
👏 #CCN2025
Einstein, chomsky and arendt point out to us that silence is not neutral
👏 #CCN2025
August 14, 2025 at 6:39 AM
@davidpoeppel.bsky.social points out the elephant in the conference: whichever direction of the planet we look, things are bad.
Einstein, chomsky and arendt point out to us that silence is not neutral
👏 #CCN2025
Einstein, chomsky and arendt point out to us that silence is not neutral
👏 #CCN2025
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📣 New preprint 📣
The brain attenuates self-touch, but how does this unfold at the neural level before the touch? We used MEG to find out 🧠 👉👈
The brain attenuates self-touch, but how does this unfold at the neural level before the touch? We used MEG to find out 🧠 👉👈
Motor prediction reduces beta-band power and enhances cerebellar-somatosensory connectivity before self-touch to enable its attenuation
Prevailing theories suggest that the brain uses an internal forward model to predict tactile input during voluntary movements, thereby reducing the intensity of the reafferent tactile sensation, a phe...
www.biorxiv.org
July 31, 2025 at 10:02 AM
📣 New preprint 📣
The brain attenuates self-touch, but how does this unfold at the neural level before the touch? We used MEG to find out 🧠 👉👈
The brain attenuates self-touch, but how does this unfold at the neural level before the touch? We used MEG to find out 🧠 👉👈