Vaughan Bell
@vaughanbell.bsky.social
Neuropsychologist and professor at UCL. Clinical psychologist in the NHS. Occasional writer. Interested in people. Views my own.
The Hitchhiker’s guide to hallucination research www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Wonderfully titled and useful paper from Inés Abalo-Rodríguez and Ana Pinheiro
Wonderfully titled and useful paper from Inés Abalo-Rodríguez and Ana Pinheiro
The Hitchhiker’s guide to hallucination research
Hallucination research is a fast‑growing, inherently interdisciplinary field bridging psychology, neuroscience, psychiatry, and philosophy. This artic…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The Hitchhiker’s guide to hallucination research www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Wonderfully titled and useful paper from Inés Abalo-Rodríguez and Ana Pinheiro
Wonderfully titled and useful paper from Inés Abalo-Rodríguez and Ana Pinheiro
New from us, led by the fantastic @elisavetpappa.bsky.social:
Who Are People with Psychosis Delusional about? A Study of Social Agents in the Phenomenology of Delusions karger.com/psp/article/...
Who Are People with Psychosis Delusional about? A Study of Social Agents in the Phenomenology of Delusions karger.com/psp/article/...
Who Are People with Psychosis Delusional about? A Study of Social Agents in the Phenomenology of Delusions
Abstract. Introduction: Delusions frequently involve strong beliefs about, or interactions with, illusory social agents. Although such agents have been systematically described in hallucinations, few ...
karger.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:56 AM
New from us, led by the fantastic @elisavetpappa.bsky.social:
Who Are People with Psychosis Delusional about? A Study of Social Agents in the Phenomenology of Delusions karger.com/psp/article/...
Who Are People with Psychosis Delusional about? A Study of Social Agents in the Phenomenology of Delusions karger.com/psp/article/...
Reposted by Vaughan Bell
Neuropsychology for Physicians (and Psychologists Who Want a Refresher)
📅 This Wednesday, 8 Oct | ⏰ 9am–12pm UK | 📍 Zoom
An exclusive online session for British Neuropsychiatry Association members.
Sign up:
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📅 This Wednesday, 8 Oct | ⏰ 9am–12pm UK | 📍 Zoom
An exclusive online session for British Neuropsychiatry Association members.
Sign up:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neuropsych...
Neuropsychology for Physicians (and Psychologists Who Want a Refresher)
A half day course on neuropsychology and neuropsychological disorders for BNPA members
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October 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Neuropsychology for Physicians (and Psychologists Who Want a Refresher)
📅 This Wednesday, 8 Oct | ⏰ 9am–12pm UK | 📍 Zoom
An exclusive online session for British Neuropsychiatry Association members.
Sign up:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neuropsych...
📅 This Wednesday, 8 Oct | ⏰ 9am–12pm UK | 📍 Zoom
An exclusive online session for British Neuropsychiatry Association members.
Sign up:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neuropsych...
Reposted by Vaughan Bell
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).
rb.gy
September 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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
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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).
rb.gy
September 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Philosopher of mind John Searle has left the building
dailynous.com/2025/09/28/j...
He was best known for his Chinese Room Argument on artificial intelligence and wide-ranging work on the mind and consciousness
dailynous.com/2025/09/28/j...
He was best known for his Chinese Room Argument on artificial intelligence and wide-ranging work on the mind and consciousness
John Searle (1932-2025) - Daily Nous
Philosopher John Searle, well-known for his work on philosophy of mind and philosophy of language, has died. John Searle wrote extensively consciousness and the mind, intentionality, and speech act th...
dailynous.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Philosopher of mind John Searle has left the building
dailynous.com/2025/09/28/j...
He was best known for his Chinese Room Argument on artificial intelligence and wide-ranging work on the mind and consciousness
dailynous.com/2025/09/28/j...
He was best known for his Chinese Room Argument on artificial intelligence and wide-ranging work on the mind and consciousness
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
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
September 26, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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
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
New from us, led by the fantastic Jess Lynch:
Prevalence and moderators of apathy after traumatic brain injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Prevalence and moderators of apathy after traumatic brain injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Prevalence and moderators of apathy after traumatic brain injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Apathy is a recognized neuropsychiatric syndrome in individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) with far-reaching consequences, including reduced independence, meaningful activities and quality o...
www.tandfonline.com
September 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
New from us, led by the fantastic Jess Lynch:
Prevalence and moderators of apathy after traumatic brain injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Prevalence and moderators of apathy after traumatic brain injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Remember that academic event where you ended up debating ideas with colleagues, new friends, and even the speakers, long into the evening?
The British Neuropsychiatry Association teaching weekend is one of those and it'll happen Dec 12-14 in Oxford.
I'll be there. Do come and join us!
The British Neuropsychiatry Association teaching weekend is one of those and it'll happen Dec 12-14 in Oxford.
I'll be there. Do come and join us!
📢 The BNPA Teaching Weekend returns!
🗓 Dec 12–14, 2025 | St Anne’s College, Oxford
✨ All the essentials of neuropsychiatry
🎓Taught by leading clinicians and scientists
💷 £490 (includes board, breakfast + conference dinner)
Join us: bnpa.org.uk/teaching-wee...
🗓 Dec 12–14, 2025 | St Anne’s College, Oxford
✨ All the essentials of neuropsychiatry
🎓Taught by leading clinicians and scientists
💷 £490 (includes board, breakfast + conference dinner)
Join us: bnpa.org.uk/teaching-wee...
British Neuropsychiatry Association founded in 1987.
Academic & professional body for practitioners & professionals allied to medicine at the interface of the clinical & cognitive neurosciences, & psychiatry
bnpa.org.uk
September 23, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Remember that academic event where you ended up debating ideas with colleagues, new friends, and even the speakers, long into the evening?
The British Neuropsychiatry Association teaching weekend is one of those and it'll happen Dec 12-14 in Oxford.
I'll be there. Do come and join us!
The British Neuropsychiatry Association teaching weekend is one of those and it'll happen Dec 12-14 in Oxford.
I'll be there. Do come and join us!
Reposted by Vaughan Bell
📢 The BNPA Teaching Weekend returns!
🗓 Dec 12–14, 2025 | St Anne’s College, Oxford
✨ All the essentials of neuropsychiatry
🎓Taught by leading clinicians and scientists
💷 £490 (includes board, breakfast + conference dinner)
Join us: bnpa.org.uk/teaching-wee...
🗓 Dec 12–14, 2025 | St Anne’s College, Oxford
✨ All the essentials of neuropsychiatry
🎓Taught by leading clinicians and scientists
💷 £490 (includes board, breakfast + conference dinner)
Join us: bnpa.org.uk/teaching-wee...
British Neuropsychiatry Association founded in 1987.
Academic & professional body for practitioners & professionals allied to medicine at the interface of the clinical & cognitive neurosciences, & psychiatry
bnpa.org.uk
September 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
📢 The BNPA Teaching Weekend returns!
🗓 Dec 12–14, 2025 | St Anne’s College, Oxford
✨ All the essentials of neuropsychiatry
🎓Taught by leading clinicians and scientists
💷 £490 (includes board, breakfast + conference dinner)
Join us: bnpa.org.uk/teaching-wee...
🗓 Dec 12–14, 2025 | St Anne’s College, Oxford
✨ All the essentials of neuropsychiatry
🎓Taught by leading clinicians and scientists
💷 £490 (includes board, breakfast + conference dinner)
Join us: bnpa.org.uk/teaching-wee...
New from us:
Understanding the countermovement to online presentations of psychiatric disorder that are perceived as "faked" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A huge online movement tries to identify people they feel are 'faking' mental illness for reasons of self-promotion.
Understanding the countermovement to online presentations of psychiatric disorder that are perceived as "faked" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A huge online movement tries to identify people they feel are 'faking' mental illness for reasons of self-promotion.
Understanding the countermovement to online presentations of psychiatric disorder that are perceived as
The self-presentation of psychiatric disorders on social media has generated a countermovement of sceptics who believe some are “faked” for reasons of self-promotion. This has been the focus of a R...
www.tandfonline.com
September 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
New from us:
Understanding the countermovement to online presentations of psychiatric disorder that are perceived as "faked" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A huge online movement tries to identify people they feel are 'faking' mental illness for reasons of self-promotion.
Understanding the countermovement to online presentations of psychiatric disorder that are perceived as "faked" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A huge online movement tries to identify people they feel are 'faking' mental illness for reasons of self-promotion.
Reposted by Vaughan Bell
Talks from our March 2025 annual conference are now up on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Latest on the neuropsychiatry of brain injury, impulse control disorders, sleep, functional neurological disorder, sensed presences, and pathologies of imagination among many talks
Latest on the neuropsychiatry of brain injury, impulse control disorders, sleep, functional neurological disorder, sensed presences, and pathologies of imagination among many talks
September 15, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Talks from our March 2025 annual conference are now up on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Latest on the neuropsychiatry of brain injury, impulse control disorders, sleep, functional neurological disorder, sensed presences, and pathologies of imagination among many talks
Latest on the neuropsychiatry of brain injury, impulse control disorders, sleep, functional neurological disorder, sensed presences, and pathologies of imagination among many talks
Reposted by Vaughan Bell
📖 Our letter of reply to 'pseudosocial' cognition is now out in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Led by the talented @srazavi.bsky.social + written with @vaughanbell.bsky.social, Peter Dayan, @nicholaraihani.bsky.social, Michael Moutoussis
#NeuroPsychSky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Led by the talented @srazavi.bsky.social + written with @vaughanbell.bsky.social, Peter Dayan, @nicholaraihani.bsky.social, Michael Moutoussis
#NeuroPsychSky
September 5, 2025 at 7:16 AM
📖 Our letter of reply to 'pseudosocial' cognition is now out in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Led by the talented @srazavi.bsky.social + written with @vaughanbell.bsky.social, Peter Dayan, @nicholaraihani.bsky.social, Michael Moutoussis
#NeuroPsychSky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Led by the talented @srazavi.bsky.social + written with @vaughanbell.bsky.social, Peter Dayan, @nicholaraihani.bsky.social, Michael Moutoussis
#NeuroPsychSky
Reposted by Vaughan Bell
🧠 We're hiring a computational postdoc!
3+ years with me & @mitulamehta.bsky.social on @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded social cognition/paranoia research at the IoPPN.
Lead & develop computational work, collaborate with experimentalists on psychosis/THC data.
DM for details! lnkd.in/eCMy9Jf5
3+ years with me & @mitulamehta.bsky.social on @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded social cognition/paranoia research at the IoPPN.
Lead & develop computational work, collaborate with experimentalists on psychosis/THC data.
DM for details! lnkd.in/eCMy9Jf5
September 3, 2025 at 7:13 AM
🧠 We're hiring a computational postdoc!
3+ years with me & @mitulamehta.bsky.social on @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded social cognition/paranoia research at the IoPPN.
Lead & develop computational work, collaborate with experimentalists on psychosis/THC data.
DM for details! lnkd.in/eCMy9Jf5
3+ years with me & @mitulamehta.bsky.social on @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded social cognition/paranoia research at the IoPPN.
Lead & develop computational work, collaborate with experimentalists on psychosis/THC data.
DM for details! lnkd.in/eCMy9Jf5
Reposted by Vaughan Bell
The British Neuropsychiatry Association Teaching Weekend at Oxford Uni (Dec 12–14, 2025).
Join us at St Anne’s College for a captivating weekend learning the essentials of neuropsychiatry led by Prof Adam Zeman.
£490 inc. board and conference dinner.
bnpa.org.uk/teaching-wee...
Join us at St Anne’s College for a captivating weekend learning the essentials of neuropsychiatry led by Prof Adam Zeman.
£490 inc. board and conference dinner.
bnpa.org.uk/teaching-wee...
British Neuropsychiatry Association founded in 1987.
Academic & professional body for practitioners & professionals allied to medicine at the interface of the clinical & cognitive neurosciences, & psychiatry
bnpa.org.uk
September 2, 2025 at 7:56 AM
The British Neuropsychiatry Association Teaching Weekend at Oxford Uni (Dec 12–14, 2025).
Join us at St Anne’s College for a captivating weekend learning the essentials of neuropsychiatry led by Prof Adam Zeman.
£490 inc. board and conference dinner.
bnpa.org.uk/teaching-wee...
Join us at St Anne’s College for a captivating weekend learning the essentials of neuropsychiatry led by Prof Adam Zeman.
£490 inc. board and conference dinner.
bnpa.org.uk/teaching-wee...
Reposted by Vaughan Bell
🔔Our September newsletter, exclusive to BNPA members, has just gone out
• The month in neuropsychiatry research
• BNPA news, events and teaching weekend
• Epilepsy Research Institute grants
• Global Neuropsychiatry Group update
• In the media
#Neuropsychiatry #BNPA
• The month in neuropsychiatry research
• BNPA news, events and teaching weekend
• Epilepsy Research Institute grants
• Global Neuropsychiatry Group update
• In the media
#Neuropsychiatry #BNPA
September 2, 2025 at 7:50 AM
🔔Our September newsletter, exclusive to BNPA members, has just gone out
• The month in neuropsychiatry research
• BNPA news, events and teaching weekend
• Epilepsy Research Institute grants
• Global Neuropsychiatry Group update
• In the media
#Neuropsychiatry #BNPA
• The month in neuropsychiatry research
• BNPA news, events and teaching weekend
• Epilepsy Research Institute grants
• Global Neuropsychiatry Group update
• In the media
#Neuropsychiatry #BNPA
Some psychiatric patients may actually have treatable autoimmune conditions. But what happens to the newly sane? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Fantastic @rachelaviv.bsky.social piece in The New Yorker
Fantastic @rachelaviv.bsky.social piece in The New Yorker
Mary Had Schizophrenia—Then Suddenly She Didn’t
Some psychiatric patients may actually have treatable autoimmune conditions. But what happens to the newly sane?
www.newyorker.com
July 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Some psychiatric patients may actually have treatable autoimmune conditions. But what happens to the newly sane? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Fantastic @rachelaviv.bsky.social piece in The New Yorker
Fantastic @rachelaviv.bsky.social piece in The New Yorker
In this study, child mental health and mild traumatic brain injury strongly co-occurred but, apart from anxiety, those associations mostly disappear when prior mental health is accounted for.
New from us, led from the front by @gracerevill.bsky.social:
Childhood Mild Traumatic Brain Injury is Reliably Associated with Anxiety but Not Other Examined Psychiatric Outcomes at Two-Year Follow-up, After Adjusting for Prior Mental Health acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Childhood Mild Traumatic Brain Injury is Reliably Associated with Anxiety but Not Other Examined Psychiatric Outcomes at Two-Year Follow-up, After Adjusting for Prior Mental Health acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library
Background Evidence that mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) causes psychiatric problems in children has been mixed. Investigating this issue has been difficult due to the lack of representative long...
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 15, 2025 at 12:15 PM
In this study, child mental health and mild traumatic brain injury strongly co-occurred but, apart from anxiety, those associations mostly disappear when prior mental health is accounted for.
New from us, led from the front by @gracerevill.bsky.social:
Childhood Mild Traumatic Brain Injury is Reliably Associated with Anxiety but Not Other Examined Psychiatric Outcomes at Two-Year Follow-up, After Adjusting for Prior Mental Health acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Childhood Mild Traumatic Brain Injury is Reliably Associated with Anxiety but Not Other Examined Psychiatric Outcomes at Two-Year Follow-up, After Adjusting for Prior Mental Health acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library
Background Evidence that mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) causes psychiatric problems in children has been mixed. Investigating this issue has been difficult due to the lack of representative long...
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 15, 2025 at 12:06 PM
New from us, led from the front by @gracerevill.bsky.social:
Childhood Mild Traumatic Brain Injury is Reliably Associated with Anxiety but Not Other Examined Psychiatric Outcomes at Two-Year Follow-up, After Adjusting for Prior Mental Health acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Childhood Mild Traumatic Brain Injury is Reliably Associated with Anxiety but Not Other Examined Psychiatric Outcomes at Two-Year Follow-up, After Adjusting for Prior Mental Health acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A History of Metaphorical Brain Talk in Psychiatry
by Kenneth Kendler
"describing the disturbed mental processes in psychiatric illness in terms of brain function in ways that appear to be explanatory but actually have little to no explanatory power"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
by Kenneth Kendler
"describing the disturbed mental processes in psychiatric illness in terms of brain function in ways that appear to be explanatory but actually have little to no explanatory power"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A history of metaphorical brain talk in psychiatry - Molecular Psychiatry
Molecular Psychiatry - A history of metaphorical brain talk in psychiatry
www.nature.com
July 11, 2025 at 7:46 AM
A History of Metaphorical Brain Talk in Psychiatry
by Kenneth Kendler
"describing the disturbed mental processes in psychiatric illness in terms of brain function in ways that appear to be explanatory but actually have little to no explanatory power"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
by Kenneth Kendler
"describing the disturbed mental processes in psychiatric illness in terms of brain function in ways that appear to be explanatory but actually have little to no explanatory power"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A balanced take, amid a lot of polarisation 👇
Playing Whack-a-Mole With the Uncertainties of Antidepressant Withdrawal
Complacency is the wrong conclusion of a new debated study
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/playing-wh...
Complacency is the wrong conclusion of a new debated study
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/playing-wh...
Playing Whack-a-Mole With the Uncertainties of Antidepressant Withdrawal
Complacency is the wrong conclusion of a new debated study
www.psychiatrymargins.com
July 11, 2025 at 7:36 AM
A balanced take, amid a lot of polarisation 👇
How useful is the concept of disinhibition after brain injury? aeon.co/essays/how-t... Fascinating deep-dive in Aeon
How the ‘myth of Phineas Gage’ affects brain injury survivors | Aeon Essays
The misunderstood story of Phineas Gage shows that we need a new way of understanding the experiences of brain injury survivors
aeon.co
June 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
How useful is the concept of disinhibition after brain injury? aeon.co/essays/how-t... Fascinating deep-dive in Aeon
Uncovering the 'exposome'. Interesting piece tracks how it is being transformed from buzzword to research program undark.org/2025/06/16/u...
Uncovering the Exposome: An Emerging Field Casts a Wide Net
Researchers have long advocated for a more systematic approach to environmental health, but funding may not hold.
undark.org
June 23, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Uncovering the 'exposome'. Interesting piece tracks how it is being transformed from buzzword to research program undark.org/2025/06/16/u...
Nature Mental Health's Research Briefing section covers our study, led by Jae Won Suh, on outcomes of stroke survivors with anxiety and depression treated with primary care psychological therapy.
Full text of original study www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Full text of original study www.nature.com/articles/s44...
June 17, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Nature Mental Health's Research Briefing section covers our study, led by Jae Won Suh, on outcomes of stroke survivors with anxiety and depression treated with primary care psychological therapy.
Full text of original study www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Full text of original study www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Brain implants are letting people move, speak, and interact with machines using only their thoughts. The first FDA approvals may arrive within five years
worksinprogress.co/issue/brain-...
Great deep dive into latest on using electronic brain implants as treatments
worksinprogress.co/issue/brain-...
Great deep dive into latest on using electronic brain implants as treatments
June 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Brain implants are letting people move, speak, and interact with machines using only their thoughts. The first FDA approvals may arrive within five years
worksinprogress.co/issue/brain-...
Great deep dive into latest on using electronic brain implants as treatments
worksinprogress.co/issue/brain-...
Great deep dive into latest on using electronic brain implants as treatments