🎉 Excited to share our publication in PNAS! 🎉 What happens when our stream of consciousness turns towards the body? Our fMRI study of 536 individuals finds that 'body-wandering' is associated with patterns of brain connectivity, physiology, affect, and mental health: www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....

Is there a single "interoceptive sense"? Our new study in @commspsychol.nature.com says: probably not. In 241 participants, cardiac and respiratory interoception were completely uncorrelated — only subjective confidence was shared across domains. www.nature.com/articles/s44... #psychscisky 🧪

Excited to share that our work on organ-specific interoception is now published in Communications Psychology! www.nature.com/articles/s44... @micahgallen.com @the-ecg.org

We are happy to announce that we will host the 2nd #TimingResearchForum @timingresforum.bsky.social Summer School "Sensing Time" at @unipd.bsky.social from 6-10 July 2026. Registration are open until March 15 2026! Clik the link for more information sites.google.com/view/sensing...

Can't wait to test it!

This is coming along very nicely. Fascinating hemispheric and areal differences in response to high and low frequency heart rate variability. My favorite brain region, at long last!

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Happy to announce that my proposal on #adolescent #interoception and #digitalhealth has been shortlisted to enter stage 2 of the grant review process! 🫀🧠📱 Fingers crossed! 🤞🏻 @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social

📢 New paper! Just published in @elsevierconnect.bsky.social #Cortex 🧠 ⏱️This study compares the EEG signatures of explicit and implicit timing, revealing largely overlapping neural dynamics and a key role of expectation and motor preparation 🔓Open access 🔗https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2026.02.002

📢 New paper alert! Just published in @therealspr.bsky.social #Psychophysiology! Led by Antonio Maffei this research shows that social proximity buffers stress-related startle inhibition 🔊, regulating threat vigilance during public speaking 👥🎤 Enjoy the read! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Paper submitted! A very special piece led by @fiorelladpc.bsky.social in which we finally write down what we really think is going on with interoception and emotion. Stay tuned!

🧠🫀 Glad to see my proposal on adolescents’ #interoception recognised with a #SealofExcellence This achievement wouldn’t have been possible without my supervisory team @micahgallen.com Gioia Bottesi @skhalsa.bsky.social Let’s try again next year! 💪 link.europa.eu/tPVTWM

Thrilled to share some news! 🎉📷 Don't miss my #poster tomorrow. I could not be at the conference for unforeseen circumstances but feel free to email me with all your questions! - via #Whova Event Platform @therealspr.bsky.social

“Added value” 🙄

Luigi (@luigi_micillo ) truly touched my🫀by citing me in his PhD thesis acknowledgments 🥹 From that conference to now, it’s been a wild journey — and this is just the beginning! Wishing him all the best, both as a researcher and the amazing person he is 🫶🏻 Let’s crush the PhD defense now!

What if many psychiatric disorders share the same hidden glitch in how the brain infers reality? In a new volume, Al Powers and I gather experts to examine how disrupted sensory inference across #vision, #touch, #proprioception and #interoception might unify our understanding.

✨ 🎬 “Psychophys Is” 2025 videos are lighting up the contest! This video was submitted by Antonio Maffei, @fiorelladpc.bsky.social & Salvatore Frisina 🔗 Submit your video before October 1, 2025: sprweb.org/spr-video-cont fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe...

#MSCAPF call closed and number of applications is huuuge this year😱 I’m happy with my proposal and, as ⁦‪Sahib Khalsa‬⁩ said “every grant submission it’s worth celebrating the opportunity to articulate the best version of your science” marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/node/1463

🧠🍎 New study alert! Among female university students, emotional reactivity and self-regulation (measured via heart rate variability, HRV) play a key role in shaping food choices. 👉 www.frontiersin.org/journals/nut... @frontiersmedia.bsky.social

Are interoception and mental health linked? Many assume so, with interoception even described as a psychiatric “p-factor.” But in our latest preprint, we were surprised to find little evidence for such a connection. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧵 Thread with our reflections on the matter 👇

More news on interoception and time perception!

🎉 Happy to share our latest paper on #Physiology&Behavior @elsevierconnect.bsky.social Together with Luigi Micillo, Nicola Cellini and Giovanna Mioni we explored the link between cardiac #interoception and time perception 🧵in the comments

Excited to chair @micahgallen.com 's fantastic seminar this Wednesday, June 25th at DPG! 🧠🫀 Join us in 📍 Room 2C, PSICO2 building. Don’t miss it! 🚀 #UniversityOfPadova #DepartmentOfGeneralPsychology

Sycophancy in Generative-AI Chatbots - NN/g Def worth a read #AI #chatGPT #sycophancy #generativeAI www.nngroup.com/articles/syc...

Who says department retreats can't be fun? 😄Here's a glimpse of our latest retreat—full of laughter, learning, and meaningful connections. #TeamBuilding #GrowthMoments #dpgunipd Dipartimento di Psicologia Generale, Università di Padova

🎉 Thrilled to give the very first talk on my latest line of research at Prof. Paola Sessa's Lab Meeting today! 🧠✨ A precious opportunity to get feedback 💬 on the project I’m developing for my forthcoming #MSCA application 🚀

🚨 New paper alert! 🚨 Thrilled to share ANOTHER PAPER OUT in @frontiersin.bsky.social with Vincenzo Livoti, Giulio Contemori, Silvia Saccani & Mario Bonato! 💥🧠 Check it out here 👉 www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy... #Psychology #Research #CognitiveScience #AcademicTwitter 📚✨

🚨 NEW PAPER ALERT x2! 🚨 #NeuroDev latest manuscript "Adapting cognitive control to local–global implicit temporal predictability: A lifespan investigation from 5 to 88 years old" is just published on #APA_journals #PsychologyAndAging psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

🚨 NEW PAPER ALERT 🚨 "Attentional load impacts multisensory integration, without leading to spatial processing asymmetries" just published on #ScientificReports @natureportfolio.nature.com w/ Maria Silvia Saccani, Giulio Contemori & Mario Bonato www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Check out our new paper: www.researchgate.net/publication/... 🍬 We found that: 1️⃣ Motivational contexts shape adaptive cognitive control in 4–7 y/o children 2️⃣ CC adaptation profiles predict everyday behavioral difficulties (parent-reported) #NeuroDev #DevelopmentalPsychology

🥳🚨 NEW PAPER OUT ON @mitpress.bsky.social Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience w/ Maria Silvia Saccani, Giulio Contemori, Vincenzo Livoti & Mario Bonato Main results in 🧵 doi.org/10.1162/jocn...

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🎉 New paper out! 🌟 Can yoga-mindfulness improve cognitive control adaptation? Our school-based intervention in Italy shows promising results in 4-to-7 yrs old kids! #NeuroDev #DPG #UniversityofPadova 🧘‍♀️👉 www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...

Honored to have been part of the task force addressing such a delicate topic: the use of puberty blockers in (pre)adolescents with gender dysphoria. Thoughtful, evidence-based work is vital in navigating these complex issues. #GenderHealth #ScienceForCare Associazione Italiana di Psicologia