Our paper on the influence of cultural context on neural (EEG) and self-reported measures of affective touch is finally out! We report differences in how touch is evaluated across cultural contexts, and in cortical activation during touch processing 🧠👋 academic.oup.com/scan/article...

Ever thought about how to make your research more inclusive? 🧠✨ We worked with members of the public and patient contributors to understand what makes it harder for people to take part in research — from accessibility and scheduling to lab environments and communication. (🧵 1/3)

📢 MHRA Drug Safety Update: Paracetamol remains safe to use in pregnancy. It is the first-choice pain reliever, used at the lowest dose for the shortest duration. It also treats fever. ℹ️ More info & guidance: www.gov.uk/drug-safety-...

Now available as a reviewed preprint on @elife.bsky.social: Phasic and tonic pain serve distinct functions during adaptive behaviour doi.org/10.7554/eLif... 👏🏻⬇️

Despite everything going on, I may have funds to hire a postdoc this year 😬🤞🧑‍🔬 Open to a wide variety of possible projects in social and cognitive neuroscience. Get in touch if you are interested! Reposts appreciated.

Glasgow bound for the Chronic Pain Neurotechnology Network #CPNN Neurofeedback Workshop at @uofglasgow.bsky.social! Stunning views on the way up (which we were directed to look at by the train conductor) 🙌🏻

Last Thursday, we hosted the second Careers and Networking Day on behalf of @ndcnoxford.bsky.social's Clinical Neurosciences Society. Huge thanks to the attendees for getting involved in lively discussions and our speakers for taking the time to share their inspiring career journeys with us.

A funded PhD position focused on spinal OPM recordings. Please share www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...

Are you interested in exploring career options in clinical neuroscience? Join the Clinical Neurosciences Society networking and career day focused on AI, big data, and machine learning. 9-5pm, 5 June LT 2, Academic Centre, JR FREE entry, plus lunch, refreshments and drinks reception

<<help requested>> Folks working with human volunteers: What do you do to ensure your advertising and recruitment texts use *inclusive language*? Looking for examples; the more specific the better. Feel free to reply in thread or direct message. Please repost and share for visibility. Thanks! 👍

The paperweight is sitting proudly on my desk! 🫶🏻

Looking back on a great time in Lyon last week for #EFIC2025 - lots of interesting talks, and more cheese and bread than you'd think was possible for a 5 day trip (France 1, vegetarians 0). Looking forward to the next one!

Day one of #EFIC2025 - let's go! Here presenting poster 1 of 2 on the effects of tonic #pain on behavioural responses to approaching threats as a proxy for peripersonal space representations in #VR @efic.bsky.social

Pain is more common than you think! From migraines to musculoskeletal pain, millions live with chronic pain. This infographic breaks down the numbers—raising awareness is the first step toward change. europeanpainfederation.eu/sip/access-t... #PainAwareness #ChronicPain

Hey Early Career Pain Researchers/Professionals, who's going to the @efic.bsky.social #EFIC2025 in Lyon next week? 😊 As a member of the @iasp.bsky.social #IASPECN, I am particularly looking forward to some exciting activities just for us ECRs! Program: tinyurl.com/3x2dpx2p See you there?😎

Are brain states in children passively generated in response to things that happen in our environment? Or are they actively created through micro-level movements? Big questions in latest pre-preprint from @MarriottIra that re-examines developmental EEG findings 👇 1/8

3.5 year PhD studentship in cognitive computational neuroscience open in my MSN lab, @thechbh.bsky.social, co-supervised with @selmalugtmeijer.bsky.social & @simonlittle.bsky.social. Deadline 23rd March. Only open to UK candidates. More details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Pls repost

Gentle, slow stroke touch significantly moves the heart by lowering rate and increasing rhythmicity. This effect is much stronger when someone else touches us, compared to self-touch. Out now in IEEE Trans Affective Comp @rebeccaboehme.bsky.social, @paulasalamone.bsky.social doi.org/10.1109/TAFF...

The first study from my postdoc is now up as a preprint 👏🏻 we combined #EEG and #VR in a cool task (feat. 🦊) finding that lateralised ongoing pain affects predictive responses to phasic pain on the same side of the body. #Neuroskyence #cogsci #AcademicSky #PainResearch @benosaka.bsky.social

Great to see wonderful Irene Tracey on top of the league www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best...

New preprint from our lab led by Shuangyi Tong 💡 looking at changes in behaviour and #EEG during phasic and tonic pain in a #VR foraging task. @benosaka.bsky.social #neuroskyence #cogsci #academicsky

The blue light makes our lab look so sciencey :) www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Proud to be one of many who contributed to this important article. With typical postdocs joining labs in their 30s & staying 6 yrs, combined with low pay, the impact on women wanting to start a family is real. No wonder I waited to have my first child as a new PI. #Postdocs #WomenInScience

I am thrilled to announce that my @soneatlab.bsky.social @universityofessex.bsky.social is now accepting attendance requests & abstract submissions for our 2025 #fNIRS #hyperscanning workshop (May 19-20) in collaboration with @artinis.bsky.social. Deadline 28 February. pvrticka.com/2025-soneat-...

We are looking for new external examiners for our Master's-level programmes in Psychology at the University of Plymouth. Please RT and alert those who might be interested. They can message me, or email me [email protected]. Thank you. #EduSky #AcademicSky #neuroskyence #CogPsych

brain activation maps, but make it real world 🙂🧠

What is the relationship between conscious awareness and unconscious processing in the multisensory perception of our own bodies? In our new preprint, with @renzolanfranco.bsky.social as the lead author, we investigated this question. Link to the preprint and thread below

It’s really heart breaking to realize just how much our short horizon, outcome focused funding cycles hurt science. We could do so much more if we could invest in people long term. Staff scientist positions and an ecosystem to support them are direly needed.

One for the mobile #EEG and #VR people 🚨 Posture affects early evoked potentials - suggesting fundamental differences in visual processing in lab-based and #MoBI studies with free movement 👣 doi.org/10.3389/fnin... #neuroskyence

Our latest paper: how aversive systems such as pain help you learn safely but efficiently: elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...

Ready to start the @physoc.bsky.social PhysSociety week with the brilliant Charlotte Stagg who is giving the GL Brown Prize Lecture this year! Stay tuned!

Most papers comparing clustered data methods use biostat/econ language, so I tried to write one using psyc/ed language that covers the origin of the independence assumption, how each method handles ind. violations, and types of questions best-suited for each method psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-...

The mentoring efforts of postdocs absolutely need to be formally recognized and rewarded. In addition to the recommended solutions, faculty advisors should have a section in their letters of recommendation that highlight mentorship contributions made by their postdocs.

how most labs are run 🧪 #neuroskyence

Looking for a funded postdoctoral position in the neuroscience of learning, affect, & pain? Join my lab at NIH Intramural! You'll lead multimodal projects in an environment full of experts in methods, clinical science, & basic science. Pls spread the word. www.nccih.nih.gov/about/jobs/p...

'You only use 10% of your brain' is nonsense. To a decent approximation, almost all of your brain is doing something almost all of the time. Bonus: It's not even clear what '"using" a part of your brain' even means.

Hi #HiSciSky 🧠💬 I'm a postdoc working on neural mechanisms of pain, mainly with #EEG. Currently using virtual reality to look at changes in pain anticipation in dynamic multisensory environments. #Neuroskyence #CogSci #CogPsyc #PsychSciSky