Really important new work showing the neural topography of stomach brain coupling!

This morning, @egorxen.bsky.social @utu.fi #adenosine modulates sensation mappings and subjective #emotion ratings, providing a first look at their total-body #PET analyses! ⭐️ #neuroskyence #neuroscience #MindBrainBody #interoception #MBBS2026 #MBB

As first speaker in session 2 @egorxen.bsky.social from Tartu presented changes in subjective experience, including body maps, after adenosine, with a cool outlook to whole-body (brain-body) PET imaging. #MindBrainBody #MBBS2026 #MBB

*13th MindBrainBody Symposium* 📆 Mar 9-11, 2026 🏠 #Berlin & virtual (deadline: Jan 8, 2026) Keynotes: - @ulrikebingel.bsky.social - Karl Friston (online) - @tinalonsdorf.bsky.social - Sonja Kotz - Julian Thayer ...& so much more: prizes, posters, talks, food, drinks, encounters. Let's meet!

If you want to read up on mediation analysis, we have a paper explaining the underlying causal inference issues: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/.... If you wonder about why I do pay attention to the p values: www.the100.ci/2018/02/15/t...

The female menstrual cycle was probably originally synchronized with the lunar cycle. This has changed significantly due to artificial light and smartphones, as a new study now published in the Journal Science Advances shows. go.uniwue.de/moon

In some way, it's trivial: The #brain & the rest of the #body (e.g. the #heart) are coupled. Yet, we spelled it out w/ A. Villringer & V. Nikulin for current scientists (below) w/ @martager.bsky.social @agatapatyczek.bsky.social @el-rei.bsky.social for future scientists bsky.app/profile/mart...

Excited to share my first postdoc project in collaboration with @jseubert.bsky.social and @margaveldhuizen.bsky.social , now published with @natcomms.nature.com, where we describe a potential mechanism for flavour integration in the insula. #NeuroSkyence #FlavourScience doi.org/10.1038/s414... 1/10

Preprint - Excited to present WHOLISTIC, which extends the concept of whole-brain functional imaging to the entire body. Pioneering work by incredibly talented Virginia Ruetten @vmsruetten.bsky.social, this platform reveals whole-organism cellular dynamics in vivo. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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 👇

Why menstrual cycle irregularities belong in brain research www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The emotional architecture of the psychedelic brain: If you are interested in #psychedelics and #emotions, take a look at our new paper: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S.... With Flora Moujaes, @nathalierieser.bsky.social, Lydia Belinger, Marcus Herdener, & Zarmeen Zahid. Just published in TICS.

Neuroscientist @nicolecrust.bsky.social argues here that by treating brains as complex systems, neuroscientists are finally making progress on mental health treatment, including utilising psychedelics to enhance brain plasticity as part of therapy - bit.ly/4lkS0pR #philmind #neuroskyence #NeuroSky

What makes human pyramidal neurons uniquely suited for complex information processing? How can human neurons’ distinct properties contribute to our advanced cognitive abilities?

Oscillatory markers of interoceptive attention: beta suppression as a neural signature of heartbeat processing. Pultsina, Parviainen, Karjalainen bioRxiv 2025.06.24.660939; doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Just read this very informative post about endometriosis — I just had some vague background knowledge that it existed and was probably neglected by research. Turns out it’s extremely fascinating — tissue similar to the uterus lining growing outside of the uterus. It has even been found *in men*

🔥 Most important paper I've read all year🔥 👉 Injury/disease doesn't reliably predict pain 👉 Biomarkers alone can't explain pain 👉 PSYCHOSOCIAL factors reliably determine chronic pain 👉 Painful conditions can be predicted from the SYNERGY btwn bio + psychosocial factors www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Thanks to everybody who chimed in! I arrived at the conclusion that (1) there's a lot of interesting stuff about interactions and (2) the figure I was looking for does not exist. So, I made it myself! Here's a simple illustration of how to control for confounding in interactions:>

🚨 New preprint! How do we know what is real? so... "Unreal? A Behavioral, Physiological & Computational Model of the Sense of Reality" is out! The result of 4 years of incredible teamwork👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Interested in neuroimaging? Or know someone who is? Join our imaging course this September 1st - 5th! Topics covered span from data acquisition all the way to visualisation of results. More info available at emotion.utu.fi/neurocourse/

My paper reviewing how different neurodegenerative diseases affect autonomic function was just published.

What autism taught us about our social nature. Frith & Frith, Current Directions in Psychology journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....

How is the body experienced in mental health conditions? 🧠🫀🫁 Our (@gabmackie.bsky.social) new paper in eClinicalMedicine explores lived experiences and patient priorities for interoception research. 🧵1/n www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚀 New Paper Alert! 🧠 Excited to share our new perspective paper with Niclas Kaiser 📝 “The ConNECT approach: toward a comprehensive understanding of meaningful interpersonal moments in psychotherapy and beyond” 🔗 Read it here: doi.org/10.3389/fnhu...