We are back online and are wishing everyone a happy New Year! In case you missed this during the holidays: The December issue of our #ECAP journal is now available: www.escap.eu/ecap-journal...

Nach 11 Monaten Arbeit findet morgen die Konsensuskonferenz der S2K-Leitlinie Long-/Post-COVID statt. Die Mandatsträger:innen stimmen nun über die Empfehlungen der einzelnen Kapitel ab. Das ist der zentrale Schritt auf dem Weg zur finalen Leitlinie. #PostCovid #MECFS #PEM #PEMistnichtVerhandelbar

Very much looking forward to this great conference!

Are you curious about electrogastrography, but keep getting chicken-related results when googling "EGG"? We have the preprint for you! In this tutorial, we describe how to acquire and analyse gastric data from human participants. Plus FREE software! Read it here: arxiv.org/abs/2509.17260

Our paper on the ☀️ "summer slide" 🛝 is out now @pnas.org! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Summer slide is a replicable phenomenon across diverse datasets that's more than "forgetting" school material in vacation months, but effects of socioeconomic inequality are ➡️ 7x bigger! ⬅️ #PsychSciSky #DevPsy 🧵👇

How do gut signals shape motivation? After years of hard work led by the fabulous @corcerebrum.bsky.social, we show that ghrelin infusions increase hunger, food motivation, and FC between the hypothalamus and the striatum. This is driven by more pulses in the NAcc. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Please RT‼️ #TenureTrack position @zmbh.uni-heidelberg.de one of the best #proteostasis research centres in the world. www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Hot from the @nbkroemer.bsky.social lab 👇🏻

ERC Consolidator Grant for Professor Dr. Debora Gerstenberger. Congratulations! 🎉 💻👥 Her project "Wired History. Computers, Humans, and the Making of Latin American Futures (1950s–2000s)" (WIRED) will be funded for five years with two million euros.🌎 ▶️ uni.koeln/74EA5 #unicologne #ERCCoG #Research

Out now in @ebiomedicine.bsky.social 🚨. Hunger often affects our mood, but is this a conscious or a subconscious process? Using continuous glucose monitoring, we show that differences in mood are driven by hunger ratings, not just glucose. #neuroskyence 🩺 www.thelancet.com/journals/EBI...

// D7 Newsletter ✉️ // The latest edition of the D7 Newsletter with new calls for proposals of national, European and international #research #funding organisations is now available! #uniköln #bmbf #transfer #DFG #postdocs #erasmusplus ➡️ verwaltung.uni-koeln.de/d7_newsletter_en

📣 Our latest Special Issue is now out! 📣 Exploring Sleep Alterations in Severe Mental Disorders: Converging Evidence From Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research was edited by Armando D’Agostino, Anna Castelnovo, Giulio Tononi, and Fabio Ferrarelli. 💤 🧠 🧬 Learn more about what's in the issue ⬇️

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Die DFG begrüßt die heutige Einigung in der Gemeinsamen Wissenschaftskonferenz des Bundes und der Länder (GWK): Eine Erhöhung der #Programmpauschale ab 2027 von derzeit 22 auf 25 % ist nicht der eigentlich notwendige (30 %), aber ein wichtiges Zeichen für die Stärkung der Wissenschaft. sohub.io/aqsm

Great piece on #interoception and brain body interactions by @carlzimmer.com in the @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/s... What an exciting time to work on this. Join us @cshlmeetings.bsky.social to learn more about the this exciting field meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.asp...

The November issue of our ECAP Journal is out now: ➡️ www.escap.eu/ecap-journal... Editorial by Christine M. Freitag: Research in child and adolescent mental Health – How does it relate to clinical research and practice in child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy?

** Recruiting a postdoc ** We are looking for a postdoc to work on emotion, mental health, and interoception, based in London at @ucl.ac.uk in my lab (Clinical and Affective Neuroscience). Part of a large Wellcome Grant (co-led with the brilliant @camillanord.bsky.social)

Affective science has lost an extraordinary member of our community: Dr. Paul Ekman, who passed peacefully at home at the age of 91 on Monday. Dr. Ekman's pioneering cross-cultural research on the interpretation of facial expressions in emotional terms...(1)

POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success

ESCAP practice guidance on #autism now available in Romanian: www.escap.eu/uploads/Clin... The paper is also available in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Turkish, and Bulgarian and can be accessed from our website: www.escap.eu/resources/gu... Many thanks to our authors and translaters!

The link between the gut #microbiome and autism is not backed by science, researchers say. Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA#microbiome @wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social

Anti-psychiatry professors when confronted with the reality of mental illness:

Was ist dran am “Vagus-Hype”? Auszüge aus meinem Gespräch mit Carolina Torres jetzt zu hören in der aktuellen Episode von Wissen Weekly “Breathwork, Vagusnerv & Eisbaden: wie beruhigen wir unser Nervensystem?” @unicologne.bsky.social @uniklinikkoeln.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/w...

ERC Synergy Grant für Physiker Michael Lässig und Virologen Florian Klein!🎉🦠 Das Projekt CoEvolve wird vom Europäischen Forschungsrat für die Dauer von sechs Jahren mit rund 10,5 Millionen Euro gefördert. Mehr dazu: ➡️ uni.koeln/PGFFM #uniköln #uniklinikkoeln #ERCSyG #virologie @erc.europa.eu

(Vicarious) Paper Alert for @finnluebber.bsky.social et al. Funding schemes that run a lottery to select scientists for submission of full grant proposals can counteract gender bias and reduce societal monetary costs of research funding. Check it out: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our paper and research on a #taVNS #MRI setup has now been published: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @nbkroemer.bsky.social @glassybrain.bsky.social

📌 PhD positions in Precision and Personalized Medicine at Danube Private University! ▶️ Proud to be involved as one of the PhD supervisors that can be selected by prospective applicants! 🔗 www.linkedin.com/posts/danube... 🌐 #DHPSP #ScienceCommunication #PublicHealth

A brain injury was reported in a trial using ultrasound, framed as low-intensity TUS. Kim Butts Pauly and I reviewed the case and disagreed with how it's presented. Key acoustic data are missing. Case: doi.org/10.1016/j.br... Letters: www.elsa-fouragnan.com/blog | web.stanford.edu/~kimbutts/Le...

#Call for Postdoc.Mobility. Expand your #research experience with a stay abroad. If you would like to find out more about this call, take part in our online information event on 17. November 2025. ➡️ sohub.io/51a4 🗓️Submission deadline: 3 February 2026

Dopamin und das Warten auf Belohnungen🤩🎁 Eine neue Studie zeigt, dass L-DOPA, eine Vorstufe des Neurotransmitters Dopamin, Menschen dazu bringt, länger auf Belohnungen zu warten. Sie zeigt, dass der Effekt einer Verringerung der Impulsivität um etwa 20 % entspricht. ▶️ https://uni.koeln/WV6NT

🚀 We’re hiring - Join our lab 🚀 🔍 Hiring: PhD (75% TV-L) & Postdoc (100% TV-L) 🧠 fMRI, VR, EEG, modelling We combine a range of cognitive neuroscience methods to study flexible behaviour. 📅 Start: Feb 2026 or later | ⏳ Apply by Nov 3! More details: tinyurl.com/ms3a9ajt #CognitiveNeuroscience

So excited about a Special Issue we are co-editing in @therealspr.bsky.social 's journal Psychophysiology on Physiological and Neurophysiological Synchronisation between individuals – Methodological Approaches and Evaluations. Please spread the word & submit by 28 February 2026 tinyurl.com/ywjjxkbt

Nice things for the **13th #MindBrainBody Symposium 2026** happening under the hood 😊 Save the date: 📆 March 9-11, 2026 (Berlin and virtual) Stay tuned for the call and announcement! (For info about the last 12 MBBSymposia: mindbrainbody.de) #interoception #neuroskyence

The official 2026 Psychology and Brain meeting website is now online! Save the date: June 4 – 6, 2026 in Heidelberg, Germany More information to follow shortly on the website. We already have some awesome keynotes lined up. pug2026.org @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social @igor-dgps.bsky.social

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📣: I haven’t been this excited to be part of something new in 15 years… Thrilled to reveal the passion project I’ve been working on for the past year and a half!🙀🥳 (thread 👇)

#Mentalhealth of children and young people in the WHO Europe region - now published in @lancetrh-europe.bsky.social This Series paper discusses the problems that contribute to the growing child, adolescent & youth mental health crisis in Europe: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #youthmentalhealth

📣 #PNIRS2026: Save the Date‼️ 🗓️ June 22–25, 2026 📍 New Orleans, Louisiana 🇺🇸 ✨ Whether your PsychoNeuroImmunology research emphasizes the P, N, or I — we look forward to seeing your work and connecting in The Big Easy! 📻 Stay tuned for more info re: call for abstracts. Please spread the word 🙏🏼

job alert 🚨 come join us in beautiful Würzburg 🏰🌳🍷🫧this 3yrs Postdoc position is for German speakers interested in child&adolescent clinical psych. Although initially limited to 3 years, this position offers a possibility of tenure! happy to answer any question in advance-shoot me an📨&pls share🙃

Really excited to share the results from our recent Randomized Clinical Trail of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback for those in early SUD recovery just published in JAMA Psychiatry led by the intrepid David Eddie. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Dr. Jane Goodall was one of my science heroes throughout my life. May we contribute as much, be as fascinated by nature and science as much, and do as much good and instill as much hope as she did. RIP, Dr. Goodall.

My department at Emory is a hiring a tenure-track neuroscientist! Anyone who's talked to me in the last 4 years knows I cannot say enough good things about my dept and the neuroscience community here. My colleagues are so wonderfully supportive. Postdocs, please apply! apply.interfolio.com/174371

Wozu evaluieren wir die Folgen von Gesetzen wissenschaftlich, wenn die Politik am Ende doch nur der eigenen Ideologie folgt? Cannabis-Konsum steigt bei Erwachsenen nicht, sinkt bei Minderjährigen. Entkriminalisierung verhindert viel Leid, auch das gehört zur Abwägung!

resolved: sandwiches taste better when cut diagonally

Super cool biofeedback stuff in rats here 👇🏻 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Call for Editorial Fellows at Developmental Psychology! *Early Career (w/i 10yrs PhD) *Commitment to addressing the needs of underserved populations or increasing access to psychological knowledge & publishing *1-yr term; $1,000 USD www.apa.org/pubs/journal... @apajournals.bsky.social

Interested in the link between cardiovascular and mental health or, in other “words” the ❤️ and 🧠 through brain-body states? A new paper by our speaker and fellow Arno Villringer with @michaelgaebler.com and Vadim Nikulin sheds more light on these interactions: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Less than one week left to apply 👇 Exciting project, great team, and a stimulating environment!

We have people in power making broad claims around certain drugs and autism that have been continuously disproven.