Happy to share our latest study on domain specificity in interoceptive psychophysics!

Call for papers for a collection on placebo and nocebo effects in psychiatry - excellent! @sipsplacebo.bsky.social @timnicholson.bsky.social @devinterhune.bsky.social @labasedow.bsky.social @bnpa.bsky.social @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social

Adaptive DBS and the future of walking: Proceedings is out from the XIII annual DBS Think Tank. The meeting gathered engineers, neuroscientists, industry partners and health care providers to discuss the evolving landscape of DBS, including adaptive stimulation for walking and more.

Last year I had the pleasure of joining a new working group on AI & psychosis led by @hamiltonmorrin.bsky.social & Tom Pollak. Today our report went into @thelancetpsych.bsky.social with updated recommendations for digital safety. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Call for abstracts for the Placebo, Hypnosis & Functional Disorders conference in Nancy (France), October 14–16, 2026 🚨 Beautiful location and fascinating talks/discussions about key scientific questions at the mind-body-society interface 💭🧠 Abstract deadline 27/04/26 www.phfd-conf.org/en/

Bumping this story again cuz it’s good magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/fun...

One week away from launching our 2nd annual @harvardmed.bsky.social course Brain Medicine: Integrating the Clinical Neurosciences. On demand viewing for 30 days. Nearly 150 people registered. Join us! @jrbneuropsiq.bsky.social @foxmdphd.bsky.social learn.hms.harvard.edu/programs/bra...

I don't think first author @jrbneuropsiq.bsky.social is very active here but new from us in Lancet Americas: Towards a Latin American neuropsychiatry www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Co-written between colleagues on what makes Latin American neuropsychiatry important, regionally and globally.

Delighted to share our paper in @braincomms.bsky.social: Clinical and demographic associations of recorded feigning in functional neurological disorder academic.oup.com/braincomms/a... Using a large international EHR database, we examined how often, and to whom, feigning codes are applied in FND.

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Take four minutes out of your day.

⭐ META-ANALYSIS: Hospital delirium --> devastating long-term outcomes 253 studies, 137,000+ pts: • 5.4x dementia risk • 2.8x institutionalisation • 2.5x mortality • 1.7x readmission ⚠️ Delirium = a serious acute problem AND a risk warning. ➡️ All pts deserve robust delirium assessment

Just over 2 weeks left to submit your abstracts to the @fndsociety.bsky.social for the biannual FND international conference in Baltimore! Do come & support this new society for what must be medicine’s oldest & most enigmatic disorder! @https://www.fndsociety.org/biennial-meeting/2026/abstract

📣All welcome to join our @kingsioppn.bsky.social Neuropsychiatry meeting tomorrow on potential subtypes of delirium subtypes by Rowena Carter Teams link in below link!👇 This kicks off a term of themed of talks on the enigma that is Delirium @amaclullich.bsky.social www.kcl.ac.uk/events/delir...

Findings in this @biologicalpsych.bsky.social CNNI paper are complementary to other results published using graph theory metrics in @braincomms.bsky.social. Check out this 20 minute lecture by Christi Westlin that connects the two papers! 8/8 youtu.be/0Zjs-7lf6fA academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...

Check out my newest Substack column on bending the cause of Parkinson's disease through improved sleep. Spoiler alert: your brain's 'glymphatic system' is more than just plumbing. michaelokun.substack.com/p/can-we-ben...

Paper accepted! 😊 "Reframing the Free Will Debate: The Universe is Not Deterministic" will appear in Synthese. Final version available here: arxiv.org/abs/2503.19672 - with Henry Potter and George Ellis

A great present for all life scientists but especially those with an interest in the brain. Cheaper than a box of chocolates and better for you. Any royalties go to Parkinson’s research #Neurologicalbirdsong Murmuration amzn.eu/d/9zbsdOh

Oh, oh my. I need to go through this closely, and as noted earlier NN has a history. But my first read is wow www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Not many moments have felt like big steps in my kids’ generally gradual development, but this is one. Last ever bottle of Calpol (paracetamol = acetaminophen) going into recycling now youngest can swallow tablets Along with quivers of syringes, an ever present from infancy in all parents lives!😆

Long-Term Tofersen: Could targeting SOD1 change ALS trajectory? Spoiler alert: YES. Miller and colleagues describe in a new paper in JAMA Neurology the long-term outcomes of Tofersen in SOD1 amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, integrating the VALOR trial and its open-label extension.

Non-invasive brain stimulation is stepping up to be part of future neurology. Rektorová and colleagues describe in a new paper in Nature Reviews Neurology how non-invasive brain stimulation is being used today, and where it may be headed. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social @brainstimulation.bsky.social

Does COVID-19 increase the risk of FND? Find out in our paper, now published in the @europeanjournalofneurology.ean.org onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Using EHR data from >2.7 million COVID-19 cases, we estimated the risk of new-onset FND within six months following infection.

Reclaiming FND for Rehabilitation Medicine – new open access editorial Neurorehab colleague Phil Milburn-McNulty and I set out why Rehab Medicine is so well-suited to treating FND, why they historically haven’t and what can be done to change things. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Such a superb, insightful & brave paper from @gailfdavies.bsky.social who so eloquently captures and describes what many of us have noticed about the evolution of symptoms as a result of patients’ interactions with the medical system👏👏💪🏻💪🏻 Straight into my top 10 of best papers ever on FND👌👌

Got my ticket for FNDS 2026! 😎 Join us in Baltimore! Learn about FND and the mysteries of the brain! Hang out with fun people! Eat excellent seafood! Allow me to regale you with tales of what was up in Fells Point before it got swanky! etc www.fndsociety.org/biennial-mee...

Amazing work led by the superb Rok ‘Rock star’ Berlot! 👏👏💪🏻💪🏻👌👌

Grateful to share this work with my amazing coauthors: @timnicholson.bsky.social, @liviaasan.bsky.social, @bibastanton.bsky.social, Tom Pollak and Mark Edwards (@kingsioppn.bsky.social, University Hospital Essen and University of Ljubljana). #fnd, #neurology, #psychiatry, #neuropsychiatry

📣Special @kingsioppn.bsky.social Neuropsych talk *this Friday 5th evening 5-6pm GMT* @ki.se ‘s Jakob Theorell on ‘clinical borderlands between dementia, catatonia & autoimmune encephalitis’👌 Teams link below & all welcome to join/share share with anyone interested!👍 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-c...

Excellent podcast by #DaraAlbert & #JeffRatliffe on a recent @greenjournal.bsky.social Education article. Targeting Self-Described Knowledge Gaps to Improve FND Education among Clinicians. Check it out. www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/... neurology.libsyn.com/website/targ...

Thanks for the post @alancarson15.bsky.social - grateful that the Harvard Medical School magazine put together this spotlight on functional neurological disorder.

What an incredible piece of work. So cool to read about Charcot in this vivid detail - who had such a huge effect on FND, but also ... most other neurological conditions you've heard of. And the fields of neurology and psychology. And popular culture. And...

🎙️ New podcast episode! We’re joined by Dr. Sarah Cope, Consultant Clinical Psychologist & accredited EMDR/CBT therapist. We cover: • Her path into FND • EMDR basics • EMDR for FND, incl. her NIHR-funded MODIFI trial

Still a few tickets left for this event with the amazing @mikejay.bsky.social tonight 6-7.30 at @kingsioppn.bsky.social All welcome as Mike discusses his new book on the discovery of N2O & the birth of psychedelic science👌👌

There is still time to get your ticket for Mike Jay's talk tonight 👇

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📣All welcome to special @kingsioppn.bsky.social event Fri 21st 18:00-19:30 IoPPN, Denmark Hill The ever brilliant @mikejay.bsky.social will be discussing his latest book Free Radicals on the discovery of nitrous oxide & the birth of psychedelic science Tickets £5 - free for KCL staff & students👇

I'm heartbroken to learn of the passing of Dr. Mark Hallett. A few thoughts in remembrance…

For decades, we have tried to suppress γ-secretase, lower Aβ42 levels, or remove amyloid from the brain. We show that PSEN1 mutations already reduce γ-secretase activity and lower Aβ42. Why restoring Aβ42 is the way forward for #Alzheimers, via @Brain1878 academic.oup.com/brain/articl...

#OnThisDay in 1977 the artist William Kurelek died. His 1953 autobiographical painting, The Maze, painted during his time as a patient at the Maudsley Hospital, continues to captivate visitors to Bethlem Museum of the Mind. Discover this intriguing artwork here: bit.ly/MOTMMaze

📣All welcome to special @kingsioppn.bsky.social event Fri 21st 18:00-19:30 IoPPN, Denmark Hill The ever brilliant @mikejay.bsky.social will be discussing his latest book Free Radicals on the discovery of nitrous oxide & the birth of psychedelic science Tickets £5 - free for KCL staff & students👇

Our Co-Director, Prof. @ammaralchalabi.bsky.social, gave a fantastic talk yesterday, hosted by @mndassoc.bsky.social, on #MND/#ALS genetics, why they matter and how discoveries are shaping new treatments. Thank you to everyone who joined in person & online! #MNDresearch #genetics

📣All welcome to special Neuropsychiatry event Fri 21st Nov IN PERSON @kingsioppn.bsky.social Denmark Hill Mike Jay discusses his book Free Radicals on the discovery of nitrous oxide & the start of psychedelic research Tickets £5 Free for KCL staff & students! estore.kcl.ac.uk/conferences-...

These numbers are shocking. It’s also worth remembering that OpenAI is largely marking its own work here “The company designed its own benchmarks, and it's unclear how these metrics translate into real-world outcomes”

Don’t miss this tomorrow (Tues) 1-2pm UK time - Hamilton Morrin & Tom Pollak on their superb preprint that’s caught the world’s attention on AI psychosis 👌https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/delusions-by-design-how-everyday-ais-might-be-fuelling-psychosis-and-what-can-be-done-about-it

Hi All - please consider signing this petition to get Michelle Mone stripped of her peerage c.org/JqNVKWTH46

Are we ready to bring closed-loop neuromodulation into psychiatric disorders? Closed-loop neuromodulation refers to brain stimulation that automatically adjusts its output based on real-time feedback allowing therapy to be personalized to the brain’s state, rather than applying fixed stimulation.

"A large proportion of the discourse around FND on X is shaped by users who are dismissive of the concept of FND and those associated with it...implications for individuals getting support for a condition that is already widely misunderstood." www.jmir.org/2025/1/e73439

Glia of the heart’s nervous system — a Review by Katharina Scherschel, Hanna Wolf, Olujimi A. Ajijola, Kalyanam Shivkumar, Diana Lindner, Jose A. Gomez-Sanchez & Christian Meyer #neuroscience #neuroskyence www.nature.com/articles/s41...