Carien van Reekum
@carien.bsky.social
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Reading. Affective Neuro/Science enthusiast (emotion, brain, body, individual differences incl age(ing)), Open Science. Dog lover
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** 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)
November 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
** 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)
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A full obituary for Dr. Ekman will appear in the December issue of Affective Science, and we'll keep the community informed of opportunities to honor Dr. Ekman's legacy.
www.paulekman.com/blog/the-pas...
www.paulekman.com/blog/the-pas...
The Passing of Dr. Paul Ekman
Dr. Paul Ekman, pioneer of emotion science and creator of FACS, has passed away at 91. Read his memorial and share reflections on his life and legacy.
www.paulekman.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:21 AM
A full obituary for Dr. Ekman will appear in the December issue of Affective Science, and we'll keep the community informed of opportunities to honor Dr. Ekman's legacy.
www.paulekman.com/blog/the-pas...
www.paulekman.com/blog/the-pas...
A true legend has left us. Paul Ekman’s impact on #affectivescience cannot be overstated. I was so lucky to have met him several times and he was always so supportive, even when I flunked my talk as a first year PhD student. #restinpeace
Wouldn't be where I am without the mentorship and training of my first postdoctoral mentor #paulekman ...
May this Bay Area legend of experimental psychology #restinpeace ...
https://www.paulekman.com/blog/the-passing-of-dr-paul-ekman/
May this Bay Area legend of experimental psychology #restinpeace ...
https://www.paulekman.com/blog/the-passing-of-dr-paul-ekman/
www.paulekman.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A true legend has left us. Paul Ekman’s impact on #affectivescience cannot be overstated. I was so lucky to have met him several times and he was always so supportive, even when I flunked my talk as a first year PhD student. #restinpeace
I’m pleased with our findings reported here showing that brain networks involved in “Multiple Demand” and “Re-evaluation” support reappraisal. Let us know your thoughts!
with @evalab.bsky.social @twoodward.bsky.social
#neuroskyence #affectsci #fMRI-CPCA
with @evalab.bsky.social @twoodward.bsky.social
#neuroskyence #affectsci #fMRI-CPCA
Cognitive modes involved in emotion regulation identified using Constrained Principal Component Analysis for fMRI (fMRI-CPCA) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.27.684758v1
October 28, 2025 at 7:16 AM
I’m pleased with our findings reported here showing that brain networks involved in “Multiple Demand” and “Re-evaluation” support reappraisal. Let us know your thoughts!
with @evalab.bsky.social @twoodward.bsky.social
#neuroskyence #affectsci #fMRI-CPCA
with @evalab.bsky.social @twoodward.bsky.social
#neuroskyence #affectsci #fMRI-CPCA
Genius
I just attended a truly amazing Keynote Talk at #SPR2025 by Dr. Daniel S. Bassett titled “Network Cognition in a Curious World”. They covered how humans engage in the world, build models, and how the brain builds these models. Check out their work! @therealspr.bsky.social @danisbassett.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Genius
@clarsonsbrain.bsky.social underscoring the importance of context and lived experience in trauma - make that in all our research really. Presidential Address @therealspr.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
@clarsonsbrain.bsky.social underscoring the importance of context and lived experience in trauma - make that in all our research really. Presidential Address @therealspr.bsky.social
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I need a #mathematician to help with a project. Ideally UK-based.
I've emailed a few folks in my uni, but none replied...
Anyone interested?
My need is nonlinear modelling of brain and muscle signals, optimisation, decomposition.
Anyone?
I've emailed a few folks in my uni, but none replied...
Anyone interested?
My need is nonlinear modelling of brain and muscle signals, optimisation, decomposition.
Anyone?
September 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I need a #mathematician to help with a project. Ideally UK-based.
I've emailed a few folks in my uni, but none replied...
Anyone interested?
My need is nonlinear modelling of brain and muscle signals, optimisation, decomposition.
Anyone?
I've emailed a few folks in my uni, but none replied...
Anyone interested?
My need is nonlinear modelling of brain and muscle signals, optimisation, decomposition.
Anyone?
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Fear, anxiety, and the extended amygdala- Absence of evidence for strict functional segregation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.29.673083v1
September 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Fear, anxiety, and the extended amygdala- Absence of evidence for strict functional segregation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.29.673083v1
Great to be part of this effort, led by Joaquim Radua, @drhannahsavage.bsky.social and Miquel Fullana, among other www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroskyence #neurosci #affectsci
#neuroskyence #neurosci #affectsci
Neural correlates of human fear conditioning and sources of variability in 2199 individuals - Nature Communications
A large brain imaging study of over 2000 people worldwide shows that fear conditioning engages brain regions linked to emotion and attention, with differences in individuals with anxiety or depression...
www.nature.com
August 29, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Great to be part of this effort, led by Joaquim Radua, @drhannahsavage.bsky.social and Miquel Fullana, among other www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroskyence #neurosci #affectsci
#neuroskyence #neurosci #affectsci
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Huge variability documented in how publishers respond when informed about a problematic body of work by a research group. www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...
#publishers #retractions
#publishers #retractions
August 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Huge variability documented in how publishers respond when informed about a problematic body of work by a research group. www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...
#publishers #retractions
#publishers #retractions
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Our department is seeking applicants for an Assistant Professor position with a focus on affective science. Please apply and/or pass this along to anyone who might be interested! facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Assistant Professor, Psychology
facultypositions.stanford.edu
August 20, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Our department is seeking applicants for an Assistant Professor position with a focus on affective science. Please apply and/or pass this along to anyone who might be interested! facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
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Looking for a Research Scientist at Google DeepMind with expertise in weather forecasting AND machine learning AND software engineering
job-boards.greenhouse.io/deepmind/job...
job-boards.greenhouse.io/deepmind/job...
Research Scientist, AI for (Sub)seasonal Weather Forecasting
London, UK
job-boards.greenhouse.io
August 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Looking for a Research Scientist at Google DeepMind with expertise in weather forecasting AND machine learning AND software engineering
job-boards.greenhouse.io/deepmind/job...
job-boards.greenhouse.io/deepmind/job...
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2 Lecturer (Assistant Prof) positions available @yorkpsychology.bsky.social! Come join our department!
#neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky #neurojobs
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
#neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky #neurojobs
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
Jobs - The University of York
jobs.york.ac.uk
July 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
2 Lecturer (Assistant Prof) positions available @yorkpsychology.bsky.social! Come join our department!
#neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky #neurojobs
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
#neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky #neurojobs
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
Indeed, this paper (and videos) is quite wow #affectivescience
(buried in a reply, but) This is mind-blowing & deserves a post. Scroll to "video" in this article to watch what happens when the human hypothalamus is stimulated: it's a combo of embarrassment/shame and intense body sensations emanating from the heart. WOW.
www.brainstimjrnl.com/article/S193...
www.brainstimjrnl.com/article/S193...
Complex negative emotions induced by electrical stimulation of the human hypothalamus
Stimulation of the ventromedial hypothalamic region in animals has been reported to
cause attack behavior labeled as sham-rage without offering information about the
internal affective state of the an...
www.brainstimjrnl.com
July 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Indeed, this paper (and videos) is quite wow #affectivescience
Only 10 days left to apply for this amazing opportunity 👇
That’s the correct link :
www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
July 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Only 10 days left to apply for this amazing opportunity 👇
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Closing remarks by our co-chair @bhisma.bsky.social (with Tan Wingenbach), wrapping up a successful #ReadEmo25! The interdisciplinary mix and extensive opportunities for interaction have been rewarding as ever!
June 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Closing remarks by our co-chair @bhisma.bsky.social (with Tan Wingenbach), wrapping up a successful #ReadEmo25! The interdisciplinary mix and extensive opportunities for interaction have been rewarding as ever!
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Thank you to all you participated in this year's edition of Reading Emotions #ReadEmo25.
@wiebkegandhi.bsky.social and @richharrison.bsky.social will be chairing #ReadEmo26 on pain! Watch this space, and see you next year!
sites.google.com/site/reading...
@wiebkegandhi.bsky.social and @richharrison.bsky.social will be chairing #ReadEmo26 on pain! Watch this space, and see you next year!
sites.google.com/site/reading...
June 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Thank you to all you participated in this year's edition of Reading Emotions #ReadEmo25.
@wiebkegandhi.bsky.social and @richharrison.bsky.social will be chairing #ReadEmo26 on pain! Watch this space, and see you next year!
sites.google.com/site/reading...
@wiebkegandhi.bsky.social and @richharrison.bsky.social will be chairing #ReadEmo26 on pain! Watch this space, and see you next year!
sites.google.com/site/reading...
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Our last session at #ReadEmo25 is a first for the series, with Leanne Proops talking about facial expressions in non-human animals, presenting her work with horses! 🐎
June 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Our last session at #ReadEmo25 is a first for the series, with Leanne Proops talking about facial expressions in non-human animals, presenting her work with horses! 🐎
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A wonderful set of #ECR talks by Helio Clemente José Cube, Suchitra Srivastava, and Simone Mattavelli, from 2 continents, 3 countries and as many disciplines.
What a treat to take us up to lunch on day 2 of #ReadEmo25!
What a treat to take us up to lunch on day 2 of #ReadEmo25!
June 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
A wonderful set of #ECR talks by Helio Clemente José Cube, Suchitra Srivastava, and Simone Mattavelli, from 2 continents, 3 countries and as many disciplines.
What a treat to take us up to lunch on day 2 of #ReadEmo25!
What a treat to take us up to lunch on day 2 of #ReadEmo25!
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A treat to hear the brilliant Isabel Dziobek speak about psychotherapy and social robotics - starting off the second day at Reading Emotions #ReadEmo25
June 27, 2025 at 8:50 AM
A treat to hear the brilliant Isabel Dziobek speak about psychotherapy and social robotics - starting off the second day at Reading Emotions #ReadEmo25
Ify’s study on HRV in adolescents with varying SES in Nigeria is now in press. She measured daily affect, stress and depression symptoms. While SES was not associated with affect metrics, lower SES was coupled with lower HRV suggesting poverty-linked stress doi.org/10.1016/j.ij... w/ Michiko Sakaki
doi.org
June 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Ify’s study on HRV in adolescents with varying SES in Nigeria is now in press. She measured daily affect, stress and depression symptoms. While SES was not associated with affect metrics, lower SES was coupled with lower HRV suggesting poverty-linked stress doi.org/10.1016/j.ij... w/ Michiko Sakaki
Dennis Küster and our own Tan Wingenbach smashed the early arvo talks on facial EMG in expression of emotion research #ReadEmo25
June 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Dennis Küster and our own Tan Wingenbach smashed the early arvo talks on facial EMG in expression of emotion research #ReadEmo25
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Prof Ioannis Patras starts the final talk of the day, on multimodal AI for emotion recognition in context #ReadEmo25
June 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Prof Ioannis Patras starts the final talk of the day, on multimodal AI for emotion recognition in context #ReadEmo25
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I finally took the time to set up an environment in #openAI Codex, this is wild ! my coding productivity is going to skyrocket, it opens PR and fix your code 'automatically' just review and accept/change as needed ; it can build unit test, etc .. wow
June 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I finally took the time to set up an environment in #openAI Codex, this is wild ! my coding productivity is going to skyrocket, it opens PR and fix your code 'automatically' just review and accept/change as needed ; it can build unit test, etc .. wow
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Ursula Hess is our first speaker at #ReadEmo25 on emotional contagion.
June 26, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Ursula Hess is our first speaker at #ReadEmo25 on emotional contagion.