Francesca Fardo
@francescafardo.bsky.social
Neuroscientist • brain • spinal cord • pain and temperature perception
Lab website: https://body-pain-perception-lab.github.io/
Lab website: https://body-pain-perception-lab.github.io/
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New Open dataset alert:
🧠 Introducing "Spacetop" – a massive multimodal fMRI dataset that bridges naturalistic and experimental neuroscience!
N = 101 x 6 hours each = 606 functional iso-hours combining movies, pain, faces, theory-of-mind and other cognitive tasks!
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🧠 Introducing "Spacetop" – a massive multimodal fMRI dataset that bridges naturalistic and experimental neuroscience!
N = 101 x 6 hours each = 606 functional iso-hours combining movies, pain, faces, theory-of-mind and other cognitive tasks!
🧵below
September 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
New Open dataset alert:
🧠 Introducing "Spacetop" – a massive multimodal fMRI dataset that bridges naturalistic and experimental neuroscience!
N = 101 x 6 hours each = 606 functional iso-hours combining movies, pain, faces, theory-of-mind and other cognitive tasks!
🧵below
🧠 Introducing "Spacetop" – a massive multimodal fMRI dataset that bridges naturalistic and experimental neuroscience!
N = 101 x 6 hours each = 606 functional iso-hours combining movies, pain, faces, theory-of-mind and other cognitive tasks!
🧵below
Excited to share our latest publication, out now in @ScienceAdvances: “Thermosensory predictive coding underpins an illusion of pain.” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... Read the full thread for details!
Thermosensory predictive coding underpins an illusion of pain
Computational modeling reveals how uncertainty transforms harmless stimuli into perceptions of pain.
www.science.org
March 19, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Excited to share our latest publication, out now in @ScienceAdvances: “Thermosensory predictive coding underpins an illusion of pain.” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... Read the full thread for details!
Reposted by Francesca Fardo
My brilliant student Matt Cormie became interested in the thermal grill, and designed a study to see if the TG can elicit primary/secondary hyperalgesia and/or brush allodynia. These could help us parse out the mechanisms involved.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The Thermal Grill Elicits Central Sensitization
The thermal grill, in which innocuous warm and cool stimuli are interlaced, can produce a paradoxical burning pain sensation—the thermal grill illusion (TGI). While the mechanisms underlying TGI remai...
www.biorxiv.org
February 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
My brilliant student Matt Cormie became interested in the thermal grill, and designed a study to see if the TG can elicit primary/secondary hyperalgesia and/or brush allodynia. These could help us parse out the mechanisms involved.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Francesca Fardo
Cold hands, altered ownership? We link disturbed body ownership in stroke patients to reduced hand temperature and impaired thermoception. The right Insula & Parietal hubs are key players. We are excited to share our new findings
@naturecomms.bsky.social
▶️ rdcu.be/d5SDU
@naturecomms.bsky.social
▶️ rdcu.be/d5SDU
January 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Cold hands, altered ownership? We link disturbed body ownership in stroke patients to reduced hand temperature and impaired thermoception. The right Insula & Parietal hubs are key players. We are excited to share our new findings
@naturecomms.bsky.social
▶️ rdcu.be/d5SDU
@naturecomms.bsky.social
▶️ rdcu.be/d5SDU
Thermosensory predictive coding underpins an illusion of pain! Our new study reveals how perceptions of pain can emerge from the interplay between thermal sensations, expectations, and uncertainty. Check out our thread for all the details! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #neuroskyence #psychology 🧪
April 16, 2024 at 7:27 AM
Thermosensory predictive coding underpins an illusion of pain! Our new study reveals how perceptions of pain can emerge from the interplay between thermal sensations, expectations, and uncertainty. Check out our thread for all the details! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #neuroskyence #psychology 🧪
📄 Our new preprint is out! In a new study of more than 250 individuals, we investigated the link between mental health and sensitivity to acute thermal pain 🌡️😣. Check out the thread below for surprising findings, as well as links to all study materials and code! osf.io/preprints/ps... 🧠📈 #psychology
January 11, 2024 at 10:28 AM
📄 Our new preprint is out! In a new study of more than 250 individuals, we investigated the link between mental health and sensitivity to acute thermal pain 🌡️😣. Check out the thread below for surprising findings, as well as links to all study materials and code! osf.io/preprints/ps... 🧠📈 #psychology
Reposted by Francesca Fardo
Tonight is our joint ECG and Body-Pain-Perception Lab's Julefrokost! God Jul! Tak @francescafardo.bsky.social & @mgallen.bsky.social for hosting.
December 1, 2023 at 12:24 PM
Tonight is our joint ECG and Body-Pain-Perception Lab's Julefrokost! God Jul! Tak @francescafardo.bsky.social & @mgallen.bsky.social for hosting.
Reposted by Francesca Fardo
On our way to Aberdeen to share our latest research on interoception, pain, and thermosensation! 🧠📈 🧠🫀 @francescafardo.bsky.social
November 14, 2023 at 12:29 PM
On our way to Aberdeen to share our latest research on interoception, pain, and thermosensation! 🧠📈 🧠🫀 @francescafardo.bsky.social
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@francescafardo.bsky.social and I are excited to head to Aberdeen tomorrow to hang out with Bert Timmermans and colleagues!
November 13, 2023 at 7:37 AM
@francescafardo.bsky.social and I are excited to head to Aberdeen tomorrow to hang out with Bert Timmermans and colleagues!
Check out our 🔥 preprint on paradoxical heat! Big shoutout to @agmitchell.bsky.social and the team for the awesome work 👏
Super excited to share our new preprint, the first from my new postdoc!
We attempted to unravel the phenomenon of Paradoxical Heat Sensation (PHS) using computational principles from vision science in a large-scale psychophysical study (n > 200).
#neuroskyence
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We attempted to unravel the phenomenon of Paradoxical Heat Sensation (PHS) using computational principles from vision science in a large-scale psychophysical study (n > 200).
#neuroskyence
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Temporal Contrast Enhancement in Thermosensation: A Framework for Understanding Paradoxical Heat Sen...
bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution
www.biorxiv.org
September 19, 2023 at 6:16 PM
Check out our 🔥 preprint on paradoxical heat! Big shoutout to @agmitchell.bsky.social and the team for the awesome work 👏
Reposted by Francesca Fardo
Just joined… Bluesky seems like the twittersphere from a decade ago…. & that’s not a bad thing…
September 18, 2023 at 7:59 PM
Just joined… Bluesky seems like the twittersphere from a decade ago…. & that’s not a bad thing…
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Introduction time! I am a social-affective neuroscientist & postdoc at UW-Madison working with the MIDUS Neuroscience team. I research the interrelations between cognition, emotion, social contexts, health, & well-being. Currently an NRSA F32 fellow examining the affective neuroscience of loneliness
August 13, 2023 at 8:35 PM
Introduction time! I am a social-affective neuroscientist & postdoc at UW-Madison working with the MIDUS Neuroscience team. I research the interrelations between cognition, emotion, social contexts, health, & well-being. Currently an NRSA F32 fellow examining the affective neuroscience of loneliness
My lab is in Budapest attending the EFIC congress this week. Check out our lineup of posters below! 🧠🥶🥵🔥
The Body Pain and Perception Lab will be well represented at the EFIC congress next week!
Here is a little summary of what we will be presenting.
Looking forward to discuss pain science with old and new friends in Budapest 😊 #EFIC2023
Here is a little summary of what we will be presenting.
Looking forward to discuss pain science with old and new friends in Budapest 😊 #EFIC2023
September 18, 2023 at 9:48 AM
My lab is in Budapest attending the EFIC congress this week. Check out our lineup of posters below! 🧠🥶🥵🔥
Hi there #PsychSciSky, #Neuroskyence, #Neuroimaging! My lab studies the computational and cognitive neuroscience of pain, with some intersections with interoception and metacognition thanks to our proximity to @mgallen.bsky.social. Excited to catch up with ex-twitter friends and make new ones here 🤗
September 17, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Hi there #PsychSciSky, #Neuroskyence, #Neuroimaging! My lab studies the computational and cognitive neuroscience of pain, with some intersections with interoception and metacognition thanks to our proximity to @mgallen.bsky.social. Excited to catch up with ex-twitter friends and make new ones here 🤗
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We enjoyed a lovely Saturday lunch here with Chris and Uta Frith, full of homemade cider, risotto, and scientific discussion. Aurora especially enjoyed her new story book! I’m told the Friths will be joining us on bsky very soon! #psychscisky #neuroskyence
September 16, 2023 at 3:05 PM
We enjoyed a lovely Saturday lunch here with Chris and Uta Frith, full of homemade cider, risotto, and scientific discussion. Aurora especially enjoyed her new story book! I’m told the Friths will be joining us on bsky very soon! #psychscisky #neuroskyence