Sarah Garfinkel
@sarahgarf.bsky.social
Clinical and Affective Neuroscientist at UCL. Interested in interoception, emotion, interactions between heart and brain, biological basis of empathy & Radio 4
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Sarah Garfinkel
@sarahgarf.bsky.social
· Nov 12
I'm excited to be co-leading a course on Interoception and Brain disorders with Sahib Khalsa @skhalsa.bsky.social on the beautiful academic island of San Servolo, Venice, in May 2025 www.neurosas.org/advanced-cou...
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✨ We are all really excited about this! So much work has already been done, but the match has only just begun. We can’t wait for what’s coming next: SCIENCE, INCLUSION, FUN, FOOD, WINE, COLLEAGUES, FRIENDS… we’re ready for it! ✨Don’t miss the chance to be part of it, apply!
November 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
✨ We are all really excited about this! So much work has already been done, but the match has only just begun. We can’t wait for what’s coming next: SCIENCE, INCLUSION, FUN, FOOD, WINE, COLLEAGUES, FRIENDS… we’re ready for it! ✨Don’t miss the chance to be part of it, apply!
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The ESCAN Rome 2026 website is finally live! 🎉https://escan2026.eu/
We are working to make ESCAN 2026 a 4-day event dedicated to groundbreaking and rigorous science, an inclusive space, enriched with engaging social activities, great food, all set in the stunning backdrop of the Eternal City ✨.
We are working to make ESCAN 2026 a 4-day event dedicated to groundbreaking and rigorous science, an inclusive space, enriched with engaging social activities, great food, all set in the stunning backdrop of the Eternal City ✨.
November 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The ESCAN Rome 2026 website is finally live! 🎉https://escan2026.eu/
We are working to make ESCAN 2026 a 4-day event dedicated to groundbreaking and rigorous science, an inclusive space, enriched with engaging social activities, great food, all set in the stunning backdrop of the Eternal City ✨.
We are working to make ESCAN 2026 a 4-day event dedicated to groundbreaking and rigorous science, an inclusive space, enriched with engaging social activities, great food, all set in the stunning backdrop of the Eternal City ✨.
One of my favourite conferences! So excited for this
Cognitive and affective neuroscientists, are you ready? @ESCAN Rome 2026 is live! 🎉 escan2026.eu
Our Rome hosts @AgliotiLab and the ESCAN board have put together an inclusive event of groundbreaking, rigorous science, and fun, set in the stunning Eternal City.
✨ Submissions open December 1st!
Our Rome hosts @AgliotiLab and the ESCAN board have put together an inclusive event of groundbreaking, rigorous science, and fun, set in the stunning Eternal City.
✨ Submissions open December 1st!
Home - ESCAN 2026
ESCAN 2026 is the 9th ESCAN Conference, the biennial meeting of the European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience.
escan2026.eu
November 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
One of my favourite conferences! So excited for this
ICN bake-off with my lab. Congratulations Wilson @wilsonlimph.bsky.social for all the incredible baking skills (and Sarah too!). Special appearance from Theo the dog
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
ICN bake-off with my lab. Congratulations Wilson @wilsonlimph.bsky.social for all the incredible baking skills (and Sarah too!). Special appearance from Theo the dog
** 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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All eyes on UCL for its 200th birthday. Across 3 nights our Wilkins Building and main Quad will transform into an immersive sound and light experience as UCL illuminated takes us through the history of London’s oldest university. 11–13 Feb 2026 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/event-ticketing/app/ev/25074/
November 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
All eyes on UCL for its 200th birthday. Across 3 nights our Wilkins Building and main Quad will transform into an immersive sound and light experience as UCL illuminated takes us through the history of London’s oldest university. 11–13 Feb 2026 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/event-ticketing/app/ev/25074/
Bloomsbury/UCL people: Have you tried this new Lebanese Cafe - Matbakh Kitchen - located on Great Ormond Street? The food is delicious! My Mums family came from Syria and I’m so happy to find truly authentic home cooking. Do try if you’re in the area.
November 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Bloomsbury/UCL people: Have you tried this new Lebanese Cafe - Matbakh Kitchen - located on Great Ormond Street? The food is delicious! My Mums family came from Syria and I’m so happy to find truly authentic home cooking. Do try if you’re in the area.
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New paper by @bignardi.bsky.social @minafazeloxford.bsky.social & @oxwell.bsky.social
The prevalence of food insecurity and its relationship with wellbeing in a large, cross-sectional study of children and young people in England
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The prevalence of food insecurity and its relationship with wellbeing in a large, cross-sectional study of children and young people in England
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
September 24, 2025 at 8:17 AM
New paper by @bignardi.bsky.social @minafazeloxford.bsky.social & @oxwell.bsky.social
The prevalence of food insecurity and its relationship with wellbeing in a large, cross-sectional study of children and young people in England
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The prevalence of food insecurity and its relationship with wellbeing in a large, cross-sectional study of children and young people in England
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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What if many psychiatric disorders share the same hidden glitch in how the brain infers reality? In a new volume, Al Powers and I gather experts to examine how disrupted sensory inference across #vision, #touch, #proprioception and #interoception might unify our understanding.
September 17, 2025 at 6:32 AM
What if many psychiatric disorders share the same hidden glitch in how the brain infers reality? In a new volume, Al Powers and I gather experts to examine how disrupted sensory inference across #vision, #touch, #proprioception and #interoception might unify our understanding.
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A birthday is a good time to reflect! To mark SPM @ 30, this month's issue of Cerebral Cortex features deeply insightful commentaries on neuroimaging analysis from Ed Bullmore, Peter Bandettini, Peter Fox, Pedro Valdes-Sosa, Klaas Enno Stephan, Viktor Jirsa, et al [1/2] academic.oup.com/cercor/issue
Issues | Cerebral Cortex | Oxford Academic
Publishes papers on the development, organization, plasticity, and function of the cerebral cortex, including the hippocampus.
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September 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
A birthday is a good time to reflect! To mark SPM @ 30, this month's issue of Cerebral Cortex features deeply insightful commentaries on neuroimaging analysis from Ed Bullmore, Peter Bandettini, Peter Fox, Pedro Valdes-Sosa, Klaas Enno Stephan, Viktor Jirsa, et al [1/2] academic.oup.com/cercor/issue
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#BACN25 continued to be really exciting with a host of great talks and posters. And an excellent Mid-career prize talk by @sjblakemore.bsky.social 🤩
Lovely community & great event 👌✨️ @sarahgarf.bsky.social, @jamiewardsussex.bsky.social + Ed Silson
Lovely community & great event 👌✨️ @sarahgarf.bsky.social, @jamiewardsussex.bsky.social + Ed Silson
September 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
#BACN25 continued to be really exciting with a host of great talks and posters. And an excellent Mid-career prize talk by @sjblakemore.bsky.social 🤩
Lovely community & great event 👌✨️ @sarahgarf.bsky.social, @jamiewardsussex.bsky.social + Ed Silson
Lovely community & great event 👌✨️ @sarahgarf.bsky.social, @jamiewardsussex.bsky.social + Ed Silson
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My first #BACN conference was brilliant - from sensory representations to rhythmic stimulation... and from touch to space-time! Happy to have met some wonderful minds and already looking forward to Brighton next year! 🧠
September 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
My first #BACN conference was brilliant - from sensory representations to rhythmic stimulation... and from touch to space-time! Happy to have met some wonderful minds and already looking forward to Brighton next year! 🧠
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On the train back from Edinburgh #BACN25 with my head buzzing from all the great cognitive neuroscience. Loads of enthusiastic, supportive discussion from everyone I talked to so a really great conference!
September 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
On the train back from Edinburgh #BACN25 with my head buzzing from all the great cognitive neuroscience. Loads of enthusiastic, supportive discussion from everyone I talked to so a really great conference!
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Well that was a brilliant couple of days at #BACN25. Thank you to the speakers, the organisers, the posterers (?) and everyone else who made it what it was. And particular thanks to the main character, the city of Edinburgh, for the beautiful autumn sun ☀️
September 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Well that was a brilliant couple of days at #BACN25. Thank you to the speakers, the organisers, the posterers (?) and everyone else who made it what it was. And particular thanks to the main character, the city of Edinburgh, for the beautiful autumn sun ☀️
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That’s a wrap! Thoroughly enjoyed my time at @bacn.co.uk. Looking forward to next year, in Brighton 🏖️🎡 @sarahgarf.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
That’s a wrap! Thoroughly enjoyed my time at @bacn.co.uk. Looking forward to next year, in Brighton 🏖️🎡 @sarahgarf.bsky.social
Fantastic work by @tessamdekker.bsky.social investigating how “what we know” influences “what we see” across development, including both young and aging populations
September 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Fantastic work by @tessamdekker.bsky.social investigating how “what we know” influences “what we see” across development, including both young and aging populations
British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience Day 2: @afelsenheimer.bsky.social detailing her work on the effect of self touch on anxiety, Rania-Iman on heartbeat evoked potential analysis, and @hannahsavage.bsky.social presenting a novel test for gastric interoception.
September 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience Day 2: @afelsenheimer.bsky.social detailing her work on the effect of self touch on anxiety, Rania-Iman on heartbeat evoked potential analysis, and @hannahsavage.bsky.social presenting a novel test for gastric interoception.
Day 1 posters at #BACN25. @bethlongley.bsky.social @oliwiastecko.bsky.social @chatrins.bsky.social @wilsonlimph.bsky.social presenting a variety of work from the lab, interoceptive protocols, heart-memory, computational modelling & emotion regulation
September 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Day 1 posters at #BACN25. @bethlongley.bsky.social @oliwiastecko.bsky.social @chatrins.bsky.social @wilsonlimph.bsky.social presenting a variety of work from the lab, interoceptive protocols, heart-memory, computational modelling & emotion regulation
Always a pleasure to hear the exciting work in a fast presentation data blitz session. From my lab, @oliwiastecko.bsky.social detailing the unexpected journey replicating prior work on memory & the heart. Find out more in poster #4 at #BACN2025
September 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Always a pleasure to hear the exciting work in a fast presentation data blitz session. From my lab, @oliwiastecko.bsky.social detailing the unexpected journey replicating prior work on memory & the heart. Find out more in poster #4 at #BACN2025
And we’re off! Jamie Ward opening @bacn.co.uk #BACN2025 in Edinburgh with prize talk by @engra.me detailing his work and service to the scientific community
September 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
And we’re off! Jamie Ward opening @bacn.co.uk #BACN2025 in Edinburgh with prize talk by @engra.me detailing his work and service to the scientific community
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See you tomorrow at #BACN25!!
September 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
See you tomorrow at #BACN25!!
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Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of what became in time the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, which houses the Institute of Neurology, part of @ucl.ac.uk
As requested by @matthewbroome.bsky.social
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
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If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
August 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of what became in time the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, which houses the Institute of Neurology, part of @ucl.ac.uk
As requested by @matthewbroome.bsky.social
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
As requested by @matthewbroome.bsky.social
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
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Congratulations to everyone receiving their A-Level results today!
If you’re joining us this September, welcome to UCL. 💜
Got questions about Results Day, visit our website: www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
If you’re joining us this September, welcome to UCL. 💜
Got questions about Results Day, visit our website: www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
August 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Congratulations to everyone receiving their A-Level results today!
If you’re joining us this September, welcome to UCL. 💜
Got questions about Results Day, visit our website: www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
If you’re joining us this September, welcome to UCL. 💜
Got questions about Results Day, visit our website: www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
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New from us, led from the front by @gracerevill.bsky.social:
Childhood Mild Traumatic Brain Injury is Reliably Associated with Anxiety but Not Other Examined Psychiatric Outcomes at Two-Year Follow-up, After Adjusting for Prior Mental Health acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Childhood Mild Traumatic Brain Injury is Reliably Associated with Anxiety but Not Other Examined Psychiatric Outcomes at Two-Year Follow-up, After Adjusting for Prior Mental Health acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library
Background Evidence that mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) causes psychiatric problems in children has been mixed. Investigating this issue has been difficult due to the lack of representative long...
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July 15, 2025 at 12:06 PM
New from us, led from the front by @gracerevill.bsky.social:
Childhood Mild Traumatic Brain Injury is Reliably Associated with Anxiety but Not Other Examined Psychiatric Outcomes at Two-Year Follow-up, After Adjusting for Prior Mental Health acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Childhood Mild Traumatic Brain Injury is Reliably Associated with Anxiety but Not Other Examined Psychiatric Outcomes at Two-Year Follow-up, After Adjusting for Prior Mental Health acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
My new obsession: fashion trends in mammals. Grass wearing in chimps and dead salmon hats for orcas
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Chimps develop fashion trend by shoving grass in their ears — and in their butts
Chimpanzees are running around with grass in their ears and butts at the Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage in Zambia. This is the second time a bizarre fad-like behavior has gripped the sanctuary's chimps...
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July 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
My new obsession: fashion trends in mammals. Grass wearing in chimps and dead salmon hats for orcas
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