Tahnée Engelen
@tahnee-engelen.bsky.social
Postdoc in cognitive neuroscience 🧠 at the University of Jyväskylä 🇫🇮 . Previously Ecole Normale Superiéure 🇫🇷 & Maastricht University 🇳🇱
Interested in brain-body interactions, interoception, emotions
She/Her
Website: www.tahneeengelen.com
Interested in brain-body interactions, interoception, emotions
She/Her
Website: www.tahneeengelen.com
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How do internal bodily rhythms influence #brain activity & motor function? @tahnee-engelen.bsky.social &co show that #cardiac, #respiratory & #gastric rhythms independently modulate motor excitability, revealing distinct #interoceptive profiles across individuals @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4nMtpLT
So happy this paper is now out in @plosbiology.org! We investigated whether fluctuations in MEPs can be explained by phasic influences from internal bodily rhythms, and whether this might happen independently per organ system.
#interoception #neuroskyence
#interoception #neuroskyence
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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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This month's #TMS MultiLab meeting will be given by @phivph.com Phivos Phylactou, on:
"The eyes are the window to t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶o̶u̶l̶ brain excitability"
Friday 28th, 14:00 GMT
👀🧠🧲⚡️
Get the meeting link from our GitHub pages or Slack channel - get in touch if you can't find it!
github.com/TMSMultiLab/...
"The eyes are the window to t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶o̶u̶l̶ brain excitability"
Friday 28th, 14:00 GMT
👀🧠🧲⚡️
Get the meeting link from our GitHub pages or Slack channel - get in touch if you can't find it!
github.com/TMSMultiLab/...
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Resources, data and code to help you run a TMS laboratory - TMSMultiLab/TMSMultiLab
github.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This month's #TMS MultiLab meeting will be given by @phivph.com Phivos Phylactou, on:
"The eyes are the window to t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶o̶u̶l̶ brain excitability"
Friday 28th, 14:00 GMT
👀🧠🧲⚡️
Get the meeting link from our GitHub pages or Slack channel - get in touch if you can't find it!
github.com/TMSMultiLab/...
"The eyes are the window to t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶o̶u̶l̶ brain excitability"
Friday 28th, 14:00 GMT
👀🧠🧲⚡️
Get the meeting link from our GitHub pages or Slack channel - get in touch if you can't find it!
github.com/TMSMultiLab/...
Impact of the pulse artifact on evoked activity in human wakefulness and sleep
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Impact of the pulse artifact on evoked activity in human wakefulness and sleep
The investigation of the neural evoked response to the heartbeat quantified using electroencephalography (i.e., heartbeat evoked potentials or HEPs), has gained recent attention in neuroscience, notab...
www.biorxiv.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Impact of the pulse artifact on evoked activity in human wakefulness and sleep
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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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)
November 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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)
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Things that will get you kicked out of academia forever:
- taking maternity leave at the wrong time
- spending too much time with your kids
- reporting harassment
- not moving every 2-3 years
- taking a partner's job/preferences into account
- mouthing off before tenure
- taking maternity leave at the wrong time
- spending too much time with your kids
- reporting harassment
- not moving every 2-3 years
- taking a partner's job/preferences into account
- mouthing off before tenure
A guy makes ONE tiny mistake (has a years-long friendship with the world's worst sex trafficker; brags about sexually harassing colleagues; is racist; says women are stupid) and his whole LIFE is blown up (does slightly fewer speaking engagements; keeps teaching at #1 university)??!?!?!?!?!
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
November 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Things that will get you kicked out of academia forever:
- taking maternity leave at the wrong time
- spending too much time with your kids
- reporting harassment
- not moving every 2-3 years
- taking a partner's job/preferences into account
- mouthing off before tenure
- taking maternity leave at the wrong time
- spending too much time with your kids
- reporting harassment
- not moving every 2-3 years
- taking a partner's job/preferences into account
- mouthing off before tenure
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In a large, preregistered study (see preprint), we compared InteroMap to emBODY. Overall, InteroMap demonstrated superior construct validity and usability
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) InteroMap: A Novel Tool to Map the Phenomenology of Bodily Sensations
PDF | Interoception, the processing of internal bodily states, contributes to human behaviour through multiple cognitive and affective processes,... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ...
www.researchgate.net
November 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
In a large, preregistered study (see preprint), we compared InteroMap to emBODY. Overall, InteroMap demonstrated superior construct validity and usability
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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Out now in Communications Biology 🧠 🫀We show that cardiac oscillations associated with vagal tone influence the strength of the heartbeat as sensed at brain level. We hypothesize that the heart may send information to the brain, encoded by the heartbeat strength doi.org/10.1038/s420...
Cardiac-vagal rhythm echoes on the heartbeat’s mechanosensory imprint in the brain - Communications Biology
Vagal-driven heart rhythm fluctuations modulate the heartbeat strength sensed in the head, linking cardiac rhythms to brain mechanosensation. These findings highlight vagal tone’s role in shaping brai...
doi.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Out now in Communications Biology 🧠 🫀We show that cardiac oscillations associated with vagal tone influence the strength of the heartbeat as sensed at brain level. We hypothesize that the heart may send information to the brain, encoded by the heartbeat strength doi.org/10.1038/s420...
After initially being place on the reserve list, my Academy Research Fellowship has now received a positive result from the Research Council of Finland 🥳 Next year I will be starting my own team where we will work on identifying new interoception-based treatment targets for mental health disorders!
November 17, 2025 at 7:16 AM
After initially being place on the reserve list, my Academy Research Fellowship has now received a positive result from the Research Council of Finland 🥳 Next year I will be starting my own team where we will work on identifying new interoception-based treatment targets for mental health disorders!
Reposted by Tahnée Engelen
Interoceptive signals from organs such as heart, lungs and gut influence many aspects of organismal physiology and behavior. This Perspective argues that liver signaling via the vagal nerve is another avenue of body-brain communication that shapes metabolism and mood #neurosky 🧪
Does the liver talk to the brain? If so, how and why?
Interoceptive signals from visceral organs, such as heart, lungs and gut, are known to influence many aspects of organismal physiology and behavior. This Perspective argues that liver signaling via…
plos.io
November 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Interoceptive signals from organs such as heart, lungs and gut influence many aspects of organismal physiology and behavior. This Perspective argues that liver signaling via the vagal nerve is another avenue of body-brain communication that shapes metabolism and mood #neurosky 🧪
Thanks Micah!
November 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Thanks Micah!
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The field of #interoception research is growing at a rapid pace. Just in time for #SfN25 we've got some exciting new articles on different aspects of brain-body communication #neurosky 🧪 🧵 ⬇️
November 14, 2025 at 10:17 AM
The field of #interoception research is growing at a rapid pace. Just in time for #SfN25 we've got some exciting new articles on different aspects of brain-body communication #neurosky 🧪 🧵 ⬇️
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And here is the story after peer review. This work highlights our current approach, which is to use Piezo channels to uncover new areas of biology that are shaped by mechanical forces: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
And here is the story after peer review. This work highlights our current approach, which is to use Piezo channels to uncover new areas of biology that are shaped by mechanical forces: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
So happy this paper is now out in @plosbiology.org! We investigated whether fluctuations in MEPs can be explained by phasic influences from internal bodily rhythms, and whether this might happen independently per organ system.
#interoception #neuroskyence
#interoception #neuroskyence
How do internal bodily rhythms influence #brain activity & motor function? @tahnee-engelen.bsky.social &co show that #cardiac, #respiratory & #gastric rhythms independently modulate motor excitability, revealing distinct #interoceptive profiles across individuals @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4nMtpLT
November 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM
So happy this paper is now out in @plosbiology.org! We investigated whether fluctuations in MEPs can be explained by phasic influences from internal bodily rhythms, and whether this might happen independently per organ system.
#interoception #neuroskyence
#interoception #neuroskyence
That truly sucks! I hope the disappointment will feed into the energy to get the ideas made reality through some other way 💪
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
That truly sucks! I hope the disappointment will feed into the energy to get the ideas made reality through some other way 💪
Beautiful frosty morning on campus
November 11, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Beautiful frosty morning on campus
Will keep it in mind and share it with some people :) I’d be happy to help as well but not sure I’d make a very valuable contribution
November 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Will keep it in mind and share it with some people :) I’d be happy to help as well but not sure I’d make a very valuable contribution
Sounds like it will be a super valuable resource! 👏
November 10, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Sounds like it will be a super valuable resource! 👏
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🚨New Publication!🚨 When doing research with transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS), it is important to consider one major potential confound: retinal phosphenes. They may affect your data significantly, which is what we discuss here!
doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...
Redirecting
doi.org
November 7, 2025 at 6:58 AM
🚨New Publication!🚨 When doing research with transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS), it is important to consider one major potential confound: retinal phosphenes. They may affect your data significantly, which is what we discuss here!
doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...
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More on the link brain-heart axis and sensorimotor function, relevant for BCI research 🤖: Different bodily rhythms are coupled with cortical regions at rest. Here we show that motor imagery triggers a decoupling of cardiac dynamics with motor cortex functional connectivity 🧠🫀 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Imagined movement increases the segregation of brain-heart networks
Understanding the mechanisms of motor imagery, the mental simulation of movement without execution, is key for the development of neurotechnologies. For instance, for detecting covert motor intent in ...
doi.org
November 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
More on the link brain-heart axis and sensorimotor function, relevant for BCI research 🤖: Different bodily rhythms are coupled with cortical regions at rest. Here we show that motor imagery triggers a decoupling of cardiac dynamics with motor cortex functional connectivity 🧠🫀 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Learning and Plasticity Meeting
Äkäslompolo, Finland
29 March - 1 April 2026
LaP is a cross-disciplinary meeting that connects psychological and neuroscience research on the mechanisms of learning and brain plasticity.
Abstract submission deadline: 5 December 2025
Äkäslompolo, Finland
29 March - 1 April 2026
LaP is a cross-disciplinary meeting that connects psychological and neuroscience research on the mechanisms of learning and brain plasticity.
Abstract submission deadline: 5 December 2025
Learning and Plasticity Meeting – LaP2026
Learning and Plasticity Meeting
lapmeeting.fi
November 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Learning and Plasticity Meeting
Äkäslompolo, Finland
29 March - 1 April 2026
LaP is a cross-disciplinary meeting that connects psychological and neuroscience research on the mechanisms of learning and brain plasticity.
Abstract submission deadline: 5 December 2025
Äkäslompolo, Finland
29 March - 1 April 2026
LaP is a cross-disciplinary meeting that connects psychological and neuroscience research on the mechanisms of learning and brain plasticity.
Abstract submission deadline: 5 December 2025
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Doing a lit search and finding many recent papers still using the jet colormap 😭😭😭
Please don't use this colormap for anything because it's not perceptually uniform (changes of equal size don't look equal) and not friendly to people with variant colour vision.
Some alternatives below... <thread>
Please don't use this colormap for anything because it's not perceptually uniform (changes of equal size don't look equal) and not friendly to people with variant colour vision.
Some alternatives below... <thread>
a man singing into a microphone with the words " maybe it 's time to let the old ways die " above him
Alt: a man singing into a microphone with the words " maybe it 's time to let the old ways die " above him
media.tenor.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Doing a lit search and finding many recent papers still using the jet colormap 😭😭😭
Please don't use this colormap for anything because it's not perceptually uniform (changes of equal size don't look equal) and not friendly to people with variant colour vision.
Some alternatives below... <thread>
Please don't use this colormap for anything because it's not perceptually uniform (changes of equal size don't look equal) and not friendly to people with variant colour vision.
Some alternatives below... <thread>
Open assistant professor position in noninvasive brain stimulation in cognition at Maastricht University: www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3557...
Assistant Professor in Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation in Cognition
Welcome to the Brain Stimulation and Cognition lab at Maastricht University! Our goal: The Brain Stimulation and Cognition group at Maastricht University aims to unravel the psychological and neural m...
www.academictransfer.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Open assistant professor position in noninvasive brain stimulation in cognition at Maastricht University: www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3557...