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Mind-Body-Emotion Group @mbe-lab.bsky.social · 26d

🧠🫀 New from our lab on Frontiers for Young Minds:

Ever wondered how the heart and brain communicate? Think the heart as the drummer 🥁 & the brain as the singer 🎤 keeping the body's band in tune!

Read here (for ages 8–15): kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2025.1536787/full
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The Body’s Band: How Heart and Brain Communicate

Illustration of a person with vitiligo practicing yoga, sitting cross-legged and stretching an arm over their head. In a thought bubble, a smiling brain sings into a microphone and a heart plays a dru...

www.frontiersin.org

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Agata Patyczek 🏳️‍🌈 @agatapatyczek.bsky.social · 13d

How lovely!

Nils Kroemer @nbkroemer.bsky.social · May 8

ARTE released a nice trailer for the upcoming documentary on the vagus nerve, which will cover our ongoing work on gut-brain interactions.
It also features @neurometabolic.bsky.social, so I am sure it will be worth watching 👀
www.arte.tv/de/videos/12...

Vagusnerv: Wie das Hirn zum Herzen spricht - Die ganze Doku | ARTE

Der Vagusnerv wird in der Medizin auch der Schlüssel zur Gesundheit genannt. Dieser bedeutende Nerv, der Gehirn und Körper verbindet, beeinflusst Atmung, Herzschlag und Verdauung. Viele Menschen könne...

www.arte.tv

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Agata Patyczek 🏳️‍🌈 @agatapatyczek.bsky.social · 14d

Bidirectional or integrated state?

Some food for thought about brain-body interaction in this concept paper by my supervisors Arno Villringer @michaelgaebler.com and Vadim Nikulin.

Trends in Neurosciences @cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social · 15d

'Brain–body states as a link between cardiovascular and mental health'

by Arno Villringer, Vadim Nikulin & Michael Gaebler @mbe-lab.bsky.social @michaelgaebler.com @mpicbs.bsky.social sky.social

www.cell.com/trends/neuro...

Villringer et al. Figure 1. Conceptual framework for brain–body states

Villringer et al. Figure 2 Brain–body micro-, meso-, and macro-states can be distinguished on the basis of their duration and reversibility

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Agata Patyczek 🏳️‍🌈 @agatapatyczek.bsky.social · 15d

Check out the AffectTracker to track your affect! Effectively track your affective processing ;)

Antonin Fourcade @toninfrc.bsky.social · 15d

Our studies confirmed AffectTracker is reliable, with high user experience and low interference. It opens new avenues for linking subjective experience to physiological dynamics. The tool is open-source and available on GitHub!
#OpenScience

GitHub - afourcade/AffectTracker: AffectTracker: real-time continuous rating of affective experience in immersive virtual reality

AffectTracker: real-time continuous rating of affective experience in immersive virtual reality - afourcade/AffectTracker

github.com

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Antonin Fourcade @toninfrc.bsky.social · 15d

👥An amazing team effort by:
@fra-malandrone.bsky.social
@lucyroe.bsky.social
A. Ciston
@thefirstfloor.bsky.social
A. Villringer
S. Carletto
@michaelgaebler.com

#neuroskyence #vr #emotion #affect #selfreports

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Agata Patyczek 🏳️‍🌈 @agatapatyczek.bsky.social · 16d

As an early-career researcher, it was possible for me to attend thanks to the Gertrud Jungblut Award! It's so special to be able to attend a meeting that gives time to improve science and propel innovation in the right direction!

Agata Patyczek 🏳️‍🌈 @agatapatyczek.bsky.social · 16d

The workshop highlighted how essential education is for breaking down shame, ignorance, and misinformation about women's health. Sharing science responsibly, listening, and incorporating people's real-life experiences in research, and having open discussions with the public all matter a lot.

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Agata Patyczek 🏳️‍🌈 @agatapatyczek.bsky.social · 16d

Women's health is not just reproductive health! One of many Taboos we discussed at the "My Body, My Brain, My Choices" workshop created by @cogneuroend.bsky.social and hosted by @volkswagenstiftung.de.

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Agata Patyczek 🏳️‍🌈 @agatapatyczek.bsky.social · 26d

Was super fun to write this little piece with @el-rei.bsky.social @martager.bsky.social @michaelgaebler.com Generally, its cool to write for kids and be REVIEWED by kids! Awesome reviews like "this is boring" or "this doesn't make sense" - real, honest and super helpful! Loved it, highly recommend.

Marta Gerosa @martager.bsky.social · 26d

Check out our new article for young readers (ages 8-15) on heart-brain interactions and interoception! 🧠🫀

I had so much fun co-writing this with @agatapatyczek.bsky.social @el-rei.bsky.social with the support of @michaelgaebler.com ✍️

👉 Share it widely with curious young minds
Yay for #scicomm ✨

Mind-Body-Emotion Group @mbe-lab.bsky.social · 26d

🧠🫀 New from our lab on Frontiers for Young Minds:

Ever wondered how the heart and brain communicate? Think the heart as the drummer 🥁 & the brain as the singer 🎤 keeping the body's band in tune!

Read here (for ages 8–15): kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2025.1536787/full
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Paul Steinfath @paulsteinfath.bsky.social · Aug 13

Could the diversity of findings in heartbeat-evoked response (HER) research be due to variability in methods?

In our new preprint my co-first authors, Maria Azanova and @willenjoy.bsky.social, and me systematically reviewed 132 M/EEG HER studies and found:

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Mind-Body-Emotion Group @mbe-lab.bsky.social · Jul 16

🧠 One week left to apply for the School of Ideas in Neuroscience! Highly recommended if you’re looking for 1) a stimulating environment to deepen theoretical insight in neuroscience and 2) genuine time to think, exchange ideas, and join in-depth discussions.
Co-organized by @aleksanpi.bsky.social

Nencki Open Lab @openlab.bsky.social · Jul 7

We are super happy to announce the fourth edition of School of Ideas in Neuroscience! Come to Warsaw in September for in-depth talks, discussions and workshops that will help you to make sense of your data! The deadline for registration is July 21, 2025.

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Agata Patyczek 🏳️‍🌈 @agatapatyczek.bsky.social · Jul 12

Today, we had our first run through the composition by Yongbom Lee, for the Interoception concert!

Turning bio signals into instruments to make a quintet (violin, harp, heart, respiration and brain signals).

📍Grassi Museum, Leipzig
⏳7th November

#scicomm

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Agata Patyczek 🏳️‍🌈 @agatapatyczek.bsky.social · Jul 7

📰🗞️📢 Science Streets received this wonderful funding from Daimler and Benz Foundation for Innovative Science Communication! We are beyond excited to receive the financial support to make Science Streets a reality! News will continue!

#scicomm #comics #neuroscience

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Alex Galvez-Pol @alexgalvezpol.bsky.social · Jul 4

🚨 New paper out!
Phase confusion: How inconsistent cardiac labeling obscures interoception research 🫀🧠

We unpack methodological incosistencies and propose a way forward with the HEARTS framework.

In Biol. Psychol. - Open Access:
🔗 shorturl.at/YJhyn

1st paper of great @angeliacaparco.bsky.social!

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Agata Patyczek 🏳️‍🌈 @agatapatyczek.bsky.social · Jun 21

I'm very honored and happy to share that our project "Science Streets" received the Science Communication award from the @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social!

Together with Laura Mayer, we will officially kick 🦵 off with the preparations!

More exciting news about Science Streets will follow soon!

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Agata Patyczek 🏳️‍🌈 @agatapatyczek.bsky.social · Jun 20

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Agata Patyczek 🏳️‍🌈 @agatapatyczek.bsky.social · Jun 20

📌 Max Planck Institute for Humans Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig

🕜 21:00-midnight (~12 Minute duration)

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Agata Patyczek 🏳️‍🌈 @agatapatyczek.bsky.social · Jun 20

If you're in Leipzig tonight, come visit us at Long Night of Science!

Come try out a heart and breath monitor, make some music with your inner signals and play with a live harpist :) along the way learn about how your lungs and heart are connected and some tips on how to train your nervous system!

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Alex Holcombe @alexh.bsky.social · Jun 16

Study of trust in science in 68 countries finds Australia is the #1 high-income country for trust in science www.nature.com/articles/s41... (only Egypt, India, Kenya, and Nigeria were ahead)

Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries - Nature Human Behaviour

What is the state of trust in scientists around the world? To answer this question, the authors surveyed 71,922 respondents in 68 countries and found that trust in scientists is moderately high.

www.nature.com

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Agata Patyczek 🏳️‍🌈 @agatapatyczek.bsky.social · Jun 17

So happy to see such a rich and big repertoire of events at the MPIB for Long Night of Science!

Max Planck Institute for Human Development @mpib-berlin.bsky.social · Jun 17

Wir öffnen unsere Türen zur Langen Nacht der Wissenschaften! ✨

Vielfältiges Programm für Groß & Klein – kommt vorbei!
📍 Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, Berlin (Lentzeallee 94)
📆 28. Juni 2025
💸 Jubiläumstickets online: nur 5 €

🔗 Programm: www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2047157/prog...

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Agata Patyczek 🏳️‍🌈 @agatapatyczek.bsky.social · Jun 17

Loving the illustration and graph colour coordination! Nice to see you Victor! 😊

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Mind-Body-Emotion Group @mbe-lab.bsky.social · Jun 3

We continued the Neurology retreat with a workshop session "How to do science in the 21st century", co-led by @michaelgaebler.com @martager.bsky.social @aleksanpi.bsky.social @agatapatyczek.bsky.social & Jenny Mutu, inspired by the materials of @anne-urai.bsky.social & @clarekelly.bsky.social

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Mind-Body-Emotion Group @mbe-lab.bsky.social · Jun 2

We’re at the Neurology retreat of @mpicbs.bsky.social!

This morning, to shuffle things up, our group and our research work is being nicely introduced by the @cogneuroend.bsky.social group 🔬🧠

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Mind-Body-Emotion Group @mbe-lab.bsky.social · Jun 3

This morning we started our Neurology retreat with a kickoff talk by @clarekelly.bsky.social on rethinking academia in a time of climate crisis. Many thought-provoking insights that will help us identify some concrete actions to take in our department in the following workshop part 🌍

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · May 21

It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.

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