Angelia Caparco
@angeliacaparco.bsky.social
PhD Candidate | Dept. of Psychology @uib.cat 🏝 | Active Cognition, Embodiment & Environment Lab (ace2lab.com)
Interoception / Active sensing / Electrophysiological methods 🧠🫀🫁
Interoception / Active sensing / Electrophysiological methods 🧠🫀🫁
Pinned
🚨 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!
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!
Happy to share my first publication in Biological Psychology! Huge thanks to my supervisor and co-authors 🫀@alexgalvezpol.bsky.social @genarolopezmartin.bsky.social
Reposted by Angelia Caparco
We've got ISSUES. Literally.
We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do?
arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563
A 🧵 1/n
We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do?
arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563
A 🧵 1/n
January 13, 2026 at 8:27 AM
We've got ISSUES. Literally.
We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do?
arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563
A 🧵 1/n
We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do?
arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563
A 🧵 1/n
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📑 Abstract submission for the 11th Iberian Congress of Perception (CIP2026) is now open!
➡️ www.cip2026.com
➡️ www.cip2026.com
CIP 2026 Palma | 11th Conference on Iberian Perception
CIP2026: Welcome to the 2026 Biennial Congress of Iberian Perception. The CIP 2026 will take place in Palma (Mallorca, Spain) on May 27 - 29.
www.cip2026.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:20 PM
📑 Abstract submission for the 11th Iberian Congress of Perception (CIP2026) is now open!
➡️ www.cip2026.com
➡️ www.cip2026.com
New paper out in Neuroimage 🎊
Together with @genarolopezmartin.bsky.social, Chloe, @mateoleganes.bsky.social, and @alexgalvezpol.bsky.social, we review how internal signals from the heart, lungs, and stomach influence perception and outline strategies for more ecologically valid studies. 🧠🫁🫀
Together with @genarolopezmartin.bsky.social, Chloe, @mateoleganes.bsky.social, and @alexgalvezpol.bsky.social, we review how internal signals from the heart, lungs, and stomach influence perception and outline strategies for more ecologically valid studies. 🧠🫁🫀
Just accepted 🎉
An integrative review on interoception and perception:
Cardiac, gastric, and respiratory brain–body axes;
perceptual, emotional, and decisional modulation;
neural markers (HEPs); + active sensing and ecological validity of current studies
🔗 shorturl.at/mtEVM
An integrative review on interoception and perception:
Cardiac, gastric, and respiratory brain–body axes;
perceptual, emotional, and decisional modulation;
neural markers (HEPs); + active sensing and ecological validity of current studies
🔗 shorturl.at/mtEVM
January 8, 2026 at 11:41 AM
New paper out in Neuroimage 🎊
Together with @genarolopezmartin.bsky.social, Chloe, @mateoleganes.bsky.social, and @alexgalvezpol.bsky.social, we review how internal signals from the heart, lungs, and stomach influence perception and outline strategies for more ecologically valid studies. 🧠🫁🫀
Together with @genarolopezmartin.bsky.social, Chloe, @mateoleganes.bsky.social, and @alexgalvezpol.bsky.social, we review how internal signals from the heart, lungs, and stomach influence perception and outline strategies for more ecologically valid studies. 🧠🫁🫀
Reposted by Angelia Caparco
I’m proud to have helped launch the #PITraining survey of FKNE @fkne-scholars.bsky.social
We ask PIs to share what really matters for effective research leadership. Your feedback = better support, better science.
Take part or share:
fenskavlinetwork.org/fkne-pi-surv...
Deadline: 29 Dec 2025
We ask PIs to share what really matters for effective research leadership. Your feedback = better support, better science.
Take part or share:
fenskavlinetwork.org/fkne-pi-surv...
Deadline: 29 Dec 2025
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I’m proud to have helped launch the #PITraining survey of FKNE @fkne-scholars.bsky.social
We ask PIs to share what really matters for effective research leadership. Your feedback = better support, better science.
Take part or share:
fenskavlinetwork.org/fkne-pi-surv...
Deadline: 29 Dec 2025
We ask PIs to share what really matters for effective research leadership. Your feedback = better support, better science.
Take part or share:
fenskavlinetwork.org/fkne-pi-surv...
Deadline: 29 Dec 2025
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What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
Reposted by Angelia Caparco
We are aware of our own body parts, but can be fooled to think that rubber arms are ours; this is known as the rubber arm illusion. 🐒 and 🐀 have shown a similar effect, but what about other animals? In this correspondence, authors report a very similar phenomenon in 🐙 www.cell.com/current-biol...
Rubber arm illusion in octopus
The feeling of a body as belonging to oneself is called the sense of body ownership
and the centerpiece of conscious experience. Kawashima and Ikeda investigated the
sense of body ownership in an octo...
www.cell.com
July 22, 2025 at 5:08 AM
We are aware of our own body parts, but can be fooled to think that rubber arms are ours; this is known as the rubber arm illusion. 🐒 and 🐀 have shown a similar effect, but what about other animals? In this correspondence, authors report a very similar phenomenon in 🐙 www.cell.com/current-biol...
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🚨 Deadline extended!
You now have until July 31 to apply for Adriatica Summer School 2025! Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity.
Apply before it’s too late!
Tap the link below for all the details 👇🏼
www.dnisc.unich.it/pagina-adria...
#AdriaticaSummerSchool #Wellbeing #BrainBodyConnection
You now have until July 31 to apply for Adriatica Summer School 2025! Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity.
Apply before it’s too late!
Tap the link below for all the details 👇🏼
www.dnisc.unich.it/pagina-adria...
#AdriaticaSummerSchool #Wellbeing #BrainBodyConnection
Adriatica Summer School 2025 | DNISC
Adriatica Summer School 2025 - DNISC
www.dnisc.unich.it
July 16, 2025 at 11:07 AM
🚨 Deadline extended!
You now have until July 31 to apply for Adriatica Summer School 2025! Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity.
Apply before it’s too late!
Tap the link below for all the details 👇🏼
www.dnisc.unich.it/pagina-adria...
#AdriaticaSummerSchool #Wellbeing #BrainBodyConnection
You now have until July 31 to apply for Adriatica Summer School 2025! Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity.
Apply before it’s too late!
Tap the link below for all the details 👇🏼
www.dnisc.unich.it/pagina-adria...
#AdriaticaSummerSchool #Wellbeing #BrainBodyConnection
Happy to share my first publication in Biological Psychology! Huge thanks to my supervisor and co-authors 🫀@alexgalvezpol.bsky.social @genarolopezmartin.bsky.social
🚨 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!
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!
July 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Happy to share my first publication in Biological Psychology! Huge thanks to my supervisor and co-authors 🫀@alexgalvezpol.bsky.social @genarolopezmartin.bsky.social
Reposted by Angelia Caparco
🧠 NEW REVIEW
"Interoceptive Rhythms & Perceptual Experience
Mechanisms, Contexts & Strategies for Real-World Research"
How heart, lungs & gut shape what we see, feel & do—& how to study it in everyday life.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4ex7chdr
#NeuroSky #Interoception #Perception
👇 Thread 🧵
"Interoceptive Rhythms & Perceptual Experience
Mechanisms, Contexts & Strategies for Real-World Research"
How heart, lungs & gut shape what we see, feel & do—& how to study it in everyday life.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4ex7chdr
#NeuroSky #Interoception #Perception
👇 Thread 🧵
OSF
tinyurl.com
May 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM
🧠 NEW REVIEW
"Interoceptive Rhythms & Perceptual Experience
Mechanisms, Contexts & Strategies for Real-World Research"
How heart, lungs & gut shape what we see, feel & do—& how to study it in everyday life.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4ex7chdr
#NeuroSky #Interoception #Perception
👇 Thread 🧵
"Interoceptive Rhythms & Perceptual Experience
Mechanisms, Contexts & Strategies for Real-World Research"
How heart, lungs & gut shape what we see, feel & do—& how to study it in everyday life.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4ex7chdr
#NeuroSky #Interoception #Perception
👇 Thread 🧵
Reposted by Angelia Caparco
Programming is essential for research in neuroscience and psychology. This Primer introduces ten principles guiding researchers toward writing clear, adaptable, and easily shareable code, supporting reproducible science.
@martinhebart.bsky.social @tsawallis.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
@martinhebart.bsky.social @tsawallis.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Ten principles for reliable, efficient, and adaptable coding in psychology and cognitive neuroscience - Communications Psychology
Programming is essential for modern research in neuroscience and psychology, but it can quickly become a source of frustration and error. This Primer introduces ten practical principles guiding resear...
www.nature.com
April 17, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Programming is essential for research in neuroscience and psychology. This Primer introduces ten principles guiding researchers toward writing clear, adaptable, and easily shareable code, supporting reproducible science.
@martinhebart.bsky.social @tsawallis.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
@martinhebart.bsky.social @tsawallis.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Feeling like academia is in pretty bad shape? You're not alone.
@clarekelly.bsky.social and I previously wrote about the need to collectively rethink and reshape scientific practice: the academic doughnut. Read more at elifesciences.org/articles/84991
But, have these ideas changed anything? 👇
@clarekelly.bsky.social and I previously wrote about the need to collectively rethink and reshape scientific practice: the academic doughnut. Read more at elifesciences.org/articles/84991
But, have these ideas changed anything? 👇
February 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Feeling like academia is in pretty bad shape? You're not alone.
@clarekelly.bsky.social and I previously wrote about the need to collectively rethink and reshape scientific practice: the academic doughnut. Read more at elifesciences.org/articles/84991
But, have these ideas changed anything? 👇
@clarekelly.bsky.social and I previously wrote about the need to collectively rethink and reshape scientific practice: the academic doughnut. Read more at elifesciences.org/articles/84991
But, have these ideas changed anything? 👇
Reposted by Angelia Caparco
🚨 New paper 🚨
How do people with mental health conditions experience bodily signals, and what are their priorities for interoceptive research?
These questions are what @lydiajhickman.bsky.social and my new paper in eClinicalMedicine tries to answer. 🧵 1/8
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
How do people with mental health conditions experience bodily signals, and what are their priorities for interoceptive research?
These questions are what @lydiajhickman.bsky.social and my new paper in eClinicalMedicine tries to answer. 🧵 1/8
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.
authors.elsevier.com
April 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
🚨 New paper 🚨
How do people with mental health conditions experience bodily signals, and what are their priorities for interoceptive research?
These questions are what @lydiajhickman.bsky.social and my new paper in eClinicalMedicine tries to answer. 🧵 1/8
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
How do people with mental health conditions experience bodily signals, and what are their priorities for interoceptive research?
These questions are what @lydiajhickman.bsky.social and my new paper in eClinicalMedicine tries to answer. 🧵 1/8
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Angelia Caparco
After a lot of work, I'm overjoyed to share that our lab is complete with the last additions: Victor & Ford Transit 🎉
April 2, 2025 at 7:58 AM
After a lot of work, I'm overjoyed to share that our lab is complete with the last additions: Victor & Ford Transit 🎉
Reposted by Angelia Caparco
Gentle, slow stroke touch significantly moves the heart by lowering rate and increasing rhythmicity. This effect is much stronger when someone else touches us, compared to self-touch. Out now in IEEE Trans Affective Comp @rebeccaboehme.bsky.social, @paulasalamone.bsky.social doi.org/10.1109/TAFF...
Autonomic modulations to cardiac dynamics in response to affective touch: Differences between social touch and self-touch
The autonomic nervous system plays a vital role in self-regulation and responding to environmental demands. Autonomic dynamics have been hypothesized to be involved in perceptual awareness and establi...
doi.org
March 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Gentle, slow stroke touch significantly moves the heart by lowering rate and increasing rhythmicity. This effect is much stronger when someone else touches us, compared to self-touch. Out now in IEEE Trans Affective Comp @rebeccaboehme.bsky.social, @paulasalamone.bsky.social doi.org/10.1109/TAFF...
Reposted by Angelia Caparco
👀 super super interesting paper (and great thread to get the highlights) on psilocybin, altered brain states, and perceptual boundaries of the self. 🍄 🧠 ✨ from @adeelrazi.bsky.social & colleagues
March 19, 2025 at 1:08 AM
👀 super super interesting paper (and great thread to get the highlights) on psilocybin, altered brain states, and perceptual boundaries of the self. 🍄 🧠 ✨ from @adeelrazi.bsky.social & colleagues
Reposted by Angelia Caparco
#statstab #291 Fundamentals of Data Visualization
Thoughts: A good source to get you started with plots and figures for different data types.
#dataviz #plots #figures #learning #education #data #teaching #resources #book
clauswilke.com/dataviz/nest...
Thoughts: A good source to get you started with plots and figures for different data types.
#dataviz #plots #figures #learning #education #data #teaching #resources #book
clauswilke.com/dataviz/nest...
March 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
#statstab #291 Fundamentals of Data Visualization
Thoughts: A good source to get you started with plots and figures for different data types.
#dataviz #plots #figures #learning #education #data #teaching #resources #book
clauswilke.com/dataviz/nest...
Thoughts: A good source to get you started with plots and figures for different data types.
#dataviz #plots #figures #learning #education #data #teaching #resources #book
clauswilke.com/dataviz/nest...
Reposted by Angelia Caparco
Our tutorial on how to use ARIADNE to make your research life easier is now finally published in AMPPS! 🤩
Read it: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Check out the tool: igor-biodgps.github.io/ARIADNE/grap...
Supported by IGOR (www.dgps.de/fachgruppen/...) and @zpid.bsky.social ❤️
Read it: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Check out the tool: igor-biodgps.github.io/ARIADNE/grap...
Supported by IGOR (www.dgps.de/fachgruppen/...) and @zpid.bsky.social ❤️
January 31, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Our tutorial on how to use ARIADNE to make your research life easier is now finally published in AMPPS! 🤩
Read it: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Check out the tool: igor-biodgps.github.io/ARIADNE/grap...
Supported by IGOR (www.dgps.de/fachgruppen/...) and @zpid.bsky.social ❤️
Read it: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Check out the tool: igor-biodgps.github.io/ARIADNE/grap...
Supported by IGOR (www.dgps.de/fachgruppen/...) and @zpid.bsky.social ❤️
Reposted by Angelia Caparco
“We are the first to characterise the neural, psychological, and physiological fingerprints of body-wandering…a distinct pattern of ongoing thought that focused on bodily sensations”.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Body-wandering reveals an embodied dimension of thought with distinct affective and neural signatures
Humans often engage in self-generated thoughts when unoccupied by external events, a phenomenon commonly known as mind-wandering. Previous research has predominantly focused on the cognitive aspects o...
www.biorxiv.org
October 31, 2024 at 8:45 AM
“We are the first to characterise the neural, psychological, and physiological fingerprints of body-wandering…a distinct pattern of ongoing thought that focused on bodily sensations”.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Angelia Caparco
Do not miss it, register now!!
🚨 Save the Date! 🚨
Join the next #BRNet Seminar:
💭 Body and Self: A Dialogue Between Philosophy and Neuroscience with @anatajadura.bsky.social & Adrian Alsmith.
📅 Jan 17, 2025
📍 Online
🎟️ Reserve your spot today: shorturl.at/nl3Ur
#Body #Philosophy #Neuroscience #Research
Join the next #BRNet Seminar:
💭 Body and Self: A Dialogue Between Philosophy and Neuroscience with @anatajadura.bsky.social & Adrian Alsmith.
📅 Jan 17, 2025
📍 Online
🎟️ Reserve your spot today: shorturl.at/nl3Ur
#Body #Philosophy #Neuroscience #Research
Body and self: a dialogue between philosophy and neuroscience
Join us for the next BRNet seminar with Ana Tajadura-Jiménez and Adrian Alsmith.
shorturl.at
December 4, 2024 at 10:34 AM
Do not miss it, register now!!
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📣 Come join us for the #MindBrainBody Symposium 2025!
📆 March 10-12, 2025
📍 Berlin & online
🔎 mindbrainbody.de
Keynotes:
- Ivan de Araujo
- Nadine Gogolla
- Maria Ribeiro @ribeironeuro.bsky.social
- Markus Ullsperger
- Tor Wager
- Veronica Witte @veronicawitte.bsky.social
#interoception
📆 March 10-12, 2025
📍 Berlin & online
🔎 mindbrainbody.de
Keynotes:
- Ivan de Araujo
- Nadine Gogolla
- Maria Ribeiro @ribeironeuro.bsky.social
- Markus Ullsperger
- Tor Wager
- Veronica Witte @veronicawitte.bsky.social
#interoception
November 25, 2024 at 7:32 PM
📣 Come join us for the #MindBrainBody Symposium 2025!
📆 March 10-12, 2025
📍 Berlin & online
🔎 mindbrainbody.de
Keynotes:
- Ivan de Araujo
- Nadine Gogolla
- Maria Ribeiro @ribeironeuro.bsky.social
- Markus Ullsperger
- Tor Wager
- Veronica Witte @veronicawitte.bsky.social
#interoception
📆 March 10-12, 2025
📍 Berlin & online
🔎 mindbrainbody.de
Keynotes:
- Ivan de Araujo
- Nadine Gogolla
- Maria Ribeiro @ribeironeuro.bsky.social
- Markus Ullsperger
- Tor Wager
- Veronica Witte @veronicawitte.bsky.social
#interoception
Reposted by Angelia Caparco
'Phase confusion: how inconsistent cardiac labelling obscures interoception research'
*We've now updated this preprint with more detailed info on methods & It's now sent for review.
➡️ osf.io/preprints/ps...
✨Thanks to @angeliacaparco.bsky.social & @genarolopezmartin.bsky.social
*We've now updated this preprint with more detailed info on methods & It's now sent for review.
➡️ osf.io/preprints/ps...
✨Thanks to @angeliacaparco.bsky.social & @genarolopezmartin.bsky.social
OSF
osf.io
November 26, 2024 at 1:18 PM
'Phase confusion: how inconsistent cardiac labelling obscures interoception research'
*We've now updated this preprint with more detailed info on methods & It's now sent for review.
➡️ osf.io/preprints/ps...
✨Thanks to @angeliacaparco.bsky.social & @genarolopezmartin.bsky.social
*We've now updated this preprint with more detailed info on methods & It's now sent for review.
➡️ osf.io/preprints/ps...
✨Thanks to @angeliacaparco.bsky.social & @genarolopezmartin.bsky.social