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Daniel Kluger @danlikesbrains.bsky.social · 18h

One of the most exciting challenges in neuroscience today - if you're looking for a PhD or Postdoc position tackling cutting-edge questions, reach out to @sarangnemo.bsky.social!

Sarang Dalal @sarangnemo.bsky.social · 18h

📈🧠 We're looking for brains! 🧠📈
Postdoc + PhD positions are available to help pioneer fetal MEG with optically pumped magnetometers, measuring prenatal responses to sound and light to understand how we start making sense of the world even before we're born. 🐣

Please get in touch to hear more!

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Sarang Dalal @sarangnemo.bsky.social · 18h

📈🧠 We're looking for brains! 🧠📈
Postdoc + PhD positions are available to help pioneer fetal MEG with optically pumped magnetometers, measuring prenatal responses to sound and light to understand how we start making sense of the world even before we're born. 🐣

Please get in touch to hear more!

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Dr Lisa Quadt @lisaquadt.bsky.social · 12d

For a summary, check this out: www.bsms.ac.uk/about/news/2...

More to come out of this data set soon!

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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 12d

Save the date 📆. On Oct 22/23, @nationalacademies.org will hold a stellar virtual workshop on brain/body interations (open to all).

www.nationalacademies.org/en/our-work/...

Title: Understanding Brain-Body Interactions to Advance Brain Health: A Workshop. Photo: picture of a transparent person with brain and nervous system illuminated.

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Max Planck School of Cognition @mps-cognition.bsky.social · 13d

Interested in the link between cardiovascular and mental health or, in other “words” the ❤️ and 🧠 through brain-body states? A new paper by our speaker and fellow Arno Villringer with @michaelgaebler.com and Vadim Nikulin sheds more light on these interactions: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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

Numerous studies in humans have demonstrated a strong link between heart and brain function at different timescales. We conceptualize this functional …

www.sciencedirect.com

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Helena Rutherford @hjvrutherford.bsky.social · 20d

Does fetal movement mean more than a sign of the health and well-being of the developing child? Our recent findings suggest fetal movement may also play a role in shaping maternal neurodevelopment. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Marta Gerosa @martager.bsky.social · 27d

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 · 27d

🧠🫀 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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Mind-Body-Emotion Group @mbe-lab.bsky.social · 27d

🧠🫀 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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Dennis Larsson @dennislarsson.bsky.social · 26d

Exciting news: I’ve started a Humboldt Fellowship
@humboldt-foundation.de!

First stop: Hamburg for German training, then in January to Kiel to join Prof. Michael Skeide's group at the Faculty of Medicine of Kiel University @uni-kiel.de.

Happy to connect in Hamburg and Kiel!

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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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Body Representation Network – BRNet @bodyrepnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 3

It’s time to listen to Dennis Larsson talk about #heartbeat sensations in #autism at #BRNet2025 🧠🫀

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Dominika Radziun @nikaradziun.bsky.social · Jul 4

How does the brain integrate artificial body extensions? Using a custom-built finger-extending exoskeleton, we show that wearable augmentations are quickly integrated into body representation, with proprioceptive space adapting to the device’s structure and function.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Dynamics of sensorimotor plasticity during exoskeletal finger augmentation

How does the brain integrate artificial body extensions into its somatosensory representation? While prior work has shown that tool use alters body representation, little is known about how artificial...

www.biorxiv.org

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Dennis Larsson @dennislarsson.bsky.social · Jul 2

Attending the #BRNet2025 Conference in Utrecht, Netherlands. Will be presenting my work on interoception in autism tomorrow. Come and say hi!

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Marta Silva @martamasilva.bsky.social · Jul 1

🧠 Paper out!

We investigated how hippocampal and cortical ripples support memory during movie watching. We found that:

🎬 Hippocampal ripples mark event boundaries
🧩 Cortical ripples predict later recall

Ripples may help transform real-life experiences into lasting memories!

rdcu.be/eui9l

Movie-watching evokes ripple-like activity within events and at event boundaries

Nature Communications - The neural processes involved in memory formation for realistic experiences remain poorly understood. Here, the authors found that ripple-like activity in the human...

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Marie Chancel @mariechancel.bsky.social · Apr 14

📣 Open PhD & Postdoc Positions 📣

More info here: mariechancel.com/open-positio... or by contacting me directly !

Open positions – Dr. Marie Chancel

mariechancel.com

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Jamie Moffatt @jamoffatt.bsky.social · Apr 15

Really pleased that this paper from my PhD has been published in Nature Scientific Reports!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We used mixed reality to explore how manipulating multisensory integration leads to dis-ownership from the body and how those experiences relate to trait dissociation

Trait dissociation is associated with dissociative experiences arising from disrupted multisensory integration - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Trait dissociation is associated with dissociative experiences arising from disrupted multisensory integration

www.nature.com

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Dennis Larsson @dennislarsson.bsky.social · Mar 11

Attending the second day of the #MindBrainBody symposium in Berlin. Will be presenting a poster on interoception and heartbeat perception in autistic individuals at 15:25. Come by and say hi!

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Marie Martel @mariefmartel.bsky.social · Jan 27

🚨 I'm hiring! 🚨

Passionate about motor learning in #dyspraxic and typically developing #children? Become a Research Assistant @modilab-surrey.bsky.social @surreypsychology.bsky.social
🗓️ Apply by 12th Feb
🔄 Spread the word!
jobs.surrey.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

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Job Vacancy at the University of Surrey: Research Assistant in Neurodiversity & Motor Skills Development

The University of Surrey is a global community of ideas and people, dedicated to life-changing education and research. We are ambitious and have a bold vision of what we want to achieve - shaping ours...

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