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PNIRS @pnirs.bsky.social · 2d

📣 #PNIRS2026: Save the Date‼️

🗓️ June 22–25, 2026
📍 New Orleans, Louisiana 🇺🇸

✨ Whether your PsychoNeuroImmunology research emphasizes the P, N, or I — we look forward to seeing your work and connecting in The Big Easy!

📻 Stay tuned for more info re: call for abstracts. Please spread the word 🙏🏼

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 12d

📣The 2026 ERC Consolidator Grant competition is now open! 📣

Already preparing your proposal? Info links ⬇️

Info for applicants 👉 buff.ly/PSbeUxX

Application portal 👉 buff.ly/mauZoqo

Deadline: 13/01/26

General info on #ERCCoG 👉 buff.ly/KCN6GTh

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Carmine Maria Pariante @carminepariante.bsky.social · 21d

Please read this very courageous piece by our @inspirethemind.bsky.social writer Samrina Sangha

Inspire the Mind ✍️🧠 @inspirethemind.bsky.social · 21d

In light of recent events in the UK surrounding #antiimmigration protests and a sexual assault on a #Sikh woman, psychology graduate and ITM editor Samrina Sangha pens her thoughts as a young #SouthAsian woman, ending with a message of #solidarity.

Read now:
www.inspirethemind.org/post/racism-...

Racism, Violence, and Belonging in Britain

Trigger warning: This article contains mentions of sexual assault and violence which some readers may find distressing. On Tuesday 9th September, a South Asian Sikh woman in her twenties was raped by ...

www.inspirethemind.org

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Gavi @gavi.org · 21d

It’s one of the most studied questions in medicine. Decades of research, millions of children, and countless high-quality studies all point to the same conclusion: vaccines do NOT cause autism.

Let's sketch it out ✍️

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Andrea Stocco @andreastocco.com · Aug 22

Dear friends and Bluesky 🧠 geeks: it's the weekend, and I want to share that @chantelpratphd.bsky.social and I recorded our second episode of Brains for Dinner. This one is about dance, language, and basal ganglia, and the burning question: why don't ducks dance? open.substack.com/pub/chantelp...

Brains for Dinner Episode 2

Why people dance but ducks don't

open.substack.com

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Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) @improvingpsych.org · Aug 15

PsyArXiv is seeking new moderators to help combat an increase in AI submissions! If you've ever posted a preprint to PsyArXiv, please consider joining. Minimum commitment 1h/month, there's a training session this Monday @ 1pm ET. More info here: forms.gle/9LB1rEtxHAeZ... #PsychSciSky

Expression of Interest in Serving as a PsyArXiv Moderator

As you might have heard, PsyArXiv is having some issues with an increase in low-quality submissions, ranging from AI generated manuscripts to inflate citation metrics, incoherent or nonsensical docume...

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · Aug 4

Results?

🔥 High-CRP patients had stronger inflammatory responses
😶 More anhedonia after immune stress
❓Surprisingly, a short-term drop in depression scores after LPS
🧬 A step toward personalised treatments for inflammation-linked depression?

👉 Blog by @julielasselin.bsky.social
buff.ly/ocb4Kix

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · Aug 4

Can inflammation shape how depression feels & how we treat it?

New RCT used an immune challenge (LPS) to test how ppl w depression & high inflammation responded.

The results? Fascinating insights into anhedonia & inflammatory subtypes of depression.

#Depression #Inflammation

🧵 THREAD

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Julie Lasselin @julielasselin.bsky.social · Jul 27

Congrats!!!! 🎉 And exciting 🤓👀

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · Jul 27

Is ChatGPT making us stupid?

In 2008, we asked the same about Google. Now #AI isn’t just finding info, it’s “thinking” and analyzing for us.

“The difference lies in how we use it,” writes professor of information systems Aaron French.

Is ChatGPT making us stupid?

Maybe the tool matters less than the user.

theconversation.com

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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · Jul 24

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Press release @unileiden.bsky.social about our upcoming JoPACS paper led by @bsiepe.bsky.social, showing that the overlap of similar constructs assessed via wearable vs EMA data is surprisingly low (n~850, 3 months).

www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...

Does your smartwatch say you’re stressed? It may often be wrong

Consumer grade smartwatches may not be as accurate as promised when measuring tiredness or stress. That conclusion is drawn by researchers Björn Siepe and Eiko Fried based on a comparison between smar...

www.universiteitleiden.nl

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Björn Lindström @bjornlindstrom.bsky.social · Jul 23

Great explainer for our new @nathumbehav.nature.com paper!

David Schultner @davidschultner.bsky.social · Jul 23

💥 Our new paper (with ‪@lucasmolleman.bsky.social and ‪@bjornlindstrom.bsky.social‬) is now out in @nathumbehav.nature.com‬ 🥳 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🧠 Here, we advance a novel RL account—the Social Feature Learning (SFL) model—that explains how people learn to learn from others! 🤝

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Ali Mohebi @mohebial.bsky.social · Jul 16

🚨 Neuro postdocs & grad students: Have a story to tell? Want to practice a talk before a conference or interview? Join our new seminar series on the Isthmus! All are welcome (from around the 🌎). Submit by Aug 20. Share your story (and this ad)!
(Ping me for Qs)
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Julia Ditzer @juliaditzer.bsky.social · Jul 7

My first dissertation paper is out in Nature Mental Health! 🤩

With colleagues from @tudresden.bsky.social and @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social, we conducted a meta-analysis on the link between childhood trauma and interoception — our ability to sense internal bodily signals.

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A meta-analytic review of child maltreatment and interoception

Nature Mental Health - Interoception, the perception of internal bodily signals, is crucial for mental and physical well-being, yet the origins of disruptions in interoception are not well...

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Julie Lasselin @julielasselin.bsky.social · Jul 4

PNI people, please apply! PNIRS @pnirs.bsky.social

Julie Lasselin @julielasselin.bsky.social · Jun 21

‼️🚨 postdoc position 🚨‼️
I am looking for a postdoc in psychoneuroimmunology - come join our group to work on sickness behavior in humans 🤒🦠 at Karolinska Institutet @ki.se !!

ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

deadline July 31st

@pnirs.bsky.social #neuroskyence #PsychSciSky #interoception

Postdoctoral Researcher in Psychoneuroimmunology

Do you want to contribute to improving human health? Join a dynamic and inclusive research group at the forefront of psychoneuroimmunology, where we investigate the interplay between behavior, brain f

ki.varbi.com

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Liron Rozenkrantz @lironrozenkrantz.bsky.social · Jun 29

In psychotherapy, treatment expectations matter. But even more powerful? ➡️ How they change over time. Our new paper shows that updating expectations during psychotherapy for MDD predicts depression outcomes. 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/WRBWU...
#depression #psychotherapy #beliefupdating

Dynamic expectancies: The independent role of within-person change in outcome expectancy in predicting overall treatment outcomes in psychotherapy for depression

Dynamic changes in patients’ outcome expectancy have been increasingly recognized as important for psychotherapy success. However, whether expectancy change predicts treatment outcomes independentl...

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Julie Lasselin @julielasselin.bsky.social · Jun 22

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Julie Lasselin @julielasselin.bsky.social · Jun 21

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Estherina Trachtenberg @estherina.bsky.social · Jun 21

Highly recommend working with Julie!!! An incredible researcher and, more importantly, a fantastic human being!!

Julie Lasselin @julielasselin.bsky.social · Jun 21

‼️🚨 postdoc position 🚨‼️
I am looking for a postdoc in psychoneuroimmunology - come join our group to work on sickness behavior in humans 🤒🦠 at Karolinska Institutet @ki.se !!

ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

deadline July 31st

@pnirs.bsky.social #neuroskyence #PsychSciSky #interoception

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Julie Lasselin @julielasselin.bsky.social · Jun 21

‼️🚨 postdoc position 🚨‼️
I am looking for a postdoc in psychoneuroimmunology - come join our group to work on sickness behavior in humans 🤒🦠 at Karolinska Institutet @ki.se !!

ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

deadline July 31st

@pnirs.bsky.social #neuroskyence #PsychSciSky #interoception

Postdoctoral Researcher in Psychoneuroimmunology

Do you want to contribute to improving human health? Join a dynamic and inclusive research group at the forefront of psychoneuroimmunology, where we investigate the interplay between behavior, brain f

ki.varbi.com

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Siri Leknes @sirileknes.bsky.social · Jun 17

My brilliant collaborator @marieeikemo.bsky.social is hiring!

Do your PhD in an excellent interdisciplinary group & be my colleague in lovely Oslo

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

PhD Position: Interdisciplinary Study of Endocannabinoid Stress Buffering in Humans (282518) | University of Oslo

Job title: PhD Position: Interdisciplinary Study of Endocannabinoid Stress Buffering in Humans (282518), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Wednesday, July 9, 2025

www.jobbnorge.no

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Julie Lasselin @julielasselin.bsky.social · Jun 13

Many highlights at #PNIRS2025 but one of them was definitely dinner (at KBaroque) with the PNIRS RISING STARS (from left to right) @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social @iriskayichat.bsky.social @estherina.bsky.social Annelise Madison @linashansson.bsky.social 🤩😍🥰

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Julie Lasselin @julielasselin.bsky.social · Jun 13

What a week, #PNIRS2025 is definitely a success!! PNIRS meeting is always about excellent science but above all the best place to connect with the PNI community in an inclusive, respectful, enthusiastic and warm environment @pnirs.bsky.social

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Julie Lasselin @julielasselin.bsky.social · Jun 12

And now the BEST at all PNIRS conferences!!! PROPER DANCING!! #PNIRS2025 @pnirs.bsky.social

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Julie Lasselin @julielasselin.bsky.social · Jun 12

🙏❤️ @estherina.bsky.social

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Julie Lasselin @julielasselin.bsky.social · Jun 12

No soft at banquet dinner at #PNIRS2025 so I have water while everyone enjoys nice Bordeaux wine 🤷🫠 @pnirs.bsky.social

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