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Marta Gerosa @martager.bsky.social · Feb 22

Amazed to hit 1k on Bluesky - time for a re-introduction! 👋

I’m Marta, a PhD researcher at MPI CBS @mbe-lab.bsky.social working on how cardiorespiratory signals contribute to our bodily self-awareness🫀🫁🧠 #neuroskyence #academicsky

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Marta Gerosa @martager.bsky.social · 8d

📣 Save the Date!

At IGOR, we’re hosting a panel discussion on the current state and future of the replication crisis in biological psychology. Join us!

📆 Friday, Oct 10th
🕙 10:00-11:00 (online)

IGOR DGPs @igor-dgps.bsky.social · 8d

🔍 Have we solved the replication crisis?

Join us for an IGOR panel discussion on the state of Open Science in biological psychology more than a decade after the crisis first hit.

📅 Friday, 10 Oct | 10:00–11:00 CET
💻 Online (contact us for the link)

#OpenScience #neuroskyence #academicsky

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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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Marta Gerosa @martager.bsky.social · 13d

Happy to share, your materials really helped me to understand version control and navigate the (sometimes a bit daunting) Git universe 🤝

Marta Gerosa @martager.bsky.social · 13d

I attended a workshop with @lnnrtwttkhn.bsky.social last year and I cannot recommend it enough: if you want to feel more confident in your Git skills, check the openly available materials and - if you have the opportunity - join a workshop 🔥🙌

#OpenScience

Lennart Wittkuhn @lnnrtwttkhn.bsky.social · 13d

Feeling *gitty* about this fall with two exciting workshops on Version Control with Git for Scientists coming up @mpib-berlin.bsky.social and @rtg2660.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de! ✨

Sounds interesting? Check out my website, where I share course materials: lennartwittkuhn.com 💫

#OpenScience #Git

Dr. Lennart Wittkuhn | Home

Research Data Scientist

lennartwittkuhn.com

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Marta Gerosa @martager.bsky.social · 13d

Trends in Neuroscience review: www.cell.com/trends/neuro...

Frontiers for Young Minds article: kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

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Marta Gerosa @martager.bsky.social · 13d

Interested in brain-body interactions but unsure where to start?

🎮 Choose your character

👩🏻‍🔬👨🏽‍🔬 Current scientists: a new review by @michaelgaebler.com A. Villringer & V. Nikulin

🧒🏼👧🏾 Future scientists (and people of all ages): our scicomm article with @agatapatyczek.bsky.social & @el-rei.bsky.social

Michael Gaebler @michaelgaebler.com · 13d

In some way, it's trivial:

The #brain & the rest of the #body (e.g. the #heart) are coupled.

Yet, we spelled it out
w/ A. Villringer & V. Nikulin for current scientists (below)
w/ @martager.bsky.social @agatapatyczek.bsky.social @el-rei.bsky.social for future scientists bsky.app/profile/mart...

Trends in Neurosciences @cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social · 14d

'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...

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Antonin Fourcade @toninfrc.bsky.social · 15d

📢Our peer-reviewed article about the AffectTracker is finally out! 😲🕹️📈
Traditional methods for rating emotion often miss the dynamic, moment-to-moment nature of feelings. We designed a tool to capture this continuous affective experience in real-time during dynamic emotional stimulation.

Frontiers | AffectTracker: real-time continuous rating of affective experience in immersive virtual reality

Subjective experience is key to understanding affective states, characterized by valence and arousal. Traditional experiments using post-stimulus summary rat...

doi.org

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Marta Gerosa @martager.bsky.social · 26d

True, cannot forget about the kids’ very honest reviews 😅😂

Marta Gerosa @martager.bsky.social · 26d

Thanks for the nice words, I’m happy it can become an accessible resource for even more people than the journal’s intended target!

Marta Gerosa @martager.bsky.social · 26d

What are you waiting for? 🚀

Register to this year's Young Scientist Retreat #ysr2025 in Hamburg, organized by the @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social JuWis!

bioDGPS and DGPA @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social · 26d

🚀 Young Scientist Retreat 2025 – Hamburg 🌍
📅 October 21–24, 2025

👉 Register here: tinyurl.com/ycmyshra (Google Form)
If this does not work, feel free to write [email protected]

Let’s connect, learn & grow together in Hamburg! 🌟
⁠ysr2025 #Biopsychology #YoungScientists
(more below)

Poster with key data for the Young Scientist Retreat 2025. Dates: October 21–24, 2025, in Hamburg, Germany. Costs: €100 for members of DGPA and bioDGPS, €150 for members of DGPA or bioDGPS, €200 for non-members. Includes: 3 nights with meals and coffee breaks at a&o Hamburg City in a 2-bed room (Spaldingstr. 160, 20097 Hamburg). Eligibility: Doctoral students, postdocs, and junior professors (up to 8 years after PhD). Registration deadline: September 29, 2025, 16:00 CET. Note: Membership can be obtained with the YSR application to benefit from discounts."

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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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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Alina Studenova @studenova.bsky.social · Sep 5

If you're contemplating new study to start,
Cause you want to couple the brain to the heart,
And you search for clear analytical steps,
That give you a good estimation of HEPs.
This review uncovered how most people act,
When they heart reaction from data extract.

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Marta Gerosa @martager.bsky.social · Aug 28

Our next IGOR Hackathon is approaching, join us!

IGOR DGPs @igor-dgps.bsky.social · Aug 28

📢 Save the Date!
Our next IGOR Hackathon is happening Friday, October 10th (9:00–15:00)

Join us to:
🚀 Get to know ongoing IGOR projects
💡 Brainstorm new project ideas
🧠♻️ Engage in discussions on open and reproducible science in biopsychology

Stay tuned, the detailed program will be shared soon!

Marta Gerosa @martager.bsky.social · Aug 28

Taking part in the @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social Young Scientist Retreat was one of the highlights of last year! 🫂

Highly recommend saving it on your calendars 📅
#YSR2025

bioDGPS and DGPA @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social · Aug 28

Mark your calendars, early career scholars!! ⬇️

This year's Young Scientist Retreat #YSR2025 will take place in Hamburg from October 21 until October 24!

Lab visit & workshop topic/speaker info will be released soon, stay tuned 🔥

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Emily May @emilybmay.bsky.social · Aug 28

New graphic dropping 🥁🥁🥁: Requesting your perspective on taboos in women’s and gender-diverse people’s health ⚧️
participant.groupwisdom.tech/invite/proje...

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Marta Gerosa @martager.bsky.social · Aug 21

Ricercatori italofoni, volete appassionare e incuriosire la prossima generazione di scienziati?

@penneamiche.bsky.social propone uno scambio di lettere con classi di primaria o secondaria per raccontare il mondo della ricerca e rispondere alle domande dei più giovani 🔬👩‍🔬

Iscrizioni aperte! 🚀

Penne Amiche della Scienza @penneamiche.bsky.social · Aug 19

💻 2 settembre = due incontri online targati Penne Amiche della Scienza!

Per chi fa ricerca e per chi insegna.

❓ Domande, dubbi, curiosità → questo è il momento!

Link su richiesta ✨

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Alex Galvez-Pol @alexgalvezpol.bsky.social · Jul 25

🚨 We’re running a short self-report study on how BREATHING interacts with your daily life 🫁🌍

We're struggling to find participants and would truly appreciate your help; it only takes a few minutes.

👉 You can participate here: shorturl.at/rwwXc

🙏 Feel free to share the link with others. Thank you!

Breathing Through Your Day: A Brief Reflection Survey

You move, interact, speak, listen, think, and feel. Life unfolds through a rich variety of experiences and tasks.

test.uib.es

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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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Michael Gaebler @michaelgaebler.com · Jul 11

Does #interoception necessarily involve awareness of the inner bodily signals?

1️⃣ Yes
2️⃣️ No

📊 Show results

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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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Marta Gerosa @martager.bsky.social · Jun 30

Such a great experience to host the @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social JuWis Posterblitz session at #PuG2025 🎙️
Congrats again to all winners!

bioDGPS and DGPA @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social · Jun 30

We also had the Posterblitz session 🎤 at our #PuG2025, where the following researchers presented their work: @danschfbg.bsky.social, @cstier.bsky.social, @gaertneranne.bsky.social, Anna-Lena Tebbe, Paula Lea Usemann, Hilmar Zech, Nils Wehner, and Emely Voltz 🥳👏

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Marta Gerosa @martager.bsky.social · Jun 23

Inspired by @ocklenburg.bsky.social, my @igor-dgps.bsky.social tote bag made it to the Berlin @mbe-lab.bsky.social office. The best souvenir from #PuG2025! Hope to see more IGOR merch around 🤩

#IGORinthewild
@biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social

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Marta Gerosa @martager.bsky.social · Jun 22

What a great SciComm initiative by the Italian science community in Germany! 👏

Bringing kids closer to science in their native language 🥹🇮🇹 love that!

Roberta Colapietro @robertacolapie.bsky.social · Jun 22

We did it! The very first Native Scientist workshop for Italian kids in Cologne was a success 🇮🇹 41 Italian-speaking children explored the wonders of science through hands-on experiments in their heritage language 🧑‍🔬

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Marta Gerosa @martager.bsky.social · Jun 21

It was a pleasure to bring IGOR closer to you during #PuG2025 here on Bluesky. Safe travels everyone, and get some well-deserved rest!

IGOR DGPs @igor-dgps.bsky.social · Jun 21

That’s a wrap on four inspiring days of #PuG2025!
Thanks for joining our IGOR events and putting open, reproducible science in biopsychology in the spotlight 🧠♻️ We hope you leave with fresh ideas and renewed motivation.

📍See you in Heidelberg next year!
Until then, stay tuned for more IGOR news 🔔

Marta Gerosa @martager.bsky.social · Jun 21

Thanks to everyone that came to our Symposium (despite the 9am Saturday slot 😆) and to the other presenters for such inspiring research on the role of cardiac and respiratory signals in perception, cognition and behavior 🫀🫁

#PuG2025 in Würzburg has been a wonderful experience!

Mind-Body-Emotion Group @mbe-lab.bsky.social · Jun 21

That’s a wrap for the MBE group at #PuG2025!

@martager.bsky.social closed things out with a deep dive into how cardio-respiratory phase biases in voluntary action initiation might shape our sense of agency differently for actions vs. outcomes 🫀🫁🧠

See you next year in Heidelberg!

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