Florian Bublatzky

A great pleasure attending to @anne-schacht.bsky.social presenting on recent developments in emotion*cognition interaction research. Facing salient faces is highly rewarding - that’s true in experimentally controlled settings and even more in real life, thanks for coming to ZI-Mannheim

✨Wunderbare Neuigkeiten: Die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft fördert unser neues Netzwerk SNEPP – das Scientific Network for Experimental Psychopathology and Psychotherapy!

www.uni-goettingen.de/de/3240.html...

Time, space, memory and brain–body rhythms - Nature Reviews Neuroscience Understanding how the brain represents experienced time and how representations of space and time are integrated to form episodic memories has been a goal of much neuroscientific research. In this Per...

The changes we experience may be the source of our subjective experience of time.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Neural mechanisms of learned suppression uncovered by probing the hidden attentional priority map Learned suppression of distractor locations in visual search emerges through reactive mechanisms that involve initial spatial selection prior to suppression.

We used a brain "pinging" again and found that distractor suppression is reactive rather than proactive, meaning attention is first drawn to the distractor before being suppressed.

Friends, this video is well worth your time. My friend Michi Benthaus, an ESA engineer who will very soon make history as the first wheelchair user to visit space, has recently given a speech in front of the European Parliament.

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Philosophie als Kritik und Lebenspraxis | Buch | Online kaufen Philosophie als Kritik und Lebenspraxis: Zur Aktualität der Philosophie Gernot Böhmes ✔ Buch von Rebecca Böhme, Ute Gahlings, Dieter Mersch, Alfred Nordmann, Gregor Schiemann ✔ Gebundene Ausgabe ✔ 480...

"Philosophie als Kritik und Lebenspraxis" - eine Aufsatzsammlung zur Aktualität der Philosophie meines Vaters, Gernot Böhme.

Herausgegeben von mir, Ute Gahlings, Alfred Nordmann, Dieter Mersch und Gregor Schiemann.

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#philsky
#Buchbubble
#GermanBookSky
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After a few years, I finally returned to teaching in my core research area—emotion, cognition, and learning. It was such a joy, looking forward to the ongoing semester

<em>Psychophysiology</em> | SPR Journal | Wiley Online Library <em>Psychophysiology</em> is a human neuroscience journal covering research on the interrelationships between the physiological and psychological aspects of brain and behavior.

So excited about a Special Issue we are co-editing in @therealspr.bsky.social 's journal Psychophysiology on Physiological and Neurophysiological Synchronisation between individuals – Methodological Approaches and Evaluations. Please spread the word & submit by 28 February 2026
tinyurl.com/ywjjxkbt

The influence of free choice on recognition memory in the face of distraction Recognition memory is typically better for items learned after a free choice (independent of study material) than after a forced choice. However, previous studies presented to-be-remembered items i...

New paper published: Having free choice over what to learn improves memory, even in the presence of distraction.
Across two experiments, free choice selectively enhanced recognition for relevant, but not irrelevant items. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

11 days left to apply!💼⏰ Spread the word 📣

We have a new report on how remembered #childhood #touch and current attitutes to intimate #social touch 👩‍👧👩‍❤️‍👩🫂 relate to daily neuroendocrine states and emotions🧠🖤🤍 link 👉 rdcu.be/eKaRX. Great thanks to @katya-shn.bsky.social & our whole team @dorahopf.bsky.social

New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Thomas Leon Kremer, Heike Tost, et al:

Intermediate endophenotypes and epigenetic mechanisms of psychiatric disorders

doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

Diese Kampagne braucht deine Unterstützung An die Bildungsministerkonferenz: Schluss mit dem Prekariat der Privatdozent:innen!

Der Brief und die Möglichkeit zur Unterschrift sind unter folgendem Link zu finden:

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We're further expanding our team!💼 An Akademische Rätin/Akademischer Rat (A13) position is now open in our group - check out the details below and feel free to share!🙌 #ClinicalPsychology #JobOpening

Applying Bayesian Multilevel Modeling to Single Trial Dynamics: A Demonstration in Aversive Conditioning A Bayesian model had superior cross-validation accuracy of ssVEPs while also being more informative. Left, Model 2 holds the effect of cue constant across participants. Right, the learning model (3) ...

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Just came across this face image database that lists different databases from A-Z libguides.princeton.edu/facedatabases A very nice collection, thanks to
@mtesterman.bsky.social

Less than one week left to apply 👇 Exciting project, great team, and a stimulating environment!

New findings from my lab in Nature Communications suggest that racial stereotypes can lead the brain's perceptual system to temporarily "see" weapons where they don't exist.

Led by: @dongwonoh.bsky.social

Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Neurotherapy for children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders: a state-of-the-art umbrella review of selected clinical methodologies This umbrella review focuses on the clinical application of four neurotherapeutic treatment approaches, namely (1) Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), (2…

Our review on neurotherapeutic options in children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders, lead by Gabriel Auer, now published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

YouTube video by Reinforcement Learning Conference Peter Dayan: The Marriage of Natural and Engineered Reinforcement Learning

Continuing the general thread, Peter Dyan does a very nice summary of Berridge's liking/wanting distinction, the evidence for it, and how it links to RL and interoception here (21:30):

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLA7...

🚨 Come work with us! A 3-year postdoc position is available in my group, focusing on gaze interactions in real and virtual environments. The job ad is only in German, since a certain level of German proficiency is required. Please share widely! @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social

⏳ Deadline approaching!
Have you submitted your abstract for poster or e-poster presentations yet?

Don’t miss your chance to showcase your work and connect with other researchers! Submissions close on September 15, 2025!

📩 Submit your abstract here:
wasad2025.org/registration...

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'The whole of psychology has changed and, of course, the questions one asks change with it' | BPS Professor Mike Burton has been named as the 2025 winner of the British Psychological Society’s Research Board’s Lifetime Achievement award. Ella Rhodes spoke to him about his career, advice for early-...

'The whole of psychology has changed and, of course, the questions one asks change with it'
Professor Mike Burton @yorkpsychology.bsky.social has been named as the 2025 winner of the @bpsofficial.bsky.social Research Board’s Lifetime Achievement award.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Psychometric Considerations in Assessing Fear Generalization as a Predictor of Anxiety The ability to adaptively transfer acquired fear to novel situations is fundamental for survival in ever-changing environments and may contribute to t…

Exciting news! Our latest paper is now published 🎉
We dive into the fear generalization literature to see how individual fear gen profiles are typically quantified, extracted the most commonly used measures, and compared them using simulated and empirical data: doi.org/10.1016/j.bp...

Companion piece in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social to our recent @nathumbehav.nature.com paper, in which we put our "Social feature learning" model of social learning strategies in context.

Submit your work until August 15, 2025, and join me!

A biological phenotype of suicide attempt in adolescents with nonsuicidal self-injury: a machine-based learning approach - Neuropsychopharmacology Neuropsychopharmacology - A biological phenotype of suicide attempt in adolescents with nonsuicidal self-injury: a machine-based learning approach

Can we predict suicide attempts in adolescents based on a host of biological markers? Our latest research suggests yes (to some degree). To learn more about model comparisons and blood-based markers with best performance, read the full text now published

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

Psychophysiology of facial emotion recognition in psychopathy dimensions and oxytocin’s role: A scoping review Psychopathy is characterized by social impairments that hinder effective societal functioning. It comprises two main dimensions: “Interpersonal-affective” and “Lifestyle-antisocial,” each associated w...

New review pointing to open questions about the role of oxytocin in altered facial expression decoding in psychopathy: tinyurl.com/mr3mhp52

How Orienting and Defence Drives Oscillatory Responses in Human Visual and Motor Cortical Circuits During Viewing of Threat Pictures: Evidence From ssVEPs and Beta‐Band Desynchronization Healthy human participants engage mainly in two fundamental response strategies towards threat related picture content: orienting and defence. Orienting has been associated with heart rate (HR) decel...

🧠 New paper out!
We studied how people react to threats via brain and body patterns.
🔹 Some show HR slowing → better visual processing (ssVEP), less motor readiness
🔸 Others speed up → visual suppression, more motor prep (beta desync)
📄 Full study: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🧠 New study alert!
What happens when your brain can't help guide your movement?
We found that inhibiting the posterior parietal cortex affects path integration only when movement is under your active control — not when you're just watching.
#cognitiveneuroscience #TMS #navigation #VR