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James Kilner

@jameskilner.bsky.social

Professor of Neuroscience at UCL, London. My research is focussed on Interoception, Predictive coding, Social Cognition and social interactions and Movement Disorders

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Yes I think this is really interesting. Would be interesting to see if people can perceive this in speech

02.12.2025 08:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

How was it?

26.11.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think they change the setlist a bit night to night. So I would be surprised if it was the same on Tuesday. It was totally amazing and you will not be dissappointed

24.11.2025 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I went on Saturday! it is amazing

24.11.2025 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

** Recruiting a postdoc ** We are looking for a postdoc to work on emotion, mental health, and interoception, based in London at @ucl.ac.uk in my lab (Clinical and Affective Neuroscience). Part of a large Wellcome Grant (co-led with the brilliant @camillanord.bsky.social)

24.11.2025 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 81    πŸ” 87    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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I was lucky enough to see Radiohead in concert at the weekend. Absolutely amazing - hopefully someday I will get to study these types of social situations.

24.11.2025 11:28 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Top: Experimental set up. Single pulses of TMS were applied to the hand area of the right primary motor cortex with an inter-pulse interval randomized between 6 and 10 s. Simultaneously, the neuronavigated coil position (yellow), electrocardiogram (red), respiratory signal (blue), electrogastrogram (green), and electromyography from the left hand (gray) were recorded. The figure shows traces of a 20-s time segment from one participant of the cardiac (raw), respiratory (filtered), gastric (filtered), and EMG (raw) signals. The experimental measure was the Motor Evoked Potential amplitude measured on a hand muscle (first dorsal interosseous), analyzed against the phase of the cardiac, respiratory, and gastric rhythms. Note that the three rhythms have very different periods (~1 s for the heart, ~ 5 s for respiration, and ~20 s for the gastric rhythm). Bottom: Artwork illustrating how rhythms of the internal organs interact with the moment-to-moment fluctuations observed in corticospinal motor excitability. Image depicts an outline of a brain with representations of the three rhythmic organs influencing the motor system: the heart, lungs, and stomach. Image credit: TahnΓ©e Engelen.

Top: Experimental set up. Single pulses of TMS were applied to the hand area of the right primary motor cortex with an inter-pulse interval randomized between 6 and 10 s. Simultaneously, the neuronavigated coil position (yellow), electrocardiogram (red), respiratory signal (blue), electrogastrogram (green), and electromyography from the left hand (gray) were recorded. The figure shows traces of a 20-s time segment from one participant of the cardiac (raw), respiratory (filtered), gastric (filtered), and EMG (raw) signals. The experimental measure was the Motor Evoked Potential amplitude measured on a hand muscle (first dorsal interosseous), analyzed against the phase of the cardiac, respiratory, and gastric rhythms. Note that the three rhythms have very different periods (~1 s for the heart, ~ 5 s for respiration, and ~20 s for the gastric rhythm). Bottom: Artwork illustrating how rhythms of the internal organs interact with the moment-to-moment fluctuations observed in corticospinal motor excitability. Image depicts an outline of a brain with representations of the three rhythmic organs influencing the motor system: the heart, lungs, and stomach. Image credit: TahnΓ©e Engelen.

How do internal bodily rhythms influence #brain activity & motor function? @tahnee-engelen.bsky.social &co show that #cardiac, #respiratory & #gastric rhythms independently modulate motor excitability, revealing distinct #interoceptive profiles across individuals @plosbiology.org πŸ§ͺ plos.io/4nMtpLT

13.11.2025 10:17 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

Always happy to give a date-lite theoretically heavy 45 minute talk :)

05.11.2025 11:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This looks incredibly interesting

15.10.2025 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Excited to share our work making an "allostasis-first" case that brain function is most productively framed in terms of its core regulatory function. We also introduce some new ideas in the context of metabolism and cognitive function in Alzheimer's.
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

14.10.2025 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
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Why modern life has us turning to ambient music - BBC Sounds Dani Thomas explores the genre's surge in popularity

I did a small thing for the BBC on the remarkable increase in people listening to ambient music.

Here

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

and here

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

14.10.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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The social, decoupled self: interpersonal synchronization of breathing alters intrapersonal cardiorespiratory coupling People synchronize their periodic behavioural and physiological rhythms with each other during social interaction. While this interpersonal synchronization has largely been associated with positive ef...

🫁❀️New preprint out: The social, decoupled self

We show effects of interpersonal synchronization of physiological rhythms on intrapersonal cardiorespiratory coupling: when we sync our breathing, our breathing–heart rhythms decouple, with a perturbed phase-relationship
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

04.10.2025 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

Post doc job alert πŸ“’! Announcing a v exciting job on a Wellcome-funded project in my group at UCL, looking at auditory hallucinations... Advert here πŸ‘€: rb.gy/230w8l - deadline is end of Oct. Please apply! 1/5

30.09.2025 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

I'm thrilled to share that our new paper is now published in Psychophysiology (Open Access):
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

@zacndr.bsky.social @teamlabuda.bsky.social @fraferri.bsky.social @danlikesbrains.bsky.social

26.09.2025 08:25 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Symposia Guidelines - Social Affective Neuroscience Society

Symposium submissions are now open for #SANS2026 in San Diego! The deadline for these submissions is November 17th at 23:59 Pacific. Check out the submission guidelines here: socialaffectiveneuro.org/symposia-gui...

23.09.2025 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Love it! I am happy that you have got this up and running. I am afraid the London van has been stuck in a UCL car park for the last couple of years!

22.09.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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/science/arti...

19.09.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Confronting the connectivity crisis in human M/EEG research The cognitive neuroscience community using M/EEG has not converged on measures of task-related inter-regional brain connectivity that generalize acros…

In our Trends in Cogn Sci paper we point to the connectivity crisis in task-based human EEG/MEG research: many connectivity metrics, too little replication. Time for community-wide benchmarking to build robust, generalisable measures across labs & tasks. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

18.09.2025 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 87    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Using SPM to show that people's faces change colour with their heartbeat.- The centre face is aligned to the R-peak and the red colour shows areas of the face where there is an increase in the green colour in the image and blue a decrease. #neuroscience #social #interoception #heartbeats

02.09.2025 10:12 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great work Micah - hopefully I will have a chance to chat to you about this in the near future

28.08.2025 07:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
PhD Candidates - Flexible Oscillatory Workspace (FLOW) PhD Candidates - Flexible Oscillatory Workspace (FLOW)

3 (!) open PhD positions at @maastrichtu.bsky.social focusing on brain and bodily oscillations and their role in cognition: vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...

27.08.2025 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

We are recruiting a new PI at the FIL @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social, Associate or Full Professor. This is an amazing place to do cognitive neuroscience, in the heart of London. If you or someone you know might be interested, please pass it on. #neuroskyence

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

08.08.2025 10:52 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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.

🚨 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.

πŸ‘‰ You can participate here: shorturl.at/rwwXc

πŸ™ Feel free to share the link with others. Thank you!

25.07.2025 08:17 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Making Sense of Sensation: A model of Interoceptive Attribution and Appraisal with Clinical applications

New preprint from @drhannahsavage.bsky.social & @sarahgarf.bsky.social

#interoception #neuroskyence πŸ§ πŸ«€πŸ«

osf.io/preprints/ps...

11.07.2025 08:35 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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🚨 New paper out!
Phase confusion: How inconsistent cardiac labeling obscures interoception research πŸ«€πŸ§ 

We unpack methodological incosistencies and propose a way forward with the HEARTS framework.

In Biol. Psychol. - Open Access:
πŸ”— shorturl.at/YJhyn

1st paper of great @angeliacaparco.bsky.social!

04.07.2025 09:11 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Tim Key poem MRI

25.06.2025 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Royal Society is offering Β£4 million per researcher for scientists in the USA who want to move to the UK. The money offered is Β£30 million in all for all the Fellowships. These Faraday Fellowships are for 5 to 10 years.

05.06.2025 09:15 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🧠 NEW REVIEW

"Interoceptive Rhythms & Perceptual Experience
Mechanisms, Contexts & Strategies for Real-World Research"

How heart, lungs & gut shape what we see, feel & doβ€”& how to study it in everyday life.

πŸ”— tinyurl.com/4ex7chdr
#NeuroSky #Interoception #Perception

πŸ‘‡ Thread 🧡

30.05.2025 10:08 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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🚨 Early-bird deadline approaching! ⏳

Only 3 days left to early-bird registration for Adriatica2025 πŸ«€πŸ«πŸ§ 

πŸ“ Pescara, Italy | 8–12 September 2025

Secure your spot by May 15th to benefit from reduced rates!

www.dnisc.unich.it/pagina-adria...

@fraferri.bsky.social @lauramrz.bsky.social

12.05.2025 09:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

really wish I could have made it! Enjoy

10.05.2025 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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