@the-ecg.bsky.social
We are a computational neuroscience lab co-located at Aarhus University and Cambridge Psychiatry. Our research investigates how our decisions, emotions, and conscious perception are shaped by visceral and embodied processes. https://www.the-ecg.org/
A graphical abstract showing the research question and the operationalization of the study.
Out now in @ebiomedicine.bsky.social π¨.
Hunger often affects our mood, but is this a conscious or a subconscious process? Using continuous glucose monitoring, we show that differences in mood are driven by hunger ratings, not just glucose. #neuroskyence π©Ί
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1/ To explore or to exploit? Iβm excited to share my new preprint with @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social and @micahgallen.com, correlating variations in cortical microstructures with individual differences in exploration-exploitation behaviours, using a gamified task! 𧡠www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
15.10.2025 11:57 β π 23 π 11 π¬ 2 π 1Check out our latest paper, a collaboration with @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social using gamified computational psychiatry measures to explore brain-behavioral correlates of decision making!
15.10.2025 12:10 β π 21 π 6 π¬ 0 π 0check our our latest update - a whole toolbox of stuff for interoceptive psychophysics!
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New preprint! We are pleased to share our Hierarchical Bayesian framework for Interoceptive Psychophysics! Implemented in rstan, we provide a complete suite of tools spanning model comparison, parameter recovery, multifactor designs, power analysis, and more! π― www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Iβm elated to share our latest publication - out now in @natmentalhealth.nature.com! www.nature.com/articles/s44... - tour de force by @leahbanellis.bsky.social @brainandstomach.bsky.social and the rest of the VMP team!
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Absolutely loved discussing our recent @natmentalhealth.nature.com paper on IhmCurious
YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDTv...), thank you for having me! & to
@micahgallen.com @brainandstomach.bsky.social & the @the-ecg.bsky.social team for all their hard work π§
I have a gut feeling you will enjoy @the-ecg.bsky.social postdoc @leahbanellis.bsky.social discussing our recent publication on the stomach brain connection, out now in Nature Mental Health!
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Excited to chair @micahgallen.com 's fantastic seminar this Wednesday, June 25th at DPG! π§ π« Join us in π Room 2C, PSICO2 building. Donβt miss it! π
#UniversityOfPadova #DepartmentOfGeneralPsychology
I'm so grateful to write my first magazine article with
Psyche Magazine! psyche.co/ideas/how-mu...
It features our preprint on π« 'Body-Wandering' π« with invaluable guidance from
@micahgallen.com and @themindwanders.bsky.social
: biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Ever get distracted by your own body? We call this "body-wandering." π§ π«
Our latest study uncovers its neural fingerprint and the link to ADHD & depression symptoms. Awesome write-up by our own @leahbanellis.bsky.social, in Psyche Magazine!
psyche.co/ideas/how-mu...
#neuroscience #research #ADHD
Up next is the amazing @ashleytyrer.bsky.social presenting her recent preprint on beta blockade of cardiac and respiratory interoception.!
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Thrilled to host a set of @the-ecg.bsky.social flash talks with our visiting colleague @beckety.bsky.social - organized by the excellent @ashleytyrer.bsky.social - first up is @acourtin.bsky.social talking about computational fMRI and pain learning!
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Do you have #ADHD or #autism? We're running a short, anonymous survey on interoception. It takes just 15β20 minutes, and your input would mean a lot.
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Busy day - check out our latest preprint, exploring domain specificity in cardiac and respiratory interoception!
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Is interoceptive sensing unified across internal organs? π«π« Our high-powered psychophysical study (N=241) suggests not. Bayesian evidence indicates interoceptive processes are largely modality-specificβchallenging the idea of a unitary interoceptive sense.
π Read here: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Excited to share our latest publication, out now in @ScienceAdvances: βThermosensory predictive coding underpins an illusion of pain.β www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... Read the full thread for details!
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Our close collaborator @francescafardo.bsky.social recently went on the Science Podcast to discuss our new publication on thermosensory predictive coding and illusory pain! Starting at 26:44 www.science.org/content/podc...
19.03.2025 08:28 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1Very cool study!
11.03.2025 06:47 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0Extremely cool study for a βbody-firstβ target approach to interoception and metacognition! π«π«π§ π
Looking forward to hearing more about it tomorrow during the Special Talk session at the #MindBrainBody Symposium
#MBBS25
11/ I am exceedingly grateful for all the help and supervision from @micahgallen.com, without whom this project would not have been possible! Also for the support of our lab @the-ecg.bsky.social, @lundbeckfonden.bsky.social, @erc.europa.eu and CFIN @au.dk π
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A graphical abstract titled "Can Beta-Blockers Manipulate Interoception? A Placebo-Controlled Study." The image illustrates how bisoprolol and propranolol affect interoception. On the left, a green figure represents bisoprolol, showing a zoomed-in synapse where it selectively blocks Ξ²1 receptors. On the right, a purple figure represents propranolol, blocking both Ξ²1 and Ξ²2 receptors, affecting both brain and body. A psychophysics graph models interoceptive responses, showing response intensity over trials. Below, line plots compare placebo, propranolol, and bisoprolol effects on interoceptionβcardioception (threshold) and respiroception (slope)βindicating drug effects on bodily awareness.
Can we enhance interoception by controlling the heart? Thrilled to share our new study, led by @ashleytyrer.bsky.social , where we use computational modeling to show that blockading peripheral noradrenaline uniquely alters awareness of heart rate & breathing! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... π§΅π
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1/ We can measure interoception in many aspects, but can we actually manipulate it? Iβm excited to share our new study, which shows that blockade of peripheral beta-adrenergic pathways improves cardiac and respiratory interoception in unique ways! 𧡠www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
10.03.2025 13:41 β π 66 π 23 π¬ 2 π 3Don't miss our latest study - a massive endeavour including MEG scans, pharmacological manipulation, and modelling of interoceptive psychophysics in a 50 N within subject design!
10.03.2025 15:32 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Just the Facts: How Dialogues with AI Reduce Conspiracy Beliefs: http://osf.io/h7n8u_v1/
17.02.2025 03:41 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0I am hiring: PhD students, postdocs, admin personnel. Email me if you know somebody that may be interested in joining us in Cologne! ππ
Please RT for reach! ππ
π¨Job alert!π¨ Are you curious about curiosity, and looking for a post-doc position? Then please consider applying: www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
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The motivational drives of sickness: Acute changes in self-rated motivation during experimental endotoxemia using the the Motivation Scale of Sickness (MOSSick): http://osf.io/64qye_v1/
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π§ π½οΈ Satiety neurons that make you crave sugar? π¬ New research shows that POMC neurons, typically linked to appetite suppression, release opioids in the thalamus, flipping the switch to increase sugar intake.
#neuroskyence π§ͺ #appetite
Read the short and sweet version of our new paper about predicting from brain dynamics, featured in elife digests magazine: elifesciences.org/digests/9512... #neuroskyence
The intuition is that our approach uses a useful projection - like shining a light on an object and looking at its shadow
