Body Representation Network – BRNet
@bodyrepnetwork.bsky.social
BRNet is an international network of researchers who investigate the psychology and neuroscience of body representation #BRNet.
https://bodyrepresentation.wixsite.com/brnet/
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VR Embodiment for Children (VEC) Workshop at IEEE VR 2026
This workshop will be part of IEEE VR 2026, March 21st/22nd (TBC) in Daegu, Korea.
VR HMD device ownership at home or in-school is increasing...
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📢 Exciting Announcement!
Have a look at this VR Embodiment for Children workshop at IEEE VR in Korea, March 2026! ✨
🔍 Explore this timely and important topic.
📝 Submissions are open until January 6, 2026.
🌐 More details: sites.google.com/view/xrkids
Have a look at this VR Embodiment for Children workshop at IEEE VR in Korea, March 2026! ✨
🔍 Explore this timely and important topic.
📝 Submissions are open until January 6, 2026.
🌐 More details: sites.google.com/view/xrkids
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Not long to go now until the submission deadline for the BRNet ECR award so get your nominations in! Link to details here: bodyrepresentation.wixsite.com/brnet/about-... @bodyrepnetwork.bsky.social
ECR award | brnet
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December 23, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Not long to go now until the submission deadline for the BRNet ECR award so get your nominations in! Link to details here: bodyrepresentation.wixsite.com/brnet/about-... @bodyrepnetwork.bsky.social
📢 Exciting Announcement!
Have a look at this VR Embodiment for Children workshop at IEEE VR in Korea, March 2026! ✨
🔍 Explore this timely and important topic.
📝 Submissions are open until January 6, 2026.
🌐 More details: sites.google.com/view/xrkids
Have a look at this VR Embodiment for Children workshop at IEEE VR in Korea, March 2026! ✨
🔍 Explore this timely and important topic.
📝 Submissions are open until January 6, 2026.
🌐 More details: sites.google.com/view/xrkids
VEC Workshop
VR Embodiment for Children (VEC) Workshop at IEEE VR 2026
This workshop will be part of IEEE VR 2026, March 21st/22nd (TBC) in Daegu, Korea.
VR HMD device ownership at home or in-school is increasing...
sites.google.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:09 AM
📢 Exciting Announcement!
Have a look at this VR Embodiment for Children workshop at IEEE VR in Korea, March 2026! ✨
🔍 Explore this timely and important topic.
📝 Submissions are open until January 6, 2026.
🌐 More details: sites.google.com/view/xrkids
Have a look at this VR Embodiment for Children workshop at IEEE VR in Korea, March 2026! ✨
🔍 Explore this timely and important topic.
📝 Submissions are open until January 6, 2026.
🌐 More details: sites.google.com/view/xrkids
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Beyond Likert scales: We introduce a novel self-report method for measuring RHI strength using inverse multidimensional scaling. Ownership scores emerge from arrangements of bodily experiences in psychological bodily space as distances between RHI and baseline cases of no and full body ownership.
Novel method for rubber hand illusion strength measurement based on inverse multidimensional scaling - Behavior Research Methods
In the present study, we developed a novel self-report measurement method for the rubber hand illusion (RHI) strength based on inverse multidimensional scaling (MDS). In the preregistered study consis...
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December 4, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Beyond Likert scales: We introduce a novel self-report method for measuring RHI strength using inverse multidimensional scaling. Ownership scores emerge from arrangements of bodily experiences in psychological bodily space as distances between RHI and baseline cases of no and full body ownership.
✨ Hybrid Event Alert!
The Smoky Mirrors Symposium: Self–Other Actions and Interactions in Real and Virtual Worlds at Aalto University is coming up on 12.12.25 👏
For more information, and to register, click the link below‼️
www.aalto.fi/en/events/sm...
The Smoky Mirrors Symposium: Self–Other Actions and Interactions in Real and Virtual Worlds at Aalto University is coming up on 12.12.25 👏
For more information, and to register, click the link below‼️
www.aalto.fi/en/events/sm...
Smoky Mirrors Symposium: Self-Other Actions and Interactions in Real and Virtual Worlds | Aalto University
We will bring together interdisciplinary work on human–human and human–machine interactions across both real and virtual environments. The symposium will take place at TU Darmstadt (Germany), in a hybrid format.
www.aalto.fi
December 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM
✨ Hybrid Event Alert!
The Smoky Mirrors Symposium: Self–Other Actions and Interactions in Real and Virtual Worlds at Aalto University is coming up on 12.12.25 👏
For more information, and to register, click the link below‼️
www.aalto.fi/en/events/sm...
The Smoky Mirrors Symposium: Self–Other Actions and Interactions in Real and Virtual Worlds at Aalto University is coming up on 12.12.25 👏
For more information, and to register, click the link below‼️
www.aalto.fi/en/events/sm...
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Where & how in the body do you feel political disgust?
What about hope?
..and are these sensations related to how much we know about politics?
🚀 These and other bodily matters are explored in our new preprint below; cool collab. led by great @andreavik.bsky.social 💪
What about hope?
..and are these sensations related to how much we know about politics?
🚀 These and other bodily matters are explored in our new preprint below; cool collab. led by great @andreavik.bsky.social 💪
December 3, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Where & how in the body do you feel political disgust?
What about hope?
..and are these sensations related to how much we know about politics?
🚀 These and other bodily matters are explored in our new preprint below; cool collab. led by great @andreavik.bsky.social 💪
What about hope?
..and are these sensations related to how much we know about politics?
🚀 These and other bodily matters are explored in our new preprint below; cool collab. led by great @andreavik.bsky.social 💪
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#embodiment or #bodyrepresentation researchers - are there any standardised instructions or procedures for describing or showing embodiment concepts like body ownership/dis-ownership, agency etc. to participants? Any resources would be helpful! @bodyrepnetwork.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 9:12 AM
#embodiment or #bodyrepresentation researchers - are there any standardised instructions or procedures for describing or showing embodiment concepts like body ownership/dis-ownership, agency etc. to participants? Any resources would be helpful! @bodyrepnetwork.bsky.social
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My clinical trial, PGD-psi: psilocybin for prolonged grief, is live 🤩!
First screening done, several more booked.
The first EU-funded psychedelics study btw 😊
#neuroskyence
#PsychSciSky
#grief
#psychedelics
#psilocybin
First screening done, several more booked.
The first EU-funded psychedelics study btw 😊
#neuroskyence
#PsychSciSky
#grief
#psychedelics
#psilocybin
I'm incredibly grateful to receive funding from
the ERC to investigate self-related processes during grief and to study whether psilocybin could be a novel treatment for those who need support with integrating their loss experiences. 💛🧠🍄💛
#Neuroskyence #PsychSci
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
the ERC to investigate self-related processes during grief and to study whether psilocybin could be a novel treatment for those who need support with integrating their loss experiences. 💛🧠🍄💛
#Neuroskyence #PsychSci
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
October 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
My clinical trial, PGD-psi: psilocybin for prolonged grief, is live 🤩!
First screening done, several more booked.
The first EU-funded psychedelics study btw 😊
#neuroskyence
#PsychSciSky
#grief
#psychedelics
#psilocybin
First screening done, several more booked.
The first EU-funded psychedelics study btw 😊
#neuroskyence
#PsychSciSky
#grief
#psychedelics
#psilocybin
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Neural sensitivity to the heartbeat is modulated by fluctuations in affective arousal during spontaneous thought
Neural sensitivity to the heartbeat is modulated by fluctuations in affective arousal during spontaneous thought
Spontaneous thoughts, occupying much of one’s awake time in daily life, are often colored by emotional qualities. While spontaneous thoughts have been associated with various neural correlates, the re...
www.jneurosci.org
October 13, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Neural sensitivity to the heartbeat is modulated by fluctuations in affective arousal during spontaneous thought
D-4 before our next online seminar! Sign up now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#body #touch #interoception #perception #pregnancy
#body #touch #interoception #perception #pregnancy
October 13, 2025 at 8:25 AM
D-4 before our next online seminar! Sign up now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#body #touch #interoception #perception #pregnancy
#body #touch #interoception #perception #pregnancy
🚨Do you want to join our online seminars?
Next month we have this amazing seminar with Anna and Noa!
Register to join, it’s free 🤓
#somatosensation
#interoception
#sensory
#body
#science
#neuroscience
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Next month we have this amazing seminar with Anna and Noa!
Register to join, it’s free 🤓
#somatosensation
#interoception
#sensory
#body
#science
#neuroscience
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
September 16, 2025 at 10:27 AM
🚨Do you want to join our online seminars?
Next month we have this amazing seminar with Anna and Noa!
Register to join, it’s free 🤓
#somatosensation
#interoception
#sensory
#body
#science
#neuroscience
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Next month we have this amazing seminar with Anna and Noa!
Register to join, it’s free 🤓
#somatosensation
#interoception
#sensory
#body
#science
#neuroscience
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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You’re now breathing manually 🌬️
What underlies this ability to be consciously aware of own breathing?
In our new Journal of Neuroscience paper, we report the largest study to date linking brain microstructure to respiratory interoception.
www.jneurosci.org/content/earl... 🧵 👇
What underlies this ability to be consciously aware of own breathing?
In our new Journal of Neuroscience paper, we report the largest study to date linking brain microstructure to respiratory interoception.
www.jneurosci.org/content/earl... 🧵 👇
Microstructural Brain Correlates of Inter-individual Differences in Respiratory Interoception
Interoception, the perception and integration of physiological signals, is a fundamental aspect of self-awareness and homeostasis. While previous work has explored interoceptive processing in the card...
www.jneurosci.org
August 12, 2025 at 7:27 AM
You’re now breathing manually 🌬️
What underlies this ability to be consciously aware of own breathing?
In our new Journal of Neuroscience paper, we report the largest study to date linking brain microstructure to respiratory interoception.
www.jneurosci.org/content/earl... 🧵 👇
What underlies this ability to be consciously aware of own breathing?
In our new Journal of Neuroscience paper, we report the largest study to date linking brain microstructure to respiratory interoception.
www.jneurosci.org/content/earl... 🧵 👇
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Major news!
Exhaustive metaanalysis (N=2706) finding that endogenous opioids play a MINOR role in human pain regulation:
Consistent with 0.3 on 11-point VAS
By @isabellmeier.bsky.social @martintrostheim.bsky.social @marieeikemo.bsky.social @loseth.bsky.social et al
Thread 👇
osf.io/preprints/os...
Exhaustive metaanalysis (N=2706) finding that endogenous opioids play a MINOR role in human pain regulation:
Consistent with 0.3 on 11-point VAS
By @isabellmeier.bsky.social @martintrostheim.bsky.social @marieeikemo.bsky.social @loseth.bsky.social et al
Thread 👇
osf.io/preprints/os...
OSF
osf.io
August 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Major news!
Exhaustive metaanalysis (N=2706) finding that endogenous opioids play a MINOR role in human pain regulation:
Consistent with 0.3 on 11-point VAS
By @isabellmeier.bsky.social @martintrostheim.bsky.social @marieeikemo.bsky.social @loseth.bsky.social et al
Thread 👇
osf.io/preprints/os...
Exhaustive metaanalysis (N=2706) finding that endogenous opioids play a MINOR role in human pain regulation:
Consistent with 0.3 on 11-point VAS
By @isabellmeier.bsky.social @martintrostheim.bsky.social @marieeikemo.bsky.social @loseth.bsky.social et al
Thread 👇
osf.io/preprints/os...
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Case study: Brain–Body Biofeedback Platform
How can we capture the complexity of brain–body interaction during natural tasks?
Together with @maastrichtu.bsky.social ,we developed a mobile system for synchronized EEG, ECG, voice & event markers — real-time, modular, and research-ready.
#DigitalHealth
How can we capture the complexity of brain–body interaction during natural tasks?
Together with @maastrichtu.bsky.social ,we developed a mobile system for synchronized EEG, ECG, voice & event markers — real-time, modular, and research-ready.
#DigitalHealth
August 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Case study: Brain–Body Biofeedback Platform
How can we capture the complexity of brain–body interaction during natural tasks?
Together with @maastrichtu.bsky.social ,we developed a mobile system for synchronized EEG, ECG, voice & event markers — real-time, modular, and research-ready.
#DigitalHealth
How can we capture the complexity of brain–body interaction during natural tasks?
Together with @maastrichtu.bsky.social ,we developed a mobile system for synchronized EEG, ECG, voice & event markers — real-time, modular, and research-ready.
#DigitalHealth
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[Highlight of the Month] Hermann et al. Brain-heart interactions are associated with mortality and acute encephalopathy in ICU patients with severe COVID-19. Clin Neurophysiol 2025;175:2110745. doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...
July 2, 2025 at 12:09 PM
[Highlight of the Month] Hermann et al. Brain-heart interactions are associated with mortality and acute encephalopathy in ICU patients with severe COVID-19. Clin Neurophysiol 2025;175:2110745. doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...
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Very interesting case. Hope this is indeed a framework for future translation of cog-neuro into clinical improvements
I still get chills
Meet Mike
*30+ years severe depression
*first hospitalized @ 13y
*20 meds
*3 rounds of ECT
*2 near-fatal suicide attempts
Mike felt joy for the first time in decades after we turned on his new brain pacemaker or PACE
see videos, read paper, follow thread
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Meet Mike
*30+ years severe depression
*first hospitalized @ 13y
*20 meds
*3 rounds of ECT
*2 near-fatal suicide attempts
Mike felt joy for the first time in decades after we turned on his new brain pacemaker or PACE
see videos, read paper, follow thread
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
August 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Very interesting case. Hope this is indeed a framework for future translation of cog-neuro into clinical improvements
If you have publications that are relevant for body representation research, tag us!
We want to know and read you! 🤓
#research #bodyrepresentation #body #bodilyself #computational #neuroscience #bodilysignals
We want to know and read you! 🤓
#research #bodyrepresentation #body #bodilyself #computational #neuroscience #bodilysignals
August 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
If you have publications that are relevant for body representation research, tag us!
We want to know and read you! 🤓
#research #bodyrepresentation #body #bodilyself #computational #neuroscience #bodilysignals
We want to know and read you! 🤓
#research #bodyrepresentation #body #bodilyself #computational #neuroscience #bodilysignals
Like our new looks? 😉
BRNet has a new logo.
Contest winner Denise Cadete said her concept featured an “ambiguos silhouette framed like a picture, as an abstraction of representation itself, with the physical body and it’s representation”
BRNet has a new logo.
Contest winner Denise Cadete said her concept featured an “ambiguos silhouette framed like a picture, as an abstraction of representation itself, with the physical body and it’s representation”
August 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Like our new looks? 😉
BRNet has a new logo.
Contest winner Denise Cadete said her concept featured an “ambiguos silhouette framed like a picture, as an abstraction of representation itself, with the physical body and it’s representation”
BRNet has a new logo.
Contest winner Denise Cadete said her concept featured an “ambiguos silhouette framed like a picture, as an abstraction of representation itself, with the physical body and it’s representation”
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just out in Molecular Psychiatry 😍: spinal & cortical alterations in processing of self-produced sensations in psychosis
including: touch, interoception, fMRI, SEP, HEP, behavior🧠🫀
#neuroskyence
#PsychSciSky
@paulasalamone.bsky.social @adamenmalm.bsky.social @rkaldewaij.bsky.social
rdcu.be/exN0e
including: touch, interoception, fMRI, SEP, HEP, behavior🧠🫀
#neuroskyence
#PsychSciSky
@paulasalamone.bsky.social @adamenmalm.bsky.social @rkaldewaij.bsky.social
rdcu.be/exN0e
Altered processing of self-produced sensations in psychosis at cortical and spinal levels
Molecular Psychiatry - Altered processing of self-produced sensations in psychosis at cortical and spinal levels
rdcu.be
July 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
just out in Molecular Psychiatry 😍: spinal & cortical alterations in processing of self-produced sensations in psychosis
including: touch, interoception, fMRI, SEP, HEP, behavior🧠🫀
#neuroskyence
#PsychSciSky
@paulasalamone.bsky.social @adamenmalm.bsky.social @rkaldewaij.bsky.social
rdcu.be/exN0e
including: touch, interoception, fMRI, SEP, HEP, behavior🧠🫀
#neuroskyence
#PsychSciSky
@paulasalamone.bsky.social @adamenmalm.bsky.social @rkaldewaij.bsky.social
rdcu.be/exN0e
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Paula C. Salamone @paulasalamone.bsky.social presenting her talk "Brain-spinal alterations of self-produced sensations in psychosis".
July 7, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Paula C. Salamone @paulasalamone.bsky.social presenting her talk "Brain-spinal alterations of self-produced sensations in psychosis".
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Brilliant time at BRNet 2025 - always grateful for such a great community of body researchers! Inspiring chats with old and new friends & going home with many exciting new ideas :)
Here's my poster on children's body map accuracy 🕺
Thank you @bodyrepnetwork.bsky.social !
Here's my poster on children's body map accuracy 🕺
Thank you @bodyrepnetwork.bsky.social !
July 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Brilliant time at BRNet 2025 - always grateful for such a great community of body researchers! Inspiring chats with old and new friends & going home with many exciting new ideas :)
Here's my poster on children's body map accuracy 🕺
Thank you @bodyrepnetwork.bsky.social !
Here's my poster on children's body map accuracy 🕺
Thank you @bodyrepnetwork.bsky.social !
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What a lovely 3 days in Utrecht for #BRNet2025. Thanks everyone for the thought-provoking talks and chats. I think the computational modelling theme for this year was spot-on, congrats to the organisers @bodyrepnetwork.bsky.social ! Looking forward to seeing some of you again at #IMRF in Durham!
July 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
What a lovely 3 days in Utrecht for #BRNet2025. Thanks everyone for the thought-provoking talks and chats. I think the computational modelling theme for this year was spot-on, congrats to the organisers @bodyrepnetwork.bsky.social ! Looking forward to seeing some of you again at #IMRF in Durham!
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On my way home after an amazing #BRNet2025 in Utrecht. Such a wonderful community with excellent research. I can’t wait until next year! @bodyrepnetwork.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
On my way home after an amazing #BRNet2025 in Utrecht. Such a wonderful community with excellent research. I can’t wait until next year! @bodyrepnetwork.bsky.social
July 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Congrats to our poster winner Ziliang Xiong on ticklish sensations of humans 🎉 #BRNet2025
July 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Congrats to our poster winner Ziliang Xiong on ticklish sensations of humans 🎉 #BRNet2025