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Carien van Reekum
@carien.bsky.social
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Reading. Affective Neuro/Science enthusiast (emotion, brain, body, individual differences incl age(ing)), Open Science. Dog lover
I’m pleased with our findings reported here showing that brain networks involved in “Multiple Demand” and “Re-evaluation” support reappraisal. Let us know your thoughts!
with @evalab.bsky.social @twoodward.bsky.social
#neuroskyence #affectsci #fMRI-CPCA
Cognitive modes involved in emotion regulation identified using Constrained Principal Component Analysis for fMRI (fMRI-CPCA) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.27.684758v1
October 28, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Genius
I just attended a truly amazing Keynote Talk at #SPR2025 by Dr. Daniel S. Bassett titled “Network Cognition in a Curious World”. They covered how humans engage in the world, build models, and how the brain builds these models. Check out their work! @therealspr.bsky.social @danisbassett.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
@clarsonsbrain.bsky.social underscoring the importance of context and lived experience in trauma - make that in all our research really. Presidential Address @therealspr.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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I need a #mathematician to help with a project. Ideally UK-based.

I've emailed a few folks in my uni, but none replied...

Anyone interested?

My need is nonlinear modelling of brain and muscle signals, optimisation, decomposition.

Anyone?
September 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Fear, anxiety, and the extended amygdala- Absence of evidence for strict functional segregation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.29.673083v1
September 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Huge variability documented in how publishers respond when informed about a problematic body of work by a research group. www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...
#publishers #retractions
August 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Our department is seeking applicants for an Assistant Professor position with a focus on affective science. Please apply and/or pass this along to anyone who might be interested! facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Assistant Professor, Psychology
facultypositions.stanford.edu
August 20, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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Looking for a Research Scientist at Google DeepMind with expertise in weather forecasting AND machine learning AND software engineering

job-boards.greenhouse.io/deepmind/job...
Research Scientist, AI for (Sub)seasonal Weather Forecasting
London, UK
job-boards.greenhouse.io
August 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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2 Lecturer (Assistant Prof) positions available @yorkpsychology.bsky.social! Come join our department!

#neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky #neurojobs

jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
Jobs - The University of York
jobs.york.ac.uk
July 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Indeed, this paper (and videos) is quite wow #affectivescience
(buried in a reply, but) This is mind-blowing & deserves a post. Scroll to "video" in this article to watch what happens when the human hypothalamus is stimulated: it's a combo of embarrassment/shame and intense body sensations emanating from the heart. WOW.

www.brainstimjrnl.com/article/S193...
Complex negative emotions induced by electrical stimulation of the human hypothalamus
Stimulation of the ventromedial hypothalamic region in animals has been reported to cause attack behavior labeled as sham-rage without offering information about the internal affective state of the an...
www.brainstimjrnl.com
July 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Only 10 days left to apply for this amazing opportunity 👇
July 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Closing remarks by our co-chair @bhisma.bsky.social (with Tan Wingenbach), wrapping up a successful #ReadEmo25! The interdisciplinary mix and extensive opportunities for interaction have been rewarding as ever!
June 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Thank you to all you participated in this year's edition of Reading Emotions #ReadEmo25.
@wiebkegandhi.bsky.social and @richharrison.bsky.social will be chairing #ReadEmo26 on pain! Watch this space, and see you next year!
sites.google.com/site/reading...
June 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Our last session at #ReadEmo25 is a first for the series, with Leanne Proops talking about facial expressions in non-human animals, presenting her work with horses! 🐎
June 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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A wonderful set of #ECR talks by Helio Clemente José Cube, Suchitra Srivastava, and Simone Mattavelli, from 2 continents, 3 countries and as many disciplines.
What a treat to take us up to lunch on day 2 of #ReadEmo25!
June 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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A treat to hear the brilliant Isabel Dziobek speak about psychotherapy and social robotics - starting off the second day at Reading Emotions #ReadEmo25
June 27, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Ify’s study on HRV in adolescents with varying SES in Nigeria is now in press. She measured daily affect, stress and depression symptoms. While SES was not associated with affect metrics, lower SES was coupled with lower HRV suggesting poverty-linked stress doi.org/10.1016/j.ij... w/ Michiko Sakaki
doi.org
June 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Dennis Küster and our own Tan Wingenbach smashed the early arvo talks on facial EMG in expression of emotion research #ReadEmo25
June 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Prof Ioannis Patras starts the final talk of the day, on multimodal AI for emotion recognition in context #ReadEmo25
June 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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I finally took the time to set up an environment in #openAI Codex, this is wild ! my coding productivity is going to skyrocket, it opens PR and fix your code 'automatically' just review and accept/change as needed ; it can build unit test, etc .. wow
June 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Ursula Hess is our first speaker at #ReadEmo25 on emotional contagion.
June 26, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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It's finally here! Looking forward to two days of immersion in facial expressions research from around the world at Reading Emotions 2025 sites.google.com/site/reading...
#ReadEmo25
June 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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‼️🚨 postdoc position 🚨‼️
I am looking for a postdoc in psychoneuroimmunology - come join our group to work on sickness behavior in humans 🤒🦠 at Karolinska Institutet @ki.se !!

ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

deadline July 31st

@pnirs.bsky.social #neuroskyence #PsychSciSky #interoception
Postdoctoral Researcher in Psychoneuroimmunology
Do you want to contribute to improving human health? Join a dynamic and inclusive research group at the forefront of psychoneuroimmunology, where we investigate the interplay between behavior, brain f
ki.varbi.com
June 21, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Schedule is up now, and you have acouple more days left to register for this amazing event. Looking forward to seeing a number of you on our campus in a fortnight! 🥳
A month left to submit your abstracts for #ReadEmo25 👇
Register now for the 14th annual Reading Emotions on 26-27 June with a stellar interdisciplinary line-up of speakers to discuss “Facial expressions of emotion”. Submit abstracts for short talks and apply for travel grants sites.google.com/site/reading.... We look forward to seeing you at #ReadEmo25
June 13, 2025 at 8:59 AM