Jane Boissiere
@edinpublishing.bsky.social
Former GP & SAS Psychiatrist, Past President British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis (BSCAH), Royal Society of Medicine, Hypnosis Section, President elect
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Coming to the Society for Neuroscience meeting? Come to my lecture and say hi. I'm going to be talking about some crazy stuff. #neuroscience #SFN2025
November 14, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Coming to the Society for Neuroscience meeting? Come to my lecture and say hi. I'm going to be talking about some crazy stuff. #neuroscience #SFN2025
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November 19, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Welcome 👋: welcome.activeinference.institute
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SAM Webinar Wednesday 19 November 2025, 7.30-9.00pm Functional Neurological Disorder
Register here:
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SAM Educational Evening: October & November 2025
The October and November SAM Educational Evenings will take place as follows:
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November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
SAM Webinar Wednesday 19 November 2025, 7.30-9.00pm Functional Neurological Disorder
Register here:
www.eventsforce.net/eventage/fro...
Register here:
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Delirium develops over hours/days, dementia over months/years.
"Dad was fine yesterday, today he's a different person" = think delirium, not dementia progression.
"Dad was fine yesterday, today he's a different person" = think delirium, not dementia progression.
November 4, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Delirium develops over hours/days, dementia over months/years.
"Dad was fine yesterday, today he's a different person" = think delirium, not dementia progression.
"Dad was fine yesterday, today he's a different person" = think delirium, not dementia progression.
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During #ThriveinPsychiatry we'll discuss a wide range of issues and challenges facing psychiatrists. We'd love to hear what you think - whether you think the College or another body should be doing more to help, or if you have a question.
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Thrive in Psychiatry
The College is working to retain as many psychiatrists as possible in the profession. Find out more about our Thrive in Psychiatry campaign.
www.rcpsych.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 8:33 AM
During #ThriveinPsychiatry we'll discuss a wide range of issues and challenges facing psychiatrists. We'd love to hear what you think - whether you think the College or another body should be doing more to help, or if you have a question.
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New from star grad student @m-meyer.bsky.social we wanted to study why delusions (and other beliefs) are so fixed. We turned to a generalization paradigm and the peak shift effect. Martin finds people with delusions over generalize causal relationships during learning: osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
October 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
New from star grad student @m-meyer.bsky.social we wanted to study why delusions (and other beliefs) are so fixed. We turned to a generalization paradigm and the peak shift effect. Martin finds people with delusions over generalize causal relationships during learning: osf.io/preprints/ps...
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In today’s article, @kingsioppn.bsky.social Professor Cathryn Lewis @cathrynlewis.bsky.social discusses current evidence on the efficacy of #antidepressants and how research should move forward to support #precisionmedicine approaches in #mentalhealth.
www.inspirethemind.org/post/underst...
www.inspirethemind.org/post/underst...
Understanding who benefits from antidepressants
Why is the use of antidepressants so controversial, and how could we prescribe them more effectively? This question is a priority in my research at King’s College London, where I work as professor of ...
www.inspirethemind.org
October 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
In today’s article, @kingsioppn.bsky.social Professor Cathryn Lewis @cathrynlewis.bsky.social discusses current evidence on the efficacy of #antidepressants and how research should move forward to support #precisionmedicine approaches in #mentalhealth.
www.inspirethemind.org/post/underst...
www.inspirethemind.org/post/underst...
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Can looking at art in a gallery impact your #health?
New research from @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social and @artfund.bsky.social has compared the body’s responses to viewing original art in a gallery with reproductions in a lab.
Click the link to find out more👇
#IoPPNNews
bit.ly/47a2Lrr
New research from @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social and @artfund.bsky.social has compared the body’s responses to viewing original art in a gallery with reproductions in a lab.
Click the link to find out more👇
#IoPPNNews
bit.ly/47a2Lrr
October 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Can looking at art in a gallery impact your #health?
New research from @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social and @artfund.bsky.social has compared the body’s responses to viewing original art in a gallery with reproductions in a lab.
Click the link to find out more👇
#IoPPNNews
bit.ly/47a2Lrr
New research from @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social and @artfund.bsky.social has compared the body’s responses to viewing original art in a gallery with reproductions in a lab.
Click the link to find out more👇
#IoPPNNews
bit.ly/47a2Lrr
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"Iatrogenic harm in FND" – new review article @brain1878 very much the work of Caoimhe McLoughlin – a short thread. academic.oup.com/brain/advanc... 1/
December 5, 2024 at 10:17 PM
"Iatrogenic harm in FND" – new review article @brain1878 very much the work of Caoimhe McLoughlin – a short thread. academic.oup.com/brain/advanc... 1/
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Westlin and colleagues found that patients with functional neurological disorder exhibit atypical macroscale cortical organization, characterised by altered functional gradients that are linked to symptom severity.
Functional Connectivity Gradients Reveal Altered Hierarchical Cortical Organization in Functional Neurological Disorder
Neuroimaging studies of functional neurological disorder (FND), a core neuropsychiatric
condition, often rely on discrete connections or parcellations that may obscure the
brain’s functional network a...
www.biologicalpsychiatrycnni.org
October 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Westlin and colleagues found that patients with functional neurological disorder exhibit atypical macroscale cortical organization, characterised by altered functional gradients that are linked to symptom severity.
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Excited to dig into some weekend reading under a metric ton of blankets. It's time 🧠☕
And specifically this paper, which looks very very interesting! from @mariandrnh.bsky.social @micahgallen.com @francescafardo.bsky.social
very cool experimental design
direct.mit.edu/imag/article...
And specifically this paper, which looks very very interesting! from @mariandrnh.bsky.social @micahgallen.com @francescafardo.bsky.social
very cool experimental design
direct.mit.edu/imag/article...
Supramodal and modality-specific neural information supports multi-feature prediction errors across cortical levels
Abstract. Predictive coding posits that the brain actively anticipates inputs from different senses, generating prediction errors when incoming information deviates from internal expectations. While m...
direct.mit.edu
November 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Excited to dig into some weekend reading under a metric ton of blankets. It's time 🧠☕
And specifically this paper, which looks very very interesting! from @mariandrnh.bsky.social @micahgallen.com @francescafardo.bsky.social
very cool experimental design
direct.mit.edu/imag/article...
And specifically this paper, which looks very very interesting! from @mariandrnh.bsky.social @micahgallen.com @francescafardo.bsky.social
very cool experimental design
direct.mit.edu/imag/article...
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🧠 Clinicians treating IBS, functional dyspepsia & other #DGBI - we want your insights!
📝 Take our 15min survey on multidisciplinary care for DGBI: redcap.link/multidiscipl...
🔍 Help shape future models of care for these complex gut-brain conditions.
#GutHealth #UniMelb #Research
📝 Take our 15min survey on multidisciplinary care for DGBI: redcap.link/multidiscipl...
🔍 Help shape future models of care for these complex gut-brain conditions.
#GutHealth #UniMelb #Research
July 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
🧠 Clinicians treating IBS, functional dyspepsia & other #DGBI - we want your insights!
📝 Take our 15min survey on multidisciplinary care for DGBI: redcap.link/multidiscipl...
🔍 Help shape future models of care for these complex gut-brain conditions.
#GutHealth #UniMelb #Research
📝 Take our 15min survey on multidisciplinary care for DGBI: redcap.link/multidiscipl...
🔍 Help shape future models of care for these complex gut-brain conditions.
#GutHealth #UniMelb #Research
1 in 3 Worldwide Have Functional Bowel Disorders! #MedEd #Gastroenterology #IBS #DGBI
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
October 31, 2025 at 5:06 PM
1 in 3 Worldwide Have Functional Bowel Disorders! #MedEd #Gastroenterology #IBS #DGBI
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
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1/🧵 Out today in @frontiersin.bsky.social : “Consciousness science: where are we, where are we going, and what if we get there?” By @axc.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social, & me (a CIFAR & @erc.europa.eu production 🧠). www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
Advancing consciousness science
Defining new directions in consciousness research and exploring implications for medicine, technology, and ethics
www.frontiersin.org
October 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
1/🧵 Out today in @frontiersin.bsky.social : “Consciousness science: where are we, where are we going, and what if we get there?” By @axc.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social, & me (a CIFAR & @erc.europa.eu production 🧠). www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
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Fascinating talk by Valentina Bambini on metaphors and figurative language in schizophrenia, reporting from the PROMENADE project #MEIMI2025 #philsky #philpsy #epistemicinjustice
October 22, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Fascinating talk by Valentina Bambini on metaphors and figurative language in schizophrenia, reporting from the PROMENADE project #MEIMI2025 #philsky #philpsy #epistemicinjustice
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Please help share this link to a cool experiment. Its a short experiment that anyone can do, and will result in some fascinating discoveries about memory.
#neuroskyence
#neuroskyence
Vivid memories are all over the BBC website front page! It takes just a few minutes to complete our public survey: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
October 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Please help share this link to a cool experiment. Its a short experiment that anyone can do, and will result in some fascinating discoveries about memory.
#neuroskyence
#neuroskyence
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#Hemispherotomy is a surgical treatment for #epilepsy by disconnecting a portion of the #cortex. @anilseth.bsky.social &co show that the isolated cortex has #EEG patterns resembling deep #sleep or #anesthesia, with slow oscillations & reduced spectral exponent @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3J9ci8X
October 17, 2025 at 10:04 AM
#Hemispherotomy is a surgical treatment for #epilepsy by disconnecting a portion of the #cortex. @anilseth.bsky.social &co show that the isolated cortex has #EEG patterns resembling deep #sleep or #anesthesia, with slow oscillations & reduced spectral exponent @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3J9ci8X
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Proud moment as the first BFRB research study from the University of Oxford has been published. Great summary thread here from Polly…
New paper with @claremackay.bsky.social led by MSc student Talia Mayerson on the role of shame in the adolescent hairpulling and co-occurring anxiety and depressive symptomology: acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/....
Summary below:
Summary below:
JCPP Advances | ACAMH Child Development Journal | Wiley Online Library
This study found that shame is a significant mediator in positive associations between hairpulling severity and depression and anxiety severity within a community sample of adolescents with clinical ....
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Proud moment as the first BFRB research study from the University of Oxford has been published. Great summary thread here from Polly…
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Very pleased to share our latest paper - a systematic review of psychological therapies for primary Generalised Anxiety Disorder in children and adolescents - which has recently been published in JCPP Advances. It’s available here doi.org/10.1002/jcv2..., or keep reading for the key messages! (1/6)
JCPP Advances | ACAMH Child Development Journal | Wiley Online Library
Background Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is common in children and adolescents, and if not successfully treated, has negative consequences for their current and subsequent mental health. Whilst...
doi.org
October 17, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Very pleased to share our latest paper - a systematic review of psychological therapies for primary Generalised Anxiety Disorder in children and adolescents - which has recently been published in JCPP Advances. It’s available here doi.org/10.1002/jcv2..., or keep reading for the key messages! (1/6)
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Why do brain networks vary? Do these differences shape behavior? If every 🧠 is unique, how can we detect common features of brain organization?
@rodbraga.bsky.social and I dig in, in @annualreviews.bsky.social (ahead of print):
go.illinois.edu/Gratton2025-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #MedSky
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@rodbraga.bsky.social and I dig in, in @annualreviews.bsky.social (ahead of print):
go.illinois.edu/Gratton2025-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #MedSky
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Dense Phenotyping of Human Brain Network Organization Using Precision fMRI
The advent of noninvasive imaging methods like functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) transformed cognitive neuroscience, providing insights into large-scale brain networks and their link to cog...
go.illinois.edu
October 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Why do brain networks vary? Do these differences shape behavior? If every 🧠 is unique, how can we detect common features of brain organization?
@rodbraga.bsky.social and I dig in, in @annualreviews.bsky.social (ahead of print):
go.illinois.edu/Gratton2025-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #MedSky
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@rodbraga.bsky.social and I dig in, in @annualreviews.bsky.social (ahead of print):
go.illinois.edu/Gratton2025-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #MedSky
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𝗔 𝗡𝗘𝗨𝗥𝗢𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗫
By Mars and Passingham
"Understanding anthropoid foraging challenges may thus contribute to our understanding of human cognition"
Going to the top of the reading list!
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
#neuroskyence
By Mars and Passingham
"Understanding anthropoid foraging challenges may thus contribute to our understanding of human cognition"
Going to the top of the reading list!
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
#neuroskyence
October 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
𝗔 𝗡𝗘𝗨𝗥𝗢𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗫
By Mars and Passingham
"Understanding anthropoid foraging challenges may thus contribute to our understanding of human cognition"
Going to the top of the reading list!
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
#neuroskyence
By Mars and Passingham
"Understanding anthropoid foraging challenges may thus contribute to our understanding of human cognition"
Going to the top of the reading list!
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
#neuroskyence
Absolutely wonderful project. Trained (1 month) Community Grandmothers and a Community park bench. Brilliant way forward. We all have skills to help each other!!! Brilliant idea 🙏😊👍
In Zimbabwe, Prof Dixon Chibanda lost a patient to suicide over a $10 bus fare. This inspired @friendshipbench.bsky.social, which has now helped hundreds of thousands.
Through global partnerships, King’s is improving access to mental health care. #WorldMentalHealthDay
www.kcl.ac.uk/zimbabwe-to-...
Through global partnerships, King’s is improving access to mental health care. #WorldMentalHealthDay
www.kcl.ac.uk/zimbabwe-to-...
October 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Absolutely wonderful project. Trained (1 month) Community Grandmothers and a Community park bench. Brilliant way forward. We all have skills to help each other!!! Brilliant idea 🙏😊👍