Ido Shalev
@idoshal.bsky.social
Assistant Research Professor at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge. Trained in clinical psychology, studying transdiagnostic approaches to mental health. #empathy #uncertainty #rstats enthusiast. Curious about most things 😊
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Feeling more than understanding: empathic disequilibrium and emotional reactivity in eating psychopathology
BackgroundEmotional dysregulation is a core feature of eating disorders, yet research has predominantly focused on intrapersonal emotion processes rather than interpersonal emotional mechanisms. Empat...
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Our new preprint is out! We show a replicable relationship between empathic disequilibrium and eating disorders.
Led by Dr Laura Renshaw-Vuillier, @fuzefovsky.bsky.social, and Dr Rachel Moseley. So lucky to be working with this brilliant team.
Led by Dr Laura Renshaw-Vuillier, @fuzefovsky.bsky.social, and Dr Rachel Moseley. So lucky to be working with this brilliant team.
Our new preprint is out! We show a replicable relationship between empathic disequilibrium and eating disorders.
Led by Dr Laura Renshaw-Vuillier, @fuzefovsky.bsky.social, and Dr Rachel Moseley. So lucky to be working with this brilliant team.
Led by Dr Laura Renshaw-Vuillier, @fuzefovsky.bsky.social, and Dr Rachel Moseley. So lucky to be working with this brilliant team.
Feeling more than understanding: empathic disequilibrium and emotional reactivity in eating psychopathology
BackgroundEmotional dysregulation is a core feature of eating disorders, yet research has predominantly focused on intrapersonal emotion processes rather than interpersonal emotional mechanisms. Empat...
www.researchsquare.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Our new preprint is out! We show a replicable relationship between empathic disequilibrium and eating disorders.
Led by Dr Laura Renshaw-Vuillier, @fuzefovsky.bsky.social, and Dr Rachel Moseley. So lucky to be working with this brilliant team.
Led by Dr Laura Renshaw-Vuillier, @fuzefovsky.bsky.social, and Dr Rachel Moseley. So lucky to be working with this brilliant team.
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Reposted by Ido Shalev
Paper on moral injury- www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Moral injury prevention and intervention
Background: Those working in high-risk occupations may often face ethical dilemmas that violate their moral code which can lead to moral injury (MI). While research into the impact of MI is growing...
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October 22, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Paper on moral injury- www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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New paper: doi.org/10.1111/jora... What mental health profiles exist during preclinical stages? Data were drawn from 13 studies with over 100,000 young people from community and school samples. Discussed are early-stage profiles spanning from excellent mental health to more at-risk profiles.
October 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
New paper: doi.org/10.1111/jora... What mental health profiles exist during preclinical stages? Data were drawn from 13 studies with over 100,000 young people from community and school samples. Discussed are early-stage profiles spanning from excellent mental health to more at-risk profiles.
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Reposted by Ido Shalev
Reposted by Ido Shalev
Intervening on a central node in a network likely does little given that its connected neighbors will "flip it back" immediately. Happy to see this position supported now.
"Change is most likely [..] if it spreads first among relatively poorly connected nodes."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Change is most likely [..] if it spreads first among relatively poorly connected nodes."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Transformation starts at the periphery of networks where pushback is less - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Transformation starts at the periphery of networks where pushback is less
www.nature.com
September 29, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Intervening on a central node in a network likely does little given that its connected neighbors will "flip it back" immediately. Happy to see this position supported now.
"Change is most likely [..] if it spreads first among relatively poorly connected nodes."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Change is most likely [..] if it spreads first among relatively poorly connected nodes."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Another awesome video from Numberphile. I’m not going to spoil it, but I will say it is very relevant if you teach research methods (it not just statistical in a narrow sense) youtu.be/VwIKKBL4ldQ?...
We have statistical evidence that people are mildly psychic
YouTube video by Stand-up Maths
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September 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Another awesome video from Numberphile. I’m not going to spoil it, but I will say it is very relevant if you teach research methods (it not just statistical in a narrow sense) youtu.be/VwIKKBL4ldQ?...
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"Different people respond differently to therapy."
Professor Jaime Delgadillo described his research into personalised treatment approaches at his inaugural lecture at the IoPPN last week. #Psychology #ScienceAtKings
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/matchin...
Professor Jaime Delgadillo described his research into personalised treatment approaches at his inaugural lecture at the IoPPN last week. #Psychology #ScienceAtKings
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/matchin...
Matching patients to treatments: Professor Jaime Delgadillo delivers Inaugural Lecture “Advances in personalised and precision psychotherapy” | King's College London
On Tuesday 16 September 2025, Professor Jaime Delgadillo delivered his Inaugural Lecture as Professor of Clinical Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience.
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September 23, 2025 at 11:32 AM
"Different people respond differently to therapy."
Professor Jaime Delgadillo described his research into personalised treatment approaches at his inaugural lecture at the IoPPN last week. #Psychology #ScienceAtKings
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/matchin...
Professor Jaime Delgadillo described his research into personalised treatment approaches at his inaugural lecture at the IoPPN last week. #Psychology #ScienceAtKings
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/matchin...
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'Tylenol' is known in the civilised world as Paracetamol
2.4 million children born in Sweden between 1995 and 2019. Studied 186,000 children whose mothers were treated with paracetamol during pregnancy.
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2.4 million children born in Sweden between 1995 and 2019. Studied 186,000 children whose mothers were treated with paracetamol during pregnancy.
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No link between paracetamol use during pregnancy and autism or ADHD in children
In the largest epidemiologic study to date of the risk of giving birth to a child with autism, ADHD or intellectual disability following acetaminophen use during pregnancy, researchers found no associ...
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September 22, 2025 at 9:05 AM
'Tylenol' is known in the civilised world as Paracetamol
2.4 million children born in Sweden between 1995 and 2019. Studied 186,000 children whose mothers were treated with paracetamol during pregnancy.
news.ki.se/no-link-betw...
2.4 million children born in Sweden between 1995 and 2019. Studied 186,000 children whose mothers were treated with paracetamol during pregnancy.
news.ki.se/no-link-betw...
Love this! Avnor et al. (2025) show that empathy isn’t just in your head, it’s between two brains. Interbrain coupling helps us literally co-regulate distress together.
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
APA PsycNet
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September 11, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Love this! Avnor et al. (2025) show that empathy isn’t just in your head, it’s between two brains. Interbrain coupling helps us literally co-regulate distress together.
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
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🧠 We're hiring a computational postdoc!
3+ years with me & @mitulamehta.bsky.social on @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded social cognition/paranoia research at the IoPPN.
Lead & develop computational work, collaborate with experimentalists on psychosis/THC data.
DM for details! lnkd.in/eCMy9Jf5
3+ years with me & @mitulamehta.bsky.social on @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded social cognition/paranoia research at the IoPPN.
Lead & develop computational work, collaborate with experimentalists on psychosis/THC data.
DM for details! lnkd.in/eCMy9Jf5
September 3, 2025 at 7:13 AM
🧠 We're hiring a computational postdoc!
3+ years with me & @mitulamehta.bsky.social on @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded social cognition/paranoia research at the IoPPN.
Lead & develop computational work, collaborate with experimentalists on psychosis/THC data.
DM for details! lnkd.in/eCMy9Jf5
3+ years with me & @mitulamehta.bsky.social on @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded social cognition/paranoia research at the IoPPN.
Lead & develop computational work, collaborate with experimentalists on psychosis/THC data.
DM for details! lnkd.in/eCMy9Jf5
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Views of #Suicide-Bereaved Adults Regarding the Significance of the Deceased’s Death Date: our new article in the Journal of Loss & Trauma highlights the importance of future dates (eg birthdays; death anniversaries) as potential temporal risk factors for suicide www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Views of Suicide-Bereaved Adults Regarding the Significance of the Deceased’s Death Date
Empirical research suggests that the date of death by suicide may have had particular significance to the deceased, for example their birthday or an anniversary. However, no research has explored t...
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September 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Views of #Suicide-Bereaved Adults Regarding the Significance of the Deceased’s Death Date: our new article in the Journal of Loss & Trauma highlights the importance of future dates (eg birthdays; death anniversaries) as potential temporal risk factors for suicide www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Heading to Glasgow this week for #EABCT! It’s my first time attending a conference without presenting, so I’m excited to just soak up the great work and enjoy the discussions. If any of my Bluesky folks are around and fancy a coffee or a chat, let me know!
September 1, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Heading to Glasgow this week for #EABCT! It’s my first time attending a conference without presenting, so I’m excited to just soak up the great work and enjoy the discussions. If any of my Bluesky folks are around and fancy a coffee or a chat, let me know!
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New paper from our very own @jopavlopoulou.bsky.social and wonderful collaborative led by Prof Sonuga Barke.
In RE-STAR we are comparing Emotion Regulation Deficits (ERD) and Emotional Burden (EB) as potential mechanisms underpinning this risk.
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
In RE-STAR we are comparing Emotion Regulation Deficits (ERD) and Emotional Burden (EB) as potential mechanisms underpinning this risk.
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library
Background
Mental health problems are elevated in adolescents with ADHD and/or autism. Emotion regulation deficits (ERD) have been hypothesised as a key driver of such difficulties. The Regulating E.....
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
New paper from our very own @jopavlopoulou.bsky.social and wonderful collaborative led by Prof Sonuga Barke.
In RE-STAR we are comparing Emotion Regulation Deficits (ERD) and Emotional Burden (EB) as potential mechanisms underpinning this risk.
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
In RE-STAR we are comparing Emotion Regulation Deficits (ERD) and Emotional Burden (EB) as potential mechanisms underpinning this risk.
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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*New Paper* How genes for IQ shape brain organisation. Amazing work led by Alicja Monaghan @mrccbu.bsky.social reveals 2 ways. First, they’re associated w/ the ‘costs’ of network formation. Second, they define ‘high value’ areas within the network. How she did it…🧵
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Brain wiring economics, network organisation and population-level genomics
Abstract. What role do our genes play in shaping the structural organisation of the living human brain? Across a sample of 2,153 children (9–11 years old), we address this question, focusing on common...
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July 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
*New Paper* How genes for IQ shape brain organisation. Amazing work led by Alicja Monaghan @mrccbu.bsky.social reveals 2 ways. First, they’re associated w/ the ‘costs’ of network formation. Second, they define ‘high value’ areas within the network. How she did it…🧵
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
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#psychscisky
New publication supporting proposed mechanisms of change
Examining interrelations among trajectories of mindful awareness, acceptance, and values-consistent actions in acceptance-based behavioral therapy for generalized anxiety disorder www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New publication supporting proposed mechanisms of change
Examining interrelations among trajectories of mindful awareness, acceptance, and values-consistent actions in acceptance-based behavioral therapy for generalized anxiety disorder www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Examining interrelations among trajectories of mindful awareness, acceptance, and values-consistent actions in acceptance-based behavioral therapy for generalized anxiety disorder
The goal of this study was to understand how mindful awareness, acceptance, and values-consistent action change across acceptance-based behavioral therapy (ABBT) for generalized anxiety disorder (G...
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July 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
#psychscisky
New publication supporting proposed mechanisms of change
Examining interrelations among trajectories of mindful awareness, acceptance, and values-consistent actions in acceptance-based behavioral therapy for generalized anxiety disorder www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New publication supporting proposed mechanisms of change
Examining interrelations among trajectories of mindful awareness, acceptance, and values-consistent actions in acceptance-based behavioral therapy for generalized anxiety disorder www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Ido Shalev
Reposted by Ido Shalev
New #rstats blog up!
solomonkurz.netlify.app/blog/2025-07...
This is the first in a new series discussing causal inference with experimental data using multilevel models. My basic case is g-computation is the way to go.
solomonkurz.netlify.app/blog/2025-07...
This is the first in a new series discussing causal inference with experimental data using multilevel models. My basic case is g-computation is the way to go.
Within-person factorial experiments, log(normal) reaction-time data | A. Solomon Kurz
Causal inference with the GLMM, Part 1
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July 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
New #rstats blog up!
solomonkurz.netlify.app/blog/2025-07...
This is the first in a new series discussing causal inference with experimental data using multilevel models. My basic case is g-computation is the way to go.
solomonkurz.netlify.app/blog/2025-07...
This is the first in a new series discussing causal inference with experimental data using multilevel models. My basic case is g-computation is the way to go.
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🚨Thrilled to share a new paper on emotion ensemble processing in anxiety.
Threat biases arose in dual fashion, such that individuals with anxiety displayed:
• an attentional bias indicating threat avoidance
• a judgemental bias favouring threat
➡️ doi.org/10.1037/abn0...
🧠 @pandmlabhku.bsky.social
Threat biases arose in dual fashion, such that individuals with anxiety displayed:
• an attentional bias indicating threat avoidance
• a judgemental bias favouring threat
➡️ doi.org/10.1037/abn0...
🧠 @pandmlabhku.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🚨Thrilled to share a new paper on emotion ensemble processing in anxiety.
Threat biases arose in dual fashion, such that individuals with anxiety displayed:
• an attentional bias indicating threat avoidance
• a judgemental bias favouring threat
➡️ doi.org/10.1037/abn0...
🧠 @pandmlabhku.bsky.social
Threat biases arose in dual fashion, such that individuals with anxiety displayed:
• an attentional bias indicating threat avoidance
• a judgemental bias favouring threat
➡️ doi.org/10.1037/abn0...
🧠 @pandmlabhku.bsky.social
Highly recommend following Shachar’s brilliant #Rstats demos on his blog. Clear, insightful, and super helpful!
1/3 New post up! 📝 I took the workhorse 🔧 of binary modeling—logistic regression—and gave it a Bayesian tune-up using a Kaggle SMS-spam dataset.
July 14, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Highly recommend following Shachar’s brilliant #Rstats demos on his blog. Clear, insightful, and super helpful!
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Attractors are usually not mechanisms - new blog post: open.substack.com/pub/kording/...
Attractors are usually not mechanisms
The mathematical objects can not be. And the "attractor models" have not been established as mechanisms in mammals
open.substack.com
July 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Attractors are usually not mechanisms - new blog post: open.substack.com/pub/kording/...
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My first dissertation paper is out in Nature Mental Health! 🤩
With colleagues from @tudresden.bsky.social and @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social, we conducted a meta-analysis on the link between childhood trauma and interoception — our ability to sense internal bodily signals.
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With colleagues from @tudresden.bsky.social and @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social, we conducted a meta-analysis on the link between childhood trauma and interoception — our ability to sense internal bodily signals.
rdcu.be/eu8bo
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A meta-analytic review of child maltreatment and interoception
Nature Mental Health - Interoception, the perception of internal bodily signals, is crucial for mental and physical well-being, yet the origins of disruptions in interoception are not well...
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July 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
My first dissertation paper is out in Nature Mental Health! 🤩
With colleagues from @tudresden.bsky.social and @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social, we conducted a meta-analysis on the link between childhood trauma and interoception — our ability to sense internal bodily signals.
rdcu.be/eu8bo
1/🧵
With colleagues from @tudresden.bsky.social and @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social, we conducted a meta-analysis on the link between childhood trauma and interoception — our ability to sense internal bodily signals.
rdcu.be/eu8bo
1/🧵
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New research tracks how empathic disequilibrium, the balance between emotional and cognitive empathy, shifts from age 3-12: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Change in empathic disequilibrium across childhood and associations with socioemotional difficulties - European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Empathy, a socioemotional capacity with emotional and cognitive components, develops from infancy onward. An imbalance between these components, termed empathic disequilibrium, is related to socioemot...
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June 30, 2025 at 12:08 PM
New research tracks how empathic disequilibrium, the balance between emotional and cognitive empathy, shifts from age 3-12: link.springer.com/article/10.1...