James Kilner
@jameskilner.bsky.social
Professor of Neuroscience at UCL, London. My research is focussed on Interoception, Predictive coding, Social Cognition and social interactions and Movement Disorders
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Excited to share our work making an "allostasis-first" case that brain function is most productively framed in terms of its core regulatory function. We also introduce some new ideas in the context of metabolism and cognitive function in Alzheimer's.
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
October 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Excited to share our work making an "allostasis-first" case that brain function is most productively framed in terms of its core regulatory function. We also introduce some new ideas in the context of metabolism and cognitive function in Alzheimer's.
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
I did a small thing for the BBC on the remarkable increase in people listening to ambient music.
Here
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
and here
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Here
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
and here
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Why modern life has us turning to ambient music - BBC Sounds
Dani Thomas explores the genre's surge in popularity
www.bbc.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I did a small thing for the BBC on the remarkable increase in people listening to ambient music.
Here
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
and here
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Here
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
and here
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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🫁❤️New preprint out: The social, decoupled self
We show effects of interpersonal synchronization of physiological rhythms on intrapersonal cardiorespiratory coupling: when we sync our breathing, our breathing–heart rhythms decouple, with a perturbed phase-relationship
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We show effects of interpersonal synchronization of physiological rhythms on intrapersonal cardiorespiratory coupling: when we sync our breathing, our breathing–heart rhythms decouple, with a perturbed phase-relationship
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The social, decoupled self: interpersonal synchronization of breathing alters intrapersonal cardiorespiratory coupling
People synchronize their periodic behavioural and physiological rhythms with each other during social interaction. While this interpersonal synchronization has largely been associated with positive ef...
www.biorxiv.org
October 4, 2025 at 11:47 AM
🫁❤️New preprint out: The social, decoupled self
We show effects of interpersonal synchronization of physiological rhythms on intrapersonal cardiorespiratory coupling: when we sync our breathing, our breathing–heart rhythms decouple, with a perturbed phase-relationship
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We show effects of interpersonal synchronization of physiological rhythms on intrapersonal cardiorespiratory coupling: when we sync our breathing, our breathing–heart rhythms decouple, with a perturbed phase-relationship
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Post doc job alert 📢! Announcing a v exciting job on a Wellcome-funded project in my group at UCL, looking at auditory hallucinations... Advert here 👀: rb.gy/230w8l - deadline is end of Oct. Please apply! 1/5
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
rb.gy
September 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Post doc job alert 📢! Announcing a v exciting job on a Wellcome-funded project in my group at UCL, looking at auditory hallucinations... Advert here 👀: rb.gy/230w8l - deadline is end of Oct. Please apply! 1/5
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I'm thrilled to share that our new paper is now published in Psychophysiology (Open Access):
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@zacndr.bsky.social @teamlabuda.bsky.social @fraferri.bsky.social @danlikesbrains.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@zacndr.bsky.social @teamlabuda.bsky.social @fraferri.bsky.social @danlikesbrains.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I'm thrilled to share that our new paper is now published in Psychophysiology (Open Access):
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@zacndr.bsky.social @teamlabuda.bsky.social @fraferri.bsky.social @danlikesbrains.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@zacndr.bsky.social @teamlabuda.bsky.social @fraferri.bsky.social @danlikesbrains.bsky.social
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Symposium submissions are now open for #SANS2026 in San Diego! The deadline for these submissions is November 17th at 23:59 Pacific. Check out the submission guidelines here: socialaffectiveneuro.org/symposia-gui...
Symposia Guidelines - Social Affective Neuroscience Society
socialaffectiveneuro.org
September 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Symposium submissions are now open for #SANS2026 in San Diego! The deadline for these submissions is November 17th at 23:59 Pacific. Check out the submission guidelines here: socialaffectiveneuro.org/symposia-gui...
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In our Trends in Cogn Sci paper we point to the connectivity crisis in task-based human EEG/MEG research: many connectivity metrics, too little replication. Time for community-wide benchmarking to build robust, generalisable measures across labs & tasks. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Confronting the connectivity crisis in human M/EEG research
The cognitive neuroscience community using M/EEG has not converged on measures of task-related inter-regional brain connectivity that generalize acros…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
In our Trends in Cogn Sci paper we point to the connectivity crisis in task-based human EEG/MEG research: many connectivity metrics, too little replication. Time for community-wide benchmarking to build robust, generalisable measures across labs & tasks. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Using SPM to show that people's faces change colour with their heartbeat.- The centre face is aligned to the R-peak and the red colour shows areas of the face where there is an increase in the green colour in the image and blue a decrease. #neuroscience #social #interoception #heartbeats
September 2, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Using SPM to show that people's faces change colour with their heartbeat.- The centre face is aligned to the R-peak and the red colour shows areas of the face where there is an increase in the green colour in the image and blue a decrease. #neuroscience #social #interoception #heartbeats
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3 (!) open PhD positions at @maastrichtu.bsky.social focusing on brain and bodily oscillations and their role in cognition: vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
PhD Candidates - Flexible Oscillatory Workspace (FLOW)
PhD Candidates - Flexible Oscillatory Workspace (FLOW)
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl
August 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
3 (!) open PhD positions at @maastrichtu.bsky.social focusing on brain and bodily oscillations and their role in cognition: vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
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We are recruiting a new PI at the FIL @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social, Associate or Full Professor. This is an amazing place to do cognitive neuroscience, in the heart of London. If you or someone you know might be interested, please pass it on. #neuroskyence
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
August 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
We are recruiting a new PI at the FIL @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social, Associate or Full Professor. This is an amazing place to do cognitive neuroscience, in the heart of London. If you or someone you know might be interested, please pass it on. #neuroskyence
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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🚨 We’re running a short self-report study on how BREATHING interacts with your daily life 🫁🌍
We're struggling to find participants and would truly appreciate your help; it only takes a few minutes.
👉 You can participate here: shorturl.at/rwwXc
🙏 Feel free to share the link with others. Thank you!
We're struggling to find participants and would truly appreciate your help; it only takes a few minutes.
👉 You can participate here: shorturl.at/rwwXc
🙏 Feel free to share the link with others. Thank you!
Breathing Through Your Day: A Brief Reflection Survey
You move, interact, speak, listen, think, and feel. Life unfolds through a rich variety of experiences and tasks.
test.uib.es
July 25, 2025 at 8:17 AM
🚨 We’re running a short self-report study on how BREATHING interacts with your daily life 🫁🌍
We're struggling to find participants and would truly appreciate your help; it only takes a few minutes.
👉 You can participate here: shorturl.at/rwwXc
🙏 Feel free to share the link with others. Thank you!
We're struggling to find participants and would truly appreciate your help; it only takes a few minutes.
👉 You can participate here: shorturl.at/rwwXc
🙏 Feel free to share the link with others. Thank you!
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Making Sense of Sensation: A model of Interoceptive Attribution and Appraisal with Clinical applications
New preprint from @drhannahsavage.bsky.social & @sarahgarf.bsky.social
#interoception #neuroskyence 🧠🫀🫁
osf.io/preprints/ps...
New preprint from @drhannahsavage.bsky.social & @sarahgarf.bsky.social
#interoception #neuroskyence 🧠🫀🫁
osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
July 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Making Sense of Sensation: A model of Interoceptive Attribution and Appraisal with Clinical applications
New preprint from @drhannahsavage.bsky.social & @sarahgarf.bsky.social
#interoception #neuroskyence 🧠🫀🫁
osf.io/preprints/ps...
New preprint from @drhannahsavage.bsky.social & @sarahgarf.bsky.social
#interoception #neuroskyence 🧠🫀🫁
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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🚨 New paper out!
Phase confusion: How inconsistent cardiac labeling obscures interoception research 🫀🧠
We unpack methodological incosistencies and propose a way forward with the HEARTS framework.
In Biol. Psychol. - Open Access:
🔗 shorturl.at/YJhyn
1st paper of great @angeliacaparco.bsky.social!
Phase confusion: How inconsistent cardiac labeling obscures interoception research 🫀🧠
We unpack methodological incosistencies and propose a way forward with the HEARTS framework.
In Biol. Psychol. - Open Access:
🔗 shorturl.at/YJhyn
1st paper of great @angeliacaparco.bsky.social!
July 4, 2025 at 9:11 AM
🚨 New paper out!
Phase confusion: How inconsistent cardiac labeling obscures interoception research 🫀🧠
We unpack methodological incosistencies and propose a way forward with the HEARTS framework.
In Biol. Psychol. - Open Access:
🔗 shorturl.at/YJhyn
1st paper of great @angeliacaparco.bsky.social!
Phase confusion: How inconsistent cardiac labeling obscures interoception research 🫀🧠
We unpack methodological incosistencies and propose a way forward with the HEARTS framework.
In Biol. Psychol. - Open Access:
🔗 shorturl.at/YJhyn
1st paper of great @angeliacaparco.bsky.social!
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The Royal Society is offering £4 million per researcher for scientists in the USA who want to move to the UK. The money offered is £30 million in all for all the Fellowships. These Faraday Fellowships are for 5 to 10 years.
June 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The Royal Society is offering £4 million per researcher for scientists in the USA who want to move to the UK. The money offered is £30 million in all for all the Fellowships. These Faraday Fellowships are for 5 to 10 years.
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🧠 NEW REVIEW
"Interoceptive Rhythms & Perceptual Experience
Mechanisms, Contexts & Strategies for Real-World Research"
How heart, lungs & gut shape what we see, feel & do—& how to study it in everyday life.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4ex7chdr
#NeuroSky #Interoception #Perception
👇 Thread 🧵
"Interoceptive Rhythms & Perceptual Experience
Mechanisms, Contexts & Strategies for Real-World Research"
How heart, lungs & gut shape what we see, feel & do—& how to study it in everyday life.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4ex7chdr
#NeuroSky #Interoception #Perception
👇 Thread 🧵
OSF
tinyurl.com
May 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM
🧠 NEW REVIEW
"Interoceptive Rhythms & Perceptual Experience
Mechanisms, Contexts & Strategies for Real-World Research"
How heart, lungs & gut shape what we see, feel & do—& how to study it in everyday life.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4ex7chdr
#NeuroSky #Interoception #Perception
👇 Thread 🧵
"Interoceptive Rhythms & Perceptual Experience
Mechanisms, Contexts & Strategies for Real-World Research"
How heart, lungs & gut shape what we see, feel & do—& how to study it in everyday life.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4ex7chdr
#NeuroSky #Interoception #Perception
👇 Thread 🧵
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🚨 Early-bird deadline approaching! ⏳
Only 3 days left to early-bird registration for Adriatica2025 🫀🫁🧠
📍 Pescara, Italy | 8–12 September 2025
Secure your spot by May 15th to benefit from reduced rates!
www.dnisc.unich.it/pagina-adria...
@fraferri.bsky.social @lauramrz.bsky.social
Only 3 days left to early-bird registration for Adriatica2025 🫀🫁🧠
📍 Pescara, Italy | 8–12 September 2025
Secure your spot by May 15th to benefit from reduced rates!
www.dnisc.unich.it/pagina-adria...
@fraferri.bsky.social @lauramrz.bsky.social
May 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
🚨 Early-bird deadline approaching! ⏳
Only 3 days left to early-bird registration for Adriatica2025 🫀🫁🧠
📍 Pescara, Italy | 8–12 September 2025
Secure your spot by May 15th to benefit from reduced rates!
www.dnisc.unich.it/pagina-adria...
@fraferri.bsky.social @lauramrz.bsky.social
Only 3 days left to early-bird registration for Adriatica2025 🫀🫁🧠
📍 Pescara, Italy | 8–12 September 2025
Secure your spot by May 15th to benefit from reduced rates!
www.dnisc.unich.it/pagina-adria...
@fraferri.bsky.social @lauramrz.bsky.social
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Don't miss our upcoming #SPM course for #EEG & #MEG online from 19-22 May 2025! 🧠
We'll cover preprocessing, source reconstruction, DCM & OPM analyses. Practicals will include SPM-Python!
Programme: www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/spm/docs/cou...
Register by May 11th 👇 onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-...
We'll cover preprocessing, source reconstruction, DCM & OPM analyses. Practicals will include SPM-Python!
Programme: www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/spm/docs/cou...
Register by May 11th 👇 onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-...
Course schedule - SPM Documentation
Documentation of the SPM Software for neuroimaging
www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk
May 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Don't miss our upcoming #SPM course for #EEG & #MEG online from 19-22 May 2025! 🧠
We'll cover preprocessing, source reconstruction, DCM & OPM analyses. Practicals will include SPM-Python!
Programme: www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/spm/docs/cou...
Register by May 11th 👇 onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-...
We'll cover preprocessing, source reconstruction, DCM & OPM analyses. Practicals will include SPM-Python!
Programme: www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/spm/docs/cou...
Register by May 11th 👇 onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-...
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Preprint updated. One of the edits: including a set of recommendations under the acronym HEARTS 👇
March 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Preprint updated. One of the edits: including a set of recommendations under the acronym HEARTS 👇
In July 2026 my wife is taking part in an artist and scientific residency to the Arctic Circle. She is raising funds for part of this trip. If you are in a position to be able to help in any way please see the links below. Thank you
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#arctic #climatechange
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#arctic #climatechange
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March 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
In July 2026 my wife is taking part in an artist and scientific residency to the Arctic Circle. She is raising funds for part of this trip. If you are in a position to be able to help in any way please see the links below. Thank you
tinyurl.com/2bkebnhf
tinyurl.com/bdhdazy3
#arctic #climatechange
tinyurl.com/2bkebnhf
tinyurl.com/bdhdazy3
#arctic #climatechange
Looking for any papers that report a significant increase in any effect (not motor) in systole compared with diastole. I think I have an exhaustive list but just checking that I have not missed any. If you know of any please let me know. Thanks #interoception #cardiac
February 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Looking for any papers that report a significant increase in any effect (not motor) in systole compared with diastole. I think I have an exhaustive list but just checking that I have not missed any. If you know of any please let me know. Thanks #interoception #cardiac
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There are currently three open faculty positions (all levels) in my department (Psychology)
Oslo is a lovely city, modestly sized (600k) but a capital, surrounded by forest and the fjord
We're also a stable democracy with high support of and trust in science
www.sv.uio.no/english/abou...
Oslo is a lovely city, modestly sized (600k) but a capital, surrounded by forest and the fjord
We're also a stable democracy with high support of and trust in science
www.sv.uio.no/english/abou...
Jobs and vacancies - Faculty of Social Sciences
Read this story on the University of Oslo's website.
www.sv.uio.no
February 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
There are currently three open faculty positions (all levels) in my department (Psychology)
Oslo is a lovely city, modestly sized (600k) but a capital, surrounded by forest and the fjord
We're also a stable democracy with high support of and trust in science
www.sv.uio.no/english/abou...
Oslo is a lovely city, modestly sized (600k) but a capital, surrounded by forest and the fjord
We're also a stable democracy with high support of and trust in science
www.sv.uio.no/english/abou...
Excellent opportunity to come and join us at the ICN
ICN is hiring at Prof / reader level. Come and join the best and most fabulous cognitive neuroscience department anywhere www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/.... Please share
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
January 22, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Excellent opportunity to come and join us at the ICN
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🚨 New funded PhD position at UCL 🚨
Funding is provided for a PhD student in our new centre to help work with Fiona Zisch & Sean Hanna to apply agent-based-modelling to analyse the crazy data set from 100+ people navigating a giant maze in PEARL. See details:
www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/arc...
Funding is provided for a PhD student in our new centre to help work with Fiona Zisch & Sean Hanna to apply agent-based-modelling to analyse the crazy data set from 100+ people navigating a giant maze in PEARL. See details:
www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/arc...
January 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
🚨 New funded PhD position at UCL 🚨
Funding is provided for a PhD student in our new centre to help work with Fiona Zisch & Sean Hanna to apply agent-based-modelling to analyse the crazy data set from 100+ people navigating a giant maze in PEARL. See details:
www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/arc...
Funding is provided for a PhD student in our new centre to help work with Fiona Zisch & Sean Hanna to apply agent-based-modelling to analyse the crazy data set from 100+ people navigating a giant maze in PEARL. See details:
www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/arc...