Lydia Hickman
@lydiajhickman.bsky.social
Research Associate at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit | interoception, cognition & mental health | (she/her)
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How is the body experienced in mental health conditions? 🧠🫀🫁
Our (@gabmackie.bsky.social) new paper in eClinicalMedicine explores lived experiences and patient priorities for interoception research. 🧵1/n
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Our (@gabmackie.bsky.social) new paper in eClinicalMedicine explores lived experiences and patient priorities for interoception research. 🧵1/n
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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In a large, preregistered study (see preprint), we compared InteroMap to emBODY. Overall, InteroMap demonstrated superior construct validity and usability
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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(PDF) InteroMap: A Novel Tool to Map the Phenomenology of Bodily Sensations
PDF | Interoception, the processing of internal bodily states, contributes to human behaviour through multiple cognitive and affective processes,... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ...
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November 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
In a large, preregistered study (see preprint), we compared InteroMap to emBODY. Overall, InteroMap demonstrated superior construct validity and usability
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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Very happy to see this published! Registered report led by the fantastic Sophie Sowden-Carvalho (and with @thepsychologist.bsky.social & @brainapps.bsky.social) looking at effort-based prosocial decision-making in autistic and non-autistic adults. tinyurl.com/3upvukt2
See thread below for more info⭐️
See thread below for more info⭐️
Autistic and non-autistic prosocial decision-making: The impact of recipient neurotype
A body of research suggests cross-neurotype interpersonal interactions may be more challenging, and non-autistic individuals show less interest in int…
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October 10, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Very happy to see this published! Registered report led by the fantastic Sophie Sowden-Carvalho (and with @thepsychologist.bsky.social & @brainapps.bsky.social) looking at effort-based prosocial decision-making in autistic and non-autistic adults. tinyurl.com/3upvukt2
See thread below for more info⭐️
See thread below for more info⭐️
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🚨 PhD Opportunity! 🚨
Come investigate the mechanistic role of dopamine in emotion processing with Prof Jennifer Cook - @thechbh.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social
MIBTP-funded PhD, using behavioural, computational and pharmacological approaches. Get in touch and please share!
Come investigate the mechanistic role of dopamine in emotion processing with Prof Jennifer Cook - @thechbh.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social
MIBTP-funded PhD, using behavioural, computational and pharmacological approaches. Get in touch and please share!
October 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🚨 PhD Opportunity! 🚨
Come investigate the mechanistic role of dopamine in emotion processing with Prof Jennifer Cook - @thechbh.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social
MIBTP-funded PhD, using behavioural, computational and pharmacological approaches. Get in touch and please share!
Come investigate the mechanistic role of dopamine in emotion processing with Prof Jennifer Cook - @thechbh.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social
MIBTP-funded PhD, using behavioural, computational and pharmacological approaches. Get in touch and please share!
Reposted by Lydia Hickman
What drives the bidirectional relationship between metabolic and mental ill-health?
Read our new metabolic psychiatry paper, “An interoceptive model of energy allostasis linking metabolic and mental health” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... led by @saramehrhof.bsky.social @hugofleming.bsky.social
Read our new metabolic psychiatry paper, “An interoceptive model of energy allostasis linking metabolic and mental health” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... led by @saramehrhof.bsky.social @hugofleming.bsky.social
An interoceptive model of energy allostasis linking metabolic and mental health
Interactions between metabolic interoception and regulation may drive comorbidity between mental and metabolic ill-health.
www.science.org
September 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
What drives the bidirectional relationship between metabolic and mental ill-health?
Read our new metabolic psychiatry paper, “An interoceptive model of energy allostasis linking metabolic and mental health” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... led by @saramehrhof.bsky.social @hugofleming.bsky.social
Read our new metabolic psychiatry paper, “An interoceptive model of energy allostasis linking metabolic and mental health” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... led by @saramehrhof.bsky.social @hugofleming.bsky.social
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Does what you eat really shape your brain, and mental health? Or is it the other way around? Come discover how metabolism links body, brain, and mood with @camillanord.bsky.social at the Arches London Bridge for a SeedTalk on 30 September www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/metabolism...
September 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Does what you eat really shape your brain, and mental health? Or is it the other way around? Come discover how metabolism links body, brain, and mood with @camillanord.bsky.social at the Arches London Bridge for a SeedTalk on 30 September www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/metabolism...
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New qualitative paper! A foray into gastric interception. @lucysta02475610.bsky.social ran a LOT of focus groups, across groups with eating disorders, gastric disorders and neither, to understand how people experience the sensations from their GI system. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"I feel full with shame": A qualitative perspective on gastric interoceptive sensibility
“Am I hungry? Did I overeat at lunch?” Gastric interoception - the sensing, interpretation, and regulation of signals from the gastrointestinal system…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 13, 2025 at 7:03 AM
New qualitative paper! A foray into gastric interception. @lucysta02475610.bsky.social ran a LOT of focus groups, across groups with eating disorders, gastric disorders and neither, to understand how people experience the sensations from their GI system. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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In this @cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social Spotlight, I describe how a recent paper by @leahbanellis.bsky.social, @brainandstomach.bsky.social, et al. opens new avenues in interoception research, including those focussed on the subjective interpretation of internal signals: www.cell.com/trends/neuro...
Stomach–brain synchronisation is associated with poorer mental health
In common parlance, ‘being in touch with your body’ is often used positively. However,
in a recent study, Banellis, Rebollo, and colleagues show that better stomach–brain
synchronisation is actually a...
www.cell.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:32 AM
In this @cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social Spotlight, I describe how a recent paper by @leahbanellis.bsky.social, @brainandstomach.bsky.social, et al. opens new avenues in interoception research, including those focussed on the subjective interpretation of internal signals: www.cell.com/trends/neuro...
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A good reminder that THE BRAIN 👏🏼 IS CONNECTED 👏🏼 TO THE BODY 👏🏼 100% OF THE TIME 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
(please repeat loudly for the people in the back)
#medsky #neuroskyence 🧠🧪
(please repeat loudly for the people in the back)
#medsky #neuroskyence 🧠🧪
Early Improvement of Mental Health is Associated with Long-term Disease Remission in Ulcerative Colitis
Zheng & Huang, et al.
📕 doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0000000000003638
Zheng & Huang, et al.
📕 doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0000000000003638
August 1, 2025 at 5:36 AM
A good reminder that THE BRAIN 👏🏼 IS CONNECTED 👏🏼 TO THE BODY 👏🏼 100% OF THE TIME 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
(please repeat loudly for the people in the back)
#medsky #neuroskyence 🧠🧪
(please repeat loudly for the people in the back)
#medsky #neuroskyence 🧠🧪
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I'm looking for ~25 more people with a gastrointestinal disorder to complete an online survey on interoception. You can find this survey here: sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/l...
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Lucy Stafford - Take part in my research
⬇️Scroll down for links to the BODY experiment and the online surveys.⬇️
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July 31, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I'm looking for ~25 more people with a gastrointestinal disorder to complete an online survey on interoception. You can find this survey here: sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/l...
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Got Butterflies in your Stomach? I am super excited to share the first major study of my postdoc @the-ecg.bsky.social - Now out in @natmentalhealth.nature.com! We report a multidimensional mental health signature of stomach-brain coupling in the largest sample to date www.nature.com/articles/s44...
July 30, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Got Butterflies in your Stomach? I am super excited to share the first major study of my postdoc @the-ecg.bsky.social - Now out in @natmentalhealth.nature.com! We report a multidimensional mental health signature of stomach-brain coupling in the largest sample to date www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Periods at work: not just a nuisance, but a neurological and emotional storm. Grab a cuppa, then read Rebecca’s @beccasue99.bsky.social brilliant take.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-go-with...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-go-with...
July 23, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Periods at work: not just a nuisance, but a neurological and emotional storm. Grab a cuppa, then read Rebecca’s @beccasue99.bsky.social brilliant take.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-go-with...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-go-with...
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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 🧠🫀🫁
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New preprint from @drhannahsavage.bsky.social & @sarahgarf.bsky.social
#interoception #neuroskyence 🧠🫀🫁
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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 🧠🫀🫁
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New preprint from @drhannahsavage.bsky.social & @sarahgarf.bsky.social
#interoception #neuroskyence 🧠🫀🫁
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Finally, the amazing Professor Camilla Nord presents on interoception - including some cool lived experience work on body sensations, and work on disgust and gastric rhythms, alongside work on energy conservation. #BAP2025
June 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Finally, the amazing Professor Camilla Nord presents on interoception - including some cool lived experience work on body sensations, and work on disgust and gastric rhythms, alongside work on energy conservation. #BAP2025
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New paper by @lydiajhickman.bsky.social discusses potential reasons for high rates of Parkinson’s disease diagnosis in the autistic population: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
High rates of Parkinson’s disease diagnosis in the autistic population: True co-occurrence or a product of overlapping traits?
Older autistic adult literature is sparse, and little is known about the aging autistic population. However, recent evidence suggests an increased pre…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 24, 2025 at 7:36 AM
New paper by @lydiajhickman.bsky.social discusses potential reasons for high rates of Parkinson’s disease diagnosis in the autistic population: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Ever get distracted by your own body? We call this "body-wandering." 🧠🫀
Our latest study uncovers its neural fingerprint and the link to ADHD & depression symptoms. Awesome write-up by our own @leahbanellis.bsky.social, in Psyche Magazine!
psyche.co/ideas/how-mu...
#neuroscience #research #ADHD
Our latest study uncovers its neural fingerprint and the link to ADHD & depression symptoms. Awesome write-up by our own @leahbanellis.bsky.social, in Psyche Magazine!
psyche.co/ideas/how-mu...
#neuroscience #research #ADHD
How much you ‘body-wander’ could affect your mental health | Psyche Ideas
Some people tune into bodily sensations while daydreaming, others don’t – with implications for anxiety, depression and ADHD
psyche.co
June 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Ever get distracted by your own body? We call this "body-wandering." 🧠🫀
Our latest study uncovers its neural fingerprint and the link to ADHD & depression symptoms. Awesome write-up by our own @leahbanellis.bsky.social, in Psyche Magazine!
psyche.co/ideas/how-mu...
#neuroscience #research #ADHD
Our latest study uncovers its neural fingerprint and the link to ADHD & depression symptoms. Awesome write-up by our own @leahbanellis.bsky.social, in Psyche Magazine!
psyche.co/ideas/how-mu...
#neuroscience #research #ADHD
My new paper with Jennifer Cook sets out potential reasons for high rates of Parkinson's disease (PD) diagnosis in the autistic population: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @mrccbu.bsky.social @thechbh.bsky.social 🧵1/n
High rates of Parkinson’s Disease diagnosis in the autistic population: true co-occurrence or a product of overlapping traits?
Older autistic adult literature is sparse, and little is known about the aging autistic population. However, recent evidence suggests an increased pre…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 16, 2025 at 11:53 AM
My new paper with Jennifer Cook sets out potential reasons for high rates of Parkinson's disease (PD) diagnosis in the autistic population: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @mrccbu.bsky.social @thechbh.bsky.social 🧵1/n
Reposted by Lydia Hickman
On autism, movement & Parkinson's disease (PD), important, free www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... "If it is the case that older autistic individuals are sometimes falsely diagnosed with PD on the basis of outward appearances... the PD diagnosis procedure must be overhauled to guard against this"
High rates of Parkinson’s Disease diagnosis in the autistic population: true co-occurrence or a product of overlapping traits?
Older autistic adult literature is sparse, and little is known about the aging autistic population. However, recent evidence suggests an increased pre…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
On autism, movement & Parkinson's disease (PD), important, free www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... "If it is the case that older autistic individuals are sometimes falsely diagnosed with PD on the basis of outward appearances... the PD diagnosis procedure must be overhauled to guard against this"
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For Nature, women make up around 16% of corresponding authors who submit manuscripts — a percentage unchanged from 2018. Women comprise some 18% of corresponding authors who submit papers to Nature Communications and the Nature-branded research journals.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gender equality in research publishing is a responsibility for everyone
A concerted effort is needed to support women in their choice of journal when submitting their manuscript.
www.nature.com
June 2, 2025 at 12:17 PM
For Nature, women make up around 16% of corresponding authors who submit manuscripts — a percentage unchanged from 2018. Women comprise some 18% of corresponding authors who submit papers to Nature Communications and the Nature-branded research journals.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
New article in @psychmag.bsky.social: What Louise Thompson’s Lucky reveals about the mind-body connection
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www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
What Louise Thompson’s Lucky reveals about the mind-body connection | BPS
Dr Lydia Hickman reviews Louise Thompson's book, 'Lucky: Learning to Live Again'.
www.bps.org.uk
May 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
New article in @psychmag.bsky.social: What Louise Thompson’s Lucky reveals about the mind-body connection
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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What Louise Thompson’s Lucky reveals about the mind-body connection…
@lydiajhickman.bsky.social reviews Louise Thompson's book, 'Lucky: Learning to Live Again'.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
@lydiajhickman.bsky.social reviews Louise Thompson's book, 'Lucky: Learning to Live Again'.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
What Louise Thompson’s Lucky reveals about the mind-body connection | BPS
Dr Lydia Hickman reviews Louise Thompson's book, 'Lucky: Learning to Live Again'.
www.bps.org.uk
May 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
What Louise Thompson’s Lucky reveals about the mind-body connection…
@lydiajhickman.bsky.social reviews Louise Thompson's book, 'Lucky: Learning to Live Again'.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
@lydiajhickman.bsky.social reviews Louise Thompson's book, 'Lucky: Learning to Live Again'.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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Job claxon! Our fantastic colleague Hélio Cuve is looking for a postdoc with expertise in social or affective neuroscience. His lab does cool work on the role of bodily signals in emotions. Apply now!
For more info and/or to apply, see: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
For more info and/or to apply, see: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
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May 7, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Job claxon! Our fantastic colleague Hélio Cuve is looking for a postdoc with expertise in social or affective neuroscience. His lab does cool work on the role of bodily signals in emotions. Apply now!
For more info and/or to apply, see: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
For more info and/or to apply, see: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Such a wonderful #BNA2025 conference in sunny Liverpool! Really enjoyed everything on offer for ECRs and the particularly amazing conference dinner location. Thanks so much to the organisers!
April 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Such a wonderful #BNA2025 conference in sunny Liverpool! Really enjoyed everything on offer for ECRs and the particularly amazing conference dinner location. Thanks so much to the organisers!
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so, so excited to share our new theory which endeavours to answer why depression and poor metabolic health go hand-in-hand: "An interoceptive model of energy allostasis linking metabolic and mental health" 💪🧠🔋 @saramehrhof.bsky.social
@hugofleming.bsky.social
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@hugofleming.bsky.social
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April 28, 2025 at 9:42 AM
so, so excited to share our new theory which endeavours to answer why depression and poor metabolic health go hand-in-hand: "An interoceptive model of energy allostasis linking metabolic and mental health" 💪🧠🔋 @saramehrhof.bsky.social
@hugofleming.bsky.social
osf.io/preprints/ps...
@hugofleming.bsky.social
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Thrilled to see @lydiajhickman.bsky.social win the BNA Postgraduate Prize @britishneuro.bsky.social in Liverpool. Hard to think of a better start to a conference!
April 28, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Thrilled to see @lydiajhickman.bsky.social win the BNA Postgraduate Prize @britishneuro.bsky.social in Liverpool. Hard to think of a better start to a conference!
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Whilst I'm on a roll posting to Bluesky, I'd like to share a recent pre-print that's now under review! We looked at how people with eating disorders, a gastric disorder, or neither disorder experience sensations from their gastrointestinal system (gastric interoception). 1/⬇️
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April 24, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Whilst I'm on a roll posting to Bluesky, I'd like to share a recent pre-print that's now under review! We looked at how people with eating disorders, a gastric disorder, or neither disorder experience sensations from their gastrointestinal system (gastric interoception). 1/⬇️
osf.io/preprints/os...
osf.io/preprints/os...