Madeline V. Stein
@madelinestein.bsky.social
(she/her) PhD student at King’s College London | Experimental psychology | Suggestion effects & suggestibility across contexts
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Our lab has been lucky to know and work with Kirsty Mason for many years - she’s an incredible woman whose strength and openness have taught us so much about recovery and resilience 💛 If you can, please check out her GoFundMe and show some support! gofund.me/0283e864d
Donate to From Trauma to Triumph: My 18-Year Life Day Journey, organized by Kirsty Mason
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November 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Our lab has been lucky to know and work with Kirsty Mason for many years - she’s an incredible woman whose strength and openness have taught us so much about recovery and resilience 💛 If you can, please check out her GoFundMe and show some support! gofund.me/0283e864d
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⭐ Today we have something from our #scicomm (SC) project! ⭐
This new book is aimed at healthcare professionals and shows how the #placeboeffect and #treatmentexpectation can be used positively when dealing with patients. 👩⚕️👨⚕️
Read it here (physical copy/ebook) ➡️ link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
This new book is aimed at healthcare professionals and shows how the #placeboeffect and #treatmentexpectation can be used positively when dealing with patients. 👩⚕️👨⚕️
Read it here (physical copy/ebook) ➡️ link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
November 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
⭐ Today we have something from our #scicomm (SC) project! ⭐
This new book is aimed at healthcare professionals and shows how the #placeboeffect and #treatmentexpectation can be used positively when dealing with patients. 👩⚕️👨⚕️
Read it here (physical copy/ebook) ➡️ link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
This new book is aimed at healthcare professionals and shows how the #placeboeffect and #treatmentexpectation can be used positively when dealing with patients. 👩⚕️👨⚕️
Read it here (physical copy/ebook) ➡️ link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
we are still recruiting!
healthy uk adults based in #london, come get your #eeg measured while inhaling #nitrousoxide or medical air
healthy uk adults based in #london, come get your #eeg measured while inhaling #nitrousoxide or medical air
September 2, 2025 at 9:26 AM
we are still recruiting!
healthy uk adults based in #london, come get your #eeg measured while inhaling #nitrousoxide or medical air
healthy uk adults based in #london, come get your #eeg measured while inhaling #nitrousoxide or medical air
@devinterhune.bsky.social and I have a new invited paper out in the #IJCEH. if you're interested in #psychedelics, #hypnosis, #suggestion, #placebo or #nocebo effects—this is worth a read 🤓
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Suggestion Effects in Psychedelics: Confounds and Opportunities
The resurgence of interest in psychedelics has led to their widespread, and often uncritical, promotion within both popular media and scientific communities. This heightened enthusiasm complicates ...
www.tandfonline.com
July 29, 2025 at 11:48 AM
@devinterhune.bsky.social and I have a new invited paper out in the #IJCEH. if you're interested in #psychedelics, #hypnosis, #suggestion, #placebo or #nocebo effects—this is worth a read 🤓
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Had a great time at @sipsplacebo.bsky.social 2025 w/ my supervisor @devinterhune.bsky.social 🥳 i presented two meta-analyses on responsiveness to verbal suggestions (REVS) in #placebo and #nocebo responding & one experiment looking at suggestion effects & REVS in placebo #psychedelic responding.
June 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Had a great time at @sipsplacebo.bsky.social 2025 w/ my supervisor @devinterhune.bsky.social 🥳 i presented two meta-analyses on responsiveness to verbal suggestions (REVS) in #placebo and #nocebo responding & one experiment looking at suggestion effects & REVS in placebo #psychedelic responding.
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Applications are open for the Plasticity Lab summer internship at the University of Cambridge @mrccbu.bsky.social 🦾 Work with an interdisciplinary team on motor augmentation and wearable tech, exploring enhancement of movement capabilities 🧠 Apply by April 15th: plasticity-lab.com/internship
April 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Applications are open for the Plasticity Lab summer internship at the University of Cambridge @mrccbu.bsky.social 🦾 Work with an interdisciplinary team on motor augmentation and wearable tech, exploring enhancement of movement capabilities 🧠 Apply by April 15th: plasticity-lab.com/internship
Five years since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic - & we’re still learning from its legacy. This review was led by @alexfmartin.bsky.social & synthesised evidence from 36 studies examining how #selfisolation impacted #wellbing in adults. Very important work!
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
The impact of self-isolation on psychological wellbeing in adults and how to reduce it: A systematic review
Objective To synthesise evidence on the impact of self-isolation at home on the psychological and emotional wellbeing of adults in the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods This s...
journals.plos.org
April 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Five years since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic - & we’re still learning from its legacy. This review was led by @alexfmartin.bsky.social & synthesised evidence from 36 studies examining how #selfisolation impacted #wellbing in adults. Very important work!
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
we have another new #meta-analysis out now in Personality & Individual Differences. 🎉 Hopefully this work will put to rest ongoing debates about the nature of #hypnotic vs non-hypnotic #suggestibility.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Revisiting the domain of suggestion: A meta-analysis of suggestibility across different contexts
Trait responsiveness to verbal suggestions (suggestibility) is relevant to a diverse array of clinical and experimental psychological phenomena. An un…
www.sciencedirect.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
we have another new #meta-analysis out now in Personality & Individual Differences. 🎉 Hopefully this work will put to rest ongoing debates about the nature of #hypnotic vs non-hypnotic #suggestibility.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I'm giving a talk on #suggestion and #suggestibility next week at the University of Ljubljana as part of a series on #DemandCharacteristics. Should be really fun and is being hosted by the Laboratory of Empirical Phenomenology. 😊
If you're based in #Ljubljana feel free to stop by!!
If you're based in #Ljubljana feel free to stop by!!
The Wanderings | LEP
www.curious.si
March 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I'm giving a talk on #suggestion and #suggestibility next week at the University of Ljubljana as part of a series on #DemandCharacteristics. Should be really fun and is being hosted by the Laboratory of Empirical Phenomenology. 😊
If you're based in #Ljubljana feel free to stop by!!
If you're based in #Ljubljana feel free to stop by!!
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🧠 Help Us Understand Pain Perception in FND! 🧠
Looking for volunteers with & without #FND for a study in London @kingsioppn.bsky.social. Single lab visit testing pain perception with electrical stimulation.
Interested? Please message me: Livia.Asan@kcl.ac.uk ✉️
Thanks for sharing!
Looking for volunteers with & without #FND for a study in London @kingsioppn.bsky.social. Single lab visit testing pain perception with electrical stimulation.
Interested? Please message me: Livia.Asan@kcl.ac.uk ✉️
Thanks for sharing!
March 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
🧠 Help Us Understand Pain Perception in FND! 🧠
Looking for volunteers with & without #FND for a study in London @kingsioppn.bsky.social. Single lab visit testing pain perception with electrical stimulation.
Interested? Please message me: Livia.Asan@kcl.ac.uk ✉️
Thanks for sharing!
Looking for volunteers with & without #FND for a study in London @kingsioppn.bsky.social. Single lab visit testing pain perception with electrical stimulation.
Interested? Please message me: Livia.Asan@kcl.ac.uk ✉️
Thanks for sharing!
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Why academia is sleepwalking into self-destruction. My editorial @brain1878.bsky.social If you agree with the sentiments please repost. It's important for all our sakes to stop the madness
academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
March 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Why academia is sleepwalking into self-destruction. My editorial @brain1878.bsky.social If you agree with the sentiments please repost. It's important for all our sakes to stop the madness
academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
We’re doing a lot of cool #nitrousoxide research #KCL to better understand the #neural basis of #perception!
We started an instagram account, please give it a follow! We’ll follow back other studies 🤓
www.instagram.com/kcln2ostudy?...
We started an instagram account, please give it a follow! We’ll follow back other studies 🤓
www.instagram.com/kcln2ostudy?...
March 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
We’re doing a lot of cool #nitrousoxide research #KCL to better understand the #neural basis of #perception!
We started an instagram account, please give it a follow! We’ll follow back other studies 🤓
www.instagram.com/kcln2ostudy?...
We started an instagram account, please give it a follow! We’ll follow back other studies 🤓
www.instagram.com/kcln2ostudy?...
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Big news: we are setting up a new non-profit organization to run bioRxiv and medRxiv. It's called openRxiv [no it's not a new preprint server; it's dedicated organization to oversee the servers] openrxiv.org 1/n
Homepage - openRxiv
openRxiv is an independent non-profit, the new organizational home for bioRxiv and medRxiv, enabling researchers to instantly share groundbreaking findings with the global scientific community.
openrxiv.org
March 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Big news: we are setting up a new non-profit organization to run bioRxiv and medRxiv. It's called openRxiv [no it's not a new preprint server; it's dedicated organization to oversee the servers] openrxiv.org 1/n
Out today! We conducted a multi-level meta-analysis that included ~400 effect sizes, allowing us to make fine-grain distinctions between different nocebo induction methods. In particular, we were meticulous when defining different types and modes of suggestions. Hope you enjoy!! tinyurl.com/mwmeetuz
Moderators of nocebo effects in controlled experiments: A multi-level meta-analysis
Nocebo effects are a heterogenous phenomenon in which contextual cues trigger or exacerbate symptoms independently of active interventions. Suggestion…
www.sciencedirect.com
March 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Out today! We conducted a multi-level meta-analysis that included ~400 effect sizes, allowing us to make fine-grain distinctions between different nocebo induction methods. In particular, we were meticulous when defining different types and modes of suggestions. Hope you enjoy!! tinyurl.com/mwmeetuz
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February 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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I have airport disease.
My doctor says it's terminal.
I'll stop now.
My doctor says it's terminal.
I'll stop now.
February 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I have airport disease.
My doctor says it's terminal.
I'll stop now.
My doctor says it's terminal.
I'll stop now.
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In my video about this I made the case that knowing there’s a 3% chance an asteroid will hit us is amazing news because at any other point in history we would have no idea at all.
But it also sucks: modern life is too full of things to worry about that, previously, we just wouldn’t know existed.
But it also sucks: modern life is too full of things to worry about that, previously, we just wouldn’t know existed.
After weeks at the top of the Sentry list at the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, the asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer considered a threat to Earth.
The odds of a 'city-killer' asteroid hitting Earth have fallen to zero
After weeks at the top of the Sentry list at the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, the asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer considered a threat to Earth.
www.npr.org
February 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
In my video about this I made the case that knowing there’s a 3% chance an asteroid will hit us is amazing news because at any other point in history we would have no idea at all.
But it also sucks: modern life is too full of things to worry about that, previously, we just wouldn’t know existed.
But it also sucks: modern life is too full of things to worry about that, previously, we just wouldn’t know existed.
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Miałem ogromną przyjemność porozmawiać o placebo i bólu z nieco innej perspektywy niż zazwyczaj i - chyba po raz pierwszy - o psychoterapii bólu. Dziękuję za zaproszenie i ciekawą (przynajmniej dla mnie) rozmowę!
Do posłuchania na różnych platformach:
www.joannagutral.pl/placebo-i-ps...
Do posłuchania na różnych platformach:
www.joannagutral.pl/placebo-i-ps...
Placebo i psychoterapia bólu. Rozmowa z prof. Przemysławem Bąblem - Joanna Gutral Blog | Psychoterapia, Psychoedukacja, Podcast
Czy ból można leczyć psychoterapią?I o co chodzi z tym całym placebo? Nie ma co się rozwodzić, zapraszam do posłuchania rozmowy z prof. Przemysławem Bąblem @przemekbabel – psychologiem, dyrektorem Ins...
www.joannagutral.pl
February 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Miałem ogromną przyjemność porozmawiać o placebo i bólu z nieco innej perspektywy niż zazwyczaj i - chyba po raz pierwszy - o psychoterapii bólu. Dziękuję za zaproszenie i ciekawą (przynajmniej dla mnie) rozmowę!
Do posłuchania na różnych platformach:
www.joannagutral.pl/placebo-i-ps...
Do posłuchania na różnych platformach:
www.joannagutral.pl/placebo-i-ps...
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Excited to share our new paper led by Renata Sadibolova in Cognition (t.ly/EfeDD). In two experiments, we show that by applying bifactor modelling to time perception data, we identify two latent factors that conceptually align with Bayesian models of time perception. @timingresforum.bsky.social
Uncovering the latent structure of human time perception
One of the ongoing controversies in interval timing concerns whether human time perception relies on multiple distinct mechanisms. This debate centres…
t.ly
February 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Excited to share our new paper led by Renata Sadibolova in Cognition (t.ly/EfeDD). In two experiments, we show that by applying bifactor modelling to time perception data, we identify two latent factors that conceptually align with Bayesian models of time perception. @timingresforum.bsky.social
We have a new #preprint up! #COVID-19 was rough for everyone, but especially healthcare workers (HCWs)--we hope this systematic review provides insights into how to assess and protect HWCs wellbeing during self-isolation in future infectious disease outbreaks.
The impact of self-isolation due to COVID-19 on health care workers' mental health and wellbeing: a systematic review with narrative synthesis
Background: Self-isolation is a key public health strategy for infectious disease control. Globally implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic, it remains an essential strategy in ongoing mitigation eff...
www.medrxiv.org
February 19, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Karl Friston is giving a talk on predictive coding and neuropsychiatry next week (28 Jan @ 6:30 GMT), delving a bit more into philosophical implications. Should be interesting. The talk is online and free to attend but you have to register. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/predictive...
Predictive coding and neuropsychiatry: philosophical implications
Karl Friston speaks on the topic of predictive coding
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 22, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Karl Friston is giving a talk on predictive coding and neuropsychiatry next week (28 Jan @ 6:30 GMT), delving a bit more into philosophical implications. Should be interesting. The talk is online and free to attend but you have to register. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/predictive...
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I'm speaking about Instrumental #psychedelics research at @ucl.ac.uk on 28 Jan at 6:30PM. I'll be discussing some of our perception research using N2O. Ever the contrarian, I'll also be talking about the challenge of suggestion & placebo effects in this field. www.uclsap.com/events/sugge...
Instrumental psychedelics research: Prospects and challenges — UCL Society for the Application of Psychedelics (SAP)
Abstract Contemporary psychedelics research has primarily focused on therapeutic applications and neurophenomenological features of psychedelic states. By contrast, relatively little research has ad...
www.uclsap.com
January 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I'm speaking about Instrumental #psychedelics research at @ucl.ac.uk on 28 Jan at 6:30PM. I'll be discussing some of our perception research using N2O. Ever the contrarian, I'll also be talking about the challenge of suggestion & placebo effects in this field. www.uclsap.com/events/sugge...
our meta-analysis looking at #suggestibility as a predictor of the #nocebo response is now available open access!
<em>British Journal of Health Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library
Background Nocebo responding involves the experience of adverse health outcomes in response to contextual cues. These deleterious responses impact numerous features of mental and physical health but...
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
our meta-analysis looking at #suggestibility as a predictor of the #nocebo response is now available open access!