Olivier Desmedt
@olivierdesmedt.bsky.social
Post-Doc working on interoception (its conceptualization, measurement, and role in emotions and addictive disorders)
Very excited to introduce InteroMap, a new bodily mapping tool designed to measure how we subjectively experience our bodily sensations, what we call interoceptive phenomenology 🧵👇
November 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Very excited to introduce InteroMap, a new bodily mapping tool designed to measure how we subjectively experience our bodily sensations, what we call interoceptive phenomenology 🧵👇
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In this new research, we found that truth beliefs can be successfully conditioned:
Statements - true and false - are rated as more true after their pairing with positive than negative pictures.
This effect bridges research on evaluative conditioning and misinformation.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Statements - true and false - are rated as more true after their pairing with positive than negative pictures.
This effect bridges research on evaluative conditioning and misinformation.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
November 15, 2025 at 8:10 AM
In this new research, we found that truth beliefs can be successfully conditioned:
Statements - true and false - are rated as more true after their pairing with positive than negative pictures.
This effect bridges research on evaluative conditioning and misinformation.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Statements - true and false - are rated as more true after their pairing with positive than negative pictures.
This effect bridges research on evaluative conditioning and misinformation.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Reposted by Olivier Desmedt
Are interoception and mental health linked? Many assume so, with interoception even described as a psychiatric “p-factor.” But in our latest preprint, we were surprised to find little evidence for such a connection. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧵 Thread with our reflections on the matter 👇
Interoceptive Ability is Unrelated to Mental Health Symptoms: Evidence From a Large Scale Multi-Domain Psychophysical Investigation
Interoception-the sensing and perception of the internal viscera-is widely cast as a transdiagnostic mechanism linking brain-body interaction to mental illness. Prevailing models propose that altered ...
www.medrxiv.org
August 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Are interoception and mental health linked? Many assume so, with interoception even described as a psychiatric “p-factor.” But in our latest preprint, we were surprised to find little evidence for such a connection. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧵 Thread with our reflections on the matter 👇
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How does our brain predict the future? Our review of predictive processing + research program is now on arXiv arxiv.org/abs/2504.09614
50+ neuroscientists distributed across the world worked together to create this unique community project.
50+ neuroscientists distributed across the world worked together to create this unique community project.
April 15, 2025 at 6:58 AM
How does our brain predict the future? Our review of predictive processing + research program is now on arXiv arxiv.org/abs/2504.09614
50+ neuroscientists distributed across the world worked together to create this unique community project.
50+ neuroscientists distributed across the world worked together to create this unique community project.
Reposted by Olivier Desmedt
Can we enhance interoception by controlling the heart? Thrilled to share our new study, led by @ashleytyrer.bsky.social , where we use computational modeling to show that blockading peripheral noradrenaline uniquely alters awareness of heart rate & breathing! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧵👇
March 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Can we enhance interoception by controlling the heart? Thrilled to share our new study, led by @ashleytyrer.bsky.social , where we use computational modeling to show that blockading peripheral noradrenaline uniquely alters awareness of heart rate & breathing! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧵👇
Reposted by Olivier Desmedt
In a recent @natrevpsych.bsky.social paper, we argued that self-reports are superior to implicit measures for most research questions.
A Commentary raised concerns about our conclusion.
Our Reply addresses these concerns and explains why we stand by our conclusion
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
A Commentary raised concerns about our conclusion.
Our Reply addresses these concerns and explains why we stand by our conclusion
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Reply to ‘Temporal stability in measurements matters only for stable constructs’ - Nature Reviews Psychology
Nature Reviews Psychology - Reply to ‘Temporal stability in measurements matters only for stable constructs’
www.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
In a recent @natrevpsych.bsky.social paper, we argued that self-reports are superior to implicit measures for most research questions.
A Commentary raised concerns about our conclusion.
Our Reply addresses these concerns and explains why we stand by our conclusion
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
A Commentary raised concerns about our conclusion.
Our Reply addresses these concerns and explains why we stand by our conclusion
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Let's talk about this Nature piece in more detail.
I've rarely read something so anti-scientific anywhere short of the National Review.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I've rarely read something so anti-scientific anywhere short of the National Review.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Three AI-powered steps to faster, smarter peer review
Tired of spending countless hours on peer reviews? An AI-assisted workflow could help.
www.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Let's talk about this Nature piece in more detail.
I've rarely read something so anti-scientific anywhere short of the National Review.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I've rarely read something so anti-scientific anywhere short of the National Review.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Reposted by Olivier Desmedt
Measuring cardiac interoceptive accuracy is hard in adults, let alone in infants! Such fun turning my brain to this alongside the wonderful Rosie Donaghy, Matteo Lisi and Jeanne Shinskey. Our musings on possible ways forward now accepted in psychophysiology: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Measuring cardiac interoceptive accuracy in infancy: lessons from the adult literature
PDF | Models of interoception, the processing of internal bodily signals, highlight infancy as a key period for interoceptive learning. Given the... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ...
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February 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Measuring cardiac interoceptive accuracy is hard in adults, let alone in infants! Such fun turning my brain to this alongside the wonderful Rosie Donaghy, Matteo Lisi and Jeanne Shinskey. Our musings on possible ways forward now accepted in psychophysiology: www.researchgate.net/publication/...