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Patrick Scott Welsh
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Research » #interoception #stress #wearables
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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
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
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Mental and metabolic health are closely linked - but what drives this connection? In our new theory paper, we (w/ @camillanord.bsky.social & @hugofleming.bsky.social g.bsky.social) propose dysregulation of interoceptive energy allostasis as a key mechanism.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧵 1/n
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 10:39 AM
Reposted by Patrick Scott Welsh
In some way, it's trivial:

The #brain & the rest of the #body (e.g. the #heart) are coupled.

Yet, we spelled it out
w/ A. Villringer & V. Nikulin for current scientists (below)
w/ @martager.bsky.social @agatapatyczek.bsky.social @el-rei.bsky.social for future scientists bsky.app/profile/mart...
'Brain–body states as a link between cardiovascular and mental health'

by Arno Villringer, Vadim Nikulin & Michael Gaebler @mbe-lab.bsky.social @michaelgaebler.com @mpicbs.bsky.social sky.social

www.cell.com/trends/neuro...
September 25, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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I'll have open position for a postdoc and PhD students starting next year so do get in touch if this project entices you
September 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Impressive and much-needed review on reinforcement learning models of interoception by @lilweb.bsky.social this month out in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social Will definitely have a look at this one 😊 www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
The interoceptive origin of reinforcement learning
Rewards play a crucial role in sculpting all motivated behavior. Traditionally, research on reinforcement learning has centered on how rewards guide learning and decision-making. Here, we examine the ...
www.cell.com
June 28, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Oscillatory markers of interoceptive attention: beta suppression as a neural signature of heartbeat processing.
Pultsina, Parviainen, Karjalainen
bioRxiv 2025.06.24.660939; doi.org/10.1101/2025...
June 26, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Despite the jump in #interoception research over the past 10-15 years, there aren’t many conferences. But…

Here’s one with a great lineup!

Deets: April 22-24 in Seattle, WA

If you can’t attend IRL there’s an on-demand option for $250 ($100 student).

www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...
Interoception: Neural Sensing and Control of Organ Function | Keystone Symposia
Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Interoception: Neural Sensing and Control of Organ Function, April 2025, in Seattle, with field leaders!
www.keystonesymposia.org
March 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM