Sarah Garfinkel
@sarahgarf.bsky.social
Clinical and Affective Neuroscientist at UCL. Interested in interoception, emotion, interactions between heart and brain, biological basis of empathy & Radio 4
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Sarah Garfinkel
@sarahgarf.bsky.social
· Nov 12
I'm excited to be co-leading a course on Interoception and Brain disorders with Sahib Khalsa @skhalsa.bsky.social on the beautiful academic island of San Servolo, Venice, in May 2025 www.neurosas.org/advanced-cou...
Bloomsbury/UCL people: Have you tried this new Lebanese Cafe - Matbakh Kitchen - located on Great Ormond Street? The food is delicious! My Mums family came from Syria and I’m so happy to find truly authentic home cooking. Do try if you’re in the area.
November 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Bloomsbury/UCL people: Have you tried this new Lebanese Cafe - Matbakh Kitchen - located on Great Ormond Street? The food is delicious! My Mums family came from Syria and I’m so happy to find truly authentic home cooking. Do try if you’re in the area.
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New paper by @bignardi.bsky.social @minafazeloxford.bsky.social & @oxwell.bsky.social
The prevalence of food insecurity and its relationship with wellbeing in a large, cross-sectional study of children and young people in England
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The prevalence of food insecurity and its relationship with wellbeing in a large, cross-sectional study of children and young people in England
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
September 24, 2025 at 8:17 AM
New paper by @bignardi.bsky.social @minafazeloxford.bsky.social & @oxwell.bsky.social
The prevalence of food insecurity and its relationship with wellbeing in a large, cross-sectional study of children and young people in England
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The prevalence of food insecurity and its relationship with wellbeing in a large, cross-sectional study of children and young people in England
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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What if many psychiatric disorders share the same hidden glitch in how the brain infers reality? In a new volume, Al Powers and I gather experts to examine how disrupted sensory inference across #vision, #touch, #proprioception and #interoception might unify our understanding.
September 17, 2025 at 6:32 AM
What if many psychiatric disorders share the same hidden glitch in how the brain infers reality? In a new volume, Al Powers and I gather experts to examine how disrupted sensory inference across #vision, #touch, #proprioception and #interoception might unify our understanding.
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A birthday is a good time to reflect! To mark SPM @ 30, this month's issue of Cerebral Cortex features deeply insightful commentaries on neuroimaging analysis from Ed Bullmore, Peter Bandettini, Peter Fox, Pedro Valdes-Sosa, Klaas Enno Stephan, Viktor Jirsa, et al [1/2] academic.oup.com/cercor/issue
Issues | Cerebral Cortex | Oxford Academic
Publishes papers on the development, organization, plasticity, and function of the cerebral cortex, including the hippocampus.
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September 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
A birthday is a good time to reflect! To mark SPM @ 30, this month's issue of Cerebral Cortex features deeply insightful commentaries on neuroimaging analysis from Ed Bullmore, Peter Bandettini, Peter Fox, Pedro Valdes-Sosa, Klaas Enno Stephan, Viktor Jirsa, et al [1/2] academic.oup.com/cercor/issue
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#BACN25 continued to be really exciting with a host of great talks and posters. And an excellent Mid-career prize talk by @sjblakemore.bsky.social 🤩
Lovely community & great event 👌✨️ @sarahgarf.bsky.social, @jamiewardsussex.bsky.social + Ed Silson
Lovely community & great event 👌✨️ @sarahgarf.bsky.social, @jamiewardsussex.bsky.social + Ed Silson
September 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
#BACN25 continued to be really exciting with a host of great talks and posters. And an excellent Mid-career prize talk by @sjblakemore.bsky.social 🤩
Lovely community & great event 👌✨️ @sarahgarf.bsky.social, @jamiewardsussex.bsky.social + Ed Silson
Lovely community & great event 👌✨️ @sarahgarf.bsky.social, @jamiewardsussex.bsky.social + Ed Silson
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My first #BACN conference was brilliant - from sensory representations to rhythmic stimulation... and from touch to space-time! Happy to have met some wonderful minds and already looking forward to Brighton next year! 🧠
September 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
My first #BACN conference was brilliant - from sensory representations to rhythmic stimulation... and from touch to space-time! Happy to have met some wonderful minds and already looking forward to Brighton next year! 🧠
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On the train back from Edinburgh #BACN25 with my head buzzing from all the great cognitive neuroscience. Loads of enthusiastic, supportive discussion from everyone I talked to so a really great conference!
September 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
On the train back from Edinburgh #BACN25 with my head buzzing from all the great cognitive neuroscience. Loads of enthusiastic, supportive discussion from everyone I talked to so a really great conference!
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Well that was a brilliant couple of days at #BACN25. Thank you to the speakers, the organisers, the posterers (?) and everyone else who made it what it was. And particular thanks to the main character, the city of Edinburgh, for the beautiful autumn sun ☀️
September 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Well that was a brilliant couple of days at #BACN25. Thank you to the speakers, the organisers, the posterers (?) and everyone else who made it what it was. And particular thanks to the main character, the city of Edinburgh, for the beautiful autumn sun ☀️
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That’s a wrap! Thoroughly enjoyed my time at @bacn.co.uk. Looking forward to next year, in Brighton 🏖️🎡 @sarahgarf.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
That’s a wrap! Thoroughly enjoyed my time at @bacn.co.uk. Looking forward to next year, in Brighton 🏖️🎡 @sarahgarf.bsky.social
Fantastic work by @tessamdekker.bsky.social investigating how “what we know” influences “what we see” across development, including both young and aging populations
September 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Fantastic work by @tessamdekker.bsky.social investigating how “what we know” influences “what we see” across development, including both young and aging populations
British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience Day 2: @afelsenheimer.bsky.social detailing her work on the effect of self touch on anxiety, Rania-Iman on heartbeat evoked potential analysis, and @hannahsavage.bsky.social presenting a novel test for gastric interoception.
September 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience Day 2: @afelsenheimer.bsky.social detailing her work on the effect of self touch on anxiety, Rania-Iman on heartbeat evoked potential analysis, and @hannahsavage.bsky.social presenting a novel test for gastric interoception.
Day 1 posters at #BACN25. @bethlongley.bsky.social @oliwiastecko.bsky.social @chatrins.bsky.social @wilsonlimph.bsky.social presenting a variety of work from the lab, interoceptive protocols, heart-memory, computational modelling & emotion regulation
September 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Day 1 posters at #BACN25. @bethlongley.bsky.social @oliwiastecko.bsky.social @chatrins.bsky.social @wilsonlimph.bsky.social presenting a variety of work from the lab, interoceptive protocols, heart-memory, computational modelling & emotion regulation
Always a pleasure to hear the exciting work in a fast presentation data blitz session. From my lab, @oliwiastecko.bsky.social detailing the unexpected journey replicating prior work on memory & the heart. Find out more in poster #4 at #BACN2025
September 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Always a pleasure to hear the exciting work in a fast presentation data blitz session. From my lab, @oliwiastecko.bsky.social detailing the unexpected journey replicating prior work on memory & the heart. Find out more in poster #4 at #BACN2025
And we’re off! Jamie Ward opening @bacn.co.uk #BACN2025 in Edinburgh with prize talk by @engra.me detailing his work and service to the scientific community
September 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
And we’re off! Jamie Ward opening @bacn.co.uk #BACN2025 in Edinburgh with prize talk by @engra.me detailing his work and service to the scientific community
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See you tomorrow at #BACN25!!
September 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
See you tomorrow at #BACN25!!
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Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of what became in time the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, which houses the Institute of Neurology, part of @ucl.ac.uk
As requested by @matthewbroome.bsky.social
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
As requested by @matthewbroome.bsky.social
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
August 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of what became in time the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, which houses the Institute of Neurology, part of @ucl.ac.uk
As requested by @matthewbroome.bsky.social
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
As requested by @matthewbroome.bsky.social
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
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Congratulations to everyone receiving their A-Level results today!
If you’re joining us this September, welcome to UCL. 💜
Got questions about Results Day, visit our website: www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
If you’re joining us this September, welcome to UCL. 💜
Got questions about Results Day, visit our website: www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
August 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Congratulations to everyone receiving their A-Level results today!
If you’re joining us this September, welcome to UCL. 💜
Got questions about Results Day, visit our website: www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
If you’re joining us this September, welcome to UCL. 💜
Got questions about Results Day, visit our website: www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
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New from us, led from the front by @gracerevill.bsky.social:
Childhood Mild Traumatic Brain Injury is Reliably Associated with Anxiety but Not Other Examined Psychiatric Outcomes at Two-Year Follow-up, After Adjusting for Prior Mental Health acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Childhood Mild Traumatic Brain Injury is Reliably Associated with Anxiety but Not Other Examined Psychiatric Outcomes at Two-Year Follow-up, After Adjusting for Prior Mental Health acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library
Background Evidence that mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) causes psychiatric problems in children has been mixed. Investigating this issue has been difficult due to the lack of representative long...
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 15, 2025 at 12:06 PM
New from us, led from the front by @gracerevill.bsky.social:
Childhood Mild Traumatic Brain Injury is Reliably Associated with Anxiety but Not Other Examined Psychiatric Outcomes at Two-Year Follow-up, After Adjusting for Prior Mental Health acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Childhood Mild Traumatic Brain Injury is Reliably Associated with Anxiety but Not Other Examined Psychiatric Outcomes at Two-Year Follow-up, After Adjusting for Prior Mental Health acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
My new obsession: fashion trends in mammals. Grass wearing in chimps and dead salmon hats for orcas
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Chimps develop fashion trend by shoving grass in their ears — and in their butts
Chimpanzees are running around with grass in their ears and butts at the Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage in Zambia. This is the second time a bizarre fad-like behavior has gripped the sanctuary's chimps...
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July 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
My new obsession: fashion trends in mammals. Grass wearing in chimps and dead salmon hats for orcas
www.livescience.com/animals/land...
www.livescience.com/animals/orca...
www.livescience.com/animals/land...
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So delighted to be a Visiting Professor at the Department of Psychology, Sapienza University. Many thanks to my sponsor @giusiporciello.bsky.social and @scnl-agliotilab.bsky.social. If you are in Rome come to my seminar!
We are pleased to invite you to the upcoming Seminar titled:
"The Impact of Interoception on Cognition and Emotion"
Speaker: Prof. Sarah Garfinkel @sarahgarf.bsky.social
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"The Impact of Interoception on Cognition and Emotion"
Speaker: Prof. Sarah Garfinkel @sarahgarf.bsky.social
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July 12, 2025 at 11:02 AM
So delighted to be a Visiting Professor at the Department of Psychology, Sapienza University. Many thanks to my sponsor @giusiporciello.bsky.social and @scnl-agliotilab.bsky.social. If you are in Rome come to my seminar!
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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 🧠🫀🫁
osf.io/preprints/ps...
New preprint from @drhannahsavage.bsky.social & @sarahgarf.bsky.social
#interoception #neuroskyence 🧠🫀🫁
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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The ESCAN Junior Committee is active and thriving! Join them and their series of workshops, to increase your skills, make new work friends and plan for the Rome conference next year. @escaneu.bsky.social it is all free and friendly.
1/3 📢 Want to make your research accessible and engaging?
Join our Science Communication Workshop with Dr. Elodie Chabrol, founder of Pint of Science 🍻🧠
Learn how to talk about your science with clarity and impact.
Join our Science Communication Workshop with Dr. Elodie Chabrol, founder of Pint of Science 🍻🧠
Learn how to talk about your science with clarity and impact.
June 24, 2025 at 9:43 AM
The ESCAN Junior Committee is active and thriving! Join them and their series of workshops, to increase your skills, make new work friends and plan for the Rome conference next year. @escaneu.bsky.social it is all free and friendly.
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Nature Mental Health's Research Briefing section covers our study, led by Jae Won Suh, on outcomes of stroke survivors with anxiety and depression treated with primary care psychological therapy.
Full text of original study www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Full text of original study www.nature.com/articles/s44...
June 17, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Nature Mental Health's Research Briefing section covers our study, led by Jae Won Suh, on outcomes of stroke survivors with anxiety and depression treated with primary care psychological therapy.
Full text of original study www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Full text of original study www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Inspiring few days in Erice talking all things ‘Stress and the ANS’ and presenting our work by @david-spalding.bsky.social and Toni Ejoor on HRV in GAD.
June 13, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Inspiring few days in Erice talking all things ‘Stress and the ANS’ and presenting our work by @david-spalding.bsky.social and Toni Ejoor on HRV in GAD.
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Can inflammation reveal why some individuals with depression can't feel joy? In this latest work led by Jonathan Savitz, Mike Irwin, and @mpwpaulus.bsky.social published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, we attempted to address just that:
psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...
psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...
June 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Can inflammation reveal why some individuals with depression can't feel joy? In this latest work led by Jonathan Savitz, Mike Irwin, and @mpwpaulus.bsky.social published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, we attempted to address just that:
psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...
psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...