Chris Benwell
@chrisbenwell.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Psychology @ University of Dundee
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Very pleased to share our new review in @natrevpsychol.nature.com on integrating cognitive neuroscience and clinical perspectives of metacognition in mental health! With @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social, Lena Jelinek, and Steffen Moritz. (1/3)
Web: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
PDF: rdcu.be/ePxUG
Web: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
PDF: rdcu.be/ePxUG
Integrating cognitive neuroscience and clinical perspectives on metacognitive mechanisms in psychopathology - Nature Reviews Psychology
Cognitive neuroscience and clinical psychology have made substantial advances in knowledge about metacognitive processes, but these fields have progressed in parallel. In this Review, Seow et al. inte...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Very pleased to share our new review in @natrevpsychol.nature.com on integrating cognitive neuroscience and clinical perspectives of metacognition in mental health! With @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social, Lena Jelinek, and Steffen Moritz. (1/3)
Web: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
PDF: rdcu.be/ePxUG
Web: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
PDF: rdcu.be/ePxUG
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Join us for the first symposium of the OPM-MEG Action Scotland (OMEGAS) initiative - www.dundee.ac.uk/omegas, to take place at the University of Dundee, *9-10 Dec*, and funded by the Quantum ARC quantum-tech-alliance.co.uk #neuroskyence #meg #opm /1
OMEGAS
Optically pumped magnetometers MagnetoEncephaloGraphy Action Scotland
www.dundee.ac.uk
October 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Join us for the first symposium of the OPM-MEG Action Scotland (OMEGAS) initiative - www.dundee.ac.uk/omegas, to take place at the University of Dundee, *9-10 Dec*, and funded by the Quantum ARC quantum-tech-alliance.co.uk #neuroskyence #meg #opm /1
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Out today in Molecular Psychiatry our paper on multiverse computational factor modeling (i.e. a lotta lotta factor analyses). Thread below for the full rundown. Last PhD paper from @celinef.bsky.social YOU'RE FREE!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Out today in Molecular Psychiatry our paper on multiverse computational factor modeling (i.e. a lotta lotta factor analyses). Thread below for the full rundown. Last PhD paper from @celinef.bsky.social YOU'RE FREE!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Alpha-Band Phase Modulates Perceptual Sensitivity by Changing Internal Noise and Sensory Tuning https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.26.678872v1
September 28, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Alpha-Band Phase Modulates Perceptual Sensitivity by Changing Internal Noise and Sensory Tuning https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.26.678872v1
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Open postdoc position👈
We have an open position, starting early 2026, to work on an exciting project aiming at better understanding the role of thalamo-cortical brain oscillations in perception with a comparative, cross-species (animal-human) component based on electrophysiology (incl. scalp EEG).
We have an open position, starting early 2026, to work on an exciting project aiming at better understanding the role of thalamo-cortical brain oscillations in perception with a comparative, cross-species (animal-human) component based on electrophysiology (incl. scalp EEG).
September 27, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Open postdoc position👈
We have an open position, starting early 2026, to work on an exciting project aiming at better understanding the role of thalamo-cortical brain oscillations in perception with a comparative, cross-species (animal-human) component based on electrophysiology (incl. scalp EEG).
We have an open position, starting early 2026, to work on an exciting project aiming at better understanding the role of thalamo-cortical brain oscillations in perception with a comparative, cross-species (animal-human) component based on electrophysiology (incl. scalp EEG).
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Quantifying rhythmic and arrhythmic brain activity is a hot 🥵 topic. But how independent are the two components from one another? 🤔 In my latest work with @smfleming.bsky.social & @matlandry.bsky.social, I explore the relationship between the two.
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Quantifying Rhythmic and Arrhythmic Components of Brain Activity
Brain activity comprises both rhythmic (periodic) and arrhythmic (aperiodic) components. These signal elements vary across healthy aging, and disease, and may make distinct contributions to conscious ...
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September 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Quantifying rhythmic and arrhythmic brain activity is a hot 🥵 topic. But how independent are the two components from one another? 🤔 In my latest work with @smfleming.bsky.social & @matlandry.bsky.social, I explore the relationship between the two.
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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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Our oscillations consensus paper is finally out as a preprint 🤩 thanks to everyone involved
arxiv.org/abs/2507.15639
arxiv.org/abs/2507.15639
July 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Our oscillations consensus paper is finally out as a preprint 🤩 thanks to everyone involved
arxiv.org/abs/2507.15639
arxiv.org/abs/2507.15639
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We have a PhD position for an upcoming project in metacognition research in Potsdam / Berlin. A great opportunity for those interested in cognitive modeling of confidence and EEG.
More information at coconeuro.github.io/phd2025
Kindly share this opportunity with potential candidates - Thanks!
More information at coconeuro.github.io/phd2025
Kindly share this opportunity with potential candidates - Thanks!
Computation and Cognition @ HMU Potsdam
Computation and Cognition @ HMU Potsdam
coconeuro.github.io
June 4, 2025 at 11:07 AM
We have a PhD position for an upcoming project in metacognition research in Potsdam / Berlin. A great opportunity for those interested in cognitive modeling of confidence and EEG.
More information at coconeuro.github.io/phd2025
Kindly share this opportunity with potential candidates - Thanks!
More information at coconeuro.github.io/phd2025
Kindly share this opportunity with potential candidates - Thanks!
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Another blow to staff at Dundee Uni.
They ensured security for those who let this crisis happen, but not for the staff who have been suffering months of uncertainty & the threat of job loss. (🧵1/2)
They ensured security for those who let this crisis happen, but not for the staff who have been suffering months of uncertainty & the threat of job loss. (🧵1/2)
May 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Another blow to staff at Dundee Uni.
They ensured security for those who let this crisis happen, but not for the staff who have been suffering months of uncertainty & the threat of job loss. (🧵1/2)
They ensured security for those who let this crisis happen, but not for the staff who have been suffering months of uncertainty & the threat of job loss. (🧵1/2)
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New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Martina Kopčanová, Christian Keitel, et al:
Characterising time-on-task effects on oscillatory and aperiodic EEG components and their co-variation with visual task performance
doi.org/10.1162/imag...
Characterising time-on-task effects on oscillatory and aperiodic EEG components and their co-variation with visual task performance
doi.org/10.1162/imag...
May 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Martina Kopčanová, Christian Keitel, et al:
Characterising time-on-task effects on oscillatory and aperiodic EEG components and their co-variation with visual task performance
doi.org/10.1162/imag...
Characterising time-on-task effects on oscillatory and aperiodic EEG components and their co-variation with visual task performance
doi.org/10.1162/imag...
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🩺🧠 ✨Excited about our latest work published in @ebiomedicine.bsky.social! In the BioFIND dataset, we found that brain activity provided unique information about progression to Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). #neuroskyence Paper: www.thelancet.com/journals/ebi...; Thread 🧶 ⤵️
April 1, 2025 at 8:33 AM
🩺🧠 ✨Excited about our latest work published in @ebiomedicine.bsky.social! In the BioFIND dataset, we found that brain activity provided unique information about progression to Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). #neuroskyence Paper: www.thelancet.com/journals/ebi...; Thread 🧶 ⤵️
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We are taking applications for a 3-year POSTDOC position on the topic of tracking cognitive dynamics using passive smartphone sensor data, in clinical and non clinical samples with the Neureka app gillanlab.com/join-the-lab/ Closing June 1st. Pls share 🔁👍 or reach out with any informal queries!
Join the Lab
We're hiring! Postdoctoral Fellowship: Predictive Models for Cognitive Fluctuations Closing date: 12 noon (IST), June 1st 2024 We are seeking a Research Fellow to pioneer the development of passive s...
gillanlab.com
May 7, 2024 at 7:38 PM
We are taking applications for a 3-year POSTDOC position on the topic of tracking cognitive dynamics using passive smartphone sensor data, in clinical and non clinical samples with the Neureka app gillanlab.com/join-the-lab/ Closing June 1st. Pls share 🔁👍 or reach out with any informal queries!
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Longitudinal assessment of the conversion of mild cognitive impairment into Alzheimer's dementia: Observations and mechanisms from neuropsychological testing and electrophysiology https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.16.628666v1
December 17, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Longitudinal assessment of the conversion of mild cognitive impairment into Alzheimer's dementia: Observations and mechanisms from neuropsychological testing and electrophysiology https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.16.628666v1
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Interested in the rhythms of the brain? 🧠 Join us on December 11th for an exciting symposium! Accessible online—don’t miss out! #neuroscience
📣Symposium :
Join us on Dec 11 for “Oscillatory Brain Waves: Mechanisms, Functions, & Clinical Perspectives”!
A @unil.bsky.social x @unipd.bsky.social partnership, 8 international young researchers will present findings on EEG rhythms #100YearsEEG #EEG 🌐
Details: brain-waves-workshop.github.io/2024/
Join us on Dec 11 for “Oscillatory Brain Waves: Mechanisms, Functions, & Clinical Perspectives”!
A @unil.bsky.social x @unipd.bsky.social partnership, 8 international young researchers will present findings on EEG rhythms #100YearsEEG #EEG 🌐
Details: brain-waves-workshop.github.io/2024/
Oscillatory Brain Waves
brain-waves-workshop.github.io
November 22, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Interested in the rhythms of the brain? 🧠 Join us on December 11th for an exciting symposium! Accessible online—don’t miss out! #neuroscience
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I just preprinted a little perspective piece / mini review on the history of the study of aperiodic neural activity - arguing there is more out there in literature than one might expect!
📜 A historical overview of the study of aperiodic neural activity:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
📜 A historical overview of the study of aperiodic neural activity:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
November 21, 2024 at 6:49 PM
I just preprinted a little perspective piece / mini review on the history of the study of aperiodic neural activity - arguing there is more out there in literature than one might expect!
📜 A historical overview of the study of aperiodic neural activity:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
📜 A historical overview of the study of aperiodic neural activity:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Reduced confidence associated with aging increases information seeking under uncertainty, whereas confidence alterations associated with symptoms of psychopathology do not. Out now w/ Greta Mohr & @robince.bsky.social. #neuroskyence #compneuro #PsychSciSky: rdcu.be/dSPdz
Information search under uncertainty across transdiagnostic psychopathology and healthy ageing
Translational Psychiatry - Information search under uncertainty across transdiagnostic psychopathology and healthy ageing
rdcu.be
September 3, 2024 at 12:29 PM
Reduced confidence associated with aging increases information seeking under uncertainty, whereas confidence alterations associated with symptoms of psychopathology do not. Out now w/ Greta Mohr & @robince.bsky.social. #neuroskyence #compneuro #PsychSciSky: rdcu.be/dSPdz
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🌟PhD Opportunity🌟
Investigate the links between opioids, other analgesics, and cognitive decline/dementia. Supervisors include researchers at Edinburgh and Glasgow University and the Karolinska Institute! Learn more about this Precision Medicine PhD and apply below!⬇️
usher.ed.ac.uk/precision-me...
Investigate the links between opioids, other analgesics, and cognitive decline/dementia. Supervisors include researchers at Edinburgh and Glasgow University and the Karolinska Institute! Learn more about this Precision Medicine PhD and apply below!⬇️
usher.ed.ac.uk/precision-me...
Chronic pain, analgesic prescribing, and cognitive decline
Precision Medicine Project - Chronic pain, analgesic prescribing, and cognitive decline
usher.ed.ac.uk
November 20, 2024 at 2:23 PM
🌟PhD Opportunity🌟
Investigate the links between opioids, other analgesics, and cognitive decline/dementia. Supervisors include researchers at Edinburgh and Glasgow University and the Karolinska Institute! Learn more about this Precision Medicine PhD and apply below!⬇️
usher.ed.ac.uk/precision-me...
Investigate the links between opioids, other analgesics, and cognitive decline/dementia. Supervisors include researchers at Edinburgh and Glasgow University and the Karolinska Institute! Learn more about this Precision Medicine PhD and apply below!⬇️
usher.ed.ac.uk/precision-me...
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Hello again Bluesky - very glad to see people moving over here!
If anyone works on / wants to connect on work related to analyzing / interpreting neuro-ephys signals - specparam / aperiodic / oscillation stuff, etc - drop a comment or msg and I'll follow back!
If anyone works on / wants to connect on work related to analyzing / interpreting neuro-ephys signals - specparam / aperiodic / oscillation stuff, etc - drop a comment or msg and I'll follow back!
November 14, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Hello again Bluesky - very glad to see people moving over here!
If anyone works on / wants to connect on work related to analyzing / interpreting neuro-ephys signals - specparam / aperiodic / oscillation stuff, etc - drop a comment or msg and I'll follow back!
If anyone works on / wants to connect on work related to analyzing / interpreting neuro-ephys signals - specparam / aperiodic / oscillation stuff, etc - drop a comment or msg and I'll follow back!
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Following the trend, here's a starter pack of EEG researchers: go.bsky.app/H2URVjv. Let me know if you'd like to be added or removed. The list is very partial and still needs to be expanded, but I hope you find it helpful! 🧠 #EEG #neuroscience #neuroskyence
November 12, 2024 at 8:03 AM
Following the trend, here's a starter pack of EEG researchers: go.bsky.app/H2URVjv. Let me know if you'd like to be added or removed. The list is very partial and still needs to be expanded, but I hope you find it helpful! 🧠 #EEG #neuroscience #neuroskyence
Reduced confidence associated with aging increases information seeking under uncertainty, whereas confidence alterations associated with symptoms of psychopathology do not. Out now w/ Greta Mohr & @robince.bsky.social. #neuroskyence #compneuro #PsychSciSky: rdcu.be/dSPdz
Information search under uncertainty across transdiagnostic psychopathology and healthy ageing
Translational Psychiatry - Information search under uncertainty across transdiagnostic psychopathology and healthy ageing
rdcu.be
September 3, 2024 at 12:29 PM
Reduced confidence associated with aging increases information seeking under uncertainty, whereas confidence alterations associated with symptoms of psychopathology do not. Out now w/ Greta Mohr & @robince.bsky.social. #neuroskyence #compneuro #PsychSciSky: rdcu.be/dSPdz
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Interested in the structure of psychopathology? We have a new preprint for you osf.io/preprints/ps... led by @celinef.bsky.social "Mechanistic arbitration between candidate dimensions of psychopathology"
OSF
osf.io
August 1, 2024 at 1:20 PM
Interested in the structure of psychopathology? We have a new preprint for you osf.io/preprints/ps... led by @celinef.bsky.social "Mechanistic arbitration between candidate dimensions of psychopathology"
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Mechanistic arbitration between candidate dimensions of psychopathology: http://osf.io/7waey/
July 18, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Mechanistic arbitration between candidate dimensions of psychopathology: http://osf.io/7waey/
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Check out our new study - stomach brain coupling indexes a dimensional signature of mental health! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Increased stomach-brain coupling indexes a dimensional signature of negative mental health symptoms.
bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution
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June 10, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Check out our new study - stomach brain coupling indexes a dimensional signature of mental health! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Application deadline coming up - 14 May. Have a look if you are interested in a fully funded PhD on brain oscillations and Parkinson's. #neuroskyence #EEG #PsychSciSky
Delighted to advertise a fully funded PhD project investigating EEG correlates of Parkinson's disease @ University of Dundee. The student will be supervised by @ckeitelsci.bsky.social, Dr Tom Gilbertson, Prof Douglas Steele and myself. For more details, please see keitelscience.com/2024/04/19/p...
May 11, 2024 at 8:44 AM
Application deadline coming up - 14 May. Have a look if you are interested in a fully funded PhD on brain oscillations and Parkinson's. #neuroskyence #EEG #PsychSciSky