Ksenia Egorova
@egorxen.bsky.social
☀️ 🧠🧘♀️ 💪✨🧗♀️ 🐱
PhD student at Human Emotional Systems Lab 🙂🙃 @ Turku PET Center
PhD student at Human Emotional Systems Lab 🙂🙃 @ Turku PET Center
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If you want to read up on mediation analysis, we have a paper explaining the underlying causal inference issues: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/.... If you wonder about why I do pay attention to the p values: www.the100.ci/2018/02/15/t...
The uncanny mountain: p-values between .01 and .10 are still a problem
[Update: After this post had been published, Uli Schimmack and I had a quick chat and Uli was very surprised to learn that I hadn't read his 2012 Psychological Methods paper on the topic. He has now p...
www.the100.ci
November 9, 2025 at 7:29 AM
If you want to read up on mediation analysis, we have a paper explaining the underlying causal inference issues: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/.... If you wonder about why I do pay attention to the p values: www.the100.ci/2018/02/15/t...
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The female menstrual cycle was probably originally synchronized with the lunar cycle. This has changed significantly due to artificial light and smartphones, as a new study now published in the Journal Science Advances shows. go.uniwue.de/moon
September 25, 2025 at 6:34 AM
The female menstrual cycle was probably originally synchronized with the lunar cycle. This has changed significantly due to artificial light and smartphones, as a new study now published in the Journal Science Advances shows. go.uniwue.de/moon
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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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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Excited to share my first postdoc project in collaboration with @jseubert.bsky.social and @margaveldhuizen.bsky.social , now published with @natcomms.nature.com, where we describe a potential mechanism for flavour integration in the insula. #NeuroSkyence #FlavourScience doi.org/10.1038/s414... 1/10
Tastes and retronasal odours evoke a shared flavour-specific neural code in the human insula - Nature Communications
Food aromas stimulate smell receptors in the nose but are often mistaken for tastes. This study shows that aromas induce taste-like patterns in the insular cortex. These results explain the illusion a...
doi.org
September 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Excited to share my first postdoc project in collaboration with @jseubert.bsky.social and @margaveldhuizen.bsky.social , now published with @natcomms.nature.com, where we describe a potential mechanism for flavour integration in the insula. #NeuroSkyence #FlavourScience doi.org/10.1038/s414... 1/10
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Preprint -
Excited to present WHOLISTIC, which extends the concept of whole-brain functional imaging to the entire body. Pioneering work by incredibly talented Virginia Ruetten @vmsruetten.bsky.social, this platform reveals whole-organism cellular dynamics in vivo.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Excited to present WHOLISTIC, which extends the concept of whole-brain functional imaging to the entire body. Pioneering work by incredibly talented Virginia Ruetten @vmsruetten.bsky.social, this platform reveals whole-organism cellular dynamics in vivo.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Preprint -
Excited to present WHOLISTIC, which extends the concept of whole-brain functional imaging to the entire body. Pioneering work by incredibly talented Virginia Ruetten @vmsruetten.bsky.social, this platform reveals whole-organism cellular dynamics in vivo.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Excited to present WHOLISTIC, which extends the concept of whole-brain functional imaging to the entire body. Pioneering work by incredibly talented Virginia Ruetten @vmsruetten.bsky.social, this platform reveals whole-organism cellular dynamics in vivo.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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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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Why menstrual cycle irregularities belong in brain research www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Why menstrual cycle irregularities belong in brain research - Nature Medicine
The menstrual cycle requires tight orchestration between the brain and body, and irregularities can be both the cause and the consequence of wide-ranging health issues. Embracing this complexity, inst...
www.nature.com
August 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Why menstrual cycle irregularities belong in brain research www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The emotional architecture of the psychedelic
brain: If you are interested in #psychedelics and #emotions, take a look at our new paper: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S.... With Flora Moujaes, @nathalierieser.bsky.social, Lydia Belinger, Marcus Herdener, & Zarmeen Zahid. Just published in TICS.
brain: If you are interested in #psychedelics and #emotions, take a look at our new paper: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S.... With Flora Moujaes, @nathalierieser.bsky.social, Lydia Belinger, Marcus Herdener, & Zarmeen Zahid. Just published in TICS.
ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.
authors.elsevier.com
August 19, 2025 at 7:27 AM
The emotional architecture of the psychedelic
brain: If you are interested in #psychedelics and #emotions, take a look at our new paper: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S.... With Flora Moujaes, @nathalierieser.bsky.social, Lydia Belinger, Marcus Herdener, & Zarmeen Zahid. Just published in TICS.
brain: If you are interested in #psychedelics and #emotions, take a look at our new paper: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S.... With Flora Moujaes, @nathalierieser.bsky.social, Lydia Belinger, Marcus Herdener, & Zarmeen Zahid. Just published in TICS.
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Neuroscientist @nicolecrust.bsky.social argues here that by treating brains as complex systems, neuroscientists are finally making progress on mental health treatment, including utilising psychedelics to enhance brain plasticity as part of therapy - bit.ly/4lkS0pR #philmind #neuroskyence #NeuroSky
Neuroscience needs a new paradigm: the brain is not a machine | Nicolee Rust
bit.ly
August 12, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Neuroscientist @nicolecrust.bsky.social argues here that by treating brains as complex systems, neuroscientists are finally making progress on mental health treatment, including utilising psychedelics to enhance brain plasticity as part of therapy - bit.ly/4lkS0pR #philmind #neuroskyence #NeuroSky
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What makes human pyramidal neurons uniquely suited for complex information processing? How can human neurons’ distinct properties contribute to our advanced cognitive abilities?
August 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
What makes human pyramidal neurons uniquely suited for complex information processing? How can human neurons’ distinct properties contribute to our advanced cognitive abilities?
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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...
Pultsina, Parviainen, Karjalainen
bioRxiv 2025.06.24.660939; doi.org/10.1101/2025...
June 26, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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...
Pultsina, Parviainen, Karjalainen
bioRxiv 2025.06.24.660939; doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Just read this very informative post about endometriosis — I just had some vague background knowledge that it existed and was probably neglected by research. Turns out it’s extremely fascinating — tissue similar to the uterus lining growing outside of the uterus. It has even been found *in men*
Endometriosis is an incredibly interesting disease
5k words, 23 minutes reading time
www.owlposting.com
June 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Just read this very informative post about endometriosis — I just had some vague background knowledge that it existed and was probably neglected by research. Turns out it’s extremely fascinating — tissue similar to the uterus lining growing outside of the uterus. It has even been found *in men*
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🔥 Most important paper I've read all year🔥
👉 Injury/disease doesn't reliably predict pain
👉 Biomarkers alone can't explain pain
👉 PSYCHOSOCIAL factors reliably determine chronic pain
👉 Painful conditions can be predicted from the SYNERGY btwn bio + psychosocial factors
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👉 Injury/disease doesn't reliably predict pain
👉 Biomarkers alone can't explain pain
👉 PSYCHOSOCIAL factors reliably determine chronic pain
👉 Painful conditions can be predicted from the SYNERGY btwn bio + psychosocial factors
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Biological markers and psychosocial factors predict chronic pain conditions - Nature Human Behaviour
Fillingim et al. show that biological and psychosocial factors jointly predict conditions associated with chronic pain.
www.nature.com
May 14, 2025 at 3:18 AM
🔥 Most important paper I've read all year🔥
👉 Injury/disease doesn't reliably predict pain
👉 Biomarkers alone can't explain pain
👉 PSYCHOSOCIAL factors reliably determine chronic pain
👉 Painful conditions can be predicted from the SYNERGY btwn bio + psychosocial factors
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👉 Injury/disease doesn't reliably predict pain
👉 Biomarkers alone can't explain pain
👉 PSYCHOSOCIAL factors reliably determine chronic pain
👉 Painful conditions can be predicted from the SYNERGY btwn bio + psychosocial factors
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Thanks to everybody who chimed in!
I arrived at the conclusion that (1) there's a lot of interesting stuff about interactions and (2) the figure I was looking for does not exist.
So, I made it myself! Here's a simple illustration of how to control for confounding in interactions:>
I arrived at the conclusion that (1) there's a lot of interesting stuff about interactions and (2) the figure I was looking for does not exist.
So, I made it myself! Here's a simple illustration of how to control for confounding in interactions:>
May 11, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Thanks to everybody who chimed in!
I arrived at the conclusion that (1) there's a lot of interesting stuff about interactions and (2) the figure I was looking for does not exist.
So, I made it myself! Here's a simple illustration of how to control for confounding in interactions:>
I arrived at the conclusion that (1) there's a lot of interesting stuff about interactions and (2) the figure I was looking for does not exist.
So, I made it myself! Here's a simple illustration of how to control for confounding in interactions:>
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🚨 New preprint! How do we know what is real? so...
"Unreal? A Behavioral, Physiological & Computational Model of the Sense of Reality" is out!
The result of 4 years of incredible teamwork👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
"Unreal? A Behavioral, Physiological & Computational Model of the Sense of Reality" is out!
The result of 4 years of incredible teamwork👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Unreal? A Behavioral, Physiological, and Computational Model of the Sense of Reality
An intriguing aspect of the human mind is our knowledge that our perceptions may be false. Our frequent exposure to non-veridical perceptions such as those found in dreams, illusions and hallucination...
www.biorxiv.org
April 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
🚨 New preprint! How do we know what is real? so...
"Unreal? A Behavioral, Physiological & Computational Model of the Sense of Reality" is out!
The result of 4 years of incredible teamwork👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
"Unreal? A Behavioral, Physiological & Computational Model of the Sense of Reality" is out!
The result of 4 years of incredible teamwork👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Interested in neuroimaging? Or know someone who is? Join our imaging course this September 1st - 5th! Topics covered span from data acquisition all the way to visualisation of results. More info available at emotion.utu.fi/neurocourse/
April 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Interested in neuroimaging? Or know someone who is? Join our imaging course this September 1st - 5th! Topics covered span from data acquisition all the way to visualisation of results. More info available at emotion.utu.fi/neurocourse/
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My paper reviewing how different neurodegenerative diseases affect autonomic function was just published.
Autonomic dysfunction in neurodegenerative disease — a Review by Mara Mather
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@maramather.bsky.social
#neuroscience
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@maramather.bsky.social
#neuroscience
Autonomic dysfunction in neurodegenerative disease - Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Neurodegenerative disorders are commonly associated with autonomic dysfunction as well as the more well-known cognitive and motor effects. In this Review, Mather describes how properties of neurons in...
www.nature.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
My paper reviewing how different neurodegenerative diseases affect autonomic function was just published.
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What autism taught us about our social nature.
Frith & Frith, Current Directions in Psychology journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
Frith & Frith, Current Directions in Psychology journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
April 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
What autism taught us about our social nature.
Frith & Frith, Current Directions in Psychology journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
Frith & Frith, Current Directions in Psychology journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
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How is the body experienced in mental health conditions? 🧠🫀🫁
Our (@gabmackie.bsky.social) new paper in eClinicalMedicine explores lived experiences and patient priorities for interoception research. 🧵1/n
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Our (@gabmackie.bsky.social) new paper in eClinicalMedicine explores lived experiences and patient priorities for interoception research. 🧵1/n
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.
authors.elsevier.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
How is the body experienced in mental health conditions? 🧠🫀🫁
Our (@gabmackie.bsky.social) new paper in eClinicalMedicine explores lived experiences and patient priorities for interoception research. 🧵1/n
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Our (@gabmackie.bsky.social) new paper in eClinicalMedicine explores lived experiences and patient priorities for interoception research. 🧵1/n
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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🚀 New Paper Alert! 🧠
Excited to share our new perspective paper with Niclas Kaiser
📝 “The ConNECT approach: toward a comprehensive understanding of meaningful interpersonal moments in psychotherapy and beyond”
🔗 Read it here: doi.org/10.3389/fnhu...
Excited to share our new perspective paper with Niclas Kaiser
📝 “The ConNECT approach: toward a comprehensive understanding of meaningful interpersonal moments in psychotherapy and beyond”
🔗 Read it here: doi.org/10.3389/fnhu...
Frontiers | The ConNECT approach: toward a comprehensive understanding of meaningful interpersonal moments in psychotherapy and beyond
doi.org
March 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
🚀 New Paper Alert! 🧠
Excited to share our new perspective paper with Niclas Kaiser
📝 “The ConNECT approach: toward a comprehensive understanding of meaningful interpersonal moments in psychotherapy and beyond”
🔗 Read it here: doi.org/10.3389/fnhu...
Excited to share our new perspective paper with Niclas Kaiser
📝 “The ConNECT approach: toward a comprehensive understanding of meaningful interpersonal moments in psychotherapy and beyond”
🔗 Read it here: doi.org/10.3389/fnhu...