Valerie Karl
@valeriekarl.bsky.social
PhD fellow @UniOslo | 🧠 studying emotion circuits in the brain, child & parent mental health | symptom-brain-networks | former CANDLab visiting grad student @Yale
I’ve started my clinical training now but am really happy to stay part-time in research and look at brain changes during pregnancy🤗🤰🏽🧠
June 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I’ve started my clinical training now but am really happy to stay part-time in research and look at brain changes during pregnancy🤗🤰🏽🧠
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Positive affect: nature and brain bases of liking and wanting
The positive affect of rewards is an important contributor to well-being. Reward involves components of pleasure ‘liking’, motivation ‘wanting’, and l…
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January 20, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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This work builds on Kent Berridge’s invaluable contribution to the field and has inspired me to integrate clinical psychology with affective neuroscience in my PhD.
January 20, 2025 at 10:07 AM
This work builds on Kent Berridge’s invaluable contribution to the field and has inspired me to integrate clinical psychology with affective neuroscience in my PhD.
I believe this distinction is crucial for understanding pathological behavior and offers new avenues for treatment.
January 20, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I believe this distinction is crucial for understanding pathological behavior and offers new avenues for treatment.
The authors describe how liking and wanting are dissociable on a neural level: liking is rooted in small hedonic hotspots, whereas wanting involves dopamine-related mesolimbic circuitry.
January 20, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The authors describe how liking and wanting are dissociable on a neural level: liking is rooted in small hedonic hotspots, whereas wanting involves dopamine-related mesolimbic circuitry.
Atypical wanting and liking can be observed in addiction (e.g. craving a drug, despite not liking it) and depression (e.g. lacking motivation to pursue a reward despite liking it).
January 20, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Atypical wanting and liking can be observed in addiction (e.g. craving a drug, despite not liking it) and depression (e.g. lacking motivation to pursue a reward despite liking it).
Such a fun project, discussing network analyses in clinical psychology and neuroscience with @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social and @ludvigdb.bsky.social !
November 21, 2024 at 10:26 AM
Such a fun project, discussing network analyses in clinical psychology and neuroscience with @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social and @ludvigdb.bsky.social !
I’d love to be added as well if that’s still possible. Thank you!!☺️
November 19, 2024 at 5:12 PM
I’d love to be added as well if that’s still possible. Thank you!!☺️
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November 19, 2024 at 4:56 PM
I’d also love to be added if that’s still possible! Thank you!☺️
That’s really nice of you all, thank you!☺️
November 19, 2024 at 4:54 PM
That’s really nice of you all, thank you!☺️
Hey! I would love to be added as well, if there’s still spots. Thank you!
November 19, 2024 at 7:07 AM
Hey! I would love to be added as well, if there’s still spots. Thank you!
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November 18, 2024 at 5:55 PM
I’d love to be added as well, if there’s still space? Thank you!
I’d love to be added as well, if there’s still space. Thank you!
November 18, 2024 at 5:51 PM
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November 18, 2024 at 5:48 PM
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November 18, 2024 at 5:46 PM
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I’d love to be added, if there’s still space. Thank you!:)
November 18, 2024 at 5:43 PM
I’d love to be added, if there’s still space. Thank you!:)
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November 18, 2024 at 5:41 PM
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