A lay summary explains this cool study from @stefaniebrassen.bsky.social et al. 😍 www.clearskyscience.com/en/10.1038/s...

The Power of Expectations@sfb-trr-289.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Amazing new work from project A06 led by Eun Jin Shim and @stefaniebrassen.bsky.social! 🤩 This study examined whether positive expectations improve outcomes in depressed patients and whether individual placebo responsiveness predicts treatment success 💊 Read it here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

1/ Laura Kim, @scheibenbogen.bsky.social and colleagues show that thalamic hyperconnectivity in ME/CFS shifts toward healthy-control patterns after HBOT, most strongly in patients who improve. But what is the thalamus actually computing in this circuit? link.springer.com/article/10.1...

ME/CFS and the thalamus as a precision gate: what reversible thalamocortical connectivity reveals about central gain in post-infectious fatigue - Journal of Translational Medicine

Kim and colleagues report a finding that is easy to understate: thalamic hyperconnectivity with sensorimotor and visuo-occipital cortices, present in patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fa...

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'Brain rhythms of depression: A predictive processing perspective' by Andreas Strube @astrube.bsky.social & Diego Pizzagalli @diegopizzagalli.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/neuro...

Glad to announce that our paper investigating the effect of action-outcome uncertainty on pain modulation is now out in @painthejournal.bsky.social 🧠💻! Super briefly: Learned certainty in what action lead to pain relief exagerates perception of pain relief. journals.lww.com/pain/fulltex...

Very happy to see this Review with @diegopizzagalli.bsky.social out in @cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/neuro... This piece brings together a lot of what we’ve been thinking on depression, predictive processing and EEG. Many thanks for the support from @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social

Brain rhythms of depression: A predictive processing perspective

Depression is marked by anhedonia, social withdrawal, and a diminished capacity to learn from positive experiences—features that can be framed within predictive processing. Here, we review findings fr...

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Vom Sonderforschungsbereich Treatment Expectation @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social wurde ich dazu interviewt, warum unser Gehirn wie eine Vorhersagemaschine ist - und wie Erwartungen unsere Wahrnehmung und unser Schmerzempfinden verändern können. Und was das für Jugendpsychiatrie bedeutet. Hier der Link:👇

1/2 Today was the launch event of the Einstein Center for Youth Mental Health in Berlin - funded by the @einsteinberlin.bsky.social. I am very excited to become part of this inspiring new environment as a postdoctoral researcher starting in October.

Einstein Foundation Berlin@einsteinberlin.bsky.social · last mo.

Heute offiziell eröffnet: das Einstein Center for Youth Mental Health, das psychische Erkrankungen bei 12- bis 25-Jährigen erforscht & die Frühintervention sowie Prävention voranbringen soll. Wie wichtig dieses Anliegen ist, betonte Ellen Haußdörfer, Staatssekretärin für Gesundheit und Pflege. (1/4)

Science Needs 3rd Spaces We envision scientific third spaces as “collaborative hubs where researchers, artists, engineers, and practitioners co-develop methods, share resources, and pursue projects driven by curiosity". authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

🧠⚡️💊New @nature.com publication ! Mimicking opioid analgesia in cortical pain circuits We built a brain-behavior framework to decode spontaneous chronic pain in mice—and to biologically mimic morphine with a synthetic opioid gene therapy nature.com/articles/s41... @pennmedicine.bsky.social

Nature@nature.com · 7mo ago

Researchers identify the neurons involved in the emotional distress associated with pain go.nature.com/4qIKkB8

Many thanks to the @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social and all colleagues for awarding me the DGPA Early Career Award 2026 at the fantastic #PuG2026! I am also grateful to the @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social for the support of my scientific work and the great research environment and network.

🚨 The actual paper is now out on @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... In this opinion piece, @duncanastle.bsky.social and I explore the human brain through the lens of optimality and Pareto-optimality theory.

Embracing the suboptimal organization of the human brain

Human brain architecture is guiding brain-inspired artificial intelligence (AI) and has been treated as an optimal template, whose deviations could ma…

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Kayson Fakhar@kayson.bsky.social · 4mo ago

For all the esteemed scholars out there who prefer gaining knowledge the correct way, here’s a summary of our upcoming opinion piece, delivered to you by Jesus himself. But seriously, science communication is about to get a lot worse and better at the same time.

Are you a DGPA member (or thinking of becoming one 😁) conducting outstanding research in biopsychology, psychophysiology, or neuroscience? Apply now for the 2026 Early Career Award! @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social

🎬 Ein Film, der unter die Haut geht. 🎞 „Ich, Daniel Blake" – Ken Loachs mit der Goldenen Palme ausgezeichnet. Witz und Widerstand – britisch. Dienstag, 21. April · 19 Uhr 📍 Lichtmeß-Kino, Hamburg Mehr Infos: www.goliathtwatch.de #KenLoach #Lichtmeß #TaxTheRich #Pfeffersack #Film #Hamburg

1/6 Our paper is out today in Nature Communications! From the SFB/TRR 289 Treatment Expectation @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social we show that temporal expectations shape somatosensory perception - for both painful heat AND non-painful cold stimuli.

🎬 Filme können Realitäten zeigen, die wir sonst leicht übersehen. Harburg Social Filmclub, Termin 2: „Souleymans Geschichte". Film u. Gespräch Miriam Block u. Anne Widder (NGG), Moderation Andreas Strube. 📅 Mo. 23.03. | 19:30 Uhr 📍 Schwarzenbergstr. 36, HH 📩 Anmeldung: filmclub@kinokulturhamburg.de

🎬 Harburg Social Filmclub! Nächsten Montag: „Die jüngste Tochter" Danach Gespräch mit u.a. Andreas Strube (er/ihm), Miriam Block (sie/ihr), Han Kahrizi (keine Pronomen) & Juli Avemark (sie/keine). 📍 Schwarzenbergstr. 36 📅 Weitere Termine: 23.03. & 30.03. 📩 Anmeldung: filmclub@kinokulturhamburg.de

In 10 Minuten – live! www.bundestag.de Fachgespräch zur Nationalen Dekade gegen postinfektiöse Erkrankungen im Ausschuss für Forschung & Technologie. Einschalten! Super spannend & sehr wichtig. #mecfs

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This might be a good moment to reshare our CRC starter pack, where you can follow all of our fantastic expectation researchers at once! 🤩

The Power of Expectations@sfb-trr-289.bsky.social · last yr.

Follow all members of the CRC at once using our starter pack! 🤩 go.bsky.app/TgjkCXL

Last order of business: ✨ PRIZES ✨ We congratulate four early career researchers who won best paper awards! 🤩 Huge congrats for doing amazing work, @astrube.bsky.social, Lieven Schenk, Justine Schmidt, and Stefanie Hölsken! 🥳

Hallo liebe Bluesky Community, einmal ein Veranstaltungshinweis an alle die sich in Hamburg oder Umgebung befinden - ich zeige mit den GRÜNEN Harburg „Kein Land für Niemand“! Kommt gerne vorbei. Danach moderierter Reflexionsraum mit Gäst*innen!

Serious concerns about a new cortical biomarker for pain sensitivity jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... We (with @tspisak.bsky.social, @christianbuchel.bsky.social) published a commentary on Chowdhury, Bi et al. (2025, JAMA Neurology) raising serious concerns about their reported results. 👇 1/13

Concern About Predictive Performance of a Pain Sensitivity Biomarker

To the Editor Chowdhury et al1 evaluated a biomarker for pain sensitivity, combining peak alpha frequency and corticomotor excitability. The authors report outstanding performance (validation set area...

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In memoriam: Andrea Evers (1967-2025) www.universiteitleiden.nl/nieuws/2025/...

In memoriam: Andrea Evers (1967 - 2025)

Tot ons grote verdriet is onze dierbare collega Andrea Evers op maandag 4 augustus 2025 overleden. Sinds 2013 was Andrea verbonden aan de Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen van de Universiteit Leiden...

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Besonders schlimm ist dieser Absatz hier, weil er ein hochproblematisches Verständnis von universitären Entscheidungsprozessen offenbart. Wer nicht will, wird durch Ressourcenentzug gezwungen (= Zeigen der Folterinstrumente). "Hochschulleitungen können auch Gremien gegeneinander ausspielen."

This is so cool, @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social! Participation helps us ask better questions, make knowledge accessible, and connect science to real-world political debates. Exactly the collaboration that is missing in many fields of science. We need more of that… @sipsplacebo.bsky.social

The Power of Expectations@sfb-trr-289.bsky.social · last yr.

We are so excited to welcome three people with lived experiences from our CRC's patient advisory board to @sipsplacebo.bsky.social #SIPSplacebo2025! PAB-members: Dorothea Fell, Sonja Arens and Oliver Vorthmann ✨ Thanks to everyone who stopped by our poster and asked questions ❤️

BREAKING: A federal judge reversed National Institutes of Health's terminations of hundreds of critical research grants that were canceled because of their alleged connection to disfavored topics, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender identity. This is a major win for public health.

Diving into predictive timing of pain at my poster today. SIPS in beautiful and lively Kraków so far: Welcome Reception = amazing 🔥! Big shout‑out to Bąbel & team! Lots of great talks - and special appreciation for the ECR community! @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social @sipsplacebo.bsky.social

One Saturday afternoon, we started with @winstontan.bsky.social and @liviaasan.bsky.social presenting the new SIPS ECR network. 🙌 Afterwards, @rimamrahal.bsky.social gave a fantastic keynote on #openscience and #registeredreports. ☝️ Of course, socializing also happened in the evening! ✨

Follow all members of the CRC at once using our starter pack! 🤩 go.bsky.app/TgjkCXL

Wer aus Hamburg (oder Umgebung) ist - gerne vorbeikommen! Stigma psychischer Erkrankungen in Zeiten des Rechtsrucks. Mit @mibloq.bsky.social und weiteren tollen Kolleginnen.

Morgen geht's los! Zum Auftakt des Harburg Social Filmclubs zeigen wir „Sorry We Missed You" von Ken Loach. Kommt gerne vorbei! Anmeldung unter: Filmclub@KinoKulturHarburg.de Weitere Veranstaltungen findet ihr auf lnkd.in/embk_cSd