Awesome work @wiebkegandhi.bsky.social and @richharrison.bsky.social with this years (15th!!) edition. Stay tuned for the next #ReadEmo mtg; @unirdg-cinn.bsky.social , LinkedIn or follow us on www.facebook.com/share/1Bm3FK...

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Wrapping up #ReadEmo26 with a panel led by @carien.bsky.social, as it considers new directions for neuroimaging in pain research.

The afternoon keynotes at #ReadEmo26 covered AI/computational approaches: Jan Vollert rightfully points out issues with AI in pain research, incl bias. @gvg-neuro.bsky.social hit it out of the park summarising multimodal predictions of chronic pain in biobank data.

Fantastic short talks #ReadEmo26: imagining spinal cord? @liviasimela.bsky.social has it sorted! Lydia Tidmarsh presenting work in progress on long COVID, pain and neuroinflammation, and @eval80.bsky.social highlighting that EEG pain signatures are perhaps not what they may seem to some

Day 2 of #ReadEmo26 started well with Jon Brooks highlighting intricacies of brain-periphery interactions in fibromyalgia

Day 1 of #ReadEmo26 is coming to an end with a lively panel discussion led by Fiona Talkington of BBC Radio 3 fame and our own @richharrison.bsky.social . Stay tuned for a brain-heavy Day 2! @unirdg-cinn.bsky.social

We continue the health/applied angle on pain research with 3 keynotes by Whitney Scott on stigma and discrimination in chronic pain, our own @ameliahollywood.bsky.social presenting her work on pain assessments in emergency dept, and Katy Vincent on endometriosis-linked pain #ReadEmo26

3 amazing short talks on applied aspects of pain research: Susanne Cromme on hysteroscopy; @kirrraliseh.bsky.social on incorporating PPI in menstrual pain and autism research; Jenna Gillett on compassion flows in chronic pain #ReadEmo26

Sigrid Elsenbruch is our first keynote speaker at #ReadEmo26, presenting her work on extinction learning, interoception and gut-brain perspectives in pain

#ReadEmo26 is go! Wiebke (@wiebkegandhi.bsky.social) and Rich opening this years event @unirdg-cinn.bsky.social

📢 We’re hiring! If you’re enthusiastic about computation, MRI analysis, multimodal methods, and you like supporting human neuroscience research, join us at @unirdg-cinn.bsky.social. See tinyurl.com/2s4fsx9n for details. Pls share. #neuroskyence #neurojobs #ECR

Computational Technical Expert at University of Reading

Recruiting now: Computational Technical Expert on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board

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Why is the universities crisis being ignored? Essential piece by @gsoh31.bsky.social for Arguably on the “grim dribbling away of one of Britain's great triumphs and economic advantages” – and why so few politicians seem to care. www.arguably.uk/p/the-quiet-...

The quiet collapse of British universities

One of our great triumphs and economic advantages is fading away

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#ESCAN26 is officially underway with the first set of pre-conferences. I’m attending the embodiment one led by Paul Jenkinson and @katerinafoto.bsky.social . The programme looks amazing and it has a real great buzz. @escaneu.bsky.social

Registered Reports improve the credibility of scientific claims by rewarding big questions, sound methods and solid analyses. They need to become a standard tool in research. go.nature.com/4dP1rwk

Nature is expanding Registered Reports to all the fields in which we publish

Registered Reports improve the credibility of scientific claims by rewarding big questions, sound methods and solid analyses. They need to become a standard tool in research.

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Deadline for abstracts for poster/talk at #ReadEmo26 is approaching (22 May). Please share and join us. Thanks!

Anastasia Christakou 💙@christakou.bsky.social · 4mo ago

📢 #ReadEmo26 is on! Join us on 23–24 June at @uniofreading.bsky.social “From Receptors to Perceptions: The Multiple Approaches to Understanding Pain” For details, registration, and abstract submission visit: sites.google.com/site/reading... #ReadEmo2026 #PainResearch #ECR

10 days left until the closing date (29 May) 👇. Join us!

Carien van Reekum@carien.bsky.social · 4mo ago

📣 Job alert: We are recruiting a Prof in Neuroscience with MRI expertise to join us at @unirdg-cinn.bsky.social and @unirdg-psych.bsky.social. See tinyurl.com/2kdjph8v for details. Contact me for info/chat. Please spread the word #neuroskyence #neurojobs

📢 #ReadEmo26 is on! Join us on 23–24 June at @uniofreading.bsky.social “From Receptors to Perceptions: The Multiple Approaches to Understanding Pain” For details, registration, and abstract submission visit: sites.google.com/site/reading... #ReadEmo2026 #PainResearch #ECR

Reading Emotions

This symposium brings together pain researchers from different disciplinary backgrounds and experience to promote extensive knowledge exchange, networking opportunities, and the potential for developi...

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📣 Job alert: We are recruiting a Prof in Neuroscience with MRI expertise to join us at @unirdg-cinn.bsky.social and @unirdg-psych.bsky.social. See tinyurl.com/2kdjph8v for details. Contact me for info/chat. Please spread the word #neuroskyence #neurojobs

Professor of Neuroscience at University of Reading

Apply for the Professor of Neuroscience role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.

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It won't actually exist for another month or so, but because it now 'exists' on amazon, I'll humbly observe that, after working through this book, your student/trainee would be able to read and understand all but two or three papers in this week's J. Neurosci. Check it out:

Fantastic work by @nickhedger.bsky.social and colleagues - many congrats, folks! Cc @unirdg-cinn.bsky.social #Neuroskyence

Tomas Knapen@tknapen.bsky.social · 8mo ago

New today in @Nature: your visual cortex contains touch-based body maps. bit.ly/VisualBodyMaps Your brain transforms what you see into first-person, body-referenced codes: A previously unknown bridge between vision and touch.

** Recruiting a postdoc ** We are looking for a postdoc to work on emotion, mental health, and interoception, based in London at @ucl.ac.uk in my lab (Clinical and Affective Neuroscience). Part of a large Wellcome Grant (co-led with the brilliant @camillanord.bsky.social)

A full obituary for Dr. Ekman will appear in the December issue of Affective Science, and we'll keep the community informed of opportunities to honor Dr. Ekman's legacy. www.paulekman.com/blog/the-pas...

The Passing of Dr. Paul Ekman

Dr. Paul Ekman, pioneer of emotion science and creator of FACS, has passed away at 91. Read his memorial and share reflections on his life and legacy.

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A true legend has left us. Paul Ekman’s impact on #affectivescience cannot be overstated. I was so lucky to have met him several times and he was always so supportive, even when I flunked my talk as a first year PhD student. #restinpeace

bk@knutson-brain.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 9mo ago

Wouldn't be where I am without the mentorship and training of my first postdoctoral mentor #PaulEkman ... May this Bay Area legend of experimental psychology #RestInPeace ... https://www.paulekman.com/blog/the-passing-of-dr-paul-ekman/

I’m pleased with our findings reported here showing that brain networks involved in “Multiple Demand” and “Re-evaluation” support reappraisal. Let us know your thoughts! with @evalab.bsky.social @twoodward.bsky.social #neuroskyence #affectsci #fMRI-CPCA

bioRxiv Neuroscience@biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Cognitive modes involved in emotion regulation identified using Constrained Principal Component Analysis for fMRI (fMRI-CPCA) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.27.684758v1

Genius

Scott McKernan@scottmckernan.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I just attended a truly amazing Keynote Talk at #SPR2025 by Dr. Daniel S. Bassett titled “Network Cognition in a Curious World”. They covered how humans engage in the world, build models, and how the brain builds these models. Check out their work! @therealspr.bsky.social @danisbassett.bsky.social

@clarsonsbrain.bsky.social underscoring the importance of context and lived experience in trauma - make that in all our research really. Presidential Address @therealspr.bsky.social

I need a #mathematician to help with a project. Ideally UK-based. I've emailed a few folks in my uni, but none replied... Anyone interested? My need is nonlinear modelling of brain and muscle signals, optimisation, decomposition. Anyone?

Fear, anxiety, and the extended amygdala- Absence of evidence for strict functional segregation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.29.673083v1

Great to be part of this effort, led by Joaquim Radua, @drhannahsavage.bsky.social and Miquel Fullana, among other www.nature.com/articles/s41... #neuroskyence #neurosci #affectsci

Neural correlates of human fear conditioning and sources of variability in 2199 individuals - Nature Communications

A large brain imaging study of over 2000 people worldwide shows that fear conditioning engages brain regions linked to emotion and attention, with differences in individuals with anxiety or depression...

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Huge variability documented in how publishers respond when informed about a problematic body of work by a research group. www.jclinepi.com/article/S089... #publishers #retractions

Our department is seeking applicants for an Assistant Professor position with a focus on affective science. Please apply and/or pass this along to anyone who might be interested! facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...