@dhewitt.bsky.social et al. find that tonic pain modulates neural responses to pain-predictive stimuli, consistent with protective encoding of vulnerable body regions during sustained pain. Learn more in #PAIN bit.ly/4fHcqub

Are you more aware of injured parts of your body when you're in pain? Our results suggest that you might be... Read the full study now published in #PAIN @iasp.bsky.social ➡️ bit.ly/49IMgE9 Big thanks to Shuangyi, Sarah and @benosaka.bsky.social @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @oxcin.bsky.social

Looking back on a fantastic few days at the #CIFARWinterSchool ☃️ Incredibly grateful for the opportunity to attend and experience the stunning Montebello, connect with interesting people from around the world across a range of disciplines, and try my hand (and fail miserably) at curling.

Oliver Panther (@keeleuniversity.bsky.social; supervised by Claire Monroy) has been selected as the winner of the 2026 Experimental Psychology Society / @bsa-psychology.bsky.social Undergraduate Project Prize. Congratulations Oliver! eps.ac.uk/2026-eps-bsa...

2026 EPS / BSA Undergraduate Prize Winner

Oliver Panther (Keele University; supervised by Claire Monroy) has been selected as the winner of the 2026 Experimental Psychology Society / British Science Association Undergraduate Project Prize.…

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Super cool PhD opportunity!

Charlotte Reese Marshall used to be Tom Rhys Marshall@tomrhysmarshall.bsky.social · 8mo ago

In this position you will work with TMS and neuroimaging (next-gen OPM sensors developed here at @thechbh.bsky.social @uob-sop.bsky.social) to understand the effects of the menstrual cycle on the excitability of the brain. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Our paper on the influence of cultural context on neural (EEG) and self-reported measures of affective touch is finally out! We report differences in how touch is evaluated across cultural contexts, and in cortical activation during touch processing 🧠👋 academic.oup.com/scan/article...

Is cultural context the crucial touch? Neurophysiological and self-reported responses to affective touch in women in South Africa and the United Kingdom

Abstract. Affective touch, involving touch-sensitive C-tactile (CT) afferent nerve fibres, is integral to human development and well-being. Despite presume

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Ever thought about how to make your research more inclusive? 🧠✨ We worked with members of the public and patient contributors to understand what makes it harder for people to take part in research — from accessibility and scheduling to lab environments and communication. (🧵 1/3)

📢 MHRA Drug Safety Update: Paracetamol remains safe to use in pregnancy. It is the first-choice pain reliever, used at the lowest dose for the shortest duration. It also treats fever. ℹ️ More info & guidance: www.gov.uk/drug-safety-...

Paracetamol and pregnancy - reminder that taking paracetamol during pregnancy remains safe

Patients should be reminded and reassured that there is no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children. Paracetamol is recommended as the first-choice pain reliever for...

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Now available as a reviewed preprint on @elife.bsky.social: Phasic and tonic pain serve distinct functions during adaptive behaviour doi.org/10.7554/eLif... 👏🏻⬇️

Danielle Hewitt@dhewitt.bsky.social · last yr.

New preprint from our lab led by Shuangyi Tong 💡 looking at changes in behaviour and #EEG during phasic and tonic pain in a #VR foraging task. @benosaka.bsky.social #neuroskyence #cogsci #academicsky

Despite everything going on, I may have funds to hire a postdoc this year 😬🤞🧑‍🔬 Open to a wide variety of possible projects in social and cognitive neuroscience. Get in touch if you are interested! Reposts appreciated.

Glasgow bound for the Chronic Pain Neurotechnology Network #CPNN Neurofeedback Workshop at @uofglasgow.bsky.social! Stunning views on the way up (which we were directed to look at by the train conductor) 🙌🏻

Last Thursday, we hosted the second Careers and Networking Day on behalf of @ndcnoxford.bsky.social's Clinical Neurosciences Society. Huge thanks to the attendees for getting involved in lively discussions and our speakers for taking the time to share their inspiring career journeys with us.

A funded PhD position focused on spinal OPM recordings. Please share www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...

PhD opportunities in the Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences

A Spinal Research-funded position is available to study full-time for a PhD registered at UCL

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Are you interested in exploring career options in clinical neuroscience? Join the Clinical Neurosciences Society networking and career day focused on AI, big data, and machine learning. 9-5pm, 5 June LT 2, Academic Centre, JR FREE entry, plus lunch, refreshments and drinks reception

<<help requested>> Folks working with human volunteers: What do you do to ensure your advertising and recruitment texts use *inclusive language*? Looking for examples; the more specific the better. Feel free to reply in thread or direct message. Please repost and share for visibility. Thanks! 👍

The paperweight is sitting proudly on my desk! 🫶🏻

Oxford University Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (OxCIN)@oxcin.bsky.social · last yr.

New name, same values! As OxCIN we continue to be: 🤝a team 📢engaged with public, patients & policy 🌈inclusive 🔑open Congrats to this year's winners of our Good Citizen Awards, who went above and beyond to promote positive research culture! www.oxcin.ox.ac.uk/about/vision/culture/good-citizen-awards

Looking back on a great time in Lyon last week for #EFIC2025 - lots of interesting talks, and more cheese and bread than you'd think was possible for a 5 day trip (France 1, vegetarians 0). Looking forward to the next one!

Day one of #EFIC2025 - let's go! Here presenting poster 1 of 2 on the effects of tonic #pain on behavioural responses to approaching threats as a proxy for peripersonal space representations in #VR @efic.bsky.social

Pain is more common than you think! From migraines to musculoskeletal pain, millions live with chronic pain. This infographic breaks down the numbers—raising awareness is the first step toward change. europeanpainfederation.eu/sip/access-t... #PainAwareness #ChronicPain

Hey Early Career Pain Researchers/Professionals, who's going to the @efic.bsky.social #EFIC2025 in Lyon next week? 😊 As a member of the @iasp.bsky.social #IASPECN, I am particularly looking forward to some exciting activities just for us ECRs! Program: tinyurl.com/3x2dpx2p See you there?😎

Are brain states in children passively generated in response to things that happen in our environment? Or are they actively created through micro-level movements? Big questions in latest pre-preprint from @MarriottIra that re-examines developmental EEG findings 👇 1/8

3.5 year PhD studentship in cognitive computational neuroscience open in my MSN lab, @thechbh.bsky.social, co-supervised with @selmalugtmeijer.bsky.social & @simonlittle.bsky.social. Deadline 23rd March. Only open to UK candidates. More details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Pls repost

Gentle, slow stroke touch significantly moves the heart by lowering rate and increasing rhythmicity. This effect is much stronger when someone else touches us, compared to self-touch. Out now in IEEE Trans Affective Comp @rebeccaboehme.bsky.social, @paulasalamone.bsky.social doi.org/10.1109/TAFF...

Autonomic modulations to cardiac dynamics in response to affective touch: Differences between social touch and self-touch

The autonomic nervous system plays a vital role in self-regulation and responding to environmental demands. Autonomic dynamics have been hypothesized to be involved in perceptual awareness and establi...

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The first study from my postdoc is now up as a preprint 👏🏻 we combined #EEG and #VR in a cool task (feat. 🦊) finding that lateralised ongoing pain affects predictive responses to phasic pain on the same side of the body. #Neuroskyence #cogsci #AcademicSky #PainResearch @benosaka.bsky.social

bioRxiv Neuroscience@biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · last yr.

Tonic pain revalues associative memories of phasic pain https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.04.641525v1

Great to see wonderful Irene Tracey on top of the league www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best...

International Women’s Day: top universities led by women

More than a quarter of the top 200 universities in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings are run by women, a number which is increasing year on year

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New preprint from our lab led by Shuangyi Tong 💡 looking at changes in behaviour and #EEG during phasic and tonic pain in a #VR foraging task. @benosaka.bsky.social #neuroskyence #cogsci #academicsky

bioRxiv Neuroscience@biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · last yr.

Phasic and tonic pain serve distinct functions during adaptive behaviour https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.10.637253v1

The blue light makes our lab look so sciencey :) www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Ouch! Solving the riddle of pain

We all know what hurts, but why is it so difficult to describe? Emma Cook meets the neurologists attempting to answer one of medicine’s hardest questions

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Proud to be one of many who contributed to this important article. With typical postdocs joining labs in their 30s & staying 6 yrs, combined with low pay, the impact on women wanting to start a family is real. No wonder I waited to have my first child as a new PI. #Postdocs #WomenInScience

Static pay, shrinking prospects fuel neuroscience postdoc decline

Postdoctoral researchers sponsored by the National Institutes of Health now toil longer than ever before, for less money. They are responding accordingly.

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I am thrilled to announce that my @soneatlab.bsky.social @universityofessex.bsky.social is now accepting attendance requests & abstract submissions for our 2025 #fNIRS #hyperscanning workshop (May 19-20) in collaboration with @artinis.bsky.social. Deadline 28 February. pvrticka.com/2025-soneat-...

We are looking for new external examiners for our Master's-level programmes in Psychology at the University of Plymouth. Please RT and alert those who might be interested. They can message me, or email me matt.roser@plymouth.ac.uk. Thank you. #EduSky #AcademicSky #neuroskyence #CogPsych