In Physics of Life Reviews: Brain-body interaction has revealed a role for interoception in cognitive functioning. I propose a roadmap on how to implement this knowledge into concrete engineering design for biology-inspired AI to, ultimately, reaching near-conscious machines doi.org/10.1016/j.pl...

What's the role of the brain-heart axis in the physiology of dying? Using a rodent model we found that physiological responses in the brain and heart, and their interaction, determine whether an individual survives an anoxic event followed by a resuscitation procedure doi.org/10.64898/202...

Interorgan crosstalk typically occurs via the bloodstream. We showed that brain-heart-gut interplay also occurs in their electrophysiology at infra-slow timescales. We found that fluctuations in the gut are typically followed by the brain and heart after tens of seconds. doi.org/10.64898/202...

Our brain-computer interface paper was just published in NeuroImage 🧠🫀🤖 We show that motor imagery engages specific brain-heart circuits associated with accuracy and learning through longitudinal sessions: doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...

Well, chatgpt got the two versions of myself at work lol

Thinking about attending ICCN2026 in beautiful Cartagena? We have a dedicated session on brain-body interactions in clinical neurophysiology, together with Jessica Hazelton and @paulasalamone.bsky.social

IFCN and its Clinical Neurophysiology journal@clinicalneuroph.bsky.social · 6mo ago

[Abstract deadline extended!] The abstract submission deadline for #ICCN2026 has been extended to February 23, 2026. https://iccn.ifcn.info/

Pleased to share the acceptance of our #ESCAN2026 Symposium: Dynamic brain-body interactions in perception, selfhood, and cognition across health and disease, featuring Francesca Garbarini, Nicholas Hedger, @jellinap.bsky.social and @paulasalamone.bsky.social, see you in Rome! @escaneu.bsky.social

Bodily self-consciousness supports motor imagery Journal Club by Diego Candia-Rivera go.nature.com/4bmRMxc

Opinion piece from me on brain-computer interfaces 🤖 🦿🦾, out now in Nature Reviews Psychology: Bodily self-consciousness supports motor imagery doi.org/10.1038/s441... read-only link here: rdcu.be/eXIhb

This podcast commented about our recent paper on the vagal effects over the heartbeat strength, published in Communications Biology: heart-rate-variability-podcast.castos.com/episodes/thi...

This Week In HRV Edition - Episode 13

This Week’s Studies: Cardiac-vagal rhythm echoes on the heartbeat's mechanosensory imprint in the brain Candia-Rivera & Chavez — Communications Biology https://www.nature.com/article...

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Since @pnas.org didn't give us reasonable feedback, I want to share with my peers that we recently received comments from an AI-based reviewer (and the only negative one). While many of us use AI to correct readability, this was clearly not the case.

Out now in Communications Biology 🧠 🫀We show that cardiac oscillations associated with vagal tone influence the strength of the heartbeat as sensed at brain level. We hypothesize that the heart may send information to the brain, encoded by the heartbeat strength doi.org/10.1038/s420...

Cardiac-vagal rhythm echoes on the heartbeat’s mechanosensory imprint in the brain - Communications Biology

Vagal-driven heart rhythm fluctuations modulate the heartbeat strength sensed in the head, linking cardiac rhythms to brain mechanosensation. These findings highlight vagal tone’s role in shaping brai...

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More on the link brain-heart axis and sensorimotor function, relevant for BCI research 🤖: Different bodily rhythms are coupled with cortical regions at rest. Here we show that motor imagery triggers a decoupling of cardiac dynamics with motor cortex functional connectivity 🧠🫀 doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Imagined movement increases the segregation of brain-heart networks

Understanding the mechanisms of motor imagery, the mental simulation of movement without execution, is key for the development of neurotechnologies. For instance, for detecting covert motor intent in ...

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📢Fully Funded PhD position in Barcelona! I'm excited to announce that I’m opening a PhD position at @idibaps.bsky.social, Barcelona! We'll investigate the role of bodily signals in autobiographical memory, using virtual reality, EEG and TMS, in healthy volunteers and patient populations.

Next week is the world congress of the physiological societies IUPS in Frankfurt 🇩🇪. We have a symposium on the Heart-Brain Axis and also a poster 🫀 🧠. Please get in touch if interested in chatting about science www.eventclass.it/iups2025/sci...

I recently discovered the series Pantheon. The plot around the mind and machines is really cool 🤖

I receive several requests of collaboration. Please don't take it personal if I decline your invitation. I'm just trying to keep coherence on my outputs, but I'm also being extra cautious, since a recent collaboration where I was kicked out without clear reason at the moment of manuscript writing.

[Highlight of the Month] Hermann et al. Brain-heart interactions are associated with mortality and acute encephalopathy in ICU patients with severe COVID-19. Clin Neurophysiol 2025;175:2110745. doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...

Diego Candia-Rivera and Mario Chavez (@institutducerveau.bsky.social) present preliminary evidence for bilateral interactions in fetal–maternal #cardiac dynamics! 📜 buff.ly/rMSj9NU

The heartbeat evoked potential correlates with fluctuations in blood pressure: journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Changes in heartbeat-evoked potentials reflect changes in blood pressure | Journal of Neurophysiology | American Physiological Society

The heartbeat-evoked potential (HEP) is a growingly used electrophysiological method to study cardiac interoception; however, cardiovascular influences on these responses are not fully understood. In ...

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More indexed conference proceedings. Every time I see people failing at demonstrating Klimesch brain-body frequency architecture or cardiac-phase stuff is in conferences.

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Scientists overwhelmingly recognize the value of sharing null results, but rarely publish them in the research literature go.nature.com/450KElr

yup that's me

theASSC@theassc.bsky.social · last yr.

Catherine Tallon-Baudry's keynote - how to build subjectivity #ASSC2025

Discussing our results on brain-heart interactions during motor imagery in brain-computer interfaces, at @bodyrepnetwork.bsky.social in lovely Utrecht 🇳🇱

Rubber hand illusion in rodents. Nice! journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Embodiment of an artificial limb in mice

Body ownership disorders can be triggered by disease or body damage in humans. This study shows, using an automated, videography-based procedure, that mice also display quantifiable behavioral markers...

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Many thanks to the Journal of Physiology for trusting my expertise in neuroscience and cardiovascular physiology. Looking forward to starting this exciting role! 🧠 🫀🫁

The Journal of Physiology@jphysiol.bsky.social · last yr.

Congratulations & welcome to Dr. Diego Candia-Rivera from institutducerveau.bsky.social‬ / sorbonne-universite.fr who joins us as one of our 2025 Editorial Board Fellows! 🎉🎓

🧠 NEW REVIEW "Interoceptive Rhythms & Perceptual Experience Mechanisms, Contexts & Strategies for Real-World Research" How heart, lungs & gut shape what we see, feel & do—& how to study it in everyday life. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4ex7chdr #NeuroSky #Interoception #Perception 👇 Thread 🧵

Ah ha! Many consciousness studies might just not be valid, or at least exaggerated. Who would have thought that about this very healthy, pluralist and friendly field of research

Johannes Fahrenfort@fahrenfort.bsky.social · 2y ago

🎉 Our paper "Criterion placement threatens the construct validity of neural measures of consciousness" is now out in eLife! 🎉 TL;DR: Both simulations and empirical data show that you should not post-hoc sort neural data based on subjective measures of consciousness. elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...

Just published our study on brain-heart interactions and COVID-19. We found that brain-heart interactions at the ICU onset indexes mortality risk and acute encephalopathy duration. We also found that maladaptive dynamics are associated with acute cognitive impairment 👾

IFCN and its Clinical Neurophysiology journal@clinicalneuroph.bsky.social · last yr.

[COVID19] Hermann et al: These findings highlight the potential of brain–heart interactions as an integrated marker for autonomic function in critical care, offering a more accurate assessment of patient severity and outcomes compared to isolated cardiac or brain measures. doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...

Just published our study on brain-heart interactions and COVID-19. We found that brain-heart interactions at the ICU onset indexes mortality risk and acute encephalopathy duration. We also found that maladaptive dynamics are associated with acute cognitive impairment 👾

IFCN and its Clinical Neurophysiology journal@clinicalneuroph.bsky.social · last yr.

[COVID19] Hermann et al: These findings highlight the potential of brain–heart interactions as an integrated marker for autonomic function in critical care, offering a more accurate assessment of patient severity and outcomes compared to isolated cardiac or brain measures. doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...

Saw this before as a preprint... We already knew that when we inhale, the whole brain (and body) "activates". So, I don't really get this "discovery". Probably because I'm not a fmri person. Maybe some of my interoception peeps can illuminate me? 🧐 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Autonomic physiological coupling of the global fMRI signal - Nature Neuroscience

The brain and body are necessarily connected. Here the authors show that brain blood flow and electrical activity are coupled with systemic physiological changes in the body.

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