I had the pleasure to be interviewed last year at the SPR annual meeting in Montreal, discussing why our heartbeat and respiration matter for our sense of bodily self, and introducing our open science endeavours with the Brain-Body Analysis Special Interest Group (BBSIG) 🫁🫀🧠 www.bbsig.de

Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR)@therealspr.bsky.social · 4d ago

🌟SPR Science Spotlight Saturday🌟 Learn more about Marta Gerosa's work at www.bbsig.de. Join us at the 66th annual meeting in Halifax! spr.joynmeeting.com/conference/ @martager.bsky.social @mbe-lab.bsky.social @mpicbs.bsky.social

Today we launch the first stable release of RegCheck: v1.0.0. RegCheck makes it easier and quicker to compare study registrations to published papers for consistency - something we know is important in principle, but rarely done in practice. A 🧵 on what's new: regcheck.app

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Podcast episode out 🎙️ I had the pleasure to be interviewed by Serena M. Stagnitto (UniPV) on the podcast Psycho-Myths, addressing the common belief "numbers don't lie". We discussed topics of replicability, research choices, correlation vs. causation, & how to interpret scientific results 🔬 [1/2]

Your heartbeat quietly shapes how your brain processes information www.science.org/content/arti...

Your heartbeat quietly shapes how your brain processes information

Frequently ignored bodily rhythms may be skewing neuroscience experiments

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Happy to see our new preprint on using AI in biopsychology from an open science perspective out on OSF 📣 👉 doi.org/10.31234/osf...

IGOR DGPs@igor-dgps.bsky.social · last mo.

Our new preprint "fAIr science — How AI can support a transparent biopsychological research cycle" is out 🚀 AI is rapidly entering biopsychological research, from literature review and study design to data analysis. But can these tools advance open science, or do they risk undermining it? 👇 [1/4]

Read more about why we were shortlisted for the Best Research Environment prize! 👇 Still can’t wrap my head around this amazing recognition 🙌🏻

Die Junge Akademie@jungeakademie.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🎉 Die Mind-Body-Emotion Group @mbe-lab.bsky.social steht auf der Shortlist für das beste Forschungsumfeld 2026. Die Forschung zu Körper, Gehirn und Psyche findet in einem kollegialen Umfeld statt, das Austausch, Entwicklung und gemeinsames Wachstum fördert. 🔗 www.diejungeakademie.de/de/projekte/...

#PuG2026 comes to an end. One of my highlights was presenting our pilot study using autogenic training to teach voluntary control over interoceptive rhythms, led by @samversc.bsky.social with @niketag.bsky.social @toninfrc.bsky.social @michaelgaebler.com 🧘🫀 #interoception #neuroskyence [1/3]

The science communication prize at #PuG2026 went to @books-and-brains.bsky.social , and that blog idea really looks so cool! (booknerd here!) 📚💖✨🧠 My bookclub recently read "The other black girl" by Z.D. Harris. There is some weird brain stuff going on in there, if you need recommendations! haha

Congrats to @henrikejngblt.bsky.social for winning this year’s Science Communication Prize at #PuG2026 with the project @books-and-brains.bsky.social Looking forward to reading your reviews on the neuroscientific bases of popular novels 📚🧠 Go follow @books-and-brains.bsky.social !

This year I've volunteered with @penneamiche.bsky.social, an initiative that connects Italian scientists and schools through letter exchanges 💌 From Sep to May, I wrote to a middle school class in Verona, sharing what it's like to be a neuroscientist and to build a research career abroad. [1/3]

New conference tip to pay attention during keynote talks and deal with the scientific input overload from back-to-back symposia: bring your own crochet project 🧶 Listening to a talk on inter-brain synchrony and empathy at #PuG2026 while enjoying the benefits of rhythmic, cross-body movement 🧠

Another great #IGOR project outlining the strengths and pitfalls of using generative AI at each stage of the research cycle in biological psychology ♻️ Manuscript ready to be submitted, so stay tuned for this publication hopefully 🔜 #openscience

IGOR DGPs@igor-dgps.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The third ongoing project is the perspective paper on using genAI in Biopsychology (led by @annesaulin.bsky.social @ufangyang.bsky.social @michaelgaebler.com @ocklenburg.bsky.social) Also stay tuned soon for the manuscript! 📣

A massive project comprising a systematic review of over 600 ❗️studies and an empirical analysis of how data transformation practices of peripheral physiological data impact effect sizes and reliability 📈📉 We’re finishing the systematic review manuscript - hopefully stay tuned for a preprint soon!

IGOR DGPs@igor-dgps.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The first ongoing IGOR project is Data Transformation (led by @alinakoppold.bsky.social) assessing the impact of data transformation practices of peripheral physiological signals on effect sizes and reliability. Stay tuned for the systematic literature review coming out soon! 📣

Current updates from the IGOR Roundtable (now happening in room HS 01): mark your calendars for October 1st for our next Hackathon and panel discussion with the preliminary title “Current state of journals and research assessment for Open Science?” #PuG2026 #IGOR

First talk of our symposium about novel intervention approaches to modify #interoception by @mjdahl.bsky.social on tVNS, neuromodulatory activity and the locus coeruleus #PuG2026

Brilliant #PuG2026 keynote talk by @micahgallen.com @the-ecg.org about moving toward a causal approach in #interoception research. My notes are now full of interesting articles that I need to catch up on reading! 📖 #neuroskyence

Welcome address at #PuG2026 by @cherrydoc.bsky.social in a stunning conference hall of Heidelberg university

Today at #PuG2026 at 3:30pm, don't miss the chance to attend @aleksanpi.bsky.social's talk on a recent pilot study about loneliness, interpersonal proximity and cardiac responses! (unfortunately overlapping with my own talk, I wish I could attend myself 😔)

Mind-Body-Emotion Group@mbe-lab.bsky.social · 2mo ago

How would you react to a virtual agent approaching you? 🏃🕶️ @aleksanpi.bsky.social will present a #VR pilot study assessing interpersonal proximity in virtual and real contexts, loneliness and and their physiological correlates. 🕐 Thu, June 4th | 15:30-17:00 📍 HS 08 #PuG2026 [2/6]

First day of #PuG2026 starts for me with a talk at 3:30pm in room HS 15. Come hear about how we used autogenic training to teach people how to voluntarily control interoceptive states within an ideomotor framework! 🫀🫁 #neuroskyence #interoception

Mind-Body-Emotion Group@mbe-lab.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Can we learn to voluntarily control our bodily states? 🫀@martager.bsky.social will present a pilot study using autogenic training to assess how people can successfully learn to directly decrease heart rate through the lens of ideomotor theory. 🕐 Thu, June 4th | 15:30-17:00 📍 HS 15 #PuG2026 [3/6]

Excited for the first full day of the 51st annual conference „Psychologie und Gehirn“ #pug2026 - full of groundbreaking work in biological psychology! 🧠

#PuG2026 in Heidelberg started with the ECRs meeting on the topic of power and abuse of power in German academia by Andrea Kübler. Kudos to the ECRs representatives for raising awareness on such relevant and sensitive issue!

A cool event to mark on your calendars! 👇

Alex Galvez-Pol@alexgalvezpol.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We are launching Interoception Circle! A new seminar series on embodiment, psychophysiology & body-brain coupling 1st online talk tomorrow: “What Role for Interoception in Perception? Evidence from Heartbeat-Evoked Potentials” (Marie Loescher) 3 June, 12pm CEST. All welcome! 🔗 ace2lab.com/2581-2/

Very much looking forward to #PuG2026!

Mind-Body-Emotion Group@mbe-lab.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We are excited to be headed to Heidelberg for the annual bioDGPs/DGPA conference "Psychologie und Gehirn" #PuG2026! Follow along for updates and behind-the-scenes from the MBE group 📣 Curious to know what we'll present? Open the thread below for when and where to find us 👇 🧵[1/6]

This Thursday at 3:30pm (📍HS 15) at #PuG2026 come hear about our six-week pilot study using autogenic training to teach people how to voluntarily control cardiac signals, based on Verschooren et al. (2026) 🫀 with @samversc.bsky.social @niketag.bsky.social @toninfrc.bsky.social @michaelgaebler.com

Mind-Body-Emotion Group@mbe-lab.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Can we learn to voluntarily control our bodily states? 🫀@martager.bsky.social will present a pilot study using autogenic training to assess how people can successfully learn to directly decrease heart rate through the lens of ideomotor theory. 🕐 Thu, June 4th | 15:30-17:00 📍 HS 15 #PuG2026 [3/6]

Join @henrikejngblt.bsky.social and me as we host the #PuG2026 #Posterblitz of the bioDGPs/DGPA JuWis this Friday at 2pm! We have an exceptional lineup of short talks spanning from dance interventions and morbid curiosity to sleep EMG and pre-ejection period extraction, and much more ❗

bioDGPS and DGPA@biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The #PuG2026 is taking place in Heidelberg this week! We are very excited about the exceptional lineup of speakers in the symposia and poster sessions and want to draw your special attention to the #Posterblitz organised by the ERCs taking place on Friday from 2 to 3:30 PM in HS13! ⚡

Happy to chat about our Interest Group for Open and Reproducible Science (IGOR) at #PuG2026 if you're also attending! We have an exciting line-up of events 🪩

IGOR DGPs@igor-dgps.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It's that time of the year: IGOR is going to #PuG2026 in Heidelberg! 🧠 Interested in open and reproducible science? Come meet us, discover our latest work, and get involved. 🧵 Check the thread below for all our events #PuG2026 #IGOR [1/6]

For people attending PuG 2026, @martager.bsky.social (@mbe-lab.bsky.social) will present our recent empirical work where we apply ideomotor theory to autogenic training this Thursday (June 4, 3:30pm - 5:00pm) www.conftool.com/pug2026/inde...

Excited to finally share that our @mbe-lab.bsky.social was shortlisted for the Best Research Environment Award 2026 🥳 proud to be part of this team! Stay tuned on June 27 for the award ceremony! 👀

Mind-Body-Emotion Group@mbe-lab.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Science is a team effort 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 We’re grateful that some of the core values of our group - collaboration, open science and peer support - have been recognized through a shortlist nomination for the Best Research Environment Award 2026 by @jungeakademie.bsky.social & @volkswagenstiftung.de 🚀 👇[1/2]

🔬🧠🙌Offen, kreativ, wertschätzend! Mit der @volkswagenstiftung.de vergeben wir die Auszeichnung „Bestes Forschungsumfeld 2026“. In den nächsten Wochen stellen wir die 15 Teams der Shortlist vor. Aus diesen werden am 27. Juni 5 Teams ausgelost, die ein Preisgeld erhalten. 🔗 t1p.de/auhey

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