Sensing your body (‘Interoception’) is everywhere in theories of mental health. But when we tested how well hundreds of people sensed their heart and lungs, the link to symptoms was almost nowhere to be found. 💣 🚨New @natmentalhealth.nature.com paper 🚨🎉 asks why 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Joshua Curtiss
@psychonetrics.bsky.social
Assistant Professor | Northeastern University Associate Researcher | MGH Computational Clinical Psychology
Congratulations to the most amazing Dr. Fischbach, who absolutely knocked it out of the park!! Neuroscience is undoubtedly moving forward to new horizons with your fantastic work!! 🎉🎉🎊🎊@alexfischbach.bsky.social
Congratulations ✨DR. Fischbach✨!!! @alexkfischbach.bsky.social Wonderful job today, and way to lead the way as the first PhD graduate of the NeuroPRISM lab 🥳
Indeed, the culmination of our numerous discussions (and debates) on campus and in coffee shops, and alongside consideration of how approaches are uniquely pursued in our own fields and others. Glad to finally share!
Another years-in-making piece, *just in time* for our symposium at APS tomorrow! Introducing a new IdioNomo Framework for blending idio & nomo models in psych & beyond. @psychonetrics.bsky.social & I are glad to finally share this conceptualization with paths & pitfalls osf.io/preprints/ps...
Thanks for featuring me and having an interesting conversation about moral OCD! @jilliangloria.bsky.social #ocd
Here’s what experts recommend you should do if the signs of moral OCD sound familiar.
🚨 New paper alert! 🎉🎉🎉 The largest meta-analysis to date on physical activity & mood in daily life is out in Nature Human Behaviour. An amazing effort led by Johanna Rehder & Markus Reichert et al. (2026)!
An individual participant data meta-analysis of how physical activity relates to affective well-being in daily life
🚀 CBH Institute Day 2026 is almost here! On May 12, @Northeastern's Institute for Cognitive and Brain Health opens its doors for a day of cutting-edge brain research. 🎤 Keynote by Nick Turk-Browne 🔬 Live research showcases 🧠 Hands-on demos 💬 Breakout sessions 🤝 Networking
We have reached a situation where (1) the time/resources spent by people applying for grant X often outweighs (2) the time/resources awarded. For these grants, society loses net time/resources. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Client Challenge
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Job Alert!!🚨 Please, please spread the word and repost!! Where: Applied Psychology, Northeastern What: Full-time, clinical professor (open rank) teaching clinical courses and involved in supervision Who: Earned PhD in clinical/counseling psych. Why: We are a fun group!!
🚨 THRILLED to share Northeastern University is hiring a new Director for our human Siemens Prisma 3T MRI Center (Associate or Full Professor levels) who will join us as faculty in our Institute for Cognitive and Brain Health! Please share widely! northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
Associate Professor/Professor and Director, Northeastern University Biomedical Imaging Center
About the Opportunity About Northeastern: Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research (R1) university and the recognized leader in experience-driven lifelong learning. Our world-renowned experi...
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Congratulations!!! Excellent work!!
Excited to share our manuscript about BrainEffeX, a tool for exploring fMRI effect sizes. Includes why we made it, how to use it + contribute, and how we made it. @sneuroble.bsky.social @psychonetrics.bsky.social @alexkfischbach.bsky.social @nichols.bsky.social @dscheinost.bsky.social & MINDS Lab
What a fun Hack-a-thon!
And that’s a wrap on our first ever Boston Precision Brain & Mental Health Hack 🥳 organized with @psychonetrics.bsky.social @alexkfischbach.bsky.social @strfabs.bsky.social @halleeshearer.bsky.social, Shane Pracar, Sophie Engels, Fatemeh Doshvargar & the Institute for Cognitive & Brain Health
Just re-sharing this! Great opportunity for a faculty position in Applied Psychology @northeasternu.bsky.social
🚨Job Alert!! Please share widely!!🚨 Where: Applied Psychology, Northeastern University What: Clinical Professor (open rank), as new program director for our Master of Science in Counseling Psychology Why: We are a fun department 🎉 Please apply!!
Incredible, and just in time for our launch of the Boston precision brain & mental health hack tomorrow @northeasternu.bsky.social ! We will be introducing this resource there—excited to see what comes of it
We built the openESM database: ▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place ▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software ▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python Find out more: 🌐 openesmdata.org 📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
🚨Job Alert!! Please share widely!!🚨 Where: Applied Psychology, Northeastern University What: Clinical Professor (open rank), as new program director for our Master of Science in Counseling Psychology Why: We are a fun department 🎉 Please apply!!
We had the opportunity to chat with @nuglobalnews.bsky.social about our latest meta-analysis examining how well #ML / #AI predicts mental health outcomes. Some promising advances (as the title suggests), but we must also proceed with caution 👇 #psychscisky news.northeastern.edu/2025/09/17/n...
Psychotherapy? Zoloft? AI can help your doctor choose
Joshua Curtiss says there’s promise to the idea that machine learning can lead to better outcomes for patients.
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Paper alert for people interested in machine learning for #mentalhealth 📣 We’ve put together a new meta-analysis examining how well we can predict treatment response for emotional disorders, now out in Clinical Psych Review 🎉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/4
Paper alert for people interested in machine learning for #mentalhealth 📣 We’ve put together a new meta-analysis examining how well we can predict treatment response for emotional disorders, now out in Clinical Psych Review 🎉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/4
Machine learning in the prediction of treatment response for emotional disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Emotional disorders such as depression and anxiety affect millions globally and pose a significant burden on public health. Personalized treatment app…
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