Reposted by Camilla NordLukas Gunschera @lukasgunschera.com · 17hAddiction has become the default framework for interpreting problematic social media use. It shapes how it is measured, discussed, regulated, and what support young people are offered. But does it match the experiences of young people who report feeling addicted to social media? 🧵(1/7) 34820
Reposted by Camilla NordSteve Fleming @smfleming.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Excited to be launching our new PhD program in Minds and Machines at UCL with co-Directors Tali Sharot and @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social To apply, find out more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc... Our launch event is on Nov 10th, with a cracking lineup of speakers: luma.com/cikzcth0lnkd.inLinkedInThis link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn 19551
Reposted by Camilla NordTahnée Engelen @tahnee-engelen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I include this overview from @camillanord.bsky.social and @sarahgarf.bsky.social in all my lectures as an overview what is considered interoceptive and what is still debated (based on colour coding) 172
Reposted by Camilla NordHugo Fleming @hugofleming.bsky.social · 19/08/2026One explanation for somatic symptoms is that patients develop strong prior expectations of discomfort that outweigh the sensory information and dominate their perception. To test this, we built a new task that used Pavlovian conditioning to probe how tactile perceptual beliefs are acquired. 131
Reposted by Camilla NordHugo Fleming @hugofleming.bsky.social · 19/08/2026New paper alert! 📣📣 In this work, we investigated the origins of somatic symptoms – a common and debilitating feature of anxiety and depression. 'Anxiety is associated with the persistence of conditioned somatic sensations over time'osf.ioOSF 2239
Reposted by Camilla NordLukas Gunschera @lukasgunschera.com · 24/07/2026Does problematic social media use involve the same dopamine-related reward mechanisms as addiction? That’s the question motivating the research I presented at the @bapsych.bsky.social Summer Meeting, involving a dopaminergic manipulation to probe the involved mechanisms. #BAP2026 2216
Reposted by Camilla NordGabriel Mackie @gabmackie.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Honoured to receive a Poster Prize at #BAP2026 for my project investigating the Effects of Transcranial Ultrasound Stimulation (TUS) on Interoceptive Attention. I'm grateful to everyone who worked on this project, @camillanord.bsky.social and Veronica Forslund, who were at the conference, and... 1265
Reposted by Camilla NordNeuropsychopharmacology @npp-journal.bsky.social · 12/05/2026#TWiNPP Finally, Mehrhof et al., metabolic dysfunction is linked to an energy-conserving motivational phenotype that may overlap with neuropsychiatric symptoms @camillanord.bsky.social @saramehrhof.bsky.social @hugofleming.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comComputational phenotyping of effort-based decision-making in type-2 diabetes on and off semaglutide - NeuropsychopharmacologyNeuropsychopharmacology - Computational phenotyping of effort-based decision-making in type-2 diabetes on and off semaglutide 042
Reposted by Camilla NordSara Mehrhof @saramehrhof.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Excited to share our new paper asking a simple question: Why do mental and metabolic health so often go hand in hand? We (@camillanord.bsky.social @hugofleming.bsky.social) tested whether shared neurocognitive signatures play a role in this relationship www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comComputational phenotyping of effort-based decision-making in type-2 diabetes on and off semaglutide - NeuropsychopharmacologyNeuropsychopharmacology - Computational phenotyping of effort-based decision-making in type-2 diabetes on and off semaglutide 12510
Reposted by Camilla NordBerna Devezer @devezer.bsky.social · 30/04/2026📣 The difference between replicable and not replicable is not itself scientifically replicable. 📣 New work with Erkan Buzbas, showing that verdicts such as "X% of results replicated" are based on an inferential machinery that doesn't work. arxiv.org/abs/2604.26268 15547205
Reposted by Camilla NordLukas Gunschera @lukasgunschera.com · 30/04/2026🚨 Does social media use show established neurocognitive signatures of addiction? Concerns about social media addiction are widespread, yet whether platforms' design features actually engage the same neurocognitive pathways as established addictions has remained untested. doi.org/10.31234/osf... 13319
Reposted by Camilla NordCathy Abbott @cathyabbott.bsky.social · 23/03/2026We are now recruiting for new philanthropically funded fellowships in Brain Health and Multimorbidity at the University of Edinburgh, in INCR and @edinunineuro.bsky.social 🎉 There are two non-clinical posts and one clinical elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... Please repost!elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.comKJCF Quest Research Fellow in Brain Health and MultimorbidityThe appointment of KJCF Quest Research Fellows in Brain Health and Multimorbidity is an exceptional opportunity for motivated individuals to develop their research career at a world-class University a... 197
Reposted by Camilla NordAidan Horner @aidanhorner.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Exciting news! The @yorkpsychology.bsky.social are recruiting 3 new ART (research and teaching) lecturers! One role will be prioritised for cognitive, affective and/or social neuroscience. #neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky #neurojobsjobs.york.ac.ukJobs - The University of York 16459
Camilla Nord @camillanord.bsky.social · 04/03/2026What a brilliant commentary by @glassybrain.bsky.social on our paper- it’s been exciting to work w @hugofleming.bsky.social on how metabolic processes might influence learning computations & mental health… and as every scientist knows, validating that at least one other person is interested too ;) 0121
Reposted by Camilla NordBritish Association for Cognitive Neuroscience @bacn.co.uk · 20/02/2026Join us in Brighton this September! www.bacn.co.uk/conferences Symposium submissions due 31 March.bacn.co.ukCurrent, Future and past meetings — BACNConferences 054
Reposted by Camilla NordUCL News @uclnews.bsky.social · 12/02/2026📺"What is now an institution in the top 10 elite list of universities started off as an up-start" BBC London report on @ucl.ac.uk's 200th anniversary, featuring Prof @profginab.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social and UCL President & Provost, Dr Michael Spence. 01412
Reposted by Camilla NordNancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Hats off to the great Anne "I don't do fancy" Treisman! 18914
Reposted by Camilla NordHugo Fleming @hugofleming.bsky.social · 29/01/2026How does metabolic learning shape human behaviour? In our recent study www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti..., we found that it shapes flavour preferences but, surprisingly, not action. Thread 🧵 22313
Reposted by Camilla NordBita Moghaddam @bita137.bsky.social · 27/12/2025Reminder that Ritalin floods the brain with dopamine & norepinephrine for 10-14 hrs. Any neuron anywhere in the brain with any of the subtypes of DA or NE receptor is gonna feel it regardless of arbitrarily assigned network 1296
Reposted by Camilla NordBenjamin Kay @benjaminkay.bsky.social · 24/12/2025This is your brain on Ritalin. Got your attention? Stimulant medications like Ritalin (methylphenidate) do, but not in the way you might think. They don't act directly on the brain’s attention systems! Find out what's really happening in @cellpress.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... 1626990
Reposted by Camilla NordLilian Weber @lilweb.bsky.social · 18/12/2025🚀 Excited to announce that I'm looking for people (PhD/Postdoc) to join my Cognitive Modelling group @uniosnabrueck.bsky.social. If you want to join a genuinely curious, welcoming and inclusive community of Coxis, apply here: tinyurl.com/coxijobs Please RT - deadline is Jan 4‼️uni-osnabrueck.de192 FB 8/IKW Research Associate (m/f/d), Institute of Cognitive Science: Uni Osnabrück 17754
Reposted by Camilla NordEdwin Dalmaijer @dalmaijer.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Are you curious about electrogastrography, but keep getting chicken-related results when googling "EGG"? We have the preprint for you! In this tutorial, we describe how to acquire and analyse gastric data from human participants. Plus FREE software! Read it here: arxiv.org/abs/2509.17260 54218
Reposted by Camilla NordJulia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 17/12/2025You remember that Nature Aging paper about how multilingualism protects against accelerated aging? Well… 916953
Camilla Nord @camillanord.bsky.social · 17/12/2025It is hugely fun & we are very lucky to do science for the sake of science. But it is amazing to see work we and many others I admire have done turn into public awareness thanks to excellent science writing. (see also www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/s...)nytimes.comMapping the Sense of What’s Going On Inside 1378
Reposted by Camilla NordKate Merritt @katemerritt.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Today was the last day of our module on the new BSc in Human Neuroscience @uclbrainscience.bsky.social I really recommend giving books as prizes and letting students pick between a few (Mark Solms and @camillanord.bsky.social) Receiving a book from a mentor can sometimes open up whole new worlds 092
Reposted by Camilla NordMadeleine Kördel @mkoerdel.bsky.social · 10/12/2025📣I’m excited to share our new preprint on how our body’s energy supply shapes everyday stress experiences: 📄𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.orgHigher glucose levels buffer against everyday stress loadAdaptive stress responses are dependent on the availability of energy and the body's effectiveness in metabolizing glucose as fuel. However, it is not well understood if glucose levels contribute to t... 13010
Reposted by Camilla NordSarah Garfinkel @sarahgarf.bsky.social · 24/11/2025** 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) 18586
Reposted by Camilla NordMichael Browning @mikebrowning.bsky.social · 20/11/2025There are 3 Oxford-based post doc positions for this Wellcome Trust project that will be advertised soon! If you have experinece in neurostimulation (tms/tus) and/or modelling of cogneuro data in humans do contact one of us (me, @mkflugge.bsky.social @lilweb.bsky.social, Jacinta OShea) to discuss! 01514
Reposted by Camilla NordXiaosi Gu @xiaosigu.bsky.social · 21/11/2025📣🔥Thrilled to announce that 2026 Computational Psychiatry Conference will take place in New Haven, CT, btw July 14-16 - www.cpconf.org @robbrutledge.bsky.social @drrickadams.bsky.social @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social @docqhuys.bsky.social @clairegillan.bsky.social Sonia Bishop More info to come soon! 17528
Reposted by Camilla NordProf. Rebecca Lawson @beckyneuro.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Then we have a new paper led by Nazia Jassim @naziajassim.bsky.social on the neurochemical markers of uncertainty processing and links to trait anxiety: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natcomms.nature.comnature.comComputational signatures of uncertainty are reflected in motor cortex excitatory neurochemistry - Nature CommunicationsUsing computational modelling and neurochemical analysis, this study shows how motor cortex excitatory signals guide belief updating and adaptive learning in uncertain environments. 1103
Reposted by Camilla NordProf. Rebecca Lawson @beckyneuro.bsky.social · 13/11/2025First up, this paper led by Bronagh McCoy: journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol... When noise and volatility are independently manipulated people behave differently depending on their anxious traits.journals.plos.orgThe relationship between anxious traits and learning about changes in stochasticity and volatilityAuthor summary Adapting to changes in our environment is a daily endeavour. To do so, humans and animals alike make use of feedback to guide future actions. Uncertainty in the environment can arise fr... 4187
Reposted by Camilla NordCasper Albers 🟥 @casperalbers.nl · 11/11/2025Doing non-causal inference (and being explicit about it), yet using a causal word as second word in the title. If you pay Nature € 10.690, they will publish this in Nature Ageing. I can tell you what I think of that for free. www.nature.com/articles/s43... 714440
Reposted by Camilla NordGeorgia Turner @georgiaturner.bsky.social · 03/11/2025I spoke to The Economist @economist.com about dopamine detoxes - thank you @ainsliejstone.bsky.social for the write-up! www.economist.com/science-and-...economist.comCan a dopamine detox reset your brain?Taken literally, the idea makes no sense. But it might still be good for you 1201
Reposted by Camilla NordElsa Fouragnan @efouragnan.bsky.social · 03/11/2025A brain injury was reported in a trial using ultrasound, framed as low-intensity TUS. Kim Butts Pauly and I reviewed the case and disagreed with how it's presented. Key acoustic data are missing. Case: doi.org/10.1016/j.br... Letters: www.elsa-fouragnan.com/blog | web.stanford.edu/~kimbutts/Le...sciencedirect.comBrain Injury During Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation for Substance Use Disorder 15123
Camilla Nord @camillanord.bsky.social · 25/09/2025What drives the bidirectional relationship between metabolic and mental ill-health? Read our new metabolic psychiatry paper, “An interoceptive model of energy allostasis linking metabolic and mental health” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... led by @saramehrhof.bsky.social @hugofleming.bsky.socialscience.orgAn interoceptive model of energy allostasis linking metabolic and mental healthInteractions between metabolic interoception and regulation may drive comorbidity between mental and metabolic ill-health. 45521
Reposted by Camilla Nordxavier roberts-gaal @xrg.bsky.social · 15/09/2025We often hear from reviewers: "what about demand effects?" So we developed a method to eliminate them. Something weird happened during testing: We couldn’t detect demand effects in the first place! (1/8) 38539
Reposted by Camilla NordLukas Gunschera @lukasgunschera.com · 15/07/2025Brilliant work by @saramehrhof.bsky.social on shared neurocognitive signatures of psychiatric and metabolic disorder at #cpconf2025 0274
Reposted by Camilla NordEdwin Dalmaijer @dalmaijer.bsky.social · 04/07/2025New preprint! People vary in healthy food preferences, with some veering towards obsessive. We found #orthorexia associated with disgust-like facial responses to unhealthy foods. BUT: also with appetitive stomach responses! Is it an interoceptive self-control mechanism? doi.org/10.1101/2025... (1/7)doi.orgOrthorexia is associated with a paradoxical appetitive gastric response to unhealthy foodsOrthorexia involves an obsessive tendency towards "healthy" foods. It is a risk factor for eating disorders (anorexia nervosa and the proposed "orthorexia nervosa") and psychological distress, but its... 1146
Reposted by Camilla NordAlex Pike @alexandrapike.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Finally, the amazing Professor Camilla Nord presents on interoception - including some cool lived experience work on body sensations, and work on disgust and gastric rhythms, alongside work on energy conservation. #BAP2025 1126
Reposted by Camilla NordAlex Pike @alexandrapike.bsky.social · 29/06/2025It’s #BAP2025 time! Kicking us off is Dr Megan Jackson, the winner of the junior non-clinical award talking about animal models of apathy and motivation. Key quote: ‘as scientists, we love a tight error bar’. @bapsych.bsky.social 1102
Camilla Nord @camillanord.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Today at #BAP2025 we heard from both lived-experience and pharmacology experts that clozapine,“Britain’s most dangerous drug” is lifesaving for people with treatment-resistance— with current thresholds for discontinuation racially unequal (some people have naturally lower but safe neutrophil levels) 0134
Reposted by Camilla NordThe TLS @thetls.bsky.social · 19/06/2025'Mental health diagnoses are not just misapplied, but invented.' Camilla Nord on the mental illness epidemic the-tls.comAre you hurting? 163
Reposted by Camilla NordThe TLS @thetls.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Summer Books 2025; the mental illness epidemic; teen-centric novels; mass protest in the modern era; a philosophy of eating – and much more www.the-tls.co.uk/issues/cu... 052
Reposted by Camilla NordLeah Banellis @leahbanellis.bsky.social · 20/06/2025I'm so grateful to write my first magazine article with Psyche Magazine! psyche.co/ideas/how-mu... It features our preprint on 🫁 'Body-Wandering' 🫀 with invaluable guidance from @micahgallen.com and @themindwanders.bsky.social : biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.org 23015
Reposted by Camilla NordMicah G. Allen @micahgallen.com · 18/06/2025My favorite genre of horrifying but fascinating interoception research - Modification of Human Gastric Acid Secretion with Operant-Conditioning Procedures - Whitehead et al, 1975 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... 2102
Reposted by Camilla NordHarry Costello @drharrycostello.bsky.social · 13/06/2025🚨 New paper out in JAMAPsych: 🦣 project led by the brilliant @anahitm.bsky.social & @docqhuys.bsky.social ’ group. Our meta-analysis found that #dopamine & #serotonin have distinct effects on reinforcement learning. A step toward biomarker guided treatment? jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...jamanetwork.comDopamine and Serotonin in Reward and Punishment Processes in HumansThis systematic review and meta-analysis compares the association of dopamine and serotonin in reinforcement learning. 0206
Reposted by Camilla NordNils Kroemer @nbkroemer.bsky.social · 16/06/2025There is also good news embedded in the report. We find that taVNS briefly purturbs the correlation of the pupil dilation trace of the left and the right eye. This novel marker is not as strongly associated with sensory ratings. But it makes sense since we stimulate one side of the vagus. 1123
Reposted by Camilla NordLydia Hickman @lydiajhickman.bsky.social · 16/06/2025My new paper with Jennifer Cook sets out potential reasons for high rates of Parkinson's disease (PD) diagnosis in the autistic population: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @mrccbu.bsky.social @thechbh.bsky.social 🧵1/nsciencedirect.comHigh rates of Parkinson’s Disease diagnosis in the autistic population: true co-occurrence or a product of overlapping traits?Older autistic adult literature is sparse, and little is known about the aging autistic population. However, recent evidence suggests an increased pre… 1128
Camilla Nord @camillanord.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Academic life, and sometimes life in general, can feel chock-full of disappointments. But not today, satan! 😈 20782
Reposted by Camilla NordFND Portal @fndportal.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Look what came in the mail! Looking forward to getting into @camillanord.bsky.social ‘s “The Balanced Brain.” 🥳 I’ve heard good things… 153