Gabriel 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 Gabriel MackieLukas 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 Gabriel MackieMiriam Klein-Flügge 🧠 @mkflugge.bsky.social · 01/04/2026🧠 Focused ultrasound changes emotional processing 🔊 In a new study published in Neuron today, we stimulated the human amygdala using transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS) and show it plays a causal role in detecting and resolving emotional ambiguity. 15521
Reposted by Gabriel MackieAlex 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 Gabriel MackieLydia 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
Gabriel Mackie @gabmackie.bsky.social · 01/04/2025🚨 New paper 🚨 How do people with mental health conditions experience bodily signals, and what are their priorities for interoceptive research? These questions are what @lydiajhickman.bsky.social and my new paper in eClinicalMedicine tries to answer. 🧵 1/8 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...authors.elsevier.comScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books. 1189