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Gabriel Mackie

@gabmackie.bsky.social
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PhD student in Cognitive Neuroscience Interoception, Mental Health, Transcranial Ultrasound Stimulation and other Non-invasive Brain Stimulation MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge

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Gabriel Mackie @gabmackie.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Such an exciting project to be a part of!
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Gabriel Mackie @gabmackie.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Honoured 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...
Me standing next to my posterMe with my award with my collaborators Veronica (left) and Camilla (right)Nord Lab Group Photo
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Lukas Gunschera @lukasgunschera.com · 24/07/2026
Does 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
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Miriam 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.
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Alex Pike @alexandrapike.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Finally, 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
Camilla presenting on all of the exciting implications of her interoception work!
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Lydia Hickman @lydiajhickman.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
My 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/n
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High 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…
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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...
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