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Mariana von Mohr

@marianavonmohr.bsky.social
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Experimental psychologist | Social neuroscientist | Researching heart-brain interactions, interoception, touch & pain

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 07/08/2026
#OpenAccess from Politics and the Life Sciences - The embodied roots of ideology: Interoceptive sensibility moderates the link between disgust sensitivity and political orientation - cup.org/4wFPml3 - @marianavonmohr.bsky.social & @mtsakiris.bsky.social #FirstView
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Louise P Kirsch @louisepkirsch.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
🎉 Excited to share our paper out in EJSP - showing that vicarious touch, i.e. observing human-pet tactile interactions, can reduce stress, in times of social touch deprivation such as the first COVID lockdown ! Co-led with @marianavonmohr.bsky.social, in collaboration w/ @katerinafoto.bsky.social
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Vicarious Touch: A Potential Substitute for Social Touch During Touch Deprivation
Restricted interpersonal touch experiences, for instance due to COVID-19 social distancing measures, result in detrimental effects on anxiety, loneliness and psychological well-being. Yet, interventi...
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Andrea Vik @andreavik.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
If the articles from my PhD were my children this article now published in @bjpols.bsky.social is my favorite. Written together with truly amazing supervisors and mentors, Pieter de Wilde, Oliver Treib, and Lene Aarøe, I had the support I needed in bringing this baby into the world. Summary below 👇
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Mariana von Mohr @marianavonmohr.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
In previous work with Manos Tsakiris @mtsakiris.bsky.social , we showed that interoception can act as a buffer against political stress. We now extend this research to the 2024 U.S. Presidential elections, capturing data before and after Check out our preprint 👇 osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Mariana von Mohr @marianavonmohr.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Sharing our work at #ISPP in beautiful Prague on affective prescription —and how this shapes the kind of political leader we’re drawn to based on their appearance. Preprint coming soon!
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Mariana von Mohr @marianavonmohr.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Great talk by @olafborghi.com on cognitive control and politically motivated reasoning, even in the face of unexpected interference 👇😂 #ISPP2025
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Mariana von Mohr @marianavonmohr.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Apply and join us at the Centre! It’s a brilliant place to work with great people and exciting projects
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Nicolle Mitchell @massagefordementia.co.uk · 29/11/2024
This week in a conversation about intimacy & touch this fascinating study by @marianavonmohr.bsky.social et al came up in conversation again royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.... #positivetouch #loneliness #anxiety #Connection #belonging
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Social touch deprivation during COVID-19: effects on psychological wellbeing and craving interpersonal touch | Royal Society Open Science
Social touch has positive effects on social affiliation and stress alleviation. However, its ubiquitous presence in human life does not allow the study of social touch deprivation ‘in the wild’. Never...
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Manos Tsakiris @mtsakiris.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Politics affect our health (think US elections). With M Von Mohr, we show that better body-awareness make us more resilient to the negative health impact of politics, without a cost to our political engagement. & We replicate this before & after the 2024 Presidential election t.co/k9Tt1xnpVm
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