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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 24/09/2026

This is your daily reminder (courtesy of my daughter) that sometimes, work can wait.

Go TO BED
Do your essay thing in the morning~ :( :(
Please :(

Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 23/09/2026

**Please** make time to read or listen to "End Times Fascism" now we must resist the manic, aligned motivations driving those in power (financially, politically, religiously, militarily, technologically) to drive humanity over a cliff @naomiaklein.bsky.social @astra.bsky.social

The cover of the audiobook 'End Times Fascism' by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 20/09/2026

whenever I feel my brain hurts, and I can't face reading another paper or writing another word, this is my happy place

The first page of the first chapter of the book Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Which you MUST read if you haven't already ❤️

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 12/09/2026

As we sang about Lauren, and the unborn child who died with her on Flight 93, we asked “What will you do with the moment... right now?"

Music from 1. Lauren, the opening song from Jake Heggy's "Pieces of 9/11" - where the words are sung "What will you do with the moment right now?"

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 12/09/2026

My work productivity is inversely proportional to the time I spend doing things like this

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 11/09/2026

Friday night homemade hotpot omg how good does this look?!

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 09/09/2026

Submitted a paper. Celebrating in that liminal space between send and whatever comes next

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 03/09/2026

spent the early hours distracting zombie hordes, how's your day going? #phdlife #ZombiesRun

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 31/08/2026

Have been in a mental health dip recently. So back to running! Survived rocket launcher attack on our helo. Evaded zombies, made it to Abel Township #ZombiesRun

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 25/08/2026

when your kids understand academic life 🥹❤️

Text from my daughter saying "hope you're moving about and not glued to your chair btw - this is your free reminder to walk around".

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 22/08/2026

Look at all this pizza omggg If you're ever in Brisbane come to Scugnizzi it's pretty damn fine 😋

Do you like pizza? What you're seeing is the most delicious pizza in Brisbane city on display at Scugnizzi's in Brisbane and it smells so yummmmm

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 22/08/2026

"If molecules do not exhibit structure in isolation then we should cease thinking about it as an intrinsic property. Instead, structure is something that objects actualise in relation to something else... it is a relational property: a property that comes about when interacting with something."

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 19/08/2026

Me standing in the corner of the garden, still wearing my pyjamas, chasing the last few minutes of sun the having been at my desk all day is peak #phdlife

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 08/08/2026

So it's slightly nippy tonight here in Brisbane but weirdly having the virtual fireplace on YouTube has made the room feel so much more comfy and toasty. Proper perception placebo!

A television with a roaring HD fireplace playing on YouTube

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 15/07/2026

First keynote on the opening day of #AS4SAN2026 with the wonderful Lena Oestrich presenting The Brain on Psychedelics honestly this is my 3rd conference in two weeks so feeling like I don't need LSD to hallucinate right now 🤣

Lena Oestrich presenting her keynote on psychedelics on a black stage In front of two large screens

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 14/07/2026

Stunning evening last night at the @isreorg.bsky.social conference dinner at Brisbane's Customs House. (Lucky me sitting with the wonderful @arvidkappas.bsky.social & @nicolenelson.bsky.social - together with our table friends we managed 2nd prize for the after-dinner trivia 🤗) #ISRE2026

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 13/07/2026

Super pleased to present my research into the multidimensional representations of naturalistic facial attributes today at #ISRE2026 @isreorg.bsky.social 🤩 paper coming sooooooon

Natalie Peluso standing at a podium presenting her research to an audience in a small conference room. The presentation screen shows a large image of a smiling child's face.

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 12/07/2026

Proud to have organised & hosted the ECR Social for #ISRE3026 last night! Great turn out from our passionate emerging trainees. Huge thanks to the committee for supporting our event 😍 @isreorg.bsky.social

International Society for Research on Emotion sign in front of a seating area separated by a red velvet rope, waiting for trainees to arrive

Happy ECRs enjoying food and free drinks at a table

ECRs seated at long wooden tables listening to Chris Riddle thank the committee for supporting our event.

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 11/07/2026

Technology and Emotions Pre-Conference at #ISRE2026 was huge fun - led by @arvidkappas.bsky.social & @socialneuro.bsky.social we discussed research priorities for a world shaped increasingly by AI @isreorg.bsky.social

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 05/07/2026

Omg!!! I won an award for best presentation at @expsyanz.bsky.social for my research "robust categorical organisation of face space in ageing using naturalistic faces"! #neuroskyence #apcvepc36

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 22/06/2026

Working on slides for one of three (three!) coming up in just the next three weeks 🤩 First up is @expsyanz.bsky.social in Auckland where I'll present the second study of my PhD - so keen!! #wildfaces #neuroskyence #PsychSciSky

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 04/06/2026

The dome of UQ's Atrium is giving an excellent rainbow glow ❤️ Love my university #PrideMonth

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 29/05/2026

Little notes like these make marking very rewarding 🤗

This has been my favourite class thank you for being such an amazing tutor. You are so inspiring!

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 27/05/2026

It's either love or death, there are no other questions 🤣

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 26/05/2026

Why are robots threatening to read all the papers even we don't read them all

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 18/05/2026

I know my whippet has missed me when she sneaks onto my bed when I'm downstairs making coffee ❤️

A black and white whippet curled up on an unmade bed

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 18/05/2026

The first comprehensive case study of early-emerging prosopometamorphopsia Sydney Fortner, Antônio Mello, Daniel Stehr, Chandana Kodiweera, Heejung Jung, Krzysztof Bujarski, @torwager.bsky.social Brad Duchaine www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 13/05/2026

It was the anniversary of Adams' death just this week - weird coincidence but I saved this screenshot of a similar puddle quote to my phone only yesterday

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 08/05/2026

This is so ridiculously cool. Modelling drosophila 'grounded running' using a 3D multi camera rainbow rig - and courtship strutting! I want a rig like this but for humans. Wish humans were as teeny 😭

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 08/05/2026

From Face to Person: Disentangling the Neural Origins of the N170, N250, and SFE in Familiar Face Recognition Meijiao Li, Chenglin Li #neuroskyence #faces #EEG www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 08/05/2026

A shared neural code for gender across faces, bodies, and objects in the human brain #neuroskyence www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 07/05/2026

Some excellent questions from the audience after our lightning talks at the Embodied Minds Summit especially around breathing during singing & rhythmic entrainment 🫁🧠 The consensus in the room was breathing is such an accessible interoceptive modality yet also remarkably complex #Interoception

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 06/05/2026

Brilliant Lightning Talk photos from #EmbodiedMindSummit Salon in LA, where I presented on breathing skill, alongside Emily Choquette, Kiana Aran, the irrepressible @contemplativeneuro.bsky.social 🫁🧠 Thank you @skhalsa.bsky.social for bringing us together so generously. #interoceptive #neuroskyence

Natalie Peluso speaking in front of a beautifully lit sign which reads "Lightning Talks - Embodied Minds: A Summit Prelude"

Four speakers are seated on stools during the audience Q & A: from the left, Kiana Aran, David Vago (who is gesturing while speaking), Natalie Peluso, and Emily Choquette.

Natalie Peluso speaking in front of the audience who are seated on a large white lounge and wooden chairs. The room is high-ceilinged with exposed wooden beams.

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 04/05/2026

I experienced a little bit of slide joy at the Embodied Minds Summit yesterday 🤗 #interoception #neuroskyence

A slide during Dr Sahib Khalsa's Welcome Address for the Embodied Minds Summit at UCLA, featuring pictures of Elizabeth R Koch, Antonio Damasio, Sahib Khalsa, alongside photos of the four speakers from the Lightning Talks Salon: Natalie Peluso, David Vago, Emily Choquette, and Kiana Aran.

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 03/05/2026

Embodied Minds 2026 Scientific Summit is kicking off here at UCLA! #interoception #neuroskyence Embodiedminds.ai

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 03/05/2026

Today I was thrilled to speak about breathing at the Embodied Minds Salon in LA - and to be treated to an intimate chat between @skhalsa.bsky.social and Antonio Damasio, steered by Elizabeth R. Koch. Such a fantastic day - can't wait for tomorrow's conference!

Antonio Damasio, Sahib Khalsa and Elizabeth R Koch seated together in laughter on stage in an intimate venue

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 22/04/2026

You've been asked to categorise this facial expression using one label. What word do you choose?

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Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 22/04/2026

Dynamic tracking of social variables in simultaneous brain recordings of socially interacting monkeys Exciting dyad work from @sparuniisc.bsky.social & team #neuroskyence www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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