Super excited to share our study on ingestibles💊 published in eLife - the journal ! 🚀 We've explored how gastric signals crucially shape our emotional experiences. Huge thanks to the amazing co-authors: Alessandro Monti, Maria Serena Panasiti, and Salvatore Maria Aglioti! It's been an incredible journey!✨

Published! An SSRI changes neural responses to interoception with links to anxious states. This could change how you think about serotonin, internal sensations, and anxiety. nature.com/articles/s4139… w/Sarah Garfinkel Hugo D. Critchley James Livermore Sussex Psychology #interoception #serotonin

Been thinking lately that when Darth Vader asks Luke to, "Search your feelings, you know it to be true" he is running an metacognitive interoception experiment.

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From what happens in our brains when we feel the warm glow of kindness, to how we can know how gorillas and chimpanzees are feeling - join Claudia Hammond and Sussex psychologists to learn about the science of wellbeing ❤️ Thursday 19:00-21:00 The Old Market: theoldmarket.com/shows/think-ag…

*TONIGHT AT TOM* Think you know the psychology behind the way we think, feel and behave? THINK AGAIN! Hosted by Claudia Hammond + panel feat. University of Sussex Sussex Psychology experts including Gilly Forrester Doors open at 18:15 for a 19:00 start, see you later! buff.ly/4aG7iBm

An early start the day setting up The Old Market for THINK AGAIN! with Claudia Hammond on The Science of #Wellbeing featuring University of Sussex Sussex Psychology #Psychology. Shout out to Backdrop Design for their MASSIVE BRAIN Showtime 7pm #Brighton theoldmarket.com/shows/think-ag…

That was really fun! It was 'Think Again!’ the science of wellbeing tonight live on stage with Claudia Hammond Gilly Forrester Prof Sam Cartwright-Hatton. & Dr Dan Campbell-Meiklejohn @drdanielcm.bsky.social. Such a slick set too. Look out for the next 'Think Again' showcasing the brilliant research of Sussex Psychology

Looking forward immensely to speaking with one of my scientific inspirations, Hugo D. Critchley, in Brighton in August. Come & ask us all the hard body-brain questions! Penguin Books UK SussexNeuro BSMS

Empathy incites a stable prosocial decision bias academic.oup.com/cercor/article…

Never seen a sunset rainbow before. Over Brighton

🌟 Research Assistant opportunity 🌟 I'm looking for an RA to support new projects The Centre for Human Brain Health School of Psychology, University of Birmingham on social information seeking and decision making inc. fMRI and MEG 🧠 Details: tinyurl.com/ra-uob-chbh Deadline: 24th September ⏳ Get in touch w/ questions 👋 Please share 🔁

🚨New paper! Do endorphins mediate the (rewarding) experience of social connection? Panksepp said they would We metaanalysed human antagonist studies & found a significant (but small) effect nature.com/articles/s4139… Well done @GuroLoseth Martin Trøstheim! Funding: European Research Council (ERC)