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Professor of Psychology @ Vanderbilt. Interested in cognitive & social neuroscience of bodily self experiences & disturbances (schizophrenia, depersonalization, autoscopy). Also, working on working memory & imagery

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'A dual-function framework of interoception: the information and coordination modes of interoceptive signaling'

by Catherine Tallon-Baudry, Marie Loescher (@marieloescher.bsky.social) & Anthony ClΓ©ment

www.cell.com/trends/neuro...

10.03.2026 19:22 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Here is a great interview on her life in science samizdathealth.org/wp-content/u...

09.03.2026 17:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | They Feel Bugs Inside Them. Doctors Don’t Know Why.

They Feel Bugs Inside Them. Doctors Don’t Know Why. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/o...

09.03.2026 11:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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When science isn't beautiful: Lab aesthetics impact reaction times and reactive cognitive control Aesthetic experiences are a universal and constant phenomenon, affecting our decision making, job performance, and emotional reactivity. While the eff…

Newest paper from my undergrad research with the wonderful Dr. Kira Bailey:

When science isn't beautiful... 🧠🎨

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

04.03.2026 16:31 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

WAIT WHAT

03.03.2026 03:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else.

We mustn’t let this war do so.

01.03.2026 23:01 πŸ‘ 23244 πŸ” 7891 πŸ’¬ 696 πŸ“Œ 322

We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.

22.06.2025 00:24 πŸ‘ 69005 πŸ” 21961 πŸ’¬ 2826 πŸ“Œ 1491
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Democracy will not survive without strong independent media Trump and his allies are rapidly taking over our major news outlets.

The truth is that if democracy is to survive this era, we can no longer treat independent media as optional. It is essential, and we must do everything we can to help it thrive and grow β€” quickly. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/demo...

27.02.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 2315 πŸ” 747 πŸ’¬ 43 πŸ“Œ 32

For an act of resistance to the tyranny of algorithms, try the Marginalian newsletterβ€”undistracted notes on the search for meaning, free, ad-free, AI-free, fully human since 2006: themarginalian.org/newsletter

27.02.2026 18:04 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

For an act of resistance to the tyranny of algorithms, try the Marginalian newsletterβ€”undistracted notes on the search for meaning, free, ad-free, AI-free, fully human since 2006: themarginalian.org/newsletter

26.02.2026 13:02 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

😱

24.02.2026 15:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The β€œhumanness” of humans has long been an inconvenience for capitalists… human workers need food, rest, bathroom breaks, healthcare, spend time with our families, etc. Treating people as machine-like licenses bosses to ignore the human needs of employees

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22.02.2026 19:29 πŸ‘ 141 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Altman’s comments are a classic example of dehumanizing people: childhood and education are reduced to β€œtraining” for the purposes of economic productivity. These are obviously not the same, but Altman’s words imply the main purpose of humans is to serve capital

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22.02.2026 19:29 πŸ‘ 230 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1
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β€˜Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, β€˜If it can happen to me, i...

A retired British primary school administrator with a British passport and a valid visa was shackled, chained and detained for six weeks by ICE

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

21.02.2026 06:54 πŸ‘ 7238 πŸ” 4209 πŸ’¬ 249 πŸ“Œ 632
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If you missed @jfcryan.bsky.social and Ted Dinan talking with SΓ­le Seoige on @tg4.bsky.social last night, you can watch in on the player. They are talking about their research on gut feelings and #anxiety.
#microbiome #gutbrainaxis
@uccresearch.bsky.social

21.02.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Insurrection against the parliament though

20.02.2026 00:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

이재λͺ… might even pardon him
at the end of his term. Kim dae jung pardoned Chun doo whan even though Chun killed 100s of people.

19.02.2026 12:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

😱

19.02.2026 04:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He will get life. I think. Then appeals. Then 10 years?

19.02.2026 01:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

They totally ignored the Korean team as if they didn’t even existed. Wouldn’t you pay attention to the team that’s had 7 wins in the past?

19.02.2026 00:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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How β€˜skull drains’ keep the brain safe from damage and pathogens Veins in the skull can rearrange their borders to accommodate patrolling immune cells, a strange behaviour called ruffling.

How β€˜skull drains’ keep the brain safe from damage and pathogens www.nature.com/articles/d41...

18.02.2026 19:51 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Two side-by-side images depicting the nested hierarchical IPOMDP and the non-hierarchical x-IPOMDP mechanism.

Two side-by-side images depicting the nested hierarchical IPOMDP and the non-hierarchical x-IPOMDP mechanism.

What happens when we can't use recursive belief to compete? We can use anomaly detection instead!

Here, we (led by soon-to-be-Dr @nitalon.bsky.social ) devise a multi-agent account where compression & reward expectation are used to notice deception

jair.org/index.php/ja...

18.02.2026 08:49 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"Attention without feeling... is only a report."

Mary Oliver on what attention really means and her moving elegy for her soul mate: www.themarginalian.org/2026/02/17/m...

17.02.2026 13:02 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Out today, 7 years in the making β€” a reckoning with what makes a body a person, what makes a planet a world, and what gives meaning to our tender, transient lives: www.themarginalian.org/traversal/

17.02.2026 03:24 πŸ‘ 66 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 1
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Words Without Consequence What does it mean to have speech without a speaker?

LLM, fluency, competence and agency

www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

15.02.2026 18:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Descartes died on this day in 1650, having scarred the centuries with his severance of body and mind. Thank stardust for Humboldt, who reembodied the human spirit, bridging the Aztecs and AI www.themarginalian.org/2025/08/31/a...

11.02.2026 18:05 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Living In Metaphor: Why Psychiatry Should Treat Delusions As Whole-Body Experiences, Not "Just Faulty Beliefs" New research radically shifts how we understand delusions, offering patients and clinicians a better way to understand these impactful experiences.

Living In Metaphor: Why Psychiatry Should Treat Delusions As Whole-Body Experiences, Not "Just Faulty Beliefs"

www.iflscience.com/living-in-me...

04.02.2026 21:47 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Polyvagal Theory and the Neurobiology of Connection: The Science of Rupture, Repair, and Reciprocity β€œThe mind narrates what the nervous system knows. Story follows state.”

"The mind narrates what the nervous system knows. Story follows state."

Polyvagal theory and the neurobiology of connection – the fascinating science of rupture, repair, and reciprocity www.themarginalian.org/2026/02/08/p...

09.02.2026 03:24 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Superb Owl Sunday X A special Sunday event: our tenth-annual photo collection celebrating these magnificent birds of prey. If you have some time before the big game (or are skipping the event entirely), we invite you to ...

These are amazing!
www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

08.02.2026 17:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Elizabeth Bishop on Why Everyone Should Experience at Least One Long Period of Solitude in Life Wisdom on the rhythms of creativity from a lighthouse daydream.

Poet Elizabeth Bishop, born on this day in 1911, on why everyone should experience at least one prolonged period of solitude in life www.themarginalian.org/2016/02/08/e...

08.02.2026 13:01 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0