Toby Ellmers

Vestibular Perceptual Thresholds, Balance Impairment, and Fall Risk in Community-Dwelling Older Adults https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.19.26346653v1

Funding opportunities - Vivensa Foundation We know that there’s a huge amount to do, so we need to prioritise.  We will be focusing on some key themes for support for our current plan period (which you can find in our Strategic Framework 2025-...

⏱️ Two weeks left to apply for the Joint @gerisoc.bsky.social / Vivensa Foundation Doctoral Training Fellowship.
The deadline for applications is 20 March, 5pm.
More information and how to apply here: vivensafoundation.org.uk/apply-for-fu...
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FYI, we have seen that you get the same global (vestibular) suppression pre/during stepping after cerebellar TMS (which nonetheless affected postural control). I've always assumed this global suppression wasn't forward model based...

Hope Beats Hate: Green Party Defeats Reform and Labour in Huge Gorton and Denton By-Election Victory A concerted political and media campaign to scare voters about a “Green Menace” winning this by-election failed, reports Adam Bienkov

“In a battle between hope and hate, hope has won.”
Congratulations to new MP Hannah Spencer!
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/27/h...

Fall Prevention Through the Lens of a Sprints Coach: Reflections on my ISPGR Promising Scientist Award (PSA) Talk - ISPGR ISPGR was delighted to award Dr Christopher McCrum its 2025 Promising Scientist Award (PSA). In his PSA Plenary Talk at the 2025 World Congress in Maastricht, Netherlands, Dr McCrum reflected on how v...

An excellent and inspiring blog post from our 2025 Promising Scientist Award winner, @chrismccrum.bsky.social.

ispgr.org/fall-prevent...

Funding opportunities - Vivensa Foundation We know that there’s a huge amount to do, so we need to prioritise.  We will be focusing on some key themes for support for our current plan period (which you can find in our Strategic Framework 2025-...

We have again partnered with @gerisoc.bsky.social (BGS) to co-fund one Doctoral Training Fellowship to support front-line health professionals to develop a career in ageing-related research. Apply by the deadline of 20 March, 5pm. More: vivensafoundation.org.uk/apply-for-fu...
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I couldn’t agree more. Olu Ajijola & I are attempting to bridge this divide in interoception via conceptual frameworks (see below) but also via integrated multidisciplinary lab group activities. It’s simultaneously invigorating and daunting, but needs to happen. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Using Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Clinical Gait Assessment in Parkinson’s Disease: Insights from ISPGR’s 2025 Emerging Scientist - ISPGR

Excellent new blog post from our 2025 Emerging Scientist Award winner, Dr Benjamin Filtjens, who describes his award-winning programme of research on enhancing the use of artificial intelligence in clinical gait analysis.

ispgr.org/using-artifi...

Save the date for our biggest in-person event of the year. The Annual Symposium is taking place in London on Thursday 23 April 2026. More information and a booking link to follow soon.

#AnnualSymposium2026 #FundingForAgeingWell

New paper in @elife.bsky.social led by Tianhe!

Motor errors shape everyday actions—from spilling milk to missing a hold while climbing. Why are some errors systematic?

We show motor biases arise from misalignment between visual and proprioceptive reference frames.

tinyurl.com/t7h786m5

Happy New Year, everyone!

Excited to share that our paper, “Goal uncertainty attenuates sensorimotor adaptation,” is now published in the Journal of Neurophysiology.

Huge thanks to our collaborators—Sritej, Bobby, and Reza @rezashadmehr.bsky.social.

Paper: tinyurl.com/yyfast5m

If your New Year’s resolution is to find a fantastic 3-year post doc position in a great city with a small, friendly lab group and national collaborators… you’re in luck!!!

Open for applications until Tuesday. krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...

@ispgr.bsky.social @ncmsociety.bsky.social

Did you ask Santa for a critical appraisal tool for systematic reviews of prognostic factor studies? The new AMSTAR-PF tool is now published in @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Excellent work from Michael Henry @UNISA driving this project.
@cochranesmg.bsky.social @jbiebhc.bsky.social

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Said it before, and I'll say it again @cloxdale.bsky.social

Stunning!

📢 Postdoctoral Opportunity – Neural control of movement in Parkinson’s (3 years)

This fantastic three-year postdoctoral position at Cardiff University and funded by Parkinson's UK, has now re-opened for applications.

Full details and application here: krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...

Disruptions in This Sixth Sense May Drive Mental Illness Disruptions in interoception may underlie anxiety, eating disorders, and other mental health ailments

New writeup on interoception in Scientific American focusing on its role in mental health:
www.scientificamerican.com/article/inte...

Read the latest developments in posture and gait research from our two 2025 early career award winners @chrismccrum.bsky.social and Benjamin Filtjens (not on bluesky). Great work, both! And proud to have you both within our society.

The neurological condition that is often dismissed as clumsiness Dyspraxia, also known as developmental coordination disorder (DCD), affects around 5 per cent of the population

The neurological condition that is often dismissed as clumsiness @the-independent.com

www.independent.co.uk/life-style/h...

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So happy our latest study is finally published!

We show that falls are a major issue across the lifespan for individuals with DCD (i.e., Dyspraxia).

Developmental Coordination Disorder: A Hidden Epidemic of Falls journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...

Key findings 👇

Prof. Chang Liu did an amazing job with this behemoth of a project!!!

Amazing work!!

How the Academy is supporting nurses, allied health professionals and care home staff in research - Vivensa Foundation Here are a few of the ways in which the Academy is providing support to encourage nurses, AHPs and care home staff into research.

As a funder, we are keen to support nurses, allied health professionals and care home staff into research. Our Academy Ignition Fund provides flexible funding and two of our Excellence Award winners are using their funding to help too: vivensafoundation.org.uk/news/how-the...
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Bloody hell, this looks amazing. Can't wait to dive in!

Perceptual Dysregulation in Psychiatric Nosology has been released! I'm pleased to see that the cover is pretty close to my initial mockup. You can find the entire collection here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

** Recruiting a postdoc ** We are looking for a postdoc to work on emotion, mental health, and interoception, based in London at @ucl.ac.uk in my lab (Clinical and Affective Neuroscience). Part of a large Wellcome Grant (co-led with the brilliant @camillanord.bsky.social)

Postdoc (and PhD) opportunity in my lab. www.linkedin.com/posts/matthi...

So happy this paper is now out in @plosbiology.org! We investigated whether fluctuations in MEPs can be explained by phasic influences from internal bodily rhythms, and whether this might happen independently per organ system.
#interoception #neuroskyence

The respiratory cycle modulates distinct dynamics of affective and perceptual decision-making Author summary Breathing is more than just a vital process for survival — it influences how we perceive and interact with the world around us. Recent research suggests that the rhythm of breathing, fr...

🧠 New paper on breathing and the brain, out now
@plos.org Computational Biology! 🫁
"The respiratory cycle modulates distinct dynamics of affective and perceptual decision-making"
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
We show how respiratory 'tidal computations' alter our decisons!