Julie Lasselin

We’re very excited to welcome all disgustologists to Toulouse in the coming days for our conference! Looking forward to inspiring talks, great discussions… and maybe a few disgust-inducing surprises 👀🦠

Obesity, low-grade inflammation, and inflammatory response to immune challenge modulate willingness to expend effort for reward: https://osf.io/xtkw7

Anybody knowledgeable in measurement (especially in adaptations for Mexican culture) and/or prosopagnosia that would be willing to serve as a reviewer for @collabrapsychology.bsky.social ? At the point where decliners are mostly recommending people who have already declined😅

New to neuroimmune research? Joined a new lab recently? Want to expand your network? Hunting for a new postdoc? Submit to the PNIRS #TellUsAboutYourResearch series to have your research featured and be connected with an amazing network of psychoneuroimmunologists!

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Stroke can happen to anyone – an expert explains how to spot the signs and act fast A stroke can happen at any age. Here’s what to look for – and why every second matters.

A stroke can happen at any age. Here’s what to look for – and why every second matters.

Check out our latest issue! www.cell.com/current-biol...

On the cover: The anole lizard by Dario Tommasini and colleagues www.cell.com/current-biol...

🧠 What?! A meeting just on disgust?! Yes!!
📍 @iast.fr, France | 🗓 Dec 4–5, 2025
💥 Keynotes by Paul Rozin @upenn.edu, @cr-amo.bsky.social, Philip Powell @sheffielduni.bsky.social & Cindy Kam
🌍 From Psychology to Politics, Biology & beyond
🎓 Abstract submissions until Aug 31: forms.gle/QBmkUB3aLDjY...

If you’re visiting the museum before Sun, you can take part in this scientific study!
💪 Anonymous and voluntary
🧫 Includes small saliva and/or finger-prick samples
🎁 Receive a small museum gift as a thank-you

Help us uncover how disgust protects us from disease — one bite (or sniff) at a time! 2/2

Think you’ve got a strong stomach? 😏 What about your immune system?

We, researchers @ki.se @cnrs.fr @swanseauni.bsky.social, are running a real experiment at the Disgusting Food Museum in Malmö!

We are studying how your body reacts to “eww” moments — from stinky cheese to crunchy insects 🧀🐛 1/2

Erkältung und Psyche: Fühlt sich an wie eine Depression, ist aber keine Forschende entschlüsseln, was bei einer Erkältung mit der Psyche passiert. Woher das Leiden kommt und warum manche mehr jammern als andere.

Last week I have been interviewed by Anaïs Kaluza from @zeit.de about #sicknessbehavior.

It has led to this excellent article 🤩 📰 🤒

When sick from an infection: embrace the feelings! They are here to support the fight against the infection and your recovery 🤒

www.zeit.de/gesundheit/2...

PNIRS 2026

📣 #PNIRS2026: Save the Date‼️

🗓️ June 22–25, 2026
📍 New Orleans, Louisiana 🇺🇸

✨ Whether your PsychoNeuroImmunology research emphasizes the P, N, or I — we look forward to seeing your work and connecting in The Big Easy!

📻 Stay tuned for more info re: call for abstracts. Please spread the word 🙏🏼

📣The 2026 ERC Consolidator Grant competition is now open! 📣

Already preparing your proposal? Info links ⬇️

Info for applicants 👉 buff.ly/PSbeUxX

Application portal 👉 buff.ly/mauZoqo

Deadline: 13/01/26

General info on #ERCCoG 👉 buff.ly/KCN6GTh

Please read this very courageous piece by our @inspirethemind.bsky.social writer Samrina Sangha

It’s one of the most studied questions in medicine. Decades of research, millions of children, and countless high-quality studies all point to the same conclusion: vaccines do NOT cause autism.

Let's sketch it out ✍️

Brains for Dinner Episode 2 Why people dance but ducks don't

Dear friends and Bluesky 🧠 geeks: it's the weekend, and I want to share that @chantelpratphd.bsky.social and I recorded our second episode of Brains for Dinner. This one is about dance, language, and basal ganglia, and the burning question: why don't ducks dance? open.substack.com/pub/chantelp...

Expression of Interest in Serving as a PsyArXiv Moderator As you might have heard, PsyArXiv is having some issues with an increase in low-quality submissions, ranging from AI generated manuscripts to inflate citation metrics, incoherent or nonsensical docume...

PsyArXiv is seeking new moderators to help combat an increase in AI submissions! If you've ever posted a preprint to PsyArXiv, please consider joining. Minimum commitment 1h/month, there's a training session this Monday @ 1pm ET. More info here: forms.gle/9LB1rEtxHAeZ... #PsychSciSky

Results?

🔥 High-CRP patients had stronger inflammatory responses
😶 More anhedonia after immune stress
❓Surprisingly, a short-term drop in depression scores after LPS
🧬 A step toward personalised treatments for inflammation-linked depression?

👉 Blog by @julielasselin.bsky.social
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Can inflammation shape how depression feels & how we treat it?

New RCT used an immune challenge (LPS) to test how ppl w depression & high inflammation responded.

The results? Fascinating insights into anhedonia & inflammatory subtypes of depression.

#Depression #Inflammation

🧵 THREAD

Congrats!!!! 🎉 And exciting 🤓👀

Is ChatGPT making us stupid? Maybe the tool matters less than the user.

Is ChatGPT making us stupid?

In 2008, we asked the same about Google. Now #AI isn’t just finding info, it’s “thinking” and analyzing for us.

“The difference lies in how we use it,” writes professor of information systems Aaron French.

Does your smartwatch say you’re stressed? It may often be wrong Consumer grade smartwatches may not be as accurate as promised when measuring tiredness or stress. That conclusion is drawn by researchers Björn Siepe and Eiko Fried based on a comparison between smar...

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Press release @unileiden.bsky.social about our upcoming JoPACS paper led by @bsiepe.bsky.social, showing that the overlap of similar constructs assessed via wearable vs EMA data is surprisingly low (n~850, 3 months).

www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...

Great explainer for our new @nathumbehav.nature.com paper!

🚨 Neuro postdocs & grad students: Have a story to tell? Want to practice a talk before a conference or interview? Join our new seminar series on the Isthmus! All are welcome (from around the 🌎). Submit by Aug 20. Share your story (and this ad)!
(Ping me for Qs)
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A meta-analytic review of child maltreatment and interoception Nature Mental Health - Interoception, the perception of internal bodily signals, is crucial for mental and physical well-being, yet the origins of disruptions in interoception are not well...

My first dissertation paper is out in Nature Mental Health! 🤩

With colleagues from @tudresden.bsky.social and @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social, we conducted a meta-analysis on the link between childhood trauma and interoception — our ability to sense internal bodily signals.

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PNI people, please apply! PNIRS @pnirs.bsky.social

Dynamic expectancies: The independent role of within-person change in outcome expectancy in predicting overall treatment outcomes in psychotherapy for depression Dynamic changes in patients’ outcome expectancy have been increasingly recognized as important for psychotherapy success. However, whether expectancy change predicts treatment outcomes independentl...

In psychotherapy, treatment expectations matter. But even more powerful? ➡️ How they change over time. Our new paper shows that updating expectations during psychotherapy for MDD predicts depression outcomes. 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/WRBWU...
#depression #psychotherapy #beliefupdating

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Postdoctoral Researcher in Psychoneuroimmunology Do you want to contribute to improving human health? Join a dynamic and inclusive research group at the forefront of psychoneuroimmunology, where we investigate the interplay between behavior, brain f

‼️🚨 postdoc position 🚨‼️
I am looking for a postdoc in psychoneuroimmunology - come join our group to work on sickness behavior in humans 🤒🦠 at Karolinska Institutet @ki.se !!

ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

deadline July 31st

@pnirs.bsky.social #neuroskyence #PsychSciSky #interoception

PhD Position: Interdisciplinary Study of Endocannabinoid Stress Buffering in Humans (282518) | University of Oslo Job title: PhD Position: Interdisciplinary Study of Endocannabinoid Stress Buffering in Humans (282518), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Wednesday, July 9, 2025

My brilliant collaborator @marieeikemo.bsky.social is hiring!

Do your PhD in an excellent interdisciplinary group & be my colleague in lovely Oslo

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...