Marina Bobou

Is interoception a good target for mental health? Despite the hype on the link between interoception and mental health, there hasn't been a systematic review on psychological interoception-based interventions for mental health. We just published one! 1/5 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pc…

Does Touch make VR feel more "real" than vision? 🖐️🥽 Our new preprint investigates the "Sense of Object Presence" using mid-air haptics. We found a fascinating disconnect between "felt" presence (immediate action) and "judged" presence (reflection). 🧵👇 osf.io/preprints/psya…

🚨New preprint alert🚨 Presence is Reality: Rethinking Virtual and Real-World Consciousness In which we argue that 'presence' as defined and discussed in the field of computer science, is mechanistically and conceptually identical to 'reality' 1/🧵 osf.io/preprints/psya…

1/3 New preprint alert! 🚨 doi.org/10.31219/osf.i… Are you studying interoception in a developmental or parental context? We introduce the Parental Interoception Questionnaire (PIQ), a new tool to assess how parents perceive and respond to their child’s bodily signals.

Very happy to share that our study, funded by the @MedResFdn, has been published in the Journal of Affective Disorders. Many thanks to all co-authors and research participants of @StudyEstra! @S_Desrivieres @_LRobinson_ @marina___bb Full text link: doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.…

@FndPortal @Xinyang_yuyu @_LRobinson_ @ZuoZhang2 @S_Desrivieres Thank you, thank you!

@marina___bb @Xinyang_yuyu @_LRobinson_ @ZuoZhang2 @S_Desrivieres Congrats Marina (and team)!

New Paper is out!! ✨ Many thanks to @Xinyang_yuyu @_LRobinson_ @ZuoZhang2 and @S_Desrivieres biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S0006-…

We are still recruiting participants for this research study investigating body and action perception in anorexia nervosa taking place at Lancaster University! If you are interested, please go to this link: lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0j… @NWSSDTP @lancspsychres @beatED

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📢Our paper on Updating Prospective Self-Efficacy Beliefs About Cardiac Interoception in Anorexia Nervosa is now published in @CPSYJournal! A real team effort with Alkistis and @Katlab_UCL @paulmjenkinson @akoukout @NisticoVeronica et al. 👉doi.org/10.5334/cpsy.1…

New research from @SGDPCentreKCL has identified specific #personality traits linked with risk of #EatingDisorders. Read the full story➡️kcl.ac.uk/news/researche… #IoPPNNews

Our recent paper on eating disorders is out!! ✅✨

There is no mental health condition that is "mild" in and of itself. Some people with depression or anxiety have milder symptoms (as with physical conditions: immune, metabolic, etc.). But many are severely affected. What happened to mental health parity? theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

➡️Join the parent-child interoception study, where children can participate in a science experiment AND learn about their body signals. Parents complete a novel task about their child's body signals!🫀 Slots available 23rd April to 6th May! Sign up: qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_6F…

Our paper "Machine learning models for diagnosis and risk prediction in eating disorders, depression, and alcohol use disorder" is now released as a preprint. We used broad domains of psychosocial data from both patients and a population-based sample. bit.ly/3UpBr2v

➡️Parent-child half-term activity alert! This is an opportunity for children to be engaged in a science experiment AND learn about their body signals. Parents will complete a novel computer task about their own child's body signals! 🫀 Sign up here: qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_6F…

Hot on the heels of our recent risk-taking in eating restriction paper, our new preprint explores risk-taking in relation to cosmetic surgery attitudes and history. Check it out here osf.io/preprints/psya… via @OSFramework. With the amazing @Katlab_UCL @elenapanagiot @akoukout

Wonderful interactive workshop. Come along if you can

Our new paper is just out in JEP:G - Body appearance values modulate risk aversion in eating restriction. doi.org/10.1037/xge000…

My friend Pablo and Phd student at Maastricht University is one of the finalists for the Mind Science grant competition, investigating brain synchrony under psychedelics. If you want to learn more and vote for him click here: mindscience.org/2023-competiti…