Sarah Garfinkel
@DrSFink
Clinical Affective Neuroscientist / Professor @UCL_ICN. Interested in interoception, interactions between heart & brain, biological basis of empathy & Radio 4
It’s a surprise and an honour to be named by Nature as one of their “Rising Stars” nature.com/articles/d4158…

What if 'gut feeling' was more than a metaphor, and the key to treating obesity and gastrointestinal disorders? This new commentary, born from the 2024 @NIDDKgov workshop on Interoceptive Contributions to Obesity & DGBI is now out in Gastroenterology: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…🧵👇
Late breaking abstract deadline extended for BACN. Come join for Cognitive Neuroscience in Edinburgh in September. Cheap student rates & a great lineup
Preliminary program is up! Lots of exciting research. It's not too late to join us and present! Late-breaking poster deadline is 11 July. bacn.co.uk/conferences
Not to be missed! My brilliant friend ♥️
Exciting news - I am launching a YouTube Channel. Please subscribe and spread the word far and wide youtube.com/@bendybraindrj… #hypermobilty #eds #neurodivergence #fibromyalgia #mecfs #anxiety #allthethings
Thank you @DrSFink for inviting Unreal to the @royalsociety meeting “From being to identity: analysis and synthesis of the self”. It was a privilege for our own Joe Perkins to speak on the lived experience perspective of DPDR and hear the fascinating speakers! #SelfRS2025
Thanks to everyone who joined our @royalsociety meeting on the Sense of Self in-person or online. We had a fantastic event with great talks and discussions. Look out for our Phil Trans B theme issue coming early next year @A_Wykowska @DrSFink @PaulVerschure
Day 1 of the Royal Society meeting on The Self, always a pleasure to hear @manos_tsakiris discuss his illuminating research combining the exteroceptive body and interoception for self awareness #SelfRS2025

Day 1 of the symposium on the self @royalsociety is absolutely spoiling us with wonderful interdisciplinary discussions on the concepts and dimensions of self! Many thanks to @tonyjprescott @A_Wykowska @DrSFink @PaulVerschure for organising this illuminating event! #selfRS2025
Yes @jonroiser! What an interesting an important project
Today marks the start of #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek & we’re spotlighting #UCLMentalHealth funded projects. Our first project brings together researchers from @uclbrainscience & @LivUni to explore how politics can affect our mental health & wellbeing. 🔗 bit.ly/3EL6Pmq
How do people with mental health conditions experience bodily signals? 🧠🫀🫁 Our (@gabriel_mackie) new paper in eClinicalMedicine explores lived experiences and patient priorities for interoception research. 🧵1/n sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
The @royalsociety is hosting a 2-day meeting on Sense of Self this May in London. We have fantastic speakers from psychology/neuroscience, philosophy, and AI/robotics. Attendance is free. Poster submission now open royalsociety.org/science-events… @A_Wykowska @DrSFink @PaulVerschure
Kicking off day 2 of the BNPA 2025 @guy_lesch presenting on the management of sleep disorders. Very appropriate timing given it's World Sleep Day
Patrick Cookson and Alex Reuben are discussing their intensive FND inpatient treatment programme #bnpa2025
BNPA President Boyd Ghosh starts the day #bnpa2025
Kicking off BNPA 2025 with Prof Hugh Garavan's talk on impulsivity and its role in psychiatric disorders
Dr Hugh Garavan begins the programme with the JNNP lecture on 'Impulsivity and its role in psychiatric disorders' #bnpa2025
Impulse Control Disorders in Parkinson's Disease. A talk from Prof Stéphane Thobois from Hospital Neurologique, Lyon #bnpa2025
Continuing with the impulsivity theme, Stephane Thobois takes a clinical dive into ICDs in Parkinson's disease
Apathy and impulsivity in parkinsonian disorders - from lab to clinic. Presenting: Prof James Rowe from Cambridge University #bnpa2025
Professor James Rowe breaking down long-held myths behind apathy and impulsivity, and demonstrating their intrinsic connection
Functional imagery training: tackling impulsivity by strengthening motivation. Prof Jackie Andrade finishes the session on disorders of impulse control #bnpa2025