skhalsa.bsky.social
Psychiatrist and neuroscientist studying the role of interoception in mental health. Director of Anxiety Disorders Research, UCLA Psychiatry. Opinions my own.
👤 Joined on 11 October 2023
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@skhalsa.bsky.socialGrateful to the BBRF @bbrfoundation.bsky.social for funding my Young Investigator Grant application We (@skhalsa.bsky.social @helmetkarim.bsky.social & more) will use TMS & fMRI to probe brain mechanisms of cardiac interoception & severe worry Officially a funded #interoception researcher!
Show PostAfter a long break, I’m back to long-form blogging! The first population atlas of the human vagus gives us an extraordinary wiring map. But what do the wires actually do? I connect it to new mouse psychophysics, organ-targeted ultrasound and our human findings. www.the-ecg.org/2026/07/29/v...
Show PostWhen we started the visceral mind project, we promised to publish what we found null and otherwise, and we delivered!
Show PostThanks Micah! I'm Sooo looking forward to this! It will be my first time in the US since COVID too, and since my postdoc :) Can't wait to share the stage w. @micahgallen.com @skhalsa.bsky.social @camillanord.bsky.social @rikepetzschner.bsky.social & Galia Avidan #SFN2026 #interoception #beliefslab
Show PostTruly intriguing work that raises many interesting questions for future work along those lines 👏. I have already shared it with everyone in the lab. It is a pity that those capsules are not approved for the European market yet (to the best of my knowledge).
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