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SUMMARY:Clinical Neuroscience and the Heart-Brain Axis - Prof Sarah Garfin
 kel\, University College London
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DESCRIPTION:*Abstract*: Cognitive and emotional processes are shaped by th
 e dynamic integration of brain and body. A major channel of interoceptive 
 information comes from the heart\, where phasic signals are conveyed to th
 e brain to indicate how fast and strong the heart is beating.  This talk w
 ill detail how cardiac afferent signals can interact with neuronal mechani
 sms to alter emotion processing. This interoceptive channel is disrupted i
 n distinct ways in first episode psychosis\, schizophrenia\, autism and an
 xiety\; specific interoceptive disturbances may contribute to our understa
 nding of symptoms in these clinical conditions\, including dissociation an
 d altered affective processing. The discrete cardiac effects on emotion an
 d cognition have broad relevance to clinical neuroscience\, with implicati
 ons for peripheral treatment targets and behavioural interventions focused
  on the heart. \n\n*Biography*: \nSarah Garfinkel is Professor at the Inst
 itute of Cognitive Neuroscience\, University College London\, where she le
 ads the Clinical and Affective Neuroscience Group. She completed her PhD i
 n Experimental Psychology the University of Sussex\, before undergoing a t
 raining fellowship in Psychiatry and Neuroscience at the University of Mic
 higan. Her current work focuses on brain-body interactions underlying emot
 ion and cognition\, with a particular focus on the heart. Adopting a trans
 lational perspective\, she investigates altered cardiac-neural mechanisms 
 in different clinical conditions. In September 2018\, Sarah was named by t
 he journal Nature as one of 11 "Rising Star" researchers\, across all STEM
  disciplines internationally. Sarah is also involved in the public engagem
 ent of science where she contributes to science programmes on BBC TV and r
 adio. For more detail\, please visit: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/icn/sarah-garf
 inkel
LOCATION: Webinar  (via Zoom online)
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