#sensory — Public Fediverse posts

📰 "Control of walking direction by descending and dopaminergic neurons in Drosophila"
https://doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.cub.2026.06.045
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42442357/
#Sensorimotor
#Drosophila #Sensory

There are several holidays associated with fireworks, like Bastille Day, and while they can be pretty to watch, the loud and sudden sounds can be triggering for some people.

The usual advice? “Wear earplugs.” “Stay inside.” “Try to ignore it.” “It’s no big deal, you’re blowing it out of proportion, just enjoy yourself.” Which doesn’t actually help your nervous system deal with what’s happening. 1/2

#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Neurodiversity #Sensory #Fireworks

There are several holidays associated with fireworks, like Bastille Day, and while they can be pretty to watch, the loud and sudden sounds can be triggering for some people.

The usual advice? “Wear earplugs.” “Stay inside.” “Try to ignore it.” “It’s no big deal, you’re blowing it out of proportion, just enjoy yourself.” Which doesn’t actually help your nervous system deal with what’s happening. 1/2

#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Neurodiversity #Sensory #Fireworks

📰 "Coupling between Notch signalling and junctional mechanics during asymmetric division of sensory organ precursors"
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.10.737684v1?rss=1
#AdherensJunction
#Drosophila #Sensory

📰 "Convergent evolutionary selection unravels the genetic basis of audition in moths"
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.08.736348v1?rss=1
#Evolution
#Drosophila #Behaviour #Sensory

📰 "Transcriptional profiling of Drosophila male-specific P1 neurons"
https://doi.org/doi:10.1038/s41598-026-60767-5
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42426082/
#DrosophilaMelanogaster
#Drosophila #Sensory

📰 "Brain-wide processing of gustatory information for gradient navigation in Drosophila larvae"
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.03.736052v1?rss=1
#Drosophila #Sensory
#Taste
#Larva

📰 "Mating imperatives drive plasticity of the daily temporal niche via dopamine signaling."
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.02.736183v1?rss=1
#Drosophila #Circadian
#Sensory
#Sleep

During holidays like the Fourth of July, the usual advice people give around sensory sensitivities and fireworks is often: “Wear earplugs.” “Stay inside.” “Try to ignore it.” “It’s no big deal, you’re blowing it out of proportion, just enjoy yourself.”

Which doesn’t actually help your nervous system deal with what’s happening. At best, that’s just… coping. Gritting your teeth through the fireworks, and feeling wrung out afterwards for days.

#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #AuDHD #Sensory

During holidays like the Fourth of July, the usual advice people give around sensory sensitivities and fireworks is often: “Wear earplugs.” “Stay inside.” “Try to ignore it.” “It’s no big deal, you’re blowing it out of proportion, just enjoy yourself.”

Which doesn’t actually help your nervous system deal with what’s happening. At best, that’s just… coping. Gritting your teeth through the fireworks, and feeling wrung out afterwards for days.

#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #AuDHD #Sensory

When one makes art, getting materials across is one of the challenging things. It makes sense; perceiving materials and their properties is complex, and we're still trying to figure out how exactly it works.

Link: https://jov.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2811946

#Texture #Sensory #Vision #Materials

When one makes art, getting materials across is one of the challenging things. It makes sense; perceiving materials and their properties is complex, and we're still trying to figure out how exactly it works.

Link: https://jov.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2811946

#Texture #Sensory #Vision #Materials

📰 "The membrane-tethered cis-ligand Belly roll elicits GPCR signaling thereby enabling adaptive avoidance behaviors"
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.29.735401v1?rss=1
#Drosophila #Sensory
#Larva

Do fireworks spike your anxiety? Are you stressing about the 4th of July coming up and the fireworks it will bring? What could you do if the dread of fireworks didn’t get in the way of life for days or weeks leading up to the holidays? What if you weren’t bracing yourself for the next sudden bang? 1/2

#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Anxiety #Autistic #Neurospicy #Neurodiversity #Fireworks #Sensory

Do fireworks spike your anxiety? Are you stressing about the 4th of July coming up and the fireworks it will bring? What could you do if the dread of fireworks didn’t get in the way of life for days or weeks leading up to the holidays? What if you weren’t bracing yourself for the next sudden bang? 1/2

#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Anxiety #Autistic #Neurospicy #Neurodiversity #Fireworks #Sensory

How do neural circuits allow for #sensory processing to change with context? This study by Aquino, Kim, and Rungratsameetaweemana reveals how inhibitory microcircuits support flexible, context-specific integration, supporting adaptive decision-making
#neuroscience

https://plos.io/4vL2Qf9

How do neural circuits allow for #sensory processing to change with context? This study by Aquino, Kim, and Rungratsameetaweemana reveals how inhibitory microcircuits support flexible, context-specific integration, supporting adaptive decision-making
#neuroscience

https://plos.io/4vL2Qf9

📰 "A post-mitotic bistable switch actively safeguards mature neurons against reciprocal transdifferentiation
in vivo"
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.19.733455v1?rss=1
#Drosophila #Behaviour #Sensory

While fireworks can be pretty to watch, the loud and sudden sounds can be triggering. Especially when you’re Autistic or AuDHD or have sensory sensitivities. And can cause holidays like Canada Day and 4th of July to be more of a stressor than anything else. 1/3

#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Neurodiversity #Sensory #Interoception #Fireworks

While fireworks can be pretty to watch, the loud and sudden sounds can be triggering. Especially when you’re Autistic or AuDHD or have sensory sensitivities. And can cause holidays like Canada Day and 4th of July to be more of a stressor than anything else. 1/3

#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Neurodiversity #Sensory #Interoception #Fireworks

Every brain creates slightly different versions of the same sensory information we take in. No two people experience anything exactly alike.

If you are hot and everyone around you is cold: you're not wrong.
Your experience is real. It's just yours.

#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity #Neurodivergent #Autistic #AuDHD #Sensory

Every brain creates slightly different versions of the same sensory information we take in. No two people experience anything exactly alike.

If you are hot and everyone around you is cold: you're not wrong.
Your experience is real. It's just yours.

#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity #Neurodivergent #Autistic #AuDHD #Sensory

📰 "Mechanisms of Nicotine Toxicity and Addiction-like Behavior in Drosophila melanogaster: The Role of alpha7 & beta2 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Subunits in Sensory Valence and Cellular Stress"
https://doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.neuro.2026.103499
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42362091/
#DrosophilaMelanogaster
#Drosophila #Behaviour #Sensory

📰 "Patronin facilitates neurite remodeling via epithelial-to-neuronal signaling"
https://doi.org/doi:10.1186/s12964-026-03026-4
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42351192/
#Drosophila #Sensory
#Larva

📰 "Neural and Genetic Mechanisms Regulating Copulation Latency in Male Drosophila melanogaster"
https://doi.org/doi:10.1093/genetics/iyag161
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42348926/
#DrosophilaMelanogaster
#Metabolism #Drosophila #Sensory

📰 "Protocol for simultaneous in vivo two-photon imaging and locomotion quantification during olfactory stimulation and pharmacology in walking Drosophila"
https://doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.xpro.2026.104659
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42348421/
#Drosophila #Behaviour #Sensory

📰 "An extraglomerular relay circuit for multimodal integration within the Drosophila antennal lobe"
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.22.733763v1?rss=1
#Evolution
#Drosophila #Sensory

There are all sorts of things I'd built up anxiety around throughout my life where there was actually an underlying concrete sensory issue I hadn't recognized as such.

Showering. Brushing my teeth. Leaving the house. Certain chores I avoided without understanding why. 1/2

#ActuallyAutistic #BurnoutRecovery #Sensory #Interoception

There are all sorts of things I'd built up anxiety around throughout my life where there was actually an underlying concrete sensory issue I hadn't recognized as such.

Showering. Brushing my teeth. Leaving the house. Certain chores I avoided without understanding why. 1/2

#ActuallyAutistic #BurnoutRecovery #Sensory #Interoception

📰 "An aorta to insulin producing cell sensor for internal state in Drosophila"
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.17.732871v1?rss=1
#InternalState
#Metabolism #Drosophila #Sensory
#Taste
#Larva

📰 "Olfactory Loss Enhances Visual Learning in Drosophila through Structural and Functional Reorganisation"
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.16.732444v1?rss=1
#Connectomics
#Drosophila #Olfaction
#Sensory
#Adult
#Larva

📰 "Distinct and common dynamics of central brain spontaneous neuronal activity across cell types during Drosophila pupal development"
https://doi.org/doi:10.1038/s41598-026-56092-6
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42321276/
#Drosophila #Sensory

📰 "Conserved machinery, divergent functions: evolutionary plasticity of the STK36/ULK4 kinase complex in ciliogenesis and signaling"
https://doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.semcdb.2026.103681
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42302347/
#Drosophila #Sensory

The hardest thing about autism hasn't been the autism.

What's been much more difficult are the sensory sensitivities, and the attitudes of people around me toward my differences, which created a lot of social anxiety. 1/2

#ActuallyAutistic #Autism #Autistic #Sensory #Anxiety

The hardest thing about autism hasn't been the autism.

What's been much more difficult are the sensory sensitivities, and the attitudes of people around me toward my differences, which created a lot of social anxiety. 1/2

#ActuallyAutistic #Autism #Autistic #Sensory #Anxiety

📰 "Evolutionary Recoding of Olfactory Sensory Neurons"
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.12.731899v1?rss=1
#Drosophila #Sensory

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So someone was asking me recently how to ask for accommodations for their sensory needs without coming across as needy or complaining. So here’s my three-step suggestion: 1/3

#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #AuDHD #Neurodivergent #Sensory

We need to talk about chilli peppers. When you eat something that is spicy HOT, and I mean really hot, do your lips (scale of 1 to 7):

#cooking #sensory #poll

I really encourage creating a workspace that’s a sensory haven that actually feels good to you.

Like the colors are good, the textures are good, there’s no annoying ticking clock, or whatever it is that bothers you: get it out of that space! You're allowed to work somewhere that doesn't cost you energy just to be in it.

#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #AuDHD #Sensory

#Sensoryexperience #sensory #Nottingham #Lumiarium #Timisien #Highfields #ArchitectsofAir #labyrinth #dome #universityofnottingham #lakeside #lakesidearts

It can be difficult to pick whether something is anxiety-related or sensory-related, because those things can mask each other. 1/2

#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Anxiety #Sensory #Interoception

#sensory #sound #FritzLang #M #analogue #VHS

There was a good decade where I barely brushed my teeth. And I was severely judgmental to myself about that.

But it wasn't because "I'm a crap person who can't do adult things." 1/2

#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #AuDHD #Sensory #Interoception

Participated in a focus group today for perceptions about the #Sensory room that debuted during finals week (last week). If you ever have a chance to experience a sensory space/room/event, I’d highly recommend it. I was a bit frazzled going in, but felt calm and much happier almost immediately after entering the space. The researchers seem great and I was happy to help their research efforts. #focusGroup Some photos from the experience below… #fidgetToys

When I learned I was Autistic, and saw everyone talking about sensory stuff, I didn't think it applied much to me.

I knew I was sensitive to lights and loud noises. I didn't like tags in clothing. But beyond that — not much, I thought. 1/2

#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #AuDHD #Sensory #Interoception

You might think that joining a club will be a good way to get yourself to be more social, but if it’s not a good environment for you or something you actually feel comfortable with, then you’re going to be fighting with yourself the whole time. 1/3

#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Sensory #Neurodiversity

It's important to know what you need.
But it's just as important to know what you need to *not* be there. (And to not mistake something for a need that isn't one.)

#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Neurodiversity #Sensory #Interoception

one game quickly turns

one game quickly turns 
into four, addiction sounds like 
acrylic tiles, clack, 

clack, clacking against each other 
for another championship round
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one game quickly turns

one game quickly turns 
into four, addiction sounds like 
acrylic tiles, clack, 

clack, clacking against each other 
for another championship round
.
20260511:1800
y