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Jingmeng Cui

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PhD student at the University of Groningen NL | Alumnus of Radboud University NL & Peking University CN｜Dynamic models of psycho(patho)logy｜R coding｜He/him/his | https://jingmeng-cui.netlify.app/ | in the avatar I'm the first from the right

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Jingmeng Cui @cuijingmeng.bsky.social · Oct 22

It's so great that many researchers are landing in Bluesky! Maybe it's a good time now for a quick self-intro😀 This is Jingmeng, a PhD student at the University of Groningen (@unigroningen.bsky.social @rug-gmw.bsky.social), working on the intersection of psychology and complex dynamic systems...

Jingmeng Cui @cuijingmeng.bsky.social · 14d

Yes see you 😉

Jingmeng Cui @cuijingmeng.bsky.social · 14d

Thanks Dominique 😄

Jingmeng Cui @cuijingmeng.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you😉

Jingmeng Cui @cuijingmeng.bsky.social · 18d

I’m very happy to share that my PhD thesis, Advancing the Analytical Tools for Understanding Complexity in Behavioral Science, has been approved by the assessment committee! 🎉
I will publicly defend my thesis on November 20th at 12:45😉 Looking forward to it!

Jingmeng Cui @cuijingmeng.bsky.social · May 25

#SAA2025

Jingmeng Cui @cuijingmeng.bsky.social · May 25

Made it to @saa2025leuven.bsky.social (after 6 hours train from Groningen 🤣)
Too late for the registration today but I'm certainly at the right place! See you tomorrow : )

Me in front of the SAA flag

Reposted by Jingmeng Cui

Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · Apr 23

ICYMI: decision to cut 5 international bachelor psychology programs in NL poses serious threat to psych science nationally & internationally, given how much research conducted here has historically punched above its weight in terms of per-capita output.

eiko-fried.com/nl-psycholog...

Cutting international bachelor programs threatens psychological science » Eiko Fried

Dutch universities decided to throw international bachelor programs under the bus to appease the government. This is a terrible idea.

Jingmeng Cui @cuijingmeng.bsky.social · Mar 27

See the preprint for more details! Comments and remarks are welcome😉

Jingmeng Cui @cuijingmeng.bsky.social · Mar 27

We believe these analysis tools can be a very useful complement to the simulation-based approach. We also recommend that future model builders try to start with a more comprehensive understanding of smaller models and build on it afterwards.

Jingmeng Cui @cuijingmeng.bsky.social · Mar 27

Following this workflow, we can see what exact characteristics of the dynamic functions lead to certain overall behavior of the system. We also showed that as long as these core characteristics are preserved, we can change the function forms and produce similar results.

Jingmeng Cui @cuijingmeng.bsky.social · Mar 27

We started with two variables, analyzed their dynamics and the influence of various parameters. After that, we also showed how to add more variables and parameters into the analysis step by step.

Jingmeng Cui @cuijingmeng.bsky.social · Mar 27

(Original models:
psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Jingmeng Cui @cuijingmeng.bsky.social · Mar 27

We used two formal dynamic models, the panic disorder model by Robinaugh et al. and the suicidal ideation model by Wang (@shirleybwang.bsky.social) et al. to show how to use these tools to understand why a dynamic system evolves in a certain way, resulting in interesting phenomena.

Jingmeng Cui @cuijingmeng.bsky.social · Mar 27

In this tutorial, we introduced an R package with a GUI that can perform phase plane analysis and bifurcation analysis for formal dynamic models in psychology.

Jingmeng Cui @cuijingmeng.bsky.social · Mar 27

Happy to share the last preprint for my PhD project!
Analyzing Formal Dynamic Models in Psychology: A Tutorial Using Graphical Tools
with Dieta Wagenmakers, G. Sander van Doorn, Fred Hasselman and Anna Lichtwarck-Aschoff
doi.org/10.31234/osf...

Jingmeng Cui @cuijingmeng.bsky.social · Mar 21

Now online at doi.org/10.1037/abn0...

Jingmeng Cui @cuijingmeng.bsky.social · Mar 19

Now online at doi.org/10.1186/s128...

Jingmeng Cui @cuijingmeng.bsky.social · Mar 14

Haha thanks! This one is mainly written by the awesome Fred though😉

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Merlijn Olthof @molthof.bsky.social · Mar 11

I wrote my first blogpost for our Complexity in Behavioural Science research group page. Check it out if you wish!

cibs-nl.netlify.app/2025-03-11-b...
(it is actually mostly a copy+paste from my dissertation intro, but hey)

Thanks to @cuijingmeng.bsky.social for helping with uploading

How I got into complexity science

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Jingmeng Cui @cuijingmeng.bsky.social · Mar 6

(After a long journey of revisions and resubmissions...)
Glad to share that our manuscript, titled Examining the Research Methods of Early Warning Signals in Clinical Psychology through a Theoretical Lens, was accepted by BMC Psychiatry 🥳
Check out the latest version at osf.io/59fu4

Jingmeng Cui @cuijingmeng.bsky.social · Jan 31

@apajournals.bsky.social

Jingmeng Cui @cuijingmeng.bsky.social · Jan 31

Super happy and excited to share that our manuscript (with Fred Hasselman, @molthof.bsky.social , and Anna Lichtwarck Aschoff) has been accepted by the Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science! 🥳

Check out the preprint version: osf.io/preprints/ps...

Jingmeng Cui @cuijingmeng.bsky.social · Jan 20

Wow looks like Monet's painting!

Jingmeng Cui @cuijingmeng.bsky.social · Nov 22

For my field here is more lively

Jingmeng Cui @cuijingmeng.bsky.social · Nov 22

My mirror there: @cuijingmeng.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy