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Ashley Thomas @ashleyjthomas.bsky.social · 3d

Interested in understanding how young humans think about social relationships? I am reading PhD applications this year! **Please note**, that Harvard now requires the GRE. More information here: www.ashleyjthomas.com/workwithme

WANT TO WORK WITH ME? | Mysite

www.ashleyjthomas.com

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Hayley Dorfman @hayleydorfman.bsky.social · 4d

Congrats to the brilliant @haoxuefan.bsky.social on her best dissertation award at #SNE2025! 💫 @socforneuroecon.bsky.social

Haoxue Fan receiving the best dissertation award at SNE

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Jo Cutler @drjocutler.bsky.social · 6d

I had so much fun organising #CISE2025 conference on Curiosity, Information Seeking & Exploration with Romy Frömer, @hayleydorfman.bsky.social, Ohad Dan, Matt Nassar, Tali Sharot & Jacqueline Gottlieb at beautiful Brown University then hearing about all the amazing research from our speakers…

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Hayley Dorfman @hayleydorfman.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks for coming and for your incredible talk!

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Quentin Huys @docqhuys.bsky.social · 8d

New #job alert! Clinical research fellow / postdoc in #computationalpsychiatry at the @mpc-comppsych.bsky.social / @uclqsion.bsky.social and UCL psychiatry. We will aim to understand the computations engaged by serotonin in the treatment of depression. Please re-sky. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 8d

Prof Jennifer Bussell discovered that rodents *really* like an informational heads-up about how much water they'll get soon. Even give up a large of % water for this information.

PS informational choice is well predicted from OFC recording #CISE2025 jenniferbussell.org/cv/

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Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 8d

Prof Caroline Charpentier (@caltech postdoc) shows Bayesian model evidence about advice-taking and confirmation bias
sldlab.umd.edu

#CISE2025

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Allie Sinclair @asinclair.bsky.social · 8d

Had a wonderful time ✨ exploring ✨ new ideas and meeting cool people at the Curiosity, Info Seeking, and Exploration symposium #CISE2025! Thanks to all the organizers and Brown for hosting! Hope to be back next time.

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Hayley Dorfman @hayleydorfman.bsky.social · 8d

Epic doubleheader with Bob Wilson & Jackie Gottlieb & that’s a wrap on #CISE2025 🔭 Thanks to our amazing speakers & attendees!

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Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 8d

Tour de force talk decomposing aspects of novelty, surprise, info gain in multi-state tasks by @modirshanechi.bsky.social

Novelty-seeking (visit new states) is common...even when its suboptimal
#CISE2025

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Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 8d

At #CISE2025 Jordan Wylie is discussing curiosity about moral and immoral folks (eg Netflix) moralitylab.bc.edu/people/alumn...

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Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 9d

George Loewenstein summarizing 30 yrs of brilliant studies on curiosity and desire for information (or a desire to not know, eg likely bad news) #CISE2025 at Brown Univ

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Hayley Dorfman @hayleydorfman.bsky.social · 9d

We’re kicking off day 2 of #CISE2025 🔭 with a fun talk from George Loewenstein on his tour de force research program on information gap theory

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Hayley Dorfman @hayleydorfman.bsky.social · 9d

Successful first CISE poster session at beautiful Brown! #CISE2025 🔭

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Heather L Kosakowski @kosakowski.bsky.social · 11d

My lab at USC is recruiting!
1) research coordinator: perfect for a recent graduate looking for research experience before applying to PhD programs: usccareers.usc.edu REQ20167829
2) PhD students: see FAQs on lab website dornsife.usc.edu/hklab/faq/

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Hayley Dorfman @hayleydorfman.bsky.social · 11d

Safe travels! See you soon!

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Alireza Modirshanechi @modirshanechi.bsky.social · 12d

New in @pnas.org: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

We study how humans explore a 61-state environment with a stochastic region that mimics a “noisy-TV.”

Results: Participants keep exploring the stochastic part even when it’s unhelpful, and novelty-seeking best explains this behavior.

#cogsci #neuroskyence

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Toby Wise @tobywise.bsky.social · 14d

Interested in building computational models of anxiety? See below for a potential PhD opportunity with me

Feel free to reach out if you'd like to know more!

@kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

kcl-mrcdtp.com/project/unde...

Understanding Negative Cognition in Anxiety Using Artificial Neural Networks - MRC DTP

Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) is one of the most common mental health problems, but the mechanisms underpinning its symptoms remain poorly understood, limiting the development of novel interventi...

kcl-mrcdtp.com

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Sepehr Razavi @srazavi.bsky.social · 23d

This is happening in two days! Cannot wait for this talk, please consider joining us

Sepehr Razavi @srazavi.bsky.social · 29d

Next week, we have the distinct pleasure of (e-)hosting the fantastic @hayleydorfman.bsky.social at the SoCR Lab's Invited Talk Series. Dr Dorfman will presenting some of her recent work on agency-modulated reinforcement learning 🧵👇

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Hayley Dorfman @hayleydorfman.bsky.social · 27d

Really excited about this new work on social decision-making across development expertly led by Haley Hegefeld! If you caught it at #Flux2025 let us know your thoughts!

Social Development and Wellbeing Lab @socialdevlab.bsky.social · 29d

Haley and Bianca recently presented at Flux Society’s 2025 Conference in Dublin, Ireland! 🇮🇪🌏

🔗 Read more about Haley and Bianca’s research at socialdevlab.com/flux-2025

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Sepehr Razavi @srazavi.bsky.social · 29d

Next week, we have the distinct pleasure of (e-)hosting the fantastic @hayleydorfman.bsky.social at the SoCR Lab's Invited Talk Series. Dr Dorfman will presenting some of her recent work on agency-modulated reinforcement learning 🧵👇

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · Sep 8

Student newspapers continue to do great work. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Harvard Was Cleared To Get Some Federal Funds. Then DOGE Stepped In. | News | The Harvard Crimson

DOGE officials have used their control of a federal payment system to keep money away from Harvard — even after a judge’s ruling required the National Institutes of Health to let some grants start flo...

www.thecrimson.com

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Ashley Thomas @ashleyjthomas.bsky.social · Sep 5

Interested in applying to graduate programs or research positions in psychology? Want more information and feedback on your submission materials? Then Harvard’s Prospective Ph.D. & RA Event in Psychology (PPREP) Is for you!! psychology.fas.harvard.edu/pprep
More info in the link!! Please retweet!

PPREP Program | Department of Psychology

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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · Sep 4

Delighted that PINE Lab will be accepting applications for PhD students to start Fall 2026! Please share with applicants looking for developmental & neuroscience programs? Our website is updated with current studies, questions, and guidance about fit: www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/join-us

Contact 3 — Plasticity in Neurodevelopment Lab

www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com

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Joe Barnby @joebarnby.com · Sep 3

🧠 We're hiring a computational postdoc!

3+ years with me & @mitulamehta.bsky.social on @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded social cognition/paranoia research at the IoPPN.

Lead & develop computational work, collaborate with experimentalists on psychosis/THC data.

DM for details! lnkd.in/eCMy9Jf5

Computational postdoc ad for KCL funded by the Wellcome Trust on the NEPTUNE project

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