Max Berg
@maxberg91.bsky.social
[he/him], psychologist, licensed psychotherapist, Postdoc @ University of Marburg in the LOEWE center DYNAMIC. Interested in psychotherapy, network analysis, formal modelling and translational stuff.
https://www.dynamic-center.net/
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Max Berg
@maxberg91.bsky.social
· Jul 14
econtent.hogrefe.com
New paper out in European Psychologist 📄⏰: "A Hitchhiker's Guide to Translation." In a collaborative project with spokespersons of many subfields of the German Psychological Society (DGPs) we explore ideas for connecting basic psychology and clinical psychology. econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/10.1027/...
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I wrote a little bit about the "missing heritability" question and several recent studies that have brought it to a close. A short 🧵
The missing heritability question is now (mostly) answered
Not with a bang but with a whimper
theinfinitesimal.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I wrote a little bit about the "missing heritability" question and several recent studies that have brought it to a close. A short 🧵
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New paper in CPS 🎉: We developed and validated a novel trial-by-trial belief update task, which allowed us to examine the association with depression quite precisely: dep symptoms were related to a slower update of established negative beliefs following pos info. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Intraindividual Trajectories of Belief Updating in Relation to Depressive Symptoms: Reduced Integration of Positive Performance Feedback - Sebastian Meyerhöfer, Charlotte Ottenstein, Lukas Kirchner, L...
Previous research suggests that depression is related to difficulties with revising established negative expectations. However, it is not yet clear how precisel...
journals.sagepub.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:10 AM
New paper in CPS 🎉: We developed and validated a novel trial-by-trial belief update task, which allowed us to examine the association with depression quite precisely: dep symptoms were related to a slower update of established negative beliefs following pos info. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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👏🏼Congratulations🍾🥂on this fantastic award from us to 𝗜𝗿𝘆𝗻𝗮 𝗚𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘃𝘆𝗰𝗵, who is not only the🥇LOEWE top professor, but also involved in other LOEWE projects such as LOEWE @emergencity.de and @loewe-dynamic.bsky.social! @igurevych.bsky.social @tuda.bsky.social @unimarburg.bsky.social @royalsociety.org
🏅 𝗥𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗿𝘆𝗻𝗮 𝗚𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘃𝘆𝗰𝗵
Yesterday evening, Iryna Gurevych was honoured by @royalsociety.org with the 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, one of the most prestigious distinctions in computer science.
Yesterday evening, Iryna Gurevych was honoured by @royalsociety.org with the 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, one of the most prestigious distinctions in computer science.
November 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
👏🏼Congratulations🍾🥂on this fantastic award from us to 𝗜𝗿𝘆𝗻𝗮 𝗚𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘃𝘆𝗰𝗵, who is not only the🥇LOEWE top professor, but also involved in other LOEWE projects such as LOEWE @emergencity.de and @loewe-dynamic.bsky.social! @igurevych.bsky.social @tuda.bsky.social @unimarburg.bsky.social @royalsociety.org
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🎙️ How brain networks help us understand mental disorders
In our latest podcast episode, Dr. Marius Gruber (@mariusgruber.bsky.social) shares how neurobiological research can improve early prediction of mental health problems.
➡️ www.dynamic-center.net/publications...
Photo: Fotostudio Köster
In our latest podcast episode, Dr. Marius Gruber (@mariusgruber.bsky.social) shares how neurobiological research can improve early prediction of mental health problems.
➡️ www.dynamic-center.net/publications...
Photo: Fotostudio Köster
November 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🎙️ How brain networks help us understand mental disorders
In our latest podcast episode, Dr. Marius Gruber (@mariusgruber.bsky.social) shares how neurobiological research can improve early prediction of mental health problems.
➡️ www.dynamic-center.net/publications...
Photo: Fotostudio Köster
In our latest podcast episode, Dr. Marius Gruber (@mariusgruber.bsky.social) shares how neurobiological research can improve early prediction of mental health problems.
➡️ www.dynamic-center.net/publications...
Photo: Fotostudio Köster
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🚀 New paper (open access) out in Cognitive Therapy & Research: we (@herzog.bsky.social, @evalottabrakemeier.bsky.social, @hudsongolino.bsky.social and me) ask whether group‑level symptom‑change networks in CBT actually capture what happens inside each patient. #Psychology #CBT
Must We Always Go Idiographic? - Cognitive Therapy and Research
Purpose While psychological change processes are increasingly assumed to be “non-ergodic”, prompting a shift toward idiographic approaches, the assumption of ergodicity is often accepted a priori rath...
link.springer.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
🚀 New paper (open access) out in Cognitive Therapy & Research: we (@herzog.bsky.social, @evalottabrakemeier.bsky.social, @hudsongolino.bsky.social and me) ask whether group‑level symptom‑change networks in CBT actually capture what happens inside each patient. #Psychology #CBT
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Beeindruckender Vortrag von Isabel Dziobek mit einigen erschreckenden Zahlen:
-42% der Therapeut*innen halten es für möglich dass Impfungen Autismus verursachen,
- 34% sehen Ursachen in „kalten“ Bezugspersonen #ptk2022
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-42% der Therapeut*innen halten es für möglich dass Impfungen Autismus verursachen,
- 34% sehen Ursachen in „kalten“ Bezugspersonen #ptk2022
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November 3, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Beeindruckender Vortrag von Isabel Dziobek mit einigen erschreckenden Zahlen:
-42% der Therapeut*innen halten es für möglich dass Impfungen Autismus verursachen,
- 34% sehen Ursachen in „kalten“ Bezugspersonen #ptk2022
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-42% der Therapeut*innen halten es für möglich dass Impfungen Autismus verursachen,
- 34% sehen Ursachen in „kalten“ Bezugspersonen #ptk2022
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Massively effective interventions are relatively easier to provide evidence for. Failure to produce that evidence can only delay wider acceptance of what *you* are already certain works. So what are you waiting for? Could it be that your pet intervention isn't quite as amazing as you think? 🤔
November 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Massively effective interventions are relatively easier to provide evidence for. Failure to produce that evidence can only delay wider acceptance of what *you* are already certain works. So what are you waiting for? Could it be that your pet intervention isn't quite as amazing as you think? 🤔
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The final paper of my dissertation has just been published in Psychometrika (@pmetricsoc.bsky.social). Many thanks to @bsiepe.bsky.social and @danielheck.bsky.social, who co-authored it with me.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The Interval Consensus Model: Aggregating Continuous Bounded Interval Responses | Psychometrika | Cambridge Core
The Interval Consensus Model: Aggregating Continuous Bounded Interval Responses
www.cambridge.org
November 4, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The final paper of my dissertation has just been published in Psychometrika (@pmetricsoc.bsky.social). Many thanks to @bsiepe.bsky.social and @danielheck.bsky.social, who co-authored it with me.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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🚨Finally out in AMPPS🚨:
Proud to share a new tutorial (led by the fabulous @tkaiser.science 💫) on conformal prediction - a model-agnostic, distribution-free method for generating prediction intervals with guaranteed marginal coverage. 🔮
#PsychSky #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
Proud to share a new tutorial (led by the fabulous @tkaiser.science 💫) on conformal prediction - a model-agnostic, distribution-free method for generating prediction intervals with guaranteed marginal coverage. 🔮
#PsychSky #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 AM
🚨Finally out in AMPPS🚨:
Proud to share a new tutorial (led by the fabulous @tkaiser.science 💫) on conformal prediction - a model-agnostic, distribution-free method for generating prediction intervals with guaranteed marginal coverage. 🔮
#PsychSky #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
Proud to share a new tutorial (led by the fabulous @tkaiser.science 💫) on conformal prediction - a model-agnostic, distribution-free method for generating prediction intervals with guaranteed marginal coverage. 🔮
#PsychSky #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
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🆕LOEWE-DYNAMIC startet unter dem Titel „Vernetzt Denken, Vernetzt Behandeln“ mit dem #Wissenschaftspodcast – erste Folge heute „𝗦𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗚𝗿ü𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗻? 𝗪𝗲𝗻𝗻 𝗡𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝘇𝘂𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝗿𝗱“ mit Max Berg @maxberg91.bsky.social @unimarburg.bsky.social. #MentalHealth Mehr➡️ www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
November 3, 2025 at 11:49 AM
🆕LOEWE-DYNAMIC startet unter dem Titel „Vernetzt Denken, Vernetzt Behandeln“ mit dem #Wissenschaftspodcast – erste Folge heute „𝗦𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗚𝗿ü𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗻? 𝗪𝗲𝗻𝗻 𝗡𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝘇𝘂𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝗿𝗱“ mit Max Berg @maxberg91.bsky.social @unimarburg.bsky.social. #MentalHealth Mehr➡️ www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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Next article of our special issue published in BRAT, examining the role of childhood maltreatment (CM): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... Adults with CM history showed impaired belief updating when interacting with strangers and such deficits moderated the association of CM and PTSD symptoms.
From Maltreatment to Mistrust: Impaired Belief Updating as a Mechanism Linking Childhood Maltreatment to Interpersonal and Clinical Outcomes
Childhood maltreatment (CM), defined as caregiver-perpetrated abuse or neglect during childhood or adolescence, is associated with enduring social dys…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Next article of our special issue published in BRAT, examining the role of childhood maltreatment (CM): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... Adults with CM history showed impaired belief updating when interacting with strangers and such deficits moderated the association of CM and PTSD symptoms.
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🔥OUT NOW IN JCCP🔥: Over the moon to share a new conceptual piece in which Carmen McLean and I propose a potential #deimplementation framework targeting unsupported⚠️, proven ineffective⛔️, and potentially harmful therapies☠️. 1/3
psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
#PsychSky #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
#PsychSky #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
October 24, 2025 at 7:50 AM
🔥OUT NOW IN JCCP🔥: Over the moon to share a new conceptual piece in which Carmen McLean and I propose a potential #deimplementation framework targeting unsupported⚠️, proven ineffective⛔️, and potentially harmful therapies☠️. 1/3
psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
#PsychSky #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
#PsychSky #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
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People seem to be discussing multiverse analysis again! I haven’t read the latest piece but will use that as an opportunity to share a blog post of mine with a title of which I’m still proud (although I probably shouldn’t)
www.the100.ci/2021/03/07/m...
www.the100.ci/2021/03/07/m...
Mülltiverse Analysis
Psychologists like their analyses like I like my coffee: robusta. Results shouldn’t change too much, no matter which exclusion criteria are applied, which covariates are included, which transformation...
www.the100.ci
October 26, 2025 at 5:06 AM
People seem to be discussing multiverse analysis again! I haven’t read the latest piece but will use that as an opportunity to share a blog post of mine with a title of which I’m still proud (although I probably shouldn’t)
www.the100.ci/2021/03/07/m...
www.the100.ci/2021/03/07/m...
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𝗪𝗼𝘄, 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝗰𝗵ö𝗻𝗲, 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗴𝗲𝗳ü𝗹𝗹𝘁𝗲+𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗟𝗢𝗘𝗪𝗘-𝗧𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝗺 23.-24.🍂𝗢𝗸𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘂𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗺🐮𝗚𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗲𝗶 𝗟𝗢𝗘𝗪𝗘-𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗗𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘆, 𝗶𝗺 𝗟𝗶𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗴-𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 + 𝗯𝗲𝗶 𝗟𝗢𝗘𝗪𝗘-𝗔𝗗𝗠𝗜𝗧, Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen (𝗧𝗛𝗠) 𝗚𝗶𝗲ß𝗲𝗻! @jlugiessen.bsky.social
📸Katrina Friese, Leonie Dittrich+ProLOEWE
📸Katrina Friese, Leonie Dittrich+ProLOEWE
October 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
𝗪𝗼𝘄, 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝗰𝗵ö𝗻𝗲, 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗴𝗲𝗳ü𝗹𝗹𝘁𝗲+𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗟𝗢𝗘𝗪𝗘-𝗧𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝗺 23.-24.🍂𝗢𝗸𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘂𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗺🐮𝗚𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗲𝗶 𝗟𝗢𝗘𝗪𝗘-𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗗𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘆, 𝗶𝗺 𝗟𝗶𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗴-𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 + 𝗯𝗲𝗶 𝗟𝗢𝗘𝗪𝗘-𝗔𝗗𝗠𝗜𝗧, Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen (𝗧𝗛𝗠) 𝗚𝗶𝗲ß𝗲𝗻! @jlugiessen.bsky.social
📸Katrina Friese, Leonie Dittrich+ProLOEWE
📸Katrina Friese, Leonie Dittrich+ProLOEWE
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We built the openESM database:
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
October 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
We built the openESM database:
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Does anyone know a workaround for modeling residual correlations in multivariate models in {brms}? It only works for Gaussian and Student distributions right now, but maybe someone has a hack…
#RStats (Maybe @solomonkurz.bsky.social?)
#RStats (Maybe @solomonkurz.bsky.social?)
October 21, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Does anyone know a workaround for modeling residual correlations in multivariate models in {brms}? It only works for Gaussian and Student distributions right now, but maybe someone has a hack…
#RStats (Maybe @solomonkurz.bsky.social?)
#RStats (Maybe @solomonkurz.bsky.social?)
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🚨NEW PUB🚨: Excited to share a new paper on the prevalence of #PTSD, #GAD, and #depression following recent community trauma (i.e., violent repression of protests during Woman, Life, Freedom movement + gas-poisoning attacks on girls’ schools in 2022) in a sample of Iranian adolescent girls (N=395).💥
October 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
🚨NEW PUB🚨: Excited to share a new paper on the prevalence of #PTSD, #GAD, and #depression following recent community trauma (i.e., violent repression of protests during Woman, Life, Freedom movement + gas-poisoning attacks on girls’ schools in 2022) in a sample of Iranian adolescent girls (N=395).💥
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In Sweden, PhD students have similar rates of psychiatric medication use to a matched sample before starting their PhD; psychiatric medication use increases sharply during the PhD, but then drops after graduation
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The impact of PhD studies on mental health—a longitudinal population study
Recent self-reported and cross-sectional survey evidence documents high levels of mental health problems among PhD students. We study the relationship…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
In Sweden, PhD students have similar rates of psychiatric medication use to a matched sample before starting their PhD; psychiatric medication use increases sharply during the PhD, but then drops after graduation
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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🧠 Important progress toward responsible #AI in mental health.
Congratulations to UKP Lab (@ukplab.bsky.social, TU Darmstadt) & IIT Delhi on their new Nature Computational Science paper on privacy-aware mental health AI models and data protection challenges.
Congratulations to UKP Lab (@ukplab.bsky.social, TU Darmstadt) & IIT Delhi on their new Nature Computational Science paper on privacy-aware mental health AI models and data protection challenges.
🧠 AI with Confidentiality: A Privacy Roadmap for Mental Health
New publication in Nature Computational Science ✨
Mental health data is among the most sensitive information people share. How can AI support diagnosis and therapy without compromising privacy?
New publication in Nature Computational Science ✨
Mental health data is among the most sensitive information people share. How can AI support diagnosis and therapy without compromising privacy?
October 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM
🧠 Important progress toward responsible #AI in mental health.
Congratulations to UKP Lab (@ukplab.bsky.social, TU Darmstadt) & IIT Delhi on their new Nature Computational Science paper on privacy-aware mental health AI models and data protection challenges.
Congratulations to UKP Lab (@ukplab.bsky.social, TU Darmstadt) & IIT Delhi on their new Nature Computational Science paper on privacy-aware mental health AI models and data protection challenges.
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Special Issue 'Personality Dynamics'! We are happy to share this special issue from the Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie looking at interpersonal dynamics, motivational conflicts, and personality functioning in clinical psychology and psychotherapy.
October 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Special Issue 'Personality Dynamics'! We are happy to share this special issue from the Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie looking at interpersonal dynamics, motivational conflicts, and personality functioning in clinical psychology and psychotherapy.
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Happy to share this new article with @saskiascholten.bsky.social, providing proof-of-principle evidence for biased belief updating in relation to depressive symptoms using ecological momentary assessments. Part of the special issue on belief updating in BRAT. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The update of interpersonal beliefs in everyday life situations in relation to depressive symptoms and state affect – An ecological momentary assessment proof-of-principle study
Previous research has provided valuable insights into associations of belief updating with aspects of psychopathology. However, prior work was mostly …
www.sciencedirect.com
September 25, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Happy to share this new article with @saskiascholten.bsky.social, providing proof-of-principle evidence for biased belief updating in relation to depressive symptoms using ecological momentary assessments. Part of the special issue on belief updating in BRAT. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Affektive Störungen und Raumfahrt
"Klassiker der Naturphilosophie und Raumfahrt"
Während das Wintersemester nun anläuft, plant der Profi schon längst das Sommersemester 2026. Es wird überlegt, jedem Seminar, ja jeder Veranstaltung, konsequent den Zusatz "und Raumfahrt" zu geben. #undRaumfahrt
October 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Affektive Störungen und Raumfahrt
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Intervening on a central node in a network likely does little given that its connected neighbors will "flip it back" immediately. Happy to see this position supported now.
"Change is most likely [..] if it spreads first among relatively poorly connected nodes."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Change is most likely [..] if it spreads first among relatively poorly connected nodes."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Transformation starts at the periphery of networks where pushback is less - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Transformation starts at the periphery of networks where pushback is less
www.nature.com
September 29, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Intervening on a central node in a network likely does little given that its connected neighbors will "flip it back" immediately. Happy to see this position supported now.
"Change is most likely [..] if it spreads first among relatively poorly connected nodes."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Change is most likely [..] if it spreads first among relatively poorly connected nodes."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...