Thomas Henning
@thomashenning.bsky.social
Social Decision Neuroscience PhD Student @ Caltech. Forecasting with bioindicators.
Open shot, fate of the Universe on the Line or the Martians have the Death Beam pointed at Earth you better hit it...I WANT BAD BUNNY!!!
February 9, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Open shot, fate of the Universe on the Line or the Martians have the Death Beam pointed at Earth you better hit it...I WANT BAD BUNNY!!!
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Chapter 📖 "Decomposing Economic Choices with Drift-Diffusion Models" with @krajbichlab.bsky.social and Xiaozhi (Taro) Yang is out in, "Neuroeconomics: Core Topics and Current Directions" edited by @dvsmith.bsky.social, @thepsychologist.bsky.social, @dfareri.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/yey56tup
tinyurl.com/yey56tup
Decomposing Economic Choices with Drift-Diffusion Models
Many decisions arise from a dynamic process of information accumulation and comparison. Thus, to fully understand decision-making, we must decompose the choice process into its parts. Here, we review ...
link.springer.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Chapter 📖 "Decomposing Economic Choices with Drift-Diffusion Models" with @krajbichlab.bsky.social and Xiaozhi (Taro) Yang is out in, "Neuroeconomics: Core Topics and Current Directions" edited by @dvsmith.bsky.social, @thepsychologist.bsky.social, @dfareri.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/yey56tup
tinyurl.com/yey56tup
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I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
January 28, 2026 at 11:38 PM
I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Reposted by Thomas Henning
Recessions aren’t uniform events. Decomposing the labor market by race, education, and underemployment, using @claudia-sahm.bsky.social-style turning points, the cyclical sensitivities differ sharply—because some people experience recessions first.
There’s an inequality to recession.
#EconSky
There’s an inequality to recession.
#EconSky
January 16, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Recessions aren’t uniform events. Decomposing the labor market by race, education, and underemployment, using @claudia-sahm.bsky.social-style turning points, the cyclical sensitivities differ sharply—because some people experience recessions first.
There’s an inequality to recession.
#EconSky
There’s an inequality to recession.
#EconSky
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For those attending ASSA, EconScience meetings, here is our session on LLMs in experimental economics (as synthetic subjects) 1015am 5 Jan 2026. Audience will be discussants, using Slido app; everyone can submit questions at any time. We're all looking forward to it.
@thomashenning.bsky.social
@thomashenning.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 5:31 AM
For those attending ASSA, EconScience meetings, here is our session on LLMs in experimental economics (as synthetic subjects) 1015am 5 Jan 2026. Audience will be discussants, using Slido app; everyone can submit questions at any time. We're all looking forward to it.
@thomashenning.bsky.social
@thomashenning.bsky.social
I find it comforting to remind myself on occasion of how big the world truly is.
Happy New Year to all; I hope you all have a great 2026.
Happy New Year to all; I hope you all have a great 2026.
January 1, 2026 at 7:49 PM
I find it comforting to remind myself on occasion of how big the world truly is.
Happy New Year to all; I hope you all have a great 2026.
Happy New Year to all; I hope you all have a great 2026.
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This is extremely important
December 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is extremely important
If me and the boy’s group chat leaked it would just be talking about how I we love non-parametric statistical tests for Neurobehavioral data due to their robustness and relatively fewer assumptions driven
October 15, 2025 at 11:57 PM
If me and the boy’s group chat leaked it would just be talking about how I we love non-parametric statistical tests for Neurobehavioral data due to their robustness and relatively fewer assumptions driven
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That’s a wrap for #SNE2025! Grateful for the chance to share some of our recent work as a spotlight this year and thankful to the society for supporting me as one of this year’s travel award winners along with @gloriawfeng.bsky.social, @jaehyungwoo.bsky.social, Laura Globig, and Minho Hwang)!
October 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
That’s a wrap for #SNE2025! Grateful for the chance to share some of our recent work as a spotlight this year and thankful to the society for supporting me as one of this year’s travel award winners along with @gloriawfeng.bsky.social, @jaehyungwoo.bsky.social, Laura Globig, and Minho Hwang)!
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If Cook had done the very same thing in 2023, after her public service began, it still would not be obvious to me that an error on a mortgage application would constitute “cause” for these purposes. Would a traffic violation? An adverse finding on a tax audit?
open.substack.com/pub/petercon...
open.substack.com/pub/petercon...
Can Trump fire Cook?
Part 2 in a series on the Trump Administration's efforts to remove sitting central bankers
open.substack.com
August 27, 2025 at 4:15 AM
If Cook had done the very same thing in 2023, after her public service began, it still would not be obvious to me that an error on a mortgage application would constitute “cause” for these purposes. Would a traffic violation? An adverse finding on a tax audit?
open.substack.com/pub/petercon...
open.substack.com/pub/petercon...
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A new paper by Nobel Prize-winning economist Claudia Goldin has found that countries where men take on more of the household labor and child care — in other words, those who buck traditionalism’s standards of the provider husband and homemaker wife — have higher fertility rates.
To raise fertility rates, it’s not women who need to step up — it’s men
New research found that countries where men do more housework and child care have higher fertility rates.
19thnews.org
August 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A new paper by Nobel Prize-winning economist Claudia Goldin has found that countries where men take on more of the household labor and child care — in other words, those who buck traditionalism’s standards of the provider husband and homemaker wife — have higher fertility rates.
Why is dollar cost averaging so popular. It makes no sense. EV in the market is highest right now!
Unless you believe in market timing (you shouldnt unless you sit in a big Bank/HF and have access to all “public wink wink” data, you should invest what you plan to DCA right away! With few exceptions
Unless you believe in market timing (you shouldnt unless you sit in a big Bank/HF and have access to all “public wink wink” data, you should invest what you plan to DCA right away! With few exceptions
August 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Why is dollar cost averaging so popular. It makes no sense. EV in the market is highest right now!
Unless you believe in market timing (you shouldnt unless you sit in a big Bank/HF and have access to all “public wink wink” data, you should invest what you plan to DCA right away! With few exceptions
Unless you believe in market timing (you shouldnt unless you sit in a big Bank/HF and have access to all “public wink wink” data, you should invest what you plan to DCA right away! With few exceptions
Becoming increasingly clear to me that LLM have an “effect bias”. When you ask about the relationship between two things, it defaults to stating there is some relationship (regardless of truth) much more often than stating there is no relationship.
July 24, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Becoming increasingly clear to me that LLM have an “effect bias”. When you ask about the relationship between two things, it defaults to stating there is some relationship (regardless of truth) much more often than stating there is no relationship.
Hearing many American students are now looking abroad for grad school, something never really seen in prior years.
We are watching a brain drain from our country in real time; what an unforced error that will have generationally long reprecussions.
We are watching a brain drain from our country in real time; what an unforced error that will have generationally long reprecussions.
July 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Hearing many American students are now looking abroad for grad school, something never really seen in prior years.
We are watching a brain drain from our country in real time; what an unforced error that will have generationally long reprecussions.
We are watching a brain drain from our country in real time; what an unforced error that will have generationally long reprecussions.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the best defensive lineman in the world players power forward for the New Orleans Pelicans.
Thinking back on Julius Peppers career and contrasting it with Williamson; does Peppers focus on basketball full time with today’s NBA salaries?
Incentives matter!
Thinking back on Julius Peppers career and contrasting it with Williamson; does Peppers focus on basketball full time with today’s NBA salaries?
Incentives matter!
July 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the best defensive lineman in the world players power forward for the New Orleans Pelicans.
Thinking back on Julius Peppers career and contrasting it with Williamson; does Peppers focus on basketball full time with today’s NBA salaries?
Incentives matter!
Thinking back on Julius Peppers career and contrasting it with Williamson; does Peppers focus on basketball full time with today’s NBA salaries?
Incentives matter!
Every year I get more and more teary eyed during commencement. Seeing the culmination of years of work done by your bf colleagues and mentees (and mentors) is a deeply moving feeling.
So proud of the entire Caltech class of 2025 both graduates and undergraduates!
So proud of the entire Caltech class of 2025 both graduates and undergraduates!
June 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Every year I get more and more teary eyed during commencement. Seeing the culmination of years of work done by your bf colleagues and mentees (and mentors) is a deeply moving feeling.
So proud of the entire Caltech class of 2025 both graduates and undergraduates!
So proud of the entire Caltech class of 2025 both graduates and undergraduates!
Anything interesting going on today?
June 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Anything interesting going on today?
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We’re fixing Atlantic Avenue! This is what a comprehensive community-led rezoning looks like 🏠
May 29, 2025 at 9:52 PM
We’re fixing Atlantic Avenue! This is what a comprehensive community-led rezoning looks like 🏠
Flying into LA after traveling is always depressing; LA should be one of the greatest cities on the planet and instead it’s a destitute suburb.
America needs to revitalize and modernize our cities, it’s embarrassing.
America needs to revitalize and modernize our cities, it’s embarrassing.
April 29, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Flying into LA after traveling is always depressing; LA should be one of the greatest cities on the planet and instead it’s a destitute suburb.
America needs to revitalize and modernize our cities, it’s embarrassing.
America needs to revitalize and modernize our cities, it’s embarrassing.
Giving a poster presentation Sunday at the Financial AI workshop @ ICLR! Check out the work and give me your suggestions!
We find that LLMs (we test 6 models) tend to trade around fundamental value in a fixed FV experimental market; compared to humans who generally create bubbles!
We find that LLMs (we test 6 models) tend to trade around fundamental value in a fixed FV experimental market; compared to humans who generally create bubbles!
LLM Trading: Analysis of LLM Agent Behavior in Experimental Asset Markets: Thomas Henning; Siddhartha M. Ojha; Ross Spoon; Jiatong Han; Colin F. Camerer
NEP/RePEc link
to paper
d.repec.org
April 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Giving a poster presentation Sunday at the Financial AI workshop @ ICLR! Check out the work and give me your suggestions!
We find that LLMs (we test 6 models) tend to trade around fundamental value in a fixed FV experimental market; compared to humans who generally create bubbles!
We find that LLMs (we test 6 models) tend to trade around fundamental value in a fixed FV experimental market; compared to humans who generally create bubbles!
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On my reading list (by @thomashenning.bsky.social). Very interesting.
LLM Trading: Analysis of LLM Agent Behavior in Experimental Asset Markets: Thomas Henning; Siddhartha M. Ojha; Ross Spoon; Jiatong Han; Colin F. Camerer
NEP/RePEc link
to paper
d.repec.org
April 24, 2025 at 8:09 AM
On my reading list (by @thomashenning.bsky.social). Very interesting.
Nice article written up about a working paper we just submitted!
Check it out!
www.ai-street.co/p/ai-as-an-o...
Check it out!
www.ai-street.co/p/ai-as-an-o...
AI as an Operating System? 🖥️
AI evolves from standalone product to operating system: Insights into transformative tech trends, emerging AI companies, and the shifting landscape of technological innovation.
www.ai-street.co
March 14, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Nice article written up about a working paper we just submitted!
Check it out!
www.ai-street.co/p/ai-as-an-o...
Check it out!
www.ai-street.co/p/ai-as-an-o...
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@thomashenning.bsky.social is neuro-decoding how we respond to real vs. AI generated images @cfcamerer.bsky.social #cfcfc 2/10
February 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
@thomashenning.bsky.social is neuro-decoding how we respond to real vs. AI generated images @cfcamerer.bsky.social #cfcfc 2/10
Might be presenting a poster to some Nobel Laureates today; gonna make sure to get a wicked chest pump first.
January 31, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Might be presenting a poster to some Nobel Laureates today; gonna make sure to get a wicked chest pump first.
Should we find this at all surprising? Knowledge is building on top of eachother. As we go deeper the pre-requisites increase.
This is like saying Calculus is harder than Algebra; frontier math is getting harder to understand!
This is like saying Calculus is harder than Algebra; frontier math is getting harder to understand!
Over the past 80 years, academic writing has become substantially harder to read 📉🧪 www.economist.com/science-and-... I analysed 350k PhD thesis abstracts and found that they've become more complex in every discipline, especially the humanities and social sciences
December 27, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Should we find this at all surprising? Knowledge is building on top of eachother. As we go deeper the pre-requisites increase.
This is like saying Calculus is harder than Algebra; frontier math is getting harder to understand!
This is like saying Calculus is harder than Algebra; frontier math is getting harder to understand!