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Toby Wise @tobywise.bsky.social · 13d

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

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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...

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Dr. Claudia Barth @nifti12.bsky.social · 15d

🚀 Job Opportunity!

Are you passionate about neuroscience, women’s health, and large-scale neuroimaging studies?

I am hiring a 3-year Postdoc to join the @erc.europa.eu project #MappingPerimenopause!

karriere.charite.de/en/job-vacan...

Postdoctoral Researcher (d/f/m) in Women’s Brain Health (Neuroimaging)

full-time, part-time | 14.10.2025 | Campus Charité Mitte

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Alisa Loosen @alisaloosen.bsky.social · 22d

📢 NEW PREPRINT 📢 We show a metacognitive paradox (not blanket deficit!) in OCD: confidence is persistently lower, but fluctuations track evidence more tightly and are nearer Bayes-optimal.

www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
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The metacognitive paradox of OCD: confidence is globally reduced but shows increased sensitivity to local evidence

Confidence is a critical metacognitive signal that guides performance. Biases in confidence, such as excessive doubt, are hallmark features of mental health disorders, especially obsessive- compulsive...

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Lénárd Döme @lenarddome.bsky.social · 22d

A new preprint 📝 with @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social @kenzakdr.bsky.social @benjwagner.bsky.social
and Andrew Webb accompanying our cpm-toolbox.net python modelling library - including details about our motivations, toolbox features, framework and workflows!

👉 osf.io/preprints/ps...

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University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk · 26d

A short, relatable message about a migrant worker boosted positivity toward EU #immigration by 20 points among UK voters.

The latest @campsydept.bsky.social #research suggests that pro-immigration arguments can be effective for the UK electorate 👇
https://bit.ly/3HYkEQi

British attitudes to immigrants from Europe can be shifted by relatable messaging, study finds

A short profile of a migrant NHS worker that taps into values of duty and hard work produces a 20-point swing in positivity towards EU immigration among British voters, according to a Cambridge psycho...

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 27d

German police, often accused of targeting protesters in support of Palestine, punched Irish demonstrator Kitty O’Brien at a Berlin rally, breaking her arm and causing potentially long-term injuries aje.io/46uphs

German police brutality targets pro-Palestine movement: Injured protester

Police punch Kitty O’Brien, an Irish citizen, and break their arm at a recent rally in Berlin.

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Tobias Hauser @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social · 27d

Very cool new preprint from @aleyamarzuki.bsky.social : using app tracking, we show that drops in metacognition predict OCD symptom fluctuations - across tasks and self-reports!
Check out this thread for all the details 👇🏼

Leya @aleyamarzuki.bsky.social · 27d

🚨New pre-print out! 🍂

Using daily gamified smartphone 📱 tracking, we found that reductions in both self- and decision-making confidence precede when people are likely to report experiencing symptoms of OCD.

www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...

Metacognitive antecedents to states of mental ill-health: Drops in confidence precede symptoms of OCD

Mental health symptoms, like those in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), show pronounced fluctuations over time. However, little is known about the underlying factors driving these fluctuations. Whi...

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Leya @aleyamarzuki.bsky.social · 27d

Lots of gratitude to my collaborators, Luca, @lenarddome.bsky.social, @samuelhewitt.bsky.social, and @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social for this one! 🪷 Excited to conduct more research in the EMA/mental health tracking space in the near future 👀

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Leya @aleyamarzuki.bsky.social · 27d

Our study neatly shows how the dynamics of mental health can be studied on a day-to-day basis, wherein interesting directional effects of cognitive processes on mental health symptoms can be uncovered!

This paves way for using symptom tracking to design effective just-in-time treatments 🧠

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Leya @aleyamarzuki.bsky.social · 27d

🚨New pre-print out! 🍂

Using daily gamified smartphone 📱 tracking, we found that reductions in both self- and decision-making confidence precede when people are likely to report experiencing symptoms of OCD.

www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...

Metacognitive antecedents to states of mental ill-health: Drops in confidence precede symptoms of OCD

Mental health symptoms, like those in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), show pronounced fluctuations over time. However, little is known about the underlying factors driving these fluctuations. Whi...

www.researchsquare.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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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · Sep 3

The Royal Society's Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship scheme is now open for applications. This scheme offers a first step into an independent research career for early career scientists who require a flexible working pattern. Find out more and apply now: #RSGrants royalsociety.org/grants/dorot...

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Tobias Hauser @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social · Aug 19

📢 We are hiring! 📢
For our @wellcometrust.bsky.social grant on information gathering biases in #OCD and #Schizophrenia, we are looking for a Postdoc in Computational Modelling, supervised by Peter Dayan and myself.
Interested? See all the details in the job advert here: devcompsy.org/wp-content/u...

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ALT: a penguin is sticking his head out of a hole next to a job application

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Society for Ambulatory Assessment 2026 Conference @saa2026.bsky.social · Aug 20

We are very excited to host the 2026 conference of @ambulatory-assessment.org at @univie.ac.at! Save the date: 3-5 August 2026 #SAA2026
Follow us for updates on the exciting conference programme and networking opportunities.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Jul 19

BREAKING: At least 116 Palestinians, including 38 people near Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid sites, have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza today, according to medical sources in the enclave.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/f6uvdq

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Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon.bsky.social · Jun 6

Looking for a PhD in #psychology or #cogneuro ? I’m recruiting a fully-funded @leverhulme.ac.uk PhD student to join my lab at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social. If you’re interested in metacognition, learning, social cognition and culture I’d love you to apply 🧠👇

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNJ330/p...

PhD Studentship: Public Communication and Private Confidence at Birkbeck, University of London

Find a PhD Studentship: Public Communication and Private Confidence on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board in higher education. Click to view more!

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Lénárd Döme @lenarddome.bsky.social · May 21

📢 We still have some places left, but they are limited – so don't miss out!

New to computational modelling? Or want to sharpen your workflow? This workshop is for you – based on our easy-to-use library that does modelling for you: cpm-toolbox.net

Extend your stay at #CPConf2025
Sign up now👇

Lénárd Döme @lenarddome.bsky.social · May 2

We are excited to announce our hands-on workshop aimed at lowering barriers to entry into the world of computational modeling using our user-friendly python toolbox, cpm (cpm-toolbox.net)!

📢 Limited seats – don't miss out!
📅 17.07.2025 9.00 – 13.00 📍 Tübingen
Apply 👉 forms.office.com/e/xtqb6sv604

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Samira Vafa @sami8ra.bsky.social · May 17

As my first post, I decided to share our systematic review on the effectiveness of lifestyle interventions in healthy older adults. Read more here:
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#CognitiveAgeing
#Intervention
#Ageing

The effectiveness of real‐life cognitive and physical interventions on cognitive functioning in healthy older adults: A systematic review of the effects of education and training duration

Physical and cognitive interventions are deemed the primary methods of improving cognitive functioning in healthy older adults. However, the effectiveness of these interventions is still debated. Thi....

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Tobias Hauser @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social · May 16

Our lab is dedicated to understanding the core mechanisms driving OCD. To achieve this, we are recruiting participants for a range of engaging clinical, game-based, and MRI research studies. Do get in contact with us if you have OCD and would like to contribute to science! devcompsy.org/research-2/

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Tobias Hauser @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social · May 16

Did you know OCD is a complex brain-based disorder.
In this podcast (in German), we dive into the neuroscience of OCD and our lab’s cutting-edge research: www.ocdland.com/podcast/34 #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek

Prof. Dr. Tobias Hauser: Können wir OCD im Gehirn sehen? (#34)

Erfahre in unserem Podcast von erfahrenen Spezialisten und Betroffenen, wie man eine Zwangsstörung überwindet.

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Tobias Hauser @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social · May 14

#OCD is a understudied disorder, meaning that we know way too little about the underlying (brain) processes.
We have thus built the Brain Explorer app www.brainexplorer.net where everyone can easily contribute to understanding OCD.
#MentalHealthAwareness @tueneurocampus.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk

Brain Explorer - Test your brain power

The brain explorer app for Apple and Android tests your brain functions and helps researchers to understand the brain. Explore your brain power and how brain functions are important for mental health.

www.brainexplorer.net

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Tobias Hauser @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social · May 13

Our lab is dedicated to understanding the core mechanisms driving OCD. To achieve this, we are recruiting participants for a range of engaging clinical, game-based, and MRI research studies. Do get in touch with us if you have OCD and would like to contribute to science! devcompsy.org/participate/

Research

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Tobias Hauser @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social · May 13

It's #MentalHealthAwareness week - time for facts: OCD is not about being tidy. It’s a serious mental health condition rooted in brain processes — and we’re studying it.
Learn more on OCD & the Brain:
ocdandthebrain.com
@ocdaction.bsky.social @tueneurocampus.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social

OCD and the Brain

A knowledge hub designed by researchers, charities and people living with OCD to make the latest brain research on OCD more accessible.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · May 12

2025: Keir Starmer suggests that pressure on housing and public services is because of migrants

2020: Keir Starmer, "Poor housing, poor public services are not the fault of the migrants, they're political failure"

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