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Georgia Turner @georgiaturner.bsky.social · Nov 13

🚨New preprint 🚨

**A computational model of reward learning and habits on social media**

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We develop a computational reward learning model of real-world social media data, which infers the separate goal-directed and habitual cognitive processes driving posting...

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Dan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · 9d

🚨Out now in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social 🚨

We explore the use of cognitive theories/models with real-world data for understanding mental health.

We review emerging studies and discuss challenges and opportunities of this approach.

With @yaelniv.bsky.social and @eriknook.bsky.social

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Georgia Turner @georgiaturner.bsky.social · 22d

Really excited to see this out, led by the brilliant @bcdavidson.bsky.social

Brandon C Davidson @bcdavidson.bsky.social · 22d

🚨 New Preprint 🚨

Prolonged Isolation is associated with an increased behavioural sensitivity to ‘Likes’ on social media.

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Social media rewards are inherently social—but does posting change during social isolation, when in-person social rewards are limited?

It turns out, yes!

Georgia Turner @georgiaturner.bsky.social · Aug 15

@anne-urai.bsky.social , @weijima.bsky.social , Ili Ma and @tsonj.bsky.social organised an amazing workshop on 'Science for Social Good' at #CCN2025 @cogcompneuro.bsky.social

We wrote a blog reflecting on it:

anneurai.net/2025/08/14/r...

Reflections on the ‘Science for Social Good’ Satellite Event at CCN 2025

by Georgia Turner The day before the CCN 2025 conference kicked off in Amsterdam, attendees from career stages ranging from pre-PhD students to keynote speakers gathered together for an event focus…

anneurai.net

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Georgia Turner @georgiaturner.bsky.social · Aug 13

Looking forward to giving a Contributed Talk at #CCN2025 @cogcompneuro.bsky.social tomorrow on this study!

Come and say hi if you're at the conference, or watch the livestream here (10am BST / 11am CET) 👉 hva-uva.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Page...

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Georgia Turner @georgiaturner.bsky.social · Jul 23

Very cool work linking reward learning and social learning 👇

Björn Lindström @bjornlindstrom.bsky.social · Jul 23

Thrilled that our paper on the mechanisms underlying social learning strategies is out! First big paper from my @erc.europa.eu & @kawresearch.bsky.social funded group. More to come! I'm currently looking to recruit two post docs, get in touch if you find this line of research interesting.

Nature Human Behaviour @nathumbehav.nature.com · Jul 23

Through experiments and simulations, this study shows how individuals learn to learn from others, dynamically shaping the processes involved in cultural evolution. @davidschultner.bsky.social @bjornlindstrom.bsky.social
@lucasmolleman.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Georgia Turner @georgiaturner.bsky.social · Jul 15

Congratulations!! 👏👏

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The Cognitations podcast @cognitations.bsky.social · Jun 26

EP #15 | @lukasgunschera.bsky.social & @georgiaturner.bsky.social recommend

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Amira Skeggs @amiraskeggs.bsky.social · Jun 24

🚨New preprint 🚨

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬: 𝐀 𝐋𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞-𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨-𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲

osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Using a novel micro-narrative method, we collected ~ 900 first-person accounts of social media harms from young people across the UK and US.

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Georgia Turner @georgiaturner.bsky.social · Jun 14

haha thank you! Will do 😎

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Dan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · Jun 11

At #RLDM2025? Come to our workshop on real-world RL tomorrow! Including:
- amazing line-up: @bjornlindstrom.bsky.social, Aaron Heller, Sugandha Sharma, @arossotto.bsky.social + flash talks
- panel debate (chair: @yaelniv.bsky.social)
- group brainstorming session!

Mailing list: tinyurl.com/rlinwild

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Georgia Turner @georgiaturner.bsky.social · Jun 9

Congratulations!!! 👏👏🎉

Georgia Turner @georgiaturner.bsky.social · Jun 5

So well deserved 🎉

Luisa Fassi @fassiluisa.bsky.social · Jun 5

Very excited and grateful to receive the 2025 Psychology of Technology Dissertation Award for my PhD thesis!

A special thanks to the Institute, the organisers and my wonderful PhD supervisors @orbenamy.bsky.social & @tamsinford.bsky.social.

More info: psychoftech.substack.com/p/congratula...

Nate Fast @natefast.bsky.social · Jun 4

We're excited to announce the 2025 Psychology of Technology Dissertation Award winners! Please join us in congratulating them!

Georgia Turner @georgiaturner.bsky.social · Jun 5

Excited to co-host a workshop at @rldmdublin2025.bsky.social with @danmirea.bsky.social & @anadasilvapinho.bsky.social next week!

We will be exploring applications of reinforcement learning to real-world data 🌳 Sign up to our mailing list to receive updates: sites.google.com/view/rlinthe...

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Georgia Turner @georgiaturner.bsky.social · May 22

coauthored with great team @amandaferg.bsky.social @adigitaltanay.bsky.social @stepalminteri.bsky.social @orbenamy.bsky.social

Georgia Turner @georgiaturner.bsky.social · May 22

🔷New in Biological Psychiatry🔷

**Old Strategies, New Environments: Reinforcement Learning on Social Media**

In this Review, we argue that the computational framework of Reinforcement Learning can help us understand social media behaviour:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Georgia Turner @georgiaturner.bsky.social · May 15

Nuanced, theoretically-grounded framework for designing social media interventions 👀

Amira Skeggs @amiraskeggs.bsky.social · May 15

New Perspective out in @nathumbehav.nature.com today with co-author @orbenamy.bsky.social!

We propose a new framework for designing 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 that support well-being, grounded in self-determination theory 🧵

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Social media interventions to improve well-being - Nature Human Behaviour

In this Perspective, the authors review current interventions on social media use among adolescents and propose a new theoretical model based on self-determination theory to guide the effective design...

www.nature.com

Georgia Turner @georgiaturner.bsky.social · May 6

Important new study about social media use in vulnerable young people:

Luisa Fassi @fassiluisa.bsky.social · May 6

After 3 years in the making, our Registered Report is out in @nathumbehav.nature.com!

We analyse nationally representative UK data from 3,340 adolescents (aged 11–19) to examine how social media use differs between those with and without mental health conditions. 🧵

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Social media use in adolescents with and without mental health conditions - Nature Human Behaviour

Using a nationally representative UK sample of adolescents with clinical-level mental health symptoms, this Registered Report examined differences in social media use. The results suggest that adolesc...

www.nature.com

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Georgia Turner @georgiaturner.bsky.social · May 3

@lukasgunschera.bsky.social and I spoke to @adigitaltanay.bsky.social about our work on social media and cognition - have a listen to hear how we ended up here, what we have enjoyed reading & more 📕🎙️

The Cognitations podcast @cognitations.bsky.social · May 2

🎙️ EP #15

How can methods from cognitive science provide new ways of investigating social media’s mental health effects? Does it offer new policy insights? @adigitaltanay.bsky.social discusses this and much more with @lukasgunschera.bsky.social & @georgiaturner.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/4ayf4x5s

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EP #15 | Social Media and Mental Health: The Cognitive Turn | Georgia Turner & Lukas Gunschera

Cognitations · Episode

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Georgia Turner @georgiaturner.bsky.social · Apr 30

Learning so much at the Amsterdam Complexity School for Climate Change, beyond grateful for the opportunity to hear from such incredible speakers and meet so many kind & motivated people 🤝

Amsterdam Complexity School on Climate Change @acscc.bsky.social · Apr 29

The second day of ACSCC was again full of inspiring lectures and discussions!

Day two was kicked-off by the keynote of Tim Lenton, who gave an introduction to tipping points and an update on the latest research, followed by a discussion about effective leverage points using positive tipping points.

Georgia Turner @georgiaturner.bsky.social · Apr 11

Thanks so much! I will email you :)

Georgia Turner @georgiaturner.bsky.social · Apr 11

Important, timely and innovative thinking on the science-policy interface for tech research 👇

Amy Orben @orbenamy.bsky.social · Apr 11

New Paper! I'm truly excited to share @natematias.bsky.social and my new Policy Forum in Science published yesterday.

We evaluate science's ability to address technological harms, and offer recommendations for what could be done to improve on the status quo: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Fixing the science of digital technology harms

Technology development outpaces scientific assessment of impacts

www.science.org

Georgia Turner @georgiaturner.bsky.social · Apr 4

Thanks so much! I will DM you now :)

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Georgia Turner @georgiaturner.bsky.social · Apr 4

Does anyone know of an available dataset including (1) passively collected data on what Apps are being used in the foreground of one's phone and when, & (2) mental health questionnaire measures (from 1 or many time points)?

Thank you 🙏

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Georgia Turner @georgiaturner.bsky.social · Mar 28

Beautiful science metaphor written by Monica Emili Garcia-Segura for @nos-cambridge.bsky.social

Notes on Science @nos-cambridge.bsky.social · Mar 28

In this Science Metaphor, Monica Emili Garcia-Segura explores why understanding the metabolism across each level of biological function is like opening an intricate nesting doll.

Metabolism: the Matryoshka dolls of life — NoS

Understanding the metabolism across each level of biological function is like opening an intricate nesting doll

www.nos-cam.co.uk

Georgia Turner @georgiaturner.bsky.social · Mar 6

Looking forward to speaking at the @mrccbu.bsky.social science night 🔭

MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge @mrccbu.bsky.social · Mar 5

Two week to go! We have a great line up of speakers, hands-on activities and tours for you to enjoy at the MRC CBU on Wednesday 19 March from 6pm. All welcome! Full details: www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/events/scien...

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