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Huw Jarvis
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Postdoctoral research fellow @ Monash in computational cognitive neuroscience. Previously: Fulbright scholar @ Yale, research translation @ NHMRC. huwjarvis.net
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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 2d
Please spread the word! I am recruiting a PhD student this cycle (Fall 2026 start) to join my team in a new venture: the neuroscience of mood.

If you are curious to learn more, this short talk provides a good overview of why, what and how.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjIK...
Nicole Rust - The representation of mood in the primate insula (May 6, 2025)
YouTube video by Simons Foundation
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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).
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Prof Rick Adams @drrickadams.bsky.social · 9d
Post doc job alert 📢! Announcing a v exciting job on a Wellcome-funded project in my group at UCL, looking at auditory hallucinations... Advert here 👀: rb.gy/230w8l - deadline is end of Oct. Please apply! 1/5
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).
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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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Huw Jarvis @huwjarvis.net · Aug 23
Fascinating article (long read) from the New Yorker about psychosis and psychiatry, and more broadly about identity
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Jul 22
Mary was in psychosis for 20 years; after she took immunosuppressants, the symptoms vanished. Her husband said it felt as if he were re-meeting the woman he used to know. “How come I lived all these years of darkness, and she suddenly looks normal to me?”
Mary Had Schizophrenia—Then Suddenly She Didn’t
Some psychiatric patients may actually have treatable autoimmune conditions. But what happens to the newly sane?
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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · Aug 22
What's the difference between emotions & moods?

While old (1994), this book dives into it.

Richard Davidson suggests a functional difference, whereby emotions bias action and moods bias cognition. (Hmmm... the action/cognition distinction is a tricky one).

psycnet.apa.org/record/1995-...
Book cover: The Nature of Emotion (Ekman, Davidson)
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tal boger @talboger.bsky.social · May 14
Looking at Van Gogh’s Starry Night, we see not only its content (a French village beneath a night sky) but also its *style*. How does that work? How do we see style?

In @nathumbehav.nature.com, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & I take an experimental approach to style perception! osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Xiaosi Gu @xiaosigu.bsky.social · May 15
🔥💥📣 Excited to announce a new policy at the Computational Psychiatry (CPSY) journal @cpsyjournal.bsky.social. Starting from April 2025, CPSY will compensate reviewers for their time and effort invested in reviewing manuscripts. w/ @drrickadams.bsky.social
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One Small Step Towards Fixing a Broken System | Computational Psychiatry
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Huw Jarvis @huwjarvis.net · Jul 30
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I liked the German tradition of knocking on the table instead of clapping - that was cool! ✊👏
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Huw Jarvis @huwjarvis.net · Jul 30
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German audiences seem very engaged, with emphasis on questions / discussion after a talk to further probe the work presented - an immense improvement on Australia imo. I do wonder if the pervasive casual-ness in Australian culture is sometimes a barrier to serious critical engagement. 🙋💡
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Huw Jarvis @huwjarvis.net · Jul 30
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Germany seems quite formal and hierarchical, including (especially?) in academia. This was fascinating coming from Australia, which is famously the opposite! (I can barely figure out Dear vs. Hi, so I’m confident I’d struggle with Sie vs. Du!) 👔🫡
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Huw Jarvis @huwjarvis.net · Jul 30
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Students and junior researchers appear to be operating at a very high level. This surely reflects the quality of training, but also that these fields are highly competitive at German universities, with entry requirements comparable to medicine in some cases. 🧠📈
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Huw Jarvis @huwjarvis.net · Jul 30
Some reflections from my foray into German 🇩🇪 #psychology #neuroscience academia
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Huw Jarvis @huwjarvis.net · Jul 9
First stop 🗺️ is beautiful Tubingen for a poster presentation at #CPConf2025 #ComputationalPsychiatry, followed by talks in 🚂 Cologne and then 🚂 Bonn. Reach out if you’re in the area!
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Ian Sample @iansample.bsky.social · Jul 26
We’re hiring for a major role in the US, an investigative journalist to cover what’s happening with science in the US and beyond. This is extremely important territory for us. 🧪

workforus.theguardian.com/jobs/795 The Guardian :: Senior Science Investigative Reporter
The Guardian :: Senior Science Investigative Reporter
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Tobias Hauser @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social · Jul 24
We are hiring for several research positions for this grant, starting early next year. Please reach out if you're interested!
More details on the jobs here: devcompsy.org/wp-content/u...
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Huw Jarvis @huwjarvis.net · Jul 18
Haha true and anyway it turns out that hot coffee makes a decent icebreaker!
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Huw Jarvis @huwjarvis.net · Jul 18
Bloopers reel of #CPConf2025:
-Spilling coffee onto an editor of a prominent journal 😑
-Finding that the QR code on my poster was redirecting to a site selling dodgy QR codes 💀
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Huw Jarvis @huwjarvis.net · Jul 16
This was one of the standouts for me. Not because I agreed with all of Prof Sripada’s claims - but because the audience was agitated to clarify and respond to those claims, and in so doing expose our own assumptions about the goals of #computationalpsychiatry
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Huw Jarvis @huwjarvis.net · Jul 15
If you’re at #CPConf2025 and interested in the role of dopamine in 💪 effort and ⭐️ reward learning, come and check out my poster (2.21) this afternoon!
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Huw Jarvis @huwjarvis.net · Jul 9
First stop 🗺️ is beautiful Tubingen for a poster presentation at #CPConf2025 #ComputationalPsychiatry, followed by talks in 🚂 Cologne and then 🚂 Bonn. Reach out if you’re in the area!
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Huw Jarvis @huwjarvis.net · Jul 13
Sounds fascinating - will definitely check this out
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Micah G. Allen @micahgallen.com · Jul 13
Modern theories of emotion (especially “interoceptive inference”) often cite William James as a key inspiration. But what did James actually say about emotion, and is it supported by the data? Here’s a brief look at the core arguments and classic evidence. 🧵
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Alex Pike @alexandrapike.bsky.social · Jul 10
It'ssssss PREPRINT THURSDAY! (Sadly not a thing). Approximately an era ago, I spent a *lot* of time discussing the assumptions that underpin the field of #ComputationalPskychiatry with the brilliant @jonroiser.bsky.social and @olijrobinson.bsky.social osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Alex Holcombe @alexh.bsky.social · Jul 9
The University of Sydney is recruiting senior and mid-career academics "within the top 5–10% of academics in their field, with a strong track record and availability to relocate to Australia within 6-months".
If you're a psychologist/neuroscientist and are interested, get in touch with me soon.
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Huw Jarvis @huwjarvis.net · Jul 10
I get this sense too. Many seem quite ready to ‘throw the baby out with the bath water’ when it comes to mathematical models of e.g. emotional valence, as though there’s something categorically wrong with that approach, but in my experience they often can’t articulate why.
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Huw Jarvis @huwjarvis.net · Jul 9
First stop 🗺️ is beautiful Tubingen for a poster presentation at #CPConf2025 #ComputationalPsychiatry, followed by talks in 🚂 Cologne and then 🚂 Bonn. Reach out if you’re in the area!
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