Haoyang Lu
@hylu.bsky.social
Research fellow in computational psychiatry at University College London @MPC_CompPsych. #rstats lover.
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This paper completely nails an age old theory, leading to a clear law describing the strength of conditioned associations.
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
December 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This paper completely nails an age old theory, leading to a clear law describing the strength of conditioned associations.
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
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Postdoctoral research position in #ComputationalPsychiatry and #EEG as part of relmed.ac.uk trial testing reinforcement learning as biomarker for antidepressant treatment response. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... @uclbrainscience.bsky.social @mikebrowning.bsky.social @relmed.bsky.social
Antidepressant treatment shouldn't be a guessing game. RELMED is working towards using advanced research to predict which medication is most likely to help each person along their individual path to recovery.
relmed.ac.uk
December 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Postdoctoral research position in #ComputationalPsychiatry and #EEG as part of relmed.ac.uk trial testing reinforcement learning as biomarker for antidepressant treatment response. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... @uclbrainscience.bsky.social @mikebrowning.bsky.social @relmed.bsky.social
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Simulating from and checking a model in Stan: It’s so easy in Stan Playground–it just runs on your browser!
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Simulating from and checking a model in Stan: It’s so easy in Stan Playground–it just runs on your browser! | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu
December 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Simulating from and checking a model in Stan: It’s so easy in Stan Playground–it just runs on your browser!
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/12/15/s...
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/12/15/s...
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🎉 Our paper has been selected for a Neurips Spotlight:
“Scaling and Context Steer LLMs along the Same Computational Path as the Human Brain”
👥led by J Raugel, w/ S. Ascoli, Rapin & @valentinwyart.bsky.social
📄https://openreview.net/pdf?id=4YKlo58RcQ
📍 Hall C-E Poster #2006
🧵thread 👇
“Scaling and Context Steer LLMs along the Same Computational Path as the Human Brain”
👥led by J Raugel, w/ S. Ascoli, Rapin & @valentinwyart.bsky.social
📄https://openreview.net/pdf?id=4YKlo58RcQ
📍 Hall C-E Poster #2006
🧵thread 👇
December 3, 2025 at 8:37 AM
🎉 Our paper has been selected for a Neurips Spotlight:
“Scaling and Context Steer LLMs along the Same Computational Path as the Human Brain”
👥led by J Raugel, w/ S. Ascoli, Rapin & @valentinwyart.bsky.social
📄https://openreview.net/pdf?id=4YKlo58RcQ
📍 Hall C-E Poster #2006
🧵thread 👇
“Scaling and Context Steer LLMs along the Same Computational Path as the Human Brain”
👥led by J Raugel, w/ S. Ascoli, Rapin & @valentinwyart.bsky.social
📄https://openreview.net/pdf?id=4YKlo58RcQ
📍 Hall C-E Poster #2006
🧵thread 👇
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Seven-parameter drift-diffusion pdfs and cdfs now in Stan
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/12/11/s...
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/12/11/s...
Seven-parameter drift-diffusion pdfs and cdfs now in Stan | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu
December 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Seven-parameter drift-diffusion pdfs and cdfs now in Stan
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/12/11/s...
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/12/11/s...
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New preprint in advance of a Phil Trans paper. Outlining a theoretical argument bridging Bayesian causal learning and empowerment in reinforcement learning. And empirical data that kids do too!
arxiv.org/abs/2512.08230
arxiv.org/abs/2512.08230
Empowerment Gain and Causal Model Construction: Children and adults are sensitive to controllability and variability in their causal interventions
Learning about the causal structure of the world is a fundamental problem for human cognition. Causal models and especially causal learning have proved to be difficult for large pretrained models usin...
arxiv.org
December 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
New preprint in advance of a Phil Trans paper. Outlining a theoretical argument bridging Bayesian causal learning and empowerment in reinforcement learning. And empirical data that kids do too!
arxiv.org/abs/2512.08230
arxiv.org/abs/2512.08230
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There are 3 Oxford-based post doc positions for this Wellcome Trust project that will be advertised soon!
If you have experinece in neurostimulation (tms/tus) and/or modelling of cogneuro data in humans do contact one of us (me, @mkflugge.bsky.social @lilweb.bsky.social, Jacinta OShea) to discuss!
If you have experinece in neurostimulation (tms/tus) and/or modelling of cogneuro data in humans do contact one of us (me, @mkflugge.bsky.social @lilweb.bsky.social, Jacinta OShea) to discuss!
Repetitive negative thoughts will be investigated using a range of cutting-edge brain science techniques as part of a new study led by the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford and funded by Wellcome @wellcometrust.bsky.social 👇
tinyurl.com/364es88k
tinyurl.com/364es88k
November 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM
There are 3 Oxford-based post doc positions for this Wellcome Trust project that will be advertised soon!
If you have experinece in neurostimulation (tms/tus) and/or modelling of cogneuro data in humans do contact one of us (me, @mkflugge.bsky.social @lilweb.bsky.social, Jacinta OShea) to discuss!
If you have experinece in neurostimulation (tms/tus) and/or modelling of cogneuro data in humans do contact one of us (me, @mkflugge.bsky.social @lilweb.bsky.social, Jacinta OShea) to discuss!
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1/4 I’m super excited to share our latest PNAS paper: a 7T-fMRI study shows that functional connectivity between habenula and VTA in humans is associated with individual differences in negative learning bias, which further associates with higher anxiety and depression scores. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
November 10, 2025 at 7:55 AM
1/4 I’m super excited to share our latest PNAS paper: a 7T-fMRI study shows that functional connectivity between habenula and VTA in humans is associated with individual differences in negative learning bias, which further associates with higher anxiety and depression scores. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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I think I understand how it can be that LLMs are both exceptionally good and quite terrible at programming. It's because there are two entirely different skillsets that we both call "good at programming." LLMs have only one of them.
blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/llms-excel...
blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/llms-excel...
LLMs excel at programming—how can they be so bad at it?
My explanation for the mystery of why LLMs can be both exceptionally good and quite terrible at programming.
blog.genesmindsmachines.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I think I understand how it can be that LLMs are both exceptionally good and quite terrible at programming. It's because there are two entirely different skillsets that we both call "good at programming." LLMs have only one of them.
blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/llms-excel...
blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/llms-excel...
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Are you:
✅ Aged 18 or over
✅ Experiencing depression or low mood
✅ Registered with a GP in England
You may be eligible to take part in the RELMED Study, exploring ways to improve treatment for depression.
🎥 Watch our short introductory video to learn more!
Are you:
✅ Aged 18 or over
✅ Experiencing depression or low mood
✅ Registered with a GP in England
You may be eligible to take part in the RELMED Study, exploring ways to improve treatment for depression.
🎥 Watch our short introductory video to learn more!
RELMED Introduction
RELMED is a research study focused on improving how we treat depression. To participate, visit RELMED.AC.UK for more information. CREDITS Actor: Ben Willbond Script:…
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October 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Are you:
✅ Aged 18 or over
✅ Experiencing depression or low mood
✅ Registered with a GP in England
You may be eligible to take part in the RELMED Study, exploring ways to improve treatment for depression.
🎥 Watch our short introductory video to learn more!
Are you:
✅ Aged 18 or over
✅ Experiencing depression or low mood
✅ Registered with a GP in England
You may be eligible to take part in the RELMED Study, exploring ways to improve treatment for depression.
🎥 Watch our short introductory video to learn more!
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The associated online tool, however definitely nerdy, is addictive. Many kudos to @dirkwulff.bsky.social and co for setting this up and opening it to the community!
🚨 New preprint and online tool 🚨
Thrilled to share new work, mapping the 🗺️ landscape of behavioral reinforcement learning using an 🤖 LLM-powered bibliometric approach.
We built an online tool so you can explore the landscape yourself.
Online tool: mpib.berlin/vFVqU
Preprint: osf.io/6c2va_v1
Thrilled to share new work, mapping the 🗺️ landscape of behavioral reinforcement learning using an 🤖 LLM-powered bibliometric approach.
We built an online tool so you can explore the landscape yourself.
Online tool: mpib.berlin/vFVqU
Preprint: osf.io/6c2va_v1
October 19, 2025 at 7:50 AM
The associated online tool, however definitely nerdy, is addictive. Many kudos to @dirkwulff.bsky.social and co for setting this up and opening it to the community!
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Very thought-provoking post by @prakhargodara.bsky.social. Is confirmation bias/positivity bias a statistical "ghost" of model specification? Specifically not including temporally decaying learning rates? The evidence suggests this is not the case and here is why (1/n)
Is confirmation bias a real cognitive flaw, or a statistical ghost created by our models? My new PNAS paper shows a startling result: fitting Q-learning models to behavior in bandit tasks detect a bias, even from the behavior of a perfectly rational Bayesian learner.
October 19, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Very thought-provoking post by @prakhargodara.bsky.social. Is confirmation bias/positivity bias a statistical "ghost" of model specification? Specifically not including temporally decaying learning rates? The evidence suggests this is not the case and here is why (1/n)
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🧠🌍 On World Mental Health Day, we’re reminded that mental health is a global priority. RELMED is committed to developing evidence-based practices to improve how we treat depression.
Thank you to all our participants and everyone who has contributed to research. Each voice truly makes a difference.
Thank you to all our participants and everyone who has contributed to research. Each voice truly makes a difference.
October 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
🧠🌍 On World Mental Health Day, we’re reminded that mental health is a global priority. RELMED is committed to developing evidence-based practices to improve how we treat depression.
Thank you to all our participants and everyone who has contributed to research. Each voice truly makes a difference.
Thank you to all our participants and everyone who has contributed to research. Each voice truly makes a difference.
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And today in the @nytimes.com...
I suggest that papers stop "suggesting a link" so that reporters stop suggesting that papers are suggesting to readers that there might be a causal relationship. They could alternatively suggest that correlations are sometimes caused by latent variables.
I suggest that papers stop "suggesting a link" so that reporters stop suggesting that papers are suggesting to readers that there might be a causal relationship. They could alternatively suggest that correlations are sometimes caused by latent variables.
September 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
And today in the @nytimes.com...
I suggest that papers stop "suggesting a link" so that reporters stop suggesting that papers are suggesting to readers that there might be a causal relationship. They could alternatively suggest that correlations are sometimes caused by latent variables.
I suggest that papers stop "suggesting a link" so that reporters stop suggesting that papers are suggesting to readers that there might be a causal relationship. They could alternatively suggest that correlations are sometimes caused by latent variables.
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Curious about how scientists measure brain activity through EEG? Swipe to read more! ⚡️
September 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Curious about how scientists measure brain activity through EEG? Swipe to read more! ⚡️
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Autistic people deserve much better, my latest www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/o...
Opinion | Autistic People Deserve Better Than This
www.nytimes.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Autistic people deserve much better, my latest www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/o...
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Now might be a good time to repost this story about what scientists actually know about the complex causes of autism, and what's behind the increasing prevalence.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Autism is on the rise: what’s really behind the increase?
RFK Jr has vowed to find out what’s responsible, but scientists say he is ignoring answers from decades of research.
www.nature.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Now might be a good time to repost this story about what scientists actually know about the complex causes of autism, and what's behind the increasing prevalence.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Reposted by Haoyang Lu
🧵 New paper! We studied depression symptoms and goal-directed decisions under uncertainty
@shiyiliang.bsky.social, with @evanrussek.bsky.social & @robbrutledge.bsky.social
Surprisingly, we found that apathy–anhedonia was linked to enhanced goal-directed behavior. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@shiyiliang.bsky.social, with @evanrussek.bsky.social & @robbrutledge.bsky.social
Surprisingly, we found that apathy–anhedonia was linked to enhanced goal-directed behavior. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
August 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
🧵 New paper! We studied depression symptoms and goal-directed decisions under uncertainty
@shiyiliang.bsky.social, with @evanrussek.bsky.social & @robbrutledge.bsky.social
Surprisingly, we found that apathy–anhedonia was linked to enhanced goal-directed behavior. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@shiyiliang.bsky.social, with @evanrussek.bsky.social & @robbrutledge.bsky.social
Surprisingly, we found that apathy–anhedonia was linked to enhanced goal-directed behavior. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Depression can affect the mind, body and daily life in ways you might not expect.
🧠Swipe to learn the key signs and symptoms – and why recognising them matters.
#Depression #Mentalhealth #Research
🧠Swipe to learn the key signs and symptoms – and why recognising them matters.
#Depression #Mentalhealth #Research
August 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Depression can affect the mind, body and daily life in ways you might not expect.
🧠Swipe to learn the key signs and symptoms – and why recognising them matters.
#Depression #Mentalhealth #Research
🧠Swipe to learn the key signs and symptoms – and why recognising them matters.
#Depression #Mentalhealth #Research
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A nice walkthrough on the limitations of generic slide titles and how assertive titles really help keep you on track and your audience following your desired narrative.
My group can attest that I agree 💯% that slides should have a concrete summary statement as the title, with very few exceptions.
My group can attest that I agree 💯% that slides should have a concrete summary statement as the title, with very few exceptions.
A simple design framework that will massively improve your slides and your public speaking
clauswilke.substack.com/p/slides-tha...
clauswilke.substack.com/p/slides-tha...
Slide designs that present themselves: The assertion–evidence template
Your slides are not your talk.
clauswilke.substack.com
August 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
A nice walkthrough on the limitations of generic slide titles and how assertive titles really help keep you on track and your audience following your desired narrative.
My group can attest that I agree 💯% that slides should have a concrete summary statement as the title, with very few exceptions.
My group can attest that I agree 💯% that slides should have a concrete summary statement as the title, with very few exceptions.
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Eye movements are cheap, right? Not necessarily! 💰 In our review just out in @natrevpsychol.nature.com, Alex Schütz and I discuss the different costs associated with making an eye movement, how these costs affect behaviour, and the challenges of measuring this… rdcu.be/eAm69 #visionscience #vision
A review of the costs of eye movements
Nature Reviews Psychology - Eye movements are the most frequent movements that humans make. In this Review, Schütz and Stewart integrate evidence regarding the costs of eye movements and...
rdcu.be
August 12, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Eye movements are cheap, right? Not necessarily! 💰 In our review just out in @natrevpsychol.nature.com, Alex Schütz and I discuss the different costs associated with making an eye movement, how these costs affect behaviour, and the challenges of measuring this… rdcu.be/eAm69 #visionscience #vision
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New position alert! This is an exciting position for a Specialty Doctor to take a leading role in developing the North London Mood Disorders Research Clinic in a national network of Mental Health Mission research clinics apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7.... @noclor.bsky.social @uclpsychiatry.bsky.social
Specialty Doctor- Mood Disorders Research Clinic | Job advert | Trac
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August 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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📢 Job announcement: Two (!) 3-year postdoc jobs in our lab at UCL 📢
🧠💫🔊 We are looking for postdocs interested in the abstract mechanisms underlying social cognition. Modelling, fMRI and non-invasive ultrasound, a new deep-brain stimulation method.
Please RT
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
🧠💫🔊 We are looking for postdocs interested in the abstract mechanisms underlying social cognition. Modelling, fMRI and non-invasive ultrasound, a new deep-brain stimulation method.
Please RT
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).
www.ucl.ac.uk
August 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
📢 Job announcement: Two (!) 3-year postdoc jobs in our lab at UCL 📢
🧠💫🔊 We are looking for postdocs interested in the abstract mechanisms underlying social cognition. Modelling, fMRI and non-invasive ultrasound, a new deep-brain stimulation method.
Please RT
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
🧠💫🔊 We are looking for postdocs interested in the abstract mechanisms underlying social cognition. Modelling, fMRI and non-invasive ultrasound, a new deep-brain stimulation method.
Please RT
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...