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ranimo.bsky.social @ranimo.bsky.social · 15h

⭐PhD in Cognitive/Computational Psychology⭐, Please Share!! Use Reinforcement Learning and Computational Modelling to study how dis/misinformation affects us (with myself +Tali Sharot). Full funding for those eligible for UK home fees. Deadline 10th Nov. @queenmarycbb.bsky.social

Characterising Cognitive Biases Elicited by Misinformation Using Reinforcement Learning at Queen Mary University of London on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Characterising Cognitive Biases Elicited by Misinformation Using Reinforcement Learning at Queen Mary University of London, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Andrea Reiter @anrei.bsky.social · 2d

job alert 🚨 come join us in beautiful Würzburg 🏰🌳🍷🫧this 3yrs Postdoc position is for German speakers interested in child&adolescent clinical psych. Although initially limited to 3 years, this position offers a possibility of tenure! happy to answer any question in advance-shoot me an📨&pls share🙃

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Quentin Huys @docqhuys.bsky.social · 7d

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).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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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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Laurence Hunt @lhuntneuro.bsky.social · 12d

Looking for a PhD next year? Want to come and work on the next generation of OPM-MEG/EEG biomarkers in computational psychiatry?

Apply for our MRC iCase studentship with @mkflugge.bsky.social, collabs with @lilweb.bsky.social + industrial placement at P1Vital:
www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/study/gradua...

Development of robust, single-subject markers of predictive inference for computational psychiatry

www.medsci.ox.ac.uk

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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

kcl-mrcdtp.com/project/unde...

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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Tobias Kube @tobikube.bsky.social · 13d

Happy to share this new article with @saskiascholten.bsky.social, providing proof-of-principle evidence for biased belief updating in relation to depressive symptoms using ecological momentary assessments. Part of the special issue on belief updating in BRAT. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The update of interpersonal beliefs in everyday life situations in relation to depressive symptoms and state affect – An ecological momentary assessment proof-of-principle study

Previous research has provided valuable insights into associations of belief updating with aspects of psychopathology. However, prior work was mostly …

www.sciencedirect.com

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Ondrej Zika @ondrejzika.bsky.social · 14d

🚨 I am over the moon 🌓 to announce that I am joining University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social as an Assistant Professor this fall to start the Uncertain Mind (UMI) lab 💫

I am looking for PhD/Postdoc candidates to join (more below 👇 ). Please RT as the deadline is pretty soon 🙏

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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...

www.researchsquare.com

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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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Evan Russek @evanrussek.bsky.social · Aug 6

Thrilled to announce that I'll be starting in January 2026 as an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Hunter College, City University of New York.

The lab will study the thought processes that underlie our decision-making.

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Mark Ho @markkho.bsky.social · Aug 4

Job announcement 📢

@shawnrhoadsphd.bsky.social and I are looking for a joint postdoc interested in computational models of social interaction!

Interested? If you’ll be at #rlc2025 (or I missed you at #cogsci2025) feel free to reach out with any questions!

apply.interfolio.com/165809

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Hayley Dorfman @hayleydorfman.bsky.social · Jul 30

🌵🏜️🌵 New preprint! How do people learn from ambiguous feedback, like whether someone is laughing *with* you 😆 or *at* you 😏? A very fun collab w/ the brilliant @rbhui.bsky.social A brief thread...👇

📖 osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Micah G. Allen @micahgallen.com · Jul 30

I’m elated to share our latest publication - out now in @natmentalhealth.nature.com! www.nature.com/articles/s44... - tour de force by @leahbanellis.bsky.social @brainandstomach.bsky.social and the rest of the VMP team!

Stomach–brain coupling indexes a dimensional signature of mental health - Nature Mental Health

Using a relatively large and diverse sample of mostly young adults, this study by Banellis, Rebollo and colleagues examines associations between regional stomach–brain coupling and mental health and i...

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Kelly Donegan @kellydonegan.bsky.social · Jul 28

🚨PREPRINT ALERT🚨

Why do some people get stuck doing things that no longer make sense, or are even harmful? Our new study shows compulsivity isn’t just about weakened goal-directed control; people high in compulsivity also form stronger habits

📄: osf.io/preprints/ps...

#PaperFairy #Habits #CogSci

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UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences @uclbrainscience.bsky.social · Jul 28

How can we better protect young minds?
Dr Christina Carlisi (@uclpals.bsky.social) shares insights on supporting children’s mental health online.

Dr Christina Carlisi on how to protect the mental health of children and adolescents

How do we ensure that children and young people have the tools they need to protect their mental health in online and real world spaces? We speak to Dr Christina Carlisi to find out.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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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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Matan Mazor @matanmazor.bsky.social · Jul 23

Confidence in absence as confidence in counterfactual visibility: a CogSci proceedings paper with star MSc student Maya Schipper, is now out on PsyArXiv:

osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Toby Wise @tobywise.bsky.social · Jul 18

For any postdocs who are are looking to transition to independence and might be keen to join us here at @kingsioppn.bsky.social, King's Prize fellowship applications are open (deadline 27 Nov)

👇 See link for details, and feel free to reach out if you'd like to chat

www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/119505-...

King’s Prize Fellowship

www.kcl.ac.uk

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Amy Orben @orbenamy.bsky.social · Jul 16

I'm hiring 2+ 2.5-year postdocs over the next few months.

Job 1: looking for someone with deep expertise in computational modelling (reinforcement learning, agent based modelling) on real-world/complex data (closing: 18 August, starting: October-December), www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/52059/

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Toby Wise @tobywise.bsky.social · Jul 17

Congrats Paul, can't wait to see what you do with this!!

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Toby Wise @tobywise.bsky.social · Jul 10

This is amazing, looking forward to hearing more at CPC!!

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Toby Wise @tobywise.bsky.social · Jul 7

This looks so interesting Paul, looking forward to reading and chatting at CPC!

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Marcelo Mattar @marcelomattar.bsky.social · Jul 2

Thrilled to see our TinyRNN paper in @nature! We show how tiny RNNs predict choices of individual subjects accurately while staying fully interpretable. This approach can transform how we model cognitive processes in both healthy and disordered decisions. doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Discovering cognitive strategies with tiny recurrent neural networks - Nature

Modelling biological decision-making with tiny recurrent neural networks enables more accurate predictions of animal choices than classical cognitive models and offers insights into the underlying cog...

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