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Maik Bieleke @mbieleke.bsky.social · 7d

📢Preprint
Excited to share our new work on a three-dimensional taxonomy of achievement emotions in sport & exercise.

To assess them, we developed the Achievement Emotions Questionnaire - Sport & Exercise (AEQ-SE).

Curious?⬇️
osf.io/mc6wj_v1

w/ T Götz, R Pekrun, J Schüler & @wanjawolff.bsky.social

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Wanja Wolff @wanjawolff.bsky.social · 7d

We should do this more often 🤩

Dynamics of Human Performance Regulation Lab @dhprlab.bsky.social · 7d

Our team held yesterday’s lab meeting at Travemünde beach, enjoying the Baltic Sea and Hamburg’s maritime spirit as the ‘Gateway to the World.’ 🌊

A picture of our team in front of the Baltic sea

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Zach Rosenthal @zachrosenthal.bsky.social · 14d

Super proud of this collaboration with rockstar Ryan Raut - born out of playing in the sandbox in our last year of grad school! Multi-scale brain activity can be predicted from a simple measure of arousal like pupil diameter. Out with linear causality, in with dynamic systems to explain neurobiology

Arousal as a universal embedding for spatiotemporal brain dynamics - Nature

Reframing of arousal as a latent dynamical system can reconstruct multidimensional measurements of large-scale spatiotemporal brain dynamics on the timescale of seconds in mice.

www.nature.com

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PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · 12d

Tuning Out: Boredom, Mind-Wandering and Flow in Classical Musicians: https://osf.io/vt4h8

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Wanja Wolff @wanjawolff.bsky.social · 17d

Interested in their work?

Then make sure to check out their new registered report on boredom and social behavior: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

On the relation between boredom and social behavior: A registered report

Boredom plays an essential role in everyday life and is a powerful motivator. This registered report investigated the interpersonal consequences of bo…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Wanja Wolff @wanjawolff.bsky.social · 17d

What a cool format! 🎓

I had a great time as the opponent at Thekla Müller-Boysen’s PhD defense @au.dk. It was a strong defense and made for a fun discussion on boredom & its interpersonal consequences.

Huge thanks to @stepf.bsky.social & team for the invite 🙏

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Natalie Peluso 🧠🫁😊 @nataliepeluso.com · 20d

Super cool! Bud Craig - a pioneer of #interoception - also linked the insula to time perception. Intuitively this makes sense...the regular, persistent rhythms of our breathing and heart may be fractal rather than perfectly regular or precise - but they're still our internal timekeepers
❤️🫁🧠

Martin Wiener @martinwiener.bsky.social · 21d

I found this paper very boring*

Effort and Boredom Shape our Experience of Time

*No I didn't. And, surprise! They propose the insula as a link between boredom and perceived duration

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

EFFORT AND BOREDOM SHAPE OUR EXPERIENCE OF TIME

Situations change over time, and so does our experience of them. For example, a task may initially feel engaging but can, over time, become monotonous…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Martin Wiener @martinwiener.bsky.social · 21d

I found this paper very boring*

Effort and Boredom Shape our Experience of Time

*No I didn't. And, surprise! They propose the insula as a link between boredom and perceived duration

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

EFFORT AND BOREDOM SHAPE OUR EXPERIENCE OF TIME

Situations change over time, and so does our experience of them. For example, a task may initially feel engaging but can, over time, become monotonous…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Marc Wittmann @marcwittmann.bsky.social · 19d

Boredom on many levels of inquiry: as body feelings, subjective slowing down of time, and related insular cortex activity. Review out by @wanjawolff.bsky.social and team.

Wanja Wolff @wanjawolff.bsky.social · 23d

📢 Now accepted at Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 🤩

Our proposal offers a framework for understanding how fundamental regulatory sensations, such as boredom & effort, shape temporal experience through interoceptive mechanisms.

Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

TL;DR: Check 🧵 below

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Wanja Wolff @wanjawolff.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks, Martin & I am glad we didn't bore you (too much) 😅

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Lukas Hack @lukas-hack.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks again for the invitation and the great get-together 😎 That was truly fun talking about research methods, getting carreer advice, and ofc getting to know the typical local food "Frankfurter Grüne Soße" and "Handkäse" - can recommend 😜

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Dynamics of Human Performance Regulation Lab @dhprlab.bsky.social · 22d

Two inspiring days in Frankfurt! 🇩🇪 Many thanks to Prof. Chris Englert & his team at Goethe University for inviting us and organizing a great program. We had an excellent scientific exchange, shared projects & enjoyed the city’s landmarks.

Looking forward to hosting them in Hamburg next year! 🌍🤝

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Wanja Wolff @wanjawolff.bsky.social · 23d

📢 Now accepted at Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 🤩

Our proposal offers a framework for understanding how fundamental regulatory sensations, such as boredom & effort, shape temporal experience through interoceptive mechanisms.

Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

TL;DR: Check 🧵 below

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Yuko Munakata @yukomunakata.bsky.social · Sep 8

UC Davis is hiring! A tenure-track assistant professor of psychology, in human cognition or cognitive neuroscience #psychjobs recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300

Assistant Professor of Psychology - Human Cognition or Cognitive Neuroscience

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

recruit.ucdavis.edu

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Lukas Hack @lukas-hack.bsky.social · Sep 3

It's fun to play around with that new #stats tool by #Posit.
Could be very helpful for quickly scanning your data frames 🎉

Posit @posit.co · Jul 30

Introducing the Data Explorer in Positron!

Quickly view raw data files (CSV, Parquet, etc.) or dataframes from your #Python / #RStats sessions with a data grid, summary panel, and filter bar.

Learn more: positron.posit.co/data-explore... #Positron

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Wanja Wolff @wanjawolff.bsky.social · Sep 1

📢 Unser @dhprlab.bsky.social und unsere Forschung zur Langeweile im Sport waren Thema im Elbvertiefung-Podcast von @zeit.de 🎙️

Ich habe es mir schon angehört & fand es nicht langweilig 😁

➡️ www.zeit.de/hamburg/2025...

Hamburg-Podcast "Elbvertiefung": Was Langeweile wirklich mit uns macht

Menschen, die sich häufig langweilen, sterben früher, zeigen Studien. Warum? Und was geschieht da überhaupt in uns? Das erforscht ein Hamburger Wissenschaftler.

www.zeit.de

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Wanja Wolff @wanjawolff.bsky.social · Aug 25

Such a pleasure to welcome Yannick Ramsel from @ZEIT.de to @dhprlab.bsky.social!

He volunteered to take part in some of our upcoming experimental setups & we had great chats about boredom and DHPRL research in general.

Full-length feature article now in ZEIT (🇩🇪): www.zeit.de/2025/32/lang...

Langeweile: Gähn.

Menschen, die sich oft langweilen, sterben früher, zeigen Studien. Aber was ist Langeweile eigentlich? Der Sportpsychologe Wanja Wolff will sie endlich verstehen.

www.zeit.de

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Nico Schuck @nicoschuck.bsky.social · Aug 22

Delighted to share our work on replay and successor representations! We find replay during very short task pauses in human visual cortex that is linked to learning SRs & happens when learning is implicit. Study led by @lnnrtwttkhn.bsky.social

#compneuro #neuroskyence

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Replay in the human visual cortex during brief task pauses is linked to implicit learning of successor representations | PNAS

Humans can implicitly learn about multistep sequential relationships between events in the environment from their statistical co-occurrence. Theore...

www.pnas.org

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assafbreska.bsky.social @assafbreska.bsky.social · Aug 20

We’re hiring! 🥳fully funded PhD and postdoc positions in human cognitive neuroscience @mpicybernetics.bsky.social

M/EEG and brain stimulation methods to study timing/ prediction/ attention/ oscillations
tinyurl.com/5dku4du9

@timingresforum.bsky.social @gtc-tuebingen.bsky.social

please repost 🙏

PhD and Postdoc Positions (m/f/d) in Human Cognitive Neuroscience of Dynamic Cognition – M/EEG, brain stimulation

Job Offer from August 11, 2025

tinyurl.com

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Russ Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · Aug 20

Our department is seeking applicants for an Assistant Professor position with a focus on affective science. Please apply and/or pass this along to anyone who might be interested! facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...

Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Assistant Professor, Psychology

facultypositions.stanford.edu

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James Steele @jamessteeleii.bsky.social · Aug 20

👋 Hey all, some news to update you on, plus an upcoming opportunity (please repost for this part) 💡

(Sharing full post from linkedin - key news below)

👋 Hey all, some news to update you on, plus an upcoming opportunity (please repost for this part) 💡 | James Steele

👋 Hey all, some news to update you on, plus an upcoming opportunity (please repost for this part) 💡 After the better part of an amazing year with Kieser Australia as Head of Research, I'll be moving...

www.linkedin.com

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Maik Bieleke @mbieleke.bsky.social · Aug 20

🚨 New Publication 🚨

Excited that our Perspective is out in @nathumbehav.nature.com 🤩 We take a complex-systems look at physical activity and derive actionable insights for understanding and changing it.

Fantastic interdiciplinary teamwork led by Julia Schüler ⬇️

Nature Human Behaviour @nathumbehav.nature.com · Aug 4

Physical inactivity is increasingly common, posing an important societal challenge. This Perspective offers a complex systems approach in tackling the problem, emphasizing the role of interactions between dynamic systems across time.

A complex systems view on physical activity with actionable insights for behaviour change - Nature Human Behaviour

Physical inactivity is a major public health concern. This Perspective advocates for a complex systems approach to physical activity, emphasizing dynamic, interdisciplinary strategies to design more effective, theory-informed interventions.

www.nature.com

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Universität Hamburg @uni-hamburg.de · Aug 4

Langeweile? Dann haben wir einen Lese-Tipp: Die @zeit.de hat Sportpsychologe @wanjawolff.bsky.social im Labor am Institut für Bewegungswissenschaft der UHH besucht. Hier untersucht er, was Langeweile eigentlich ist. Zum ganzen Artikel (€) von Yannick Ramsel:

Langeweile: Gähn.

Menschen, die sich oft langweilen, sterben früher, zeigen Studien. Aber was ist Langeweile eigentlich? Der Sportpsychologe Wanja Wolff will sie endlich verstehen.

www.zeit.de

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Wanja Wolff @wanjawolff.bsky.social · Jul 23

#Langeweile im #Sport? Langeweile als mögliche Hürde überhaupt sportlich aktiv zu sein?

Über diese Fragen habe ich im Interview mit Laura Fräulin von der @faznet.bsky.social gesprochen.

Vielen Dank für das angenehme Gespräch. Zum Interview geht's hier: www.faz.net/aktuell/wiss...

Langeweile beim Sport: So überwinden Sie das Problem.

Ein Hindernis auf dem Weg zu mehr Bewegung ist die Langeweile. Auch Profis leiden darunter. Ein Forscher erklärt, welche Strategien dagegen am besten funktionieren.

www.faz.net

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Wanja Wolff @wanjawolff.bsky.social · Jul 22

😅😁

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