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@gelliott_wimmer
interested in how we learn and later use knowledge in decisions. LMDlab @UCL, MRC fellow. @elliottwimmer.bsky.social
! Job alert ! Our postdoc position at the UCL Learning Memory & Decision lab is open for applications! Please see the ad here: t.ly/gLGHu The ad currently closes on January 2nd. Experts in memory or decision-making, please apply. See thread below. Please share!
Postdoc job alert! We have an opening in our growing group. The research will focus on neuroimaging of memory and goal-directed decision-making, with 🧠 decoding of representations with MEG (+ RL, mood, and computational psychiatry) @ the exciting @MPC_CompPsych @WCHN_UCL
What are the challenges of computational phenotyping in cognition? Here our new preprint comparing stability and reliability across different types of measures with @anis_najar, Lemogne, @mael_lebreton & @StePalminteri
🚨New preprint Comparing the test-retest reliability of behavioral computational and self-reported individual measures of reward and punishment sensitivity in relation to mental health symptoms @stefanovrizzi @anis_najar Lemogne and & @mael_lebreton 1/n psyarxiv.com/3u4gp/
In a NEW PAPER out today @NatureHumBehav we show that some of the most popular strategies for increasing happiness are not well-supported by rigorous scientific evidence. A thread.
Some of the most commonly recommended happiness-increasing strategies in the media, such as mindfulness and exercise, have a weak basis of scientific evidence, suggests a systematic review published in @NatureHumBehav. go.nature.com/3K8x9q9
Postdoc in our lab! Last day to apply! Please apply if interested, don’t worry about supporting docs or anything. (Apologies for the awkward timing on the deadline - it was an HR thing.)
! Job alert ! Our postdoc position at the UCL Learning Memory & Decision lab is open for applications! Please see the ad here: t.ly/gLGHu The ad currently closes on January 2nd. Experts in memory or decision-making, please apply. See thread below. Please share!
We’ve all heard of place cells: neurons that form a “cognitive map” representing the structure of the outside world. But what about our own structured behaviours? We took a deep mechanistic dive, out now on @biorxivpreprint : biorxiv.org/content/10.110… 🧵below:
📣Exciting RA position with @docqhuys and our wonderful Applied Computational Psychiatry lab @UCLPsychiatry @MPC_CompPsych!📣 Work on a longitudinal study examining the processes engaged by psychotherapy in the NHS: ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se… Apply and share!
Four (!) new @UCL postdoc positions open for superexciting computational psychiatry study combining cutting-edge computational methods with two(!) large RCTs to test whether different antidepressants treat depression via different RL mechanisms tinyurl.com/mr43c29h. Please RT.
Very interesting work showing quite low test-retest reliability in a very common reward learning task, with relevance for computational psychiatry. It suggests, as other research has hinted, that feedback learning tasks – with rapid & massed repetitions – may not be useful.
🚨New preprint Comparing the test-retest reliability of behavioral computational and self-reported individual measures of reward and punishment sensitivity in relation to mental health symptoms @stefanovrizzi @anis_najar Lemogne and & @mael_lebreton 1/n psyarxiv.com/3u4gp/
🌟New paper online in @TrendsCognSci with @angelaradulescu & Kara Emery 🌟 We review work taking an approach we refer to as "naturalistic reinforcement learning", which uses more naturalistic approaches to study learning and decision-making. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
If you want to join the blue skies, best way is our #scitwitter invite pool! Sign-up for to receive invites: tinyurl.com/neuroinv Don’t forget to pay it forward! Sign-up to give invites: tinyurl.com/givenvites
Excited to share a new preprint! We found that habits guide how people select and implement goals. Many thanks to my coauthors @michaelwaskom @kerry_nix7 and Mark D'Esposito osf.io/63aqz/
[preprint alert 🚨 link below] How do we search for elements within a cognitive map? How does the brain perform search, are elements reactivated in sequence or simultaneously? We set out to answer this question using MEG and decoding. doi.org/10.1101/2023.0… (1/7)
Preprint alert🚨! In this new paper we study how humans decompose dynamical subprocesses and leverage the abstracted subprocesses for compositional reuse of experience in new situations. psyarxiv.com/sxn4a/ Tweeprint to follow soon!