This work is now out in Nature Communications! 🎉 Computational signatures of uncertainty are reflected in motor cortex excitatory neurochemistry: www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-64702-6 Huge thanks to our amazing team! @beckyneuro.bsky.social @campsydept.bsky.social @camneuro.bsky.social

And another one from @naziajassim.bsky.social and @bronaghm.bsky.social in Molecular Autism. molecularautism.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... Autistic and non-autistic adults alike show the “Tetris effect”, an automatic drive to perceive separate parts as a possible whole.

Then we have a new paper led by Nazia Jassim @naziajassim.bsky.social on the neurochemical markers of uncertainty processing and links to trait anxiety: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natcomms.nature.com

Next up some work in infants led by Addison Billing: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40963976/ We used high-density diffuse optical tomography and eye-tracking to show that neural responses to unexpected events in the medial prefrontal cortex are enhanced when their mothers report higher trait anxiety.

First up, this paper led by Bronagh McCoy: journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol... When noise and volatility are independently manipulated people behave differently depending on their anxious traits.

I've been pretty absent from social media for a while, mostly for my own sanity. But my lab have had a run of amazing outputs lately, and it feels like the right moment to shake off the cobwebs and share what they've all been up to. I'm genuinely so proud of this team. Separate posts to follow!

My first post into the bsky void, the first preprint of my PhD! A novel task to bridge learning and effort decision-making. Of course, we find that effort choice is sensitive to prior learning, but this integration of beliefs into action is affected by anhedonia. doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Long overdue update prompted by submitting my hardbound thesis: I successfully defended my PhD earlier this year and have started a postdoc with @beckyneuro.bsky.social! Excited for more adventures in uncertainty with an amazing team.

Read our final reflections from our inspiring Women in Leadership positions across the School of Biological Sciences this International Women’s Day (and make sure to check out our other posts!) #IWD2025 #InternationalWomensDay

We are continuing to celebrate the Women in Leadership across the School of Biological Sciences who are contributing to our excellent research and education. Here are some more inspiring quotes from our amazing leaders! #IWD2025 #InternationalWomensDay

Happy International Women’s Day! Today we are celebrating the Women in Leadership across the School of Biological Sciences driving Research and Education Strategy. Read their reflections on the importance of involving women in leadership teams. #IWD2025 #InternationalWomensDay

New preprint alert! How do we process uncertainty, and how do neurometabolites shape this?🧠Here we combine computational modeling + 7T MRS to answer these questions: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... With Peter Thestrup Waade, Chris Mathys, Frederike Petzchner, @beckyneuro.bsky.social & others! 🧵(1/4)

Our new project, the Lived Experience Academy, is putting people with #livedexperience at the top of the research hierarchy for the first time. www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/... @nihr.bsky.social @durham-university.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social @gatesheadcouncil.bsky.social

Hello everyone! The Computational Psychiatry journal is now on Bluesky... Please follow for updates about articles, special issues, and #CPsy job and conference announcements. Our Co-Eds-in-Chief are here too: @xiaosigu.bsky.social and @drrickadams.bsky.social

A big welcome to @mirandawolpert.bsky.social, Director of Mental Health at Wellcome wellcome.org/what-we-do/m...

Great news that the Cambridge Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership will be funded by one of UKRI BBSRC's new Doctoral Landscape Awards, offering PhD training across the breadth of BBSRC Strategic and Discovery Bioscience. Applications to start in October 2025 are now open!

Are you or do you know a teenager who struggles with low mood? If so we want to hear from you & you can find out more about what we are doing here www.cam.ac.uk/stories/ATTE...