Excited to share this new preprint on the Predictive Modelling of Depression Treatment Response using Individual Symptoms and Latent Factors with @clairegillan.bsky.social fresh up on @medrxivpreprint.bsky.social www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

New preprint from the lab on habit learning in compulsivity from the fantastic @kellydonegan.bsky.social! ✅ N=1000, ✅ pre-registered, ✅ within-person crossover design...we study individual differences in habit learning using the Neureka App

🚨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

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/

You happen to be at #CPConf2025 and interested in habitual processes and how they contribute to compulsivity? We've gathered data from 180 individuals across three different compulsion types including phone-checking (not reflected in the DSM!). Come visit me at poster 2.46!

Come to my fan-tastic poster at #CPConf2025 🪭 Poster 35 to find out all things habits, gamification or to get a quick cool down 🥵

Our new study published in eLife (collaboration with @clairegillan.bsky.social, @celinef.bsky.social and @samgilbert.bsky.social) explores the complex relationship between metacognition, compulsivity and the utilization of external reminders. (1/8)

Sad to be missing #CPConf2025 but there is spirit and via posters from @kellydonegan.bsky.social (TUES) @glassybrain.bsky.social (TUES) and Paveen Phon-Amnuaisuk (WED)

Serious FOMO here #CPConf2025

🚨 New paper alert! Do time constraints reveal habitual behaviour? 🤔 We directly compared two major paradigms in the habit research field (Outcome Devaluation vs Response Remapping) under identical training and forced-response conditions 🧠 ⏲️ ⌨️ preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...

Hello #Bluesky!👋 I’m late to the party, but excited to join! 🥳Sharing a recent moment at #RLDM2025: presented a poster on my recent PhD project on measuring time-dependent habits in the lab 🧠 – shared fresh findings, and discovered brilliant research while helping the organisers behind the scenes! 👩‍💻

Claire and team did a remarkable job here, and you should read their reply. An updated preprint from us will be out shortly, reflecting our revised understanding of these issues.

We @smfleming.bsky.social, Marion Rouault and @seowxft.bsky.social and I) have posted a reply osf.io/preprints/ps... to a preprint that recently raised concerns about the validity of associations between mental health and metacognition from online studies. I hope you can take the time to read it.

Our new study published in TheLancetPsych! We found that pramipexole augmentation substantially reduced depressive symptoms in patients with treatment-resistant depression over 48 weeks of treatment. This is an important advance in how we treat depression! 1/6 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

In January, @ctlee.bsky.social put out a preprint on our work developing an ML model predicting response to internet-CBT 📑 vs antidepressant medication 💊 in depression using a real 🌎 observational design. osf.io/preprints/ps...

Next up, a new preprint from joint first authors Sol Fittipaldi and Vanessa Teckentrup @glassybrain.bsky.social on how negative mood relates to (and granger causes) daily fluctuations in a real world measure of cognitive processing speed - digital questionnaire response times (DQRTs)

Very happy to see this published open-access in Behavior Research Methods now 🤗 #neuroskyence doi.org/10.3758/s134...

🚨 New preprint alert! Our project investigating the effects of internalizing and trait anxiety on learning under uncertainty is finally online 🐆🐅 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

In our preprint "Limited evidence for reduced learning rate adaptation in anxious-depression, before or after treatment", led by @stephsuddell.bsky.social and Lili Zhang, we fail to find a robust association between anxious-depression and learning rate adaptation osf.io/preprints/ps...

Have fallen a bit behind on posting preprints on here. So for next few weeks will share a few things...

Check out some highlights from the Multi-Disciplinary Conference on Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making at Trinity College Dublin. For more see rldm.org #RDLM2025 with @clairegillan.bsky.social & @redmondoconnell.bsky.social

@kellydonegan.bsky.social showing our latest smartphone habit research this morning at @rldmdublin2025.bsky.social 📲

Another great #RLDM conference! Thank you @coolscontrol.bsky.social (general chair), Anne Collins and Stefano Albrecht (program chairs -- a TON of work!), @clairegillan.bsky.social and @redmondoconnell.bsky.social (local chairs -- a gazillion amount of work) and all others who made this happen!

Many variables determine whether instrumental behaviour is goal-directed or habitual. We have documented in rats that delays between response and outcome attenuate sensitivity to outcome devaluation (a canonical test of goal directedness). In this study we replicated that observation in humans.

Are you coming to @rldmdublin2025.bsky.social #RLDM2025? Join our workshop on Gamification in Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience with an amazing speaker lineup! 🎮👾🧠💫 w/ @ondrejzika.bsky.social @ingrdmrtn.bsky.social

#RLDM2025 officially starts tomorrow! 🚀 Have you checked out our program? See details below, full program is available at rldm.org 👀 New to RLDM? Join our first-timers gathering tonight, 6-7pm, at Kennedy's Pub (30-32 Westland Row) 😊

🌟 New to RLDM? Join us for the First-Timers Social at Kennedy’s! 🗓 Tues, June 10 | 🕕 18:00–19:00 📍 30–32 Westland Row, Dublin 2 Right beside the conference venue at Trinity, it’s the perfect chance to meet fellow newcomers, chat with organisers, and get tips for how to make the most of #RLDM2025!

Only ONE WEEK until #RLDM2025 ☘️ We can’t wait to welcome brilliant minds from AI, neuroscience, psychology & beyond for cutting-edge talks on reinforcement learning & decision making. Spaces are disappearing quickly so grab your spot before it’s gone! Register now 👉 rldm.org

New article out from me and @antoinecoutrot.bsky.social Simple entitled: 'Citizen Science' In the Open Encyclopedia for Cognitive Science: oecs.mit.edu/pub/5cdl3f1m...

RLDM is almost upon us!!

& that’s a wrap! 💫 4 amazing years done at this wonderful lab 🧠📱 Ending on a high having passed my PhD-viva 👩🏻‍🎓 Endless thank yous to (AWOL) @clairegillan.bsky.social & the lab for all their support (& attention to detail 🎈💞🎀🌸) and to @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social & Sonia Bishop for examining

Looking forward to this Predictive Brain Health Modelling (PBHM) event! Esp. good for trainees wondering about + and - of post-PhD life outside academia 🤓 @clairegillan.bsky.social @lorinanaci.bsky.social @rhodricusack.bsky.social @svenvanneste.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social

A *really* important piece of work - if anxiety-provoking - on biases in questionnaire-filling behaviour and how they can relate to our cognitive measures of interest in large crowdsourced samples. 1/3

In my room in college accom in cambridge 🆗😳… Surely some sort of test??

Exciting news - early bird registration is now open for #RLDM2025! 🔗 Register now: forms.gle/QZS1GkZhYGRF... Register now to save €100 on your ticket. Early bird prices are only available until 1st April.

Very happy that this preprint (I'm 2nd author & taking over for the bluesky-less Vanessa Scholz) is finally out! In a large online sample, we investigated how Pavlovian/motivational biases are associated with psychiatric symptom dimensions (as first defined by Claire Gillan).. osf.io/preprints/ps...

Hey there Bluesky #PsychSciSky #ComputationalPskychiatry - we have a lab retreat coming up and are going to do a session on principles of making GLORIOUS figures for papers. Any resources you'd recommend / online tutorials I can steal from??

Congratulations Dr Anna Rosicka @annarosicka.bsky.social on passing your Viva today! Another amazing student flying the nest 😥🦉. Thanks to examiners Clare MacKay and Claire Howlin #AlltheClaires. Celebrating this afternoon with a very special hat from @glassybrain.bsky.social

Abstract submission is closing soon for the Interdisciplinary conference on Reinforcement Learning and Decision-Making #RLDM2025, taking place this June in Dublin - the first time the meeting will be in Europe! Have you submitted your abstract yet?? @rldmdublin2025.bsky.social

I'm hoping to hire a postdoc this year to join our growing lab at Yale! Looking for someone interested in EMA/digital phenotyping, formal theories, complex systems, & computational psychiatry. If this sounds like you, please reach out! Official ad coming soon.

the most embarrassing part of being a “100 tabs open at once” guy is when you inadvertently close them and don’t even notice and there are absolutely no negative consequences

Little pre-holiday reminder: I'm recruiting for a Postdoctoral Research Associate (jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...) - deadline is January the 12th, so think about it over the break and then apply in the New Year! Do get in touch if you have any questions (though bear in mind I'll be OOO too 🎄)

🚨 Calling all experts! 🚨 We're seeking tutorial proposals for topics on "learning and decision-making over time to achieve a goal". Help foster cross-disciplinary exchange at RLDM 2025! 📅 Deadline: December 20th 🧠 Learn more & apply: rldm.org/call-for-tut...

@icouzin.bsky.social @arkrause.bsky.social @ralisonadcock.bsky.social

Hey 👋 the deadline for submitting workshop proposals to #RLDM is fast approaching! We would especially love creative structures for workshops, like hackathons, debates or other traditional formats. Follow @rldmdublin2025.bsky.social for more updates!

I'm recruiting a 23-month postdoc! If you're interesting in #ComputationalPsychiatry or #EatingDisorders research please apply and/or get in touch - very happy to have informal chats with potential applicants, and put you in touch with existing members of my lab. jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

Psychologists and neuroscientists are calling for international pressure towards immediate ceasefire in Israel, Palestine & Lebanon, respect for international humanitarian law, end of the occupation, and release of all hostages. Read & join us by signing here: tinyurl.com/PsychLetter

I’m excited to share our new, open-access paper published today in NatMentHealth, “Latent mechanisms of language disorganization relate to specific dimensions of psychopathology”. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

🚨 Clinicians have noted for decades how planning & anxiety are linked. Yet, computational psychiatry thus far failed to show how. Here, I explain that we need to broaden how we model planning to reveal its *biases* in chronic anxiety. A 🧵 on the framework 1/n authors.elsevier.com/a/1kAJC4sIRv...

I want to draw attention to a special issue that Lila Davachi and I put together to memorialize our friend and colleague Sarah DuBrow. It’s full of papers inspired by her work and her being from a group of collaborators, friends, and fans! Thanks @bradpostle.bsky.social for helping make this happen.