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What influences whether people have fun with a task? Our paper “Leveling up fun: learning progress, expectations and success influence enjoyment in video games” with @thecharleywu.bsky.social and @ericschulz.bsky.social now in Scientific Reports! rdcu.be/eI069 Paper summary below 1/4

What a day. Our foundation model of cognitive science is out in Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @marcelbinz.bsky.social's thread: bsky.app/profile/marc... Centaur is featured by the NYT: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/s... We got featured in a Nature views: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I had so much fun being a guest on the @behindthescreens.bsky.social podcast! 🤩 If you're curious about how we use games in research (and you understand German), check out their latest episode!

Our workshop at RLDM on intrinsic motivation is still accepting abstracts for lightning talks - two weeks left to submit! More info on our website: sites.google.com/view/pimbaa2... Come join us in Dublin! 🤩 @jramirezruiz.bsky.social @surabhisnath.bsky.social @becketebs.bsky.social