Ham
@hamhuang.bsky.social
PhD student @Princeton Psych under Drs. Natalia Vélez & Tom Griffiths, studying the computational cognition of human aggregate minds. Before @Penn @Cal
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@gershbrain.bsky.social and I have a new paper in PLOS Comp Bio!
We study how two cognitive constraints—action consideration set size & policy complexity—interact in context-dependent decision making, and how humans exploit their synergy to reduce behavioral suboptimality.
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We study how two cognitive constraints—action consideration set size & policy complexity—interact in context-dependent decision making, and how humans exploit their synergy to reduce behavioral suboptimality.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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August 19, 2025 at 3:56 AM
@gershbrain.bsky.social and I have a new paper in PLOS Comp Bio!
We study how two cognitive constraints—action consideration set size & policy complexity—interact in context-dependent decision making, and how humans exploit their synergy to reduce behavioral suboptimality.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
We study how two cognitive constraints—action consideration set size & policy complexity—interact in context-dependent decision making, and how humans exploit their synergy to reduce behavioral suboptimality.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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If you work on artificial or natural intelligence and are finishing your PhD, consider applying for a Kempner research fellowship at Harvard:
kempnerinstitute.harvard.edu/kempner-inst...
kempnerinstitute.harvard.edu/kempner-inst...
Kempner Research Fellowship - Kempner Institute
The Kempner brings leading, early-stage postdoctoral scientists to Harvard to work on projects that advance the fundamental understanding of intelligence.
kempnerinstitute.harvard.edu
August 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
If you work on artificial or natural intelligence and are finishing your PhD, consider applying for a Kempner research fellowship at Harvard:
kempnerinstitute.harvard.edu/kempner-inst...
kempnerinstitute.harvard.edu/kempner-inst...
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People learn from rewards differently when outcomes are shared with others. Learning slows when receiving smaller reward shares, and social stereotypes about partners further impair learning with cognitive demands.
@hamhuang.bsky.social @annajenkins.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
@hamhuang.bsky.social @annajenkins.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Social inequity disrupts reward-based learning - Communications Psychology
People learn from rewards differently when outcomes are shared with others. Learning slows when receiving smaller reward shares, and social stereotypes about partners further impair learning when cogn...
www.nature.com
August 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
People learn from rewards differently when outcomes are shared with others. Learning slows when receiving smaller reward shares, and social stereotypes about partners further impair learning with cognitive demands.
@hamhuang.bsky.social @annajenkins.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
@hamhuang.bsky.social @annajenkins.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Great mentor! Can’t go wrong!
My Lab at the University of Edinburgh🇬🇧 has funded PhD positions for this cycle!
We study the computational principles of how people learn, reason, and communicate.
It's a new lab, and you will be playing a big role in shaping its culture and foundations.
Spread the words!
We study the computational principles of how people learn, reason, and communicate.
It's a new lab, and you will be playing a big role in shaping its culture and foundations.
Spread the words!
August 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Great mentor! Can’t go wrong!
🚨New paper!🚨My new work with @annajenkins.bsky.social is published
@commspsychol.nature.com
! Social inequity shapes people’s ability to learn from rewards during reinforcement learning! www.nature.com/articles/s44...
@commspsychol.nature.com
! Social inequity shapes people’s ability to learn from rewards during reinforcement learning! www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Social inequity disrupts reward-based learning - Communications Psychology
People learn from rewards differently when outcomes are shared with others. Learning slows when receiving smaller reward shares, and social stereotypes about partners further impair learning when cogn...
www.nature.com
August 16, 2025 at 10:29 PM
🚨New paper!🚨My new work with @annajenkins.bsky.social is published
@commspsychol.nature.com
! Social inequity shapes people’s ability to learn from rewards during reinforcement learning! www.nature.com/articles/s44...
@commspsychol.nature.com
! Social inequity shapes people’s ability to learn from rewards during reinforcement learning! www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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The CoLab is headed to #CogSci2025!! 🥳 Here's where to find us!
July 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The CoLab is headed to #CogSci2025!! 🥳 Here's where to find us!
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"We introduce Collaborative Rational Speech Act (CRSA), an information-theoretic (IT) extension of RSA that models multi-turn dialog by optimizing a gain function adapted from rate-distortion theory."
arxiv.org/abs/2507.14063
arxiv.org/abs/2507.14063
Collaborative Rational Speech Act: Pragmatic Reasoning for Multi-Turn Dialog
As AI systems take on collaborative roles, they must reason about shared goals and beliefs-not just generate fluent language. The Rational Speech Act (RSA) framework offers a principled approach to pr...
arxiv.org
July 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"We introduce Collaborative Rational Speech Act (CRSA), an information-theoretic (IT) extension of RSA that models multi-turn dialog by optimizing a gain function adapted from rate-distortion theory."
arxiv.org/abs/2507.14063
arxiv.org/abs/2507.14063
Excited to see the work during my undergrad times finally come out! Learned so much from working with Sam and Anne on this project.
New published paper with Ham Huang and @actlab.bsky.social! @cognitionjournal.bsky.social
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
July 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Excited to see the work during my undergrad times finally come out! Learned so much from working with Sam and Anne on this project.
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We are so excited to welcome our summer RA's to the lab! Looking forward to a productive summer💫 @bellafascendini.bsky.social @hamhuang.bsky.social @creppy-r.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
We are so excited to welcome our summer RA's to the lab! Looking forward to a productive summer💫 @bellafascendini.bsky.social @hamhuang.bsky.social @creppy-r.bsky.social