@mpc-comppsych.bsky.social
Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing
🚨This Thursday Computational Psychiatry seminar at the MPC is given by Dr. Isabel Berwian: Using computational approaches to uncover the effects of psychological interventions. DM to join @yanivabir.bsky.social
(Th 27th Nov, 2.00 pm UK time)
#compsy #compneuro @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social
(Th 27th Nov, 2.00 pm UK time)
#compsy #compneuro @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🚨This Thursday Computational Psychiatry seminar at the MPC is given by Dr. Isabel Berwian: Using computational approaches to uncover the effects of psychological interventions. DM to join @yanivabir.bsky.social
(Th 27th Nov, 2.00 pm UK time)
#compsy #compneuro @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social
(Th 27th Nov, 2.00 pm UK time)
#compsy #compneuro @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social
Congratulations to Pierre who joined us recently @mpib-berlin.bsky.social in London UK
Congratulations to the 2026 NCM Distinguished Career Award Winner, Stephen Scott, and the Early Career Award Winner, Pierre Vassiliadis! They will both be presenting at #NCMKobe26 in April.
November 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Congratulations to Pierre who joined us recently @mpib-berlin.bsky.social in London UK
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New #job alert! Clinical research fellow / postdoc in #computationalpsychiatry at the @mpc-comppsych.bsky.social / @uclqsion.bsky.social and UCL psychiatry. We will aim to understand the computations engaged by serotonin in the treatment of depression. Please re-sky. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
New #job alert! Clinical research fellow / postdoc in #computationalpsychiatry at the @mpc-comppsych.bsky.social / @uclqsion.bsky.social and UCL psychiatry. We will aim to understand the computations engaged by serotonin in the treatment of depression. Please re-sky. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
🚨This Thursday Computational Psychiatry seminar at the MPC is given by Dr. Sucharit Katyal @sucharit.bsky.social
DM @yanivabir.bsky.social (Th 11th Sep, 2.00 pm UK time) #compsy #compneuro
@imagingneuroucl.bsky.social
DM @yanivabir.bsky.social (Th 11th Sep, 2.00 pm UK time) #compsy #compneuro
@imagingneuroucl.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
🚨This Thursday Computational Psychiatry seminar at the MPC is given by Dr. Sucharit Katyal @sucharit.bsky.social
DM @yanivabir.bsky.social (Th 11th Sep, 2.00 pm UK time) #compsy #compneuro
@imagingneuroucl.bsky.social
DM @yanivabir.bsky.social (Th 11th Sep, 2.00 pm UK time) #compsy #compneuro
@imagingneuroucl.bsky.social
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Overall, the results challenge the idea that motivational symptoms universally impair decision-making.
In the paper, we discuss potential reasons for this surprising finding.
We are very happy to hear your thoughts, and please share!
In the paper, we discuss potential reasons for this surprising finding.
We are very happy to hear your thoughts, and please share!
August 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Overall, the results challenge the idea that motivational symptoms universally impair decision-making.
In the paper, we discuss potential reasons for this surprising finding.
We are very happy to hear your thoughts, and please share!
In the paper, we discuss potential reasons for this surprising finding.
We are very happy to hear your thoughts, and please share!
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🧵 New paper! We studied depression symptoms and goal-directed decisions under uncertainty
@shiyiliang.bsky.social, with @evanrussek.bsky.social & @robbrutledge.bsky.social
Surprisingly, we found that apathy–anhedonia was linked to enhanced goal-directed behavior. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@shiyiliang.bsky.social, with @evanrussek.bsky.social & @robbrutledge.bsky.social
Surprisingly, we found that apathy–anhedonia was linked to enhanced goal-directed behavior. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
August 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
🧵 New paper! We studied depression symptoms and goal-directed decisions under uncertainty
@shiyiliang.bsky.social, with @evanrussek.bsky.social & @robbrutledge.bsky.social
Surprisingly, we found that apathy–anhedonia was linked to enhanced goal-directed behavior. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@shiyiliang.bsky.social, with @evanrussek.bsky.social & @robbrutledge.bsky.social
Surprisingly, we found that apathy–anhedonia was linked to enhanced goal-directed behavior. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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📢 We are hiring! 📢
For our @wellcometrust.bsky.social grant on information gathering biases in #OCD and #Schizophrenia, we are looking for a Postdoc in Computational Modelling, supervised by Peter Dayan and myself.
Interested? See all the details in the job advert here: devcompsy.org/wp-content/u...
For our @wellcometrust.bsky.social grant on information gathering biases in #OCD and #Schizophrenia, we are looking for a Postdoc in Computational Modelling, supervised by Peter Dayan and myself.
Interested? See all the details in the job advert here: devcompsy.org/wp-content/u...
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ALT: a penguin is sticking his head out of a hole next to a job application
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August 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
📢 We are hiring! 📢
For our @wellcometrust.bsky.social grant on information gathering biases in #OCD and #Schizophrenia, we are looking for a Postdoc in Computational Modelling, supervised by Peter Dayan and myself.
Interested? See all the details in the job advert here: devcompsy.org/wp-content/u...
For our @wellcometrust.bsky.social grant on information gathering biases in #OCD and #Schizophrenia, we are looking for a Postdoc in Computational Modelling, supervised by Peter Dayan and myself.
Interested? See all the details in the job advert here: devcompsy.org/wp-content/u...
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We are soooo excited to see you all in one week in Tübingen! Looking very much forward to hear about the newest findings in #ComputationalPsychiatry! #CPConf2025
Less than a month to go!
Register now for the Computational Psychiatry Conference in Tübingen:
www.cpconf.org
Lots of exciting keynotes, tutorials, and symposia are awaiting you!
#CPConf2025
Register now for the Computational Psychiatry Conference in Tübingen:
www.cpconf.org
Lots of exciting keynotes, tutorials, and symposia are awaiting you!
#CPConf2025
July 6, 2025 at 10:19 AM
We are soooo excited to see you all in one week in Tübingen! Looking very much forward to hear about the newest findings in #ComputationalPsychiatry! #CPConf2025
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Presenting our patient-friendly, reliable RL task battery today at #BAP2025 — come find our poster in the first session!
We developed this battery for RELMED, a new clinical trial exploring how reinforcement learning contributes to antidepressant efficacy.
@relmed.bsky.social @bapsych.bsky.social
We developed this battery for RELMED, a new clinical trial exploring how reinforcement learning contributes to antidepressant efficacy.
@relmed.bsky.social @bapsych.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Presenting our patient-friendly, reliable RL task battery today at #BAP2025 — come find our poster in the first session!
We developed this battery for RELMED, a new clinical trial exploring how reinforcement learning contributes to antidepressant efficacy.
@relmed.bsky.social @bapsych.bsky.social
We developed this battery for RELMED, a new clinical trial exploring how reinforcement learning contributes to antidepressant efficacy.
@relmed.bsky.social @bapsych.bsky.social
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Come visit us at stall 48 to learn more about RELMED and get a personally drawn postcard from our friendly lab robotic arm 🤖🦾
July 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Come visit us at stall 48 to learn more about RELMED and get a personally drawn postcard from our friendly lab robotic arm 🤖🦾
Congratulating Ulman Lindenberger, co-Director of our Centre, for his election to The Royal Society (UK)! A great recognition of his great achievements and his contribution to UK science via the establishment of our Centre. royalsociety.org/people/ulman...
June 12, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Congratulating Ulman Lindenberger, co-Director of our Centre, for his election to The Royal Society (UK)! A great recognition of his great achievements and his contribution to UK science via the establishment of our Centre. royalsociety.org/people/ulman...
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🚨 Job adverts LIVE! 🚨
We want to understand how the brain supports abstract cognition in psychosis, using cutting-edge neuroscience.
Non-Clinical RA:
lnkd.in/eva-Zzfj
Clinical RA:
lnkd.in/eSgdad_F
Postdoc:
lnkd.in/eid8gtbR
Oxford University
Due June 23
We want to understand how the brain supports abstract cognition in psychosis, using cutting-edge neuroscience.
Non-Clinical RA:
lnkd.in/eva-Zzfj
Clinical RA:
lnkd.in/eSgdad_F
Postdoc:
lnkd.in/eid8gtbR
Oxford University
Due June 23
May 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
🚨 Job adverts LIVE! 🚨
We want to understand how the brain supports abstract cognition in psychosis, using cutting-edge neuroscience.
Non-Clinical RA:
lnkd.in/eva-Zzfj
Clinical RA:
lnkd.in/eSgdad_F
Postdoc:
lnkd.in/eid8gtbR
Oxford University
Due June 23
We want to understand how the brain supports abstract cognition in psychosis, using cutting-edge neuroscience.
Non-Clinical RA:
lnkd.in/eva-Zzfj
Clinical RA:
lnkd.in/eSgdad_F
Postdoc:
lnkd.in/eid8gtbR
Oxford University
Due June 23
🚨This Thursday Computational Psychiatry seminar at the MPC is given by Dr. Simon Ciranka @simyciri.bsky.social
DM @yanivabir.bsky.social (Th 22nd May, 2.00 pm UK time)
#compsy #compneuro @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social
DM @yanivabir.bsky.social (Th 22nd May, 2.00 pm UK time)
#compsy #compneuro @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
🚨This Thursday Computational Psychiatry seminar at the MPC is given by Dr. Simon Ciranka @simyciri.bsky.social
DM @yanivabir.bsky.social (Th 22nd May, 2.00 pm UK time)
#compsy #compneuro @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social
DM @yanivabir.bsky.social (Th 22nd May, 2.00 pm UK time)
#compsy #compneuro @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social
🚨This Thursday Computational Psychiatry seminar at the MPC is given by Dr. Wouter Kool @wouterkool.bsky.social: "Metacontrol is guided by task structure”.
DM @yanivabir.bsky.social to join (Th 8th May, 2.00 pm UK time)
#compsy #compneuro
@imagingneuroucl.bsky.social
DM @yanivabir.bsky.social to join (Th 8th May, 2.00 pm UK time)
#compsy #compneuro
@imagingneuroucl.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 10:41 AM
🚨This Thursday Computational Psychiatry seminar at the MPC is given by Dr. Wouter Kool @wouterkool.bsky.social: "Metacontrol is guided by task structure”.
DM @yanivabir.bsky.social to join (Th 8th May, 2.00 pm UK time)
#compsy #compneuro
@imagingneuroucl.bsky.social
DM @yanivabir.bsky.social to join (Th 8th May, 2.00 pm UK time)
#compsy #compneuro
@imagingneuroucl.bsky.social
🚨This Thursday Computational Psychiatry seminar at the MPC is given by Dr. Noam Goldway: "Correspondence between reinforcement learning phenotypes and transdiagnostic clinical symptomatology across development". DM @yanivabir.bsky.social to join. #compsy #compneuro @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🚨This Thursday Computational Psychiatry seminar at the MPC is given by Dr. Noam Goldway: "Correspondence between reinforcement learning phenotypes and transdiagnostic clinical symptomatology across development". DM @yanivabir.bsky.social to join. #compsy #compneuro @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social
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Late Abstract Submissions Now Open – Limited Space Available!
We are now accepting late abstract submissions for the 2025 Computational Psychiatry Conference in Tübingen!
cmt3.research.microsoft.com/CPConf2025/S... (1/3) #CPConf2025
We are now accepting late abstract submissions for the 2025 Computational Psychiatry Conference in Tübingen!
cmt3.research.microsoft.com/CPConf2025/S... (1/3) #CPConf2025
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April 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Late Abstract Submissions Now Open – Limited Space Available!
We are now accepting late abstract submissions for the 2025 Computational Psychiatry Conference in Tübingen!
cmt3.research.microsoft.com/CPConf2025/S... (1/3) #CPConf2025
We are now accepting late abstract submissions for the 2025 Computational Psychiatry Conference in Tübingen!
cmt3.research.microsoft.com/CPConf2025/S... (1/3) #CPConf2025
🚨Today's Computational Psychiatry seminar at the MPC is given by Dr. Jonathan Nicholas @jonathannicholas.bsky.social
Episodic memory facilitates flexible decision making via access to individual events and their details.
2pm London UK time. DM @yanivabir.bsky.social to join.
Episodic memory facilitates flexible decision making via access to individual events and their details.
2pm London UK time. DM @yanivabir.bsky.social to join.
April 24, 2025 at 10:35 AM
🚨Today's Computational Psychiatry seminar at the MPC is given by Dr. Jonathan Nicholas @jonathannicholas.bsky.social
Episodic memory facilitates flexible decision making via access to individual events and their details.
2pm London UK time. DM @yanivabir.bsky.social to join.
Episodic memory facilitates flexible decision making via access to individual events and their details.
2pm London UK time. DM @yanivabir.bsky.social to join.
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Across 3 studies (1 preregistered), combined n>600, using 2 different RL tasks, we found that performance was positively correlated with anhedonia symptoms.
General depression effects were mixed, but no correlations were negative.
These results are unexpected so we look forward to feedback!
General depression effects were mixed, but no correlations were negative.
These results are unexpected so we look forward to feedback!
March 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Across 3 studies (1 preregistered), combined n>600, using 2 different RL tasks, we found that performance was positively correlated with anhedonia symptoms.
General depression effects were mixed, but no correlations were negative.
These results are unexpected so we look forward to feedback!
General depression effects were mixed, but no correlations were negative.
These results are unexpected so we look forward to feedback!
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We are excited to post a new preprint with Shiyi Liang @shiyiliang.bsky.social:
'Reinforcement learning is positively associated with anhedonia symptoms' osf.io/preprints/ps...
(a bit late here – a version was online back in December)
@mpc-comppsych.bsky.social
'Reinforcement learning is positively associated with anhedonia symptoms' osf.io/preprints/ps...
(a bit late here – a version was online back in December)
@mpc-comppsych.bsky.social
OSF
osf.io
March 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
We are excited to post a new preprint with Shiyi Liang @shiyiliang.bsky.social:
'Reinforcement learning is positively associated with anhedonia symptoms' osf.io/preprints/ps...
(a bit late here – a version was online back in December)
@mpc-comppsych.bsky.social
'Reinforcement learning is positively associated with anhedonia symptoms' osf.io/preprints/ps...
(a bit late here – a version was online back in December)
@mpc-comppsych.bsky.social
Our brains use basic ‘building blocks’ of information to keep track of how people interact, enabling us to navigate complex social interactions, finds a new study led by @uclpals.bsky.social researchers.
How the brain uses ‘building blocks’ to navigate social interactions
Our brains use basic ‘building blocks’ of information to keep track of how people interact, enabling us to navigate complex social interactions, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
buff.ly
March 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Fantastic results for @mkwittmann.bsky.social
and @cormacd.bsky.social on their work supported by Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research and COMP2PSYCH!!
and @cormacd.bsky.social on their work supported by Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research and COMP2PSYCH!!
New paper from our lab now in @nature.com . We show that our brains use basis functions or "building blocks" to navigate social interactions. Rather than tracking every individual separately, social information is compressed into patterns that can be flexibly combined. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Basis functions for complex social decisions in dorsomedial frontal cortex - Nature
A study combining group decision-making tasks with fMRI shows that the brain’s dorsomedial prefrontal cortex uses basis functions, similar to those in the visual, motor and spatial domains, to re...
www.nature.com
March 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Fantastic results for @mkwittmann.bsky.social
and @cormacd.bsky.social on their work supported by Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research and COMP2PSYCH!!
and @cormacd.bsky.social on their work supported by Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research and COMP2PSYCH!!
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Congratulations to @seowxft.bsky.social , Sir Henry Wellcome post-doc fellow @mpc-comppsych.bsky.social
New research from @uclqsion.bsky.social reveals that underconfidence is linked to anxiety and depression, while overconfidence is linked to compulsivity. Understanding these connections can help improve mental health treatments.
Underconfidence linked to anxiety-depression and overconfidence linked to compulsivity in new study
A new study from UCL researchers has found that metacognitive biases in anxiety-depression and compulsivity extend across perception and memory.
buff.ly
March 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Congratulations to @seowxft.bsky.social , Sir Henry Wellcome post-doc fellow @mpc-comppsych.bsky.social
Congratulations to @seowxft.bsky.social , Sir Henry Wellcome post-doc fellow @mpc-comppsych.bsky.social
New research from @uclqsion.bsky.social reveals that underconfidence is linked to anxiety and depression, while overconfidence is linked to compulsivity. Understanding these connections can help improve mental health treatments.
Underconfidence linked to anxiety-depression and overconfidence linked to compulsivity in new study
A new study from UCL researchers has found that metacognitive biases in anxiety-depression and compulsivity extend across perception and memory.
buff.ly
March 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Congratulations to @seowxft.bsky.social , Sir Henry Wellcome post-doc fellow @mpc-comppsych.bsky.social
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We are very excited to announce Phil Corlett @philcorlett.bsky.social as the opening speaker for the 2025 Computational Psychiatry Conference #CPConf2025
www.cpconf.org/speakers
@tueneurocampus.bsky.social
www.cpconf.org/speakers
@tueneurocampus.bsky.social
Line Up — #cpconf2025
www.cpconf.org
March 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
We are very excited to announce Phil Corlett @philcorlett.bsky.social as the opening speaker for the 2025 Computational Psychiatry Conference #CPConf2025
www.cpconf.org/speakers
@tueneurocampus.bsky.social
www.cpconf.org/speakers
@tueneurocampus.bsky.social
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The UCL Computational Psychiatry Prize is for UCL early career researchers who want to apply theory to clinical problems. It starts with a speed dating event where clinicians and theoreticians meet to form interdisciplinary teams. acplab.org/2025/03/03/u...
March 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The UCL Computational Psychiatry Prize is for UCL early career researchers who want to apply theory to clinical problems. It starts with a speed dating event where clinicians and theoreticians meet to form interdisciplinary teams. acplab.org/2025/03/03/u...