Wouter Kool
@wouterkool.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at WUSTL. PI of the Control and Decision Making Lab.
Two more posters from my group at Psychonomics and SJDM. This evening, @duyguyucel.bsky.social will present some brand new work on multidimensional reinforcement learning, and tomorrow morning @ltreiman.bsky.social will present her work on choice-induced preference in the decoy effect.
November 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Two more posters from my group at Psychonomics and SJDM. This evening, @duyguyucel.bsky.social will present some brand new work on multidimensional reinforcement learning, and tomorrow morning @ltreiman.bsky.social will present her work on choice-induced preference in the decoy effect.
If you are at #SfN25, be sure to check out @davideghez.bsky.social's latest work on using EEG to decode the regulation of multidimensional control tomorrow morning. We're dropping the preprint tomorrow as well!
November 17, 2025 at 4:55 AM
If you are at #SfN25, be sure to check out @davideghez.bsky.social's latest work on using EEG to decode the regulation of multidimensional control tomorrow morning. We're dropping the preprint tomorrow as well!
Just reviewed a paper with an OSF preregistration that was mostly empty and uninformative (e.g., analysis plan just said “anova”, see image). I recommended rejection, but the editor asked for revision without addressing this issue in the decision letter. What would you do in this case?
April 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Just reviewed a paper with an OSF preregistration that was mostly empty and uninformative (e.g., analysis plan just said “anova”, see image). I recommended rejection, but the editor asked for revision without addressing this issue in the decision letter. What would you do in this case?
My group, the Control and Decision Making Lab, is at Psychonomics _and_ SJDM this year! Members of our lab will present two talks and two posters on Friday at Psychonomics, and we have two more posters at SJDM on Sunday. Come say hi! #psynom24
November 21, 2024 at 9:33 PM
My group, the Control and Decision Making Lab, is at Psychonomics _and_ SJDM this year! Members of our lab will present two talks and two posters on Friday at Psychonomics, and we have two more posters at SJDM on Sunday. Come say hi! #psynom24
My team and I are Psychonomics! I haven't been at conferences in a long time, so I'd love to say hi and show you the cool research my team has been up to. We have four posters on four different research projects involving control and decision making. Details in the pics. #psychscisky #psynom23
November 16, 2023 at 10:03 PM
My team and I are Psychonomics! I haven't been at conferences in a long time, so I'd love to say hi and show you the cool research my team has been up to. We have four posters on four different research projects involving control and decision making. Details in the pics. #psychscisky #psynom23
If you are at #SfN23, go check out the awesome work that Ata Karagoz @atabk.bsky.social is doing with me and Zach Reagh @zreagh.bsky.social! He uses behavioral (!) and neural RSA to measure the construction of cognitive maps for planning.
November 11, 2023 at 2:49 PM
If you are at #SfN23, go check out the awesome work that Ata Karagoz @atabk.bsky.social is doing with me and Zach Reagh @zreagh.bsky.social! He uses behavioral (!) and neural RSA to measure the construction of cognitive maps for planning.
Our computational model shows that this requires a substantial revision to models of control adaptation. Instead of measuring conflict at the response level, we suggest that conflict should be measured separately for each dimension, so that control can be adapted in a dimension-specific fashion.
September 27, 2023 at 3:04 PM
Our computational model shows that this requires a substantial revision to models of control adaptation. Instead of measuring conflict at the response level, we suggest that conflict should be measured separately for each dimension, so that control can be adapted in a dimension-specific fashion.
This is a parametric version of the congruency sequence effect (like work by @hritz.bsky.social). But here's the kicker: we find that this adaptation only occurs within- and not between-dimensions. So, prior conflict from one dimension only affects current attentional control to that same dimension.
September 27, 2023 at 2:59 PM
This is a parametric version of the congruency sequence effect (like work by @hritz.bsky.social). But here's the kicker: we find that this adaptation only occurs within- and not between-dimensions. So, prior conflict from one dimension only affects current attentional control to that same dimension.
Behavior tracks congruency. People respond faster and more accurate with increasing congruency. Moreover, we find that previous congruency predicts current sensitivity to the distractors. After very incongruent trials, attention becomes very focused (less susceptible to incongruent dimensions).
September 27, 2023 at 2:54 PM
Behavior tracks congruency. People respond faster and more accurate with increasing congruency. Moreover, we find that previous congruency predicts current sensitivity to the distractors. After very incongruent trials, attention becomes very focused (less susceptible to incongruent dimensions).
The task is simple. On each trial, you see two objects that differ in four ways (shape, color, edge, motion of dots). A cue in the middle of the screen tells you to which dimension to attend. For each dimension, you have been given a target feature (e.g., if the cue is C find the blue object).
September 27, 2023 at 2:42 PM
The task is simple. On each trial, you see two objects that differ in four ways (shape, color, edge, motion of dots). A cue in the middle of the screen tells you to which dimension to attend. For each dimension, you have been given a target feature (e.g., if the cue is C find the blue object).