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samuelhewitt.bsky.social
PhD at UCL Max Planck Centre for Computational Psychiatry + brains https://www.samuel-r-hewitt.com
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Here here !! Well done CPSY

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

#OCD is a understudied disorder, meaning that we know way too little about the underlying (brain) processes. We have thus built the Brain Explorer app www.brainexplorer.net where everyone can easily contribute to understanding OCD. #MentalHealthAwareness @tueneurocampus.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk

submitted 40 days ago • 1 comment

Hey cognitive scientists I asked lovable.dev to make me a 2-arm bandit RL task 2 prompts and 3 minutes later 🤯🤯🤯🤯 Play it: preview--cosmic-bandit-quest.lovable.app Think of the hours and grad student tears saved 😅 Yes lovable I accept your sponsorship terms

submitted 75 days ago • 3 comments

“Motivation drives changes in the subjective value of reward both in the moment and in the future.” www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

In life, 3 things are certain: death, taxes, and decision-making variability🧠. Our review tinyurl.com/4dcwafc4 explores how computational models 💻 explain variability, their limits, and recent advances. A thread🧵👇 @redmondoconnell.bsky.social @neuromurphy.bsky.social Mark Bellgrove (not on Bluesky)

submitted 91 days ago • 2 comments

When I began my PhD, there was a major disconnect between my own lived experience and the way researchers probed mental health-behaviour links. I hope this work inspires others to use new designs to appreciate the complexity of human beings and their experiences. link.growkudos.com/1f5ss3bn1ts

submitted 95 days ago • 1 comment

This is a great study, if I may say. We have had a lot of data showing correlations between subjective assessments and behaviour between individuals. With this study, we are starting to see how they interact over days within individuals. Congratulations @samuelhewitt.bsky.social!

submitted 97 days ago • 0 comments

A little bby from my PhD is published! we did a complex study to answer a simple Q: do day-to-day feelings impact choices? A: Yes. When feeling motivated (independent of other stable or unstable feelings) choices changed because rewards seemed greater. open access link: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

submitted 97 days ago • 2 comments

3.5 year PhD studentship in cognitive computational neuroscience open in my MSN lab, @thechbh.bsky.social, co-supervised with @selmalugtmeijer.bsky.social & @simonlittle.bsky.social. Deadline 23rd March. Only open to UK candidates. More details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Pls repost

submitted 123 days ago • 1 comment

I cannot deny photo evidence...! Nothing further, your honour😍 It's a wrap, finished, terminado.... thank you V V much, especially to my mentors for all the support @thepsychologist.bsky.social, Prof Essi Viding, @olijrobinson.bsky.social and especially @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social

submitted 131 days ago • 7 comments

In the beginning there were starter packs, then came the cull

submitted 188 days ago • 0 comments

I'm sick of GPT4 telling me I'm absolutely right. I'm not here for validation from a cyborg. Tell me about all the mistakes I made !

submitted 200 days ago • 2 comments

Funded PhD (UK students only). Interested in a PhD working in the MSN lab, co-supervised by Dr. Romy Froemer? Topic is flexible around themes of motivation and decision-making, using techniques such as computational modelling, brain imaging, or brain stimulation. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

submitted 215 days ago • 0 comments

Valerie Thomas (1943) is an African American badass scientist. She invented the illusion transmitter in 1980. She helped develop the digital media formats that image processing systems used in NASA's Landsat program. Her [very cool!] NASA photo next to a stack of computer tapes, 1979. #WomenInSTEM 🧪

submitted 214 days ago • 4 comments

Early intervention for depression for young people. This week we're presenting findings from the BESST trial - Brief Educational Workshops in Secondary Schools. Watch the videos in this THREAD or sign up to join our webinar on Friday: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/early-inte... #BESSTtrial #Depression

submitted 208 days ago • 1 comment

JOB ALERT: We are recruiting a research assistant in the Imagine Reality Lab to work on a project using MEG decoding to distinguish between different theories of consciousness 🧠 Get in touch if you have any questions about the role's scientific details. Please share! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

submitted 213 days ago • 2 comments