🚨 New paper from @moran_rani & colleagues in Nature Communications! People automatically learn values for irrelevant action features, even when they know they don’t predict reward, and these values can distort their choices. nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
Very proud of @agnew_blais and her fascinating work on the relationship between menstrual cycle and ADHD symptoms! bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czj8….
New work from @moran_rani & colleagues! Can simple model-free reinforcement learning explain decisions based on evidence accumulation (e.g., as in the drift diffusion model)? 🤔Check out the paper exploring this fascinating theoretical framework: direct.mit.edu/neco/article-…
Check out this new work from @moran_rani and colleagues, who used reinforcement learning to study the cognitive biases that affect us when forming beliefs based on non-credible information scholar.google.com/citations…
Check out new thought-provoking work about neurodevelopmental conditions from the Giorgia Michelini lab nature.com/articles/s41380-0…
Check out this fascinating work by
@eli_versace
and colleagues about social interactions of tortoises!
link.springer.com/article/10…
Exciting new research from @lauracrucianel1, proposing the first neurobiological model for how emotionally meaningful touch stays in our memory and influences our connections with others. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Exciting new research from our @KeijiOta3 @LucieCharlesCog connecting mentalizing and volition, showing that understanding how others think helps us act more autonomously royalsocietypublishing.org/r…
Check out this exciting PhD opportunity in our department!
⭐️PhD Cognitive/Computational Psychology ⭐️ Use Reinforcement Learning to study how we form beliefs in the face of unreliable information (with me +Tali Sharot). Full funding for those eligible for UK home fees. Deadline 18/5. Please share! @QM_Psych findaphd.com/phds/project/ch…
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⭐️PhD Cognitive/Computational Psychology ⭐️ Use Reinforcement Learning to study how we form beliefs in the face of unreliable information (with me +Tali Sharot). Full funding for those eligible for UK home fees. Deadline 18/5. Please share! @QM_Psych findaphd.com/phds/project/ch…
Some photos from ‘Mind the brain: A Dialogue Between Neuroscience and Mental Health’, a collaborative event we had today for bringing together QMUL researchers in Psychology, Neuroscience, and Psychiatry. @blizard_inst Photos: @DanielBor Dr. Apergis-Schoute, Prof Michael-Titus
How do we decode engagement in human–robot conversations? Check out this exciting new interdisciplinary research from Dr Janelle Jones and colleagues! ieeexplore.ieee.org/document…
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder affects up to 900,000 women in the UK, yet treatments are limited. The Independent reports that Dr Paul Faulkner’s placebo-controlled trial found Nettle (tDCS) reduced anxiety and improved well-being across three cycles. independent.co.uk/tv/news/wo…...
Exciting new research from @eli_versace about the strategic role of biases in guiding adaptive choice and reducing errors royalsocietypublishing.org/r…
New paper from @Fredi15SocNeuro and colleagues showing that even in the absence of making a choice, the simple act of pressing a button enhances the learning of stimulus-reward and stimulus-punishment associations. doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2026.1…
Hugs are good for health! Laura Crucianelli
@lauracrucianel1, Lecturer in Psychology at @QM_SBBS spoke to @SkyTG24 and others about her research on warm hugs, for World Hugs Day this month.
tg24.sky.it/salute-e-benesse…
Read a recent piece by Dr Annemieke Apergis-Schoute: Why procrastination isn’t laziness – it’s rigid thinking that your brain can unlearn theconversation.com/why-proc… via @ConversationUK
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Shaping bodily self-awareness through thermosensory signals
Review by Gerardo Salvato (@gerardosalvato) & Laura Crucianelli (@lauracrucianel1)
tinyurl.com/rwdeeaae
Many congratulations to @MarghMalanchini on receiving the Research and Innovation Excellence Award 2025 for her world leading research investigating how diverse developmental pathways influence learning, mental health and life outcomes @QM_SBBS
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