Alisa Loosen
@alisaloosen.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher in Computational Neuroscience & Psychiatry
@Yale University | Previously Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | PhD from UCL Max Planck Centre & Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging UCL
She/Her
@Yale University | Previously Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | PhD from UCL Max Planck Centre & Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging UCL
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Alisa Loosen
@alisaloosen.bsky.social
· Sep 16
The metacognitive paradox of OCD: confidence is globally reduced but shows increased
sensitivity to local evidence
Confidence is a critical metacognitive signal that guides performance. Biases in confidence, such
as excessive doubt, are hallmark features of mental health disorders, especially obsessive-
compulsive...
www.researchsquare.com
📢 NEW PREPRINT 📢 We show a metacognitive paradox (not blanket deficit!) in OCD: confidence is persistently lower, but fluctuations track evidence more tightly and are nearer Bayes-optimal.
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
🧵👇
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
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Reposted by Alisa Loosen
All eyes on UCL for its 200th birthday. Across 3 nights our Wilkins Building and main Quad will transform into an immersive sound and light experience as UCL illuminated takes us through the history of London’s oldest university. 11–13 Feb 2026 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/event-ticketing/app/ev/25074/
November 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
All eyes on UCL for its 200th birthday. Across 3 nights our Wilkins Building and main Quad will transform into an immersive sound and light experience as UCL illuminated takes us through the history of London’s oldest university. 11–13 Feb 2026 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/event-ticketing/app/ev/25074/
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📢 Thrilled to share our paper is out now in @natcomms.nature.com
Shared computations underlie how we acquire actions that are mutually beneficial, instrumentally harmful (benefits self at the expense of others), altruistic (benefit others at the expense of self), or mutually costly
🧵 rdcu.be/eL8mZ
Shared computations underlie how we acquire actions that are mutually beneficial, instrumentally harmful (benefits self at the expense of others), altruistic (benefit others at the expense of self), or mutually costly
🧵 rdcu.be/eL8mZ
Neurocomputational basis of learning when choices simultaneously affect both oneself and others
Nature Communications - When learning to make choices that simultaneously affect the self and others, asymmetric encoding of information guides future social behaviors across mutually beneficial,...
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October 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
📢 Thrilled to share our paper is out now in @natcomms.nature.com
Shared computations underlie how we acquire actions that are mutually beneficial, instrumentally harmful (benefits self at the expense of others), altruistic (benefit others at the expense of self), or mutually costly
🧵 rdcu.be/eL8mZ
Shared computations underlie how we acquire actions that are mutually beneficial, instrumentally harmful (benefits self at the expense of others), altruistic (benefit others at the expense of self), or mutually costly
🧵 rdcu.be/eL8mZ
Reposted by Alisa Loosen
We are also considering applications from undergraduate students and Master's students in the local New York City area!
Please check out our website for more information on how to become involved: sinclaboratory.com/apply
Please check out our website for more information on how to become involved: sinclaboratory.com/apply
Apply
SOCIAL INTERACTION &<br>NEURAL COMPUTATION LAB. The SINC Lab examines the neural and computational basis of social cognition and interaction. We are particularly interested in understanding how social...
sinclaboratory.com
September 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
We are also considering applications from undergraduate students and Master's students in the local New York City area!
Please check out our website for more information on how to become involved: sinclaboratory.com/apply
Please check out our website for more information on how to become involved: sinclaboratory.com/apply
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😍 Our latest is out now in @commspsychol.nature.com. 🤩 We show with Bayesian modelling and experimental manipulation of uncertainty that developmental differences in social influence depend on differences in the internal uncertainty people have about their choice
doi.org/10.1038/s442...
doi.org/10.1038/s442...
Internal uncertainty impacts social information use in risky choice across adolescence - Communications Psychology
Adolescents’ choices are influenced by others. A social risky choice experiment and Bayesian modelling reveal that age differences in internal uncertainty, being unsure how to choose, relate to differences in susceptibility to social influence.
doi.org
September 29, 2025 at 9:07 AM
😍 Our latest is out now in @commspsychol.nature.com. 🤩 We show with Bayesian modelling and experimental manipulation of uncertainty that developmental differences in social influence depend on differences in the internal uncertainty people have about their choice
doi.org/10.1038/s442...
doi.org/10.1038/s442...
📢 NEW PREPRINT 📢 We show a metacognitive paradox (not blanket deficit!) in OCD: confidence is persistently lower, but fluctuations track evidence more tightly and are nearer Bayes-optimal.
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
🧵👇
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
🧵👇
The metacognitive paradox of OCD: confidence is globally reduced but shows increased
sensitivity to local evidence
Confidence is a critical metacognitive signal that guides performance. Biases in confidence, such
as excessive doubt, are hallmark features of mental health disorders, especially obsessive-
compulsive...
www.researchsquare.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
📢 NEW PREPRINT 📢 We show a metacognitive paradox (not blanket deficit!) in OCD: confidence is persistently lower, but fluctuations track evidence more tightly and are nearer Bayes-optimal.
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
🧵👇
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
🧵👇
Reposted by Alisa Loosen
Thrilled to announce that I'll be starting in January 2026 as an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Hunter College, City University of New York.
The lab will study the thought processes that underlie our decision-making.
The lab will study the thought processes that underlie our decision-making.
August 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Thrilled to announce that I'll be starting in January 2026 as an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Hunter College, City University of New York.
The lab will study the thought processes that underlie our decision-making.
The lab will study the thought processes that underlie our decision-making.
Reposted by Alisa Loosen
So excited for our #RLDM2025 workshop on Thursday, Chess as a bridge between human cognition and artificial intelligence, co-organized with Ionatan Kuperwajs.
sites.google.com/nyu.edu/ches...
sites.google.com/nyu.edu/ches...
Chess @ RLDM
Workshop Description
Chess presents an intriguing case study in complex decision-making and multi-step planning. Historically, the psychology underlying chess play has been a topic of great interest,...
sites.google.com
June 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
So excited for our #RLDM2025 workshop on Thursday, Chess as a bridge between human cognition and artificial intelligence, co-organized with Ionatan Kuperwajs.
sites.google.com/nyu.edu/ches...
sites.google.com/nyu.edu/ches...
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📢 We still have some places left, but they are limited – so don't miss out!
New to computational modelling? Or want to sharpen your workflow? This workshop is for you – based on our easy-to-use library that does modelling for you: cpm-toolbox.net
Extend your stay at #CPConf2025
Sign up now👇
New to computational modelling? Or want to sharpen your workflow? This workshop is for you – based on our easy-to-use library that does modelling for you: cpm-toolbox.net
Extend your stay at #CPConf2025
Sign up now👇
We are excited to announce our hands-on workshop aimed at lowering barriers to entry into the world of computational modeling using our user-friendly python toolbox, cpm (cpm-toolbox.net)!
📢 Limited seats – don't miss out!
📅 17.07.2025 9.00 – 13.00 📍 Tübingen
Apply 👉 forms.office.com/e/xtqb6sv604
📢 Limited seats – don't miss out!
📅 17.07.2025 9.00 – 13.00 📍 Tübingen
Apply 👉 forms.office.com/e/xtqb6sv604
May 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
📢 We still have some places left, but they are limited – so don't miss out!
New to computational modelling? Or want to sharpen your workflow? This workshop is for you – based on our easy-to-use library that does modelling for you: cpm-toolbox.net
Extend your stay at #CPConf2025
Sign up now👇
New to computational modelling? Or want to sharpen your workflow? This workshop is for you – based on our easy-to-use library that does modelling for you: cpm-toolbox.net
Extend your stay at #CPConf2025
Sign up now👇
Reposted by Alisa Loosen
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
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📣 I'm hiring 📣
Join the Vaghi Lab @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social!
We're seeking a postdoctoral researcher with strong fMRI expertise to lead the development of neurocognitive paradigms and use dense-sampling fMRI in the general population and in OCD patients. 🧠 (1/3)
cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/post...
Join the Vaghi Lab @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social!
We're seeking a postdoctoral researcher with strong fMRI expertise to lead the development of neurocognitive paradigms and use dense-sampling fMRI in the general population and in OCD patients. 🧠 (1/3)
cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/post...
Postdoctoral Researcher (2106) - Birkbeck, University of London
Birkbeck
cis7.bbk.ac.uk
March 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
📣 I'm hiring 📣
Join the Vaghi Lab @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social!
We're seeking a postdoctoral researcher with strong fMRI expertise to lead the development of neurocognitive paradigms and use dense-sampling fMRI in the general population and in OCD patients. 🧠 (1/3)
cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/post...
Join the Vaghi Lab @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social!
We're seeking a postdoctoral researcher with strong fMRI expertise to lead the development of neurocognitive paradigms and use dense-sampling fMRI in the general population and in OCD patients. 🧠 (1/3)
cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/post...
Reposted by Alisa Loosen
Today is the last day to vote for CaCTüS 🌵as one of the most inspiring and successful concepts for the Impact of Diversity Award 🏳️🌈. Help us show what real change in living diversity in the sciences 🔬⚛️ looks like! Cast your vote for CaCTüS now!
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April 4, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Today is the last day to vote for CaCTüS 🌵as one of the most inspiring and successful concepts for the Impact of Diversity Award 🏳️🌈. Help us show what real change in living diversity in the sciences 🔬⚛️ looks like! Cast your vote for CaCTüS now!
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🚨 @markkho.bsky.social & I are hiring a joint postdoc interested in computational models of social interaction & computational psychiatry
💻 Ideal candidates have experience w/ multi-player web-based experiments & computational modeling
📅 Review begins April 18, 2025
🔗 apply.interfolio.com/165809
💻 Ideal candidates have experience w/ multi-player web-based experiments & computational modeling
📅 Review begins April 18, 2025
🔗 apply.interfolio.com/165809
April 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
🚨 @markkho.bsky.social & I are hiring a joint postdoc interested in computational models of social interaction & computational psychiatry
💻 Ideal candidates have experience w/ multi-player web-based experiments & computational modeling
📅 Review begins April 18, 2025
🔗 apply.interfolio.com/165809
💻 Ideal candidates have experience w/ multi-player web-based experiments & computational modeling
📅 Review begins April 18, 2025
🔗 apply.interfolio.com/165809
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🤔 Interested in models of social interaction and computational psychiatry?
🤗 If so, @shawnrhoadsphd.bsky.social and I are seeking a highly motivated and talented postdoc to work on these topics!
Please share widely!
apply.interfolio.com/165809
🤗 If so, @shawnrhoadsphd.bsky.social and I are seeking a highly motivated and talented postdoc to work on these topics!
Please share widely!
apply.interfolio.com/165809
April 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
🤔 Interested in models of social interaction and computational psychiatry?
🤗 If so, @shawnrhoadsphd.bsky.social and I are seeking a highly motivated and talented postdoc to work on these topics!
Please share widely!
apply.interfolio.com/165809
🤗 If so, @shawnrhoadsphd.bsky.social and I are seeking a highly motivated and talented postdoc to work on these topics!
Please share widely!
apply.interfolio.com/165809
Reposted by Alisa Loosen
why is that effortful task SO unappealing today?
v happy to share a BIG effort from my PhD!
Real-world fluctuations in motivation drive effort-based choices
https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/w3x7d
with incredible co-authors Dr Agnes Norbury, Prof Quentin Huys & @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social
v happy to share a BIG effort from my PhD!
Real-world fluctuations in motivation drive effort-based choices
https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/w3x7d
with incredible co-authors Dr Agnes Norbury, Prof Quentin Huys & @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social
August 13, 2024 at 10:37 AM
why is that effortful task SO unappealing today?
v happy to share a BIG effort from my PhD!
Real-world fluctuations in motivation drive effort-based choices
https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/w3x7d
with incredible co-authors Dr Agnes Norbury, Prof Quentin Huys & @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social
v happy to share a BIG effort from my PhD!
Real-world fluctuations in motivation drive effort-based choices
https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/w3x7d
with incredible co-authors Dr Agnes Norbury, Prof Quentin Huys & @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social
1/4: New paper alert! Our paper investigating the psychometric properties of the predictive-inference task, a key paradigm for studying how we adapt to sudden environmental changes, is now out! w/ @seowxft.bsky.social @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
Consistency within change: Evaluating the psychometric properties of a widely used predictive-inference task - Behavior Research Methods
Rapid adaptation to sudden changes in the environment is a hallmark of flexible human behaviour. Many computational, neuroimaging, and even clinical investigations studying this cognitive process have...
link.springer.com
June 7, 2024 at 3:22 PM
1/4: New paper alert! Our paper investigating the psychometric properties of the predictive-inference task, a key paradigm for studying how we adapt to sudden environmental changes, is now out! w/ @seowxft.bsky.social @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
Join us for the official launch of our "OCD and the Brain" website on January 27th at 10am EST/ 3pm GMT 💻 via www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN1s...
Very excited to unveil the results of our nearly two-year-long co-production!
Very excited to unveil the results of our nearly two-year-long co-production!
January 26, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Join us for the official launch of our "OCD and the Brain" website on January 27th at 10am EST/ 3pm GMT 💻 via www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN1s...
Very excited to unveil the results of our nearly two-year-long co-production!
Very excited to unveil the results of our nearly two-year-long co-production!
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🚨 Job Alert 🚨
Developmental Computational Psychiatry lab is hiring!
We are looking for postdocs in CBT, neuroimaging, developmental psychology, and a lab manager.
We offer: brand new MRI, great coffee, wonderful place w nature
Interested? Email me!
Details: devcompsy.org/join-the-lab/
#neuroscience
Developmental Computational Psychiatry lab is hiring!
We are looking for postdocs in CBT, neuroimaging, developmental psychology, and a lab manager.
We offer: brand new MRI, great coffee, wonderful place w nature
Interested? Email me!
Details: devcompsy.org/join-the-lab/
#neuroscience
January 19, 2024 at 1:23 PM
🚨 Job Alert 🚨
Developmental Computational Psychiatry lab is hiring!
We are looking for postdocs in CBT, neuroimaging, developmental psychology, and a lab manager.
We offer: brand new MRI, great coffee, wonderful place w nature
Interested? Email me!
Details: devcompsy.org/join-the-lab/
#neuroscience
Developmental Computational Psychiatry lab is hiring!
We are looking for postdocs in CBT, neuroimaging, developmental psychology, and a lab manager.
We offer: brand new MRI, great coffee, wonderful place w nature
Interested? Email me!
Details: devcompsy.org/join-the-lab/
#neuroscience
Reposted by Alisa Loosen
Anxiety researchers - has anyone tried to recruit hypo-anxious population? (people with very low anxiety)
If so, what were your selection criteria? Is there a specific diagnostic tool for this?
If so, what were your selection criteria? Is there a specific diagnostic tool for this?
December 12, 2023 at 7:50 PM
Anxiety researchers - has anyone tried to recruit hypo-anxious population? (people with very low anxiety)
If so, what were your selection criteria? Is there a specific diagnostic tool for this?
If so, what were your selection criteria? Is there a specific diagnostic tool for this?
Having spent my MSc and PhD years at the Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging at UCL, I am thrilled to return and conclude the year by presenting my work on OCD at the Brain Meeting this Friday!
December 11, 2023 at 4:13 PM
Having spent my MSc and PhD years at the Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging at UCL, I am thrilled to return and conclude the year by presenting my work on OCD at the Brain Meeting this Friday!