Ari Kahn
@arikahn.bsky.social
Postdoc at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute.
Planning in complex environments, RL and network science.
https://www.aekahn.com
Planning in complex environments, RL and network science.
https://www.aekahn.com
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Ari Kahn
@arikahn.bsky.social
· Jun 5
I'm thrilled to announce that I will start as an Assistant Professor in Psychology & Cognitive Science at the University of Arizona in Jan 2026! My lab will investigate human planning and decision making through a combination of computational models, behavior, and fMRI (1/2)
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New paper out in cognition with @arikahn.bsky.social, @nathanieldaw.bsky.social, Cate Hartley, and @katenuss.bsky.social !!
We show that children 👶 use predictive representations (e.g. SR) to guide their choices, providing an account of how they can make flexible choices in a changing world
We show that children 👶 use predictive representations (e.g. SR) to guide their choices, providing an account of how they can make flexible choices in a changing world
Children leverage predictive representations for flexible, value-guided choice
By harnessing a mental model of how the world works, learners can make flexible choices in changing environments. However, while children and adolesce…
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October 15, 2025 at 10:52 AM
New paper out in cognition with @arikahn.bsky.social, @nathanieldaw.bsky.social, Cate Hartley, and @katenuss.bsky.social !!
We show that children 👶 use predictive representations (e.g. SR) to guide their choices, providing an account of how they can make flexible choices in a changing world
We show that children 👶 use predictive representations (e.g. SR) to guide their choices, providing an account of how they can make flexible choices in a changing world
Excited to see everyone at #RLDM2025!
I’ll be presenting a poster “Trial-by-trial landing of successor representations in human behavior” on Friday (Poster session 3, #52), work with @nathanieldaw.bsky.social and @danisbassett.bsky.social
I’ll be presenting a poster “Trial-by-trial landing of successor representations in human behavior” on Friday (Poster session 3, #52), work with @nathanieldaw.bsky.social and @danisbassett.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Excited to see everyone at #RLDM2025!
I’ll be presenting a poster “Trial-by-trial landing of successor representations in human behavior” on Friday (Poster session 3, #52), work with @nathanieldaw.bsky.social and @danisbassett.bsky.social
I’ll be presenting a poster “Trial-by-trial landing of successor representations in human behavior” on Friday (Poster session 3, #52), work with @nathanieldaw.bsky.social and @danisbassett.bsky.social
Reposted by Ari Kahn
Thrilled to share the new paper from the lab out today in
@nathumbehav.nature.com, led by the great @jetrach.bsky.social!
"Mental graphs structure the storage and retrieval of visuomotor associations"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@nathumbehav.nature.com, led by the great @jetrach.bsky.social!
"Mental graphs structure the storage and retrieval of visuomotor associations"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Mental graphs structure the storage and retrieval of visuomotor associations - Nature Human Behaviour
Trach and McDougle show that motor responses can form part of structured, graph-like memory representations.
www.nature.com
June 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Thrilled to share the new paper from the lab out today in
@nathumbehav.nature.com, led by the great @jetrach.bsky.social!
"Mental graphs structure the storage and retrieval of visuomotor associations"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@nathumbehav.nature.com, led by the great @jetrach.bsky.social!
"Mental graphs structure the storage and retrieval of visuomotor associations"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I'm thrilled to announce that I will start as an Assistant Professor in Psychology & Cognitive Science at the University of Arizona in Jan 2026! My lab will investigate human planning and decision making through a combination of computational models, behavior, and fMRI (1/2)
June 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I'm thrilled to announce that I will start as an Assistant Professor in Psychology & Cognitive Science at the University of Arizona in Jan 2026! My lab will investigate human planning and decision making through a combination of computational models, behavior, and fMRI (1/2)
Reposted by Ari Kahn
New preprint 📝 - another fun collaboration with @arikahn.bsky.social, @licezhang.bsky.social, @nathanieldaw.bsky.social, @hartleylabnyu.bsky.social
We ask: Why do children and adults often derive different representations of their environments from the same experiences? 🧠👶🔎
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We ask: Why do children and adults often derive different representations of their environments from the same experiences? 🧠👶🔎
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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March 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
New preprint 📝 - another fun collaboration with @arikahn.bsky.social, @licezhang.bsky.social, @nathanieldaw.bsky.social, @hartleylabnyu.bsky.social
We ask: Why do children and adults often derive different representations of their environments from the same experiences? 🧠👶🔎
osf.io/preprints/ps...
We ask: Why do children and adults often derive different representations of their environments from the same experiences? 🧠👶🔎
osf.io/preprints/ps...