Adam Sanborn
@asanborn.bsky.social
Professor in Psychology at Warwick in the UK. Interested in computational models of human behaviour/behavior.
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October 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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🎓 Warwick Pathway Scholarships – Autumn 2026 Entry
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October 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
🎓 Warwick Pathway Scholarships – Autumn 2026 Entry
Interested in research in Psychology? Explore funding opportunities now!
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🎓 Warwick China Scholarship Council scholarships – up to 30 for Autumn 2026 Entry
Explore funding opportunities now!
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Course Apps – 8 Dec 2025
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October 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
🎓 Warwick China Scholarship Council scholarships – up to 30 for Autumn 2026 Entry
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Course Apps – 8 Dec 2025
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🎓 Warwick Chancellors Scholarships (international)– Autumn 2026 Entry
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October 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
🎓 Warwick Chancellors Scholarships (international)– Autumn 2026 Entry
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🎓 Warwick Postgrad Scholarships – Autumn 2026 Entry
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October 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
🎓 Warwick Postgrad Scholarships – Autumn 2026 Entry
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Excited about starting a PhD in Psychology? 🎓 Don't miss out on the opportunity to apply for the ESRC Midlands Graduate School DTP Open competition! The deadline is on 13th January 2026. Apply now to fund your academic journey:
ESRC PhD Studentships in the Social Sciences in the Midlands Graduate School at Midlands Graduate School Doctoral Training Partnership
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October 13, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Excited about starting a PhD in Psychology? 🎓 Don't miss out on the opportunity to apply for the ESRC Midlands Graduate School DTP Open competition! The deadline is on 13th January 2026. Apply now to fund your academic journey:
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Prof. Adam Sanborn giving a talk on Bayesian Brain without Probabilities at Aalto
October 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Prof. Adam Sanborn giving a talk on Bayesian Brain without Probabilities at Aalto
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On Friday, @ainiputkonen.bsky.social defended her dissertation on modeling decision-making in naturalistic settings with Prof. Adam Sanborn as the opponent. It has been a joy to watch her grow and emerge as a rigorous and original researcher. Congrats Aini!
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October 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
On Friday, @ainiputkonen.bsky.social defended her dissertation on modeling decision-making in naturalistic settings with Prof. Adam Sanborn as the opponent. It has been a joy to watch her grow and emerge as a rigorous and original researcher. Congrats Aini!
aaltodoc.aalto.fi/items/cf8487...
aaltodoc.aalto.fi/items/cf8487...
We've received funding from the ESRC to investigate if sampling models can explain perceptual and cognitive tasks in the same way.
One of the postdoc positions is advertised: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/D...
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One of the postdoc positions is advertised: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/D...
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Research Fellow (110542-0525) at University of Warwick
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June 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
We've received funding from the ESRC to investigate if sampling models can explain perceptual and cognitive tasks in the same way.
One of the postdoc positions is advertised: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/D...
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One of the postdoc positions is advertised: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/D...
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If you haven't been looking recently at the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science (oecs.mit.edu), here's your reminder that we are a free, open access resource for learning about the science of mind.
Today we are launching our new Thematic Collections to organize our growing set of articles!
Today we are launching our new Thematic Collections to organize our growing set of articles!
May 30, 2025 at 12:18 AM
If you haven't been looking recently at the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science (oecs.mit.edu), here's your reminder that we are a free, open access resource for learning about the science of mind.
Today we are launching our new Thematic Collections to organize our growing set of articles!
Today we are launching our new Thematic Collections to organize our growing set of articles!
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🚀🚀 Very excited about this new preprint with @yunxiao-li.bsky.social and @asanborn.bsky.social!
Months ago we released the samplr package on CRAN (helps you use sampling algorithms + cogn. models for human data). Here we explain the theoretical background and show how to use the pkg
osf.io/ax8hm
Months ago we released the samplr package on CRAN (helps you use sampling algorithms + cogn. models for human data). Here we explain the theoretical background and show how to use the pkg
osf.io/ax8hm
OSF
osf.io
May 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
🚀🚀 Very excited about this new preprint with @yunxiao-li.bsky.social and @asanborn.bsky.social!
Months ago we released the samplr package on CRAN (helps you use sampling algorithms + cogn. models for human data). Here we explain the theoretical background and show how to use the pkg
osf.io/ax8hm
Months ago we released the samplr package on CRAN (helps you use sampling algorithms + cogn. models for human data). Here we explain the theoretical background and show how to use the pkg
osf.io/ax8hm
Our lab has a list of papers that use statistical sampling algorithms like MCMC to explain human behaviour. Thanks to @lcastillo.bsky.social, you can select by behaviour or algorithm.
If we've missed any, please let us know!
sampling.warwick.ac....
If we've missed any, please let us know!
sampling.warwick.ac....
May 16, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Our lab has a list of papers that use statistical sampling algorithms like MCMC to explain human behaviour. Thanks to @lcastillo.bsky.social, you can select by behaviour or algorithm.
If we've missed any, please let us know!
sampling.warwick.ac....
If we've missed any, please let us know!
sampling.warwick.ac....
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A new approach to intertemporal choice.
Delay preference in intertemporal choice: Sooner or later OR faster or slower?
Intertemporal choices are conventionally conceived as decisions about whether to be better off sooner or later. As a reflection of this, most experime…
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May 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A new approach to intertemporal choice.
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Welcome back to Dr. Jake Spicer, who returns to Warwick Psychology to begin his ESRC New Investigator project, "Investigating Sampling Approaches to Decision Making"
April 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Welcome back to Dr. Jake Spicer, who returns to Warwick Psychology to begin his ESRC New Investigator project, "Investigating Sampling Approaches to Decision Making"
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We are recruiting for two 1-year teaching-focussed positions. We welcome applicants in a wide range of areas, with a particular focus on social psychology for one of the posts.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DML866/a...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DML866/a...
Assistant Professor (Teaching Focussed) or Teaching Fellow (110378-0325) - (Two Posts) at University of Warwick
Discover an exciting academic career path as a Assistant Professor (Teaching Focussed) or Teaching Fellow (110378-0325) - (Two Posts) at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply toda...
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March 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
We are recruiting for two 1-year teaching-focussed positions. We welcome applicants in a wide range of areas, with a particular focus on social psychology for one of the posts.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DML866/a...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DML866/a...
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New paper with Tong Liu and Arndt Broeder, just accepted in Cognition. We test novel qualitative predictions from sampling-based models of probability estimation in an event ranking task. Results provide evidence for the idea that mental sampling underlies probability judgements.
Evaluating the Role of Mental Sampling in Probability Judgments: Illogical Rankings Occur in a Predictable Manner: https://osf.io/bfwpe
March 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
New paper with Tong Liu and Arndt Broeder, just accepted in Cognition. We test novel qualitative predictions from sampling-based models of probability estimation in an event ranking task. Results provide evidence for the idea that mental sampling underlies probability judgements.
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Here's a network lesson on #creativity @yoedkenett.bsky.social and I came up: How to be more creative? Get noisy! Try lots of things. It's the old exploration-exploitation trade-off, and good practice when you don't know what to do. DM for a copy of the paper. psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...
APA PsycNet
psycnet.apa.org
January 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Here's a network lesson on #creativity @yoedkenett.bsky.social and I came up: How to be more creative? Get noisy! Try lots of things. It's the old exploration-exploitation trade-off, and good practice when you don't know what to do. DM for a copy of the paper. psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...
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⏳Last chance to apply! Don’t miss out.
🎓 4 PhD Fellowships at Warwick Psychology for 25/26 entry
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLI727/p...
-3 for exciting projects led by Drs Alex Clarke,
@gambichiara.bsky.social & @mmrobinson93.bsky.social
-1 open to applicants with their own choice of supervisor/
proposal.
Closing date: 16 March 2025 at 23:59
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLI727/p...
-3 for exciting projects led by Drs Alex Clarke,
@gambichiara.bsky.social & @mmrobinson93.bsky.social
-1 open to applicants with their own choice of supervisor/
proposal.
Closing date: 16 March 2025 at 23:59
March 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
⏳Last chance to apply! Don’t miss out.
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Very pleased that the special section I've edited with some colleagues (none of them on Bluesky, unfortunately) on Enriching Psychological Research by Exploring the Source and Nature of Noise is now published in PPS! Links to all of the articles in the section below.
doi.org/10.1177/1745...
doi.org/10.1177/1745...
Enriching Psychological Research by Exploring the Source and Nature of Noise - Joakim Sundh, Philip Millroth, August Collsiöö, Peter Juslin, 2025
In psychological research, noise is often considered a nuisance that obscures rather than contributes information. This simplification overlooks that noise can ...
doi.org
March 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Very pleased that the special section I've edited with some colleagues (none of them on Bluesky, unfortunately) on Enriching Psychological Research by Exploring the Source and Nature of Noise is now published in PPS! Links to all of the articles in the section below.
doi.org/10.1177/1745...
doi.org/10.1177/1745...
"Noise in Cognition: Bug or Feature?" is now available in Perspectives on Psychological Science
doi.org/10.1177/1745... (1/4)
doi.org/10.1177/1745... (1/4)
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March 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
"Noise in Cognition: Bug or Feature?" is now available in Perspectives on Psychological Science
doi.org/10.1177/1745... (1/4)
doi.org/10.1177/1745... (1/4)
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🚀 New paper out in Psychological Review!
How does learning change across the lifespan? We propose that resource rationality—adapting belief updating to cognitive limitations—can explain age-related differences in learning.
📖 doi.org/10.1037/rev0...
👇 A short thread:
How does learning change across the lifespan? We propose that resource rationality—adapting belief updating to cognitive limitations—can explain age-related differences in learning.
📖 doi.org/10.1037/rev0...
👇 A short thread:
APA PsycNet
doi.org
February 28, 2025 at 5:37 AM
🚀 New paper out in Psychological Review!
How does learning change across the lifespan? We propose that resource rationality—adapting belief updating to cognitive limitations—can explain age-related differences in learning.
📖 doi.org/10.1037/rev0...
👇 A short thread:
How does learning change across the lifespan? We propose that resource rationality—adapting belief updating to cognitive limitations—can explain age-related differences in learning.
📖 doi.org/10.1037/rev0...
👇 A short thread:
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🚨 A new preprint is out!
How does utility influence mental simulations of risky events? 🤔🎲
We tested this across 4 experiments & found that most people simulate probabilities accurately, but biases emerge in key conditions!
If you want to learn more, keep reading!
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
How does utility influence mental simulations of risky events? 🤔🎲
We tested this across 4 experiments & found that most people simulate probabilities accurately, but biases emerge in key conditions!
If you want to learn more, keep reading!
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
OSF
doi.org
February 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
🚨 A new preprint is out!
How does utility influence mental simulations of risky events? 🤔🎲
We tested this across 4 experiments & found that most people simulate probabilities accurately, but biases emerge in key conditions!
If you want to learn more, keep reading!
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
How does utility influence mental simulations of risky events? 🤔🎲
We tested this across 4 experiments & found that most people simulate probabilities accurately, but biases emerge in key conditions!
If you want to learn more, keep reading!
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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New Preprint Out! 🚀🚀
Can people generate a random sequence if given enough time?
Keep reading if
- You make cognitive models with randomness in them
- You like to explore the world, be creative, choose well
- You want protection from clever agents exploiting patterns in your behavior.
osf.io/awg9j
Can people generate a random sequence if given enough time?
Keep reading if
- You make cognitive models with randomness in them
- You like to explore the world, be creative, choose well
- You want protection from clever agents exploiting patterns in your behavior.
osf.io/awg9j
OSF
osf.io
February 20, 2025 at 11:14 AM
New Preprint Out! 🚀🚀
Can people generate a random sequence if given enough time?
Keep reading if
- You make cognitive models with randomness in them
- You like to explore the world, be creative, choose well
- You want protection from clever agents exploiting patterns in your behavior.
osf.io/awg9j
Can people generate a random sequence if given enough time?
Keep reading if
- You make cognitive models with randomness in them
- You like to explore the world, be creative, choose well
- You want protection from clever agents exploiting patterns in your behavior.
osf.io/awg9j
A short intro to MCMC in Cognitive Science in the excellent OECS
Markov Chain Monte Carlo by Adam N. Sanborn: https://doi.org/10.21428/e2759450.56eb7cff
February 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A short intro to MCMC in Cognitive Science in the excellent OECS