Clara E. Haeffner
@cehaeffner.bsky.social
Yale PhD student & NSF GRFP Fellow. Previously UW-Madison grad and NIMH postbac. Interested in affect and decisions.
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@xphilosopher.bsky.social and I tried to study what beliefs do (or at least, what people think they do).
Across hundreds of participant generated beliefs and first/third party ratings, we found they express identity and/or represent facts, in the pattern described in this post.
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Across hundreds of participant generated beliefs and first/third party ratings, we found they express identity and/or represent facts, in the pattern described in this post.
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Maybe there are two distinct kinds of belief: they either represent facts (It's rainy) or express identity (My son is the best). We find instead that many beliefs simultaneously represent facts and express identity (but few beliefs do neither).
December 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
@xphilosopher.bsky.social and I tried to study what beliefs do (or at least, what people think they do).
Across hundreds of participant generated beliefs and first/third party ratings, we found they express identity and/or represent facts, in the pattern described in this post.
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Across hundreds of participant generated beliefs and first/third party ratings, we found they express identity and/or represent facts, in the pattern described in this post.
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Reposted by Clara E. Haeffner
Preprint alert 🚨! Excited to share our new work on metacognition in value-based decision-making. www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/.... We ask whether it is possible to derive a computational measure of metacognitive ability for economic preference choices.
Computational characterization of metacognitive ability in subjective decision-making
Metacognition is the process of reflecting on and controlling one's own thoughts and behaviors. Metacognitive ability is often measured through modeling the relationship between confidence reports and...
www.biorxiv.org
May 29, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Preprint alert 🚨! Excited to share our new work on metacognition in value-based decision-making. www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/.... We ask whether it is possible to derive a computational measure of metacognitive ability for economic preference choices.
Reposted by Clara E. Haeffner
New preprint alert🚨
We often rely on 0-10 scales to assess suicide urges in EMA and clinical settings. But we rarely ask a surprisingly important question:
What do these numbers mean?
In our new paper, we examine what these ratings mean and how consistently people use them.
More info ⬇️
We often rely on 0-10 scales to assess suicide urges in EMA and clinical settings. But we rarely ask a surprisingly important question:
What do these numbers mean?
In our new paper, we examine what these ratings mean and how consistently people use them.
More info ⬇️
Examining the Content and Consistency of Suicidal Thoughts using Large Language Models: https://osf.io/8jx4u
December 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
New preprint alert🚨
We often rely on 0-10 scales to assess suicide urges in EMA and clinical settings. But we rarely ask a surprisingly important question:
What do these numbers mean?
In our new paper, we examine what these ratings mean and how consistently people use them.
More info ⬇️
We often rely on 0-10 scales to assess suicide urges in EMA and clinical settings. But we rarely ask a surprisingly important question:
What do these numbers mean?
In our new paper, we examine what these ratings mean and how consistently people use them.
More info ⬇️
Reposted by Clara E. Haeffner
New preprint alert! (1/5)🌟
I’m thrilled to share the preprint of my first first-authored PhD paper! We test whether shared reinforcement functions help explain why adolescents who engage in one self-destructive behavior often engage in others.
Summary⬇
osf.io/preprints/ps...
I’m thrilled to share the preprint of my first first-authored PhD paper! We test whether shared reinforcement functions help explain why adolescents who engage in one self-destructive behavior often engage in others.
Summary⬇
osf.io/preprints/ps...
December 1, 2025 at 4:16 AM
New preprint alert! (1/5)🌟
I’m thrilled to share the preprint of my first first-authored PhD paper! We test whether shared reinforcement functions help explain why adolescents who engage in one self-destructive behavior often engage in others.
Summary⬇
osf.io/preprints/ps...
I’m thrilled to share the preprint of my first first-authored PhD paper! We test whether shared reinforcement functions help explain why adolescents who engage in one self-destructive behavior often engage in others.
Summary⬇
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Reposted by Clara E. Haeffner
🔥🔥SAVE THE DATE!!🔥🔥
Join us at Yale for the 2026 Computational Psychiatry Conference July 14-16, 2026 www.cpconf.org
@xiaosigu.bsky.social @yiplab.bsky.social @shirleybwang.bsky.social @alpowers7.bsky.social
See you in New Haven!
Join us at Yale for the 2026 Computational Psychiatry Conference July 14-16, 2026 www.cpconf.org
@xiaosigu.bsky.social @yiplab.bsky.social @shirleybwang.bsky.social @alpowers7.bsky.social
See you in New Haven!
Computational Psychiatry Conference
New Haven, USA (July 14-16, 2026)
www.cpconf.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
🔥🔥SAVE THE DATE!!🔥🔥
Join us at Yale for the 2026 Computational Psychiatry Conference July 14-16, 2026 www.cpconf.org
@xiaosigu.bsky.social @yiplab.bsky.social @shirleybwang.bsky.social @alpowers7.bsky.social
See you in New Haven!
Join us at Yale for the 2026 Computational Psychiatry Conference July 14-16, 2026 www.cpconf.org
@xiaosigu.bsky.social @yiplab.bsky.social @shirleybwang.bsky.social @alpowers7.bsky.social
See you in New Haven!
Reposted by Clara E. Haeffner
This year, we're organizing travel and caregiver awards to help make CCN 2025 more accessible for those who might otherwise find it difficult to attend. If this kind of support would make a difference for you—or someone you know—we’d love for you to apply or pass the word along 🙌
Joining us for CCN2025 in Amsterdam? Early registration discount is still available until the 23rd May!
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Need financial support? We got travel awards & caregiver grants available:
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Need financial support? We got travel awards & caregiver grants available:
2025.ccneuro.org/travel-awards/
2025.ccneuro.org/caregiver-aw...
Meeting Registration
2025.ccneuro.org
May 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
This year, we're organizing travel and caregiver awards to help make CCN 2025 more accessible for those who might otherwise find it difficult to attend. If this kind of support would make a difference for you—or someone you know—we’d love for you to apply or pass the word along 🙌
I am also extremely grateful for my mentors at NIH (thank you @silvialogu.bsky.social !), UW-Madison, colleagues, and friends who have provided invaluable support during this process.
April 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I am also extremely grateful for my mentors at NIH (thank you @silvialogu.bsky.social !), UW-Madison, colleagues, and friends who have provided invaluable support during this process.
I’m beyond excited to share that I’ll be starting my PhD in Cognitive Psychology at Yale this fall with support from the NSF GRFP! I feel deeply grateful to be joining this community and to work with @robbrutledge.bsky.social and the Rutledge lab!
April 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I’m beyond excited to share that I’ll be starting my PhD in Cognitive Psychology at Yale this fall with support from the NSF GRFP! I feel deeply grateful to be joining this community and to work with @robbrutledge.bsky.social and the Rutledge lab!
Reposted by Clara E. Haeffner
Recruitment of postbacs & postdocs in the NIH IRP has resumed. I have no additional info beyond what is publicly stated on the website. www.training.nih.gov/research-tra...
April 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Recruitment of postbacs & postdocs in the NIH IRP has resumed. I have no additional info beyond what is publicly stated on the website. www.training.nih.gov/research-tra...
Reposted by Clara E. Haeffner
I am SO excited to share my latest #preprint with
@robbrutledge.bsky.social, Chongyu Qin, Zeb Kurth-Nelson, Martin Chadwick, @summerfieldlab.bsky.social, and others from DeepMind:
"Increasing happiness through conversations with artificial intelligence"
arxiv.org/abs/2504.02091
A short 🧵
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@robbrutledge.bsky.social, Chongyu Qin, Zeb Kurth-Nelson, Martin Chadwick, @summerfieldlab.bsky.social, and others from DeepMind:
"Increasing happiness through conversations with artificial intelligence"
arxiv.org/abs/2504.02091
A short 🧵
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Increasing happiness through conversations with artificial intelligence
Chatbots powered by artificial intelligence (AI) have rapidly become a significant part of everyday life, with over a quarter of American adults using them multiple times per week. While these tools o...
arxiv.org
April 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I am SO excited to share my latest #preprint with
@robbrutledge.bsky.social, Chongyu Qin, Zeb Kurth-Nelson, Martin Chadwick, @summerfieldlab.bsky.social, and others from DeepMind:
"Increasing happiness through conversations with artificial intelligence"
arxiv.org/abs/2504.02091
A short 🧵
1/7
@robbrutledge.bsky.social, Chongyu Qin, Zeb Kurth-Nelson, Martin Chadwick, @summerfieldlab.bsky.social, and others from DeepMind:
"Increasing happiness through conversations with artificial intelligence"
arxiv.org/abs/2504.02091
A short 🧵
1/7
I’m at SAS! Come check out my poster during tomorrow’s session if you want to hear about my undergrad thesis work!
March 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I’m at SAS! Come check out my poster during tomorrow’s session if you want to hear about my undergrad thesis work!