Debbie Yee
@debyee.bsky.social
computational affective motivational (neuro)psychiatry. interested in serotonin, stress, & decision-making. K99 Fellow at Brown. https://debyeeneuro.com she/her.
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Debbie Yee
@debyee.bsky.social
· Jun 11
For the past couple of years I met weekly with 3 amazing younger scientists @lilweb.bsky.social @debyee.bsky.social @rikepetzschner.bsky.social to share ideas and teach each other. No agenda. It was often the favorite part of my week. Then we started writing. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The interoceptive origin of reinforcement learning
Rewards play a crucial role in sculpting all motivated behavior. Traditionally, research on reinforcement learning has centered on how rewards guide l…
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It has been an absolute joy to learn from and engage with the brilliant @lilweb.bsky.social @rikepetzschner.bsky.social @danasmall.bsky.social. I am so proud of our collaboration on the future of #interoception and #RL. May you find as much inspiration in reading this paper as we did in writing it.
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Job Alert! 🚨
We are seeking a clinical coordinator for the Rutgers-Princeton Center for Computational Cognitive Neuroscience. >>
We are seeking a clinical coordinator for the Rutgers-Princeton Center for Computational Cognitive Neuroscience. >>
October 31, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Job Alert! 🚨
We are seeking a clinical coordinator for the Rutgers-Princeton Center for Computational Cognitive Neuroscience. >>
We are seeking a clinical coordinator for the Rutgers-Princeton Center for Computational Cognitive Neuroscience. >>
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Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity
We are looking for excellent MD Psychiatrist applicants to work & train at the CPCR at Johns Hopkins
@jhpsychedelics.bsky.social, the largest and most comprehensive psychedelic research program in the world.
Email Dr. Sandeep Nayak smn@jhmi.edu
We are looking for excellent MD Psychiatrist applicants to work & train at the CPCR at Johns Hopkins
@jhpsychedelics.bsky.social, the largest and most comprehensive psychedelic research program in the world.
Email Dr. Sandeep Nayak smn@jhmi.edu
October 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity
We are looking for excellent MD Psychiatrist applicants to work & train at the CPCR at Johns Hopkins
@jhpsychedelics.bsky.social, the largest and most comprehensive psychedelic research program in the world.
Email Dr. Sandeep Nayak smn@jhmi.edu
We are looking for excellent MD Psychiatrist applicants to work & train at the CPCR at Johns Hopkins
@jhpsychedelics.bsky.social, the largest and most comprehensive psychedelic research program in the world.
Email Dr. Sandeep Nayak smn@jhmi.edu
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I am recruiting a postdoc for a new NIMH-funded R01 using neural and behavioral models to understand anxious avoidance. Please share with anyone who may be interested!
Link: faculty-emory.icims.com/jobs/155929/...
Link: faculty-emory.icims.com/jobs/155929/...
October 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I am recruiting a postdoc for a new NIMH-funded R01 using neural and behavioral models to understand anxious avoidance. Please share with anyone who may be interested!
Link: faculty-emory.icims.com/jobs/155929/...
Link: faculty-emory.icims.com/jobs/155929/...
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Looking for a PhD? Interested in cognitive computational neuroscience, motivation and decision-making? See our project listed in the BBSRC MIBTP competition for funding for a 4-year PhD in the @msnlab.bsky.social in the @thechbh.bsky.social. Deadline 27/11. More info: tinyurl.com/5d5vz8m7
The computational and neural dynamics of human motivation and cognitive control at University of Birmingham on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - The computational and neural dynamics of human motivation and cognitive control at University of Birmingham, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Looking for a PhD? Interested in cognitive computational neuroscience, motivation and decision-making? See our project listed in the BBSRC MIBTP competition for funding for a 4-year PhD in the @msnlab.bsky.social in the @thechbh.bsky.social. Deadline 27/11. More info: tinyurl.com/5d5vz8m7
Thrilled to share our new preprint highlighting distinct neurocomputational mechanisms underlying how reward and punishment determine adaptive cognitive control - a massive fMRI study and collaborative team effort with the @shenhavlab.bsky.social 🧠
Link here:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Link here:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Neurocomputational mechanisms underlying the distinct motivational influences of reward and punishment on cognitive control
Human motivation is fundamentally shaped by one's expectations of the reward they could earn for good performance or the punishment they would avoid for poor performance. However, the extent to which ...
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October 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Thrilled to share our new preprint highlighting distinct neurocomputational mechanisms underlying how reward and punishment determine adaptive cognitive control - a massive fMRI study and collaborative team effort with the @shenhavlab.bsky.social 🧠
Link here:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Link here:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Today in Nature Machine Intelligence, Kazuki Irie & I discuss 4 classic challenges for neural nets — systematic generalization, catastrophic forgetting, few-shot learning, & reasoning. We argue there is a unifying fix: the right incentives & practice. rdcu.be/eLRmg
October 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Today in Nature Machine Intelligence, Kazuki Irie & I discuss 4 classic challenges for neural nets — systematic generalization, catastrophic forgetting, few-shot learning, & reasoning. We argue there is a unifying fix: the right incentives & practice. rdcu.be/eLRmg
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A new NYT as-told-to series, "Lost Science," documents the work of researchers who have lost their jobs or funding after cuts by the Trump administration. Share your story with us!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.
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October 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A new NYT as-told-to series, "Lost Science," documents the work of researchers who have lost their jobs or funding after cuts by the Trump administration. Share your story with us!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
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I'm recruiting a PhD student to study how enkephalins affect cognitive processing in the rodent frontal cortex. The project uses pharmacology, multi-electrode recordings, and fiber photometry, and is funded by NIDA. Please share with trainees applying this cycle. Thanks!
October 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I'm recruiting a PhD student to study how enkephalins affect cognitive processing in the rodent frontal cortex. The project uses pharmacology, multi-electrode recordings, and fiber photometry, and is funded by NIDA. Please share with trainees applying this cycle. Thanks!
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In our new paper 📖🔥, we conducted a pooled analysis (n=443; 5 studies) to test if state affect (momentary mood) or trait dispositions (approach/avoidance) predict cortisol reactivity beyond biological & contextual factors. (1/4)
#neuroscience #Neuroskyence #cogpsyc #AffectSci #psychscisky
#neuroscience #Neuroskyence #cogpsyc #AffectSci #psychscisky
Unpacking cortisol stress reactivity: Associations with psychological state and trait data in a pooled data sample
Prior research suggests that cortisol responses to acute stress induction paradigms (i.e., “cortisol stress reactivity”) likely arise from complex int…
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September 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
In our new paper 📖🔥, we conducted a pooled analysis (n=443; 5 studies) to test if state affect (momentary mood) or trait dispositions (approach/avoidance) predict cortisol reactivity beyond biological & contextual factors. (1/4)
#neuroscience #Neuroskyence #cogpsyc #AffectSci #psychscisky
#neuroscience #Neuroskyence #cogpsyc #AffectSci #psychscisky
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I'm happy to now be able to share a talk I gave at TEDx New England last Fall!
The talk is about our lab's work on what makes decisions costly, and how to make them less so.
I discuss lessons for all kinds of decisions, including getting people to vote.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeHg...
The talk is about our lab's work on what makes decisions costly, and how to make them less so.
I discuss lessons for all kinds of decisions, including getting people to vote.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeHg...
How to make a choice when the options suck | Amitai Shenhav | TEDxNewEngland
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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September 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I'm happy to now be able to share a talk I gave at TEDx New England last Fall!
The talk is about our lab's work on what makes decisions costly, and how to make them less so.
I discuss lessons for all kinds of decisions, including getting people to vote.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeHg...
The talk is about our lab's work on what makes decisions costly, and how to make them less so.
I discuss lessons for all kinds of decisions, including getting people to vote.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeHg...
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🌟 Excited to share that I'm recruiting PhD students in Psychology for my new lab at Rice University this cycle (Signal boost appreciated!)
To learn more, check out the Learning & Behavior Change Lab website:
www.sinclairlab-rice.com
Applications are due Dec 1st: psychology.rice.edu/graduate/pro...
To learn more, check out the Learning & Behavior Change Lab website:
www.sinclairlab-rice.com
Applications are due Dec 1st: psychology.rice.edu/graduate/pro...
Sinclair Lab
The Learning & Behavior Change Lab at Rice University, directed by Dr. Sinclair
www.sinclairlab-rice.com
September 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
🌟 Excited to share that I'm recruiting PhD students in Psychology for my new lab at Rice University this cycle (Signal boost appreciated!)
To learn more, check out the Learning & Behavior Change Lab website:
www.sinclairlab-rice.com
Applications are due Dec 1st: psychology.rice.edu/graduate/pro...
To learn more, check out the Learning & Behavior Change Lab website:
www.sinclairlab-rice.com
Applications are due Dec 1st: psychology.rice.edu/graduate/pro...
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🧠 We're hiring a computational postdoc!
3+ years with me & @mitulamehta.bsky.social on @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded social cognition/paranoia research at the IoPPN.
Lead & develop computational work, collaborate with experimentalists on psychosis/THC data.
DM for details! lnkd.in/eCMy9Jf5
3+ years with me & @mitulamehta.bsky.social on @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded social cognition/paranoia research at the IoPPN.
Lead & develop computational work, collaborate with experimentalists on psychosis/THC data.
DM for details! lnkd.in/eCMy9Jf5
September 3, 2025 at 7:13 AM
🧠 We're hiring a computational postdoc!
3+ years with me & @mitulamehta.bsky.social on @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded social cognition/paranoia research at the IoPPN.
Lead & develop computational work, collaborate with experimentalists on psychosis/THC data.
DM for details! lnkd.in/eCMy9Jf5
3+ years with me & @mitulamehta.bsky.social on @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded social cognition/paranoia research at the IoPPN.
Lead & develop computational work, collaborate with experimentalists on psychosis/THC data.
DM for details! lnkd.in/eCMy9Jf5
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📢 We're hiring a Research Assistant in cognitive neuroscience & computational psychiatry! 📢
Join us at UCL to conduct an MEG study of reward & memory, exploring how brain signals link to variability in apathy and anhedonia.
🔗 apply from next week: lmdlab.github.io
🚨closes September 12th!
Join us at UCL to conduct an MEG study of reward & memory, exploring how brain signals link to variability in apathy and anhedonia.
🔗 apply from next week: lmdlab.github.io
🚨closes September 12th!
August 28, 2025 at 8:05 AM
📢 We're hiring a Research Assistant in cognitive neuroscience & computational psychiatry! 📢
Join us at UCL to conduct an MEG study of reward & memory, exploring how brain signals link to variability in apathy and anhedonia.
🔗 apply from next week: lmdlab.github.io
🚨closes September 12th!
Join us at UCL to conduct an MEG study of reward & memory, exploring how brain signals link to variability in apathy and anhedonia.
🔗 apply from next week: lmdlab.github.io
🚨closes September 12th!
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After scrolling Twitter, it will take you a while to get back into “work mode”. Why is this the case? Our new work (out now in Psych Review), led by Ivan Grahek and Xiamin Leng, explores the costs of adjusting cognitive control to meet different goals:
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
🧵 A thread:
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
🧵 A thread:
APA PsycNet
psycnet.apa.org
August 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
After scrolling Twitter, it will take you a while to get back into “work mode”. Why is this the case? Our new work (out now in Psych Review), led by Ivan Grahek and Xiamin Leng, explores the costs of adjusting cognitive control to meet different goals:
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
🧵 A thread:
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
🧵 A thread:
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New preprint just dropped, (working) title: "Blunted Reward Prediction Error Encoding Drives Diminished Motivation to Explore in Apathy Associated With Traumatic Brain Injury"
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Blunted Reward Prediction Error Encoding Drives Diminished Motivation to Explore in Apathy Associated With Traumatic Brain Injury
Clinical apathy might result from either a diminished willingness to exert effort for known rewards or from reduced motivation to explore potentially beneficial future opportunities. To identify the u...
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August 27, 2025 at 12:37 AM
New preprint just dropped, (working) title: "Blunted Reward Prediction Error Encoding Drives Diminished Motivation to Explore in Apathy Associated With Traumatic Brain Injury"
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Where do some of Reinforcement Learning's great thinkers stand today?
Find out! Keynotes of the RL Conference are online:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Wanting vs liking, Agent factories, Theoretical limit of LLMs, Pluralist value, RL teachers, Knowledge flywheels
(guess who talked about which!)
Find out! Keynotes of the RL Conference are online:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Wanting vs liking, Agent factories, Theoretical limit of LLMs, Pluralist value, RL teachers, Knowledge flywheels
(guess who talked about which!)
August 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Where do some of Reinforcement Learning's great thinkers stand today?
Find out! Keynotes of the RL Conference are online:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Wanting vs liking, Agent factories, Theoretical limit of LLMs, Pluralist value, RL teachers, Knowledge flywheels
(guess who talked about which!)
Find out! Keynotes of the RL Conference are online:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Wanting vs liking, Agent factories, Theoretical limit of LLMs, Pluralist value, RL teachers, Knowledge flywheels
(guess who talked about which!)
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Brandeis is hiring for this unique interdisciplinary 2-year postdoc/lecturer position in AI and Society. 1 course/semester + collaborative research and mentoring. Great prep for TT positions! Deadline 10/1. Details in the ad. #PsychJobs #HigherEdJobs
www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...
www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...
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August 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Brandeis is hiring for this unique interdisciplinary 2-year postdoc/lecturer position in AI and Society. 1 course/semester + collaborative research and mentoring. Great prep for TT positions! Deadline 10/1. Details in the ad. #PsychJobs #HigherEdJobs
www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...
www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...
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In other news, I am now a ✨ COXI ✨ (cognitive scientist in Osnabrück, Germany)
www.uni-osnabrueck.de/en/campus-li...
I'll be looking for PhD students & postdocs later this year, so watch this space if combining cognitive modelling, EEG & tFUS to study flexible cognition sounds exciting to you 🚀
www.uni-osnabrueck.de/en/campus-li...
I'll be looking for PhD students & postdocs later this year, so watch this space if combining cognitive modelling, EEG & tFUS to study flexible cognition sounds exciting to you 🚀
New at the university: Prof. Weber!
Osnabrück University welcomes Prof. Dr. Lilian Weber! Since August 15, she has held the professorship "Cognitive Modeling" at the School of Human Sciences. A warm welcome!
www.uni-osnabrueck.de
August 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
In other news, I am now a ✨ COXI ✨ (cognitive scientist in Osnabrück, Germany)
www.uni-osnabrueck.de/en/campus-li...
I'll be looking for PhD students & postdocs later this year, so watch this space if combining cognitive modelling, EEG & tFUS to study flexible cognition sounds exciting to you 🚀
www.uni-osnabrueck.de/en/campus-li...
I'll be looking for PhD students & postdocs later this year, so watch this space if combining cognitive modelling, EEG & tFUS to study flexible cognition sounds exciting to you 🚀
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ATTN🚨: I will be looking for PhD students through NYU's Center for Data Science PhD program this year. Applicants should have an interest in either NeuroAI (specifically biological attention or AI interpretability) or ML for Remote Sensing. Visit my lab website for more info: lindsay-lab.github.io
PhD in Data Science: Admissions Requirements | NYU CDS
Discover the PhD in Data Science requirements at NYU. Learn about deadlines, required degrees, coursework, and application details for Fall 2025 admissions.
cds.nyu.edu
August 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
ATTN🚨: I will be looking for PhD students through NYU's Center for Data Science PhD program this year. Applicants should have an interest in either NeuroAI (specifically biological attention or AI interpretability) or ML for Remote Sensing. Visit my lab website for more info: lindsay-lab.github.io
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I can't quite believe it – I got a new NSF grant! 😲🤯
I'm incredibly grateful to the program officers & reviewers for their dedication and efforts to keep science going 🌟👏🏼
So, I'll be hiring! Looking for a postdoc to study competition in memory-guided attention. See flyer for details! 🎉
I'm incredibly grateful to the program officers & reviewers for their dedication and efforts to keep science going 🌟👏🏼
So, I'll be hiring! Looking for a postdoc to study competition in memory-guided attention. See flyer for details! 🎉
![[Aly Lab Logo: schematic of brain in shades of blue with two cut-out seahorses facing each other]. Postdoctoral Position in the Aly Lab at UC Berkeley. We are recruiting a postdoctoral scholar to work on NSF-funded research examining competition and cooperation in memory-guided attention. The position will be supervised by Dr. Mariam Aly (https://www.alylab.org/) in the Department of Psychology at UC Berkeley. Candidates should have a PhD in Psychology, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, or a related field, and expertise in studies of behavior as well as neuroimaging and/or eye tracking. This is a two-year position with a flexible start date. More details here: https://tinyurl.com/alylabpostdoc](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qyyyb45vdwvzmg5nppheyus3/bafkreiflybsnnzenqx3wk3somkmoo2vkjk3ljmlorujtweunhqucjxzoa4@jpeg)
August 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I can't quite believe it – I got a new NSF grant! 😲🤯
I'm incredibly grateful to the program officers & reviewers for their dedication and efforts to keep science going 🌟👏🏼
So, I'll be hiring! Looking for a postdoc to study competition in memory-guided attention. See flyer for details! 🎉
I'm incredibly grateful to the program officers & reviewers for their dedication and efforts to keep science going 🌟👏🏼
So, I'll be hiring! Looking for a postdoc to study competition in memory-guided attention. See flyer for details! 🎉
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We are super excited to invite you to our
FREE research & networking event
@ Sep 30 (11AM EDT, on ZOOM)
on the intersections of aging, technology, and decision research
with Dr. Wally Boot & Dr. Kaileigh Byrne :
geron.org/News-Events/...
(@geronsociety.bsky.social)
FREE research & networking event
@ Sep 30 (11AM EDT, on ZOOM)
on the intersections of aging, technology, and decision research
with Dr. Wally Boot & Dr. Kaileigh Byrne :
geron.org/News-Events/...
(@geronsociety.bsky.social)
August 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We are super excited to invite you to our
FREE research & networking event
@ Sep 30 (11AM EDT, on ZOOM)
on the intersections of aging, technology, and decision research
with Dr. Wally Boot & Dr. Kaileigh Byrne :
geron.org/News-Events/...
(@geronsociety.bsky.social)
FREE research & networking event
@ Sep 30 (11AM EDT, on ZOOM)
on the intersections of aging, technology, and decision research
with Dr. Wally Boot & Dr. Kaileigh Byrne :
geron.org/News-Events/...
(@geronsociety.bsky.social)
See below👇 for one of the most rewarding service positions to make a positive impact in shaping the future of #CCN. Also, working with @eringrant.me is pretty awesome!
I’m recruiting committee members for the Technical Program Committee at #CCN2026.
Please apply if you want to help make submission, review & selection of contributed work (Extended Abstracts & Proceedings) more useful for everyone! 🌐
Helps to have: programming/communications/editorial experience.
Please apply if you want to help make submission, review & selection of contributed work (Extended Abstracts & Proceedings) more useful for everyone! 🌐
Helps to have: programming/communications/editorial experience.
Fill out the form here to be involved in #CCN2026
tinyurl.com/ccn26committee
And definitely fill out the #CCN2025 feedback form!
tinyurl.com/ccn25partici...
tinyurl.com/ccn26committee
And definitely fill out the #CCN2025 feedback form!
tinyurl.com/ccn25partici...
August 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
See below👇 for one of the most rewarding service positions to make a positive impact in shaping the future of #CCN. Also, working with @eringrant.me is pretty awesome!
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📣 We’re recruiting 1-2 postdocs to the incredible WBHI team to lead projects mapping brain & behav’l changes across major endocrine transitions—from adolesc to pregnancy to menopause. Expertise in MRI & human subjects necc. Please reach out to info@wbhi.ucsb.edu and learn more at wbhi.ucsb.edu 🌊
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August 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
📣 We’re recruiting 1-2 postdocs to the incredible WBHI team to lead projects mapping brain & behav’l changes across major endocrine transitions—from adolesc to pregnancy to menopause. Expertise in MRI & human subjects necc. Please reach out to info@wbhi.ucsb.edu and learn more at wbhi.ucsb.edu 🌊
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Our #CCN2025 GAC debate w/ @gretatuckute.bsky.social, Gemma Roig (www.cvai.cs.uni-frankfurt.de), Jacqueline Gottlieb (gottlieblab.com), Klaus Oberauer, @mschrimpf.bsky.social & @brittawestner.bsky.social asks:
📊 What benchmarks are useful for cognitive science? 💭
2025.ccneuro.org/gac
📊 What benchmarks are useful for cognitive science? 💭
2025.ccneuro.org/gac
August 13, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Our #CCN2025 GAC debate w/ @gretatuckute.bsky.social, Gemma Roig (www.cvai.cs.uni-frankfurt.de), Jacqueline Gottlieb (gottlieblab.com), Klaus Oberauer, @mschrimpf.bsky.social & @brittawestner.bsky.social asks:
📊 What benchmarks are useful for cognitive science? 💭
2025.ccneuro.org/gac
📊 What benchmarks are useful for cognitive science? 💭
2025.ccneuro.org/gac