Gerhard Jocham
@gjocham.bsky.social
Cognitive neuroscientist/experimental psychologist @hhu.bsky.social , interested in decision making, learning, and related things.
Great opportunity to work with the amazing @martinhebart.bsky.social !
Please repost! I am looking for a PhD candidate in the area of Computational Cognitive Neuroscience to start in early 2026.
The position is funded as part of the Excellence Cluster "The Adaptive Mind" at @jlugiessen.bsky.social.
Please apply here until Nov 25:
www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...
The position is funded as part of the Excellence Cluster "The Adaptive Mind" at @jlugiessen.bsky.social.
Please apply here until Nov 25:
www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...
November 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Great opportunity to work with the amazing @martinhebart.bsky.social !
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Alle Interessierten sind herzlich eingeladen! 3/3
👉 06.11.25, 19.00 - 20.30 Uhr im Haus der Universität.
Die Veranstaltung findet hybrid statt und kann auch per Livestream verfolgt werden: www.youtube.com/live/9bBu8-w...
Bild: © iStockphoto / hsyncoban
👉 06.11.25, 19.00 - 20.30 Uhr im Haus der Universität.
Die Veranstaltung findet hybrid statt und kann auch per Livestream verfolgt werden: www.youtube.com/live/9bBu8-w...
Bild: © iStockphoto / hsyncoban
HHU - Forschung im Fokus: No Pain, No Gain – Wie Schmerz unser Verhalten und Erleben beeinflusst
YouTube video by HHU
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October 23, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Alle Interessierten sind herzlich eingeladen! 3/3
👉 06.11.25, 19.00 - 20.30 Uhr im Haus der Universität.
Die Veranstaltung findet hybrid statt und kann auch per Livestream verfolgt werden: www.youtube.com/live/9bBu8-w...
Bild: © iStockphoto / hsyncoban
👉 06.11.25, 19.00 - 20.30 Uhr im Haus der Universität.
Die Veranstaltung findet hybrid statt und kann auch per Livestream verfolgt werden: www.youtube.com/live/9bBu8-w...
Bild: © iStockphoto / hsyncoban
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The official 2026 Psychology and Brain meeting website is now online!
Save the date: June 4 – 6, 2026 in Heidelberg, Germany
More information to follow shortly on the website. We already have some awesome keynotes lined up.
pug2026.org
@biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social @igor-dgps.bsky.social
Save the date: June 4 – 6, 2026 in Heidelberg, Germany
More information to follow shortly on the website. We already have some awesome keynotes lined up.
pug2026.org
@biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social @igor-dgps.bsky.social
PUG2026 – PUG 2026: June 4–6, 2026, Heidelberg, Germany
pug2026.org
October 16, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The official 2026 Psychology and Brain meeting website is now online!
Save the date: June 4 – 6, 2026 in Heidelberg, Germany
More information to follow shortly on the website. We already have some awesome keynotes lined up.
pug2026.org
@biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social @igor-dgps.bsky.social
Save the date: June 4 – 6, 2026 in Heidelberg, Germany
More information to follow shortly on the website. We already have some awesome keynotes lined up.
pug2026.org
@biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social @igor-dgps.bsky.social
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Joghurt mit der Ecke. #Müllermilch. Jeder kennt die Produkte. Was viele nicht wissen: Milch-Mogul Theo Müller nennt Alice Weidel ,Freundin’, sympathisiert offen mit der AfD und macht rechte Netzwerke salonfähig.
Und das ist kein Zufall.
Und das ist kein Zufall.
September 29, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Joghurt mit der Ecke. #Müllermilch. Jeder kennt die Produkte. Was viele nicht wissen: Milch-Mogul Theo Müller nennt Alice Weidel ,Freundin’, sympathisiert offen mit der AfD und macht rechte Netzwerke salonfähig.
Und das ist kein Zufall.
Und das ist kein Zufall.
Really cool work from @hhu.de colleagues Martin Papenberg )(psychology) and @guwek.bsky.social (computer science), together with researchers at UCSF and Stanford! 👇
www.hhu.de/en/news-arti...
www.hhu.de/en/news-arti...
Psychology and computer science: Publication in Cell Reports Methods
Avoiding the formation of unwanted clusters of similar elements when dividing data into groups is of great importance for the analysis of medical data. Psychologists and computer scientists from Heinr...
www.hhu.de
August 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Really cool work from @hhu.de colleagues Martin Papenberg )(psychology) and @guwek.bsky.social (computer science), together with researchers at UCSF and Stanford! 👇
www.hhu.de/en/news-arti...
www.hhu.de/en/news-arti...
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An abbreviation (ABB) in a journal article (JA) or Grant Application (GA) is rarely worth the words it saves. Every ABB requires cognitive resources (CR) and at my age by the time I'm halfway through a JA or GA I no longer have the CR to remember what your ABB stood for.
August 15, 2025 at 9:39 AM
An abbreviation (ABB) in a journal article (JA) or Grant Application (GA) is rarely worth the words it saves. Every ABB requires cognitive resources (CR) and at my age by the time I'm halfway through a JA or GA I no longer have the CR to remember what your ABB stood for.
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While our official job ad is on the way, we are seeking PhD students to join @neuromadlab.bsky.social for projects running in Bonn.
The candidate will lead projects on body-brain interactions using brain stimulation to improve core symptoms of depression: www.neuromadlab.org/jobs #neurojobs
The candidate will lead projects on body-brain interactions using brain stimulation to improve core symptoms of depression: www.neuromadlab.org/jobs #neurojobs
August 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
While our official job ad is on the way, we are seeking PhD students to join @neuromadlab.bsky.social for projects running in Bonn.
The candidate will lead projects on body-brain interactions using brain stimulation to improve core symptoms of depression: www.neuromadlab.org/jobs #neurojobs
The candidate will lead projects on body-brain interactions using brain stimulation to improve core symptoms of depression: www.neuromadlab.org/jobs #neurojobs
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📢 Job announcement: Two (!) 3-year postdoc jobs in our lab at UCL 📢
🧠💫🔊 We are looking for postdocs interested in the abstract mechanisms underlying social cognition. Modelling, fMRI and non-invasive ultrasound, a new deep-brain stimulation method.
Please RT
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
🧠💫🔊 We are looking for postdocs interested in the abstract mechanisms underlying social cognition. Modelling, fMRI and non-invasive ultrasound, a new deep-brain stimulation method.
Please RT
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
August 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
📢 Job announcement: Two (!) 3-year postdoc jobs in our lab at UCL 📢
🧠💫🔊 We are looking for postdocs interested in the abstract mechanisms underlying social cognition. Modelling, fMRI and non-invasive ultrasound, a new deep-brain stimulation method.
Please RT
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
🧠💫🔊 We are looking for postdocs interested in the abstract mechanisms underlying social cognition. Modelling, fMRI and non-invasive ultrasound, a new deep-brain stimulation method.
Please RT
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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Job Alert: Our team is looking for someone for a research assistant/manager position for between 6 months and 1 year. Application deadline end of August. Only CV and motivation letter needed.
Our team wesite : sites.google.com/view/ecc-tea... . Please get in touch with me if you are interested.
Our team wesite : sites.google.com/view/ecc-tea... . Please get in touch with me if you are interested.
ECC Team
Team info
The primary aim of our team is understanding of how the human brain implements reward-guided decision making, learning and plans into the future. For this, we focus particularly on the role ...
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August 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Job Alert: Our team is looking for someone for a research assistant/manager position for between 6 months and 1 year. Application deadline end of August. Only CV and motivation letter needed.
Our team wesite : sites.google.com/view/ecc-tea... . Please get in touch with me if you are interested.
Our team wesite : sites.google.com/view/ecc-tea... . Please get in touch with me if you are interested.
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July 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Happy 107th Birthday, Brenda Milner! Her contributions to neuropsychology shaped the way we understand the human brain. From surviving two world wars and two pandemics, to paving the way for future generations of researchers, Milner’s legacy continues. @mcgill.ca @cusm-muhc.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Happy 107th Birthday, Brenda Milner! Her contributions to neuropsychology shaped the way we understand the human brain. From surviving two world wars and two pandemics, to paving the way for future generations of researchers, Milner’s legacy continues. @mcgill.ca @cusm-muhc.bsky.social
Congrats, @kalenscher.bsky.social and gang!
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New paper in @pnas.org! How does stress affect our social decisions in conflict? More aggression (fight-or-flight)? Or more altruism (tend-and-befriend)? Our new study suggests: it’s not either/or, stress promotes both at once, depending on the neurochemical balance and the social context. 🧠
New paper in @pnas.org! How does stress affect our social decisions in conflict? More aggression (fight-or-flight)? Or more altruism (tend-and-befriend)? Our new study suggests: it’s not either/or, stress promotes both at once, depending on the neurochemical balance and the social context. 🧠
July 16, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Congrats, @kalenscher.bsky.social and gang!
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The excellent @linaskora.bsky.social presenting her work on taVNS modulation of cardiac frequency during threat related decision making at the biology of decision making symposium #SBDM2025
June 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The excellent @linaskora.bsky.social presenting her work on taVNS modulation of cardiac frequency during threat related decision making at the biology of decision making symposium #SBDM2025
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I will be looking to hire 2-3 post-docs over the course of the next few months to work on questions related to cognitive control in humans, using EEG, TMS, DBS, sEEG, fMRI, or related methods.
If you know anybody, please tell them to email me.
Formal ad to follow. Lab website: wessellab.org
If you know anybody, please tell them to email me.
Formal ad to follow. Lab website: wessellab.org
Wessel Cognitive Neurology Lab | The University of Iowa
Thanks for visiting the Cognitive Neurology Lab at the University of Iowa. The lab is directed by Dr. Jan R. Wessel. We are affiliated with the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, the Depa...
wessel.lab.uiowa.edu
June 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I will be looking to hire 2-3 post-docs over the course of the next few months to work on questions related to cognitive control in humans, using EEG, TMS, DBS, sEEG, fMRI, or related methods.
If you know anybody, please tell them to email me.
Formal ad to follow. Lab website: wessellab.org
If you know anybody, please tell them to email me.
Formal ad to follow. Lab website: wessellab.org
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Two papers out today on RL in the dopaminergic neurons of the midbrain of mice (one from McGill's new PI @paulmasset.bsky.social). Both papers demonstrate heterogeneity in discount factors!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
🧠📈 🧪 #NeuroAI
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
🧠📈 🧪 #NeuroAI
Multi-timescale reinforcement learning in the brain - Nature
Individual dopaminergic neurons encode future rewards over distinct temporal horizons.
www.nature.com
June 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Two papers out today on RL in the dopaminergic neurons of the midbrain of mice (one from McGill's new PI @paulmasset.bsky.social). Both papers demonstrate heterogeneity in discount factors!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
🧠📈 🧪 #NeuroAI
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
🧠📈 🧪 #NeuroAI
Great opportunity to work with @sgluth.bsky.social - much recommended!
Job altert: Postdoc position (100%, 2 yrs) in our lab (@cmdn-lab.bsky.social) in context with the DFG Research Unit on Belief Updating (www.uni-hamburg.de/ru5389/resea...).
We are looking for people with strong quantitative skills.
Info and application via: www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...
We are looking for people with strong quantitative skills.
Info and application via: www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...
DFG Research Unit 5389
www.uni-hamburg.de
June 4, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Great opportunity to work with @sgluth.bsky.social - much recommended!
📄New paper from our lab @hhu.de on the role of dopamine in multi-attribute decision making. Increasing DA transmission (L-DOPA) increased, whereas D2 receptor blockade (Amisulpride) reduced the effect of individual attributes on choice.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Bidirectional modulation of reward-guided decision making by dopamine - Psychopharmacology
Rationale The neuromodulator dopamine is known to play a key role in reward-guided decision making, where choice options are often characterized by multiple attributes. Different decision strategies c...
link.springer.com
June 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
📄New paper from our lab @hhu.de on the role of dopamine in multi-attribute decision making. Increasing DA transmission (L-DOPA) increased, whereas D2 receptor blockade (Amisulpride) reduced the effect of individual attributes on choice.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
This lecture is my favourite part of teaching. All the more completely chuffed that my students nominated me/my lecture for the @hhu.de teaching award! Students participated very actively (despite the late hours 🛌), I genuinely enjoyed the interaction with them! Thank you for nominating me!
Es geht weiter mit dem nächsten #hhuLehrpreis2025-Nominierten. @gjocham.bsky.social aus der Psychologie @hhu.de begeistert seine Studierenden mit seiner Leidenschaft für das Fach, und das selbst in den späten Abendstunden! 🔥🗣️
June 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
This lecture is my favourite part of teaching. All the more completely chuffed that my students nominated me/my lecture for the @hhu.de teaching award! Students participated very actively (despite the late hours 🛌), I genuinely enjoyed the interaction with them! Thank you for nominating me!
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Application for our international MSc Translational Neuroscience starts today! 🧠🧑🎓🇪🇺
Please apply and/or spread the word. 🙏
It's all in English, small teaching groups, no tuition fees.
Join us @hhu.de and become part of our 10th cohort of students! 🥳
All info: www.translationalneuroscience.hhu.de
Please apply and/or spread the word. 🙏
It's all in English, small teaching groups, no tuition fees.
Join us @hhu.de and become part of our 10th cohort of students! 🥳
All info: www.translationalneuroscience.hhu.de
May 15, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Application for our international MSc Translational Neuroscience starts today! 🧠🧑🎓🇪🇺
Please apply and/or spread the word. 🙏
It's all in English, small teaching groups, no tuition fees.
Join us @hhu.de and become part of our 10th cohort of students! 🥳
All info: www.translationalneuroscience.hhu.de
Please apply and/or spread the word. 🙏
It's all in English, small teaching groups, no tuition fees.
Join us @hhu.de and become part of our 10th cohort of students! 🥳
All info: www.translationalneuroscience.hhu.de
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We are hiring ⚡🧠! Our postdoc @akuehnel.bsky.social was awarded a grant to investigate if pulsed tVNS alters approach and avoidance behavior (in collaboration with @bachlab.bsky.social). The official ad is in German (B2 level is required to run sessions) #neurojobs
karriereamukb.de/jobs/doktora...
karriereamukb.de/jobs/doktora...
Doktorand*in/PhD Student*in (m/w/d) Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie/Forschung und Lehre/Sektion für Medizinische Psychologie - Karriereamukb | Jobs & Karriere an der Uniklinik...
In der Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie/Forschung und Lehre/Sektion für Medizinische Psychologie des Universitätsklinikums Bonn ist zum 01. August 2025 folgende Stelle in Teilz...
karriereamukb.de
May 15, 2025 at 11:25 AM
We are hiring ⚡🧠! Our postdoc @akuehnel.bsky.social was awarded a grant to investigate if pulsed tVNS alters approach and avoidance behavior (in collaboration with @bachlab.bsky.social). The official ad is in German (B2 level is required to run sessions) #neurojobs
karriereamukb.de/jobs/doktora...
karriereamukb.de/jobs/doktora...
Certainly this can't nearly cover up the devastating blow to NIH, NSF, .... but still....dear US-based colleagues...there may be a light in all this darkness! 🌤️
"Science is an investment.
We will put forward a new 500 million package for 2025-2027 to support the best and the brightest researchers and scientists from Europe and around the world."
— President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu at the ‘Choose Europe for Science' event at La Sorbonne 🇫🇷
We will put forward a new 500 million package for 2025-2027 to support the best and the brightest researchers and scientists from Europe and around the world."
— President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu at the ‘Choose Europe for Science' event at La Sorbonne 🇫🇷
May 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Certainly this can't nearly cover up the devastating blow to NIH, NSF, .... but still....dear US-based colleagues...there may be a light in all this darkness! 🌤️
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Looking to advance your research career? Choose Europe.
Practical information: europa.eu/!B8hjh3
Register for the info session on 6 May: europa.eu/!gX3Dgv
Practical information: europa.eu/!B8hjh3
Register for the info session on 6 May: europa.eu/!gX3Dgv
May 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Looking to advance your research career? Choose Europe.
Practical information: europa.eu/!B8hjh3
Register for the info session on 6 May: europa.eu/!gX3Dgv
Practical information: europa.eu/!B8hjh3
Register for the info session on 6 May: europa.eu/!gX3Dgv
"Authenticity is overrated. Most people can't help but be themselves."
April 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"Authenticity is overrated. Most people can't help but be themselves."
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Why are we generous to some people but not to others? And which brain mechanisms govern our decision to be generous toward others? In our latest research, published in @pnas.org (www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...), we report steeper social discounting after human basolateral amygdala (BLA) lesions.
Steeper social discounting after human basolateral amygdala damage | PNAS
Translational research suggests that the basolateral part of the amygdala (BLA) computes
some of the core processes underlying social preferences, ...
www.pnas.org
April 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Why are we generous to some people but not to others? And which brain mechanisms govern our decision to be generous toward others? In our latest research, published in @pnas.org (www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...), we report steeper social discounting after human basolateral amygdala (BLA) lesions.