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Jasper Bischofberger
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PhD candidate @rtg2660.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de, Germany • Neuroscience of social approach and avoidance learning @hein-lab.bsky.social • he/him

https://jasbisch.gitlab.io
🥳 Super excited that today the first paper of my PhD has been published in @royalsociety.org: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

Can learning from rewards and punishments change how people approach (or avoid) in-group vs. out-group members?

Read the thread below! 🧵 1/6
Learning from financial rewards and punishments reduces the in-group bias in social approach without changing the in-group bias in impressions | Royal Society Open Science
Humans’ approach behaviour and impressions are biased towards individuals from their own group (in-group) compared with different groups (out-group). There is evidence that learning from specific interactions with in-group and out-group members can reduce ...
royalsocietypublishing.org
September 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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We are hiring for several research positions for this grant, starting early next year. Please reach out if you're interested!
More details on the jobs here: devcompsy.org/wp-content/u...
July 24, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Good morning #CPConf2025,
having mixed feelings about the early morning? Maybe even facing an #approach-avoidance #conflict?
Don't worry! Just drop by pi poster 3.14, to discuss the resolution of such conflicts.
July 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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The beta release of SPM-Python is out now! Amazing work by Johan Medrano @johmedr.bsky.social , Yael Balbastre, Yulia Bezsudnova @ybezs.bsky.social and other members of their team. A new era for SPM! #OHBM2025
Drumroll... The SPM team will announce that SPM is now fully accessible from Python! 🐍 Learn more about SPM-Python at the SPM roundtable event (Friday, 1pm) and poster number 1841 at #OHBM2025. Try the beta for yourself at github.com/spm/spm-python [2/7]
GitHub - spm/spm-python: The Python interface to SPM
The Python interface to SPM. Contribute to spm/spm-python development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
June 23, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Today at #PuG2025!
Only a few days left until @pug2025.bsky.social – our symposium, organized together with @gamerlab.bsky.social 🧠⚡
🎤 Join us for exciting talks by: @ondrejzika.bsky.social @francescotortora.bsky.social @ldeserno.bsky.social @florianschlagenhauf

#PUG2025 #psychophysiology #reinforcementlearning
June 20, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Hey #PuG2025! I am excited to present my research on the role of midbrain PAG in the resolution of human approach-avoidance conflict resolution. If that sounds interesting to you, drop by my poster #79 (Room 2.007)!
June 19, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Fast alle #Moore in 🇩🇪 wurden ent­wässert. Heute wissen wir, 1 ha Moor speichert acht Mal mehr Kohlenstoff als 1 ha Wald. Davon, was nass war, was trocken wurde und was wieder nass werden muss, handelt ein Digitales Dossier der Leopoldina: interaktiv.leopoldina.org/mooreundauen/
Moore und Auen
Moore und Auen
interaktiv.leopoldina.org
April 23, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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Only few days left to apply for a PhD position in my group @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social
🚨 PhD position (65%, 3 years) 🚨
We are currently looking for a PhD candidate within the @rtg2660.bsky.social on the neural mechanisms of approach and avoidance behavior. Please share widely and feel free to reach out if you have any questions! www.psychologie.uni-wuerzburg.de/fileadmin/06...
April 7, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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🔎 We are looking for collaborators for our new manylabs looking at the effects of extreme heat on human cognition and well-being across the globe 🌍

See below for more information and sign up if you’re interested 👇🏼
🌍 We are launching a new #ManyLabs!!! Join the Heat & Cognition project! We're studying how extreme heat affects human thinking, social behavior & well-being — globally.
Contribute & co-author:
🔗 Info: heatandmind.wordpress.com
📋 Sign up: www.soscisurvey.de/HeatandCogni...
#EnvironmentalPsychology
March 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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I wrote something... about writing. #ScientificWriting to be exact, but I think it applies to all kinds of #writing.
An open letter to graduate students and other procrastinators: it’s time to write
Nature Biotechnology - An open letter to graduate students and other procrastinators: it’s time to write
rdcu.be
March 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING!

To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
March 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Barto and Sutton receive the Turing award!

Amazing recognition for two kind, pioneering, and genuinely inspiring scientists. Congratulations!!

awards.acm.org/about/2024-t...
Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton are the recipients of the 2024 ACM A.M. Turing Award for developing the conceptual and algorithmic foundations of reinforcement learning.
Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton as the recipients of the 2024 ACM A.M. Turing Award for developing the conceptual and algorithmic foundations of reinforcement learning. In a series of papers beginning...
awards.acm.org
March 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Why it is time to say goodbye to Germany as an oasis of stability, and why ironically it was JD Vance in Munich who might have helped the centrist parties to get a grip now after all.
My take on the most important elections in a generation on Sunday in Berlin. 👇👇
The far right rising
Ahead of a historic German election, the AfD is courting the global right – and threatening to upend European politics.
www.newstatesman.com
February 20, 2025 at 7:23 AM