Katharina V. Wellstein
@kvwellstein.bsky.social
PostDoc with @drbreaky.bsky.social
PhD at TNU Zurich (http://tnu.ethz.ch),
Research: #CompPsychiatry, #psychology, #interoception, #psychosis
Single Mom & Researcher.
Currently investigating mechanistic underpinnings of blunted and constricted affect
PhD at TNU Zurich (http://tnu.ethz.ch),
Research: #CompPsychiatry, #psychology, #interoception, #psychosis
Single Mom & Researcher.
Currently investigating mechanistic underpinnings of blunted and constricted affect
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Neat that my review of Zhang et al.'s "Cortical and subcortical mapping of the human allostatic–interoceptive system using 7 Tesla fMRI" was quoted in this Research Briefing. It was one of my favorite papers I reviewed in 2024! rdcu.be/eOlTT by Jiahe Zhang, @lisafeldmanbarrett.com and others
Evidence from 7 Tesla fMRI of intrinsic network supporting allostasis in the human brain
Nature Neuroscience - Functional connectivity analyses using ultra-high precision 7 Tesla functional MRI identified a unified system for allostasis and interoception that included more than 96% of...
rdcu.be
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Neat that my review of Zhang et al.'s "Cortical and subcortical mapping of the human allostatic–interoceptive system using 7 Tesla fMRI" was quoted in this Research Briefing. It was one of my favorite papers I reviewed in 2024! rdcu.be/eOlTT by Jiahe Zhang, @lisafeldmanbarrett.com and others
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🚨 Please help boost this in the German bluesky-sphere 🚨
Does anyone wanna help me put something together for German academia finally? Open letter…? I‘m so fed up.
apache.be/2025/10/24/b...
apache.be/2025/10/24/b...
Belgian AI scientists resist the use of AI in academia
Several AI scientists have published an open letter calling for a ban on AI use by students.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
🚨 Please help boost this in the German bluesky-sphere 🚨
#HurricaneMelissa brought destruction to Jamaica and especially Westmoreland where I have family. The planet isn't happy with us and Islanders especially have to suffer.
We haven't heard from our family yet but will do our best to help rebuild the community. Please everyone #helpJamaica
We haven't heard from our family yet but will do our best to help rebuild the community. Please everyone #helpJamaica
October 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
#HurricaneMelissa brought destruction to Jamaica and especially Westmoreland where I have family. The planet isn't happy with us and Islanders especially have to suffer.
We haven't heard from our family yet but will do our best to help rebuild the community. Please everyone #helpJamaica
We haven't heard from our family yet but will do our best to help rebuild the community. Please everyone #helpJamaica
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New #job alert! Clinical research fellow / postdoc in #computationalpsychiatry at the @mpc-comppsych.bsky.social / @uclqsion.bsky.social and UCL psychiatry. We will aim to understand the computations engaged by serotonin in the treatment of depression. Please re-sky. 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
October 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
New #job alert! Clinical research fellow / postdoc in #computationalpsychiatry at the @mpc-comppsych.bsky.social / @uclqsion.bsky.social and UCL psychiatry. We will aim to understand the computations engaged by serotonin in the treatment of depression. Please re-sky. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Who is planning to go to the @ohbmofficial.bsky.social Australia chapter meeting? I'm leaving Australia soon so want to meet as many lovely Aussies as possible on my conference tour 😀
October 2, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Who is planning to go to the @ohbmofficial.bsky.social Australia chapter meeting? I'm leaving Australia soon so want to meet as many lovely Aussies as possible on my conference tour 😀
I fear the wide-spread adoption of generative AI tools will work against us all finally slowing down and degrowing. Instead people will be expected to be inhumanely "productive" since it is now possible with these tools.
a group of people standing in front of a screen with a picture of a man on it .
ALT: a group of people standing in front of a screen with a picture of a man on it .
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September 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I fear the wide-spread adoption of generative AI tools will work against us all finally slowing down and degrowing. Instead people will be expected to be inhumanely "productive" since it is now possible with these tools.
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does someone good at coding & analysis want to work remotely w/ us in the coming few months (before end of 2025), as a paid consultant? project will be on neurofeedback (fMRI, ECoG, calcium imaging). we'll work towards developing the experiments & analysis pipelines together. if so pls DM me ur CV🧠📈
September 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
does someone good at coding & analysis want to work remotely w/ us in the coming few months (before end of 2025), as a paid consultant? project will be on neurofeedback (fMRI, ECoG, calcium imaging). we'll work towards developing the experiments & analysis pipelines together. if so pls DM me ur CV🧠📈
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We’re looking for a postdoc to join our Max Planck group in Germany some time in 2026. If you have computational and/or neuroimaging expertise, and are interested in questions intersecting perception and cognition, please reach out! I’ll also be happy to chat at the #Bernsteinconference this week.
September 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
We’re looking for a postdoc to join our Max Planck group in Germany some time in 2026. If you have computational and/or neuroimaging expertise, and are interested in questions intersecting perception and cognition, please reach out! I’ll also be happy to chat at the #Bernsteinconference this week.
It was a great pleasure presenting preliminary results from my ongoing study on social-affective inference and constricted affect at the @newybrains.bsky.social lunch symposium series.
We found some interesting first effects of positive affective surprise and bodily responses. 🙂
We found some interesting first effects of positive affective surprise and bodily responses. 🙂
September 30, 2025 at 6:14 AM
It was a great pleasure presenting preliminary results from my ongoing study on social-affective inference and constricted affect at the @newybrains.bsky.social lunch symposium series.
We found some interesting first effects of positive affective surprise and bodily responses. 🙂
We found some interesting first effects of positive affective surprise and bodily responses. 🙂
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Premium newsletter: Based on my estimates and analysis, OpenAI needs one trillion dollars in the next four years to build 17GW of data centers and other commitments, with at least $500 billion needed for company operations. There is not enough capital to do this.
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OpenAI Needs A Trillion Dollars In The Next Four Years
Shortly before publishing this newsletter, I spoke with analyst Gil Luria, Managing Director and Analyst at D.A. Davidson, and asked him whether the capital was there to build the 17 Gigawatts of capa...
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September 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Premium newsletter: Based on my estimates and analysis, OpenAI needs one trillion dollars in the next four years to build 17GW of data centers and other commitments, with at least $500 billion needed for company operations. There is not enough capital to do this.
www.wheresyoured.at/openai-onetr...
www.wheresyoured.at/openai-onetr...
I have been so exhausted lately that I feel like I stopped parenting and just have a kid tag along... The guilt doesn't help.
September 27, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I have been so exhausted lately that I feel like I stopped parenting and just have a kid tag along... The guilt doesn't help.
Great work by @richaphogat.bsky.social. Follow her for more 🙂
Interested in hippocampal dynamics and their interactions with cortical rhythms?
Our physically constrained model of cortico-hippocampal interactions - complete with fast geometrically informed numerical simulation (available at embedded github repo)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Our physically constrained model of cortico-hippocampal interactions - complete with fast geometrically informed numerical simulation (available at embedded github repo)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Great work by @richaphogat.bsky.social. Follow her for more 🙂
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Interested in hippocampal dynamics and their interactions with cortical rhythms?
Our physically constrained model of cortico-hippocampal interactions - complete with fast geometrically informed numerical simulation (available at embedded github repo)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Our physically constrained model of cortico-hippocampal interactions - complete with fast geometrically informed numerical simulation (available at embedded github repo)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Interested in hippocampal dynamics and their interactions with cortical rhythms?
Our physically constrained model of cortico-hippocampal interactions - complete with fast geometrically informed numerical simulation (available at embedded github repo)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Our physically constrained model of cortico-hippocampal interactions - complete with fast geometrically informed numerical simulation (available at embedded github repo)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
I hope we can all try not to be hateful and not to speak the way we condemn others for speaking.
September 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I hope we can all try not to be hateful and not to speak the way we condemn others for speaking.
Somehow the Nazi salute by Elon Musk and the killing of Charlie Kirk feel like the types of things that feel dark and signal a turning point.
September 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Somehow the Nazi salute by Elon Musk and the killing of Charlie Kirk feel like the types of things that feel dark and signal a turning point.
Charlie Kirk was shot and I don't know what to think except feeling a sense of inevitable doom... .
September 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Charlie Kirk was shot and I don't know what to think except feeling a sense of inevitable doom... .
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So... I did some analysis of grants that did receive noncompetitive renewals.
In particular, I looked a those award where the title of the grant changed.
Warning: The results are just what I expected, but oooph...
1/4
In particular, I looked a those award where the title of the grant changed.
Warning: The results are just what I expected, but oooph...
1/4
a man with his eyes closed is wearing a plaid shirt and a blue jacket .
ALT: a man with his eyes closed is wearing a plaid shirt and a blue jacket .
media.tenor.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
So... I did some analysis of grants that did receive noncompetitive renewals.
In particular, I looked a those award where the title of the grant changed.
Warning: The results are just what I expected, but oooph...
1/4
In particular, I looked a those award where the title of the grant changed.
Warning: The results are just what I expected, but oooph...
1/4
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part of the reason I got into academia was to not get emails like "Alignment and Growth Begin with Effective Goals"
September 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
part of the reason I got into academia was to not get emails like "Alignment and Growth Begin with Effective Goals"
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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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I’ll be reviewing applications for the clinical psychology PhD program at Suffolk University for the 2026/2027 academic year. Those with research interests in #eatingdisorders, especially in #LGBTQ+ and other minoritized communities, are encouraged to apply!
August 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I’ll be reviewing applications for the clinical psychology PhD program at Suffolk University for the 2026/2027 academic year. Those with research interests in #eatingdisorders, especially in #LGBTQ+ and other minoritized communities, are encouraged to apply!
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The only thing ChatGPT ever does.
August 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The only thing ChatGPT ever does.
One of many...
A prominent psychology professor was fired for sexual harassment. I know of many cases like this that have gone unreported or people are actively pressured to cover it up.
Read the full case and comments here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Read the full case and comments here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Here’s some news that I’ve been waiting years to share: Robert Gifford, formerly a professor of environmental psychology at the University of Victoria, was fired for sexual misconduct and sexual… | Je...
Here’s some news that I’ve been waiting years to share: Robert Gifford, formerly a professor of environmental psychology at the University of Victoria, was fired for sexual misconduct and sexual haras...
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August 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
One of many...
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While masked agents were violently attacking a delivery worker this morning, bystanders repeatedly asked to see their badge numbers but they refused.
Bystander: You guys are ruining this country, you know that, right?
Agent: Liberals already ruined it.
Bystander: You guys are ruining this country, you know that, right?
Agent: Liberals already ruined it.
August 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
While masked agents were violently attacking a delivery worker this morning, bystanders repeatedly asked to see their badge numbers but they refused.
Bystander: You guys are ruining this country, you know that, right?
Agent: Liberals already ruined it.
Bystander: You guys are ruining this country, you know that, right?
Agent: Liberals already ruined it.
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Do you agree PsyArXiv is a valuable service? Then please consider joining the PsyArXiv moderation team to keep it that way (more info in the link below)! There's a 1-hour training session this coming Monday, Aug 18 at 1pm ET, and the minimum commitment is just 1h/month! (reposting also helps :))
PsyArXiv is seeking new moderators to help combat an increase in AI submissions! If you've ever posted a preprint to PsyArXiv, please consider joining. Minimum commitment 1h/month, there's a training session this Monday @ 1pm ET. More info here: forms.gle/9LB1rEtxHAeZ... #PsychSciSky
Expression of Interest in Serving as a PsyArXiv Moderator
As you might have heard, PsyArXiv is having some issues with an increase in low-quality submissions, ranging from AI generated manuscripts to inflate citation metrics, incoherent or nonsensical docume...
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August 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Do you agree PsyArXiv is a valuable service? Then please consider joining the PsyArXiv moderation team to keep it that way (more info in the link below)! There's a 1-hour training session this coming Monday, Aug 18 at 1pm ET, and the minimum commitment is just 1h/month! (reposting also helps :))
Bye bye Amsterdam! Met so many great people @cogcompneuro.bsky.social !
Such an amazing conference and an amazing group of people organisers and attendees alike. 🌿🌟🩵 #CCN2025
See you next year or the year after!
Such an amazing conference and an amazing group of people organisers and attendees alike. 🌿🌟🩵 #CCN2025
See you next year or the year after!
August 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Bye bye Amsterdam! Met so many great people @cogcompneuro.bsky.social !
Such an amazing conference and an amazing group of people organisers and attendees alike. 🌿🌟🩵 #CCN2025
See you next year or the year after!
Such an amazing conference and an amazing group of people organisers and attendees alike. 🌿🌟🩵 #CCN2025
See you next year or the year after!