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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Vallor's paper really hit the students hard - it was about up-skilling cases where automation replaces a useless skill and gives us more time, vs. cases where automation replaces a crucial skill and de-skills us, makes us fall out of practice. Her core cases are about AI-based moral judgment.
January 22, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Vallor's paper really hit the students hard - it was about up-skilling cases where automation replaces a useless skill and gives us more time, vs. cases where automation replaces a crucial skill and de-skills us, makes us fall out of practice. Her core cases are about AI-based moral judgment.
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Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
January 22, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
Finally someone talking about what's going on candidly.
The US government is weakness mascerading as strength, it reflects in the tweets, the censorship, the masked men on the street...
The US government is weakness mascerading as strength, it reflects in the tweets, the censorship, the masked men on the street...
It's been a wild 24 hours. Tune in tonight!
January 22, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Finally someone talking about what's going on candidly.
The US government is weakness mascerading as strength, it reflects in the tweets, the censorship, the masked men on the street...
The US government is weakness mascerading as strength, it reflects in the tweets, the censorship, the masked men on the street...
There are many of these discussions here on the use of ChatGPT. As a conscious non-user of ChatGPT, most of these threads are up my ally and reflect my point of view.
It does feel a little like a bubble though.
It does feel a little like a bubble though.
I have some more bad news.
If an admissions committee even suspects you used ChatGPT for your application letter, they'll almost certainly decide not to waste a precious admissions spot on you.
Instead they'll give it to, you know, someone who actually likes to write and knows how to do it.
If an admissions committee even suspects you used ChatGPT for your application letter, they'll almost certainly decide not to waste a precious admissions spot on you.
Instead they'll give it to, you know, someone who actually likes to write and knows how to do it.
I have some bad news. One, if you need to use ChatGPT for your graduate application letter, you are not ready for graduate school.
Two, no, not "everyone is doing it" and those who don't do it aren't "losing out." ChatGPT is not an advantage.
Two, no, not "everyone is doing it" and those who don't do it aren't "losing out." ChatGPT is not an advantage.
January 18, 2026 at 4:28 AM
There are many of these discussions here on the use of ChatGPT. As a conscious non-user of ChatGPT, most of these threads are up my ally and reflect my point of view.
It does feel a little like a bubble though.
It does feel a little like a bubble though.
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I'm looking to hire a postgraduate research associate in Computational Psychiatry for my new lab at Yale. Please see link below for details & help RT 🙏
postdocs.yale.edu/posts/2026-0...
postdocs.yale.edu/posts/2026-0...
Postgraduate Associate Position in Computational Psychiatry — Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
postdocs.yale.edu
January 13, 2026 at 1:49 PM
I'm looking to hire a postgraduate research associate in Computational Psychiatry for my new lab at Yale. Please see link below for details & help RT 🙏
postdocs.yale.edu/posts/2026-0...
postdocs.yale.edu/posts/2026-0...
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The epitome of a “Kavanaugh Stop.”
“[CBP] sometimes makes brief investigative stops to check immigration status…. If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a US citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, they promptly let the individual go.”
History will remember Brett.
“[CBP] sometimes makes brief investigative stops to check immigration status…. If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a US citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, they promptly let the individual go.”
History will remember Brett.
ICE kidnap 17-year-old U.S. citizen working at Target then dump him bleeding and crying miles away in a Walmart parking lot… 🤬
January 13, 2026 at 12:40 AM
The epitome of a “Kavanaugh Stop.”
“[CBP] sometimes makes brief investigative stops to check immigration status…. If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a US citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, they promptly let the individual go.”
History will remember Brett.
“[CBP] sometimes makes brief investigative stops to check immigration status…. If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a US citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, they promptly let the individual go.”
History will remember Brett.
I know that nobody needs to hear this but I FINALLY FINISHED MY MANUSCRIPT!
First paper of my PhD on auricular vagus nerve stimulation 💚.
First paper of my PhD on auricular vagus nerve stimulation 💚.
I tried the manifestation thing, doesn't work. 😂
Still typing away.
Still typing away.
Sipping my coffee slowly because today is the day that am finally finishing this manuscript.
January 13, 2026 at 4:52 AM
I know that nobody needs to hear this but I FINALLY FINISHED MY MANUSCRIPT!
First paper of my PhD on auricular vagus nerve stimulation 💚.
First paper of my PhD on auricular vagus nerve stimulation 💚.
I tried the manifestation thing, doesn't work. 😂
Still typing away.
Still typing away.
Sipping my coffee slowly because today is the day that am finally finishing this manuscript.
January 7, 2026 at 7:02 AM
I tried the manifestation thing, doesn't work. 😂
Still typing away.
Still typing away.
Sipping my coffee slowly because today is the day that am finally finishing this manuscript.
January 6, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Sipping my coffee slowly because today is the day that am finally finishing this manuscript.
I am aksing the hive (birdnest/cloud?) mind again:
How long does an academic cover letter / letter of motivation need to be? Its my first time officially applying for jobs in the academic market and dont know a lot about the conventions yet.
Also: I'm looking, in case you are hosting ;)
How long does an academic cover letter / letter of motivation need to be? Its my first time officially applying for jobs in the academic market and dont know a lot about the conventions yet.
Also: I'm looking, in case you are hosting ;)
December 31, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I am aksing the hive (birdnest/cloud?) mind again:
How long does an academic cover letter / letter of motivation need to be? Its my first time officially applying for jobs in the academic market and dont know a lot about the conventions yet.
Also: I'm looking, in case you are hosting ;)
How long does an academic cover letter / letter of motivation need to be? Its my first time officially applying for jobs in the academic market and dont know a lot about the conventions yet.
Also: I'm looking, in case you are hosting ;)
After having my return grant rejected by my funding body and just before christmas I am feeling anxious and alone. It's difficult to organize social services or anything for that matter from Australia. I will be coming back to nothing with nothing and it is very scary.
December 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
After having my return grant rejected by my funding body and just before christmas I am feeling anxious and alone. It's difficult to organize social services or anything for that matter from Australia. I will be coming back to nothing with nothing and it is very scary.
I'm on the market and working on my CV.
Can I get some advice: bio, no bio? Pic, no pic?
ALL the posters and talks?
Any other advice?
On here I have seen very short CVs without bio and very long CVs... No idea whats preferred.
Can I get some advice: bio, no bio? Pic, no pic?
ALL the posters and talks?
Any other advice?
On here I have seen very short CVs without bio and very long CVs... No idea whats preferred.
December 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I'm on the market and working on my CV.
Can I get some advice: bio, no bio? Pic, no pic?
ALL the posters and talks?
Any other advice?
On here I have seen very short CVs without bio and very long CVs... No idea whats preferred.
Can I get some advice: bio, no bio? Pic, no pic?
ALL the posters and talks?
Any other advice?
On here I have seen very short CVs without bio and very long CVs... No idea whats preferred.
My return grant got rejected and I only got notified now. I will have 1 month left with salary only to return to Switzerland with nothing in my pockets. I have no savings.
This research life surely isnt easy....
This research life surely isnt easy....
December 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
My return grant got rejected and I only got notified now. I will have 1 month left with salary only to return to Switzerland with nothing in my pockets. I have no savings.
This research life surely isnt easy....
This research life surely isnt easy....
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Calling all Affective Neurosci, basic, clinical, animal, mineral & otherwise: SFN's accepting proposals for symposia @ the 2026 DC meeting. Please consider reaching out to your pals &, maybe even dropping a line to someone you admire from afar, & organizing a submission. www.sfn.org/meetings/neu...
Call for Proposals
www.sfn.org
December 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Calling all Affective Neurosci, basic, clinical, animal, mineral & otherwise: SFN's accepting proposals for symposia @ the 2026 DC meeting. Please consider reaching out to your pals &, maybe even dropping a line to someone you admire from afar, & organizing a submission. www.sfn.org/meetings/neu...
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📢Generative Models in Neuroimaging Survey
We’re running a short survey on how neuroimaging (aka #OHBM) community defines, uses & evaluates generative models, from biophysical simulations to ML-based approaches
👉 t.co/lRQj4qmknO
@ohbmofficial.bsky.social @ohbmtrainees.bsky.social
We’re running a short survey on how neuroimaging (aka #OHBM) community defines, uses & evaluates generative models, from biophysical simulations to ML-based approaches
👉 t.co/lRQj4qmknO
@ohbmofficial.bsky.social @ohbmtrainees.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
📢Generative Models in Neuroimaging Survey
We’re running a short survey on how neuroimaging (aka #OHBM) community defines, uses & evaluates generative models, from biophysical simulations to ML-based approaches
👉 t.co/lRQj4qmknO
@ohbmofficial.bsky.social @ohbmtrainees.bsky.social
We’re running a short survey on how neuroimaging (aka #OHBM) community defines, uses & evaluates generative models, from biophysical simulations to ML-based approaches
👉 t.co/lRQj4qmknO
@ohbmofficial.bsky.social @ohbmtrainees.bsky.social
When philosophers meet psychologists like in the past two days at #ASPP2025 enriching conversations and new scientific friendships happen!
It was such a pleasure to be able to present first results of my constricted affect study to this great group of people. 💙
It was such a pleasure to be able to present first results of my constricted affect study to this great group of people. 💙
November 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM
When philosophers meet psychologists like in the past two days at #ASPP2025 enriching conversations and new scientific friendships happen!
It was such a pleasure to be able to present first results of my constricted affect study to this great group of people. 💙
It was such a pleasure to be able to present first results of my constricted affect study to this great group of people. 💙
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Our paper on improving statistical reporting in psychology is now online 🎉
As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
November 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Our paper on improving statistical reporting in psychology is now online 🎉
As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
was wondering why my model takes 130! hours to invert, found out that the julia extension on vscode has a prespecified number of chains it can use specified in its settings json file... Guess the number?!
November 14, 2025 at 1:22 AM
was wondering why my model takes 130! hours to invert, found out that the julia extension on vscode has a prespecified number of chains it can use specified in its settings json file... Guess the number?!
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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.
apache.be
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.