Maria M. Robinson
@mmrobinson93.bsky.social
Assistant Prof. at U of Warwick (@warwickpsych.bsky.social). Interested in mathematical psychology and best practices in theory assessment and measurement in social sciences.
Research site: https://mrobinson93.github.io/
Research site: https://mrobinson93.github.io/
This was a great talk and project.
Fantastic talk at this week's department seminar by Warwick PhD student Tom White (@tomwhite1980.bsky.social ), who presented on his latest work on individual differences in representations of hedonic and utilitarian dimensions of consumer products!
November 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This was a great talk and project.
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Short thread on today's HotFresh SJDM paper: bsky.app/profile/maxm...
Today's HotFresh recommended paper is:
Maier, M., Harris, A. J. L., Kellen, D., & Singmann, H. (2025). Decision making under extinction risk. Cognitive Psychology, 159. doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
Maier, M., Harris, A. J. L., Kellen, D., & Singmann, H. (2025). Decision making under extinction risk. Cognitive Psychology, 159. doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
Redirecting
doi.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Short thread on today's HotFresh SJDM paper: bsky.app/profile/maxm...
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How does the brain decide? 🧠
Our new @nature.com paper shows that neural activity switches from an 'evidence gathering' to a 'commitment' state at a precise moment we call nTc.
After nTc, new evidence is ignored, revealing a neural marker for the instant when the mind is made up.
rdcu.be/eGUrv
Our new @nature.com paper shows that neural activity switches from an 'evidence gathering' to a 'commitment' state at a precise moment we call nTc.
After nTc, new evidence is ignored, revealing a neural marker for the instant when the mind is made up.
rdcu.be/eGUrv
Transitions in dynamical regime and neural mode during perceptual decisions - Nature
Simultaneous recordings were made of hundreds of neurons in the rat frontal cortex and striatum, showing that decision commitment involves a rapid, coordinated transition in dynamical regime and neura...
www.nature.com
September 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
How does the brain decide? 🧠
Our new @nature.com paper shows that neural activity switches from an 'evidence gathering' to a 'commitment' state at a precise moment we call nTc.
After nTc, new evidence is ignored, revealing a neural marker for the instant when the mind is made up.
rdcu.be/eGUrv
Our new @nature.com paper shows that neural activity switches from an 'evidence gathering' to a 'commitment' state at a precise moment we call nTc.
After nTc, new evidence is ignored, revealing a neural marker for the instant when the mind is made up.
rdcu.be/eGUrv
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Inferential theories are on the rise in cognitive science. But what does it mean to infer? Check out our take on inference across a variety of (neuro)cognitive systems.
Inference in (neuro)cognitive systems | 9 | Neurocognitive Foundations
Cognitive scientists ascribe inferential processes to (neuro)cognitive systems to explain many of their capacities. Since these ascriptions have different
www.taylorfrancis.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Inferential theories are on the rise in cognitive science. But what does it mean to infer? Check out our take on inference across a variety of (neuro)cognitive systems.
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Excited to see this now out in the world!
We identify a computational basis for how persistent underconfidence is maintained in the face of intact performance, finding that it is grounded in impaired updating of global self-beliefs from local metacognition
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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We identify a computational basis for how persistent underconfidence is maintained in the face of intact performance, finding that it is grounded in impaired updating of global self-beliefs from local metacognition
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Distorted learning from local metacognition supports transdiagnostic underconfidence - Nature Communications
Individuals with symptoms of anxiety and depression exhibit persistent underconfidence. Here, the authors show that distortions in learning from local metacognition can explain how underconfidence is ...
www.nature.com
February 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Excited to see this now out in the world!
We identify a computational basis for how persistent underconfidence is maintained in the face of intact performance, finding that it is grounded in impaired updating of global self-beliefs from local metacognition
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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We identify a computational basis for how persistent underconfidence is maintained in the face of intact performance, finding that it is grounded in impaired updating of global self-beliefs from local metacognition
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Our multi-sensory integration Neuro-AI paper is now published in J Neurosci
www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...
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Beyond divisive normalization: Scalable feed-forward networks for multisensory integration across reference frames
The integration of multiple sensory inputs is essential for human perception and action in uncertain environments. This process includes reference frame transformations as different sensory signals ar...
www.jneurosci.org
September 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Our multi-sensory integration Neuro-AI paper is now published in J Neurosci
www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...
www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...
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Super excited to share that Ven Popov & me published a new release of the #bmm R package: venpopov.github.io/bmm/
We have added the Memory Measurement Model for categorical #workingmemory tasks to the package!
Apart from that there are some minor fixes to already implemented models and functions.
We have added the Memory Measurement Model for categorical #workingmemory tasks to the package!
Apart from that there are some minor fixes to already implemented models and functions.
Easy and Accessible Bayesian Measurement Models Using brms
Fit computational and measurement models using full Bayesian inference. The package provides a simple and accessible interface by translating complex domain-specific models into brms syntax, a powerfu...
venpopov.github.io
July 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Super excited to share that Ven Popov & me published a new release of the #bmm R package: venpopov.github.io/bmm/
We have added the Memory Measurement Model for categorical #workingmemory tasks to the package!
Apart from that there are some minor fixes to already implemented models and functions.
We have added the Memory Measurement Model for categorical #workingmemory tasks to the package!
Apart from that there are some minor fixes to already implemented models and functions.
Reposted by Maria M. Robinson
𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗸/𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀?
Some papers suggesting that it can.
#neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Some papers suggesting that it can.
#neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Multiple brain activation patterns for the same perceptual decision-making task - Nature Communications
Here, the authors show the brain uses multiple activation patterns to perform the same task. Even the default mode network, which is often inactive during focus, plays a role.
www.nature.com
July 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗸/𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀?
Some papers suggesting that it can.
#neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Some papers suggesting that it can.
#neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Are you a graduate student in #Ukraine interested in machine learning and neuroscience? My research lab at #UofT is now accepting applications for remote thesis supervision.
(1/3) #neuroAI #compneuro @vectorinstitute.ai @uoft.bsky.social @uoftcompsci.bsky.social @uhn.ca
(1/3) #neuroAI #compneuro @vectorinstitute.ai @uoft.bsky.social @uoftcompsci.bsky.social @uhn.ca
June 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Are you a graduate student in #Ukraine interested in machine learning and neuroscience? My research lab at #UofT is now accepting applications for remote thesis supervision.
(1/3) #neuroAI #compneuro @vectorinstitute.ai @uoft.bsky.social @uoftcompsci.bsky.social @uhn.ca
(1/3) #neuroAI #compneuro @vectorinstitute.ai @uoft.bsky.social @uoftcompsci.bsky.social @uhn.ca
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"It is thus as if nature smiled and gave the cerebellum-studying neuroscientist the ideal tool for testing null space hypotheses..."
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Math and biology meet in the cerebellum
There can be surprising differences between what neurons do and what neurons cause
www.science.org
May 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"It is thus as if nature smiled and gave the cerebellum-studying neuroscientist the ideal tool for testing null space hypotheses..."
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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New work by Sudeep Bhatia @sdpbht.bsky.social, Simon van Baal @svanbaal.bsky.social, Feiyi Wang, and @lukaszwalasek.bsky.social Lukasz Walasek -- now out in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
May 28, 2025 at 1:24 PM
New work by Sudeep Bhatia @sdpbht.bsky.social, Simon van Baal @svanbaal.bsky.social, Feiyi Wang, and @lukaszwalasek.bsky.social Lukasz Walasek -- now out in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Hey #AcademicSky #PsySky. All is ready for the start of the PG Research Day @warwickpsych.bsky.social @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social we’ll be covering the event live from 10am UK time
May 23, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Hey #AcademicSky #PsySky. All is ready for the start of the PG Research Day @warwickpsych.bsky.social @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social we’ll be covering the event live from 10am UK time
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🚀🚀 Very excited about this new preprint with @yunxiao-li.bsky.social and @asanborn.bsky.social!
Months ago we released the samplr package on CRAN (helps you use sampling algorithms + cogn. models for human data). Here we explain the theoretical background and show how to use the pkg
osf.io/ax8hm
Months ago we released the samplr package on CRAN (helps you use sampling algorithms + cogn. models for human data). Here we explain the theoretical background and show how to use the pkg
osf.io/ax8hm
OSF
osf.io
May 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
🚀🚀 Very excited about this new preprint with @yunxiao-li.bsky.social and @asanborn.bsky.social!
Months ago we released the samplr package on CRAN (helps you use sampling algorithms + cogn. models for human data). Here we explain the theoretical background and show how to use the pkg
osf.io/ax8hm
Months ago we released the samplr package on CRAN (helps you use sampling algorithms + cogn. models for human data). Here we explain the theoretical background and show how to use the pkg
osf.io/ax8hm
Excited to share some work presented at @vssmtg.bsky.social this year #VSS2025. A great talk by Anxin Miao on a model codeveloped with @timbrady.bsky.social that bridges Bayesian and representational theories of memory, and makes parameter free predictions of visual memory biases.
May 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Excited to share some work presented at @vssmtg.bsky.social this year #VSS2025. A great talk by Anxin Miao on a model codeveloped with @timbrady.bsky.social that bridges Bayesian and representational theories of memory, and makes parameter free predictions of visual memory biases.
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The Brady Lab @timbrady.bsky.social will be at #VSS2025 @vssmtg.bsky.social this year! Here's a thread with some of the cool work we're coming to share:
May 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The Brady Lab @timbrady.bsky.social will be at #VSS2025 @vssmtg.bsky.social this year! Here's a thread with some of the cool work we're coming to share:
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On Sat., 05/17 at 2:30PM in Visual Memory: General, former undergrad Anxin Miao will tell us how to predict gist biases in memory APRIORI through independent measurements of memory biases at the level of items and ensembles. CC: @mmrobinson93.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
On Sat., 05/17 at 2:30PM in Visual Memory: General, former undergrad Anxin Miao will tell us how to predict gist biases in memory APRIORI through independent measurements of memory biases at the level of items and ensembles. CC: @mmrobinson93.bsky.social
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Honey, we fixed Signal Detection Theory (SDT)! In this preprint, Constantin Meyer-Grant, David Kellen, Sam Harding, and I critically evaluate the (unequal-variance) Gaussian SDT model in recognition memory and pursue the Gumbel-min model as a principled alternative: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Extreme-Value Signal Detection Theory for RecognitionMemory: The Parametric Road Not Taken
Signal Detection Theory has long served as a cornerstone of psychological research, particularly in recognition memory. Yet its conventional application hinges almost exclusively on the Gaussian…
doi.org
April 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Honey, we fixed Signal Detection Theory (SDT)! In this preprint, Constantin Meyer-Grant, David Kellen, Sam Harding, and I critically evaluate the (unequal-variance) Gaussian SDT model in recognition memory and pursue the Gumbel-min model as a principled alternative: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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If you’re into absurd movies check out my brothers deeply uncomfortable but awesome (I think) short
April 25, 2025 at 12:06 AM
If you’re into absurd movies check out my brothers deeply uncomfortable but awesome (I think) short
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Every Progress Report
April 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Every Progress Report
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April 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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CSPI is joining the @aclu.org, the American Public Health Association, and others in filing a lawsuit challenging the abrupt cancellation of research grants by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). (1/2)
April 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
CSPI is joining the @aclu.org, the American Public Health Association, and others in filing a lawsuit challenging the abrupt cancellation of research grants by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). (1/2)
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Report: 83% Of Americans Just Want To Put On Sunglasses And Say ‘Let’s Do This’
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April 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Report: 83% Of Americans Just Want To Put On Sunglasses And Say ‘Let’s Do This’
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What initiatives in your department bring people together and encourage collaboration? Looking for fresh ideas to connect people! #AcademicChatter
March 31, 2025 at 10:48 AM
What initiatives in your department bring people together and encourage collaboration? Looking for fresh ideas to connect people! #AcademicChatter