Nils Kolling
@nilskolling.bsky.social
Interested in how brains make decisions and maintain motivation over time. All opinions expressed are my personal ones.
websites:
https://sites.google.com/view/ecc-team/home
websites:
https://sites.google.com/view/ecc-team/home
New bioarXiv paper out from the NEF team on the neural computations during multi-option reward learning in macaques:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Neural dynamics reveal foraging-like computations in the frontal cortex
The prefrontal cortex has a central role in flexible behavior. Computations for weighing alternatives, committing to an option, integrating evidence, and abandoning an option are dominantly formalized...
www.biorxiv.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:42 AM
New bioarXiv paper out from the NEF team on the neural computations during multi-option reward learning in macaques:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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 ...
sites.google.com
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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Only ONE WEEK until #RLDM2025 ☘️ We can’t wait to welcome brilliant minds from AI, neuroscience, psychology & beyond for cutting-edge talks on reinforcement learning & decision making. Spaces are disappearing quickly so grab your spot before it’s gone! Register now 👉 rldm.org
RLDM | The Multi-disciplinary Conference on Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making
rldm.org
June 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Large-scale projects run the risk of stifling scientific independence. Instead, let’s explore alternative mechanisms of collaboration, writes @neuralreckoning.bsky.social.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/neur...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/neur...
Neuroscience needs to empower early-career researchers, not fund moon shots
Large-scale projects run the risk of stifling scientific independence. Instead, let’s explore alternative mechanisms of collaboration.
www.thetransmitter.org
May 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Large-scale projects run the risk of stifling scientific independence. Instead, let’s explore alternative mechanisms of collaboration, writes @neuralreckoning.bsky.social.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/neur...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/neur...
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Reminder to register for the Symposium on the Biology of Decision-Making (SBDM), 16-18 June 2025 in Lyon!
Please check out our exciting program and register until next week for early registration rates! (please retweet / share)
sbdm2025.github.io
Please check out our exciting program and register until next week for early registration rates! (please retweet / share)
sbdm2025.github.io
12th Symposium on The Biology of Decision Making 2025 - Lyon
SBDM-2025
sbdm2025.github.io
May 9, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Reminder to register for the Symposium on the Biology of Decision-Making (SBDM), 16-18 June 2025 in Lyon!
Please check out our exciting program and register until next week for early registration rates! (please retweet / share)
sbdm2025.github.io
Please check out our exciting program and register until next week for early registration rates! (please retweet / share)
sbdm2025.github.io
To accommodate for the fact we started official registrations late and the early bird deadline was during school holidays for many, we have extended our early bird registration deadline to the 15th of May! The main website can guide you through registration : sbdm2025.github.io
12th Symposium on The Biology of Decision Making 2025 - Lyon
SBDM-2025
sbdm2025.github.io
May 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
To accommodate for the fact we started official registrations late and the early bird deadline was during school holidays for many, we have extended our early bird registration deadline to the 15th of May! The main website can guide you through registration : sbdm2025.github.io
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Registrations are now open for the Symposium on the Biology of Decision-Making (SBDM), 16-18 June 2025 in Lyon!
Please check out our exciting program and register until May 1st for early registration rates!
sbdm2025.github.io
Please check out our exciting program and register until May 1st for early registration rates!
sbdm2025.github.io
12th Symposium on Biology of Decision Making 2025 - Lyon
SBDM-2025
sbdm2025.github.io
April 17, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Registrations are now open for the Symposium on the Biology of Decision-Making (SBDM), 16-18 June 2025 in Lyon!
Please check out our exciting program and register until May 1st for early registration rates!
sbdm2025.github.io
Please check out our exciting program and register until May 1st for early registration rates!
sbdm2025.github.io
Early registrations for SBDM are closing soon (1st of May!). Make sure to pay before then if you want the reduced rates!
sbdm2025.github.io
sbdm2025.github.io
April 14, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Early registrations for SBDM are closing soon (1st of May!). Make sure to pay before then if you want the reduced rates!
sbdm2025.github.io
sbdm2025.github.io
Registrations for the Symposium for the Biology of decision making (SBDM) in Lyon 2025 are finally open! sbdm2025.github.io Please spread the message!
April 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Registrations for the Symposium for the Biology of decision making (SBDM) in Lyon 2025 are finally open! sbdm2025.github.io Please spread the message!
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I have been doing entirely too much earnest posting about deep things recently, I need to do a proper thread about hippo testicles or something just to keep myself sane.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
a statue of a hippopotamus with its mouth open and teeth showing .
Alt: A hippo being tossed a watermelon, which it crushes in its massive jaws.
media.tenor.com
March 12, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I have been doing entirely too much earnest posting about deep things recently, I need to do a proper thread about hippo testicles or something just to keep myself sane.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
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Thanks to everyone for comments on my Brain editorial. There've been lots of questions on solutions. I'm afraid it's unlikely that any supreme body is going to come to our rescue. We have to do it ourselves. The problems came one by one. We can dismantle them one by one.
March 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Thanks to everyone for comments on my Brain editorial. There've been lots of questions on solutions. I'm afraid it's unlikely that any supreme body is going to come to our rescue. We have to do it ourselves. The problems came one by one. We can dismantle them one by one.
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#Universities abroad see opportunity in a U.S. brain drain:
“In a context where scientists in the #UnitedStates feel threatened or hindered…”, Aix-Marseille Université welcomes “scientists wishing to pursue their work in an environment conducive to innovation, excellence and academic #freedom”
“In a context where scientists in the #UnitedStates feel threatened or hindered…”, Aix-Marseille Université welcomes “scientists wishing to pursue their work in an environment conducive to innovation, excellence and academic #freedom”
Safe Place For Science: Aix Marseille Université ready to welcome American scientists | Aix Marseille Université
In a context where some scientists in the United States may feel threatened or hindered in their research, our university is announcing the launch of the Safe Place For Science program, dedicated to w...
www.univ-amu.fr
March 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
#Universities abroad see opportunity in a U.S. brain drain:
“In a context where scientists in the #UnitedStates feel threatened or hindered…”, Aix-Marseille Université welcomes “scientists wishing to pursue their work in an environment conducive to innovation, excellence and academic #freedom”
“In a context where scientists in the #UnitedStates feel threatened or hindered…”, Aix-Marseille Université welcomes “scientists wishing to pursue their work in an environment conducive to innovation, excellence and academic #freedom”
These must be french rats! I smell a Ratatouille sequel in a wine cellar....
The rat is also a fine wine connoisseur
Rats can distinguish (and generalize) among two white wine varieties
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Rats can distinguish (and generalize) among two white wine varieties
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
February 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
These must be french rats! I smell a Ratatouille sequel in a wine cellar....
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A big thank you to all those who have been so positive about my new book. It's about how neurological patients can tell us so much about our selves, how personal and social identities are forged by different cognitive functions, and what it means to belong.
February 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A big thank you to all those who have been so positive about my new book. It's about how neurological patients can tell us so much about our selves, how personal and social identities are forged by different cognitive functions, and what it means to belong.
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please retweet this ad for a tenured-research position in fMRI at ultra-high.
Join us!
Join us!
February 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
please retweet this ad for a tenured-research position in fMRI at ultra-high.
Join us!
Join us!
It seems like psychologists aren't the only ones with problems understanding probability, but also astrophysicists! Either the probability is 2.3% or it isn't as we should have no idea which direction the new data will go towards if probability is properly calibrated!
Asteroid’s chances of hitting Earth in 2032 just got higher – but don’t panic!
Asteroid’s chances of hitting Earth in 2032 just got higher – but don’t panic!
Space rock now has 2.3% risk of collision – up from 1.3% in December – but danger is likely to fall with more data
It might not be the world-ending apocalypse foretold in the Netflix drama Don’t Look Up, but astronomers have significantly upped the odds…
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM
It seems like psychologists aren't the only ones with problems understanding probability, but also astrophysicists! Either the probability is 2.3% or it isn't as we should have no idea which direction the new data will go towards if probability is properly calibrated!
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A while ago I collected some suggestions concerning "how to prepare a rebuttal letter". Journals do not provide explicit guidance on this and, in my experience as a reviewer and editor, a great diversity exists in their format..
psyarxiv.com/kyfus/
threadreaderapp.com/thread/16301...
psyarxiv.com/kyfus/
threadreaderapp.com/thread/16301...
Thread by @StePalminteri on Thread Reader App
@StePalminteri: Just posted in @PsyArXiv a short where I collected some suggestions concerning "how to prepare a rebuttal letter". Journals do not provide explicit guidance on this and, in my experien...
threadreaderapp.com
February 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
A while ago I collected some suggestions concerning "how to prepare a rebuttal letter". Journals do not provide explicit guidance on this and, in my experience as a reviewer and editor, a great diversity exists in their format..
psyarxiv.com/kyfus/
threadreaderapp.com/thread/16301...
psyarxiv.com/kyfus/
threadreaderapp.com/thread/16301...
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What a genius Sagan was
January 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
What a genius Sagan was
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Neuroethology of natural actions in freely moving monkeys www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... - neural activity in freely moving conditions is richer and more generalizable than in restrained conditions
Neuroethology of natural actions in freely moving monkeys
The current understanding of primate natural action organization derives from laboratory experiments in restrained contexts (RCs) under the assumption that this knowledge generalizes to freely moving ...
www.science.org
January 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Neuroethology of natural actions in freely moving monkeys www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... - neural activity in freely moving conditions is richer and more generalizable than in restrained conditions
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The graduate programme on emotional memories at @uni-hamburg.de is looking for the next cohort of PhD students (11 positions).
Great programme with lots of interesting projects. Join us!
Deadline: 31.01.2025
The ad: www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...
Graduate Programme: www.emotionalmemory.de
Great programme with lots of interesting projects. Join us!
Deadline: 31.01.2025
The ad: www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...
Graduate Programme: www.emotionalmemory.de
Ausschreibung
www.uni-hamburg.de
December 18, 2024 at 7:27 AM
The graduate programme on emotional memories at @uni-hamburg.de is looking for the next cohort of PhD students (11 positions).
Great programme with lots of interesting projects. Join us!
Deadline: 31.01.2025
The ad: www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...
Graduate Programme: www.emotionalmemory.de
Great programme with lots of interesting projects. Join us!
Deadline: 31.01.2025
The ad: www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...
Graduate Programme: www.emotionalmemory.de
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Causal effect of video gaming on mental well-being in Japan 2020–2022. Interesting ’natural’ RCT
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Causal effect of video gaming on mental well-being in Japan 2020–2022 - Nature Human Behaviour
This study uses a natural experiment with game console lotteries to identify the causal effect of video gaming on mental well-being in Japan (2020–2022). Results show that video gaming reduced psychol...
www.nature.com
October 16, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Causal effect of video gaming on mental well-being in Japan 2020–2022. Interesting ’natural’ RCT
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🚀 Excited to share the first preprint from my PhD!
How do people know how much control they have in social contexts, and what are the neural mechanisms?
tinyurl.com/erfp95ew
With Jacquie Scholl, Matthew Rushworth, and Hailey Trier, Jill O'Reilly @nilskolling.bsky.social @mkwittmann.bsky.social
🧵👇
How do people know how much control they have in social contexts, and what are the neural mechanisms?
tinyurl.com/erfp95ew
With Jacquie Scholl, Matthew Rushworth, and Hailey Trier, Jill O'Reilly @nilskolling.bsky.social @mkwittmann.bsky.social
🧵👇
October 2, 2024 at 2:54 PM
🚀 Excited to share the first preprint from my PhD!
How do people know how much control they have in social contexts, and what are the neural mechanisms?
tinyurl.com/erfp95ew
With Jacquie Scholl, Matthew Rushworth, and Hailey Trier, Jill O'Reilly @nilskolling.bsky.social @mkwittmann.bsky.social
🧵👇
How do people know how much control they have in social contexts, and what are the neural mechanisms?
tinyurl.com/erfp95ew
With Jacquie Scholl, Matthew Rushworth, and Hailey Trier, Jill O'Reilly @nilskolling.bsky.social @mkwittmann.bsky.social
🧵👇
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#neuroskyence This book is available in ebook format at a discounted price in November.
www.amazon.co.uk/Understandin...
www.amazon.co.uk/Understandin...
Understanding the Prefrontal Cortex: Selective advantage, connectivity, and neural operations (Oxford Psychology Series Book 53) eBook : Passingham, Richard: Amazon.co.uk: Books
Understanding the Prefrontal Cortex: Selective advantage, connectivity, and neural operations (Oxford Psychology Series Book 53) eBook : Passingham, Richard: Amazon.co.uk: Books
www.amazon.co.uk
September 20, 2024 at 7:02 PM
#neuroskyence This book is available in ebook format at a discounted price in November.
www.amazon.co.uk/Understandin...
www.amazon.co.uk/Understandin...
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I found this take on "blue zones" and extreme aging a fascinating read.
"The secret to living to 110 was, don’t register your death."
theconversation.com/the-data-on-...
"The secret to living to 110 was, don’t register your death."
theconversation.com/the-data-on-...
‘The data on extreme human ageing is rotten from the inside out’ – Ig Nobel winner Saul Justin Newman
Saul Newman’s research suggests that we’re completely mistaken about how long humans live for.
theconversation.com
September 18, 2024 at 2:48 PM
I found this take on "blue zones" and extreme aging a fascinating read.
"The secret to living to 110 was, don’t register your death."
theconversation.com/the-data-on-...
"The secret to living to 110 was, don’t register your death."
theconversation.com/the-data-on-...
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This is an 1892 photograph of the pile of bison skulls stacked outside of the Rougeville Glueworks in Michigan.
It's just really hard to process how many skulls he's standing on.
In the 19th century, the American bison population went from 50 million to around 500 individuals ...
It's just really hard to process how many skulls he's standing on.
In the 19th century, the American bison population went from 50 million to around 500 individuals ...
September 4, 2024 at 10:25 PM
This is an 1892 photograph of the pile of bison skulls stacked outside of the Rougeville Glueworks in Michigan.
It's just really hard to process how many skulls he's standing on.
In the 19th century, the American bison population went from 50 million to around 500 individuals ...
It's just really hard to process how many skulls he's standing on.
In the 19th century, the American bison population went from 50 million to around 500 individuals ...