Ömer F. Ergün
ofe.bsky.social
Ömer F. Ergün
@ofe.bsky.social
PhD Candidate at Utrecht University, interested in neural basis of social behavior, morality, decision-making and environmental neuroscience.
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I’m thrilled to share that our paper “Effort and time costs influence motivational asymmetries in self-benefitting vs. pro-environmental decisions” is now published in Communications Psychology! 🌿

OA link: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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Effort and time costs influence motivational asymmetries in self-benefitting vs pro-environmental decisions - Communications Psychology
People are less willing to incur time and effort costs for the environment than for themselves, with computational modeling revealing nonlinear discounting of time and effort linked to support for cos...
www.nature.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Politically Extreme Individuals Exhibit Similar Neural
Processing Despite Ideological Differences

www.apa.org/pubs/journal...
October 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Does AI improve or undercut academic scholarship?

A new study finds that academics who use AI increased both the quantity & quality of their academic scholarship and it appears to reduces inequality (helping junior and non-english speaking scholars the most).
arxiv.org/pdf/2510.02408
October 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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There is a PhD position on Mediatizing the Homeland: Diasporic Imaginaries of #Palestine (1.0 FTE)

Deadline: 30 April

www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
Vacatures bij de RUG
www.rug.nl
April 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
A PhD student at Tufts was kidnapped by masked “officials” and even her lawyer has no information where she now is. Her “crime” is writing an op-ed and joining pro-Palestine protests. She was recently targeted by Israel lobbyists who added her name in a site that blacklists pro-Palestine activists.
RUMEYSA OZTURK KIDNAPPING VIDEO

Here is a video of federal agents detaining Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk Tuesday night.

Rumeysa was abducted as she was heading to meet with friends to break her Ramadan fast.
March 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Our global study on the state of trust in scientists is now out in Nature Human Behaviour! 🥳

With a team of 241 researchers, we surveyed 71,922 people in 68 countries, providing the largest dataset on trust in scientists post-pandemic 👇🧵https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02090-5
January 20, 2025 at 10:16 AM