Oliver Robinson
@olijrobinson.bsky.social
Professor of Neuroscience and Mental Health, UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience
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Out today in Molecular Psychiatry our paper on multiverse computational factor modeling (i.e. a lotta lotta factor analyses). Thread below for the full rundown. Last PhD paper from @celinef.bsky.social YOU'RE FREE!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Out today in Molecular Psychiatry our paper on multiverse computational factor modeling (i.e. a lotta lotta factor analyses). Thread below for the full rundown. Last PhD paper from @celinef.bsky.social YOU'RE FREE!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Post doc job alert 📢! Announcing a v exciting job on a Wellcome-funded project in my group at UCL, looking at auditory hallucinations... Advert here 👀: rb.gy/230w8l - deadline is end of Oct. Please apply! 1/5
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).
rb.gy
September 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Post doc job alert 📢! Announcing a v exciting job on a Wellcome-funded project in my group at UCL, looking at auditory hallucinations... Advert here 👀: rb.gy/230w8l - deadline is end of Oct. Please apply! 1/5
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Interested in building computational models of anxiety? See below for a potential PhD opportunity with me
Feel free to reach out if you'd like to know more!
@kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
kcl-mrcdtp.com/project/unde...
Feel free to reach out if you'd like to know more!
@kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
kcl-mrcdtp.com/project/unde...
Understanding Negative Cognition in Anxiety Using Artificial Neural Networks - MRC DTP
Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) is one of the most common mental health problems, but the mechanisms underpinning its symptoms remain poorly understood, limiting the development of novel interventi...
kcl-mrcdtp.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Interested in building computational models of anxiety? See below for a potential PhD opportunity with me
Feel free to reach out if you'd like to know more!
@kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
kcl-mrcdtp.com/project/unde...
Feel free to reach out if you'd like to know more!
@kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
kcl-mrcdtp.com/project/unde...
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Just posted with @serenxia.bsky.social and @pharmacopsychology.bsky.social : a systematic review of pharmacological effects on human aversive memory. We searched data bases for 215 candidate drugs and summarise the evidence from 100 studies on 36 compounds following #PRISMA2020 protocol.
September 8, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Just posted with @serenxia.bsky.social and @pharmacopsychology.bsky.social : a systematic review of pharmacological effects on human aversive memory. We searched data bases for 215 candidate drugs and summarise the evidence from 100 studies on 36 compounds following #PRISMA2020 protocol.
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Post Doctoral & Brain Entry Fellowships | Brain: The Charity
guarantorsofbrain.org
September 4, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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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 computational/cognitive and clinical psychology applications this year for the Translational Lab at Emory 💭🔬
Please share broadly and send applicants my way! 🔄
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Please share broadly and send applicants my way! 🔄
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Information for prospective graduate students
The Translational Lab will be reviewing applications this cycle! Prospective students can apply through Clinical Science or Cognitive and Computational Sciences in the Emory Psychology Department to ...
docs.google.com
August 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I'll be reviewing computational/cognitive and clinical psychology applications this year for the Translational Lab at Emory 💭🔬
Please share broadly and send applicants my way! 🔄
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Please share broadly and send applicants my way! 🔄
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Check out our new pre-print in which we argue something that might be obvious but doesn't seem to be obvious to everyone: Large Language Models (such as ChatGPT) do not simulate human psychology.
Large Language models (LLMs) do not simulate human psychology. That's the title of our new paper, available as preprint today (1/12):
arxiv.org/abs/2508.06950
arxiv.org/abs/2508.06950
Large Language Models Do Not Simulate Human Psychology
Large Language Models (LLMs),such as ChatGPT, are increasingly used in research, ranging from simple writing assistance to complex data annotation tasks. Recently, some research has suggested that LLM...
arxiv.org
August 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Check out our new pre-print in which we argue something that might be obvious but doesn't seem to be obvious to everyone: Large Language Models (such as ChatGPT) do not simulate human psychology.
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🚨 We’re hiring: Associate Professor/Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
🧠 Lead pioneering imaging-informed cognitive neuroscience research
🌍 Open to international applicants | Visa sponsorship available
📍 Permanent, full-time, on-site
🔗 Apply now: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
🧠 Lead pioneering imaging-informed cognitive neuroscience research
🌍 Open to international applicants | Visa sponsorship available
📍 Permanent, full-time, on-site
🔗 Apply now: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
August 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🚨 We’re hiring: Associate Professor/Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
🧠 Lead pioneering imaging-informed cognitive neuroscience research
🌍 Open to international applicants | Visa sponsorship available
📍 Permanent, full-time, on-site
🔗 Apply now: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
🧠 Lead pioneering imaging-informed cognitive neuroscience research
🌍 Open to international applicants | Visa sponsorship available
📍 Permanent, full-time, on-site
🔗 Apply now: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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Delighted to be hiring a new Clinical Psychology Lecturer to come and join our vibrant environment at the SGDP Centre @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social please share!
my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
my.corehr.com
August 7, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Delighted to be hiring a new Clinical Psychology Lecturer to come and join our vibrant environment at the SGDP Centre @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social please share!
my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
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🚨Amazing opportunity: position available for a new associate/full professor at the FIL @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social! Do you have a neuroimaging-focused research program? Get applying! 🚨
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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
August 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
🚨Amazing opportunity: position available for a new associate/full professor at the FIL @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social! Do you have a neuroimaging-focused research program? Get applying! 🚨
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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Diving into how #CBT tackles a wide range of mental health conditions in my new blog, reviewing @pimcuijpers.bsky.social and co new meta-analysis. If you care about evidence-based therapy and when to explore options beyond the basics, check it out on @thementalelf.bsky.social ➡️ buff.ly/DbNCq8k ☀️
The strengths and limitations of CBT across mental health conditions
CBT is a cornerstone of mental health care, but how well does it work across disorders? New meta-analysis offers some answers and raises new questions.
www.nationalelfservice.net
July 30, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Diving into how #CBT tackles a wide range of mental health conditions in my new blog, reviewing @pimcuijpers.bsky.social and co new meta-analysis. If you care about evidence-based therapy and when to explore options beyond the basics, check it out on @thementalelf.bsky.social ➡️ buff.ly/DbNCq8k ☀️
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How can we better protect young minds?
Dr Christina Carlisi (@uclpals.bsky.social) shares insights on supporting children’s mental health online.
Dr Christina Carlisi (@uclpals.bsky.social) shares insights on supporting children’s mental health online.
Dr Christina Carlisi on how to protect the mental health of children and adolescents
How do we ensure that children and young people have the tools they need to protect their mental health in online and real world spaces? We speak to Dr Christina Carlisi to find out.
www.ucl.ac.uk
July 28, 2025 at 10:08 AM
How can we better protect young minds?
Dr Christina Carlisi (@uclpals.bsky.social) shares insights on supporting children’s mental health online.
Dr Christina Carlisi (@uclpals.bsky.social) shares insights on supporting children’s mental health online.
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It'ssssss PREPRINT THURSDAY! (Sadly not a thing). Approximately an era ago, I spent a *lot* of time discussing the assumptions that underpin the field of #ComputationalPskychiatry with the brilliant @jonroiser.bsky.social and @olijrobinson.bsky.social osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
July 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
It'ssssss PREPRINT THURSDAY! (Sadly not a thing). Approximately an era ago, I spent a *lot* of time discussing the assumptions that underpin the field of #ComputationalPskychiatry with the brilliant @jonroiser.bsky.social and @olijrobinson.bsky.social osf.io/preprints/ps...
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We @smfleming.bsky.social, Marion Rouault and @seowxft.bsky.social and I) have posted a reply osf.io/preprints/ps... to a preprint that recently raised concerns about the validity of associations between mental health and metacognition from online studies. I hope you can take the time to read it.
OSF
osf.io
July 1, 2025 at 8:52 AM
We @smfleming.bsky.social, Marion Rouault and @seowxft.bsky.social and I) have posted a reply osf.io/preprints/ps... to a preprint that recently raised concerns about the validity of associations between mental health and metacognition from online studies. I hope you can take the time to read it.
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🎉 Huge congratulations to Agatha Alves Anet who recently won UCL's Three Minute Thesis competition - requiring PhD students to talk about their research for 3mins to a non-specialist audience! We caught up with Agatha to hear more about her research.
Q&A with UCL’s Three-Minute Thesis Competition winner Agatha Alves Anet
We spoke to the winner of UCL's 2025 Three-Minute Thesis competition about her research on anxiety disorders.
buff.ly
June 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
🎉 Huge congratulations to Agatha Alves Anet who recently won UCL's Three Minute Thesis competition - requiring PhD students to talk about their research for 3mins to a non-specialist audience! We caught up with Agatha to hear more about her research.
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Today, the ERC formally adopted a decision to increase its support for researchers moving to Europe.
On top of its normal grants, the ERC offers 'start-up' funding to help PIs establish laboratories / research teams in Europe.
This extra funding is now x2 (up to €2 million!)
europa.eu/!6Vdgmp
On top of its normal grants, the ERC offers 'start-up' funding to help PIs establish laboratories / research teams in Europe.
This extra funding is now x2 (up to €2 million!)
europa.eu/!6Vdgmp
May 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Today, the ERC formally adopted a decision to increase its support for researchers moving to Europe.
On top of its normal grants, the ERC offers 'start-up' funding to help PIs establish laboratories / research teams in Europe.
This extra funding is now x2 (up to €2 million!)
europa.eu/!6Vdgmp
On top of its normal grants, the ERC offers 'start-up' funding to help PIs establish laboratories / research teams in Europe.
This extra funding is now x2 (up to €2 million!)
europa.eu/!6Vdgmp
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🔥💥📣 Excited to announce a new policy at the Computational Psychiatry (CPSY) journal @cpsyjournal.bsky.social. Starting from April 2025, CPSY will compensate reviewers for their time and effort invested in reviewing manuscripts. w/ @drrickadams.bsky.social
cpsyjournal.org/articles/10....
cpsyjournal.org/articles/10....
One Small Step Towards Fixing a Broken System | Computational Psychiatry
cpsyjournal.org
May 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🔥💥📣 Excited to announce a new policy at the Computational Psychiatry (CPSY) journal @cpsyjournal.bsky.social. Starting from April 2025, CPSY will compensate reviewers for their time and effort invested in reviewing manuscripts. w/ @drrickadams.bsky.social
cpsyjournal.org/articles/10....
cpsyjournal.org/articles/10....
Paper about UK-China cross cultural differences mentioned in this thread FINALLY published: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🎉🍾
May 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Paper about UK-China cross cultural differences mentioned in this thread FINALLY published: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🎉🍾
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I’m looking for a postdoc and RA for an ERC-funded project “SLEEPAWAY: Forgetting unwanted memories in sleep”. You’ll use MEG/EEG and fMRI to understand how the sleeping brain remembers and forgets. PLEASE REPOST 😊
Postdoc: tinyurl.com/vr5thp7s
RA: tinyurl.com/ycyzkatc
Postdoc: tinyurl.com/vr5thp7s
RA: tinyurl.com/ycyzkatc
May 13, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I’m looking for a postdoc and RA for an ERC-funded project “SLEEPAWAY: Forgetting unwanted memories in sleep”. You’ll use MEG/EEG and fMRI to understand how the sleeping brain remembers and forgets. PLEASE REPOST 😊
Postdoc: tinyurl.com/vr5thp7s
RA: tinyurl.com/ycyzkatc
Postdoc: tinyurl.com/vr5thp7s
RA: tinyurl.com/ycyzkatc
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Brain/behaviour people - come to beautiful Scotland - we are recruiting in psychology and neuroscience across all grades! Closes May 12. Details below, and please re-post 🙏
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
More about us here: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/psyc...
#neuroskyence #neurojobs
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
More about us here: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/psyc...
#neuroskyence #neurojobs
Professor, Senior Lecturer/Lecturer and Lecturer posts - Glasgow City (GB) job with University of Glasgow | 12838283
University of Glasgow College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences School of Psychology & Neuroscience Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience/Psy...
www.nature.com
May 8, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Brain/behaviour people - come to beautiful Scotland - we are recruiting in psychology and neuroscience across all grades! Closes May 12. Details below, and please re-post 🙏
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
More about us here: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/psyc...
#neuroskyence #neurojobs
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
More about us here: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/psyc...
#neuroskyence #neurojobs
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Want to get started with Computational Modelling, but don't know how? Go no further, we got you covered!
Very excited to announce the release of @lenarddome.bsky.social 's Computational Psychiatry Modelling toolbox - an easy to use library that does modelling for you: cpm-toolbox.net
Sign up now 👇
Very excited to announce the release of @lenarddome.bsky.social 's Computational Psychiatry Modelling toolbox - an easy to use library that does modelling for you: cpm-toolbox.net
Sign up now 👇
May 5, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Want to get started with Computational Modelling, but don't know how? Go no further, we got you covered!
Very excited to announce the release of @lenarddome.bsky.social 's Computational Psychiatry Modelling toolbox - an easy to use library that does modelling for you: cpm-toolbox.net
Sign up now 👇
Very excited to announce the release of @lenarddome.bsky.social 's Computational Psychiatry Modelling toolbox - an easy to use library that does modelling for you: cpm-toolbox.net
Sign up now 👇
I get quite a lot of academic spam emails, but this is a first.
April 2, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I get quite a lot of academic spam emails, but this is a first.
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🚨New post alert 🚨
We are recruiting at UCL for permanent faculty in Computational Cognition. Please circulate and/or apply!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DML927/l...
The dept is wonderful - exciting & clever research; supportive; dynamic. Feel free to send qus my way.
@uclpals.bsky.social #NeuroJobs
We are recruiting at UCL for permanent faculty in Computational Cognition. Please circulate and/or apply!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DML927/l...
The dept is wonderful - exciting & clever research; supportive; dynamic. Feel free to send qus my way.
@uclpals.bsky.social #NeuroJobs
Lecturer in Computational Cognition at UCL
An opportunity for an academic position as a Lecturer in Computational Cognition is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
www.jobs.ac.uk
March 31, 2025 at 1:52 PM
🚨New post alert 🚨
We are recruiting at UCL for permanent faculty in Computational Cognition. Please circulate and/or apply!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DML927/l...
The dept is wonderful - exciting & clever research; supportive; dynamic. Feel free to send qus my way.
@uclpals.bsky.social #NeuroJobs
We are recruiting at UCL for permanent faculty in Computational Cognition. Please circulate and/or apply!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DML927/l...
The dept is wonderful - exciting & clever research; supportive; dynamic. Feel free to send qus my way.
@uclpals.bsky.social #NeuroJobs
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OK here it is, the moment you have all been waiting for! Our advert for 5 posts here at Glasgow: Cognitive neuroscience/psychology. Closing date May 12 - please spread the word
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
March 28, 2025 at 7:06 AM
OK here it is, the moment you have all been waiting for! Our advert for 5 posts here at Glasgow: Cognitive neuroscience/psychology. Closing date May 12 - please spread the word
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...