Sucharit Katyal
@sucharit.bsky.social
Interested in Knowing and Self-knowing
My research spans Metacognition | Computational Psychiatry | Meditation | Consciousness
Currently @University of Copenhagen
Previously @University College London
My research spans Metacognition | Computational Psychiatry | Meditation | Consciousness
Currently @University of Copenhagen
Previously @University College London
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Sucharit Katyal
@sucharit.bsky.social
· Feb 23
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
Our paper where we use computational modelling to study how some people continue to be underconfident in their abilities despite having intact performance out in Nature Communications
@naturecomms.bsky.social
with @smfleming.bsky.social @docqhuys.bsky.social Ray Dolan
@naturecomms.bsky.social
with @smfleming.bsky.social @docqhuys.bsky.social Ray Dolan
Link to the original scientific article 👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Gender and anxiety reveal distinct computational sources of underconfidence | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core
Gender and anxiety reveal distinct computational sources of underconfidence - Volume 56
www.cambridge.org
February 1, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Link to the original scientific article 👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
A piece for The Conversation about our recent paper on two sources of confidence biases in people.
theconversation.com/some-people-...
In brief: Taking time to think about your decisions may either help or worsen underconfidence depending on whether it is related to gender or anxiety symptoms
theconversation.com/some-people-...
In brief: Taking time to think about your decisions may either help or worsen underconfidence depending on whether it is related to gender or anxiety symptoms
Some people gain confidence from thinking things through, others lose it – new research
Second-guessing yourself? Here’s how it can hurt (and at times help) your confidence.
theconversation.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:54 PM
A piece for The Conversation about our recent paper on two sources of confidence biases in people.
theconversation.com/some-people-...
In brief: Taking time to think about your decisions may either help or worsen underconfidence depending on whether it is related to gender or anxiety symptoms
theconversation.com/some-people-...
In brief: Taking time to think about your decisions may either help or worsen underconfidence depending on whether it is related to gender or anxiety symptoms
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With some trepidation, I'm putting this out into the world:
gershmanlab.com/textbook.html
It's a textbook called Computational Foundations of Cognitive Neuroscience, which I wrote for my class.
My hope is that this will be a living document, continuously improved as I get feedback.
gershmanlab.com/textbook.html
It's a textbook called Computational Foundations of Cognitive Neuroscience, which I wrote for my class.
My hope is that this will be a living document, continuously improved as I get feedback.
January 9, 2026 at 1:27 AM
With some trepidation, I'm putting this out into the world:
gershmanlab.com/textbook.html
It's a textbook called Computational Foundations of Cognitive Neuroscience, which I wrote for my class.
My hope is that this will be a living document, continuously improved as I get feedback.
gershmanlab.com/textbook.html
It's a textbook called Computational Foundations of Cognitive Neuroscience, which I wrote for my class.
My hope is that this will be a living document, continuously improved as I get feedback.
Reposted by Sucharit Katyal
We're running a 5th edition of the always-exciting UCL Summer School on Consciousness and Metacognition this year, 8th-10th July 2026 in London. Accommodation and travel expenses are covered.
For more information and how to apply, check out metacoglab.org/summer-schoo...
For more information and how to apply, check out metacoglab.org/summer-schoo...
Summer School - About — the MetaLab
metacoglab.org
January 20, 2026 at 5:07 PM
We're running a 5th edition of the always-exciting UCL Summer School on Consciousness and Metacognition this year, 8th-10th July 2026 in London. Accommodation and travel expenses are covered.
For more information and how to apply, check out metacoglab.org/summer-schoo...
For more information and how to apply, check out metacoglab.org/summer-schoo...
A nice write-up of our recent paper
Women and people with anxiety are both prone to low confidence in their own abilities, but a new study by Dr @sucharit.bsky.social and Prof @smfleming.bsky.social @uclpals.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social has found that the two groups are prone to two distinct types of underconfidence
Two types of underconfidence linked to anxiety and gender
Women and people with anxiety are both prone to low confidence in their own abilities, but a new study by UCL researchers has found that the two groups are prone to two distinct types of underconfiden...
www.ucl.ac.uk
January 15, 2026 at 9:17 PM
A nice write-up of our recent paper
Our computational model would also be useful to metacognition and computational psychiatry researchers 🤓. It simultaneously models dynamic metacognitive efficiency and 3 distinct sources of metacognitive bias, and has the potential to reveal the many different ways in which a person forms confidence
January 15, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Our computational model would also be useful to metacognition and computational psychiatry researchers 🤓. It simultaneously models dynamic metacognitive efficiency and 3 distinct sources of metacognitive bias, and has the potential to reveal the many different ways in which a person forms confidence
We hope this can aid future therapeutic interventions such that different people can adjust how they form confidence depending on the specific factors that distort their confidence ✨
January 15, 2026 at 9:06 PM
We hope this can aid future therapeutic interventions such that different people can adjust how they form confidence depending on the specific factors that distort their confidence ✨
We find that after making a decision, underconfidence in people with anxiety symptoms worsens with time, while it improves in women compared to men. Using a novel dynamic computational model of confidence, we show this is due to distinct computational sources of underconfidence!
January 15, 2026 at 8:57 PM
We find that after making a decision, underconfidence in people with anxiety symptoms worsens with time, while it improves in women compared to men. Using a novel dynamic computational model of confidence, we show this is due to distinct computational sources of underconfidence!
Our new paper on different types of underconfidence in relation to anxiety symptoms and gender out now in Psychological Medicine 😊
doi.org/10.1017/S003...
with @smfleming.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1017/S003...
with @smfleming.bsky.social
Gender and anxiety reveal distinct computational sources of underconfidence | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core
Gender and anxiety reveal distinct computational sources of underconfidence - Volume 56
doi.org
January 15, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Our new paper on different types of underconfidence in relation to anxiety symptoms and gender out now in Psychological Medicine 😊
doi.org/10.1017/S003...
with @smfleming.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1017/S003...
with @smfleming.bsky.social
We find that after making a decision, underconfidence in people with anxiety symptoms worsens with time, while it improves in women compared to men. Using a novel dynamic computational model of confidence, we show this is due to distinct computational sources of underconfidence!
January 15, 2026 at 8:55 PM
We find that after making a decision, underconfidence in people with anxiety symptoms worsens with time, while it improves in women compared to men. Using a novel dynamic computational model of confidence, we show this is due to distinct computational sources of underconfidence!
Our new study led by @renzolanfranco.bsky.social out in PNAS showing an indistinguishable association between performance and awareness judgements when it comes to bodily self-perception
Happy to share our new and groundbreaking study on the relationship between conscious awareness and the sense of bodily self! With @brainself.bsky.social at @ki.se and out today in PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Conscious awareness, sensory integration, and evidence accumulation in bodily self-perception | PNAS
Conscious awareness refers to the subjective experience of perceiving, thinking, and
feeling and the ability to report these experiences. These per...
www.pnas.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Our new study led by @renzolanfranco.bsky.social out in PNAS showing an indistinguishable association between performance and awareness judgements when it comes to bodily self-perception
Reposted by Sucharit Katyal
Body ownership is not constructed unconsciously and then brought to awareness—it emerges directly in consciousness. A fundamental insight for understanding the bodily self, with clear implications for theories of consciousness. See PNAS article and thread below.
Happy to share our new and groundbreaking study on the relationship between conscious awareness and the sense of bodily self! With @brainself.bsky.social at @ki.se and out today in PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Conscious awareness, sensory integration, and evidence accumulation in bodily self-perception | PNAS
Conscious awareness refers to the subjective experience of perceiving, thinking, and
feeling and the ability to report these experiences. These per...
www.pnas.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Body ownership is not constructed unconsciously and then brought to awareness—it emerges directly in consciousness. A fundamental insight for understanding the bodily self, with clear implications for theories of consciousness. See PNAS article and thread below.
Reposted by Sucharit Katyal
1/4 I’m super excited to share our latest PNAS paper: a 7T-fMRI study shows that functional connectivity between habenula and VTA in humans is associated with individual differences in negative learning bias, which further associates with higher anxiety and depression scores. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
November 10, 2025 at 7:55 AM
1/4 I’m super excited to share our latest PNAS paper: a 7T-fMRI study shows that functional connectivity between habenula and VTA in humans is associated with individual differences in negative learning bias, which further associates with higher anxiety and depression scores. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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🧠 New paper on breathing and the brain, out now
@plos.org Computational Biology! 🫁
"The respiratory cycle modulates distinct dynamics of affective and perceptual decision-making"
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
We show how respiratory 'tidal computations' alter our decisons!
@plos.org Computational Biology! 🫁
"The respiratory cycle modulates distinct dynamics of affective and perceptual decision-making"
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
We show how respiratory 'tidal computations' alter our decisons!
The respiratory cycle modulates distinct dynamics of affective and perceptual decision-making
Author summary Breathing is more than just a vital process for survival — it influences how we perceive and interact with the world around us. Recent research suggests that the rhythm of breathing, fr...
doi.org
August 1, 2025 at 10:35 AM
🧠 New paper on breathing and the brain, out now
@plos.org Computational Biology! 🫁
"The respiratory cycle modulates distinct dynamics of affective and perceptual decision-making"
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
We show how respiratory 'tidal computations' alter our decisons!
@plos.org Computational Biology! 🫁
"The respiratory cycle modulates distinct dynamics of affective and perceptual decision-making"
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
We show how respiratory 'tidal computations' alter our decisons!
Reposted by Sucharit Katyal
Very pleased to share our new review in @natrevpsychol.nature.com on integrating cognitive neuroscience and clinical perspectives of metacognition in mental health! With @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social, Lena Jelinek, and Steffen Moritz. (1/3)
Web: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
PDF: rdcu.be/ePxUG
Web: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
PDF: rdcu.be/ePxUG
Integrating cognitive neuroscience and clinical perspectives on metacognitive mechanisms in psychopathology - Nature Reviews Psychology
Cognitive neuroscience and clinical psychology have made substantial advances in knowledge about metacognitive processes, but these fields have progressed in parallel. In this Review, Seow et al. inte...
eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Very pleased to share our new review in @natrevpsychol.nature.com on integrating cognitive neuroscience and clinical perspectives of metacognition in mental health! With @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social, Lena Jelinek, and Steffen Moritz. (1/3)
Web: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
PDF: rdcu.be/ePxUG
Web: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
PDF: rdcu.be/ePxUG
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Brace yourself: neural and computational insights into
the experience of mental effort! Now out in @cerebralcortex.bsky.social Led by Gaia Corlazzoli.
Paper: desenderlab.com/wp-content/u.... Thread ↓↓↓
the experience of mental effort! Now out in @cerebralcortex.bsky.social Led by Gaia Corlazzoli.
Paper: desenderlab.com/wp-content/u.... Thread ↓↓↓
November 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Brace yourself: neural and computational insights into
the experience of mental effort! Now out in @cerebralcortex.bsky.social Led by Gaia Corlazzoli.
Paper: desenderlab.com/wp-content/u.... Thread ↓↓↓
the experience of mental effort! Now out in @cerebralcortex.bsky.social Led by Gaia Corlazzoli.
Paper: desenderlab.com/wp-content/u.... Thread ↓↓↓
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I’m excited to share our latest article “The Multifaceted Ganzfeld at the Crossroad Between Visual Perception and Consciousness: Behavioral, Neural and Qualitative Aspects”, published in Open Mind!
November 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I’m excited to share our latest article “The Multifaceted Ganzfeld at the Crossroad Between Visual Perception and Consciousness: Behavioral, Neural and Qualitative Aspects”, published in Open Mind!
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What a day. Our foundation model of cognitive science is out in Nature:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@marcelbinz.bsky.social's thread:
bsky.app/profile/marc...
Centaur is featured by the NYT:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/s...
We got featured in a Nature views:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@marcelbinz.bsky.social's thread:
bsky.app/profile/marc...
Centaur is featured by the NYT:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/s...
We got featured in a Nature views:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
July 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
What a day. Our foundation model of cognitive science is out in Nature:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@marcelbinz.bsky.social's thread:
bsky.app/profile/marc...
Centaur is featured by the NYT:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/s...
We got featured in a Nature views:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@marcelbinz.bsky.social's thread:
bsky.app/profile/marc...
Centaur is featured by the NYT:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/s...
We got featured in a Nature views:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Claire and team did a remarkable job here, and you should read their reply. An updated preprint from us will be out shortly, reflecting our revised understanding of these issues.
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 2:54 PM
Claire and team did a remarkable job here, and you should read their reply. An updated preprint from us will be out shortly, reflecting our revised understanding of these issues.
Reposted by Sucharit Katyal
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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I am so excited to share that our paper 'A neural basis for distinguishing imagination from reality' is now published in @cp-neuron.bsky.social! 🧠✨ See thread below! doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
June 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I am so excited to share that our paper 'A neural basis for distinguishing imagination from reality' is now published in @cp-neuron.bsky.social! 🧠✨ See thread below! doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
Also in Denmark's leading daily newspaper, Berlingske:
www.berlingske.dk/vores-liv/ud...
www.berlingske.dk/vores-liv/ud...
Udbredt følelse kan stå i vejen for succes, siger forsker bag nyt studie. Men et bestemt værktøj kan være en løsning
Læs mere her.
www.berlingske.dk
June 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Also in Denmark's leading daily newspaper, Berlingske:
www.berlingske.dk/vores-liv/ud...
www.berlingske.dk/vores-liv/ud...
Study with @smfleming.bsky.social @docqhuys.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Study with @smfleming.bsky.social @docqhuys.bsky.social
Some coverage in Danish newspapers (with a very broad interpretation) of our recent study ☺️
uniavisen.dk/en/you-did-w...
uniavisen.dk/en/you-did-w...
You did well — so why do you feel like a fraud? The psychology of impostor syndrome
Academics can feel like they’ve tricked their colleagues into overestimating them. This researcher knows how to fight it.
uniavisen.dk
June 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Some coverage in Danish newspapers (with a very broad interpretation) of our recent study ☺️
uniavisen.dk/en/you-did-w...
uniavisen.dk/en/you-did-w...
Also, recently in Denmark's leading daily www.berlingske.dk/kommentarer/...
Utallige danskere kender til følelsen af at bedrage sine omgivelser – og lidelsen er især udbredt blandt ledere
Læs mere her.
www.berlingske.dk
June 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Also, recently in Denmark's leading daily www.berlingske.dk/kommentarer/...