Bowen Xiao (Eddie)
@xiaoboweneddie.bsky.social
PhD student with the Prediction and Learning Lab, Cambridge. Working on uncertainty, attention, learning, and possibly anxiety.
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My first post into the bsky void, the first preprint of my PhD! A novel task to bridge learning and effort decision-making.
Of course, we find that effort choice is sensitive to prior learning, but this integration of beliefs into action is affected by anhedonia.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Of course, we find that effort choice is sensitive to prior learning, but this integration of beliefs into action is affected by anhedonia.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Effort choices are sensitive to prior learning
Motivated behaviour relies on both learning and effort-based decision-making, yet these processes are often studied in isolation. We developed a novel paradigm combining probabilistic associative lear...
doi.org
August 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
My first post into the bsky void, the first preprint of my PhD! A novel task to bridge learning and effort decision-making.
Of course, we find that effort choice is sensitive to prior learning, but this integration of beliefs into action is affected by anhedonia.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Of course, we find that effort choice is sensitive to prior learning, but this integration of beliefs into action is affected by anhedonia.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
My pre-PhD work with @noham-wolpe.bsky.social is finally out! doi.org/10.1037/mot0000411
How does progress feedback influence effort-based decision-making? Our study involved a novel effort manipulation designed for online testing and mouse-tracking. The results came with a twist on apathy… (🧵1/3)
How does progress feedback influence effort-based decision-making? Our study involved a novel effort manipulation designed for online testing and mouse-tracking. The results came with a twist on apathy… (🧵1/3)
APA PsycNet
doi.org
September 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
My pre-PhD work with @noham-wolpe.bsky.social is finally out! doi.org/10.1037/mot0000411
How does progress feedback influence effort-based decision-making? Our study involved a novel effort manipulation designed for online testing and mouse-tracking. The results came with a twist on apathy… (🧵1/3)
How does progress feedback influence effort-based decision-making? Our study involved a novel effort manipulation designed for online testing and mouse-tracking. The results came with a twist on apathy… (🧵1/3)
Reposted by Bowen Xiao (Eddie)
🚨Thrilled to share a new paper on emotion ensemble processing in anxiety.
Threat biases arose in dual fashion, such that individuals with anxiety displayed:
• an attentional bias indicating threat avoidance
• a judgemental bias favouring threat
➡️ doi.org/10.1037/abn0...
🧠 @pandmlabhku.bsky.social
Threat biases arose in dual fashion, such that individuals with anxiety displayed:
• an attentional bias indicating threat avoidance
• a judgemental bias favouring threat
➡️ doi.org/10.1037/abn0...
🧠 @pandmlabhku.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🚨Thrilled to share a new paper on emotion ensemble processing in anxiety.
Threat biases arose in dual fashion, such that individuals with anxiety displayed:
• an attentional bias indicating threat avoidance
• a judgemental bias favouring threat
➡️ doi.org/10.1037/abn0...
🧠 @pandmlabhku.bsky.social
Threat biases arose in dual fashion, such that individuals with anxiety displayed:
• an attentional bias indicating threat avoidance
• a judgemental bias favouring threat
➡️ doi.org/10.1037/abn0...
🧠 @pandmlabhku.bsky.social
Reposted by Bowen Xiao (Eddie)
New preprint alert! How do we process uncertainty, and how do neurometabolites shape this?🧠Here we combine computational modeling + 7T MRS to answer these questions: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
With Peter Thestrup Waade, Chris Mathys, Frederike Petzchner, @beckyneuro.bsky.social & others! 🧵(1/4)
With Peter Thestrup Waade, Chris Mathys, Frederike Petzchner, @beckyneuro.bsky.social & others! 🧵(1/4)
Neurochemical markers of uncertainty processing in humans
How individuals process and respond to uncertainty has important implications for cognition and mental health. Here we use computational phenotyping to examine individualised 'uncertainty fingerprints...
www.biorxiv.org
February 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
New preprint alert! How do we process uncertainty, and how do neurometabolites shape this?🧠Here we combine computational modeling + 7T MRS to answer these questions: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
With Peter Thestrup Waade, Chris Mathys, Frederike Petzchner, @beckyneuro.bsky.social & others! 🧵(1/4)
With Peter Thestrup Waade, Chris Mathys, Frederike Petzchner, @beckyneuro.bsky.social & others! 🧵(1/4)