Javier Masís
@jmasis.bsky.social
postdoc at Princeton University / cognitive science / neuroscience / drums
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Excited to have this out and featured!
A new paper from @princetonneuro.bsky.social scientists shows people will forgo short-term rewards in favor of investing more effort when the opportunity for learning arises. The results could help researchers build better AI.
Read now: ai.princeton.edu/news/2025/hu...
Read now: ai.princeton.edu/news/2025/hu...
Human brains put in more effort when the opportunity to learn arises, the finding could help researchers build better AI
In a research paper published in PNAS, Princeton Neuroscience Institute researchers present their results finding that people will forgo short-term rewards in favor of investing more effort when the o...
ai.princeton.edu
October 30, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Excited to have this out and featured!
Reposted by Javier Masís
Check out our preprint to learn about our methodology and additional finds! LINK: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (11/11)
How sturdy is your memory palace? Reliable room representations predict subsequent reinstatement of placed objects
Our autobiographical experiences typically occur within the context of familiar spatial locations. When we encode these experiences into memory, we can use our spatial map of the world to help organiz...
www.biorxiv.org
December 2, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Check out our preprint to learn about our methodology and additional finds! LINK: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (11/11)
This is incredible work!! I didn’t contribute any science but I did contribute some music and art💃🏻🎨. Intrigued as to what that means??
Read it!!
Read it!!
🔔𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐓 𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐓🔔 Beyond excited to present our new work showcasing 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝! Wait what? Exciting collab w/ @ptoncompmemlab.bsky.social & @chrisbaldassano.bsky.social Link: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (1/11)
December 2, 2024 at 6:40 PM
This is incredible work!! I didn’t contribute any science but I did contribute some music and art💃🏻🎨. Intrigued as to what that means??
Read it!!
Read it!!
I'm delighted to share a new preprint alongside @musslick.bsky.social and Jon D. Cohen titled "Learning expectations shape cognitive control allocation."
How does the expectation to learn or improve at a task affect an agent's willingness to exert mental effort?
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
How does the expectation to learn or improve at a task affect an agent's willingness to exert mental effort?
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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media.tenor.com
August 22, 2024 at 3:45 PM
I'm delighted to share a new preprint alongside @musslick.bsky.social and Jon D. Cohen titled "Learning expectations shape cognitive control allocation."
How does the expectation to learn or improve at a task affect an agent's willingness to exert mental effort?
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
How does the expectation to learn or improve at a task affect an agent's willingness to exert mental effort?
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Reposted by Javier Masís
Hello bluesky! For my first act, I'd like to shamelessly self-promote my paper on metacognitive control of memory recall, just published in Psych Review.
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September 26, 2023 at 4:01 PM
Hello bluesky! For my first act, I'd like to shamelessly self-promote my paper on metacognitive control of memory recall, just published in Psych Review.
psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...