Jon Roiser
@jonroiser.bsky.social
Prof of Neuroscience and Mental Health UCL_ICN
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| Israel&UK politics | Travel adventures | Good food | Trees,wood & fires | Black cat
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Went to the dentist wearing a red and white striped jumper. When I got up to leave, a little girl loudly whispered to her mother "Found him!"
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Went to the dentist wearing a red and white striped jumper. When I got up to leave, a little girl loudly whispered to her mother "Found him!"
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For decades, the "us here, them there" hermetic partition model has run into fundamental stumbling blocks. I'm pleased to have organized this webinar (us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...) with reps of the A Land for All movement, which offers solutions based on a mix of independence and integration.
NEXT TUESDAY - 11/18 - 12:30pm ET.
Register at us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
With panelists Dr. Fakhira Halloun and Prof. (emeritus) Oren Yiftachel of the binational A Land for All movement. Moderator: Our board member, Rabbi Andrea London.
We hope you can join us!
Register at us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
With panelists Dr. Fakhira Halloun and Prof. (emeritus) Oren Yiftachel of the binational A Land for All movement. Moderator: Our board member, Rabbi Andrea London.
We hope you can join us!
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
For decades, the "us here, them there" hermetic partition model has run into fundamental stumbling blocks. I'm pleased to have organized this webinar (us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...) with reps of the A Land for All movement, which offers solutions based on a mix of independence and integration.
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PODCAST: Reckoning or reverting? Israeli society after the ceasefire
Dahlia Scheindlin explores the lessons Israelis are drawing from two years of war, and explains why international pressure is the only path to a political settlement.
Listen now 🎙️
www.972mag.com/podcast-reck...
Dahlia Scheindlin explores the lessons Israelis are drawing from two years of war, and explains why international pressure is the only path to a political settlement.
Listen now 🎙️
www.972mag.com/podcast-reck...
Reckoning or reverting? Israeli society after the ceasefire
Dahlia Scheindlin explores the lessons Israelis are drawing from two years of war and why international pressure is the only path to a political settlement.
www.972mag.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
PODCAST: Reckoning or reverting? Israeli society after the ceasefire
Dahlia Scheindlin explores the lessons Israelis are drawing from two years of war, and explains why international pressure is the only path to a political settlement.
Listen now 🎙️
www.972mag.com/podcast-reck...
Dahlia Scheindlin explores the lessons Israelis are drawing from two years of war, and explains why international pressure is the only path to a political settlement.
Listen now 🎙️
www.972mag.com/podcast-reck...
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New paper from my group, led by Carolina Guzman Holst
This is a secondary analysis of data from the high-quality MYRIAD trial, a universal school-based mindfulness intervention
Summary below (🧵)
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
This is a secondary analysis of data from the high-quality MYRIAD trial, a universal school-based mindfulness intervention
Summary below (🧵)
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
October 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
New paper from my group, led by Carolina Guzman Holst
This is a secondary analysis of data from the high-quality MYRIAD trial, a universal school-based mindfulness intervention
Summary below (🧵)
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
This is a secondary analysis of data from the high-quality MYRIAD trial, a universal school-based mindfulness intervention
Summary below (🧵)
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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📣 BIG NEWS EVERYONE. I am so excited to announce…
🎉 I’m moving to University College London @ucl.ac.uk to join the Experimental Psychology department in @uclpals.bsky.social! 🎉
The big move happens in spring/summer. So I’m already exploring recruiting staff & students at UCL for fall 2026!
🎉 I’m moving to University College London @ucl.ac.uk to join the Experimental Psychology department in @uclpals.bsky.social! 🎉
The big move happens in spring/summer. So I’m already exploring recruiting staff & students at UCL for fall 2026!
October 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
📣 BIG NEWS EVERYONE. I am so excited to announce…
🎉 I’m moving to University College London @ucl.ac.uk to join the Experimental Psychology department in @uclpals.bsky.social! 🎉
The big move happens in spring/summer. So I’m already exploring recruiting staff & students at UCL for fall 2026!
🎉 I’m moving to University College London @ucl.ac.uk to join the Experimental Psychology department in @uclpals.bsky.social! 🎉
The big move happens in spring/summer. So I’m already exploring recruiting staff & students at UCL for fall 2026!
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There's every reason in the world to be wary of what's coming next, but we can still be happy for the children of Gaza and the hostages' families.
October 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
There's every reason in the world to be wary of what's coming next, but we can still be happy for the children of Gaza and the hostages' families.
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2yrs since one of worst days in living memory, catalysing darkest/most dehumanised period in 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 history. My hope is that historians speak of this nightmare as prologue. With a turn toward peace & equality from those now staring into abyss. Proud to know many people working everyday to make that so
October 7, 2025 at 7:20 AM
2yrs since one of worst days in living memory, catalysing darkest/most dehumanised period in 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 history. My hope is that historians speak of this nightmare as prologue. With a turn toward peace & equality from those now staring into abyss. Proud to know many people working everyday to make that so
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New #job alert! Clinical research fellow / postdoc in #computationalpsychiatry at the @mpc-comppsych.bsky.social / @uclqsion.bsky.social and UCL psychiatry. We will aim to understand the computations engaged by serotonin in the treatment of depression. Please re-sky. 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
October 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
New #job alert! Clinical research fellow / postdoc in #computationalpsychiatry at the @mpc-comppsych.bsky.social / @uclqsion.bsky.social and UCL psychiatry. We will aim to understand the computations engaged by serotonin in the treatment of depression. Please re-sky. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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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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Looking for a PhD next year? Want to come and work on the next generation of OPM-MEG/EEG biomarkers in computational psychiatry?
Apply for our MRC iCase studentship with @mkflugge.bsky.social, collabs with @lilweb.bsky.social + industrial placement at P1Vital:
www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/study/gradua...
Apply for our MRC iCase studentship with @mkflugge.bsky.social, collabs with @lilweb.bsky.social + industrial placement at P1Vital:
www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/study/gradua...
Development of robust, single-subject markers of predictive inference for computational psychiatry
www.medsci.ox.ac.uk
September 26, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Looking for a PhD next year? Want to come and work on the next generation of OPM-MEG/EEG biomarkers in computational psychiatry?
Apply for our MRC iCase studentship with @mkflugge.bsky.social, collabs with @lilweb.bsky.social + industrial placement at P1Vital:
www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/study/gradua...
Apply for our MRC iCase studentship with @mkflugge.bsky.social, collabs with @lilweb.bsky.social + industrial placement at P1Vital:
www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/study/gradua...
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You mother fucker I have never once wanted to upload to OneDrive, just let me attach the file to the email
September 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
You mother fucker I have never once wanted to upload to OneDrive, just let me attach the file to the email
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1/ So you’re thinking about applying for an academic job in the UK but don’t know how? This thread will walk you through the essentials.
September 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
1/ So you’re thinking about applying for an academic job in the UK but don’t know how? This thread will walk you through the essentials.
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Please RT
2 new positions in the lab as postdoc & PhD!
Interested in stress, pain, or reward? This project has it all!
We are a friendly but ambitious group. Oslo is a capital city on the fjord & bordered by forest, great urban & outdoors opportunities: 💃 ⛷️ 🚣 🎭 🎶
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
2 new positions in the lab as postdoc & PhD!
Interested in stress, pain, or reward? This project has it all!
We are a friendly but ambitious group. Oslo is a capital city on the fjord & bordered by forest, great urban & outdoors opportunities: 💃 ⛷️ 🚣 🎭 🎶
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (286516) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (286516), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Wednesday, October 15, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Please RT
2 new positions in the lab as postdoc & PhD!
Interested in stress, pain, or reward? This project has it all!
We are a friendly but ambitious group. Oslo is a capital city on the fjord & bordered by forest, great urban & outdoors opportunities: 💃 ⛷️ 🚣 🎭 🎶
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
2 new positions in the lab as postdoc & PhD!
Interested in stress, pain, or reward? This project has it all!
We are a friendly but ambitious group. Oslo is a capital city on the fjord & bordered by forest, great urban & outdoors opportunities: 💃 ⛷️ 🚣 🎭 🎶
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Now out in @natneuro.nature.com
What happens to the brain’s body map when a body-part is removed?
Scanning patients before and up to 5 yrs after arm amputation, we discovered the brain’s body map is strikingly preserved despite amputation
www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02037-7
🧵1/18
What happens to the brain’s body map when a body-part is removed?
Scanning patients before and up to 5 yrs after arm amputation, we discovered the brain’s body map is strikingly preserved despite amputation
www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02037-7
🧵1/18
August 21, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Now out in @natneuro.nature.com
What happens to the brain’s body map when a body-part is removed?
Scanning patients before and up to 5 yrs after arm amputation, we discovered the brain’s body map is strikingly preserved despite amputation
www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02037-7
🧵1/18
What happens to the brain’s body map when a body-part is removed?
Scanning patients before and up to 5 yrs after arm amputation, we discovered the brain’s body map is strikingly preserved despite amputation
www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02037-7
🧵1/18
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We are recruiting a new PI at the FIL @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social, Associate or Full Professor. This is an amazing place to do cognitive neuroscience, in the heart of London. If you or someone you know might be interested, please pass it on. #neuroskyence
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 10:52 AM
We are recruiting a new PI at the FIL @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social, Associate or Full Professor. This is an amazing place to do cognitive neuroscience, in the heart of London. If you or someone you know might be interested, please pass it on. #neuroskyence
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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📢 We are hiring! 📢
For our @wellcometrust.bsky.social grant on information gathering biases in #OCD and #Schizophrenia, we are looking for a Postdoc in Computational Modelling, supervised by Peter Dayan and myself.
Interested? See all the details in the job advert here: devcompsy.org/wp-content/u...
For our @wellcometrust.bsky.social grant on information gathering biases in #OCD and #Schizophrenia, we are looking for a Postdoc in Computational Modelling, supervised by Peter Dayan and myself.
Interested? See all the details in the job advert here: devcompsy.org/wp-content/u...
a penguin is sticking his head out of a hole next to a job application
ALT: a penguin is sticking his head out of a hole next to a job application
media.tenor.com
August 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
📢 We are hiring! 📢
For our @wellcometrust.bsky.social grant on information gathering biases in #OCD and #Schizophrenia, we are looking for a Postdoc in Computational Modelling, supervised by Peter Dayan and myself.
Interested? See all the details in the job advert here: devcompsy.org/wp-content/u...
For our @wellcometrust.bsky.social grant on information gathering biases in #OCD and #Schizophrenia, we are looking for a Postdoc in Computational Modelling, supervised by Peter Dayan and myself.
Interested? See all the details in the job advert here: devcompsy.org/wp-content/u...
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Another exciting new job opening at @uclpals.bsky.social with Niko Steinbeis and Essi Viding - www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... #neurojob #computationalpsychiatry
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 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Another exciting new job opening at @uclpals.bsky.social with Niko Steinbeis and Essi Viding - www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... #neurojob #computationalpsychiatry
Chat-GPTea
August 15, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Chat-GPTea
nice piece by @laurenshirreff.bsky.social in @telegraphnews.bsky.social this week (inc interview with me) on why neuroscientists believe depression isn't just one thing and implications for treatment - glad this idea is finally cutting through!
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/eaa4187... (no paywall)
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/eaa4187... (no paywall)
The three different types of depression and how to treat them
As experts cast doubt on the ‘chemical imbalance’ theory, new research suggests treatment should be tailored to specific symptoms
www.telegraph.co.uk
August 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
nice piece by @laurenshirreff.bsky.social in @telegraphnews.bsky.social this week (inc interview with me) on why neuroscientists believe depression isn't just one thing and implications for treatment - glad this idea is finally cutting through!
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/eaa4187... (no paywall)
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/eaa4187... (no paywall)
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📢 Job announcement: Two (!) 3-year postdoc jobs in our lab at UCL 📢
🧠💫🔊 We are looking for postdocs interested in the abstract mechanisms underlying social cognition. Modelling, fMRI and non-invasive ultrasound, a new deep-brain stimulation method.
Please RT
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
🧠💫🔊 We are looking for postdocs interested in the abstract mechanisms underlying social cognition. Modelling, fMRI and non-invasive ultrasound, a new deep-brain stimulation method.
Please RT
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 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
📢 Job announcement: Two (!) 3-year postdoc jobs in our lab at UCL 📢
🧠💫🔊 We are looking for postdocs interested in the abstract mechanisms underlying social cognition. Modelling, fMRI and non-invasive ultrasound, a new deep-brain stimulation method.
Please RT
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
🧠💫🔊 We are looking for postdocs interested in the abstract mechanisms underlying social cognition. Modelling, fMRI and non-invasive ultrasound, a new deep-brain stimulation method.
Please RT
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
hilarious - in the darkest possible sense
August 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
hilarious - in the darkest possible sense
they had nowhere to go - apart from a house they owned in France
A superb piece of journalism in The Observer: it seems like the one of the sacred texts of Nature Writing (TM) is not quite as much of an unflinchingly honest read as claimed
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
The real Salt Path: how a blockbuster book and film were ...
Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal that the truth behind it is ve...
observer.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
they had nowhere to go - apart from a house they owned in France
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🚨 New paper out in JAMAPsych:
🦣 project led by the brilliant @anahitm.bsky.social & @docqhuys.bsky.social ’ group.
Our meta-analysis found that #dopamine & #serotonin have distinct effects on reinforcement learning.
A step toward biomarker guided treatment?
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
🦣 project led by the brilliant @anahitm.bsky.social & @docqhuys.bsky.social ’ group.
Our meta-analysis found that #dopamine & #serotonin have distinct effects on reinforcement learning.
A step toward biomarker guided treatment?
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Dopamine and Serotonin in Reward and Punishment Processes in Humans
This systematic review and meta-analysis compares the association of dopamine and serotonin in reinforcement learning.
jamanetwork.com
June 13, 2025 at 10:29 AM
🚨 New paper out in JAMAPsych:
🦣 project led by the brilliant @anahitm.bsky.social & @docqhuys.bsky.social ’ group.
Our meta-analysis found that #dopamine & #serotonin have distinct effects on reinforcement learning.
A step toward biomarker guided treatment?
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
🦣 project led by the brilliant @anahitm.bsky.social & @docqhuys.bsky.social ’ group.
Our meta-analysis found that #dopamine & #serotonin have distinct effects on reinforcement learning.
A step toward biomarker guided treatment?
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Academic life, and sometimes life in general, can feel chock-full of disappointments. But not today, satan! 😈
June 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Academic life, and sometimes life in general, can feel chock-full of disappointments. But not today, satan! 😈
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🚨 We’re LIVE! 🚨
Our RELMED study is now open for Expressions of Interest!
🌟 Visit www.relmed.ac.uk to learn more about the study and fill out the Expression of Interest form.
Our RELMED study is now open for Expressions of Interest!
🌟 Visit www.relmed.ac.uk to learn more about the study and fill out the Expression of Interest form.
Relmed Study Portal
Relmed portal
www.relmed.ac.uk
May 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
🚨 We’re LIVE! 🚨
Our RELMED study is now open for Expressions of Interest!
🌟 Visit www.relmed.ac.uk to learn more about the study and fill out the Expression of Interest form.
Our RELMED study is now open for Expressions of Interest!
🌟 Visit www.relmed.ac.uk to learn more about the study and fill out the Expression of Interest form.