Julie Tang
@jutang.bsky.social
PhD candidate on Decision-Making in Creativity and Psychosis @ParisBrainInstitute. Psychiatrist occasionally. History of arts rarely.
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🚨To celebrate #WorldMentalHealthDay, our October issue includes a Focus that examines the advances in computational psychiatry and the challenges of developing computational models to address mental health disorders. #mentalhealthresearch #Psychiatry
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October 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
🚨To celebrate #WorldMentalHealthDay, our October issue includes a Focus that examines the advances in computational psychiatry and the challenges of developing computational models to address mental health disorders. #mentalhealthresearch #Psychiatry
➡️ nature.com/collections/...
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🚨 New findings from a study led by Juliana Olah! Our recent study highlights the potential of 5-minute remote speech assessments to accurately diagnose complex mental health conditions, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and MDD. 🧠💬 1/3 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Detecting schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, psychosis vulnerability and major depressive disorder from 5 minutes of online-collected speech - Translational Psychiatry
Translational Psychiatry - Detecting schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, psychosis vulnerability and major depressive disorder from 5 minutes of online-collected speech
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July 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
🚨 New findings from a study led by Juliana Olah! Our recent study highlights the potential of 5-minute remote speech assessments to accurately diagnose complex mental health conditions, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and MDD. 🧠💬 1/3 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Attractors are usually not mechanisms - new blog post: open.substack.com/pub/kording/...
Attractors are usually not mechanisms
The mathematical objects can not be. And the "attractor models" have not been established as mechanisms in mammals
open.substack.com
July 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Attractors are usually not mechanisms - new blog post: open.substack.com/pub/kording/...
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Reinforcement Learning and Active Inference are two frameworks used in computational psychiatry, but these are rarely directly compared empirically. In this new article, we aimed to compare these in a more systematic manner by fitting each to multiple datasets: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
A Systematic Empirical Comparison of Active Inference and Reinforcement Learning Models in Accounting for Decision-Making Under Uncertainty
Reinforcement Learning (RL) and Active Inference (AInf) are related computational frameworks for modeling learning and choice under uncertainty. However, differ
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March 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Reinforcement Learning and Active Inference are two frameworks used in computational psychiatry, but these are rarely directly compared empirically. In this new article, we aimed to compare these in a more systematic manner by fitting each to multiple datasets: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Synthetic ecosystems that autonomously and continuously evolve in silico 👾
An Alifer dream we pursue with Flow-Lenia, a mass-conservative continuous CA !
If you are interested in complex systems with (1) emergent creatures and (2) intrinsic evolutionary dynamics, go check our new paper !
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An Alifer dream we pursue with Flow-Lenia, a mass-conservative continuous CA !
If you are interested in complex systems with (1) emergent creatures and (2) intrinsic evolutionary dynamics, go check our new paper !
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June 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Synthetic ecosystems that autonomously and continuously evolve in silico 👾
An Alifer dream we pursue with Flow-Lenia, a mass-conservative continuous CA !
If you are interested in complex systems with (1) emergent creatures and (2) intrinsic evolutionary dynamics, go check our new paper !
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An Alifer dream we pursue with Flow-Lenia, a mass-conservative continuous CA !
If you are interested in complex systems with (1) emergent creatures and (2) intrinsic evolutionary dynamics, go check our new paper !
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When we started this work in the pandemic, I never imagined we’d progress to a clinical trial. Amazing work from @juliasheffield.bsky.social
Priors on volatility change with symptom improvement in a clinical trial!
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Priors on volatility change with symptom improvement in a clinical trial!
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Prior Expectations of Volatility Following Psychotherapy for Delusions
his randomized clinical trial examines the association between volatility expectation and psychotic symptom severity among adults with schizophrenia spectrum or delusional disorder receiving treatment...
jamanetwork.com
June 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
When we started this work in the pandemic, I never imagined we’d progress to a clinical trial. Amazing work from @juliasheffield.bsky.social
Priors on volatility change with symptom improvement in a clinical trial!
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Priors on volatility change with symptom improvement in a clinical trial!
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Les visas des chercheurs, des universitaires et des étudiants pour les Etats-Unis ne seront pas accordés à celles et ceux qui ont exprimé de l'hostilité au régime autoritaire de Trump. Ces refus de visa se feront par analyse des posts sur les réseaux sociaux.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/u...
U.S. to Review Social Media Posts of Student and Scholar Visa Applicants
www.nytimes.com
June 19, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Les visas des chercheurs, des universitaires et des étudiants pour les Etats-Unis ne seront pas accordés à celles et ceux qui ont exprimé de l'hostilité au régime autoritaire de Trump. Ces refus de visa se feront par analyse des posts sur les réseaux sociaux.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/u...
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Very excited to share our new paper available open-access via @dpn_journal! We evaluated objected features derived from automated speech and language processing as markers of #psychosis symptoms over time. 1/6
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Automated speech and language markers of longitudinal changes in psychosis symptoms
NPP—Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience - Automated speech and language markers of longitudinal changes in psychosis symptoms
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June 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Very excited to share our new paper available open-access via @dpn_journal! We evaluated objected features derived from automated speech and language processing as markers of #psychosis symptoms over time. 1/6
rdcu.be/erkV0
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Nature Neuroscience
What dopamine teaches depends on what the brain believes
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
What dopamine teaches depends on what the brain believes
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
What dopamine teaches depends on what the brain believes - Nature Neuroscience
How does the brain learn to predict rewards? In this issue of Nature Neuroscience, Qian, Burrell et al. show that understanding how dopamine guides learning requires knowledge of how animals interpret...
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June 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Nature Neuroscience
What dopamine teaches depends on what the brain believes
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
What dopamine teaches depends on what the brain believes
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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New in Nature MentalHealth! with Vrizzi, Najar, Lemogne, and @mael-lebreton.bsky.social
We tested whether behavioural and RL-based model parameters are test-retest reliable and predict mental health traits.
The result? Not really.
A cautionary tale for comp. psychiatry
doi.org/10.1038/s442...
We tested whether behavioural and RL-based model parameters are test-retest reliable and predict mental health traits.
The result? Not really.
A cautionary tale for comp. psychiatry
doi.org/10.1038/s442...
Behavioral, computational and self-reported measures of reward and punishment sensitivity as predictors of mental health characteristics - Nature Mental Health
Reinforcement learning task-based behavioral and computational measures displayed low test–retest reliability at the individual level. Also in contrast to self-assessed personality measures, behaviora...
doi.org
May 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
New in Nature MentalHealth! with Vrizzi, Najar, Lemogne, and @mael-lebreton.bsky.social
We tested whether behavioural and RL-based model parameters are test-retest reliable and predict mental health traits.
The result? Not really.
A cautionary tale for comp. psychiatry
doi.org/10.1038/s442...
We tested whether behavioural and RL-based model parameters are test-retest reliable and predict mental health traits.
The result? Not really.
A cautionary tale for comp. psychiatry
doi.org/10.1038/s442...
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Why use our new library of 300+ art images for your experiment?
🌍 Intentionally inclusive of non-Western art
😀😵💫😢 Normed for 11 emotional states each
📊 Interactive data viz for stimulus selection
Got questions? Let us know!
doi.org/10.1037/aca0...
🌍 Intentionally inclusive of non-Western art
😀😵💫😢 Normed for 11 emotional states each
📊 Interactive data viz for stimulus selection
Got questions? Let us know!
doi.org/10.1037/aca0...
APA PsycNet
doi.org
May 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Why use our new library of 300+ art images for your experiment?
🌍 Intentionally inclusive of non-Western art
😀😵💫😢 Normed for 11 emotional states each
📊 Interactive data viz for stimulus selection
Got questions? Let us know!
doi.org/10.1037/aca0...
🌍 Intentionally inclusive of non-Western art
😀😵💫😢 Normed for 11 emotional states each
📊 Interactive data viz for stimulus selection
Got questions? Let us know!
doi.org/10.1037/aca0...
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Excited to share our preprint: "Recasting adaptation as strategy inference". This work explores how humans spontaneously adapt to changes by inferring strategies, rather than relying on incremental learning.@philippedomenech.bsky.social @khamascience.bsky.social @computationalbrain.bsky.social 🧠🟦 🧠🤖
Recasting adaptation as strategy inference
Flexible adaptation to uncertain and changing environments requires dynamic adjustments in behavioral strategies. While classical learning theories emphasize incremental strengthening of local stimulu...
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April 4, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Excited to share our preprint: "Recasting adaptation as strategy inference". This work explores how humans spontaneously adapt to changes by inferring strategies, rather than relying on incremental learning.@philippedomenech.bsky.social @khamascience.bsky.social @computationalbrain.bsky.social 🧠🟦 🧠🤖
Masterclass on the Neuroscience of #Creativity @institutducerveau.bsky.social !
@emmavolle.bsky.social
@indrevis.bsky.social 🎨
@emmavolle.bsky.social
@indrevis.bsky.social 🎨
March 13, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Masterclass on the Neuroscience of #Creativity @institutducerveau.bsky.social !
@emmavolle.bsky.social
@indrevis.bsky.social 🎨
@emmavolle.bsky.social
@indrevis.bsky.social 🎨
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Are you a creativity researcher just starting in Bluesky? Check out the @tsfnc SfNC Starter Pack! go.bsky.app/S5Ce66c
December 28, 2024 at 12:58 AM
Are you a creativity researcher just starting in Bluesky? Check out the @tsfnc SfNC Starter Pack! go.bsky.app/S5Ce66c
March 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Finalement, les physiciens qui ont théorisé le concept de multivers avaient raison : il y a l’univers, le nôtre, et d’autres où se déroulent de tout autres histoires. Mais ce qu’ils n’avaient pas envisagé, c’est que ces univers parallèles aient des porte-paroles puissants à l’intérieur du nôtre…
February 19, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Finalement, les physiciens qui ont théorisé le concept de multivers avaient raison : il y a l’univers, le nôtre, et d’autres où se déroulent de tout autres histoires. Mais ce qu’ils n’avaient pas envisagé, c’est que ces univers parallèles aient des porte-paroles puissants à l’intérieur du nôtre…
Selected for @apapsychiatric.bsky.social Young Psychiatrist Researcher Colloquium ! Curiosity first in these days 👊
February 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Selected for @apapsychiatric.bsky.social Young Psychiatrist Researcher Colloquium ! Curiosity first in these days 👊
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King's College London launches the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets, in partnership with @wellcometrust.bsky.social / @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social, a free platform with over 1,600 datasets, to support mental health research worldwide. 🌍
Read more and learn how to access: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-l...
Read more and learn how to access: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-l...
King's launches the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets to support mental health research
Researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London have launched a new free platform to allow people to discover hundreds of longitudinal mental hea...
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January 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
King's College London launches the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets, in partnership with @wellcometrust.bsky.social / @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social, a free platform with over 1,600 datasets, to support mental health research worldwide. 🌍
Read more and learn how to access: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-l...
Read more and learn how to access: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-l...
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We value things differently depending on the situation. A fascinating paper shows that the hippocampus feeds contextual information to the prefrontal cortex by altering theta wave phase alignment, enabling the PFC to adjust value judgments accordingly.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroscience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroscience
Context-dependent decision-making in the primate hippocampal–prefrontal circuit - Nature Neuroscience
The brain uses different valuation schemes across contexts. Elston and Wallis show this is supported by hippocampal encoding of context that is broadcast to prefrontal value subcircuits via theta sync...
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January 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
We value things differently depending on the situation. A fascinating paper shows that the hippocampus feeds contextual information to the prefrontal cortex by altering theta wave phase alignment, enabling the PFC to adjust value judgments accordingly.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroscience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroscience
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🌟 Whether you’re a new student, lab leader or decision-maker at an institutional level, you can now find free tools and guidance all in one place.
Our Learning Resources page launched in October thanks to insights from eLife Ambassadors. #12DaysOfeLife
https://buff.ly/4f8vIpk
Our Learning Resources page launched in October thanks to insights from eLife Ambassadors. #12DaysOfeLife
https://buff.ly/4f8vIpk
Learning resources for scientists · eLife
A collections of articles that provide practical resources and guidance for researchers and academics
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December 25, 2024 at 2:01 PM
🌟 Whether you’re a new student, lab leader or decision-maker at an institutional level, you can now find free tools and guidance all in one place.
Our Learning Resources page launched in October thanks to insights from eLife Ambassadors. #12DaysOfeLife
https://buff.ly/4f8vIpk
Our Learning Resources page launched in October thanks to insights from eLife Ambassadors. #12DaysOfeLife
https://buff.ly/4f8vIpk
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💥 Some POST DOC JOB news 👀... I'm very happy to say that @melgaby.bsky.social, @mattnour.bsky.social, @mariaeckstein.bsky.social and I have been awarded funding from @wellcometrust.bsky.social to look at how planning 📝and mental models of the world 🌍 are affected by psychosis...
December 20, 2024 at 12:13 PM
💥 Some POST DOC JOB news 👀... I'm very happy to say that @melgaby.bsky.social, @mattnour.bsky.social, @mariaeckstein.bsky.social and I have been awarded funding from @wellcometrust.bsky.social to look at how planning 📝and mental models of the world 🌍 are affected by psychosis...
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Three must read papers for PhD students. #scisky #PhD #science #research #academicsky
1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research
Open Access
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research
Open Access
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
November 24, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Three must read papers for PhD students. #scisky #PhD #science #research #academicsky
1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research
Open Access
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research
Open Access
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
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I've been asked to run a career workshop locally, so it would be nice to have more examples of how luck plays a big role in academia
December 12, 2024 at 2:04 PM
I've been asked to run a career workshop locally, so it would be nice to have more examples of how luck plays a big role in academia
I attended the first edition of Foraging and Information Seeking Conference @Lyon. Surprising, impressed by the quality of the talks and the curiosity of all the attendees. Presented the beginning of my PhD work on the way we produce creative ideas on top of it! #ForagingConference
December 13, 2024 at 5:22 PM
I attended the first edition of Foraging and Information Seeking Conference @Lyon. Surprising, impressed by the quality of the talks and the curiosity of all the attendees. Presented the beginning of my PhD work on the way we produce creative ideas on top of it! #ForagingConference