ari ☀️
@khoudary.bsky.social
phd researcher in cognitive sciences @ uc irvine. working on evidence accumulation, metacognition, memory, and philosophy of cognitive [neuro]science 🧠 they/them 🏳️🌈 ⚧️ 🇸🇾 https://arikhoudary.com/
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gooood morning #SfN2025! i’m presenting this poster at board CC11 *today* from 8am-noon
stop by to chat learning, memory, (perceptual) decision making, and normative modeling that bridges cross-species and cross-task findings 🧠🐒
w/ @meganakpeters.bsky.social and @aaronbornstein.bsky.social
stop by to chat learning, memory, (perceptual) decision making, and normative modeling that bridges cross-species and cross-task findings 🧠🐒
w/ @meganakpeters.bsky.social and @aaronbornstein.bsky.social
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presenting TODAY at #SfN2025 🧠
if you're curious about distinct structure learning & metacognitive dynamics across multiple statistical patterns & stimuli types, come check out my poster w/
@meganakpeters.bsky.social 📈
📍PSTR363.17 / UU13
🕐 Tues Nov 18 1-5 PM
www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/21171...
if you're curious about distinct structure learning & metacognitive dynamics across multiple statistical patterns & stimuli types, come check out my poster w/
@meganakpeters.bsky.social 📈
📍PSTR363.17 / UU13
🕐 Tues Nov 18 1-5 PM
www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/21171...
November 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
presenting TODAY at #SfN2025 🧠
if you're curious about distinct structure learning & metacognitive dynamics across multiple statistical patterns & stimuli types, come check out my poster w/
@meganakpeters.bsky.social 📈
📍PSTR363.17 / UU13
🕐 Tues Nov 18 1-5 PM
www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/21171...
if you're curious about distinct structure learning & metacognitive dynamics across multiple statistical patterns & stimuli types, come check out my poster w/
@meganakpeters.bsky.social 📈
📍PSTR363.17 / UU13
🕐 Tues Nov 18 1-5 PM
www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/21171...
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#SfN Poster 5 of 6
TODAY! Tuesday 11/18 1-5p
@rochellekaper.bsky.social
PSTR363.17 / UU13 Quantifying the emergence of metacognition in structure learning
www.abstractsonline....
TODAY! Tuesday 11/18 1-5p
@rochellekaper.bsky.social
PSTR363.17 / UU13 Quantifying the emergence of metacognition in structure learning
www.abstractsonline....
November 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
#SfN Poster 5 of 6
TODAY! Tuesday 11/18 1-5p
@rochellekaper.bsky.social
PSTR363.17 / UU13 Quantifying the emergence of metacognition in structure learning
www.abstractsonline....
TODAY! Tuesday 11/18 1-5p
@rochellekaper.bsky.social
PSTR363.17 / UU13 Quantifying the emergence of metacognition in structure learning
www.abstractsonline....
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#SfN2025 Poster 4 of 6
TODAY! Tuesday 11/18 1-5p
@hazimi.bsky.social
PSTR363.09 / UU5 Modeling Prior-like Higher-Order Representations in DecNef with a Generative NERD Model
www.abstractsonline....
TODAY! Tuesday 11/18 1-5p
@hazimi.bsky.social
PSTR363.09 / UU5 Modeling Prior-like Higher-Order Representations in DecNef with a Generative NERD Model
www.abstractsonline....
November 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
#SfN2025 Poster 4 of 6
TODAY! Tuesday 11/18 1-5p
@hazimi.bsky.social
PSTR363.09 / UU5 Modeling Prior-like Higher-Order Representations in DecNef with a Generative NERD Model
www.abstractsonline....
TODAY! Tuesday 11/18 1-5p
@hazimi.bsky.social
PSTR363.09 / UU5 Modeling Prior-like Higher-Order Representations in DecNef with a Generative NERD Model
www.abstractsonline....
gooood morning #SfN2025! i’m presenting this poster at board CC11 *today* from 8am-noon
stop by to chat learning, memory, (perceptual) decision making, and normative modeling that bridges cross-species and cross-task findings 🧠🐒
w/ @meganakpeters.bsky.social and @aaronbornstein.bsky.social
stop by to chat learning, memory, (perceptual) decision making, and normative modeling that bridges cross-species and cross-task findings 🧠🐒
w/ @meganakpeters.bsky.social and @aaronbornstein.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
gooood morning #SfN2025! i’m presenting this poster at board CC11 *today* from 8am-noon
stop by to chat learning, memory, (perceptual) decision making, and normative modeling that bridges cross-species and cross-task findings 🧠🐒
w/ @meganakpeters.bsky.social and @aaronbornstein.bsky.social
stop by to chat learning, memory, (perceptual) decision making, and normative modeling that bridges cross-species and cross-task findings 🧠🐒
w/ @meganakpeters.bsky.social and @aaronbornstein.bsky.social
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#SfN2025 Poster 3 of 6
TODAY! Tuesday 11/18 8a-12p
@khoudary.bsky.social
PSTR291.11 / CC11 Precision-weighted integration explains dynamic effects of expectations on perceptual decisions, with
@aaronbornstein.bsky.social
www.abstractsonline....
TODAY! Tuesday 11/18 8a-12p
@khoudary.bsky.social
PSTR291.11 / CC11 Precision-weighted integration explains dynamic effects of expectations on perceptual decisions, with
@aaronbornstein.bsky.social
www.abstractsonline....
November 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
#SfN2025 Poster 3 of 6
TODAY! Tuesday 11/18 8a-12p
@khoudary.bsky.social
PSTR291.11 / CC11 Precision-weighted integration explains dynamic effects of expectations on perceptual decisions, with
@aaronbornstein.bsky.social
www.abstractsonline....
TODAY! Tuesday 11/18 8a-12p
@khoudary.bsky.social
PSTR291.11 / CC11 Precision-weighted integration explains dynamic effects of expectations on perceptual decisions, with
@aaronbornstein.bsky.social
www.abstractsonline....
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Good morning from San Diego. Come see my poster (UU7) on splitting and merging latent states in non-Markovian environments, at #Sfn2025 right now !
November 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Good morning from San Diego. Come see my poster (UU7) on splitting and merging latent states in non-Markovian environments, at #Sfn2025 right now !
me & my Theme K poster are finally at #SfN25! stop by board WW13 anytime between now & tomorrow evening to learn more about how philosophy can help navigate meta-scientific questions about models in neuroscience 🧠 w/
@meganakpeters.bsky.social @aaronbornstein.bsky.social
@meganakpeters.bsky.social @aaronbornstein.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
me & my Theme K poster are finally at #SfN25! stop by board WW13 anytime between now & tomorrow evening to learn more about how philosophy can help navigate meta-scientific questions about models in neuroscience 🧠 w/
@meganakpeters.bsky.social @aaronbornstein.bsky.social
@meganakpeters.bsky.social @aaronbornstein.bsky.social
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Come see the lab's work at #SfN2025! (🧵)
Featuring:
@khoudary.bsky.social @biancaleonard.bsky.social @malejandra.bsky.social @jungsuy.bsky.social
@dalezhou.bsky.social @lovecrabmeat.bsky.social @sharonmnoh.bsky.social
Featuring:
@khoudary.bsky.social @biancaleonard.bsky.social @malejandra.bsky.social @jungsuy.bsky.social
@dalezhou.bsky.social @lovecrabmeat.bsky.social @sharonmnoh.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Come see the lab's work at #SfN2025! (🧵)
Featuring:
@khoudary.bsky.social @biancaleonard.bsky.social @malejandra.bsky.social @jungsuy.bsky.social
@dalezhou.bsky.social @lovecrabmeat.bsky.social @sharonmnoh.bsky.social
Featuring:
@khoudary.bsky.social @biancaleonard.bsky.social @malejandra.bsky.social @jungsuy.bsky.social
@dalezhou.bsky.social @lovecrabmeat.bsky.social @sharonmnoh.bsky.social
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Our group has SIX posters at SfN! 🧵👇 links below in thread:
November 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Our group has SIX posters at SfN! 🧵👇 links below in thread:
Kath really exemplifies the type of thinking that makes our weird little department so unique and valuable — definitely give this a read!
From data to models | @ucirvine.bsky.social cognitive sciences Ph.D. student Kathleen Medriano is challenging assumptions and traditional approaches to modeling
@uofcalifornia.bsky.social @joachim.cidlab.com
@uofcalifornia.bsky.social @joachim.cidlab.com
From data to models
www.socsci.uci.edu
November 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Kath really exemplifies the type of thinking that makes our weird little department so unique and valuable — definitely give this a read!
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I am accepting graduate students for the UCI Cognitive Sciences PhD program for Fall 2026. Check out my lab website - www.relcoglab.org for our recent themes. Our funded work focuses on combinatorial reasoning, moral decision-making, and conceptual cognition in humans and large language models.
Relational Cognition Lab
www.relcoglab.org
November 5, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I am accepting graduate students for the UCI Cognitive Sciences PhD program for Fall 2026. Check out my lab website - www.relcoglab.org for our recent themes. Our funded work focuses on combinatorial reasoning, moral decision-making, and conceptual cognition in humans and large language models.
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Friends (and friends-of-friends) in LA: Please help spread the word!
On Saturday, November 15th 2p, @mameister4.bsky.social and I will be in conversation at the Burbank Library discussing bottlenecks and next steps for brain research.
It's free! Register here:
burbank.libnet.info/event/14639190
On Saturday, November 15th 2p, @mameister4.bsky.social and I will be in conversation at the Burbank Library discussing bottlenecks and next steps for brain research.
It's free! Register here:
burbank.libnet.info/event/14639190
November 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Friends (and friends-of-friends) in LA: Please help spread the word!
On Saturday, November 15th 2p, @mameister4.bsky.social and I will be in conversation at the Burbank Library discussing bottlenecks and next steps for brain research.
It's free! Register here:
burbank.libnet.info/event/14639190
On Saturday, November 15th 2p, @mameister4.bsky.social and I will be in conversation at the Burbank Library discussing bottlenecks and next steps for brain research.
It's free! Register here:
burbank.libnet.info/event/14639190
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🚨 New preprint 🚨
How do people's mental models shape memory, prediction, and generalization? We find that people spontaneously construct goal-dependent causal abstractions that compress experience to privilege relevant information.
📃 osf.io/preprints/ps...
🔗 github.com/cicl-stanfor...
How do people's mental models shape memory, prediction, and generalization? We find that people spontaneously construct goal-dependent causal abstractions that compress experience to privilege relevant information.
📃 osf.io/preprints/ps...
🔗 github.com/cicl-stanfor...
October 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🚨 New preprint 🚨
How do people's mental models shape memory, prediction, and generalization? We find that people spontaneously construct goal-dependent causal abstractions that compress experience to privilege relevant information.
📃 osf.io/preprints/ps...
🔗 github.com/cicl-stanfor...
How do people's mental models shape memory, prediction, and generalization? We find that people spontaneously construct goal-dependent causal abstractions that compress experience to privilege relevant information.
📃 osf.io/preprints/ps...
🔗 github.com/cicl-stanfor...
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I will be recruiting 🌟PhD students🌟 for my newish lab! If you're interested in learning & memory mechanisms applied to individual, interactive & collective behavior using computational modeling, real-world experiments and fMRI, email me! RTs much appreciated 🙏 rouhanilab.com
Interactive Cognition Lab | USC
Interactive Cognition Lab at USC, led by principal investigator, Dr. Nina Rouhani.
rouhanilab.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I will be recruiting 🌟PhD students🌟 for my newish lab! If you're interested in learning & memory mechanisms applied to individual, interactive & collective behavior using computational modeling, real-world experiments and fMRI, email me! RTs much appreciated 🙏 rouhanilab.com
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Can AI simulations of human research participants advance cognitive science? In @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social, @lmesseri.bsky.social & I analyze this vision. We show how “AI Surrogates” entrench practices that limit the generalizability of cognitive science while aspiring to do the opposite. 1/
AI Surrogates and illusions of generalizability in cognitive science
Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have generated enthusiasm for using AI simulations of human research participants to generate new know…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Can AI simulations of human research participants advance cognitive science? In @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social, @lmesseri.bsky.social & I analyze this vision. We show how “AI Surrogates” entrench practices that limit the generalizability of cognitive science while aspiring to do the opposite. 1/
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“…for an AI chatbot to generate an autopsy report, contract workers have to sift through thousands of gruesome crime scene images, a gig known as ‘data labeling.’”
The AI Industry Is Traumatizing Desperate Contractors in the Developing World for Pennies
AI is propped up by a global sweat shop operation, where exploited workers polish the software for wealthy corporations in the west.
futurism.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
“…for an AI chatbot to generate an autopsy report, contract workers have to sift through thousands of gruesome crime scene images, a gig known as ‘data labeling.’”
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A compressed code for memory discrimination https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.12.681901v1
October 13, 2025 at 10:15 AM
A compressed code for memory discrimination https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.12.681901v1
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Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"
Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians
Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"
i always knew writing my dissertation was going to be tedious, intimidating, overwhelming, etc. but no one ever told me it was also going to be *fun* 😳
September 19, 2025 at 10:53 PM
i always knew writing my dissertation was going to be tedious, intimidating, overwhelming, etc. but no one ever told me it was also going to be *fun* 😳
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join the protest: YES!
register for the protest: NO!
register for the protest: NO!
Do NOT sign up for a protest
do not make yourselves a bigger and easier target.
this is basic opsec
do not make yourselves a bigger and easier target.
this is basic opsec
We need your help to make October 18 the biggest peaceful protest of the year. Please spread the word, register your local event as soon as you can, and start RSVPing for the local protests to help build momentum: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
September 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM
join the protest: YES!
register for the protest: NO!
register for the protest: NO!
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From student to 3-time TA, Shahrzad M. Esfahan’s journey shows how Neuromatch Academy opens doors to global science and community 🌍🧠✨
➡️ Read her story: www.linkedin.com/posts/neurom...
#MyNeuromatchStory #ComputationalNeuroscience #STEMEducation #Neuroscience #DeepLearning
➡️ Read her story: www.linkedin.com/posts/neurom...
#MyNeuromatchStory #ComputationalNeuroscience #STEMEducation #Neuroscience #DeepLearning
August 30, 2025 at 9:10 AM
From student to 3-time TA, Shahrzad M. Esfahan’s journey shows how Neuromatch Academy opens doors to global science and community 🌍🧠✨
➡️ Read her story: www.linkedin.com/posts/neurom...
#MyNeuromatchStory #ComputationalNeuroscience #STEMEducation #Neuroscience #DeepLearning
➡️ Read her story: www.linkedin.com/posts/neurom...
#MyNeuromatchStory #ComputationalNeuroscience #STEMEducation #Neuroscience #DeepLearning
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personally i do not think human rights should be up for “debate” but what do i know, i’m emotional and biased because those are my rights they’re talking about
The Pod Save America bros are setting up a "debate" about trans rights featuring anti-trans ghoul Matt Yglesias, apparently! No clue who the "pro-trans" side will be repped by, but I'm really worried that they're going to just find someone to get steamrolled.
so there’s gonna potentially be a pod save america “debate” on democrats future support for trans rights in the near future
i had to back out because of scheduling conflicts, and for some reason they didn’t want my help finding a replacement
on the other side of the “debate” is…
matt yglesias
i had to back out because of scheduling conflicts, and for some reason they didn’t want my help finding a replacement
on the other side of the “debate” is…
matt yglesias
August 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM
personally i do not think human rights should be up for “debate” but what do i know, i’m emotional and biased because those are my rights they’re talking about
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New opinion piece!
@amirtal.bsky.social and I argue that "wake reactivation" is not a scientifically useful construct; It encompasses nonconscious & conscious processes w/ varying levels of elaboration & diverging consequences, leading to conflicting results
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lgli4sIRvW-LQ
@amirtal.bsky.social and I argue that "wake reactivation" is not a scientifically useful construct; It encompasses nonconscious & conscious processes w/ varying levels of elaboration & diverging consequences, leading to conflicting results
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lgli4sIRvW-LQ
authors.elsevier.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
New opinion piece!
@amirtal.bsky.social and I argue that "wake reactivation" is not a scientifically useful construct; It encompasses nonconscious & conscious processes w/ varying levels of elaboration & diverging consequences, leading to conflicting results
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lgli4sIRvW-LQ
@amirtal.bsky.social and I argue that "wake reactivation" is not a scientifically useful construct; It encompasses nonconscious & conscious processes w/ varying levels of elaboration & diverging consequences, leading to conflicting results
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lgli4sIRvW-LQ
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How much does the environment we’re raised in change how we see the world? Wonderful piece in @sciam.bsky.social by @norabradford.bsky.social, ft. an interview with @dorsaamir.bsky.social about our work on the 'cultural byproduct hypothesis'.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/does...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/does...
Why a Classic Psychology Theory about Vision Has Fallen Apart
The downfall of a long-standing theory in psychology raises a question: How much does the environment we’re raised in change how we literally see the world?
www.scientificamerican.com
August 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
How much does the environment we’re raised in change how we see the world? Wonderful piece in @sciam.bsky.social by @norabradford.bsky.social, ft. an interview with @dorsaamir.bsky.social about our work on the 'cultural byproduct hypothesis'.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/does...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/does...
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Therefore: Please don't use LLMs as research participants. LLMs do not simulate human psychology. (11/12)
August 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Therefore: Please don't use LLMs as research participants. LLMs do not simulate human psychology. (11/12)