wasita
@wasita.bsky.social
🇹🇭 phd candidate w/ @lukejchang.bsky.social in the computational social affective neuroscience lab (cosanlab.com) at @DartmouthPBS.bsky.social
i study social interactions & communication
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i study social interactions & communication
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🧠 New paper alert! Can people infer others’ values not from what they choose, but simply from what comes to mind? Across four studies, we show they can—drawing on an intuitive theory of how options are generated.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2025.106238
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doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2025.106238
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Redirecting
doi.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
🧠 New paper alert! Can people infer others’ values not from what they choose, but simply from what comes to mind? Across four studies, we show they can—drawing on an intuitive theory of how options are generated.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2025.106238
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doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2025.106238
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😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
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Listen to the whole speech. This is history. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7ys...
LIVE: Zohran Mamdani delivers victory speech in New York City
YouTube video by ABC News
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November 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Listen to the whole speech. This is history. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7ys...
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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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We're excited to announce that Cognitive Science at Dartmouth is recruiting PhD students to work collaboratively with me, Steven Frankland, and Fred Callaway. Come study the principles and mechanisms that enable us to understand, plan, and act in the world! Info: sites.dartmouth.edu/cogscigrad/
Cognitive Science Graduate Admissions – Information about graduate admissions from the cognitive science faculty
sites.dartmouth.edu
October 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
We're excited to announce that Cognitive Science at Dartmouth is recruiting PhD students to work collaboratively with me, Steven Frankland, and Fred Callaway. Come study the principles and mechanisms that enable us to understand, plan, and act in the world! Info: sites.dartmouth.edu/cogscigrad/
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📢 Thrilled to share our paper is out now in @natcomms.nature.com
Shared computations underlie how we acquire actions that are mutually beneficial, instrumentally harmful (benefits self at the expense of others), altruistic (benefit others at the expense of self), or mutually costly
🧵 rdcu.be/eL8mZ
Shared computations underlie how we acquire actions that are mutually beneficial, instrumentally harmful (benefits self at the expense of others), altruistic (benefit others at the expense of self), or mutually costly
🧵 rdcu.be/eL8mZ
Neurocomputational basis of learning when choices simultaneously affect both oneself and others
Nature Communications - When learning to make choices that simultaneously affect the self and others, asymmetric encoding of information guides future social behaviors across mutually beneficial,...
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October 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
📢 Thrilled to share our paper is out now in @natcomms.nature.com
Shared computations underlie how we acquire actions that are mutually beneficial, instrumentally harmful (benefits self at the expense of others), altruistic (benefit others at the expense of self), or mutually costly
🧵 rdcu.be/eL8mZ
Shared computations underlie how we acquire actions that are mutually beneficial, instrumentally harmful (benefits self at the expense of others), altruistic (benefit others at the expense of self), or mutually costly
🧵 rdcu.be/eL8mZ
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Fully-funded 4-year #PhD in Cultural Evolution! Join my @erc.europa.eu project exploring how compression & compositionality drive cultural innovation: hmc-lab.com/ERCPhDCultur...
Apply by Nov 12!
Maybe of interest to folks from #COSMOS2025 or @eslr.bsky.social? Please feel free to share! 🙏
Apply by Nov 12!
Maybe of interest to folks from #COSMOS2025 or @eslr.bsky.social? Please feel free to share! 🙏
ERC funded PhD position on Cultural Evolution
ERC funded PhD position on Cultural Evolution
posted on October 16, 2025
We are currently seeking a highly motivated individual for a ful...
hmc-lab.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Fully-funded 4-year #PhD in Cultural Evolution! Join my @erc.europa.eu project exploring how compression & compositionality drive cultural innovation: hmc-lab.com/ERCPhDCultur...
Apply by Nov 12!
Maybe of interest to folks from #COSMOS2025 or @eslr.bsky.social? Please feel free to share! 🙏
Apply by Nov 12!
Maybe of interest to folks from #COSMOS2025 or @eslr.bsky.social? Please feel free to share! 🙏
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1/6 Excited to see our NMH paper featured here for #WorldMentalHealthDay! rdcu.be/dYl7T
Many psychiatric symptoms are inherently social. @xiaosigu.bsky.social, @joebarnby.com, & I call for cognitive models that reflect processes most relevant to our questions, esp. for those about social symptoms🧵
Many psychiatric symptoms are inherently social. @xiaosigu.bsky.social, @joebarnby.com, & I call for cognitive models that reflect processes most relevant to our questions, esp. for those about social symptoms🧵
🚨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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➡️ nature.com/collections/...
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October 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
1/6 Excited to see our NMH paper featured here for #WorldMentalHealthDay! rdcu.be/dYl7T
Many psychiatric symptoms are inherently social. @xiaosigu.bsky.social, @joebarnby.com, & I call for cognitive models that reflect processes most relevant to our questions, esp. for those about social symptoms🧵
Many psychiatric symptoms are inherently social. @xiaosigu.bsky.social, @joebarnby.com, & I call for cognitive models that reflect processes most relevant to our questions, esp. for those about social symptoms🧵
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I'm recruiting grad students!! 🎓
The CoDec Lab @ NYU (codec-lab.github.io) is looking for PhD students (Fall 2026) interested in computational approaches to social cognition & problem solving 🧠
Applications through Psych (tinyurl.com/nyucp) are due Dec 1. Reach out with Qs & please repost! 🙏
The CoDec Lab @ NYU (codec-lab.github.io) is looking for PhD students (Fall 2026) interested in computational approaches to social cognition & problem solving 🧠
Applications through Psych (tinyurl.com/nyucp) are due Dec 1. Reach out with Qs & please repost! 🙏
codec lab
codec-lab.github.io
October 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I'm recruiting grad students!! 🎓
The CoDec Lab @ NYU (codec-lab.github.io) is looking for PhD students (Fall 2026) interested in computational approaches to social cognition & problem solving 🧠
Applications through Psych (tinyurl.com/nyucp) are due Dec 1. Reach out with Qs & please repost! 🙏
The CoDec Lab @ NYU (codec-lab.github.io) is looking for PhD students (Fall 2026) interested in computational approaches to social cognition & problem solving 🧠
Applications through Psych (tinyurl.com/nyucp) are due Dec 1. Reach out with Qs & please repost! 🙏
Best summer school ever!! Thanks so much to @thecharleywu.bsky.social and @watarutoyokawa.bsky.social for being amazing organizers and for cultivating such a lovely community 💗
Mentorship sessions are one of my favorite parts of #COSMOS2025 Discussing science and academic careers, while exploring what Tokyo has to offer! With @liang-lee.bsky.social @mohsen-raoufi.bsky.social @wasita.bsky.social @shannonyasuda.bsky.social @kefang.bsky.social @davidschultner.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Best summer school ever!! Thanks so much to @thecharleywu.bsky.social and @watarutoyokawa.bsky.social for being amazing organizers and for cultivating such a lovely community 💗
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📢 My lab at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine is considering graduate student applications this fall
We welcome applicants interested in using computational modeling & fMRI to study social connection
🗓️ Deadline: December 1, 2025
🔗 Learn more: sinclaboratory.com/apply
#comppsychiatry #socialneuro
We welcome applicants interested in using computational modeling & fMRI to study social connection
🗓️ Deadline: December 1, 2025
🔗 Learn more: sinclaboratory.com/apply
#comppsychiatry #socialneuro
September 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
📢 My lab at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine is considering graduate student applications this fall
We welcome applicants interested in using computational modeling & fMRI to study social connection
🗓️ Deadline: December 1, 2025
🔗 Learn more: sinclaboratory.com/apply
#comppsychiatry #socialneuro
We welcome applicants interested in using computational modeling & fMRI to study social connection
🗓️ Deadline: December 1, 2025
🔗 Learn more: sinclaboratory.com/apply
#comppsychiatry #socialneuro
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I'm happy to now be able to share a talk I gave at TEDx New England last Fall!
The talk is about our lab's work on what makes decisions costly, and how to make them less so.
I discuss lessons for all kinds of decisions, including getting people to vote.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeHg...
The talk is about our lab's work on what makes decisions costly, and how to make them less so.
I discuss lessons for all kinds of decisions, including getting people to vote.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeHg...
How to make a choice when the options suck | Amitai Shenhav | TEDxNewEngland
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
www.youtube.com
September 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I'm happy to now be able to share a talk I gave at TEDx New England last Fall!
The talk is about our lab's work on what makes decisions costly, and how to make them less so.
I discuss lessons for all kinds of decisions, including getting people to vote.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeHg...
The talk is about our lab's work on what makes decisions costly, and how to make them less so.
I discuss lessons for all kinds of decisions, including getting people to vote.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeHg...
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New Open dataset alert:
🧠 Introducing "Spacetop" – a massive multimodal fMRI dataset that bridges naturalistic and experimental neuroscience!
N = 101 x 6 hours each = 606 functional iso-hours combining movies, pain, faces, theory-of-mind and other cognitive tasks!
🧵below
🧠 Introducing "Spacetop" – a massive multimodal fMRI dataset that bridges naturalistic and experimental neuroscience!
N = 101 x 6 hours each = 606 functional iso-hours combining movies, pain, faces, theory-of-mind and other cognitive tasks!
🧵below
September 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
New Open dataset alert:
🧠 Introducing "Spacetop" – a massive multimodal fMRI dataset that bridges naturalistic and experimental neuroscience!
N = 101 x 6 hours each = 606 functional iso-hours combining movies, pain, faces, theory-of-mind and other cognitive tasks!
🧵below
🧠 Introducing "Spacetop" – a massive multimodal fMRI dataset that bridges naturalistic and experimental neuroscience!
N = 101 x 6 hours each = 606 functional iso-hours combining movies, pain, faces, theory-of-mind and other cognitive tasks!
🧵below
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I'll be reviewing computational/cognitive and clinical psychology applications this year for the Translational Lab at Emory 💭🔬
Please share broadly and send applicants my way! 🔄
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Please share broadly and send applicants my way! 🔄
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Information for prospective graduate students
The Translational Lab will be reviewing applications this cycle! Prospective students can apply through Clinical Science or Cognitive and Computational Sciences in the Emory Psychology Department to ...
docs.google.com
August 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I'll be reviewing computational/cognitive and clinical psychology applications this year for the Translational Lab at Emory 💭🔬
Please share broadly and send applicants my way! 🔄
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Please share broadly and send applicants my way! 🔄
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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We are looking for a research assistant/lab manager to join the lab! A supportive, collaborative environment where you can learn neural recording with Neuropixels, optogenetics, fiber photometry, and neural data analysis.
May 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
We are looking for a research assistant/lab manager to join the lab! A supportive, collaborative environment where you can learn neural recording with Neuropixels, optogenetics, fiber photometry, and neural data analysis.
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🚨 New preprint alert! 🚨
Thrilled to share new research on teaching!
Work supervised by
@cocoscilab.bsky.social, @yaelniv.bsky.social, and @markkho.bsky.social.
This project asks:
When do people teach by mentalizing vs with heuristics? 1/3
osf.io/preprints/os...
Thrilled to share new research on teaching!
Work supervised by
@cocoscilab.bsky.social, @yaelniv.bsky.social, and @markkho.bsky.social.
This project asks:
When do people teach by mentalizing vs with heuristics? 1/3
osf.io/preprints/os...
May 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
🚨 New preprint alert! 🚨
Thrilled to share new research on teaching!
Work supervised by
@cocoscilab.bsky.social, @yaelniv.bsky.social, and @markkho.bsky.social.
This project asks:
When do people teach by mentalizing vs with heuristics? 1/3
osf.io/preprints/os...
Thrilled to share new research on teaching!
Work supervised by
@cocoscilab.bsky.social, @yaelniv.bsky.social, and @markkho.bsky.social.
This project asks:
When do people teach by mentalizing vs with heuristics? 1/3
osf.io/preprints/os...
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Despite everything going on, I may have funds to hire a postdoc this year 😬🤞🧑🔬 Open to a wide variety of possible projects in social and cognitive neuroscience. Get in touch if you are interested! Reposts appreciated.
May 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Despite everything going on, I may have funds to hire a postdoc this year 😬🤞🧑🔬 Open to a wide variety of possible projects in social and cognitive neuroscience. Get in touch if you are interested! Reposts appreciated.
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New preprint! Thrilled to share my latest work with @esfinn.bsky.social -- "Sensory context as a universal principle of language in humans and LLMs"
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
May 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
New preprint! Thrilled to share my latest work with @esfinn.bsky.social -- "Sensory context as a universal principle of language in humans and LLMs"
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Want to share your research and build support for science, but don’t know where to start?
Register for our science communication workshop: tinyurl.com/scicomins
📝Practice your sci comm
🤝Meet scientists on social media
🤳Make a video (could be featured on our page)
DM us with any questions!
Register for our science communication workshop: tinyurl.com/scicomins
📝Practice your sci comm
🤝Meet scientists on social media
🤳Make a video (could be featured on our page)
DM us with any questions!
April 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Want to share your research and build support for science, but don’t know where to start?
Register for our science communication workshop: tinyurl.com/scicomins
📝Practice your sci comm
🤝Meet scientists on social media
🤳Make a video (could be featured on our page)
DM us with any questions!
Register for our science communication workshop: tinyurl.com/scicomins
📝Practice your sci comm
🤝Meet scientists on social media
🤳Make a video (could be featured on our page)
DM us with any questions!
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Congratulations to Rich Sutton and Andrew Barto on receiving the Turing Award in recognition of their significant contributions to ML. I also stand with them: Releasing models to the public without the right technical and societal safeguards is irresponsible.
www.ft.com/content/d8f8...
www.ft.com/content/d8f8...
Turing Award winners warn over unsafe deployment of AI models
Two pioneers of reinforcement learning have won the $1mn prize from the Association for Computing Machinery
www.ft.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Congratulations to Rich Sutton and Andrew Barto on receiving the Turing Award in recognition of their significant contributions to ML. I also stand with them: Releasing models to the public without the right technical and societal safeguards is irresponsible.
www.ft.com/content/d8f8...
www.ft.com/content/d8f8...
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Men will literally prefer going Bayesian instead of going to therapy.
November 20, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Men will literally prefer going Bayesian instead of going to therapy.
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new paper out with @ashleycleung.bsky.social and dan yurovsky in child development!
📄🔓: doi.org/10.1111/cdev...
brief 🧵 below on our findings!
📄🔓: doi.org/10.1111/cdev...
brief 🧵 below on our findings!
November 18, 2024 at 4:17 PM
new paper out with @ashleycleung.bsky.social and dan yurovsky in child development!
📄🔓: doi.org/10.1111/cdev...
brief 🧵 below on our findings!
📄🔓: doi.org/10.1111/cdev...
brief 🧵 below on our findings!
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Okay the people requested one so here is an attempt at a Computational Cognitive Science starter pack -- with apologies to everyone I've missed! LMK if there's anyone I should add!
go.bsky.app/KDTg6pv
go.bsky.app/KDTg6pv
November 11, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Okay the people requested one so here is an attempt at a Computational Cognitive Science starter pack -- with apologies to everyone I've missed! LMK if there's anyone I should add!
go.bsky.app/KDTg6pv
go.bsky.app/KDTg6pv
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We are looking for a postdoc at the Translational Lab (translational-lab.com) at Emory! Pls 🔄
We focus on:
* when & why decision-making goes awry in depression and anxiety
* developing potent and scalable interventions
A range of projects are possible w/in this scope. Informal inquiries welcome
We focus on:
* when & why decision-making goes awry in depression and anxiety
* developing potent and scalable interventions
A range of projects are possible w/in this scope. Informal inquiries welcome
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The Translational Lab focuses on when and why decision-making goes awry in depression and anxiety disorders and on developing potent and scalable interventions to improve it.
Some topics of particula...
www.translational-lab.com
May 13, 2024 at 3:35 PM
We are looking for a postdoc at the Translational Lab (translational-lab.com) at Emory! Pls 🔄
We focus on:
* when & why decision-making goes awry in depression and anxiety
* developing potent and scalable interventions
A range of projects are possible w/in this scope. Informal inquiries welcome
We focus on:
* when & why decision-making goes awry in depression and anxiety
* developing potent and scalable interventions
A range of projects are possible w/in this scope. Informal inquiries welcome