Bowen Xiao (Eddie)
xiaoboweneddie.bsky.social
Bowen Xiao (Eddie)
@xiaoboweneddie.bsky.social
PhD student with the Prediction and Learning Lab, Cambridge. Working on uncertainty, attention, learning, and possibly anxiety.
Code and data are available online (github.com/EddieBWXiao/...). Huge thanks to my amazing and dedicated supervisor, Noham, who has been a great mentor since my third year as an undergraduate.
September 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This finding extended previous work on cognitive effort (doi.org/10.1016/j.co...), and we additionally quantified the subjective value of progress feedback. An exploratory analysis showed that people with higher social apathy scores were less progress-seeking 🤔 (3/3)
September 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
We developed the Ore Mining Task, where people made alternating button clicks to lift valuable minerals. Participants were offered two stations to work in, one with a progress bar and one without. Modelling suggested that people were willing to work more in exchange for progress feedback… (2/3)
September 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM