Yaniv Abir
@yanivabir.bsky.social
postdoc @mpc-comppsych.bsky.social | {learning, exploration, decision making} x depression | previously phd columbia psychology @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social
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Yaniv Abir
@yanivabir.bsky.social
· Apr 18
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What drives human curiosity? Is it a need to balance stimulation — or something we learn over time?
In our 🚨 new preprint, we show that learning reinforces curiosity, especially for related content.
osf.io/9bw6j_v2
w/ Jane Mok, @chrisbaldassano.bsky.social , Caroline Marvin, Daphna Shohamy
🧵👇
In our 🚨 new preprint, we show that learning reinforces curiosity, especially for related content.
osf.io/9bw6j_v2
w/ Jane Mok, @chrisbaldassano.bsky.social , Caroline Marvin, Daphna Shohamy
🧵👇
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I'm recruiting PhD students for my lab at Northwestern! I'm reviewing applications for the Department of Psychology for the Cognitive Affective Neuroscience and Clinical areas, due 12/1. 🧠
Come join the CATS Lab: nucatslab.com
Learn about our latest research: iamh.northwestern.edu/research/res...
Come join the CATS Lab: nucatslab.com
Learn about our latest research: iamh.northwestern.edu/research/res...
CATS Lab
Child & Adolescent Translational Science Lab at Northwestern University
nucatslab.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I'm recruiting PhD students for my lab at Northwestern! I'm reviewing applications for the Department of Psychology for the Cognitive Affective Neuroscience and Clinical areas, due 12/1. 🧠
Come join the CATS Lab: nucatslab.com
Learn about our latest research: iamh.northwestern.edu/research/res...
Come join the CATS Lab: nucatslab.com
Learn about our latest research: iamh.northwestern.edu/research/res...
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In a Comment, @docqhuys.bsky.social and Michael Browning argue that the field of computational psychiatry will improve patient outcomes through its increasing focus on interventions and trials. #mentalhealthresearch #Psychiatry
➡️ nature.com/articles/s43...
🔓 rdcu.be/eKp1v
🧵(3/8)
➡️ nature.com/articles/s43...
🔓 rdcu.be/eKp1v
🧵(3/8)
Trials for computational psychiatry - Nature Computational Science
Computational psychiatry is increasingly delivering causal evidence by focusing on interventions research and clinical trials. Causal evidence could improve patient outcomes through improved precision, repurposing, novel interventions, scaling of psychotherapy and better translation to the clinic.
nature.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
In a Comment, @docqhuys.bsky.social and Michael Browning argue that the field of computational psychiatry will improve patient outcomes through its increasing focus on interventions and trials. #mentalhealthresearch #Psychiatry
➡️ nature.com/articles/s43...
🔓 rdcu.be/eKp1v
🧵(3/8)
➡️ nature.com/articles/s43...
🔓 rdcu.be/eKp1v
🧵(3/8)
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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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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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🚨This Thursday Computational Psychiatry seminar at the MPC is given by Dr. Sucharit Katyal @sucharit.bsky.social
DM @yanivabir.bsky.social (Th 11th Sep, 2.00 pm UK time) #compsy #compneuro
@imagingneuroucl.bsky.social
DM @yanivabir.bsky.social (Th 11th Sep, 2.00 pm UK time) #compsy #compneuro
@imagingneuroucl.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
🚨This Thursday Computational Psychiatry seminar at the MPC is given by Dr. Sucharit Katyal @sucharit.bsky.social
DM @yanivabir.bsky.social (Th 11th Sep, 2.00 pm UK time) #compsy #compneuro
@imagingneuroucl.bsky.social
DM @yanivabir.bsky.social (Th 11th Sep, 2.00 pm UK time) #compsy #compneuro
@imagingneuroucl.bsky.social
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This rule would have meant I couldn't do my Ph.D. in America.
I did do it in America. Became a professor. 12 thriving U.S. labs are now headed by trainees from my research lab. Like me, they are all working hard to enrich American knowledge and society.
With this self-harming rule, none of that.
I did do it in America. Became a professor. 12 thriving U.S. labs are now headed by trainees from my research lab. Like me, they are all working hard to enrich American knowledge and society.
With this self-harming rule, none of that.
Trump admin planning to change student visas from lasting for duration of academic program to fixed 4-yr term, and then much harder to renew
Could destroy US ability to attract global talent, particularly those seeking advanced degrees in STEM. The median time to complete a PhD is 5.7 yrs per NSF.
Could destroy US ability to attract global talent, particularly those seeking advanced degrees in STEM. The median time to complete a PhD is 5.7 yrs per NSF.
Trump Deals A New Immigration Blow To International Students
Trump officials have proposed a new rule limiting international students to fixed periods of entry, making a U.S. education more precarious.
www.forbes.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
This rule would have meant I couldn't do my Ph.D. in America.
I did do it in America. Became a professor. 12 thriving U.S. labs are now headed by trainees from my research lab. Like me, they are all working hard to enrich American knowledge and society.
With this self-harming rule, none of that.
I did do it in America. Became a professor. 12 thriving U.S. labs are now headed by trainees from my research lab. Like me, they are all working hard to enrich American knowledge and society.
With this self-harming rule, none of that.
Reposted by Yaniv Abir
📢 We're hiring a Research Assistant in cognitive neuroscience & computational psychiatry! 📢
Join us at UCL to conduct an MEG study of reward & memory, exploring how brain signals link to variability in apathy and anhedonia.
🔗 apply from next week: lmdlab.github.io
🚨closes September 12th!
Join us at UCL to conduct an MEG study of reward & memory, exploring how brain signals link to variability in apathy and anhedonia.
🔗 apply from next week: lmdlab.github.io
🚨closes September 12th!
August 28, 2025 at 8:05 AM
📢 We're hiring a Research Assistant in cognitive neuroscience & computational psychiatry! 📢
Join us at UCL to conduct an MEG study of reward & memory, exploring how brain signals link to variability in apathy and anhedonia.
🔗 apply from next week: lmdlab.github.io
🚨closes September 12th!
Join us at UCL to conduct an MEG study of reward & memory, exploring how brain signals link to variability in apathy and anhedonia.
🔗 apply from next week: lmdlab.github.io
🚨closes September 12th!
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🧠🧠🧠 PsyArXiv needs you! Please sign up to join our moderator team. First cohort is getting trained on next Monday, with more trainings to come. Easy way to give back to this crucial community resource. Students, postdocs, faculty, all welcome - come one and all!
PsyArXiv is seeking new moderators to help combat an increase in AI submissions! If you've ever posted a preprint to PsyArXiv, please consider joining. Minimum commitment 1h/month, there's a training session this Monday @ 1pm ET. More info here: forms.gle/9LB1rEtxHAeZ... #PsychSciSky
Expression of Interest in Serving as a PsyArXiv Moderator
As you might have heard, PsyArXiv is having some issues with an increase in low-quality submissions, ranging from AI generated manuscripts to inflate citation metrics, incoherent or nonsensical docume...
forms.gle
August 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🧠🧠🧠 PsyArXiv needs you! Please sign up to join our moderator team. First cohort is getting trained on next Monday, with more trainings to come. Easy way to give back to this crucial community resource. Students, postdocs, faculty, all welcome - come one and all!
Reposted by Yaniv Abir
Depression can affect the mind, body and daily life in ways you might not expect.
🧠Swipe to learn the key signs and symptoms – and why recognising them matters.
#Depression #Mentalhealth #Research
🧠Swipe to learn the key signs and symptoms – and why recognising them matters.
#Depression #Mentalhealth #Research
August 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Depression can affect the mind, body and daily life in ways you might not expect.
🧠Swipe to learn the key signs and symptoms – and why recognising them matters.
#Depression #Mentalhealth #Research
🧠Swipe to learn the key signs and symptoms – and why recognising them matters.
#Depression #Mentalhealth #Research
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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝘁, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?
What are the most developed frameworks of the brain basis of motivation?
Older ideas, new ideas, etc.
#neuroskyence
What are the most developed frameworks of the brain basis of motivation?
Older ideas, new ideas, etc.
#neuroskyence
August 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝘁, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?
What are the most developed frameworks of the brain basis of motivation?
Older ideas, new ideas, etc.
#neuroskyence
What are the most developed frameworks of the brain basis of motivation?
Older ideas, new ideas, etc.
#neuroskyence
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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/...
Reposted by Yaniv Abir
Come visit us at stall 48 to learn more about RELMED and get a personally drawn postcard from our friendly lab robotic arm 🤖🦾
July 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Come visit us at stall 48 to learn more about RELMED and get a personally drawn postcard from our friendly lab robotic arm 🤖🦾
Reposted by Yaniv Abir
I am delighted to announce registration and abstract submission is open for "The Mechanistic Basis of Foraging 2025" to be held at the Edgbaston Park Hotel, University of Birmingham, UK on 3-5th November 2025. uobevents.eventsair.com/the-mechanis...
Homepage - The Mechanistic Basis of Foraging
uobevents.eventsair.com
July 4, 2025 at 8:50 AM
I am delighted to announce registration and abstract submission is open for "The Mechanistic Basis of Foraging 2025" to be held at the Edgbaston Park Hotel, University of Birmingham, UK on 3-5th November 2025. uobevents.eventsair.com/the-mechanis...
Reposted by Yaniv Abir
Our new study published in TheLancetPsych! We found that pramipexole augmentation substantially reduced depressive symptoms in patients with treatment-resistant depression over 48 weeks of treatment. This is an important advance in how we treat depression! 1/6
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Pramipexole augmentation for the acute phase of treatment-resistant, unipolar depression: a placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomised trial in the UK
In this trial involving participants with treatment-resistant depression, pramipexole
augmentation of antidepressant treatment, at a target dose of 2·5 mg, demonstrated
a reduction in symptoms relativ...
www.thelancet.com
June 30, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Our new study published in TheLancetPsych! We found that pramipexole augmentation substantially reduced depressive symptoms in patients with treatment-resistant depression over 48 weeks of treatment. This is an important advance in how we treat depression! 1/6
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Presenting our patient-friendly, reliable RL task battery today at #BAP2025 — come find our poster in the first session!
We developed this battery for RELMED, a new clinical trial exploring how reinforcement learning contributes to antidepressant efficacy.
@relmed.bsky.social @bapsych.bsky.social
We developed this battery for RELMED, a new clinical trial exploring how reinforcement learning contributes to antidepressant efficacy.
@relmed.bsky.social @bapsych.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Presenting our patient-friendly, reliable RL task battery today at #BAP2025 — come find our poster in the first session!
We developed this battery for RELMED, a new clinical trial exploring how reinforcement learning contributes to antidepressant efficacy.
@relmed.bsky.social @bapsych.bsky.social
We developed this battery for RELMED, a new clinical trial exploring how reinforcement learning contributes to antidepressant efficacy.
@relmed.bsky.social @bapsych.bsky.social
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RELMED.ac.uk is now open to recruitment. This @wellcometrust.bsky.social-funded study wellcome.org/research-fun... will ask whether reinforcement learning tasks are differentially sensitive to dopaminergic and serotonergic antidepressants.
June 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
RELMED.ac.uk is now open to recruitment. This @wellcometrust.bsky.social-funded study wellcome.org/research-fun... will ask whether reinforcement learning tasks are differentially sensitive to dopaminergic and serotonergic antidepressants.
Reposted by Yaniv Abir
Welcome to RELMED’s official Bluesky account!
We’re almost ready to launch — stay tuned for updates on how you can get involved.
🔍 For more details and updates, visit www.relmed.ac.uk.
We’re almost ready to launch — stay tuned for updates on how you can get involved.
🔍 For more details and updates, visit www.relmed.ac.uk.
Relmed Study Portal
Relmed portal
relmed.ac.uk
May 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Welcome to RELMED’s official Bluesky account!
We’re almost ready to launch — stay tuned for updates on how you can get involved.
🔍 For more details and updates, visit www.relmed.ac.uk.
We’re almost ready to launch — stay tuned for updates on how you can get involved.
🔍 For more details and updates, visit www.relmed.ac.uk.
Reposted by Yaniv Abir
🚨This Thursday Computational Psychiatry seminar at the MPC is given by Dr. Simon Ciranka @simyciri.bsky.social
DM @yanivabir.bsky.social (Th 22nd May, 2.00 pm UK time)
#compsy #compneuro @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social
DM @yanivabir.bsky.social (Th 22nd May, 2.00 pm UK time)
#compsy #compneuro @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
🚨This Thursday Computational Psychiatry seminar at the MPC is given by Dr. Simon Ciranka @simyciri.bsky.social
DM @yanivabir.bsky.social (Th 22nd May, 2.00 pm UK time)
#compsy #compneuro @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social
DM @yanivabir.bsky.social (Th 22nd May, 2.00 pm UK time)
#compsy #compneuro @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social
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Please help: Do you know a baby, less than 12 months old, who can walk? We are trying to complete a project, 7 years in the works. And all we need are 3 infants who are less than a year old and can walk, to do a short online looking-time study.
🆘
🆘
May 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Please help: Do you know a baby, less than 12 months old, who can walk? We are trying to complete a project, 7 years in the works. And all we need are 3 infants who are less than a year old and can walk, to do a short online looking-time study.
🆘
🆘
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I have seen folks waste so much time by not properly planning research. Missed literature, missing controls, ignored hypotheses, etc. Lack of planning also produces bad science (e.g. analysis until significant). So I am writing an app. Looking for feedback. scientific-paper-planner-test.vercel.app
Scientific Paper Planner
Scientific Paper Planner Application
scientific-paper-planner-test.vercel.app
May 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I have seen folks waste so much time by not properly planning research. Missed literature, missing controls, ignored hypotheses, etc. Lack of planning also produces bad science (e.g. analysis until significant). So I am writing an app. Looking for feedback. scientific-paper-planner-test.vercel.app
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📢 Fantastic post doc job opportunity in my group and co-supervised by DeepMind's @mariaeckstein.bsky.social - now live! Ad here: tinyurl.com/26rafzdc - deadline May 29th.
This is part of a very exciting collaboration with @melgaby.bsky.social and Matt Nour, funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social.
This is part of a very exciting collaboration with @melgaby.bsky.social and Matt Nour, funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social.
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).
tinyurl.com
May 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
📢 Fantastic post doc job opportunity in my group and co-supervised by DeepMind's @mariaeckstein.bsky.social - now live! Ad here: tinyurl.com/26rafzdc - deadline May 29th.
This is part of a very exciting collaboration with @melgaby.bsky.social and Matt Nour, funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social.
This is part of a very exciting collaboration with @melgaby.bsky.social and Matt Nour, funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social.
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Because we must build good things while we scream about the bad, I have started a "Data for Good" team @data-for-good-team.bsky.social that partners with organizations needing short-term data science help. We have three projects ongoing & will add more as our capacity grows.
data-for-good-team.org
data-for-good-team.org
May 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Because we must build good things while we scream about the bad, I have started a "Data for Good" team @data-for-good-team.bsky.social that partners with organizations needing short-term data science help. We have three projects ongoing & will add more as our capacity grows.
data-for-good-team.org
data-for-good-team.org
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🚨This Thursday Computational Psychiatry seminar at the MPC is given by Dr. Wouter Kool @wouterkool.bsky.social: "Metacontrol is guided by task structure”.
DM @yanivabir.bsky.social to join (Th 8th May, 2.00 pm UK time)
#compsy #compneuro
@imagingneuroucl.bsky.social
DM @yanivabir.bsky.social to join (Th 8th May, 2.00 pm UK time)
#compsy #compneuro
@imagingneuroucl.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 10:41 AM
🚨This Thursday Computational Psychiatry seminar at the MPC is given by Dr. Wouter Kool @wouterkool.bsky.social: "Metacontrol is guided by task structure”.
DM @yanivabir.bsky.social to join (Th 8th May, 2.00 pm UK time)
#compsy #compneuro
@imagingneuroucl.bsky.social
DM @yanivabir.bsky.social to join (Th 8th May, 2.00 pm UK time)
#compsy #compneuro
@imagingneuroucl.bsky.social
Reposted by Yaniv Abir
🚨This Thursday Computational Psychiatry seminar at the MPC is given by Dr. Noam Goldway: "Correspondence between reinforcement learning phenotypes and transdiagnostic clinical symptomatology across development". DM @yanivabir.bsky.social to join. #compsy #compneuro @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🚨This Thursday Computational Psychiatry seminar at the MPC is given by Dr. Noam Goldway: "Correspondence between reinforcement learning phenotypes and transdiagnostic clinical symptomatology across development". DM @yanivabir.bsky.social to join. #compsy #compneuro @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social