The research briefing introducing our latest NN paper: nature.com/articles/s4159…. For those without subscription: rdcu.be/c58Yz.

Does stress make you more honest or dishonest? Find out in our recent work published today: rdcu.be/c7fv2 with @MaartenBoksem & @Ana_Martinovici

Slowly transforming, in everyday experiences! 🙌Centre for Consciousness & Contemplative Studies Jenny Windt discusses how personal transformation can start with a whisper, not a bang – psyche.co/ideas/personal… via Psyche Magazine

How does metacognition shape how we search for information? Happy to share our full theory+data paper out now in PsychReview (w/ @smfleming & Peter Dayan Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics). We’ve made big chances since the 1st preprint (all new empirical section!) so here’s an updated thread 👇🧵

📢New book from Centre for Consciousness & Contemplative Studies's amazing Monima Chadha!📢 Selfless Minds: A Contemporary Perspective on Vasubandhu's Metaphysics Monash Arts academic.oup.com/book/45754

Our new paper in Scientific Reports reveals the most challenging finding I have published throughout my career - the younger people are in violent conflict, the less hope they have. So much work ahead of us, but the protest in Israel shows that change is possible tinyurl.com/53278bpx

Thrilled to share my latest work eLife - the journal: "Spatiotemporal neural dynamics of object recognition under uncertainty in humans" Huge thanks to Biyu Jade He and Ella Podvalny elifesciences.org/articles/84797

These are uncertain times, so enjoy life while you can! In this new paper with Michael; mastodon: @[email protected] Kyo Iigaya Geert-Jan Will Bastien Blain Tobias Hauser and others we model delay discounting as sensitivity to volatility in future reward value. psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2023-…

Our new preprint is about the risk of psychedelic-induced false insights and beliefs. McGovern as lead with Hilary Grimmer, Manoj Doss not exist, @PhilCorlett1, Chris Timmermann, Aidan, & Brendan Hutchinson. These Qs are why I did a PhD on insight. So, some reflections on why it matters👇

In our new Neuron paper, Friston Jakob Hohwy & I propose a Bayesian solution: Formalise contrasting predictions as priors over generative model parameters, & use established variational methods to compare how well each model fits the experimental data authors.elsevier.com/a/1hoE43BtfH5M…

TWO tenure track open positions in psychology available at the University of Melbourne (equivalent to assistant and associate professor). Come join us and please share widely. jobs.unimelb.edu.au/mob/en/job/914…

'Accelerating scientific progress through Bayesian adversarial collaboration' -- out now in the latest issue of Neuron. We hope this will be a useful contribution for consciousness science (& adversarial collaborative research more generally) cell.com/neuron/fulltex…

Tim Bayne & Iwan Williams explain why the Turing test isn’t a good benchmark for thought in large language models (LLMs). (4/20) buff.ly/3G60rU3

Now in press at AESP, from Diana Tamir & me: "Predicting other people shapes the social mind" doi.org/10.1016/bs.aes…

"...checking in on how you are treating others can become an ongoing process that might involve facing some uncomfortable truths about yourself." Fantastic new article from Jakob Hohwy and Kevin Berryman in Aeon Magazine psyche.co/ideas/heres-wh…

New paper demonstrating the hidden cost of receiving favors led by Xiaoxue Gao with Eshin Jolly, Hongbo Yu, Huiying Liu, & Xiaolin Zhou. Indebtedness motivates reciprocity by minimizing feelings of guilt and obligation. bit.ly/41Pm7O2

Big study, expected outcomes: Economic Inequality Fuels the Desire for Wealth and Status - Zhechen Wang, Jolanda Jetten, Niklas K. Steffens, 2023 journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117… #inequality

🚨New paper Mark Thornton & myself🌟how people infer others' traits dynamically from naturalistic videos🌟osf.io/preprints/psya… Using various #computational tools, we identify importance of vocal, visual, & semantic info & effects of perceivers' moods, attitudes, & traits🧵

Pleased to share my short summary of this multinational study into effects of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine on wellbeing, and the role personality played in people’s recovery from the shock. theconversation.com/war-in-ukraine… University of Melbourne UniMelb MDHS Psychological Sciences Ethics and Well-being Hub

Join our rapidly growing UTS Psychology as external honours supervisor. You'll supervise a group of 3 students, for online research only. You need: Masters/PhD in Psych, working rights and residence anywhere in Australia. seek.com.au/job/76745035?t…