Todd Vogel

Research Associate - School of Psychology - 104433 - Grade 6 The role is to provide Research Assistant services to Dr Jo Cutler for her projects on social decision-making and information seeking. Tasks include helping with participant recruitment and testing, c...

🌟 Research Assistant opportunity 🌟

I'm looking for an RA to support research @thechbh.bsky.social on social information seeking and decision making, including fMRI and MEG 🧠

Details: tinyurl.com/chbh-ra-uob
Deadline: 20th July ⏳
Start: From September 🗓️
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Greater income and financial well-being are associated with higher prosocial preferences and behaviors across 76 countries Abstract. Prosocial preferences and behaviors—defined as those that benefit others—are essential for health, well-being, and a society that can effectively

New paper! Greater (objective and subjective) wealth is consistently associated with higher prosocial preferences and behaviours across 76 countries. Resource scarcity (precarity) also has an effect. bit.ly/410jni3
@thepsychologist.bsky.social
@fabiankosse.bsky.social
@drjocutler.bsky.social

📢 New Preprint 📢

Delighted to share our preprint of a chapter co-authored with @thepsychologist.bsky.social @sdnl.bsky.social for the forthcoming book 'Neuroeconomics: Core Topics and Current Directions'!

The neuroeconomics of social influence and contagion

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The Computational and Neural Dynamics of Human Motivation and Cognitive Control at University of Birmingham on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - The Computational and Neural Dynamics of Human Motivation and Cognitive Control at University of Birmingham, listed on FindAPhD.com

Funded PhD (UK students only). Interested in a PhD working in the MSN lab, co-supervised by Dr. Romy Froemer? Topic is flexible around themes of motivation and decision-making, using techniques such as computational modelling, brain imaging, or brain stimulation. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Huge thanks to the co-authors Luke Priestley, @drjocutler.bsky.social , Tabitha Hogg, Nima Khalighinejad, Neil Garrett, @brainapps.bsky.social , Matthew Rushworth, & @thepsychologist.bsky.social as well as @thechbh.bsky.social & others not on Bluesky!

Combining approaches from behavioural ecology 🐦 and decision neuroscience 🧠, here we show that deciding when to engage in prosocial behaviours depends on one's environment, which is critical to understand as environments change.

Computational modelling showed that opportunity costs of different environments were distinctly valued for others vs oneself.

Opportunity costs for others also related to levels of utilitarianism and empathy/motivation.

We found a robust environmental influence on decisions that benefit others.

People were more willing to interrupt their behaviour to help others in poor compared to rich environments.

Across 3 studies (total n=510) we used an ecological framework see how one's environment influences when we decide to help others vs ourselves.

Prosocial behaviours are essential for solving global challenges 🌎. Yet, these behaviours are typically measured using self-report or economic games which may not reflect the kinds of decisions from everyday life.

New preprint! 🚨

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Does deciding when to help others depend on our environment? (spoiler: yes!)

Research Associate - College of Life and Environmental Sciences - 104433 - Grade 6 The role is to provide Research Assistant services to Dr Jo Cutler for her projects on social decision-making and information seeking. Tasks include helping with participant recruitment and testing, c...

🌟 Research Assistant opportunity 🌟

I'm looking for an RA to support new projects
@thechbh.bsky.social on social information seeking and decision making inc. fMRI and MEG 🧠

Details: tinyurl.com/ra-uob-chbh
Deadline: 24th September ⏳

Get in touch w/ questions 👋
Please share 🔁

🌎 New preprint! 🌍

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There is an urgent need to choose behaviours that mitigate climate change. But these actions are often more effortful. How can we increase pro-environmental motivation?

Jointly led by Luis Sebastian Contreras-Huerta & amazing international team 👇🧵

Hello!

We are a team of researchers based at The Centre for Human Brain Health (@thechbh.bsky.social) studying the cognitive, computational and neural mechanisms of social learning and decision-making.

We'll start by introducing our lab...

Very excited to share this commentary written with @thepsychologist.bsky.social on predicting others' attention! 👀🎉

Social psychology: Predicting other people’s attention to understand their mind - Communications P... Humans are highly social beings who are interested in what others are saying, thinking, and doing. A recent study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that we can easily tell w...

“Social psychology: Predicting other people’s attention to understand their mind” new Research Highlight, and first PhD paper!! With the wonderful @margotgueguen.bsky.social in @commspsychology www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Discussion Forum on my "Rethinking Norm Psychology", edited by @dryan149.bsky.social. 14 great commentaries by @duhe.bsky.social @evanwestra.bsky.social @kristinandrews.bsky.social @thepsychologist.bsky.social Molly Crockett, Kim Sterelny...#neuroskyence #philsky journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...

In our new decoded neurofeedback study, we used a MNI-space decoder of pain (SIIPS) for the purpose of neuro-reinforcement. We showed that (1) we can modulate SIIPS independently from another decoder of pain intensity (NPS) and (2) have some influence over pain perception #neuroskyence #PsychSciSky

Research Fellow at University of Birmingham An academic position as a Research Fellow is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.

My lab is seeking a postdoc to work on Wellcome trust/ERC grants to examine the cognitive, computational & neural basis of human motivation and decision-making. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DDS251/r.... This is a 2.5 year post initially with possibility of extension. Deadline is November 17th. Please repost!