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Oliver Robinson

@olijrobinson.bsky.social

Professor of Neuroscience and Mental Health, UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience

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Out today in Molecular Psychiatry our paper on multiverse computational factor modeling (i.e. a lotta lotta factor analyses). Thread below for the full rundown. Last PhD paper from @celinef.bsky.social YOU'RE FREE!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

15.10.2025 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is complete madness. Music, for instance - the physics, the maths, the notation, the neuroscience of perceptual systems etc. are all essentially figured out. Literally none of that is relevant to why someone plays your song at their wedding.

15.10.2025 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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).

Post doc job alert πŸ“’! Announcing a v exciting job on a Wellcome-funded project in my group at UCL, looking at auditory hallucinations... Advert here πŸ‘€: rb.gy/230w8l - deadline is end of Oct. Please apply! 1/5

30.09.2025 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

That would be extremely altrusitic. Forego your entire salary and research costs for the next generations jobs πŸ˜‚

29.09.2025 08:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Unless a postdoc salary is insanely low in some parts of Europe I guess?

29.09.2025 07:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Point taken, but something is off with the maths here. I guess it’s ignoring fellow salary, research costs and overheads? in uk you t be getting more than 1 (plus some RAs) for this top line in 2014 and that’s not really changed.

29.09.2025 07:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Understanding Negative Cognition in Anxiety Using Artificial Neural Networks - MRC DTP Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) is one of the most common mental health problems, but the mechanisms underpinning its symptoms remain poorly understood, limiting the development of novel interventi...

Interested in building computational models of anxiety? See below for a potential PhD opportunity with me

Feel free to reach out if you'd like to know more!

@kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

kcl-mrcdtp.com/project/unde...

25.09.2025 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Huge congrats! Excellent news!

24.09.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just posted with @serenxia.bsky.social and @pharmacopsychology.bsky.social : a systematic review of pharmacological effects on human aversive memory. We searched data bases for 215 candidate drugs and summarise the evidence from 100 studies on 36 compounds following #PRISMA2020 protocol.

08.09.2025 08:03 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Post Doctoral & Brain Entry Fellowships | Brain: The Charity

Brain postdoc fellowships now open

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04.09.2025 06:20 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Computational postdoc ad for KCL funded by the Wellcome Trust on the NEPTUNE project

Computational postdoc ad for KCL funded by the Wellcome Trust on the NEPTUNE project

🧠 We're hiring a computational postdoc!

3+ years with me & @mitulamehta.bsky.social on @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded social cognition/paranoia research at the IoPPN.

Lead & develop computational work, collaborate with experimentalists on psychosis/THC data.

DM for details! lnkd.in/eCMy9Jf5

03.09.2025 07:13 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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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 ...

I'll be reviewing computational/cognitive and clinical psychology applications this year for the Translational Lab at Emory πŸ’­πŸ”¬

Please share broadly and send applicants my way! πŸ”„

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29.08.2025 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Check out our new pre-print in which we argue something that might be obvious but doesn't seem to be obvious to everyone: Large Language Models (such as ChatGPT) do not simulate human psychology.

13.08.2025 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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🚨 We’re hiring: Associate Professor/Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience

🧠 Lead pioneering imaging-informed cognitive neuroscience research
🌍 Open to international applicants | Visa sponsorship available
πŸ“ Permanent, full-time, on-site
πŸ”— Apply now: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

11.08.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Delighted to be hiring a new Clinical Psychology Lecturer to come and join our vibrant environment at the SGDP Centre @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social please share!

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07.08.2025 08:39 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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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).

🚨Amazing opportunity: position available for a new associate/full professor at the FIL @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social! Do you have a neuroimaging-focused research program? Get applying! 🚨

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

08.08.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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The strengths and limitations of CBT across mental health conditions CBT is a cornerstone of mental health care, but how well does it work across disorders? New meta-analysis offers some answers and raises new questions.

Diving into how #CBT tackles a wide range of mental health conditions in my new blog, reviewing @pimcuijpers.bsky.social and co new meta-analysis. If you care about evidence-based therapy and when to explore options beyond the basics, check it out on @thementalelf.bsky.social ➑️ buff.ly/DbNCq8k β˜€οΈ

30.07.2025 10:32 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dr Christina Carlisi on how to protect the mental health of children and adolescents How do we ensure that children and young people have the tools they need to protect their mental health in online and real world spaces? We speak to Dr Christina Carlisi to find out.

How can we better protect young minds?
Dr Christina Carlisi (@uclpals.bsky.social) shares insights on supporting children’s mental health online.

28.07.2025 10:08 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

not sure they've even got the risk aversion right. Likely both sectors, but consulting for absolute certain, are going to undergo AI-driven contraction.

22.07.2025 10:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Most definitely not just you πŸ˜‰.

17.07.2025 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Doesn’t matter for atheortical network analyses…after all β€˜rest’ is very variable.

17.07.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

But for the sorts of things in most β€˜BWAS’ - i.e. data driven network analyses - you can just append all those sequences together to create a long one. At a glance this paper shows that for theory driven task analyses you can get away with 20-30 mins even with old school tasks

17.07.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm very sympathetic to the plight of the sector, but some of things stretch credulity. They either indicate massive inefficiencies or creative ways of balancing losses elsewhere. Neither is a great look. The system is a mess.

17.07.2025 10:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Or even 0% from e.g Wellcome. But how can it possibly cost close to three times the annual salary of a staff member to administer the same role?!

17.07.2025 09:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

assuming you use all the data - mega analysis

15.07.2025 07:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Post it notes or coloured tape. Stick on the seat back. Unstick. Repeat.

12.07.2025 10:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, I think ultimately we probably will need to understand consciousness to understand the full pathway, but it’s a distraction to at this point imo

11.07.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

will be to do with if there is a background on the original and then gif vs tif vs jpeg vs blah blah blah

10.07.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

i think its an image formatting thing. Probably you pasted the raw image in rather than a screenshot? Word does this too sometimes

10.07.2025 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

boo, bluesky making the background on this black. Naught bluesky

10.07.2025 12:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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