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Andreas Olsson

@emotionlabki.bsky.social

Professor of Psychology Emotionlab.se Karolinska Institutet Study social and affective learning, conditioned threat, decision-making, biological and social systems

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Excited to share new work in TiCS
on Simplifying Social Learning: authors.elsevier.com/a/1iZ4S4sIRv...

We highlight how social expertise lets us simplify complex reinforcement learning, offering a prototype for how people can turn hard learning problems into easier ones.

07.02.2024 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great opportunity to learn from an inspiring leading scientist πŸ‘Œ

20.02.2026 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Empathy and prosocial behavior powered by orexin-driven theta oscillations Empathy measured through observational fear in rodents has been associated with increased theta oscillations in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). However, upstream circuit mechanisms modulating the...

Empathy and prosocial behavior powered by orexin-driven theta oscillations | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

21.02.2026 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Social Decision Neuroscience at University of Birmingham Explore an exciting academic career as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Social Decision Neuroscience. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

We are recruiting! Postdoctoral research fellow at www.sdn-lab.org, studying the computational & neural basis of social decision-making. Birmingham is a fantastic & affordable place to live, with one of the youngest populations in Europe & over 600 parks. Please share!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQO275/p...

20.02.2026 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Postdoctoral Researcher in affective learning and decision-making Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research? Our research group, led by Andreas Olsson at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, is seeking a qualified and motivated postdoctoral researcher

A few more days left to apply!
Come work with us! We're hiring a postdoc to lead a new project on human social learning in threatening and volatile contexts. More info & apply: ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

17.02.2026 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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✨ Exciting news for our upcoming S4SN Lisbon meeting! ✨

Join us from September 23-26 for a dynamic program filled with inspiring talks, poster presentations, and networking opportunities. Get ready to connect, learn, and share ideas in the beautiful city of Lisbon!

The program is out 😍

23.08.2025 06:43 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Postdoctoral Researcher in affective learning and decision-making Do you want to contribute to better health for everyone? Our research group, led by Andreas Olsson at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, is seeking a qualified and motivated postdoctoral researcher.

Come work with us!
We're hiring a postdoc to lead a new project on human social learning in threatening and volatile contexts. Deadline Sept 14.
Happy to chat at #S4SN2025
πŸ”— More info & apply: ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

25.08.2025 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Postdoctoral Researcher in social/cognitive neuroscience with focus on social learning Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research? The Mechanisms of Social Behavior lab at Karolinska Institutet (PI: BjΓΆrn LindstrΓΆm) is seeking a highly qualified postdoctoral researcher.

Join our @erc.europa.eu funded lab @ki.se! We're hiring a postdoc to explore how humans learn from each other β€” with fMRI, modeling, & behavioral experiments. πŸ§ πŸ‘«
A chance to lead cutting-edge work in social neuro & computational psychology.
Apply: shorturl.at/GJQuW

28.05.2025 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3

New preprint, led by fantastic postdoc @davidschultner.bsky.social ! The "common is moral" -heuristic (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28891657/) and inequality aversion shape third-party moral judgments. Their interaction is likely to have implications for the dynamics of social norms.

11.03.2025 10:30 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Postdoctoral Researcher in affective learning and decision-making Do you want to contribute to better health for everyone? Our research group, led by Andreas Olsson at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, is seeking a qualified and motivated postdoctoral researcher.

post doc position on "affective social learning" in Andreas Olsson's group at Karolinska Institute. Recommended! ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

05.04.2025 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0