Caroline Charpentier, PhD @carocharp.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Trains in the US are super nice by the way! 010
Caroline Charpentier, PhD @carocharp.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Looking forward to discussions and feedback! @paulbsharp.bsky.social @tobywise.bsky.social @xiaosigu.bsky.social @robbrutledge.bsky.social @qianying.bsky.social @pf-hitchcock.bsky.social @shawnrhoadsphd.com @hayleydorfman.bsky.social @eraneldar.bsky.social @vanessabrown.bsky.social 150
Caroline Charpentier, PhD @carocharp.bsky.social · 14/07/2026And finally, Chaebin Yoo will present some computational modeling analyses of ABCD task data, to hopefully help better characterize adolescent cognitive profiles and their link to mental health: "Computational cognitive profiles of risk, reward, and social processing in adolescence" (C18) 120
Caroline Charpentier, PhD @carocharp.bsky.social · 14/07/2026On Thursday, Deanna Durben will present some brand new data from a more naturalistic version of the trust game: "Improving the ecological validity of the trust game: A novel paradigm integrating ability and naturalistic conversation" (C1) 120
Caroline Charpentier, PhD @carocharp.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Yukta Thyagaraj (@yuktat.bsky.social) unfortunately couldn't join us, but I'll be presenting her poster on "Cognitive drivers of feedback-seeking decisions differ between socially fearful and reassurance-seeking individuals" (B13). Check out our preprint here: doi.org/10.31234/osf...doi.orgOSF 100
Caroline Charpentier, PhD @carocharp.bsky.social · 14/07/2026On Wednesday, Sean Maulhardt will present his dissertation work on "Computational characterization of information processing in impulsivity" (B11) - Sean is also on the postdoc/lecturer job market! 100
Caroline Charpentier, PhD @carocharp.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Very grateful to be able to travel to an academic conference in the US by train! A smooth 5-hr "high-speed" ride from DC to New Haven non-stop, lots of work done, and very excited to catch up with friends and colleagues at #cpconf #cpconf2026 🚨 My lab will be presenting 4 posters, details below 🔽 1215
Reposted by Caroline Charpentier, PhDNeuromatch @neuromatch.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Computational Behaviour launches July 2027! A fully remote two-week course, open to participants worldwide. ➡️ Learn more and get involved: neuromatch.io/computationa... #ComputationalScience #ComputationalBehaviour #Neuroscience #OpenScience #Neuromatch #ConnectedMinds @connectedminds.bsky.social 0239
Reposted by Caroline Charpentier, PhDGrace Lindsay @neurograce.bsky.social · 01/06/2026A very clear summary of the very stupid thing that is happening. See comments for actions to take. 11911
Caroline Charpentier, PhD @carocharp.bsky.social · 30/04/2026🚨🚨 The Social Learning and Decisions Lab is hiring! 🚨🚨 We're looking for a postbacc project coordinator/research assistant to join our team this summer. More details about the position and how to apply here: drive.google.com/file/d/1ySeA... Please share widely and reach out with any questions!drive.google.comRA_ad_2026-2027_Charpentier.pdf 03631
Caroline Charpentier, PhD @carocharp.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Beyond grateful to be selected as a 2026 Sloan Research Fellow in Neuroscience! 🧠🤓 It takes a village, and this wouldn't be possible without my amazing team, mentees, mentors, collaborators and colleagues! Very excited to continue our work on the neuroscience of social learning. #SloanFellow 0312
Reposted by Caroline Charpentier, PhDValentin Guigon @guigonv.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Democracies are vulnerable to misinformation. Prevailing interventions emphasize truth detection. L. Geay, @carocharp.bsky.social and I argue we ought to strengthen people’s ability to estimate claims plausibility and to calibrate their confidence under uncertainty. www.nature.com/articles/s44...nature.comRethinking misinformation through plausibility estimation and confidence calibration - Communications PsychologyPrevailing interventions against misinformation emphasize truth detection, but offer no panacea. Research into decision-making suggests that strengthening people’s ability to estimate the plausibility... 051
Reposted by Caroline Charpentier, PhDSANS @sansmeeting.bsky.social · 11/09/2025🚨Introducing the SANS Fellows Program 🚨 We’re excited to honor members whose scholarship, mentorship, & service have shaped social & affective neuroscience! Nominate someone—or yourself—to be a SANS Fellow! Details: socialaffectiveneuro.org/sans-fellows... 053
Reposted by Caroline Charpentier, PhDSANS @sansmeeting.bsky.social · 08/09/2025🎉 Got exciting news to share? We’re excited to highlight accomplishments from across the SANS community! If you (or someone you know) has a recent paper, award, or other recognition, please send it our way using the Spotlight form below! Submit here: forms.gle/CNpanwJZFTPg...forms.gle 011
Reposted by Caroline Charpentier, PhDMark J. Nelson @mm-jj-nn.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Our neuroscience department is hiring an Assistant Professor of Computational Neuroscience who works in "areas such as artificial intelligence, convolutional neural networks, reinforcement learning, decision making, memory, computational modeling, cognitive and neural processing".american.wd1.myworkdayjobs.comAssistant Professor of NeuroscienceAmerican University is a student-centered research institution located in Washington, DC, with highly-ranked schools and colleges, internationally-renowned faculty, and a reputation for creating meani... 01712
Reposted by Caroline Charpentier, PhDAli Cohen @aliocohen.bsky.social · 01/09/2025#Neuro4Pros 4ever 🧠🤓 Grateful for a week of learning from & being in community with fellow early career profs & amazing facilitators @gunnarblohm.bsky.social @kordinglab.bsky.social @meganakpeters.bsky.social @yaelniv.bsky.social @patrickmineault.bsky.social Hannah Bayer 📸: @mohebial.bsky.social 1216
Caroline Charpentier, PhD @carocharp.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Come join us at UMD as an MRI Tech! Feel free to share wide if you know suitable candidates - great opportunity for new grads with a Bachelor's degree and an interest in MRI research. umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UMCP/job/Uni...umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.comMRI Tech/Faculty SpecialistJob Description Summary Organization's Summary Statement: The Maryland Neuroimaging Center (MNC) is the home for neuroimaging research at the University of Maryland, www.mnc.umd.edu. The center brings... 033
Reposted by Caroline Charpentier, PhDPaul Sharp @paulbsharp.bsky.social · 14/07/2025#CPConf2025 looking forward to seeing you at our symposium tomorrow on cognitive map biases across psychopathology. The design choice is a combination of first-year PI + addressing post-lunch fatigue. Here you go...! with the inimitable @mgarvert.bsky.social, @carocharp.bsky.social & Matt Nour. 0193
Caroline Charpentier, PhD @carocharp.bsky.social · 12/07/2025Mostly autistic traits and anxiety, but in the general population rather than disorders per se! 010
Reposted by Caroline Charpentier, PhDBjörn Lindström @bjornlindstrom.bsky.social · 26/06/2025💥New postdoc position! 💥 Join us to explore how people learn from each other—and how that drives cultural evolution. Run experiments, build computational models & collaborate across Europe w. @lucasmolleman.bsky.social 📍 Stockholm More info: shorturl.at/CY4wkshorturl.atPostdoctoral Researcher in psychology/cognitive science with focus on social learning and cultural evolutionDo you want to contribute to top quality medical research? The Mechanisms of Social Behavior lab at the Karolinska Institutet (PI: Björn Lindström) in Stockholm, Sweden is seeking a highly qualified 23245
Reposted by Caroline Charpentier, PhDJo Cutler @drjocutler.bsky.social · 26/06/2025🌟 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 🗓️ Please share 🔁tinyurl.comResearch Associate - School of Psychology - 104433 - Grade 6The 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... 0916
Reposted by Caroline Charpentier, PhDJoe Barnby @joebarnby.com · 11/06/2025At @rldmdublin2025.bsky.social this week? Check out our social learning workshop from @amritalamba.bsky.social and I tomorrow! Inc. talks from @natashajaques.bsky.social, @nitalon.bsky.social, @carocharp.bsky.social, @kartikchandra.bsky.social & more! Full schedule: sites.google.com/view/rldm202...sites.google.comRLDM2025SocInfWorkshop// RLDM 2025 Workshop \\ Reinforcement learning as a model of social behaviour and inference: progress and pitfalls 12.06.2025 // 9am-1pm 2178
Reposted by Caroline Charpentier, PhDNicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Gut wrenching essay about trainees by Daphna Shohamy (Director of Columbia's Zuckerman Neuroscience Institute). "let’s be clear: It isn’t institutions that are being punished. It’s the researchers who are the future of science in this country ..." 💔 www.statnews.com/2025/05/07/u...statnews.comWhat am I supposed to say to this generation of young scientists?Undermining the future of American science is not a path to accountability — it’s a path to decline. 011147
Caroline Charpentier, PhD @carocharp.bsky.social · 27/04/2025And it's worth "plumbing" (pun intended) the depth of our minds! #sans2025 @kevinochsner.bsky.social 0263
Caroline Charpentier, PhD @carocharp.bsky.social · 24/04/2025And Saturday, Chaebin Yoo will present some computational modelling of ABCD behavioral data to characterize profiles of decision-making in early adolescence, in hope of identifying/predicting clinical symptoms (P3-A-14) 000
Caroline Charpentier, PhD @carocharp.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Today (Thursday), Yukta Thyagaraj @yuktat.bsky.social will present her work dissecting cognitive mechanisms of feedback-seeking decisions and how those vary along internalizing symptoms, particularly social anxiety (P1-D-36) 100
Caroline Charpentier, PhD @carocharp.bsky.social · 24/04/2025The Social Learning and Decisions lab is represented at #SANS2025. Come check out our posters from two amazing first-year graduate students! 1112
Reposted by Caroline Charpentier, PhDJordan Meier @doc-jlmeier.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Great news: NIH postbac program is recruiting again! If your grad school plans were affected by program cutbacks or admissions freezes this year I highly encourage you to apply, this could be a perfect opportunity. Please repost. www.training.nih.gov/research-tra...training.nih.gov 6207195
Reposted by Caroline Charpentier, PhDScott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 21/03/2025The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up. If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes. Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.forms.gleCancelled NIH grant information submission formPlease use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025. Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH... 10433492
Caroline Charpentier, PhD @carocharp.bsky.social · 19/02/2025'rescheduled at a later date' rather than cancelled, but no information about when that date might be. Such a shame for all the possibly impactful and transformative proposals... 000
Reposted by Caroline Charpentier, PhDJeremy Koster @jeremykoster.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1) 682413820
Caroline Charpentier, PhD @carocharp.bsky.social · 19/02/2025@scinews.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social @nature.com @nbcnews.com @science.org 020
Caroline Charpentier, PhD @carocharp.bsky.social · 19/02/2025🚨This should be amplified!! Study sections and council meetings are still being cancelled despite the court order unblocking NIH freezes, effectively halting any new research grant from being funded: www.thetransmitter.org/funding/fede...thetransmitter.orgFederal Register hold makes ‘end run’ around court pause on NIH funding freezeNIH-related updates to the Federal Register, which are required for the scheduling of study sections and advisory councils, are on hold indefinitely, according to an email reviewed by <i>The Transmitt... 24132
Reposted by Caroline Charpentier, PhDThe Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Over the past few weeks, science funding in the U.S. has become shrouded in uncertainty. Ten trainees with diversity-based funding share how the changes are affecting their research and career plans. By @avaskham.bsky.social @claudia-lopez.bsky.social @callimcflurry.bsky.social bit.ly/42Wifxrbit.ly‘A gut punch:’ How U.S. neuroscience trainees are grappling with diversity-based funding fluxTen trainees spoke with The Transmitter about how the precarious state of U.S. federal funding is affecting their research and career plans. 110460
Reposted by Caroline Charpentier, PhDStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 12/02/2025Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence 289114545401
Reposted by Caroline Charpentier, PhDDr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 12/02/2025From reddit: a letter from a postdoc who survived the Bolsonaro years. This is helpful framing for how to science in this administration. 🧪 www.reddit.com/r/labrats/s/...reddit.comFrom the labrats community on RedditExplore this post and more from the labrats community 8614317
Caroline Charpentier, PhD @carocharp.bsky.social · 08/02/2025I am in the same boat, let me know what you find out! 000
Caroline Charpentier, PhD @carocharp.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Devastating is an understatement. Please take action! This article has a template of what you can write to your representatives: fromthescienceclass.substack.com/p/biomedical...fromthescienceclass.substack.comBiomedical Research Under Threat: Urge Congress to Act Now!A Friday evening plea from a concerned scientist 042
Reposted by Caroline Charpentier, PhDDarby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · 04/02/2025🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science. 12652768715653
Reposted by Caroline Charpentier, PhDPaul Sharp @paulbsharp.bsky.social · 27/11/2024🚨 Clinicians have noted for decades how planning & anxiety are linked. Yet, computational psychiatry thus far failed to show how. Here, I explain that we need to broaden how we model planning to reveal its *biases* in chronic anxiety. A 🧵 on the framework 1/n authors.elsevier.com/a/1kAJC4sIRv... 38430
Caroline Charpentier, PhD @carocharp.bsky.social · 23/07/2024Come be our new colleague in Computational Psych/Cog Sci/Neuro at UMD Psychology. More details and apply here: ejobs.umd.edu/postings/120948 #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #compneurosky #psychjob #cpsyejobs.umd.eduAssistant or Associate ProfessorThe Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor in computational psychology, computational c... 054
Caroline Charpentier, PhD @carocharp.bsky.social · 10/06/2024#PsychSciSky #compneurosky #cpsy #neuroskyence 010