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Dan Mirea

@danmirea.bsky.social

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Incoming Assistant Professor of Psychology at UMiami. Currently a MindCORE Fellow at UPenn. PhD from Princeton. He/they 🏳️‍🌈🇷🇴. dan-mirea.com

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Dan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thrilled to announce that I will be joining the University of Miami as an Assistant Professor of Psychology next year! I am recruiting a PhD student to start in Fall 2027 — please reach out if you are interested in joining the lab! For more info check out my website: dan-mirea.com

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Dan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Had a lot of fun discussing our recent paper on the @jamapsychiatry.com podcast! 🎧 Listen on the podcast website here: jamanetwork.com/learning/audio-player/19077115 🟢 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5iGB... 🍎 Apple podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Dan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

We also applied a transdiagnostic approach on dataset 3, and found a double dissociation: 👍 reinforcement tendency was specifically linked to anxious-depression 🤳 behavioral persistence (a measure of posting habits) was specifically linked to compulsivity

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Dan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The main finding: across all datasets, people with depressive psychopathology were❗️more❗️likely to be reinforced by likes This contrasts with lab findings of blunted sensitivity to rewards in depression

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Dan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

We set out to address both of these limitations with a simple idea: using social media to study the link between reinforcement learning and depression Across 3 Twitter datasets, we defined a behavioral signature of RL – reinforcement tendency – as the effect of yesterday's likes on today's posts

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Dan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Finally, we explore opportunities: 👍 Testing the generalizability of in-lab computational psychiatry findings to every-day life 👍 Incorporating linguistic behavior into cognitive models using LLMs (see figure)

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Dan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

We also provide a (non-exhaustive) taxonomy of cognitive processes paired with modeling frameworks and types of real-world data that could be used to probe them:

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Dan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

We review recent studies that probe cognition using real-world behavior, primarily in a reinforcement learning framework. Some of these have uncovered novel links to mental health (e.g. linking depression to blunted reactivity to positive prediction errors, or higher sensitivity to social rewards)

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Dan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

🚨Out now in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social 🚨 We explore the use of cognitive theories/models with real-world data for understanding mental health. We review emerging studies and discuss challenges and opportunities of this approach. With @yaelniv.bsky.social and @eriknook.bsky.social Thread ⬇️

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Dan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

At #RLDM2025? Come to our workshop on real-world RL tomorrow! Including: - amazing line-up: @bjornlindstrom.bsky.social, Aaron Heller, Sugandha Sharma, @arossotto.bsky.social + flash talks - panel debate (chair: @yaelniv.bsky.social) - group brainstorming session! Mailing list: tinyurl.com/rlinwild

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Dan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

🚨 Workshop alert 🚨 If you're interested in RL and real-world data, come to our workshop @rldmdublin2025.bsky.social! Including cool talks, a panel debate, and a group brainstorming activity. sites.google.com/view/rlinthe...

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