Dan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Before starting at UM, I am spending a year as a postdoctoral fellow at @pennmindcore.bsky.social! 020
Dan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Check out how to apply to the UM PhD program: www.psy.miami.edu/graduate/how... @umiamipsych.bsky.socialpsy.miami.eduHow to Apply | Graduate |Department of Psychology | University of MiamiHow to Apply 110
Dan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Thrilled 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 56611
Reposted by Dan MireaLogic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Congrats to @danmirea.bsky.social who led a new paper published in @jamapsychiatry.com! "The Reinforcement Effect of Social Media Likes in Depression". jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...jamanetwork.comThe Reinforcement Effect of Social Media Likes in DepressionThis study investigates individual differences in the effect of social media likes on posting behavior and their association with and specificity to depressive psychopathology. 1135
Dan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Had 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... 131
Reposted by Dan MireaDan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · 13/07/2026We 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 154
Dan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · 13/07/2026And many thanks to my fantastic collaborators @yaelniv.bsky.social @eriknook.bsky.social @clairegillan.bsky.social Steph Chen Jialing Ding Kepler Palacio Judith Mildner Sean Kelley 060
Dan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Thanks to @docqhuys.bsky.social and @orbenamy.bsky.social for a great editorial on the paper: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...jamanetwork.comDo Likes Reinforce Depression?Social interaction is a critical component of mental well-being. Over the past few years, engagement via a variety of virtual modes has added new components to traditional social activities, and reduc... 170
Dan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Altogether, the findings: ✅ highlight potential mechanisms linking social media use to mental health ✅ illustrate the importance of studying real-world behavior 131
Dan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · 13/07/2026We 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 154
Dan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · 13/07/2026This suggests the link between depression and reinforcement learning might look very different in the real world, where personally meaningful, often social rewards motivate our behavior 172
Dan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · 13/07/2026The 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 162
Dan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · 13/07/2026We 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 120
Dan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · 13/07/2026There is a lot of concern about the impact of social media use on mental health, yet few studies examine psychological mechanisms using objective data. At the same time, computational psychiatry studies cognitive mechanisms of mental health, but the evidence largely comes from artificial tasks. 120
Dan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · 13/07/2026🚨 Now out in @jamapsychiatry.com 🚨 Are people with depression less responsive to rewards on social media, just like in the lab? Actually…quite the opposite! 🧵 📄 Read the paper here: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...jamanetwork.comThe Reinforcement Effect of Social Media Likes in DepressionThis study investigates individual differences in the effect of social media likes on posting behavior and their association with and specificity to depressive psychopathology. 26924
Reposted by Dan MireaLogic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Huge congratulations to Dr. Dan Mirea (@danmirea.bsky.social) on his dissertation and defense!!! We are so proud of you and can’t wait for all the big things you continue to do! 🥳 Read more about Dr. Mirea's amazing work in this thread: 4303
Reposted by Dan MireaStefan Feuerriegel @sfeuerriegel.bsky.social · 23/03/2026🚀Introducing 𝐆𝐔𝐈𝐃𝐄-𝐋𝐋𝐌: A reporting checklist for using LLMs in behavioral & social science ✅GUIDE-LLM is a reporting checklist designed by 80+ experts to improve transparency, reproducibility & ethical accountability of LLM-based research 📄 llm-checklist.comllm-checklist.comGUIDE-LLMReporting Checklist for Studies with Large Language Models in the Behavioral and Social Sciences 43420
Reposted by Dan MireaMartin Zettersten @mzettersten.bsky.social · 12/03/2026I'm hiring a new lab manager for my lab @ UCSD! For more info on the lab, check out our website: lillab.ucsd.edu Target start date is June 1 (flexible) and application deadline is March 26. Please share with anyone you think might be a good fit! Apply here: employment.ucsd.edu/laboratory-c...employment.ucsd.eduLaboratory Coordinator - 138788Laboratory Coordinator - 138788 | Careers at UC San Diego 03732
Reposted by Dan MireaYael @yaelniv.bsky.social · 23/02/2026The Rutgers-Princeton Center for Computational Cognitive NeuroPsychiatry (ccnp.princeton.edu) is looking for a new clinical research coordinator! This is a long-term (at least 2 years, more is preferred) position for someone with a BA or MA who is interested in... /1ccnp.princeton.eduRutgers-Princeton Center for Computational Cognitive NeuropsychiatryVisit the post for more. 12418
Reposted by Dan MireaAlexander Schakowski @alexschakowski.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Very happy to see our ice-fishing paper on the cover of @science.org this week! 🎣🎉 We tracked large groups of Finnish competitive ice-fishers to study how social foragers use social information when searching for resources. 🐟 Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... (contact me for open access)science.org 59643
Reposted by Dan MireaDirk Wulff @dirkwulff.bsky.social · 19/12/2025🚨 New preprint 🚨 We present the decisions-from-experience database (DfE-DB), including data from 168 studies. The data are currently shared with the original authors and made public upon publication. 🔗 Database: github.com/dwulff/dfe-db 🔗 Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 0239
Reposted by Dan MireaPrinceton Neuroscience Institute @princetonneuro.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Congrats to PNI + affiliated trainees named 2025 Honorific Fellows by the @princeton.edu Graduate School! 👏 Victor Geadah 👏 Isaac Christian 👏 @danmirea.bsky.social gradschool.princeton.edu/news/2025/ho...gradschool.princeton.eduHonorific Fellows celebrated by Princeton Graduate School amidst 125th AnniversaryThirty-two exceptional graduate students who received named or endowed fellowships for this academic year were recently feted by the Princeton Graduate School. The honorific fellowships support advanc... 092
Reposted by Dan MireaZachary Cohen @depressionlab.bsky.social · 17/12/20251/n Out today in @jamapsychiatry.com: Interpretation Issues With the Patient Health Questionnaire Instructions. We find troubling variability in whether people think they should respond based on the frequency of the Sx or the frequency of being bothered by the Sx. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...jamanetwork.comInterpretation Issues With the Patient Health Questionnaire InstructionsThis survey study assesses whether responses to the Patient Health Questionnaire reflect symptom frequency and severity. 36826
Reposted by Dan MireaArielle Keller @ariellekeller.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Our paper on the ☀️ "summer slide" 🛝 is out now @pnas.org! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Summer slide is a replicable phenomenon across diverse datasets that's more than "forgetting" school material in vacation months, but effects of socioeconomic inequality are ➡️ 7x bigger! ⬅️ #PsychSciSky #DevPsy 🧵👇pnas.orgCognition varies across the calendar year in multiple large-scale datasets | PNASChildren’s cognitive abilities vary across short and long timescales, from circadian fluctuations to year-by-year developmental changes. “Summer sl... 212251
Reposted by Dan MireaLisa Oswald @lfoswaldo.bsky.social · 30/10/2025We have a new preprint: osf.io/preprints/so... What have we learned about social media - the constantly moving target of empirical research - over the past decade? 28339
Reposted by Dan MireaEleanor Holton @eleanor-holton.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Super happy to see this review out! We ask why people are so reluctant to abandon goals and how this commitment could be understood computationally. Work with Jill O'Reilly & @yaelniv.bsky.social 14919
Reposted by Dan MireaNina Rouhani @ninarouhani.bsky.social · 24/10/2025I will be recruiting 🌟PhD students🌟 for my newish lab! If you're interested in learning & memory mechanisms applied to individual, interactive & collective behavior using computational modeling, real-world experiments and fMRI, email me! RTs much appreciated 🙏 rouhanilab.comrouhanilab.comInteractive Cognition Lab | USCInteractive Cognition Lab at USC, led by principal investigator, Dr. Nina Rouhani. 19378
Reposted by Dan MireaShawn Rhoads @shawnrhoadsphd.com · 22/10/2025📢 Thrilled to share our paper is out now in @natcomms.nature.com Shared computations underlie how we acquire actions that are mutually beneficial, instrumentally harmful (benefits self at the expense of others), altruistic (benefit others at the expense of self), or mutually costly 🧵 rdcu.be/eL8mZrdcu.beNeurocomputational basis of learning when choices simultaneously affect both oneself and othersNature Communications - When learning to make choices that simultaneously affect the self and others, asymmetric encoding of information guides future social behaviors across mutually beneficial,... 24831
Reposted by Dan MireaAshley Tyrer @ashleytyrer.bsky.social · 15/10/20251/ To explore or to exploit? I’m excited to share my new preprint with @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social and @micahgallen.com, correlating variations in cortical microstructures with individual differences in exploration-exploitation behaviours, using a gamified task! 🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 22411
Reposted by Dan MireaFranziska Brändle @frabraendle.bsky.social · 02/10/2025What influences whether people have fun with a task? Our paper “Leveling up fun: learning progress, expectations and success influence enjoyment in video games” with @thecharleywu.bsky.social and @ericschulz.bsky.social now in Scientific Reports! rdcu.be/eI069 Paper summary below 1/4rdcu.beLeveling up fun: learning progress, expectations, and success influence enjoyment in video gamesScientific Reports - Leveling up fun: learning progress, expectations, and success influence enjoyment in video games 15917
Reposted by Dan MireaSteve Rathje @steverathje.bsky.social · 01/10/2025🚨 New preprint 🚨 Across 3 experiments (n = 3,285), we found that interacting with sycophantic (or overly agreeable) AI chatbots entrenched attitudes and led to inflated self-perceptions. Yet, people preferred sycophantic chatbots and viewed them as unbiased! osf.io/preprints/ps... Thread 🧵 6193102
Reposted by Dan MireaColin Hoy @colinwhoy.bsky.social · 30/09/2025I strongly believe modeling behavior will be critical for understanding mental health well enough to develop new interventions, but the gap between task-based and naturalistic behavior is MASSIVE. Some great ideas here for bridging that gap! 031
Reposted by Dan MireaNicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Such an important topic: computational psychiatry at the nexus of lab-based understanding (eg of reinforcement learning and mood) and measures of real-world behavior and mental health conditions. (Scroll to the bottom for a link open to all). 1141
Reposted by Dan MireaShawn Rhoads @shawnrhoadsphd.com · 22/09/2025📢 My lab at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine is considering graduate student applications this fall We welcome applicants interested in using computational modeling & fMRI to study social connection 🗓️ Deadline: December 1, 2025 🔗 Learn more: sinclaboratory.com/apply #comppsychiatry #socialneuro 21816
Reposted by Dan MireaOndrej Zika @ondrejzika.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Fantastic paper by @danmirea.bsky.social ! 👇 161
Reposted by Dan MireaAngela Radulescu @angelaradulescu.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Inspiring work by @danmirea.bsky.social! 152
Dan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Read the full paper using this free access link here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comCognitive modeling of real-world behavior for understanding mental healthA core strength of computational psychiatry is its focus on theory-driven research, in which cognitive processes are precisely quantified using comput… 050
Dan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Some to-dos for the field: - identify amenable types of real-world data - integrate them into data-collection pipelines alongside lab-based tasks - assess links to mental health - assess lab-based versus real-world convergent validity of parameters - expand models to accommodate real-world data 150
Dan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · 29/09/2025…and challenges of this approach: ⚠️ Noisy data ⚠️ Analytical complexity ⚠️ Data collection burden ⚠️ Ethical considerations It remains to be seen whether real-world data can better computational psychiatry. 140
Dan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Finally, 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) 120
Dan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · 29/09/2025We 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: 130
Dan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · 29/09/2025We 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) 150
Dan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · 29/09/2025By real-world data we mean any data that reflect a person’s every-day behavior. We distinguish 3 types: - experience sampling data (active, self-report) - passive sensing data (e.g. geolocation, physiology, social proximity) - digital-behavior data (e.g. social media, texting, phone/app navigation) 150
Dan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Computational psychiatry often relies on behavior in cognitive tasks, which are simpler, less engaging and often less social than real-world environments. By contrast, real-world data have intrinsic ecological validity and allow the continuous assessment of cognition and its variation over time. 140