Bob Wilson @doctor-bob.bsky.social · 16/03/2026What a day! 20 talks, 20 posters, 1 panel and 143 participants. Atlanta is fast becoming a powerhouse for Computational Cognition! Thanks to all who took part! 020
Bob Wilson @doctor-bob.bsky.social · 12/03/2026If you're not at Cosyne - and you are in or around Atlanta - you could do worse than drop by the CoCo conference! Tomorrow from 8am coco.psych.gatech.edu/coco-confere...coco.psych.gatech.eduCoCo Conference 2026 – Center of Excellence in Computational Cognition (CoCo) 042
Bob Wilson @doctor-bob.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Hard to believe for those of us who came of age in the 00's - but we're in the middle of a Bayesian Winter 020
Bob Wilson @doctor-bob.bsky.social · 14/11/2025If the Terminator movies have taught me anything, it's that we should probably heed warnings from Sarah (O') Connor about the perils of AI ... 050
Bob Wilson @doctor-bob.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Love these rules - especially rule #2. It's all too easy when reviewing to fall into the trap of feeling like we need to criticize *something* even when the paper is good. 060
Reposted by Bob WilsonChris Rozell @crozell.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Please share widely! If you work in any area related to the brain and policy, please consider applying to be our colleague here at Georgia Tech. This could include (but is not limited to) neuroethics or brain/mental health policy. 124
Bob Wilson @doctor-bob.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Great department - great city! And Georgia Tech is nearby too! 030
Reposted by Bob WilsonGeorgia Tech AI @georgiatechai.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Twelfth Annual Conference on Advances in Cognitive Systems held at Georgia Tech from Oct. 13–15, 2025. Learn more: ai.gatech.edu/event/twelft... 011
Bob Wilson @doctor-bob.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Hanbo and Huadong's superb work on Think Aloud for risky decision making. Think Aloud data from JUST ONE TRIAL allows us to predict choices on other trials about 5% above chance. 091
Reposted by Bob WilsonHanbo Xie @psychboyh.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Can Think-Aloud be really useful in understanding human minds? Building on our previous work, we formally propose reopening this old debate, with one of the largest Think-Aloud datasets, "RiskyThought44K," and LLM analysis, showing Think-Aloud can complement to comp cogsci. 1153
Bob Wilson @doctor-bob.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Great turnout for the CoCo #CCN2025 watch party at Georgia Tech. Thanks to @neuranna.bsky.social for leading the charge! coco.psych.gatech.edu/ccn-2025-loc... 070
Bob Wilson @doctor-bob.bsky.social · 06/08/2025One of the saddest things about switching my classes from Matlab to Python is that I no longer get to teach about the Matlab ghost. Rest in peace little buddy ... along with your dogs, your random numbers and all of your creepy hidden friends 240
Reposted by Bob WilsonMark Laubach @marklaubach.bsky.social · 05/08/2025The Neuroscience Dept at American University is hiring for a tenure-track position at the Assistant level with expertise in Computational Neuroscience. Apply by Sep 15: american.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/AU/job/Main-... #FacultyJobs #AcademicJob #Neuroscience #CompNeuro #AI #ComputationalPsychiatryamerican.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... 25754
Reposted by Bob WilsonDebbie Yee @debyee.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Excited for our @rldmdublin2025.bsky.social workshop at the intersection of #NeuroAI and Aging. Tomorrow from 9 AM -1 PM in LTEE 3 in Hamilton Building, hope to see you there! 0126
Bob Wilson @doctor-bob.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Yay for RLDM! If you signed up to be a mentor in the mentoring program, be on the lookout for an email from me with your mentee assignments. 0132
Bob Wilson @doctor-bob.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Proud to play a small role in this null result - from the excellent and thorough @carolinephelps.bsky.social. No effect of chronic or acute pain on working memory in the Sternberg task. 081
Reposted by Bob WilsonCaroline Phelps @carolinephelps.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Is the pain of null data taking up slots in your working memory? Or shifting you over optimum arousal on the Yerkes Dodson curve? Not for me! I've externalized it to this lovely preprint! Plus, read on for why it might not be the pain that causes deficits in your working memory... 🧵 121
Reposted by Bob WilsonDebbie Yee @debyee.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Are you planning to attend @rldmdublin2025.bsky.social #RLDM2025 and interested in human and artificial intelligence across the adult lifespan? Come check out our Representational Alignment and Aging Workshop!👇 sites.google.com/brown.edu/raa/sites.google.comSign in - Google Accounts 1106
Reposted by Bob WilsonM.J. Crockett @mjcrockett.bsky.social · 16/05/2025I am crying while grading my students' final essays for a course that taught them how to critically evaluate psychological science. They understood the assignment. 🧵 2305
Bob Wilson @doctor-bob.bsky.social · 11/05/2025AI startup idea 1: an AI that delivers oral exams AI startup idea 2: an AI that cheats on oral exams Update 1 to outwit 2 Update 2 to outwit 1 130
Reposted by Bob WilsonLaurence Hunt @lhuntneuro.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Attending CCN in Amsterdam this August? Come and join our workshop! Details/sign-up info below. 182
Bob Wilson @doctor-bob.bsky.social · 08/05/2025After a gentle push from @arikahn.bsky.social, I finally got my old cognitive modeling class back online. Very much an intro course, covers DDM, Expected Value Theory, and RL, stopping at simple model fitting and parameter recovery. Apologies for the Matlab. d-r-b-o-b.github.io/teaching/web...d-r-b-o-b.github.ioNSCS 344 — Modeling the Mind 170
Reposted by Bob WilsonCarlos Brody @carlosbrody.bsky.social · 08/05/2025we're crowd-sourcing a searchable repository of tangible benefits stemming from federally-funded research. Come enjoy the great stories; or send in an idea; or volunteer to join the team. publicusaresearchbenefits.com please share and re-share so we get more great stories in there!publicusaresearchbenefits.comSearchable database of tangible benefits that federally-funded research gave us.A crowd-sourced site. Health and Well-being. National Security. Prosperity. 1139113
Bob Wilson @doctor-bob.bsky.social · 30/04/2025If you're in Atlanta on Friday, you could do worse than come join us for our first annual Postdoc Day hosted by the Center of Excellence for Computational Cognition. Hear from five up and coming researchers before they get too famous to turn us down! coco.psych.gatech.edu/coco-postdoc...coco.psych.gatech.eduCoCo Postdoc day 2025 – Center of Excellence in Computational Cognition (CoCo) 120
Reposted by Bob WilsonChris Rozell @crozell.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Atlanta friends, I want to extend a special invitation to have you join us for a really unique event we're hosting on May 7 called "Wired Lives: Personal Stories of Brain Implants": neuro.gatech.edu/wired-lives-...neuro.gatech.eduWired Lives: Personal Stories of Brain Implants | Neuro Next Initiative 1116
Bob Wilson @doctor-bob.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Serving on an NIH study section is always inspiring – but this time even more so … 1386
Reposted by Bob WilsonDr. S. Duke Han @sdukehan.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Excited to share that The Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences now has a call for a special issue on 🌟DECISION NEUROSCIENCE IN AGING🌟, led by @debyee.bsky.social, Nathan Spreng, and @klempert.bsky.social as Special Issue Editors! @srndna.bsky.social academic.oup.com/psychsocgero...academic.oup.comCall for PapersSpecial Issue: Decision Neuroscience and Aging Psychological Sciences section of The Journals of Gerontology, Series B Guest Co-Editors: Karolina Lempert, PhD 0107
Reposted by Bob WilsonPete Hitchcock @pf-hitchcock.bsky.social · 11/04/2025🚨 We are looking for a research specialist (lab manager) for my lab at Emory (translational-lab.com). tinyurl.com/muer3ybb * Great match to prepare for clinical psych or computational cog sci grad school * Time reserved each week for independent work/professional development Please RT 🔄 !tinyurl.comCareers | Emory University | Atlanta GA 01013
Bob Wilson @doctor-bob.bsky.social · 10/04/2025One of the stranger customer satisfaction pop-ups I've seen is on our IRB management website ... 060
Bob Wilson @doctor-bob.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Exciting things are happening at @gtresearchnews.bsky.social in the fields of computational, cognitive neuroscience and neuroAI. It was a great privilege to get to highlight some of these in this @gtsciences.bsky.social event last week. cos.gatech.edu/news/2025-fr...cos.gatech.edu2025 Frontiers in Science: Intelligence 031
Bob Wilson @doctor-bob.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Caroline may regret not exploring her calling as a baker, but you should definitely explore this paper! The first one from our big aging and decision making study. 060
Reposted by Bob WilsonCaroline Phelps @carolinephelps.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Are you feeling stuck in your ways? Less excited about exploring anything new? You may be aging! Read on for insight into why your decision making is changing. 152
Reposted by Bob WilsonRLDM @rldmparis2027.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Exciting news - early bird registration is now open for #RLDM2025! 🔗 Register now: forms.gle/QZS1GkZhYGRF... Register now to save €100 on your ticket. Early bird prices are only available until 1st April. 21715
Reposted by Bob WilsonNick Byrd, Ph.D. @byrdnick.com · 04/02/2025Can we think aloud without disrupting stream of #consciousness? Two studies (Ns > 100) extended our results suggesting that we can — this time for DOZENS of aspects of thought! Scientists are running out of good reasons to not use #thinkAloud protocols: doi.org/10.1016/j.co... 091
Reposted by Bob WilsonBrad Hulse @bradkhulse.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Happy head direction cell day y’all! On this day, 41 years ago, Jim Ranck recorded the first “HD cell” in his Brooklyn lab in 1984. Jim shared the news with the world at SFN that year, showing a video of the cell’s firing on a TV he somehow acquired and brought to his poster… (1/3) 47031
Bob Wilson @doctor-bob.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Really interesting data - can see a COVID-related spike in project grant submissions in 2021, also a dip after the financial crisis in 2008. But what happened from 2002 to 2004 to cause the boom in applications? We thought it might be changes to the page limit (25 to 12), but that was 2010. 030
Bob Wilson @doctor-bob.bsky.social · 10/01/2025This definitely stings ... I wonder how many other areas of psychology this applies to (very much including my own research). 000
Bob Wilson @doctor-bob.bsky.social · 11/12/2024interesting! my sense with the MF measures is they tend to have nicer distributions (in part because they are bounded between 0 and 1). I'd be curious if MF measures do better in your dataset or not. The non-correlation with self-report is so interesting though! 000
Bob Wilson @doctor-bob.bsky.social · 25/11/2024If you're having trouble sleeping, this can probably help ... 041
