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Gerhard Jocham

@gjocham.bsky.social
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Cognitive neuroscientist/experimental psychologist @hhu.bsky.social , interested in decision making, learning, and related things.

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Decision, Action, and Neural Computation (DANC) lab @danclab.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Our multilayer MEG paper is out today in Nature Communications: depth-resolved laminar inference in humans 🧠#neuroskyence www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Multilayer MEG source modelling enables depth-resolved laminar inference in humans - Nature Communications
Researchers developed a multilayer MEG framework that estimates activity across cortical depth non-invasively. Simulations and three human datasets show when reliable laminar inference is possible, en...
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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
James Bond: you think I haven’t faced death before? Supervillain: oh, I don’t expect you to die, Mr. Bond. I expect you to suffer. *opens travel funding reimbursement software I think you will find your motorboat rental and casino reservations especially complex James Bond: no. no. pls kill me
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Thomas Stadler @rastadler.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Ihr habt den Song jetzt bestimmt alle gehört? Ein Aufruf zur Gewalt? Eher ein Aufruf zu aktivem Widerstand. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg-S...
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Danger Dan - Keine Angst
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Roxana Zeraati @roxana-zeraati.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Our paper "Neural timescales from a computational perspective" is finally out in @natneuro.nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41... We discuss how computational models and methods can distill empirical observations on neural timescales into quantitative, testable theories of brain computation.
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Neural timescales from a computational perspective - Nature Neuroscience
This review integrates computational approaches to provide a unified view on how data analysis methods, biophysical mechanistic models and machine learning approaches can help to uncover the origins a...
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Gerhard Jocham @gjocham.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Wow, that went fast! The PhD position is already filled - still accepting applications for the postdoc position! Feeling sorry for all the really promising candidates we had to turn down - the quality of applications has been unusually high in this round!
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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
your rejected erc grant resubmitted after one year
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Tobias Kalenscher @kalenscher.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
PhD Position available! We are seeking a motivated PhD candidate to join our team at the Institute of Experimental Psychology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. The position is funded by the German Research Foundation and is available from 10/2026.
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Gerhard Jocham @gjocham.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Please repost! We have one postdoc and one PhD student position open in my lab (starting from Sept 2026), neuroscience of decision making and learning. Join us @hhu.de in gorgeous Düsseldorf! For details please look here: www.psychologie.hhu.de/en/research-... @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social
Example images sketching research in the lab. Top left: MRS voxel locations in medial prefrontal cortex. Top right: EEG time-frequency representation during perceptual choice. Bottom left: screenshot from a foraging paradigm. Bottom right: Drug-induced changes in delay and effort discounting
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Lorenz Meyer @thereallorenzmeyer.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Als Wolfram Weimer im Mai 2025 Kulturstaatsminister wurde, waren die Befürchtungen groß. Zu groß, sagten manche. "Lasst ihn doch erstmal ankommen, gebt ihm eine Chance." Zehn Monate später lässt sich sagen: Er hat die schlimmsten Erwartungen nicht erfüllt. Er hat sie übertroffen. Ein Thread. 🧵
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Gerhard Jocham @gjocham.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Amazing work. And ouch, a heavy blow to one of my favourite literature "classics".
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Gerhard Jocham @gjocham.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Early heads-up: There will be one postdoc and one PhD position in the field of learning/decision making open in my lab from Sept 2026. More information to follow soon, but feel free to already get in touch for informal inquiries! Please spread the word!
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Lina Skora @linaskora.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Reporting today as a freshly-minted #MSCA fellow - I will be joining the @epanlab.bsky.social at the @dondersinst.bsky.social 🤩 Over the moon, but also thinking about all the excellent proposals who were not awarded funding in this brutal round - feels more like a lottery than ever.
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Gerhard Jocham @gjocham.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
"Just pathetic". Gavin Newsom spot on about the European leaders' attempts at "diplomacy" with DJT. cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Mq...
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Peter Kirsch @cherrydoc.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
We are delighted to invite you to the upcoming “Psychology and the Brain” conference, which will take place in Heidelberg from June 3 to 6, 2026. Conference registration and submission of contributions are now open. Visit us at pug2026.org #pug2026 #biopsychology #psychophysioloy #neuroscience
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Lilian Weber @lilweb.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
🚀 Excited to announce that I'm looking for people (PhD/Postdoc) to join my Cognitive Modelling group @uniosnabrueck.bsky.social. If you want to join a genuinely curious, welcoming and inclusive community of Coxis, apply here: tinyurl.com/coxijobs Please RT - deadline is Jan 4‼️
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192 FB 8/IKW Research Associate (m/f/d), Institute of Cognitive Science: Uni Osnabrück
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Gerhard Jocham @gjocham.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Great opportunity to work with the amazing @martinhebart.bsky.social !
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Team Bürgeruni @teambuergeruni.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Alle Interessierten sind herzlich eingeladen! 3/3 👉 06.11.25, 19.00 - 20.30 Uhr im Haus der Universität. Die Veranstaltung findet hybrid statt und kann auch per Livestream verfolgt werden: www.youtube.com/live/9bBu8-w... Bild: © iStockphoto / hsyncoban
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HHU - Forschung im Fokus: No Pain, No Gain – Wie Schmerz unser Verhalten und Erleben beeinflusst
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Gordon Feld @gordonfeld.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
The official 2026 Psychology and Brain meeting website is now online! Save the date: June 4 – 6, 2026 in Heidelberg, Germany More information to follow shortly on the website. We already have some awesome keynotes lined up. pug2026.org @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social @igor-dgps.bsky.social
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PUG2026 – PUG 2026: June 4–6, 2026, Heidelberg, Germany
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Campact e.V. @campact.de · 29/09/2025
Joghurt mit der Ecke. #Müllermilch. Jeder kennt die Produkte. Was viele nicht wissen: Milch-Mogul Theo Müller nennt Alice Weidel ,Freundin’, sympathisiert offen mit der AfD und macht rechte Netzwerke salonfähig. Und das ist kein Zufall.
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Gerhard Jocham @gjocham.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Really cool work from @hhu.de colleagues Martin Papenberg )(psychology) and ‪@guwek.bsky.social‬ (computer science), together with researchers at UCSF and Stanford! 👇 www.hhu.de/en/news-arti...
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Psychology and computer science: Publication in Cell Reports Methods
Avoiding the formation of unwanted clusters of similar elements when dividing data into groups is of great importance for the analysis of medical data. Psychologists and computer scientists from Heinr...
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Daniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
An abbreviation (ABB) in a journal article (JA) or Grant Application (GA) is rarely worth the words it saves. Every ABB requires cognitive resources (CR) and at my age by the time I'm halfway through a JA or GA I no longer have the CR to remember what your ABB stood for.
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Nils Kroemer @nbkroemer.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
While our official job ad is on the way, we are seeking PhD students to join @neuromadlab.bsky.social for projects running in Bonn. The candidate will lead projects on body-brain interactions using brain stimulation to improve core symptoms of depression: www.neuromadlab.org/jobs #neurojobs
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Marco K Wittmann @mkwittmann.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
📢 Job announcement: Two (!) 3-year postdoc jobs in our lab at UCL 📢 🧠💫🔊 We are looking for postdocs interested in the abstract mechanisms underlying social cognition. Modelling, fMRI and non-invasive ultrasound, a new deep-brain stimulation method. Please RT www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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Nils Kolling @nilskolling.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Job Alert: Our team is looking for someone for a research assistant/manager position for between 6 months and 1 year. Application deadline end of August. Only CV and motivation letter needed. Our team wesite : sites.google.com/view/ecc-tea... . Please get in touch with me if you are interested.
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ECC Team
Team info The primary aim of our team is understanding of how the human brain implements reward-guided decision making, learning and plans into the future. For this, we focus particularly on the role ...
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NeuroecologyLab @neuroecologylab.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
This bit: quentinatkinson.substack.com/p/15-create-...
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1.5 - Create a giant bureaucracy while paying academic staff to fill in web forms and watch training videos
Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this essay are those of the author and do not reflect the views of any affiliated institutions unless explicitly stated.
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Le Neuro (Institut-Hôpital neurologique de Montréal) @theneuro.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Happy 107th Birthday, Brenda Milner! Her contributions to neuropsychology shaped the way we understand the human brain. From surviving two world wars and two pandemics, to paving the way for future generations of researchers, Milner’s legacy continues. @mcgill.ca @cusm-muhc.bsky.social
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Gerhard Jocham @gjocham.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Congrats, @kalenscher.bsky.social and gang!
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Micah G. Allen @micahgallen.com · 18/06/2025
The excellent @linaskora.bsky.social presenting her work on taVNS modulation of cardiac frequency during threat related decision making at the biology of decision making symposium #SBDM2025
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Jan R. Wessel @janw.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
I will be looking to hire 2-3 post-docs over the course of the next few months to work on questions related to cognitive control in humans, using EEG, TMS, DBS, sEEG, fMRI, or related methods. If you know anybody, please tell them to email me. Formal ad to follow. Lab website: wessellab.org
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Wessel Cognitive Neurology Lab | The University of Iowa
Thanks for visiting the Cognitive Neurology Lab at the University of Iowa. The lab is directed by Dr. Jan R. Wessel. We are affiliated with the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, the Depa...
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Blake Richards @tyrellturing.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Two papers out today on RL in the dopaminergic neurons of the midbrain of mice (one from McGill's new PI @paulmasset.bsky.social). Both papers demonstrate heterogeneity in discount factors! www.nature.com/articles/s41... nature.com/articles/s41... 🧠📈 🧪 #NeuroAI
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Multi-timescale reinforcement learning in the brain - Nature
Individual dopaminergic neurons encode future rewards over distinct temporal horizons.
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Gerhard Jocham @gjocham.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Great opportunity to work with @sgluth.bsky.social - much recommended!
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Gerhard Jocham @gjocham.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
📄New paper from our lab @hhu.de on the role of dopamine in multi-attribute decision making. Increasing DA transmission (L-DOPA) increased, whereas D2 receptor blockade (Amisulpride) reduced the effect of individual attributes on choice. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Bidirectional modulation of reward-guided decision making by dopamine - Psychopharmacology
Rationale The neuromodulator dopamine is known to play a key role in reward-guided decision making, where choice options are often characterized by multiple attributes. Different decision strategies c...
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Gerhard Jocham @gjocham.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
This lecture is my favourite part of teaching. All the more completely chuffed that my students nominated me/my lecture for the @hhu.de teaching award! Students participated very actively (despite the late hours 🛌), I genuinely enjoyed the interaction with them! Thank you for nominating me!
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Markus Butz @markusbutz.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Application for our international MSc Translational Neuroscience starts today! 🧠🧑‍🎓🇪🇺 Please apply and/or spread the word. 🙏 It's all in English, small teaching groups, no tuition fees. Join us @hhu.de and become part of our 10th cohort of students! 🥳 All info: www.translationalneuroscience.hhu.de
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Nils Kroemer @nbkroemer.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
We are hiring ⚡🧠! Our postdoc @akuehnel.bsky.social was awarded a grant to investigate if pulsed tVNS alters approach and avoidance behavior (in collaboration with @bachlab.bsky.social). The official ad is in German (B2 level is required to run sessions) #neurojobs karriereamukb.de/jobs/doktora...
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Doktorand*in/PhD Student*in (m/w/d) Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie/Forschung und Lehre/Sektion für Medizinische Psychologie - Karriereamukb | Jobs & Karriere an der Uniklinik...
In der Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie/Forschung und Lehre/Sektion für Medizinische Psychologie des Universitätsklinikums Bonn ist zum 01. August 2025 folgende Stelle in Teilz...
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Gerhard Jocham @gjocham.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
R. I. P. Margot Friedländer www.independent.co.uk/news/jews-au...
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German Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer dies at age 103
Margot Friedländer, a German Jew who survived the Theresienstadt concentration camp and became a high-profile witness to Nazi persecution in her final years, has died in Berlin
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Gerhard Jocham @gjocham.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Certainly this can't nearly cover up the devastating blow to NIH, NSF, .... but still....dear US-based colleagues...there may be a light in all this darkness! 🌤️
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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 05/05/2025
Looking to advance your research career? Choose Europe. Practical information: europa.eu/!B8hjh3 Register for the info session on 6 May: europa.eu/!gX3Dgv
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Gerhard Jocham @gjocham.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
"Authenticity is overrated. Most people can't help but be themselves."
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Tobias Kalenscher @kalenscher.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Why are we generous to some people but not to others? And which brain mechanisms govern our decision to be generous toward others? In our latest research, published in @pnas.org (www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...), we report steeper social discounting after human basolateral amygdala (BLA) lesions.
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Steeper social discounting after human basolateral amygdala damage | PNAS
Translational research suggests that the basolateral part of the amygdala (BLA) computes some of the core processes underlying social preferences, ...
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Gerhard Jocham @gjocham.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Great opportunity to work on exciting projects with the fabulous @kalenscher.bsky.social 👇
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Gerhard Jocham @gjocham.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
:🧵👇 Is there a button where I can like this post 10 times?
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Emily Prevost @emilyprevost.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
New preprint! We untangle glutamatergic and dopaminergic subpopulations in the ventral tegmental area. Long thread incoming, buckle up friends. 1/n www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Untangling dopamine and glutamate in the ventral tegmental area
Ventral tegmental area (VTA) dopamine neurons are of great interest for their central roles in motivation, learning, and psychiatric disorders. While hypotheses of VTA dopamine neuron function posit a...
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Gerhard Jocham @gjocham.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
👇 @katharinadroege.bsky.social on fire 🔥
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Matthew Apps @brainapps.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
3.5 year PhD studentship in cognitive computational neuroscience open in my MSN lab, @thechbh.bsky.social, co-supervised with @selmalugtmeijer.bsky.social & @simonlittle.bsky.social. Deadline 23rd March. Only open to UK candidates. More details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Pls repost
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Sonja Hofer @sonjahofer.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Should you stick to your goal, try something else, or give up? Your median raphe nucleus in the brainstem knows and will decide for you 😉. First foray of my lab into foraging, behavioural strategies and exploration. Amazing work from the one and only Mehran Ahmadlou: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A subcortical switchboard for perseverative, exploratory and disengaged states - Nature
Behavioural experiments in mice demonstrate that GABAergic (γ-aminobutyric acid-expressing), glutamatergic and serotonergic neurons in the median raphe nucleus have distinct and complementary function...
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Gerhard Jocham @gjocham.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Important thread on the value of peer review - and the temptation of delegating (parts of) it to AI tools. "...it's my job as a scientist. The public pays my salary and trust me to use my time wisely to advance science. Through peer review, I do exactly that." 👏👏👏
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Christian Stöcker @christianstoecker.de · 17/02/2025
What Europe should do RIGHT NOW: Make it extremely easy for US scientists to get long-term visa, create as many additional research jobs in key areas as possible, create new, generous science and research funds. People are losing their jobs over there NOW. Let‘s welcome them.
What Europe should do RIGHT NOW: Make it extremely easy for US scientists to get long-term visa, create as many additional research jobs in key areas as possible, create new, generous science and research funds. People are losing their jobs over there NOW. Let‘s welcome them.
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Valerie Jill Sydnor @valeriejsydnor.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Cortical maturation unfolds hierarchically, endowing the PFC with extended plasticity. But do timeframes of plasticity vary across PFC layers? With 7T quantitative myelin imaging, EEG, and cognitive data, we uncover heterochronous laminar maturation in the PFC 1/n. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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