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Hadeel Haj Ali هديل حاج علي

@hadeelhajali.bsky.social
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Palestinian scientist || PhDing Psychology @UCL & Max Planck UCL Centre. Studying decision-making under uncertainty, risk, and emotions. scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&…

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Hadeel Haj Ali هديل حاج علي @hadeelhajali.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
"POC (People of Colour), BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Colour) used in North America, BAME (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnics). Here are some of the reasons why I believe we need to stop using them, now!" drsabreena.com/we-need-to-t...
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We Need to Trash the Term BIPOC - are these kinds of shorthand identity markers as "woke" as we have been made to believe? - Dr. Sabreena
5 reasons why terms like BAME, POC, and BIPOC may be doing more damage than good.
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London Judgement and Decision Making seminar series @ljdm.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Tomorrow, Wednesday June 3rd, we so excited to host our second last speaker that we are posting this again, with an image this time! Looking forward to seeing you all at UCL IoE and Zoom! Full details: tinyurl.com/ucl-ljdm
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London Judgement and Decision Making seminar series @ljdm.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Next Wednesday (May 26th), we will host Dr Audrey Parrish who will discuss novel comparative and developmental work on the decoy effect in value-based decision-making (full details: tinyurl.com/ucl-ljdm). Join us in person at UCL IoE or online on Zoom, all are welcome!
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London Judgement and Decision Making seminar series @ljdm.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Next Wednesday (May 20th) we look forward to hosting Dr @lei-zhang.bsky.social who will share work on whether Large Language Models are capable of Theory of Mind, and how this can help us understand minds and machines (full details: tinyurl.com/ucl-ljdm). All are welcome, in person at IoE or Zoom!
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London Judgement and Decision Making seminar series @ljdm.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Next Wednesday (May 13th) we a have a unique double billing, with Dr Ansgar Endress and Prof @thruthal.bsky.social giving a talk on the psychophysics of morality and decision making (full details: tinyurl.com/ucl-ljdm). Join us in person at UCL IoE or on Zoom! All are welcome!
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Hadeel Haj Ali هديل حاج علي @hadeelhajali.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
New Preprint! 🙌 People's risk aversion causes them to make irrational decisions. Yet they get closer to rationality when...Read more here: www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-9...
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Risk escalation is amplified by stakes, not by a sense of control
People are often faced with the same risky choices repeatedly: how much to invest, how much to drink, how fast to drive. These decisions are not made just once, but dozens of times. How does repetitio...
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London Judgement and Decision Making seminar series @ljdm.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
This Wednesday!
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London Judgement and Decision Making seminar series @ljdm.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Next Wednesday (March 11th) we are turning more neuroscience-y with Dr @nirmoneta.bsky.social ta joining us from @ox.ac.uk to talk about how reward learning influences non-spatial cognitive maps. Please join us in person (full details: surl.li/mqtofs). All are welcome!
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London Judgement and Decision Making seminar series @ljdm.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Next Wednesday (March 4th) we will hear from Dr Jet Sanders how temporal factors (seasons, day of week, time of day) shape decision making and behaviour in large-scale datasets. Please join us in person (full details: surl.li/mqtofs). All welcome!
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London Judgement and Decision Making seminar series @ljdm.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Next Wednesday Dec 10th, we are excited to have Dr @danieljamesyon.bsky.social join us for our last session of the year. Dr Yon will tell us about how our interactions with others alter metacognitive states of mind. Full details on our website (surl.li/mqtofs). All are welcome in person!
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London Judgement and Decision Making seminar series @ljdm.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Next Wednesday Dec 3rd we are happy to host Prof. @miroslavsirota.bsky.social to tell us how utility-based signal detection theory can inform us of the cognitive mechanisms for (over)use of antiobiotics. Full details on our website (surl.li/mqtofs). All welcome, in person with Prof. Sirota!
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London Judgement and Decision Making seminar series @ljdm.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
We hope everyone is having a great reading week! We will be back next Wednesday Nov 12th with Dr Jon Rozeenbeek from University of Cambridge, talking about avoiding the online "bad bot" apocalypse. Full details on our website (surl.li/mqtofs). Join us in person at IoE (UCL)!
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London Judgement and Decision Making seminar series @ljdm.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Today! Join us at 5:15pm in room 448 at 26 Bedford Way (Experimental Psychology). All welcome!
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London Judgement and Decision Making seminar series @ljdm.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
We continue with our seminar series next Wednesday with Dr Sacha Altay @sachaltay.bsky.social from University of Zürich, talking about the problem of misinformation. Full details on our website (surl.li/mqtofs). See you there!
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Hadeel Haj Ali هديل حاج علي @hadeelhajali.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
scienmag.com/rising-risk-... Excited to have my work featured in Science Magazine and accessible for everyone to read!
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Rising Risk-Taking Tied to Emotional Habituation
In a groundbreaking new study published in Communications Psychology, researchers Haj-Ali, Glickman, and Sharot reveal a compelling link between the escalation of risk-taking behaviors and a
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London Judgement and Decision Making seminar series @ljdm.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Hello everyone! Along with our first post here on Bluesky, we look forward to the new academic year, hosting our first #LJDM2025 session next week with Dr Simon Ciranka @simyciri.bsky.social. For more info and to keep updated, check our website!
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Hadeel Haj Ali هديل حاج علي @hadeelhajali.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
In my work with colleagues at UCL,MIT, and Panthéon-Sorbonne , we show that repeated financial risk-taking increases -- but why? To find out more, come to my poster at @socforneuroecon.bsky.social 📍 Poster [# P1.D.35] ⏰ [15:45-17:00 / 03.10]
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Hadeel Haj Ali هديل حاج علي @hadeelhajali.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
First PhD paper! 🎉 Ever wondered why people gradually take bigger risks over time? Using VR we discovered that It's not how anxious you are at the start, but how quickly your emotions subside that predicts risk escalation Full paper: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Hadeel Haj Ali هديل حاج علي @hadeelhajali.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
I'm really happy to host Dr @mkwittmann.bsky.social in the London JDM seminar. For more info visit our website www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc... All welcome!
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Hadeel Haj Ali هديل حاج علي @hadeelhajali.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
🧠🚧 New preprint Why do small risks spiral into dangerous ones? We show that as emotions fade, risk-taking escalates. It’s not how anxious you are but how fast your anxiety disappears that fuels escalating risky decisions. osf.io/preprints/os... #VR #RiskTaking #Emotion
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Hadeel Haj Ali هديل حاج علي @hadeelhajali.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Happening today! All welcome
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Hadeel Haj Ali هديل حاج علي @hadeelhajali.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Thrilled to host Prof Sudeep Bhatia in the London JDM seminar series. For more info please visit our website : www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/events/...
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Stefano Palminteri @stepalminteri.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
For those around, see you in London next week! 🎡 www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/events/
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Hadeel Haj Ali هديل حاج علي @hadeelhajali.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Coming up in the London JDM seminar! All welcome. For more info, please visit our website www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/events/...
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Hadeel Haj Ali هديل حاج علي @hadeelhajali.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Happening soon!
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Hadeel Haj Ali هديل حاج علي @hadeelhajali.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
We are thrilled to host Prof @stepalminteri.bsky.social in the London JDM seminar. All welcome! for more info, please visit our website: www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/events/...
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