So happy to see @christinamaher.bsky.social recognized by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai with the Award for Outstanding Research in Neuroscience AND the Hausfeld Award honoring an exceptional PhD student! 🎉
Read more about Christina’s journey & all the 2026 awardees: icahnhonors.com
✨ 👀 THIS FRIDAY, Dr. Christina Wierenga will be presenting at 1pm for our Speaker Series
RSVP here for more details: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Excited to share new work now published in @cp-iscience.bsky.social
Using single-neuron recordings in humans, we show that dopamine neurons encode reward expectations derived from past experience––giving us a new look into how reward learning unfolds in the human brain 🧵👇
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In NYC early? Join us on Wednesday, April 29th for a pre-SOBP happy hour ✨
Connect with fellow attendees and faculty, meet new people, and get ready for an exciting week!
RSVP for location and details: www.eventbrite.com/e/1984134906...
In NYC early? Join us on Wednesday, April 29th for a pre-SOBP happy hour ✨
Connect with fellow attendees and faculty, meet new people, and get ready for an exciting week!
RSVP for location and details: www.eventbrite.com/e/1984134906...
Huge congratulations to the CCP’s newest PhDs! 🎓🎉
We are so proud of all your hard work, dedication, and accomplishments. Thrilled to see the incredible things you’ll do next! 🧠✨
✨ 👉 Up next in our speaker series, Dr. Inês Pereira will be presenting on June 22nd at 11am!
RSVP here for more details: forms.gle/wfr2j3B62hqG...
Ignacio Saez, PhD
Center for Computational Psychiatry
Ignacio Saez, PhD
Following Dr. Pereira's presentation later this month, we are excited to continue our Speaker Series with Dr. Ingo Willuhn!
Dr. Willuhn's talk will explore the neural mechanisms underlying compulsive behavior, OCD, and therapeutic interventions.
RSVP here: forms.gle/7csbhRXJPDwE...
#Neuroscience
Huge shoutout to my co-authors: Kannon Bhattacharyya, @krkulkarni.bsky.social, and @xiaosigu.bsky.social
Recent work in substance craving by @krkulkarni.bsky.social and @xiaosigu.bsky.social served as a huge inspiration for this project:
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
This study investigated the computational mechanisms linking momentary craving and decision-making in people with moderate to high addiction risk levels for alcohol or cannabis use, uncovering differe...
www.nature.com
Center for Computational Psychiatry
Shawn Rhoads
📢 New preprint out now!
In three samples (N=594), including a U.S.-representative cohort and a test-retest cohort, we formalize social motivation, learning, and homeostatic control within a single computational framework and identify a phenotype linked to chronic loneliness
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
