Debbie Yee

Debbie Yee

@debyee.bsky.social

computational affective motivational (neuro)psychiatry. interested in serotonin, stress, & decision-making. Assistant Prof at UIowa. debyeeneuro.com | PI of @yeelab.bsky.social

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Debbie Yee
@debyee.bsky.social

I'm SO pleased to announce that I'll be starting as an Asst Prof at @psychiowa.bsky.social this August. The lab will focus on neural & computational mechanisms of motivation, affect, & decision-making, with the aspirational goal of translation to neuropsychiatric disorders. 🧠 yeelabneuro.com

yeelabneuro.comCAMP Lab | aboutThe CAMP Lab at the University of Iowa uses computational, neuroimaging, pharmacological, and neuromodulation approaches to understand motivation, affect, and decision-making — and how these processes...

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Thomas Luo
@thomas-zhihao-luo.bsky.social

🧠 Calling All Neuroscientists! We're hiring! The School of Biological Sciences at the University of Utah invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Neuroscience. We welcome researchers working at all levels, from molecules and cells to circuits and systems.

employment.utah.eduemployment.utah.eduFounded in 1850, The University of Utah is the flagship institution of higher learning in Utah, and offers over 100 undergraduate and more than 90 graduate degree programs to over 30,000 students. University of Utah Jobs

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Colin Bredenberg
@colin-bredenberg.bsky.social

Hi all, I'm happy to announce that I have started at the University of Oregon as an assistant professor! My group will use computational methods to study learning and synaptic plasticity. I will be hiring grad students this year--please reach out if you're interested! colinbre@uoregon.edu

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Shenhav Lab
@shenhavlab.bsky.social

Our newest paper, "The three biggest obstacles to solving motivated behavior, and how to overcome them," is now in press at Advances in Motivation Science 🎉 osf.io/preprints/ps... To learn more about the obstacles & solutions the paper poses, see the 🧵 below: bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Amitai Shenhav@ashenhav.bsky.social

2 yrs ago, I briefly laid out a new theory of how motivation works (AGH). Here, I expand on the problems AGH was trying to solve, why they are hard to solve, what my solution looks like, and how this should change our understanding of thoughts & actions. osf.io/preprints/ps... 🧵A few highlights:

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Ignacio Saez, PhD
@ignaciosaezphd.bsky.social

📣 We're hiring! The Saez Lab at Mount Sinai is seeking a postdoctoral researcher with experience in intracranial recordings, electrophysiology, BCIs, mood disorders, and/or computational modeling, to explore the neural basis of human cognition. 🗓️ Apply by September 30, 2026. Please share widely!

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Tobias Egner
@tobiasegner.bsky.social

Job Alert: Our department is looking to recruit an eminent scholar for a distinguished, endowed professorship (full professor, tenured) in the domain of human neuroscience with high clinical relevance. Please broadcast widely! For application information, see academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32753

academicjobsonline.orgDuke University, Psychology and Neuroscience Job #AJO32753, Professor (tenured), Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, US

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Ethan Solomon
@esolomon.bsky.social

Excited to share a new discovery from @stanfordpntlab.bsky.social about the effects of neurostimulation on brain activity. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6... With our colleagues at the University of Iowa, we explored how intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) changes neural excitability. A 🧵

medrxiv.orgiTBS induces a suppression-rebound pattern in human cortical excitabilityIntermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) is a widely used form of brain stimulation, developed on the premise that it promotes long-term potentiation (LTP) and neural excitation. However, this is n...

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Ondrej Zika
@ondrejzika.bsky.social

🚨 💫 💥 Interested in PhD / Postdoc opportunities in computational psychiatry / cognitive neuroscience? My lab at University College Dublin 🇮🇪 is currently accepting expressions of interest for internally funded PhD/Postdoc applications for positions starting in September 2027 (!). 1/

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Federico Rossano
@federicorossano.bsky.social

UCSD Cognitive Science Department is hiring an Assistant Professor incorporating novel computational approaches in the study of biological and/or artificial intelligence. I have had the privilege of working in this department for 10 years and the intellectual environment really is unique. 1/3

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Joey Heffner
@jpheffne.bsky.social

Replying to @jpheffne.bsky.social

We are growing the team! Currently recruiting a PhD student (Fall 2027 start, portal opens mid-Sep) and hiring a lab manager. Inquiries from postdocs, prospective PhD students, and research assistants are all welcome. Apply now! www.heffner-lab.com/join

heffner-lab.comPeople | Join the ECC Lab — Emotions, Computation, and Choice LabLearn more about available positions and how to join the Emotions, Computation, and Choice Lab at Stanford University.

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Atsushi Kikumoto
@kikumotoatsushi.bsky.social

I'm recruiting a PhD student for Fall 2027 at the University of Maryland — Cognitive Flexibility Dynamics Lab, studying cognitive control via brain recording (M/EEG, MRI), stimulation (TUS), and computational modeling. Please email me: cfd-lab.com/join

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Harrison Ritz
@hritz.bsky.social

Our task-switching paper is now out at Current Biology! www.cell.com/current-biol... We find that that our brains reset to a task-neutral state between trials, providing flexibility when the upcoming task is uncertain. RNNs also learn this strategy, but only when trained to switch tasks.

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Dr. Becca
@docbecca.bsky.social

My behavioral neuroscience lab at Northeastern is looking to recruit two new research techs! Job description and link to apply is here: northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...

northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.comLaboratory Technician - The Shansky LabAbout the Opportunity Job Summary The Shansky Lab is seeking a full-time technician to conduct National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded behavioral neuroscience research. The position includes lab ma...
Debbie Yee
@debyee.bsky.social

Are you on the #neurojob #psychjob market this fall? Come be my colleague! The Psych and Brain Sciences department @psychiowa.bsky.social is hiring TT faculty in clinical science and neuroscience, as well as clinical-track faculty. The initial review deadline is Sept 28. More info below!👇

Mark Blumberg@marksblumberg.bsky.social

1/2 We have 3 current and upcoming faculty searches in our department. First, we are currently doing an open-rank Clinical-Track Faculty search. Interest in leadership (clinic director) desirable. Learn more here: psychology.uiowa.edu/about/job-op...

psychology.uiowa.eduJob OpeningsLearn more about the job opportunities available at University of Iowa in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences.

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Nico Schuck
@nicoschuck.bsky.social

I enjoyed writing this piece for The Transmitter. AI is a seismic change for science. What we make of it is up to us, but it’s a decision we can only make collectively. I hope more labs, and the field at large, will engage in finding a shared view of how we want to use AI.

The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social

With agentic AI’s rapid infiltration into science, researchers need to develop AI use policies and practices, writes @nicoschuck.bsky.social. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/artificial-i...

thetransmitter.orgHow, when and why to use agentic AI in our neuroscience labsWith agentic AI’s rapid infiltration into science, researchers need to develop AI use policies and practices.

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Meghan Gallo
@meghangallo.bsky.social

What predicts mental health disorders' onset and treatment success? Join our free #CCN2026 satellite meeting on the latest computational cognitive neuroscience parsing the multi-scale, dynamical systems of disorders that emerge across development, symptom expression, presentation & treatment.

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Julia Strand
@juliafstrand.bsky.social

My department is hiring 2 (TWO!) Tenure Track faculty in Developmental Psych and Biological Psych, to start Fall 2027. Deadlines 9/1 (Developmental) and 10/1 (Biological). More info here: www.carleton.edu/psychology/i.... Reach out with questions! carleton.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Carlet...

carleton.wd1.myworkdayjobs.comAssistant Professor in Developmental PsychologyThe Carleton Psychology Department is seeking candidates for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Developmental Psychology (preferably with a focus on social, personality, and/or identity de...

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CogCompNeuro
@cogcompneuro.bsky.social

CCN began at Columbia in 2017. As #CCN2026 returns to New York City, a special Back2NY event will feature a crowd-sourced panel discussion on how the community has grown, prior challenges, and future perspectives. Share your experiences in the community survey: 2026.ccneuro.org/back2ny/

Debbie Yee
@debyee.bsky.social

Headed to #cpconf2026? Come check out some of our lab's work, presented by superstar student Tony El Nemer! B51. Investigating the role of serotonin in stressor controllability and mental effort allocation C27. Learning and generalization of stressor controllability for mental effort allocation

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Mark Thornton
@markthornton.bsky.social

Now in press at Cortex! "False discovery rate correction promotes confounded neuroimaging designs" Paper 🔓: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Mark Thornton@markthornton.bsky.social

After 5 years, I finally carved out time to turn this blog post on FDR (markallenthornton.com/blog/fdr-pro...) into a manuscript. The preprint features a much broader range of simulations showing how FDR promotes confounds, and how this effect compounds with publication bias: osf.io/preprints/ps...

Debbie Yee
@debyee.bsky.social

Thrilled to be featured in the @thetransmitter.bsky.social Liftoff Series! Grateful for the opportunity to share more about our launching lab's ethos and the big questions surrounding mechanisms of affect and mental health we aim to tackle in the coming years! 🧠

The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social

In this month’s “Liftoff,” @marisosa.bsky.social discusses the challenges and excitement of task-switching as a new PI, and @debyee.bsky.social shares how she plans to foster a culture of reproducibility in her lab. #neuroskyence By @franciscorr25.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/liftoff-new-...

thetransmitter.orgLiftoff: New lab alertsLearn about early-career scientists starting their own labs.

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Rodrigo Braga
@rodbraga.bsky.social

Please RT - We are looking for someone who wants to establish and lead a cutting-edge neuroimaging center at Northwestern, working closely with multiple labs, including my own, in neuroscience research broadly construed. If you are curious, dm me and I'm happy to answer questions

Rodrigo Braga@rodbraga.bsky.social

We are hiring an Associate or Full Professor to lead the neuroimaging research program at Northwestern's Center for Translational Imaging in the Department of Radiology careers.northwestern.edu/psc/hrnu_er/...

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Mark Ho
@markkho.bsky.social

How do human minds make sense of big, messy problems? 😵‍💫🌀 How do we distill complexity into something simple enough to solve? 🤔💡 We’ll be tackling these questions (and more!) at two workshops on task representations, abstractions, and construals #CogSci2026 #CCN2026 🧵 framing-the-problem.github.io

framing-the-problem.github.ioFraming the Problem — Workshop SeriesA workshop series on representation construction in cognitive science and AI. CogSci 2026 (Rio) and CCN 2026 (NYU).

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Jordan Theriault-Brown
@jtheriault.bsky.social

We are looking for a research assistant to help with scanning an ongoing R01 project at MGH. The project involves working with older adults, and physio/fMRI data collection. Please send interested recent grads our way! northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...

northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.comResearch Technician - Interdisciplinary Affective Science LaboratoryAbout the Opportunity Job Summary The Interdisciplinary Affective Science Laboratory (IASL) within the College of Science is seeking a full-time Research Technician for an NIH-funded, multidisciplinar...