Latent variable sequence identification for cognitive models with neural network estimators - Behavior Research Methods Extracting time-varying latent variables from computational cognitive models plays a key role in uncovering the dynamic cognitive processes that drive behaviors. However, existing methods are limited ...

New paper out in Behavioral Research Methods! We introduce a simulation-based method using RNNs to infer trial-varying latent variables from computational cognitive models.
Link: doi.org/10.3758/s134...
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#106 - Chiara Caldinelli, Jing-Jing Li, Garrett Chao, Mike Arcaro & Anne Collins. The role of the thalamus in dynamic decision-making

#27 - Jing-Jing Li, Connor Chen & Anne Collins. Humans integrate heuristics and Bayesian inference to efficiently explore under uncertainty

🔆 I'm hiring! 🔆

There are two open positions:

1. Summer research position (best for master's or graduate student); focus on computational social cognition.
2. Postdoc (currently interviewing!); focus on computational social cognition and AI safety.

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Accepted to #ICML2025! 🥳 See you in Vancouver this summer!

I’m presenting this work at the SoLaR workshop at #NeurIPS2024 on Saturday 11am-noon. Come to my poster to chat about interpretable AI safety!

Some words of wisdom

@drjingjing.bsky.social will present her SafetyAnalyst work at the SoLaR workshop:

Open letter of psychologists and neuroscientists for peace in the Middle East We, psychologists and neuroscientists from around the world, call the international community to urgently put pressure towards an immediate ceasefire in Israel, Palestine and Lebanon, to demand that t...

Psychologists and neuroscientists are calling for international pressure towards immediate ceasefire in Israel, Palestine & Lebanon, respect for international humanitarian law, end of the occupation, and release of all hostages.

Read & join us by signing here: tinyurl.com/PsychLetter

Looking forward to the 24th Annual Meeting of #WiCS+ at #psynom24
“You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know: But How to Figure It Out” 4:15-6PM (ET)
Come join us in person in NYC or join online via Zoom (QR code in the link below)
www.womenincogsci.org/wics24th-ann...
@psychonomicsociety.bsky.social

I’ve been using Notebook LM to convert the papers into podcasts. I can’t focus when the papers are read verbatim, but the more casual podcast style makes it better