@emmavscholey
Postdoct in the MSN lab at the Centre for Human Brain Health (@thechbh.bsky.social), University of Birmingham https://escholey.github.io Decision-making, opportunity costs, foraging, motivation, effort, dopamine, computational models, fMRI
🎉 My PhD work has just been published in @natcomms.nature.com!
How do we learn who caused what - and how much control we had - when outcomes depend on multiple people? We studied how humans do so using a new social learning task, computational modelling and fMRI.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Interested in applying for a Marie Curie postdoctoral fellowship (deadline September 2026) with me in decision neuroscience and economics (social and strategic decision making, cooperation, value-based choice, fMRI, computational modeling)? (1/2)
and thank you to @mrcaimdtp.bsky.social for funding this work!
Thank you as well to all members of @msnlab.bsky.social and @thechbh.bsky.social, @uob-sop.bsky.social for making the last 4 years such an enjoyable and stimulating experience.
I'm delighted to share that I passed my PhD viva!
A huge thank you to Matthew Rushworth and Joe Galea (@galeaj.bsky.social) as examiners and chair @arkadykonovalov.bsky.social.
I'm incredibly grateful to supervisors @brainapps.bsky.social and @markdhumphries.bsky.social for all their support.
Passionate about women's mental health?
Interested in brain stimulation?
Excited by cutting edge neurotech?
Come do a PhD with me!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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*PhD funding through the @mrcaimdtp.bsky.social* interested in doing a PhD aimed at understanding the brain mechanisms underlying how sleep impacts on motivation in health and Parkinsons Disease? Want to learn computational modelling & brain imaging? Get in touch. more.bham.ac.uk/mrc-aim/phd-...
Interested in a PhD looking at trajectories of repetitive negative thought using machine learning and computational modelling?
Take a look at our project in the @drivehealth.bsky.social portfolio and get in touch with any questions!
showcase.drive-health.org.uk/project/quan...
Curious why we sometimes see minds where there are none? 🧠 Join us to uncover the foundations of attributed agency.
Fully funded PhD for next year as part of DRIVE-Health, working with me, Adam Hampshire & @stefansarkadi.bsky.social
Deadline: 12/1/26
Reach out for an informal chat!
Excited to share our preprint on variability in patch leaving decisions! Check out the 🧵 below
Interested in doing research on #neuroscience🧠 and #bees🐝? I can support your application for fully-funded PhD studentships available at Imperial College London.
Eligibility: UK/EU nationals
Deadline: 12/01/2026
bit.ly/497hAfK
Please get in touch with your CV via email.
#neurosciencephd #neurojobs
Images show effortful pro-environmental behaviours of recycling and cycling and alternatives of an overflowing bin or driving
🌎 New paper in @commspsychol.nature.com 🌍
doi.org/10.1038/s442...
There is an urgent need to choose behaviours that mitigate climate change, but these are often more effortful. Can we increase pro-environmental motivation?
Joint w/ Luis Sebastian Contreras-Huerta & amazing international team 👇🧵
Looking for a PhD? Interested in cognitive computational neuroscience, motivation and decision-making? See our project listed in the BBSRC MIBTP competition for funding for a 4-year PhD in the @msnlab.bsky.social in the @thechbh.bsky.social. Deadline 27/11. More info: tinyurl.com/5d5vz8m7
🚨 PhD Opportunity! 🚨
Come investigate the mechanistic role of dopamine in emotion processing with Prof Jennifer Cook - @thechbh.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social
MIBTP-funded PhD, using behavioural, computational and pharmacological approaches. Get in touch and please share!
Inspired by discussions at several recent foraging-related seminar series and conferences, our review in @cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social explores an expanded role for foraging as a framework in neuroscience and discusses future directions for the field. Do check it out.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
Years ago @lauragrima.bsky.social talked about what a pity it is when scientists who work on #foraging miss out on fruitful interactions because they work with different animals. Together with collegues we started a virtual seminar series, which grew into a conference and now a review!
If you want to hear about more like this, come join us at the University of Birmingham for ‘The Mechanistic Basis of Foraging’ conference. Registration closes 20th October!
uobevents.eventsair.com/the-mechanis...
Really excited to share a review I contributed to, out now in @cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social. We explore how foraging can offer a framework for studying brain and behaviour in natural contexts. It’s been a pleasure working with colleagues across species and disciplines on this. Check it out! 👇
Early bird registration for "The Mechanistic Basis of Foraging 2025" conference ends on 30th September!
This meeting provides a multidisciplinary perspective on the neural, behavioural and computational mechanisms of foraging across species.
uobevents.eventsair.com/the-mechanis...
Please share!
Today's the day we welcome over 80 participants, instructors & keynote speakers from all over the world to @uob-sop.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social for the Computational Social Cognition (CSC) Summer School with @leidenpsychology.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social
#CSC2025
www.compsoccog.com
Closing soon! Abstract submission for The Mechanistic Basis of Foraging 2025
A multidisciplinary meeting on the neural, behavioural and computational foundations of foraging across species:
uobevents.eventsair.com/the-mechanis...
Deadline: August 29
Abstract submission open for The Mechanistic Basis of Foraging 2025
(University of Birmingham, 3–5 November)
A multidisciplinary event exploring the neural, behavioural and computational foundations of foraging across species:
uobevents.eventsair.com/the-mechanis...
Deadline: August 17, 2025
Abstract submission open for The Mechanistic Basis of Foraging 2025 (U. Birmingham, 3-5 November)
uobevents.eventsair.com/the-mechanis...
Deadline: August 17
A meeting for all fascinated by the brain's role in foraging
Pls share!
Join us for the Mechanistic Basis of Foraging meeting in Birmingham, UK from 3–5 November 2025 - a multidisciplinary event exploring the neural, behavioural and computational foundations of foraging across species: uobevents.eventsair.com/the-mechanis...
🌟 Research Assistant opportunity 🌟
I'm looking for an RA to support research @thechbh.bsky.social on social information seeking and decision making, including fMRI and MEG 🧠
Details: tinyurl.com/chbh-ra-uob
Deadline: 20th July ⏳
Start: From September 🗓️
Please share 🔁
Registration for UK Neural Computation 2025 closing soon - 1st July
neuralcomputation.uk/registration...
ECR day: 9 July, ~30 free places
Main meeting: 10-11 July
Pls share!
Sponsors @aria-research.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk
Organisers: @danakarca.bsky.social @neuralreckoning.bsky.social & me
My lab is hiring a pre-doctoral research assistant to work on the neural computations of foraging, seeking common cross-species algorithms. A BBSRC-funded project in collaboration with Matt Apps (Birmingham) & Nathan Lepora (Bristol)
Closes May 5th
Pls share!
jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Abstract submission is open for UK Neural Computation 2025 @ Imperial College (9-11 July)
neuralcomputation.uk/submission.h...
Deadline: 12 May
Please share
All info: neuralcomputation.uk
Sponsors: ARIA; Francis Crick Institute
Organisers: @danakarca.bsky.social @neuralreckoning.bsky.social
So excited to announce Curiosity, Information Seeking & Exploration conference: 30th Sept-1st Oct @Brown University. Amazing speakers sites.google.com/view/informa... and free!
Abstract submissions open until 7th July
w/ Romy Frömer, Ohad Dan, @hayleydorfman.bsky.social, Matt Nassar. Please share!
🚨 SUMMER SCHOOL!
Announcing the 2nd Birmingham-Leiden Summer School in Computational Social Cognition, Sep 2-5, 2025.
Fantastic line-up of keynote: Matthew Rushworth, Diana Tamir @dianatamir.bsky.social, and David Amodio @davidamodio.bsky.social .
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Apply by 18 April (compsoccog.com) and RT!