Just had a great time presenting my poster on the computational features underlying decision-difficulty and how they relate to distinct dimensions of apathy at the Motivation & Cognitive Control conference in Helsinki, Finland! 🇫🇮 #MCC2026

What's the relationship of apathy to depression and anhedonia? Sijia Zhao led our work on this to show that many individuals qualify for the diagnostic criteria of 2 or even 3 of these syndromes. But factor analysis reveals that the syndromes are highly dissociable jnnp.bmj.com/content/earl...

Does dopamine modulate the willingness to help? New Psychology Today post, "How Dopamine Affects Our Motivation to Help Others", written by me, with special thanks to @drjocutler.bsky.social and @thepsychologist.bsky.social www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/the-...

How Dopamine Affects Our Motivation to Help Others

New research shows patients with Parkinson's disease were more willing to help others after taking their dopamine-boosting medication.

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🚨Registration for Mechanistic Basis of Foraging 2025 closes October 20th 🚨 Speakers @mkflugge.bsky.social @aaronbornstein.bsky.social @benhayden.bsky.social @ellileadbeater.bsky.social @davidrobbe.bsky.social @dlbarack.bsky.social @becketebs.bsky.social uobevents.eventsair.com/the-mechanis...

Early-bird registration for "The Mechanistic Basis of Foraging 2025" ends September 30th A meeting for everyone fascinated by the brain's role in foraging, 3-5 November 2025 at University of Birmingham. Full speaker list, schedule and more now on the website uobevents.eventsair.com/the-mechanis...

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 (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!

Confirmed talks: @mkflugge.bsky.social, Susan Healy, Benjamin Hayden, @fearbrain.bsky.social , @becketebs.bsky.social , @dlbarack.bsky.social , Jennifer Li, @ellileadbeater.bsky.social, @aaronbornstein.bsky.social Nicholas Furl, @markdhumphries.bsky.social, & more

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