Claire Gillan
Professor in Psychology at Trinity College Dublin. Here for less gross twitter, less boring mastodon. www.gillanlab.com
- Reposted by Claire GillanFür den Postdoc bin ich entsprechend nach Dublin zu @clairegillan.bsky.social gegangen, die mit 'neureka' als eine der ersten eine umfangreiche Forschungsapp für die Psychologie/Neurowissenschaften entwickelt (www.neureka.ie), und dabei auch zentral EMA als Methode eingesetzt hat.
- Reposted by Claire GillanI'm looking to hire a postgraduate research associate in Computational Psychiatry for my new lab at Yale. Please see link below for details & help RT 🙏 postdocs.yale.edu/posts/2026-0...
- Trinity's FutureNeuro centre @futureneuro.bsky.social is now taking applications for 2 year postdocs coming to Ireland from abroad. My lab is an eligible host; if you are interested, please reach out! futureneurocentre.ie/neuroadapt/
- Reposted by Claire GillanThe implication is severe: careless responding on MTurk isn’t rare noise; it’s systematic enough to flip the sign of relationships and generate results that are the opposite of what they really are. Wow; this is pretty damning. link.springer.com/article/10.3...
- Reposted by Claire GillanMy new gig is PI of the CANN group at Trinity College Dublin and University of Oxford (50/50). Funded by the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship, we'll be recruiting postdocs, PhDs and an RA in Dublin and Oxford soon. So exciting! @oxcin.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @tcdscss.bsky.social
- Reposted by Claire GillanIn factor analysis, why does the commonly used CNG method nearly always land at 3 factors when applied to anx/depr/ocd scales? TLDR: There tends to be one factor/component with a large eigenvalue. In these cases, almost inevitably and somewhat arbitrarily, the procedure selects 3 factors 👇
- Reposted by Claire GillanAfter 5 years of data collection, our WARN-D machine learning competition to forecast depression onset is now LIVE! We hope many of you will participate—we have incredibly rich data. If you share a single thing of my lab this year, please make it this competition. eiko-fried.com/warn-d-machi...
- Reposted by Claire Gillan📣🔥Thrilled to announce that 2026 Computational Psychiatry Conference will take place in New Haven, CT, btw July 14-16 - www.cpconf.org @robbrutledge.bsky.social @drrickadams.bsky.social @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social @docqhuys.bsky.social @clairegillan.bsky.social Sonia Bishop More info to come soon!
- Reposted by Claire GillanGenuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
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I am recruiting a postdoc for a new NIMH-funded R01 using neural and behavioral models to understand anxious avoidance. Please share with anyone who may be interested! Link: faculty-emory.icims.com/jobs/155929/... - Out today in Molecular Psychiatry our paper on multiverse computational factor modeling (i.e. a lotta lotta factor analyses). Thread below for the full rundown. Last PhD paper from @celinef.bsky.social YOU'RE FREE!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Interested in the structure of psychopathology? We have a new preprint for you osf.io/preprints/ps... led by @celinef.bsky.social "Mechanistic arbitration between candidate dimensions of psychopathology"
- Reposted by Claire GillanNew paper published "Transforming psychiatry with computational and brain-based methods" co-authored by Professor Claire Gillan, Trinity College Institute for Neuroscience and School of Psychology. Please see the full paper below: Claire Gillan nature.com/articles/s43588-025…
- Looks interesting! We have been facing this exact issue - finding big inconsistencies across different LLMs rating the same text.
- 🚨 New paper alert 🚨 Using LLMs as data annotators, you can produce any scientific result you want. We call this **LLM Hacking**. Paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2509.08825
- Reposted by Claire GillanExcited to share this new preprint on the Predictive Modelling of Depression Treatment Response using Individual Symptoms and Latent Factors with @clairegillan.bsky.social fresh up on @medrxivpreprint.bsky.social www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
- New preprint from the lab on habit learning in compulsivity from the fantastic @kellydonegan.bsky.social! ✅ N=1000, ✅ pre-registered, ✅ within-person crossover design...we study individual differences in habit learning using the Neureka App
- 🚨PREPRINT ALERT🚨 Why do some people get stuck doing things that no longer make sense, or are even harmful? Our new study shows compulsivity isn’t just about weakened goal-directed control; people high in compulsivity also form stronger habits 📄: osf.io/preprints/ps... #PaperFairy #Habits #CogSci
- Reposted by Claire Gillan🚨PREPRINT ALERT🚨 Why do some people get stuck doing things that no longer make sense, or are even harmful? Our new study shows compulsivity isn’t just about weakened goal-directed control; people high in compulsivity also form stronger habits 📄: osf.io/preprints/ps... #PaperFairy #Habits #CogSci
- Reposted by Claire GillanI'm hiring 2+ 2.5-year postdocs over the next few months. Job 1: looking for someone with deep expertise in computational modelling (reinforcement learning, agent based modelling) on real-world/complex data (closing: 18 August, starting: October-December), www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/52059/
- Reposted by Claire GillanYou happen to be at #CPConf2025 and interested in habitual processes and how they contribute to compulsivity? We've gathered data from 180 individuals across three different compulsion types including phone-checking (not reflected in the DSM!). Come visit me at poster 2.46!
- Reposted by Claire GillanCome to my fan-tastic poster at #CPConf2025 🪭 Poster 35 to find out all things habits, gamification or to get a quick cool down 🥵
- Reposted by Claire GillanOur new study published in eLife (collaboration with @clairegillan.bsky.social, @celinef.bsky.social and @samgilbert.bsky.social) explores the complex relationship between metacognition, compulsivity and the utilization of external reminders. (1/8)
- Sad to be missing #CPConf2025 but there is spirit and via posters from @kellydonegan.bsky.social (TUES) @glassybrain.bsky.social (TUES) and Paveen Phon-Amnuaisuk (WED)
- @kellydonegan.bsky.social will present "Compulsivity is associated with an increase in stimulus- response habit learning"📱,which we are 🤏 close to pre-printing. So 🙏 give us your thoughts and ideas!
- @glassybrain.bsky.social (Vanessa Teckentrup) will present "Understanding habitual properties of compulsivity using moment-to-moment experience sampling in daily life" with 6 weeks of EMA data tracking OCD, Binge-Eating and Phone-checking compulsions!📱https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/yvhua_v1
- Finally, Paveen Phon-Amnuaisuk will present unpublished data examining within-person fluctuations of metacognition over 8 weeks via... you guessed it... the neureka app again 📱
- Serious FOMO here #CPConf2025
- Here we go - #CPConf2025 is on! Fabulous to see so many people attending,n 🥳🥨
- Reposted by Claire Gillan🚨 New paper alert! Do time constraints reveal habitual behaviour? 🤔 We directly compared two major paradigms in the habit research field (Outcome Devaluation vs Response Remapping) under identical training and forced-response conditions 🧠 ⏲️ ⌨️ preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
- Reposted by Claire GillanHello #Bluesky!👋 I’m late to the party, but excited to join! 🥳Sharing a recent moment at #RLDM2025: presented a poster on my recent PhD project on measuring time-dependent habits in the lab 🧠 – shared fresh findings, and discovered brilliant research while helping the organisers behind the scenes! 👩💻
- Reposted by Claire GillanClaire and team did a remarkable job here, and you should read their reply. An updated preprint from us will be out shortly, reflecting our revised understanding of these issues.
- We @smfleming.bsky.social, Marion Rouault and @seowxft.bsky.social and I) have posted a reply osf.io/preprints/ps... to a preprint that recently raised concerns about the validity of associations between mental health and metacognition from online studies. I hope you can take the time to read it.
- We @smfleming.bsky.social, Marion Rouault and @seowxft.bsky.social and I) have posted a reply osf.io/preprints/ps... to a preprint that recently raised concerns about the validity of associations between mental health and metacognition from online studies. I hope you can take the time to read it.
- The original preprint (osf.io/preprints/ps...) raises several important points about how inattentive responding and acquiescence might inflate/deflate effects of interest in computational psychiatry. In the case of confidence and compulsivity, they appear to increase the size of the +association.
- It is really important to document these potential sources of bias - in psychology research there are many both in-person and online. But we believe that this preprint goes much too far in suggesting these biases *explain away* the +association with compulsivity.
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View full threadWe want to thank @noamsarna.bsky.social @matanmazor.bsky.social and @ruvidar.bsky.social for their feedback on this reply and their productive discussions throughout. I think they've raised an important issue, but I hope we don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
- Reposted by Claire GillanOur new study published in TheLancetPsych! We found that pramipexole augmentation substantially reduced depressive symptoms in patients with treatment-resistant depression over 48 weeks of treatment. This is an important advance in how we treat depression! 1/6 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
- In January, @ctlee.bsky.social put out a preprint on our work developing an ML model predicting response to internet-CBT 📑 vs antidepressant medication 💊 in depression using a real 🌎 observational design. osf.io/preprints/ps...
- Most prior ML studies in this space are small scale and use clinical trial data - real world designs are much messier (esp. online ones!), but give us a window into how our models might perform in realistic settings. Read in-depth about our approach here link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- We gathered a baseline assessment of cognitive and self-report variables over about 2 hours via the internet... from N=776 people within 2 days of starting iCBT.
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View full threadIs 19% variance explained enough? - of course not. But I think its encouraging how generalisable the first model was (v different patients!), how feasible it can be to gather this data via the internet, and that there may be some treatment specificity to our models. Welcome any thoughts!
- Next up, a new preprint from joint first authors Sol Fittipaldi and Vanessa Teckentrup @glassybrain.bsky.social on how negative mood relates to (and granger causes) daily fluctuations in a real world measure of cognitive processing speed - digital questionnaire response times (DQRTs)
- The way we feel affects the way we think. Can we find evidence for this in real-world mood and cognitive performance? For a few weeks, we followed people through their daily lives on their smartphones to answer this question! 📱🌍🧠 #neuroskyence osf.io/preprints/ps...
- Reposted by Claire GillanVery happy to see this published open-access in Behavior Research Methods now 🤗 #neuroskyence doi.org/10.3758/s134...
- Can the time it takes someone to fill in a digital survey tell us something about their cognitive function? 📢 Buckle up, I’ve got a preprint and a thread for you! osf.io/preprints/ps...
- Reposted by Claire Gillan🚨 New preprint alert! Our project investigating the effects of internalizing and trait anxiety on learning under uncertainty is finally online 🐆🐅 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- In our preprint "Limited evidence for reduced learning rate adaptation in anxious-depression, before or after treatment", led by @stephsuddell.bsky.social and Lili Zhang, we fail to find a robust association between anxious-depression and learning rate adaptation osf.io/preprints/ps...
- An influential paper in 2016 made the observation that anxious individuals have difficulty adjusting their learning rates to environmental volatility www.nature.com/articles/nn.... and this was later conceptually replicated elifesciences.org/articles/61387
- In the Precision in Psychiatry study, we aimed to gather data from a large group of people initiating CBT and SSRIs to understand how treatments affected this phenomenon... but unfortunately we fell at the first hurdle and could not replicate the finding of compromised adaptation pre-treatment :(
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View full threadplease excuse the hideous cropped images above. I should leave it to the young people...😂
- Have fallen a bit behind on posting preprints on here. So for next few weeks will share a few things...
- Reposted by Claire GillanCheck out some highlights from the Multi-Disciplinary Conference on Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making at Trinity College Dublin. For more see rldm.org #RDLM2025 with @clairegillan.bsky.social & @redmondoconnell.bsky.social
- @kellydonegan.bsky.social showing our latest smartphone habit research this morning at @rldmdublin2025.bsky.social 📲
- Reposted by Claire GillanAnother great #RLDM conference! Thank you @coolscontrol.bsky.social (general chair), Anne Collins and Stefano Albrecht (program chairs -- a TON of work!), @clairegillan.bsky.social and @redmondoconnell.bsky.social (local chairs -- a gazillion amount of work) and all others who made this happen!
- Reposted by Claire GillanMany variables determine whether instrumental behaviour is goal-directed or habitual. We have documented in rats that delays between response and outcome attenuate sensitivity to outcome devaluation (a canonical test of goal directedness). In this study we replicated that observation in humans.
- Reposted by Claire GillanAre you coming to @rldmdublin2025.bsky.social #RLDM2025? Join our workshop on Gamification in Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience with an amazing speaker lineup! 🎮👾🧠💫 w/ @ondrejzika.bsky.social @ingrdmrtn.bsky.social
- Reposted by Claire Gillan#RLDM2025 officially starts tomorrow! 🚀 Have you checked out our program? See details below, full program is available at rldm.org 👀 New to RLDM? Join our first-timers gathering tonight, 6-7pm, at Kennedy's Pub (30-32 Westland Row) 😊
- Reposted by Claire Gillan🌟 New to RLDM? Join us for the First-Timers Social at Kennedy’s! 🗓 Tues, June 10 | 🕕 18:00–19:00 📍 30–32 Westland Row, Dublin 2 Right beside the conference venue at Trinity, it’s the perfect chance to meet fellow newcomers, chat with organisers, and get tips for how to make the most of #RLDM2025!
- Reposted by Claire GillanOnly ONE WEEK until #RLDM2025 ☘️ We can’t wait to welcome brilliant minds from AI, neuroscience, psychology & beyond for cutting-edge talks on reinforcement learning & decision making. Spaces are disappearing quickly so grab your spot before it’s gone! Register now 👉 rldm.org
- Reposted by Claire GillanNew article out from me and @antoinecoutrot.bsky.social Simple entitled: 'Citizen Science' In the Open Encyclopedia for Cognitive Science: oecs.mit.edu/pub/5cdl3f1m...
- RLDM is almost upon us!!
- 📢 #RLDM2025 is nearly here – 11–14 June at Trinity College Dublin ☘️ Join researchers from AI, neuroscience, psychology & beyond to explore the latest in reinforcement learning & decision making. 🎟️ Register now to secure your spot: rldm.org #ReinforcementLearning #AI #Neuroscience #CognitiveScience
- Reposted by Claire Gillan& that’s a wrap! 💫 4 amazing years done at this wonderful lab 🧠📱 Ending on a high having passed my PhD-viva 👩🏻🎓 Endless thank yous to (AWOL) @clairegillan.bsky.social & the lab for all their support (& attention to detail 🎈💞🎀🌸) and to @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social & Sonia Bishop for examining
- Reposted by Claire GillanLooking forward to this Predictive Brain Health Modelling (PBHM) event! Esp. good for trainees wondering about + and - of post-PhD life outside academia 🤓 @clairegillan.bsky.social @lorinanaci.bsky.social @rhodricusack.bsky.social @svenvanneste.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social
- A *really* important piece of work - if anxiety-provoking - on biases in questionnaire-filling behaviour and how they can relate to our cognitive measures of interest in large crowdsourced samples. 1/3
- Hey Bluesky! I’m excited to share my new preprint with @matanmazor.bsky.social and @ruvidar.bsky.social, where we show that surface-level questionnaire filling behaviours drive correlations between mental health and metacognition (confidence ratings). osf.io/preprints/ps... [1/14]
- There is lots to learn from here, but of course, we cannot agree on everything in science 🙃. A formal Reply will follow soon with data (from different sorts of samples) that pushes back on the broader claims that the paper makes about the metacog literature and factor analysis more generally 2/3
- Until then, major props to @ruvidar.bsky.social @matanmazor.bsky.social and @noamsarna.bsky.social for starting this conversation which I have no doubt will improve rigour in online methods. 👏 3/3
- In my room in college accom in cambridge 🆗😳… Surely some sort of test??
