Tobias Hauser
Head of Developmental Computational Psychiatry lab, University of Tuebingen & University College London
- Reposted by Tobias HauserOur book chapter on intertemporal choice in Neuroeconomics: Core Topics and Current Directions is now available. We review individual differences, dopamine, and methodological approaches from model-agnostic analyses to integrated discounting drift-diffusion models. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
- Reposted by Tobias HauserEin ganz herzliches Hallo in die Runde 👋 Ich freu mich sehr darauf euch eine Woche in meinen Alltag entführen zu können! Aber mit wem habt ihr es überhaupt zu tun? Ich bin Vanessa, Psychologin und Neurowissenschaftlerin, arbeite am Trinity College in Dublin und am Universitätsklinikum in Tübingen.
- Reposted by Tobias Hauser🌟 Job alert! We are looking for a postdoc to join a multidisciplinary research team working on the Individually Measured Phenotypes to Advance Computational Translation at Yale (IMPACT-Y) study. postdocs.yale.edu/posts/2026-0...
- Very happy to see this out now in @nathumbehav.nature.com - kudos to @magdadelrio.bsky.social who has led this work and nicely brought together data from two very different studies! article is here: doi.org/10.1038/s415... and PDF is here: rdcu.be/eZ27x
- New preprint from my postdoc with @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social at the MPC! TL;DR: there is a strong recency bias in information gathering and it is attenuated in people on the #OCD spectrum - a possible mechanism for #indecisiveness 🤔 Paper here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Thread below...
- Reposted by Tobias HauserAscona circuits meeting looks as awesome as ever. Submissions open.. www.asconacircuits.org
- Reposted by Tobias HauserPostdoctoral research position in #ComputationalPsychiatry and #EEG as part of relmed.ac.uk trial testing reinforcement learning as biomarker for antidepressant treatment response. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... @uclbrainscience.bsky.social @mikebrowning.bsky.social @relmed.bsky.social
- Reposted by Tobias Hauser🚀 Excited to announce that I'm looking for people (PhD/Postdoc) to join my Cognitive Modelling group @uniosnabrueck.bsky.social. If you want to join a genuinely curious, welcoming and inclusive community of Coxis, apply here: tinyurl.com/coxijobs Please RT - deadline is Jan 4‼️
- In other news, I am now a ✨ COXI ✨ (cognitive scientist in Osnabrück, Germany) www.uni-osnabrueck.de/en/campus-li... I'll be looking for PhD students & postdocs later this year, so watch this space if combining cognitive modelling, EEG & tFUS to study flexible cognition sounds exciting to you 🚀
- Reposted by Tobias Hauser📣🔥Submit your symposium (30 Jan) and poster (12 Feb) abstracts to the 2026 Computational Psychiatry Conference www.cpconf.org Excited to announce new keynotes: @danisbassett.bsky.social Eyiyemisi Damisah @adredish.bsky.social Guillermo Horga, Frederike Petzschner. See you in New Haven! #CPConf2026
- Reposted by Tobias Hauser📢We’re hiring: W3-Professorship in Machine Learning in Physics @unituebingen.bsky.social! What we’re looking for: Established research profile in a core area of #physics (condensedmatter, quantum or theoretical particle physics), strong track record in research questions related to #ML and/or #AI.
- Reposted by Tobias Hauser🚀 We're hiring ! 🕵️ Seeking a postdoc to study the development & individual-level organization of brain circuits supporting (in)flexible behavior in psychiatric populations. 🧠 Precision functional mapping, fMRI, normative modelling Details 👉 tinyurl.com/3h8tcv2e 🗓️ Apply by Dec 10! Please RT 🙌
- Reposted by Tobias HauserCongratulations 🎊 to @andreasgeiger.bsky.social and @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social from the Tübingen machine learning community for securing ERC consolidator grants for their projects! (Of course, congratulations also to the three other researchers 👍 from Tübingen!)
- Zwei Forscherinnen und drei Forscher der Universität und des Universitätsklinikums Tübingen erhalten hochdotierte Förderungen für Projekte in der #Medizin, der #Mikrobiologie und dem Maschinellen Lernen. Herzlichen Glückwunsch! 👏 uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet/… #ERC #ERCCoG #MachineLearning
- Reposted by Tobias HauserCongratulations to our members @andreasgeiger.bsky.social and @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social on receiving #ERCConsolidator Grants! 🎉Andreas Geiger aims to develop new methods in #AI that support researchers in generating new insights and accelerating scientific discovery. 1/2
- Reposted by Tobias HauserThe results of the ERC Consolidator Grant call have been announced! 📣 349 researchers have been selected for funding. Congratulations to all! #ERCCogG! 👉 buff.ly/uu62uFV #FrontierResearch #EUfunded #HorizonEurope @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu
- I am super thrilled to announce that I have been awarded an @erc.europa.eu Consolidator Grant to build novel interventions for #OCD. The plan is to exploit recent insights from computational neuroscience and closely work together with people with lived experience of OCD to create novel treatments.
- Thanks to all the collaborators and project partners for supporting this exciting project - I am very eager to push into these new directions and see whether we can improve interventions!
- Here's a press release about it in case you want to know more: erc.europa.eu/news-events/... @unituebingen.bsky.social @tueneurocampus.bsky.social @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social @hertie-ai.bsky.social @tuebingen-ai.bsky.social @fkne-scholars.bsky.social
- I had another #proudSupervisorMoment today when @seowxft.bsky.social was giving her brilliant #BrainMeeting at @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social ! It's most rewarding to see mentees "growing up" and becoming excellent and independent scientists! 😇🎉🧠
- Join us next year for #CPConf2026 at Yale!
- 📣🔥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!
- Metacognition is a term with lots of meanings, especially in mental health. Together with Lena Jelinek and Steffen Moritz, @seowxft.bsky.social has taken on the mammoth task of bringing these different fields together in our latest paper. Have a read how we think they can inform each other 👇🏼
- Very pleased to share our new review in @natrevpsychol.nature.com on integrating cognitive neuroscience and clinical perspectives of metacognition in mental health! With @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social, Lena Jelinek, and Steffen Moritz. (1/3) Web: www.nature.com/articles/s44... PDF: rdcu.be/ePxUG
- Reposted by Tobias HauserNew #neurojob #psychiatryjob #jobalert. www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/current-vaca.... Focus is on clinical trials for mood disorders, with close links to @uclpsychiatry.bsky.social @uclqsion.bsky.social and @mpc-comppsych.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Tobias Hauser🚀 We’re hiring - Join our lab 🚀 🔍 Hiring: PhD (75% TV-L) & Postdoc (100% TV-L) 🧠 fMRI, VR, EEG, modelling We combine a range of cognitive neuroscience methods to study flexible behaviour. 📅 Start: Feb 2026 or later | ⏳ Apply by Nov 3! More details: tinyurl.com/ms3a9ajt #CognitiveNeuroscience
- Reposted by Tobias Hauser@tobiasuhauser.bsky.social, laureate of the ERC's #ERCengage Award, created a tool with young people living with #OCD; showing how engagement makes research stronger. Read about his experience in the ERC's magazine: buff.ly/dQbMfJz
- I am probably biased (same dept), but that you're able to treat a specific symptom with TMS (hearing voices in schizophrenia) is pretty cool I think - and a step towards precision psychiatry! And this is a proper RCT and all... www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
- Reposted by Tobias Hauser1/ To explore or to exploit? I’m excited to share my new preprint with @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social and @micahgallen.com, correlating variations in cortical microstructures with individual differences in exploration-exploitation behaviours, using a gamified task! 🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by Tobias HauserCheck out our latest paper, a collaboration with @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social using gamified computational psychiatry measures to explore brain-behavioral correlates of decision making!
- 1/ To explore or to exploit? I’m excited to share my new preprint with @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social and @micahgallen.com, correlating variations in cortical microstructures with individual differences in exploration-exploitation behaviours, using a gamified task! 🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Come and say hi to @seowxft.bsky.social @floorburghoorn.bsky.social @lenarddome.bsky.social & @kenzakdr.bsky.social who will be demonstrating our brain explorer app and research at the @medresfdn.bsky.social stand at New Scientist Live event in London @uclqsion.bsky.social @unituebingen.bsky.social
- New Scientist Live 2025 is taking place next weekend! ✨ 📍 18-19 October | Excel London We're thrilled to be returning to the exhibition once again! Visit us at stand C20, where you can meet our wonderful staff volunteers and world-class researchers. ➡️ See what we've got planned: shorturl.at/dEVmn
- Reposted by Tobias Hauser** We have up to TWO funded PhD positions available in our lab!! Apply below to find new ways to enhance memory👇 Pls retweet ** Deadline: 2nd December 1. Cross-species closed-loopTMR: tinyurl.com/bddu4tp6 2. TUS and TMR in humans: tinyurl.com/jjws5ctj Happy to chat to interested applicants.
- Reposted by Tobias HauserNew #job alert! Clinical research fellow / postdoc in #computationalpsychiatry at the @mpc-comppsych.bsky.social / @uclqsion.bsky.social and UCL psychiatry. We will aim to understand the computations engaged by serotonin in the treatment of depression. Please re-sky. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
- Reposted by Tobias HauserPost doc job alert 📢! Announcing a v exciting job on a Wellcome-funded project in my group at UCL, looking at auditory hallucinations... Advert here 👀: rb.gy/230w8l - deadline is end of Oct. Please apply! 1/5
- Reposted by Tobias HauserLooking for a PhD next year? Want to come and work on the next generation of OPM-MEG/EEG biomarkers in computational psychiatry? Apply for our MRC iCase studentship with @mkflugge.bsky.social, collabs with @lilweb.bsky.social + industrial placement at P1Vital: www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/study/gradua...
- Reposted by Tobias HauserInterested in building computational models of anxiety? See below for a potential PhD opportunity with me Feel free to reach out if you'd like to know more! @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social kcl-mrcdtp.com/project/unde...
- Reposted by Tobias HauserApplications are now open for the SWC Systems Neuroscience PhD Programme. Join us in London! 🧠 World-class neuroscience training 💰 Fully-funded 4-year programme 🖥️ Close links to @gatsbyucl.bsky.social Apply by 3 Nov: www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/content/...
- Reposted by Tobias HauserThe #FKNE Leadership Training Course for the Starting PI is open! Don't miss the opportunity to enhance your abilities and learn to tackle challenging moments as an early group leader! Application deadline: 15 Oct. 2025 fenskavlinetwork.org/fkne-leaders... @fens.org
- And another preprint from the lab by @alisaloosen.bsky.social 🥳 In a very exciting collaboration with the Yale OCD clinic, we investigated metacognitive processes during cognitive flexibility using our new www.brainexplorer.net app game. See all details in Alisa's thread 👇🏼
- 📢 NEW PREPRINT 📢 We show a metacognitive paradox (not blanket deficit!) in OCD: confidence is persistently lower, but fluctuations track evidence more tightly and are nearer Bayes-optimal. www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7... 🧵👇
- And another preprint from the lab: @lenarddome.bsky.social is presenting the CPM - a python toolbox that helps you model your tasks!
- A new preprint 📝 with @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social @kenzakdr.bsky.social @benjwagner.bsky.social and Andrew Webb accompanying our cpm-toolbox.net python modelling library - including details about our motivations, toolbox features, framework and workflows! 👉 osf.io/preprints/ps...
- Very cool new preprint from @aleyamarzuki.bsky.social : using app tracking, we show that drops in metacognition predict OCD symptom fluctuations - across tasks and self-reports! Check out this thread for all the details 👇🏼
- 🚨New pre-print out! 🍂 Using daily gamified smartphone 📱 tracking, we found that reductions in both self- and decision-making confidence precede when people are likely to report experiencing symptoms of OCD. www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
- Reposted by Tobias Hauser📢 Job announcement: Two (!) 3-year postdoc jobs in our lab at UCL 📢 🧠💫🔊 We are looking for postdocs interested in the abstract mechanisms underlying social cognition. Modelling, fMRI and non-invasive ultrasound, a new deep-brain stimulation method. Please RT www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
- Our CPM toolbox is gaining traction: new models, better model estimation, etc - check it out now!
- New models (three variants of Prospect Theory), new features (more ways to manage parameters, more model components to use), and of course bug fixes. If you want to make your computational modelling reproducible and robust, check out and install the new version of *cpm*: github.com/DevComPsy/cp...
- Reposted by Tobias HauserThe #FKNE Leadership and Soft Skills Online #Training Course for the Starting PI is open! Don't miss the opportunity to enhance your abilities and learn to tackle challenging moments as an early group leader! Applicat. deadline: 15 Oct. 2025 👉http://rb.gy/6dhmxh fenskavlinetwork.org/fkne-leaders...
- Reposted by Tobias Hauser📢 We're hiring a Research Assistant in cognitive neuroscience & computational psychiatry! 📢 Join us at UCL to conduct an MEG study of reward & memory, exploring how brain signals link to variability in apathy and anhedonia. 🔗 apply from next week: lmdlab.github.io 🚨closes September 12th!
- Reposted by Tobias Hauser🔵 Tübingen Systems Neuroscience Symposium 2025 is here! 🔵 #SNS2025 brings together leading international researchers in system neuroscience 🧠 Join us for plenary lectures, poster sessions and social events on 6️⃣-7️⃣ October 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ registration is open here 👉 meg.medizin.uni-tuebingen.de/sns_2025/
- 📢 We are hiring! 📢 For our @wellcometrust.bsky.social grant on information gathering biases in #OCD and #Schizophrenia, we are looking for a Postdoc in Computational Modelling, supervised by Peter Dayan and myself. Interested? See all the details in the job advert here: devcompsy.org/wp-content/u...
- If you want to know more about the project, please have a look here: devcompsy.org/2025/07/15/n... @unituebingen.bsky.social @tuebingen-ai.bsky.social @tueneurocampus.bsky.social
- Reposted by Tobias HauserAnother exciting new job opening at @uclpals.bsky.social with Niko Steinbeis and Essi Viding - www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... #neurojob #computationalpsychiatry
- Reposted by Tobias Hauser🚨 We’re hiring: Associate Professor/Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience 🧠 Lead pioneering imaging-informed cognitive neuroscience research 🌍 Open to international applicants | Visa sponsorship available 📍 Permanent, full-time, on-site 🔗 Apply now: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
- Reposted by Tobias HauserAssociate Professor/Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience job opening in our own @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social department. Details here: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
- Reposted by Tobias HauserThis is unfortunate: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u... I wrote to the president of Harvard. I hope other faculty will speak their conscience, even if it means more struggle ahead.
- We are hiring for several research positions for this grant, starting early next year. Please reach out if you're interested! More details on the jobs here: devcompsy.org/wp-content/u...
- I'm very excited to share that @wellcometrust.bsky.social has awarded us a big grant on studying information gathering biases in #OCD and #Schizophrenia in patients, rodents, using modelling & clinical interventions. More details here: devcompsy.org/2025/07/15/n...
- It was great to host Flavio Donato in Tübingen! @fkne-scholars.bsky.social
- As part of the recent Neurocolloquium series, Dr. Flavio Donato (University of Basel) discussed the reinstatement of forgotten infantile memories, and Dr. Susanne Wegmann (DZNE Berlin) presented the causes and consequences of neuronal Tau protein 'activation'. Two very distinct and insightful talks!
- Reposted by Tobias HauserAs part of the recent Neurocolloquium series, Dr. Flavio Donato (University of Basel) discussed the reinstatement of forgotten infantile memories, and Dr. Susanne Wegmann (DZNE Berlin) presented the causes and consequences of neuronal Tau protein 'activation'. Two very distinct and insightful talks!
- Reposted by Tobias HauserFor any postdocs who are are looking to transition to independence and might be keen to join us here at @kingsioppn.bsky.social, King's Prize fellowship applications are open (deadline 27 Nov) 👇 See link for details, and feel free to reach out if you'd like to chat www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/119505-...
- #CPConf2025 is a wrap - thanks to everyone who made this event so special! @unituebingen.bsky.social @tueneurocampus.bsky.social
- Reposted by Tobias HauserWhat an awesome #CPConf2025! If you're interested in funded PhD or PostDoc opportunities (remote possible) do reach out (Paul.sharp@biu.ac.il). we have exciting new paradigms modelling planning, meta- control, offline learning, and their relation to psychopathology. See: Sharplabbiu.github.io
- Congratulations to all the Travel Award Winners at #CPConf2025 - we were very fortunate to have so many fantastic young scientists at our conference!
- Tor Wager giving the last keynote of #CPConf2025 on causal attribution
- Last (but not least) symposium of the #CPConf2025 conference on electronic health record and big database analyses - and their problems
- A very exciting symposium on measuring the E/I balance at #CPConf2025
- Georgia Koppe talking about modelling time series data using computational models on the last day of #CPConf2025
- #CPConf2025 is exploring multidimensional reward functions #RufusTempleOrchestra
- Chandra Sripada challenging our understanding of normativity at #CPConf2025
- Our second symposium is well underway - mapping how cognitive maps map onto mental health #CPConf2025 @paulbsharp.bsky.social @mgarvert.bsky.social @carocharp.bsky.social & Matt Nour
- I'm very excited to share that @wellcometrust.bsky.social has awarded us a big grant on studying information gathering biases in #OCD and #Schizophrenia in patients, rodents, using modelling & clinical interventions. More details here: devcompsy.org/2025/07/15/n...
- I am glad to work with a great team globally, including Lena Jelinek (Hamburg), Jaime de Rocha (Barcelona), Shyam Sundar (Bangalore) and Peter Dayan (Tübingen), as well as our charity partners. @tueneurocampus.bsky.social @unituebingen.bsky.social
- We will be hiring several research and admin staff - more details here: devcompsy.org/wp-content/u... Get in touch if you're interested!
- We are off to the contributed talks on day 2 at #CPConf2025
- #CPConf2025 is refreshing mind and body... 🍦🍨
- Martha Garrido leading the first symposium on psychosis-like symptoms
- Sophie Valk speaking on social health and the brain networks underlying it #CPConf2025
- A packed cinema for Charlotte Fraza's tutorial on normative modelling #CPConf2025
- Here we go - #CPConf2025 is on! Fabulous to see so many people attending,n 🥳🥨
- Cool postdoc position @dzne.science in Magdeburg on AI, neuroimaging and neurodegenerative diseases: jobs.dzne.de/en/jobs/1014...
