Raymond Wu

PhD student @UBC. Exploring decision-making, digital technology use, & addiction @CGR_UBC. Alum @UofT.

[Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD @kaitlynmwerner]

Thrilled to finally have this paper officially out! Across eight samples (n=2k+), we find that having a larger strategy repertoire can benefit goal attainment. We also discuss challenges with measuring repertoire and flexibility more broadly. w/@rayrwu J. Gross & @malfrie

[Hause Lin @hauselin]

Try this @googlechrome extension I made to make X/Twitter better for science/research!

You can highlight/remove posts with links to academic/non-academic sources etc. (thanks @DG_Rand for suggesting this!)

https://t.co/QaRSoq0hGu

[Michael Inzlicht @minzlicht]

🚨Out in Nature Human Behaviour🚨

Effort is costly--how can we learn to value doing effortful things? Reward effort, not outcomes/performance!

Our registered report (w/ @hauselin @j_a_westbrook) shows people can learn to prefer doing effortful tasks https://t.co/Wt5Wpr28Xr /1

[GamblingResearch@UBC @CGR_UBC]

📢Strange time to have a paper published… but just out today in CiHB, Gabriel Brooks and me @LukeClark01: The gamblers of the future? Migration from #lootboxes to #gambling in a longitudinal study of young adults @UBCPsych @DMCBrainHealth 🧵⬇️ https://t.co/6mYYrTJJSe

[Yoel Inbar @yorl]

You'll probably have seen tweets urging you to read this paper. But seriously, read this paper. It's the most I've enjoyed reading a paper in, maybe, ever.

[GamblingResearch@UBC @CGR_UBC]

New PREPRINT from Martin Zack and me @LukeClark01 on @PsyArXiv: “Engineered highs: reward variability and frequency as prerequisites for behavioural addiction” @UBCPsych @DMCBrainHealth mini-🧵👇 https://t.co/FPnvbFenOO

[eLife - the journal @eLife]

Today, we’re introducing a new model that eliminates accept/reject decisions.

By publishing every paper with eLife reviews as a Reviewed Preprint, we plan to restore autonomy to authors, ensuring that they will be judged by what, not where, they publish. https://t.co/OAsiOVFStI

[Michael Inzlicht @minzlicht]

Effort feels meaningful (w/ @AidanVCampbell)
https://t.co/l9Z8jFPMJr

"Perhaps effort’s felt meaningfulness is a cultural product that sustains the perceived legitimacy of unequal societies...Does the concept of merit require that people internalize belief that effort pays? 1/2

[Hause Lin @hauselin]

Just published - average reward rate modulates behav/neural indices effort allocation - with @arossotto @minzlicht & Jelena Ristic!

Higher reward per unit time *reduces* control allocation signals identified using a new dimension reduction technique https://t.co/BJyFpDN0iS

[Rolf Degen @DegenRolf]

"Lottery playing has an entertainment function, in that people can improve their mood by spending a small amount of money." https://t.co/TmOUVp8E1C

[Raymond Wu @rayrwu]

This was such a pleasant experience, from the amazing mentorship to helpful reviewer comments. So grateful to have had this opportunity!

[Michael Inzlicht @minzlicht]

I'm so proud of @rayrwu, who just got his first first-author publication accepted for publication (at JEPG)!

[Eric Neumann @EricNeumannPsy]

FIRST FIRST-AUTHOR PAPER ACCEPTED!! 🥹

@zakijam and I argue in Trends in Cognitive Sciences that people easily get trapped in a cynical mindset.

People can overestimate others' self-interest, create it through their expectations, or overstate their own to not appear naïve.

1/6

[Carolyn Baer @carebaer7]

🚨 New paper in @TrendsCognSci with @celestekidd!
We review evidence that certainty is a valuable learning signal even for very young children.
Short 🧵below, and article here: https://t.co/xN7bkc2H2A

[Ravi S. Kudesia @rskudesia]

The benefits of clear writing: articles with concrete language, examples, active voice, and common (vs. technical) words are better cited. Articles +1 SD clearer got 157 more Google Scholar citations than comparable articles with less clear writing #AcWri #AcademicTwitter 😎

[Satchin Panda @SatchinPanda]

Why do we feel tired after a daylong of mental work?
As we keep doing mental work all day, glutamate levels rises in the lateral prefrontal cortex, which makes it difficult for us to take hard decision and we go for easy stuff with instant gratification.
https://t.co/VhfRrs8PAj

[Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD @kaitlynmwerner]

🚨New pre-print with @rayrwu @malfrie!
In 8 samples (n=2k+) across several domains, we examined if strategy repertoire predicts goal progress. Inspired by the emotion regulation literature, we also compared different strategy repertoire indices

➡️https://t.co/z7DImaRItR

1/7

[Julia Bottesini, PhD @julia_gb]

Have you ever wondered what features of studies science journalists pay attention to when deciding whether to report on a finding? I did! So I asked some of them, with help from my wonderful collaborators @siminevazire, @mijkenijk, and @cragcrest. https://t.co/Ygx2fz57zJ 1/8

[GamblingResearch@UBC @CGR_UBC]

Interested in micro-analysis of slot machine gambling behaviour, realistic slot simulations, OR real-world aspects of habit formation?? Check out Mario Ferrari’s new paper in IGS w @neuro_tweet , available OA https://t.co/VcjnmwkAQ2 🧵 1/n @UBCPsych @DMCBrainHealth

[Yuko Munakata @yukomunakata.bsky.social @YukoMunakata1]

1/ Working on this project shifted how I think about self control, individual differences, development, equity in our science, and my heritage. I'm grateful to have been a part of it and would love to hear your thoughts. https://t.co/Iat5l9CT9Z

[Diego A. Jorrat @dajorrat]

New publication!!💪👇
Our paper with Ben Prissé has been accepted at the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics @LoyolaBehLab @LoyolaResearch @LoyolaEcon