Rebecca Calcott

Postdoc studying effort and cognitive control at @DondersInst

[Ceyda Sayalı @CeydaSayali]

I’m so excited to share that my first paper on psychedelics with @FredBarrettPhD is now published in Neuron! 🙂 In this review, we explore the effects of psychedelics on creative cognition and mood within a cognitive control framework https://t.co/ddAfoO7YRK 1/18

[Ceyda Sayalı @CeydaSayali]

Happy to share that our preprint titled “Policy abstraction as a predictor of cognitive effort” with @jordan_rubimac & @badrelab is out! In this work, we establish a performance-independent task feature that is predictive of cognitive effort avoidance https://t.co/7XG5ljLV4v 1/15

[Ceyda Sayalı @CeydaSayali]

Yes, we usually avoid cognitive effort, but what about the times we enjoy it? Happy to share that my work “Pupillary dynamics of optimal effort” with @CoolsControl and @HelingEmma is now online at @bioRxiv. Thread below: https://t.co/gw7D33Yuad

[Jessica @JessicaMaatta]

The design and descriptives of our pharmaco-fMRI, PET project have finally made it into a preprint. An amazing team effort with Ruben van den Bosch, @DPapadopetraki, @L_Hofmans, Britt Lambregts, @j_a_westbrook, Robbert-Jan Verkes and @CoolsControl! https://t.co/y4rEESEE9y

[Jane Philpott @janephilpott]

On the eve of Canada Day, this article by @cblackst sets the tone for #ADayToListen. She says: "I believe those 215 and 751 little spirits buried on the grounds of the Kamloops and Marieval residential schools came to ensure the work gets done." https://t.co/R8c2LzxMzX

[Rebecca Calcott @rdcalcott]

@ryangiuliano @NSERC_CRSNG @HeartsMindsLab @umanitoba @UMArtsFaculty Congrats!! Amazing news!! :D

[Rebecca Calcott @rdcalcott]

My latest blog with @DondersWonders explores why thinking feels extra challenging these days.

[Donders Wonders @DondersWonders]

Creeping mental fog; rapidly racing thoughts; at worst, complete #burnout. The #pandemic has upended nearly all aspects of life, and perhaps most alarmingly, our ability to think.
Why is it so hard to get things done these days?
https://t.co/x9F0Q9ull9
#science #neuroscience

[Rebecca Calcott @rdcalcott]

@JenniferMGmez1 @DrMcgoron @lammoush @violence_femme @rzelenak @DrewWiggins14 @brendatracy24 @beckibooks @BeccaCalisi @KateClancy @annmarie_cano @AnnaBranchPhD @FrazierBenya @ArielleLBaker @junaidsmerchant @SirElkhair @_LaRoos Yaaaay!! :D

[Rebecca Calcott @rdcalcott]

@SirElkhair I'm so sorry Erik. Thinking of you guys lots today. Something needs to change.

[Ceyda Sayalı @CeydaSayali]

Excited to share that my paper with @BadreLab on the learning of cognitive effort costs has been accepted for publication in Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience! 🎉 🥳https://t.co/ChRecutjKY

[Donders Wonders @DondersWonders]

Do you get lost in the news sometimes?
Our blogger @rdcalcott explains why you keep reading even though it often makes you feel bad.
https://t.co/5gn5Ck1pjD

#science #behaviour #news #doomscrolling

[Ella Bosch @ella_bosch]

My first paper is out in JOV (@ARVOJOV)! We looked at sequential choice bias and found opposite effects of choice history and evidence history on the current choice.
With @matfritsche, @BenediktEhinger, and @flodlan from @DondersInst.
https://t.co/aezbnPQoeX
Thread! 👇

[Rebecca Calcott @rdcalcott]

@Lisa2May @Psychologician @UO_CTN Congrats!! 🥳🥳🥳

[P @pat_romver]

Choice boosts curiosity! https://t.co/OxTAbZbAXu Check out the first preprint of my PhD, with @lievlie @flodlan @CoolsControl , at @DondersInst @predictivebrain @Radboud_Uni

[Rebecca Calcott @rdcalcott]

A wonderful place to be!

[Elliot Berkman @Psychologician]

My lab is hiring a postdoc to work on translational neuroscience projects on healthy eating and cigarette smoking cessation. 1/4 https://t.co/wmgUgkp8cE

[Ceyda Sayalı @CeydaSayali]

How do people learn to avoid effortful tasks? Our new fMRI study with @BadreLab on the neural basis underlying the learning of cognitive effort cost, now online at @bioRxiv.

[Danae Papadopetraki 🏳️‍🌈 @DPapadopetraki]

From today's lively @_knaw discussion on rewarding Open Science practices. It was great to get perspectives from many different level researchers. Though the problems and ideals are 'clear', our challenge is to formulate concrete transition steps and convince stakeholders.

[Donders Wonders @DondersWonders]

Getting #distracted can interfere with our ability to get things done, but being open to outside thoughts isn’t always a bad thing and can actually help us with some tasks.
This is why:
https://t.co/NLJzfYL4By
#NeuroScience
@rdcalcott

[Andrew Westbrook @j_a_westbrook]

How does methylphenidate enhance cognitive performance? In a preprint we describe convergent PET, drug, and eye-gaze evidence that higher striatal dopamine boosts motivation for cognitive effort by increasing sensitivity to the benefits-vs-costs of action: https://t.co/nxNDEETSrh

[Rebecca Calcott @rdcalcott]

@rxxqx Ahhh totally, it's not always feasible. I think no matter how short the break, it's better to be completely off work-wise. I had 2 months "off" (only possible by living for free with parents) but because I was supposed to be writing in that time, I never really recharged.