@KateWassum

neuroscientist, UCLA. learning, motivation, decision making. mom. 🍷 snob. 🌱 lover. she/her. BlackLivesMatter. tweets are my own.

 Los Angeles, CA
wassumlab.psych.ucla.edu/
Joined October 2015
  • Tweets6.7K
  • Following962
  • Followers11.5K
1.4KMedia
🚨📃New Wassum Lab Paper📃🚨 @Jackie_Gio discovered brain pathways that support agency and habit and how chronic stress disrupts them to rob of us our agency and cause us to form rigid habits 🧵👇 nature.com/articles/s41... Free full text: rdcu.be/eaxEv
4
23
2
79
6,656
Kate Wassum 🧠👩🏼‍🔬 retweeted
nature
@Nature19 Feb 2025
Scientists have found two ‘dials’ in the brain that help to explain how chronic stress hijacks decision-making go.nature.com/4i6Rk6z
12
180
16
524
50,338
And a huge thanks to the editors and reviewers who gave us their time and energy to help with this science. You made this story better.
1
2
896
This discovery would not have been possible without the support of NIH grants. NIH funding is absolutely vital to the scientific discovery that builds the foundation of knowledge and truth that helps us understand ourselves and improve health and wellbeing for all.
4
18
1,290
Happy new year amygdaloids! The #amygdalaGRC is coming up this summer, register today! grc.org/amygdala-function-in…
1
19
1
65
5,235
#AmygdalaGRC 2025 is coming up! 🧠 🇪🇸 We have an awesome lineup of speakers and discussion leaders for our meeting in Barcelona! Register today: grc.org/amygdala-function-in…
14
1
88
9,599
We’re recruiting another NIH-funded postdoc!! We will begin reviewing applications in mid November and continue until the position is filled!
Kate Wassum 🧠👩🏼‍🔬@KateWassum19 Sep 2024
We’re recruiting a postdoc!!! We’re an inclusive team of behavioral neuroscientists trying to discover the brain circuits that help us learn about rewarding events and use that info to make good decisions. More info👇 wassumlab.psych.ucla.edu/joi… Come work with us in sunny SoCal!
30
51
11,908
UCLA Psychology is hiring for a tenure track faculty position. This ad is deliberately broad, if you feel like you connect with any aspect of it and are interested, please consider applying! Applications are due soon!
Kate Wassum 🧠👩🏼‍🔬@KateWassum5 Sep 2024
🚨The UCLA Psychology Department is hiring!!! 🚨 The UCLA Psych department is recruiting a tenure-track Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor in Computational and Behavioral Neuroscience. More info here: recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF0974…) Applications are open now through October 31 🎃
44
65
14,880
Load more