Psychologist @UBCPsych, Director @CGR_UBC. Gambling, decision-making, addictions. Outdoors, squash, old movies.

Vancouver, British Columbia
Joined November 2013
Call for Editors: ✅Deputy Editor, with specific expertise in basic science (e.g., preclinical models) ✅ Social Media Editor Send a two page CV and one page cover letter by 01 November 2024 Details below⬇️
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Luke Clark retweeted
It was exciting to try and help think about a common framework with colleagues from cog control, decision making, self control, social and moral cognition, initiated and led by @DanielaVBecker & David Dignath. I learned a lot! Now summarized in this paper: authors.elsevier.com/a/1jYkA…
Replying to @DanielaVBecker
What started like this, just turned into this: 2/7
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Our department @StanfordPsych is searching for an assistant professor who focuses on Affective Science. We all have so much fun together and our Aff Sci area is such a welcoming and supportive space! Please consider joining us! Please distribute widely! facultypositions.stanford.ed…
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Upcoming talk, all invited. Talk title: "Cognitive biases in researchers & research process: Summarizing ~150 replications on heuristics & biases and discussing implications, challenges, and potential remedies for improving science" Link to poster: dropbox.com/scl/fi/woq2ltxk7…
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Work with us! We invite applications for a tenure-track assistant professor in health psychology with a focus on social determinants of health. Apply by Oct 1, 2024 bit.ly/UBCPsychHealth #AcademicJobs #TTjobs #PsychJobs #HigherEdJobs
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Many of us deal with uncertain waiting periods by bracing for bad news. But does this buy us any relief when bad news arrives? Short answer: Yes, but only briefly; and it can have unexpected consequences. New work out in @PsychScience: bit.ly/3xzX72F (More below 🧵👇)
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We're hiring two tenure-track assistant professors in behavioural neuroscience to begin on July 1, 2025. Please share with your networks! Apply by Oct 1, 2024 here: bit.ly/PsychBNSPositions
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Luke Clark retweeted
.@elepetrovs and I are recruiting a research assistant. 6 months. 80% FTE. ≈£16/hour. You’ll collect & analyse gambling & video game loot box advertising on social media. 🎰🎮👾 Remote possible. Lived experience desired. Apply: jobs.lincoln.ac.uk/vacancy.a… Please share widely! 🤗 – at London, England
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It's that time of the year again - we're launching our search for the next @npp_journal Editorial Intern to join our team! 🤩 See below for details and submit your application by August 30, 2024👇 Please share/RT widely! 🔁
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We have two open postdoc positions in the lab! Check out the links below for details. Postdoc in neuroscience of reward learning: jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stellen/p… Postdoc in physiology of learning and decision making: jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stellen/p… Please retweet!
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⏰New Editorial in the Journal of Economic Psychology: "Cognition and Economic Behavior". (tinyurl.com/ysp7xe3v) The SI explores cognitive processes underlying economic choice. With @rimamrahal @SchulteMi @sof_andis and @CWollbrant. #EconTwitter Interesting papers - a 🧵
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New issue of @Brain1878 is now out with a wonderful cover photo from @AmmarAlChalabi: Ostriches in the Namib desert run compulsively ahead of cars, but occasionally they stop - as here - to evaluate the situation, arbitrating between habitual and goal-directed actions
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The only perspective on AI that matters
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Luke Clark retweeted
Peiyuan Zhang @peiyuan9 is a recently graduated PhD student from my lab. In her spare time, she has been making documentaries. A few months ago, on a whim, she submitted her 37-min film "The opposite of dying" to the prestigious Sheffield DocFest @sheffdocfest . 1/3
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Absolutely biblical skies in Tasmania at 4am this morning. I’m leaving today and knew I could not pass up this opportunity for such a large solar storm. Here’s the image. I actually had to de-saturate the colours. Clouds glowing red. Insane. Shot on Nikon. Rt appreciated
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With an eye toward #SPSA2024, here are some rules that I made for myself as a presenter. *I cannot promise that I follow these rules. Also, these are rules for *me*; you do you.
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