The Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Lab at UC Berkeley, led by Dr. Anne Collins @Anne_on_Tw.
Berkeley, CA
Joined November 2017
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📢 New preprint!
How do humans learn from arbitrary, abstract goals? We show that, when goal spaces can be compressed, costly working-memory processes give way to internalized reward functions, enabling efficient goal-dependent RL. @Anne_On_Tw @ccnlab arxiv.org/abs/2509.06810
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Exciting news - early bird registration is now open for #RLDM2025!
Register now: forms.gle/QZS1GkZhYGRFKdjZ6
Register now to save €100 on your ticket. Early bird prices are only available until 1st April.
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And, a reminder: the deadline to submit an extended abstract to RLDM is this coming Wednesday (Jan. 15)!
Details at rldm.org/call-for-abstracts-…
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The RLDM workshop list is now up! Have a look: rldm.org/call-for-workshops-…
More workshop details coming soon :)
There were so many wonderful submissions---this was really tough for the committee. Huge thanks to all involved, and looking forward to seeing folks in Dublin
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*Call for Abstracts*
Submit your abstracts on "learning and decision-making over time to achieve a goal" to #RLDM2025
Successful applications will be selected for poster or oral presentation to an interdisciplinary audience. Deadline: Jan 15
Learn more: rldm.org/call-for-abstracts-…
📷 Calling all experts! 📷
We're seeking tutorial proposals for topics on "learning and decision-making over time to achieve a goal"
Help foster cross-disciplinary exchange at RLDM 2025!
📷 Deadline: December 20th
📷 Learn more & apply: rldm.org/call-for-tutorials-…
Have ideas for an interdisciplinary workshop? Get involved at RLDM to tackle key challenges, open problems, or controversial topics!
📷 Formats: Talks, hackathons, debates—your choice!
📷 All career stages welcome to lead.
📷️ Apply by 10th Dec: rldm.org/call-for-workshops-…
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I finally finished writing my fun RL project during sabbatical in France. I first presented on this a year ago, but I'm still puzzled by the results, and what they mean for human reinforcement learning! Feedback welcome!
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How do we decide which goals to pursue? Here, we introduce the notion of *latent learning progress* to explain human goal selection and inspire advances in the development of autotelic machines.
osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/5d…
@Anne_On_Tw @pyoudeyer @cedcolas @ccnlab @FlowersINRIA 🧵
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The last paper of my time in @ccnlab is now out, with @Anne_On_Tw, @xia_jimmy and Ti-Fen Pan!
journals.plos.org/ploscompbi…
We are hiring a full-time lab manager for @ccnlab to start this summer! Check out our website for information about how to apply: ccn.berkeley.edu/pages/conta…
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New paper with @Anne_On_Tw introducing a modeling framework for noise fluctuations in decision-making. It can be applied to identify lapses of attention, limit the impact of noisy trials on model fit, and avoid excluding some “noisy” subjects. (1/4)
authors.elsevier.com/c/1igK2…
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The notion that goals are central to human cognition is intuitive, yet learning and decision-making researchers have often overlooked the topic. In this @TrendsCognSci article, @Anne_On_Tw and I propose it’s time to start studying goals in their own right authors.elsevier.com/a/1hjzw…
We have an opening postdoc position with a strong fMRI background at @ccnlab where we study flexible decision-making and learning in humans using behavioral paradigms and computational approaches. Get in touch if this sounds interesting!
More info at aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04…
I am looking to hire a postdoc with strong fMRI expertise for an NIH funded project at @ccnlab. More info here: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04…
Please RT and pass along to potential applicants.
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I am looking to hire a postdoc with strong fMRI expertise for an NIH funded project at @ccnlab. More info here: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04…
Please RT and pass along to potential applicants.
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The value we place on an option depends on the context and available alternatives. But why does getting $1 when the possibilities were 0 or 1 feel much better than when the possibilities were 1 or 10? 🧵👇 1/7
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If you're doing hierarchical bayesian modeling for cognitive models, @bbbbaribault Beth's new paper is a must read! Highlighting all the most recent best practices, includes a new @matlab toolbox for visualization
psycnet.apa.org/record/2023-…
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I am looking to recruit a postdoc for my lab @ccnlab at UC Berkeley ccn.berkeley.edu. This is an NIH funded position, for a methods oriented project - we are looking for applicants with strong quantitative skills. Please forward to potential applicants!
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We will be hiring a new lab manager for @ccnlab to start this summer! Interested candidates should email [email protected] with their CV and a short cover letter, and we will follow up with additional information when available. More here: ccn.berkeley.edu/pages/conta…
Our new paper is out! @milenamr7, with @ar__zou and @Anne_On_Tw, explores how choice type impacts human reinforcement learning: doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01947
