Sam Gilbert

Oxford Open Neuroscience is looking for ECRs to join our editorial team in paid positions. Please spread the word and consider applying! I'm very happy to discuss cognitive neuroscience section if you're interested academic.oup.com/oons/pages/cal…

New review in Child Development Perspectives with @samgilbert1! We apply a metacognitive lens to the developmental cognitive offloading literature and highlight critical gaps in our current understanding of children's cognitive offloading decisions. srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

LLMs produce racist output when prompted in African American English nature.com/articles/d4158…

In our new preprint with @Kwokszechai, @samgilbert1, @gluorokana and other wonderful collaborators, we used DTI and revealed the role of a temporal-frontal network in metacognition-driven cognitive offloading.

Excited to be seeking a full time project manager (UK based role, study sites in Gambia, Sth Africa, Lesotho) for the CHiME project, exploring the role of culturally embedded musical practices for perinatal mental health, co-led by myself and @sarahskeenhere. Apply by Aug 30th.

This Registered Report replicates the finding that not checking the personal cost of helping signals trustworthiness. But, this did not extend to 3rd-party punishment situations. @nicole_engeler @nicholaraihani @EP_UCL nature.com/articles/s4427…

Call for papers on the Neuroscience of Prediction and Intention in Oxford Open Neuroscience @OxUniPress academic.oup.com/oons/pages/cal…

One week until the deadline for talk / poster submissions cognitiveoffloading.net/conference2024…

I am delighted to share our foundational research on the #neurosience of #design. We examine where ideas for new products come from in the minds of professional product design engineers. Available Open Access from Design Studies doi.org/10.1016/j.dest…

Watching movies isn't just solo fun—our latest study finds it synchronises brains! & pre-movie chats boost this synchrony even more. Now out in Oxford Open Neuroscience with @antoniahamilton @PaolaPinti @IliasTachtsidis @uzhakim and Natalie Gunasekara doi.org/10.1093/oons/k…

Thrilled to see our #CHI2024 paper on the 🧠Metacognitive Demands and Opportunities of Generative AI receive a Best Paper award!🥳 arxiv.org/abs/2312.10893 We bring together psych/cog sci research on metacognition and GenAI user studies to examine usability in GenAI systems...🧵

I'm advertising for a PhD student to join my lab at @MARCSInstitute for a project on person-centered approaches to assistive technology for people with dementia. This is a dual award PhD b/w @westernsydneyu and @UniofHerts. Closes end May - happy to chat! tinyurl.com/mw2new5h

abstract submissions are now open! deadlines are May 13 for symposia and May 27 for talks/posters

What can computational models tell us about social learning? What can’t they tell us (yet)? 🧠 A new paper from me and @CeliaHeyes @bbkpsychology @OxExpPsy osf.io/preprints/psya…

compulsive people set fewer reminders

Opportunity alert! #fNIRS @Respect4neurod @UCLmedphys A fully-funded PhD in next-gen optical neuroimaging starting Sept 2024 with Prof. Ilias Tachtsidis from @UCLmedphys. Apply by May 24, 2024. Early applications are recommended. More info ⏩ tinyurl.com/OpticalPhD

Deadline for this PhD position is Wednesday. Please continue to email me any questions and circulate. Thanks all!

now out in Cognition - a simple reinforcement learning model that captures many of the empirical findings in the field of Cognitive Offloading sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

We’re holding an international meeting on Cognitive Offloading at University of Geneva, 11-13 Sept 2024. Open to all, abstract submission portal will be opening soon… cognitiveoffloading.net/conference2024/

Phd Alert! I'm recruiting 2 PhD students. Requirements are to be from China (funded by CSC) or already living in the UK (funded by QMUL, TBA). Co-direction by @moran_rani and Isabelle Mareschal. More information: ➡️findaphd.com/phds/project/c… ➡️findaphd.com/phds/project/d…