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Motivation and Social Neuroscience (MSN) Lab

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MSN lab is led by Dr. Matthew Apps (@brainapps.bsky.social) and is situated at the Centre for Human Brain Health, University of Birmingham. We use cognitive, computational, and biological methods to understand human motivation. https://www.msn-lab.com

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Humans are more prosocial in poor foraging environments Nature Communications - People constantly decide whether to stop what they are doing to do something else. Here, the authors show that the quality of available options has a greater influence on...

πŸŽ‰ New paper in Nature Communications πŸŽ‰

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Does our environment influence how likely we are to help others?

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🚨Registration for Mechanistic Basis of Foraging 2025 closes October 20th 🚨

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@mkflugge.bsky.social @aaronbornstein.bsky.social @benhayden.bsky.social @ellileadbeater.bsky.social
@davidrobbe.bsky.social @dlbarack.bsky.social @becketebs.bsky.social

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Early-bird registration for "The Mechanistic Basis of Foraging 2025" ends September 30th

A meeting for everyone fascinated by the brain's role in foraging, 3-5 November 2025 at University of Birmingham.

Full speaker list, schedule and more now on the website
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Closing soon! Abstract submission for The Mechanistic Basis of Foraging 2025

A multidisciplinary meeting on the neural, behavioural and computational foundations of foraging across species:
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Deadline: August 29

18.08.2025 08:28 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Abstract submission open for The Mechanistic Basis of Foraging 2025 (U. Birmingham, 3-5 November)

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Deadline: August 17

A meeting for all fascinated by the brain's role in foraging

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25.07.2025 08:02 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Confirmed talks: @mkflugge.bsky.social, Susan Healy, Benjamin Hayden, @fearbrain.bsky.social , @becketebs.bsky.social , @dlbarack.bsky.social , Jennifer Li, @ellileadbeater.bsky.social, @aaronbornstein.bsky.social Nicholas Furl, @markdhumphries.bsky.social, & more

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Abstract submission open for The Mechanistic Basis of Foraging 2025

(University of Birmingham, 3–5 November)

A multidisciplinary event exploring the neural, behavioural and computational foundations of foraging across species:
uobevents.eventsair.com/the-mechanis...

Deadline: August 17, 2025

04.08.2025 10:16 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Delighted to have been promoted to Full Professor of Cognitive Computational Neuroscience @thechbh.bsky.social as of 1st April. Thank you to all the students, postdocs, collaborators and mentors who have made this possible.

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CSC 2024

Birmingham-Leiden Summer School in Computational Social Cognition (CSC 2024) will take place on the beautiful @unibirmingham campus 14th-17th July compsoccog.com. Fantastic lineup of speakers & instructors inc. Wolfram Schultz @celiaheyes.bsky.social Christian Ruff. Please RT and Register ASAP!

01.02.2024 16:15 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
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Find out about our team and research on our website: www.msn-lab.com

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