Emotion Lab at Karolinska Institutet

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Jonathan successfully defended his PhD thesis in December: The impact of social information on emotional learning.

Congratulations on this achievement Jonathan!

Jonathan Successfully defended his PhD Jonathan successfully defended his PhD December, 2021 Jonathan successfully defended his doctoral thesis, The impact of social information on emotional learning, on Thursday 16 December (2021) with…

Join the team! We are looking for a new postdoc in social neuroscience of intergroup relations. For full description and information about the application process, see the link below. Application deadline 6 April 2021.

Postdoctoral Researcher in Social Neuroscience of Intergroup Relations Do you want to contribute to better health for all? In our research group, led by Professor Andreas Olsson, you will work together with an interdisciplinary research team aiming to understand learning and regulation of emotions in social situations. We offer an engaging and international research en

We are looking for a new lab manager!

Click below for full description and information about the application process (in Swedish). Application deadline 30 November.

Labsamordnare inom psykologi, kognitiv neurovetenskap Vill du bidra till medicinsk forskning av toppkvalitet? Denna anställning kommer att vara inom forskargrupp Andreas Olsson. Gruppen bedriver forskning på social-emotionell inlärning och reglering, på hög internationell nivå. I arbetet används ett flertal olika metoder; beteendemått, psykofys

This new paper from Philip investigates the algorithms by which people learn how reliable social partners' advice is about potentially dangerous choice options and how they can repeatedly leverage that information in novel environments.

Open access in PLOS Computational Biology.

Integration of social cues and individual experiences during instrumental avoidance learning

Irem presented her recent paper, Neural pattern similarity unveils the integration of social information and aversive learning, at the division meeting. You can read the paper open access here: https://academic.oup.com/cercor/article/30/10/5410/5850962

Open Access: Physiological synchrony predicts observational threat learning in humans, by Philip and Lisa in Proceedings of the Royal Society B

Physiological synchrony predicts observational threat learning in humans | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Understanding how information about threats in the environment is shared and transmitted between individuals is crucial for explaining adaptive, survival-related behaviour in humans and other anima...

Free public lectures about psychology, everyone is welcome to attend.

7 Oct – Att känna sig sjuk – vad betyder det? – Mats Lekander (in Swedish)
4 Nov – Teenagers: The brighter sides of adolescence – Laura Ferrer-Wreder (in English)
2 Dec – Hur mycket behöver vi sova och spelar åldern någon roll? – Torbjörn Åkerstedt (in Swedish)

At 18.15 in ABF-huset, Sveavägen 41, Stockholm

Andreas appointed full professor Andreas Olsson has been appointed Professor of Psychology at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience at Karolinska Institutet, from 1 September 2019.

New paper from Ida in Scientific Reports.

Anxious behaviour in a demonstrator affects observational learning Article