The self-consistency of perceptual confidence.
Supervisors: Pascal Mamassian in collaboration with David Soto.
Alejandro is a PhD student at the Laboratoire des Systèmes Perceptifs (ENS, Paris). He received his Master’s degree at the University College London where he explored the relationship between confidence and cognitive control. He is currently working on multisensory integration and metacognitive control. Outside the lab, Alejandro enjoys swimming, diving and discovering new places.
Monitoring confidence and seeking information in causal inference.
Supervisor: Uta Noppeney in collaboration with Steve Fleming.
Luis is a PhD student at the Donders Institute in the multisensory brain lab by Uta Noppeney. He received his Master’s degree in psychology at the University of Innsbruck where he gained experience in the application of Machine Learning techniques on fMRI data. Currently he is working on a project about how the brain makes sense of the world by integrating signals from different modalities based on their uncertainty. To investigate the monitoring and inferential mechanisms Luis is using Bayesian modeling and fMRI.
Computational and neural mechanisms of confidence formation.
Supervisors: Janneke Jehee in collaboration with Steve Fleming.
Rodrigo is a PhD student in the lab of Janneke Jehee at the Donders Institute, looking at the neural mechanisms linking sensory uncertainty with decision confidence. He first worked with Bayesian models with Paul Bays at the University of Cambridge during his undergraduate project and then as a research assistant, before doing a master’s with Chris Kent at the University of Bristol. Outside of the lab he enjoys programming, bouldering, and playing guitar!
Computational mechanisms of confidence in value-based learning.
Supervisor: Kobe Desender in collaboration with Janneke Jehee.
Alexandre is a PhD student at KU Leuven, working under the supervision of Kobe Desender and Janneke Jehee as part of the CODE Doctoral Network. He completed his master’s degree in fundamental and applied cognitive psychology at Université Paris Cité. After investigating metacognition in the reasoning domain under the supervision of Vincent de Gardelle, he pursued a master’s thesis on metacognitive training through trial-by-trial metacognitive feedback with Pascal Mamassian. His current research focuses on the mechanisms underlying confidence computations in value-based learning through Bayesian learning approaches. Outside the lab, Alexandre enjoys playing chess and learning new skills.
Computational underpinnings of individual differences in confidence, offloading and information seeking.
Supervisors: Steve Fleming in collaboration with Pascal Mamassian.
Tianqi Zhan is a PhD student at University College London, working in Prof. Steve Fleming’s lab as part of the CODE Doctoral Network. She completed her MRes in Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL under Prof. Marco Wittmann’s supervision to study metacognition within social contexts. Her current research focuses on the mechanisms underlying metacognitive control, specifically how confidence influences information-seeking and behavioral offloading across the lifespan.
Assessing the role of metacognition in children’s learning.
Supervisors: David Soto in collaboration with Elisa Filevich.
Francisca is a predoctoral researcher at BCBL’s (Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language) consciousness group, where she studies Metacognition in Childhood under the supervision of David Soto. She holds a Master’s degree in Molecular and Translational Neuroscience from the University of Coimbra. During her time at ICNAS (Institute for Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health), she conducted research on perception in autism spectrum disorder using psychophysics and fmri methodologies. Outside of her academic work, she enjoys traveling, music concerts, and dancing.
Confidence abnormalities in psychiatric disorders.
Supervisors: Ruth van Holst in collaboration with Pascal Mamassian.
In 2023, Laura received her master’s degree in Theoretical and Experimental Psychology from the University of Ghent (Belgium). Currently, she is a PhD student in the CODE-network, working with Pascal Mamassian and Ruth van Holst. She will spend time at the ENS in Paris and at the UMC in Amsterdam. Her research focuses on the mechanisms of confidence during decision-making for individuals with compulsive disorders. She is interested in computational modeling and working with clinical populations. Outside the lab, Laura enjoys traveling and trying new food.
Training metacognitive ability in adults.
Supervisors: Elisa Filevich in collaboration with Uta Noppeney.
Gayatri Nerpagar is a PhD student with Dr. Elisa Filevich at the Meta Motor Lab, Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen. She has completed her master’s degree in Cognitive Science from Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IIT GN), India. Her research interests are motor metacognition, movement analysis, computational modelling, and decision neuroscience. Besides research, she is a trained dancer and enjoys learning new dance forms, reading fiction, and painting.
MEG-based methods for characterizing the uncertainty in perceptual representations.
Supervisor: Janneke Jehee in collaboration with Andrea Desantis.
Tom is a PhD student at the Donders Institute in the lab of Janneke Jehee. His project will involve developing new techniques for measuring perceptual uncertainty and relating these signals to decision confidence. He previously completed an MSc(R) in Psychology at the University of Bristol under the supervision of Edwin Dalmaijer, where he worked on computational models of search organization. Outside of the lab, Tom enjoys live music and exploring new places.
EEG decoding of perceptual confidence.
Supervisors: Andrea Desantis in collaboration with Kobe Desender and Guillaume Masson (Aix-Marseille Université).
Alessandra is a PhD student at ONERA in Salon-de-Provence, France, affiliated with the Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone and Aix-Marseille Université. Her doctoral research is supervised by Andrea Desantis and co-supervised by Kobe Desender and Guillaume Masson. Her project aims at decoding decision confidence from EEG signals, focusing on the potential amodal nature of these processes. She holds an International Master’s Degree in Neuroscience from Trieste, where she investigated modulations of GABAergic activity via transcutaneous auricular vagal nerve stimulation, under the guidance of Prof Urgesi and Dr Finisguerra. Outiside the lab, Alessandra enjoys hiking as wells as experiencing art in all its shapes.
