Professor of Psychology at Karolinska Institutet Director Emotion Lab
Stockholm, Sweden
Joined June 2014
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Interesting new paper narrowing the missing links between affective "empathy" and prosocial behavior by manipulating ACC‑projecting orexinergic circuits
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A few more days left to apply!
Great research environment, supportive colleagues, and exciting opportunities ahead.
Come work with us! We're hiring a postdoc to lead a new project on human social learning in threatening and volatile contexts. More info & apply:
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Come work with us! We're hiring a postdoc to lead a new project on human social learning in threatening and volatile contexts. More info & apply:
ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/job…
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A new paper finds ideological bias in the production of research findings:
Research teams composed of pro-immigration researchers estimated more positive impacts of immigration on public support for social programs, while anti-immigration teams estimated more negative impacts.
Double blind reviewers judged both left and right-leaning ideological teams as having lower quality research designs science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…?
Great paper @social_brains! We’ve used CRQA too and found that skin conductance synchrony in live dyads predicts observational learning. Exciting to see this approach gaining traction! @philipparnamets @espinosalisaa
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KI @karolinskainst is hiring!
Assistant Professor in AI focused on Brain & Behavior within Neurology, Psychiatry, or Psychology.
📅 Deadline: Sept 2
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Come work with us!
We're hiring a postdoc to lead a new project on human social learning in threatening and volatile contexts. Deadline Sept 14.
Happy to chat at #S4SN2025
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Come work with Björn Lindström! Postdoctoral Researcher in psychology/cognitive science with focus on social learning and cultural evolution
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Deadline is approaching! Postdoc in social and affective learning / decision-making w us @EmotionLabKI @karolinskainst Stockholm
We are looking for a postdoc to lead a new project on human social learning in contexts varying in threat and volatility. For more info and to apply ki.varbi.com/what:job/jobID:…
We are looking for a postdoc to lead a new project on human social learning in contexts varying in threat and volatility. For more info and to apply ki.varbi.com/what:job/jobID:…
Vad händer när vi inte kan skilja på Är och Bör? Mitt bidrag till diskussionen i @kvartalet
Den här kvartaltexten författad av KI-professorn i psykologi, Andreas Olsson, är faktiskt en riktig bomb som ger en hel del svar på varför så mycket går snett i samhällsdebatten. Måsteläsning för alla er som tror att ni hittat ”sanningen”.
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Our new study on social reward learning in AUD. Great work by @simonjangard
Excited to share our new paper on social reward learning in alcohol use disorder (AUD) in Translational Psychiatry! doi.org/10.1038/s41398-025-0… w/ @B_Lindstroem, Lotfi Khemiri, Nitya Jayaram-Lindström, & @EmotionLabKI.
Across two separate samples, we examined whether individuals with AUD show deficits in prosocial learning—learning to maximize rewards for others. Surprisingly, reward learning was intact in AUD and unrelated to reduced prosocial behavior.
Using computational modeling, we found comparable learning mechanisms in AUD and healthy controls, suggesting that social deficits in AUD are not driven by impaired reward learning.
These findings highlight the need to explore alternative mechanisms behind social dysfunction in AUD.
Andreas Olsson retweeted
Excited to share our new paper on social reward learning in alcohol use disorder (AUD) in Translational Psychiatry! doi.org/10.1038/s41398-025-0… w/ @B_Lindstroem, Lotfi Khemiri, Nitya Jayaram-Lindström, & @EmotionLabKI.
Across two separate samples, we examined whether individuals with AUD show deficits in prosocial learning—learning to maximize rewards for others. Surprisingly, reward learning was intact in AUD and unrelated to reduced prosocial behavior.
Using computational modeling, we found comparable learning mechanisms in AUD and healthy controls, suggesting that social deficits in AUD are not driven by impaired reward learning.
These findings highlight the need to explore alternative mechanisms behind social dysfunction in AUD.
Finally out - Effects of described demonstrator ability on brain and behavior when learning from others.
Led by @ISelbing w. Björn Lindström Nina Becker @Yafeng_Pan
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Enjoy! Our new paper on social learning of mice.
A new study finds that when living in groups, mice form social networks that facilitate social learning and allow the whole group to respond to changes in their environment. scim.ag/3PCJANv @e_knapska @AlicjaPuscian @NenckiInstitute
The social leverage effect: Institutions transform weak reputation effects into strong incentives for cooperation | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.24…
