Ahmet O. Ceceli
@aoceceli.bsky.social
Director, Ceceli Cognitive Control Lab. Asst professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience @ Mt. Sinai. Studying the neuroscience of self-control, goals, and habits.
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SO EXCITED to share that the Ceceli Cognitive Control Lab is open for business in the Dept of Psychiatry at @mountsinainyc.bsky.social!
We’ll study self control across disorders of compulsivity using neuroimaging and real-world data.
Stay tuned for hiring updates + an MS Paint lab logo!
We’ll study self control across disorders of compulsivity using neuroimaging and real-world data.
Stay tuned for hiring updates + an MS Paint lab logo!
SO EXCITED to share that the Ceceli Cognitive Control Lab is open for business in the Dept of Psychiatry at @mountsinainyc.bsky.social!
We’ll study self control across disorders of compulsivity using neuroimaging and real-world data.
Stay tuned for hiring updates + an MS Paint lab logo!
We’ll study self control across disorders of compulsivity using neuroimaging and real-world data.
Stay tuned for hiring updates + an MS Paint lab logo!
October 2, 2026 at 2:15 AM
SO EXCITED to share that the Ceceli Cognitive Control Lab is open for business in the Dept of Psychiatry at @mountsinainyc.bsky.social!
We’ll study self control across disorders of compulsivity using neuroimaging and real-world data.
Stay tuned for hiring updates + an MS Paint lab logo!
We’ll study self control across disorders of compulsivity using neuroimaging and real-world data.
Stay tuned for hiring updates + an MS Paint lab logo!
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Looking very much forward to my keynote address at the international conference "Addictions: New Perspectives in Treatment and Support" taking place tomorrow in Vilnius, Lithuania.
The entire event will be available online+ interpretation to English.
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The entire event will be available online+ interpretation to English.
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2026-09-17 Konf. „Priklausomybės: naujos gydymo ir pagalbos perspektyvos“ (anglų kalba)
Transliacija anglų kalba: https://youtube.com/live/Dkvm7vuq2UA
Tai ...
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September 16, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Looking very much forward to my keynote address at the international conference "Addictions: New Perspectives in Treatment and Support" taking place tomorrow in Vilnius, Lithuania.
The entire event will be available online+ interpretation to English.
🔗 Link: urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=htt...
The entire event will be available online+ interpretation to English.
🔗 Link: urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=htt...
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Looking for a postdoc in addiction and neuroimaging!! Check out medicine.yale.edu/biomedical-i...
Message me directly if you are interested in hearing about opportunities to apply to work with the YIP lab :)
Message me directly if you are interested in hearing about opportunities to apply to work with the YIP lab :)
August 19, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Looking for a postdoc in addiction and neuroimaging!! Check out medicine.yale.edu/biomedical-i...
Message me directly if you are interested in hearing about opportunities to apply to work with the YIP lab :)
Message me directly if you are interested in hearing about opportunities to apply to work with the YIP lab :)
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Please join us in Congratulating the 2026 ACNP Travel Award Class! 👏🤩 Click Here ➡️ tinyurl.com/5bzaz8va for more information on Travel Awards. 📝
August 6, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Please join us in Congratulating the 2026 ACNP Travel Award Class! 👏🤩 Click Here ➡️ tinyurl.com/5bzaz8va for more information on Travel Awards. 📝
More good news from @acnporg.bsky.social! @narcatms.bsky.social and I will be chairing the panel "Tracking addiction recovery in real time: dense phenotyping of risk and resilience" at ACNP 2027, ft talks from @nguyenheartylab.bsky.social, Woo-Young Ahn, Paul Glimcher, and me. Don't miss!
August 2, 2026 at 2:46 PM
More good news from @acnporg.bsky.social! @narcatms.bsky.social and I will be chairing the panel "Tracking addiction recovery in real time: dense phenotyping of risk and resilience" at ACNP 2027, ft talks from @nguyenheartylab.bsky.social, Woo-Young Ahn, Paul Glimcher, and me. Don't miss!
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A Hot Topics article suggests that combining pharmacological and behavioral approaches to target dysfunctional prefrontal circuits is a promising approach to reduce relapse in addiction @aoceceli.bsky.social @narcatms.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Restoring prefrontal function with dopaminergic enhancement of memory updating in addiction - Neuropsychopharmacology
Neuropsychopharmacology - Restoring prefrontal function with dopaminergic enhancement of memory updating in addiction
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July 28, 2026 at 7:19 PM
A Hot Topics article suggests that combining pharmacological and behavioral approaches to target dysfunctional prefrontal circuits is a promising approach to reduce relapse in addiction @aoceceli.bsky.social @narcatms.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Thrilled to receive a 2027 ACNP Travel Award! One of my favorite parts of this job is getting immersed in the science @ ACNP meetings and learning from so many brilliant people. Thanks @acnporg.bsky.social for recognizing my work + helping me become a regular!
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July 28, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Thrilled to receive a 2027 ACNP Travel Award! One of my favorite parts of this job is getting immersed in the science @ ACNP meetings and learning from so many brilliant people. Thanks @acnporg.bsky.social for recognizing my work + helping me become a regular!
@sinaibrain.bsky.social
@sinaibrain.bsky.social
@narcatms.bsky.social and I wrote a @npp-journal.bsky.social Hot Topic highlighting the synergistic combination of memory updating and dopaminergic enhancement as a potential component of addiction interventions. Check it out here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@sinaibrain.bsky.social
@sinaibrain.bsky.social
Restoring prefrontal function with dopaminergic enhancement of memory updating in addiction - Neuropsychopharmacology
Neuropsychopharmacology - Restoring prefrontal function with dopaminergic enhancement of memory updating in addiction
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July 21, 2026 at 6:25 PM
@narcatms.bsky.social and I wrote a @npp-journal.bsky.social Hot Topic highlighting the synergistic combination of memory updating and dopaminergic enhancement as a potential component of addiction interventions. Check it out here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@sinaibrain.bsky.social
@sinaibrain.bsky.social
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Update: the book is now officially out! Neuroeconomics: Core Topics and Current Directions is available from Springer here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Huge thanks again to @thepsychologist.bsky.social, @dfareri.bsky.social, and all of the contributors.
Huge thanks again to @thepsychologist.bsky.social, @dfareri.bsky.social, and all of the contributors.
May 28, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Update: the book is now officially out! Neuroeconomics: Core Topics and Current Directions is available from Springer here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Huge thanks again to @thepsychologist.bsky.social, @dfareri.bsky.social, and all of the contributors.
Huge thanks again to @thepsychologist.bsky.social, @dfareri.bsky.social, and all of the contributors.
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Check out our new review titled "Contributions of default mode network to subjective valuation and maladaptive decision making" now out in Current Opinion in Behavioral Science! @dfareri.bsky.social
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May 21, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Check out our new review titled "Contributions of default mode network to subjective valuation and maladaptive decision making" now out in Current Opinion in Behavioral Science! @dfareri.bsky.social
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Where, exactly, does learning happen in the brain?
Out today in @nature.com, we identify a synaptic locus of birdsong learning and show that the circuit can be tuned to make birds learn faster - but at a cost. Read on👇 #neuroskyence 🧪 #prattle 💬 #bioacoustics
Shareable link: rdcu.be/fiyrS
Out today in @nature.com, we identify a synaptic locus of birdsong learning and show that the circuit can be tuned to make birds learn faster - but at a cost. Read on👇 #neuroskyence 🧪 #prattle 💬 #bioacoustics
Shareable link: rdcu.be/fiyrS
A synaptic locus of song learning - Nature
Combining a computational framework and optogenetic and chemogenetic manipulations within and downstream of the cortico-basal ganglia circuit identifies the specific cortico-basal ganglia synapse...
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May 13, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Where, exactly, does learning happen in the brain?
Out today in @nature.com, we identify a synaptic locus of birdsong learning and show that the circuit can be tuned to make birds learn faster - but at a cost. Read on👇 #neuroskyence 🧪 #prattle 💬 #bioacoustics
Shareable link: rdcu.be/fiyrS
Out today in @nature.com, we identify a synaptic locus of birdsong learning and show that the circuit can be tuned to make birds learn faster - but at a cost. Read on👇 #neuroskyence 🧪 #prattle 💬 #bioacoustics
Shareable link: rdcu.be/fiyrS
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@nataliemcclain.bsky.social's "Metropolis of the Mind" reimagines the brain as a city. Different buildings (distinct brain regions) are connected by bridges (neural pathways). Collapsed bridges represent neural pathways weakened by #Addiction. VOTE NOW for #ArtoftheBrain Image # 28 👉 Most 🧡s wins!
April 23, 2026 at 2:53 PM
@nataliemcclain.bsky.social's "Metropolis of the Mind" reimagines the brain as a city. Different buildings (distinct brain regions) are connected by bridges (neural pathways). Collapsed bridges represent neural pathways weakened by #Addiction. VOTE NOW for #ArtoftheBrain Image # 28 👉 Most 🧡s wins!
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New Annual Review with @nathanieldaw.bsky.social: “Planning in the Brain: It's Not What You Think It Is.” We argue that the brain's 'planning' machinery is mostly used for learning from simulated experience, and that thinking prospectively at decision time is just one special case of this process.
Planning in the Brain: It's Not What You Think It Is
The neuroscience of planning has long been analogized to search algorithms in artificial intelligence (AI), which simulate future actions to guide immediate choices. We argue that advances in both neu...
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April 21, 2026 at 3:27 PM
New Annual Review with @nathanieldaw.bsky.social: “Planning in the Brain: It's Not What You Think It Is.” We argue that the brain's 'planning' machinery is mostly used for learning from simulated experience, and that thinking prospectively at decision time is just one special case of this process.
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🚨Preprint Alert🚨
Our new preprint 'A Scalable fMRI Estimate of Basal Ganglia Brain Tissue Iron for Use in Developmental and Translational Neuroscience' is live!!
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Our new preprint 'A Scalable fMRI Estimate of Basal Ganglia Brain Tissue Iron for Use in Developmental and Translational Neuroscience' is live!!
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🚨Preprint Alert🚨
Our new preprint 'A Scalable fMRI Estimate of Basal Ganglia Brain Tissue Iron for Use in Developmental and Translational Neuroscience' is live!!
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Our new preprint 'A Scalable fMRI Estimate of Basal Ganglia Brain Tissue Iron for Use in Developmental and Translational Neuroscience' is live!!
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SCORE, a collaboration of 865 researchers, is now released as three papers in Nature, six preprints, and a lot of data (cos.io/score/). SCORE examined repeatability of findings from the social-behavioral sciences and tested whether human and automated methods could predict replicability.
SCORE | Center for Open Science
SCORE shows that there is no shortcut to producing credible research findings, and there is no single indicator of trustworthiness. Research progress depends on transparency, rigor, and establishing r...
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April 1, 2026 at 3:27 PM
SCORE, a collaboration of 865 researchers, is now released as three papers in Nature, six preprints, and a lot of data (cos.io/score/). SCORE examined repeatability of findings from the social-behavioral sciences and tested whether human and automated methods could predict replicability.
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🚨 New preprint from the lab led by Shenghan Wang! 🚨
Striatal Social Reward Sensitivity Predicts Trust-Related Brain Responses Depending on Closeness and Depression https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.27.714332v1
April 2, 2026 at 2:23 AM
🚨 New preprint from the lab led by Shenghan Wang! 🚨
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Excited to share our new paper proposing a new computational model accounting for the dynamic interaction btw drug #craving and #decision-making, led by Kaustubh Kulkarni, MD/PhD
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#AddictionScience #Neuroscience #ComputationalPsychiatry #BehavioralScience
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#AddictionScience #Neuroscience #ComputationalPsychiatry #BehavioralScience
A computational mechanism linking momentary craving and decision-making in alcohol drinkers and cannabis users - Nature Mental Health
This study investigated the computational mechanisms linking momentary craving and decision-making in people with moderate to high addiction risk levels for alcohol or cannabis use, uncovering differe...
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March 26, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Excited to share our new paper proposing a new computational model accounting for the dynamic interaction btw drug #craving and #decision-making, led by Kaustubh Kulkarni, MD/PhD
rdcu.be/fab6B
#AddictionScience #Neuroscience #ComputationalPsychiatry #BehavioralScience
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#AddictionScience #Neuroscience #ComputationalPsychiatry #BehavioralScience
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Semaglutide reduces depression risk by 44%, anxiety by 38%, and substance use disorder by 47% (other GLP1s had lower or no effect).
That said, it the failed Alzheimer/GLP1 trial taught us something, it's that confirmatory RCTs are essential.
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That said, it the failed Alzheimer/GLP1 trial taught us something, it's that confirmatory RCTs are essential.
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Association between GLP-1 receptor agonist use and worsening mental illness in people with depression and anxiety in Sweden: a national cohort study
People with diabetes have an elevated risk of developing depression, anxiety, and suicide. GLP-1 receptor agonists are licensed to treat diabetes and …
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March 25, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Semaglutide reduces depression risk by 44%, anxiety by 38%, and substance use disorder by 47% (other GLP1s had lower or no effect).
That said, it the failed Alzheimer/GLP1 trial taught us something, it's that confirmatory RCTs are essential.
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pi...
That said, it the failed Alzheimer/GLP1 trial taught us something, it's that confirmatory RCTs are essential.
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pi...
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Precision reward/affect fMRI study out now in HBM! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@dvsmith.bsky.social @olinotom.bsky.social @coopersharp.bsky.social and @shenghanwang.bsky.social
Intensively sampled task + rest fMRI data with behavioral manipulation openly available on OpenNeuro!
(1/2)
@dvsmith.bsky.social @olinotom.bsky.social @coopersharp.bsky.social and @shenghanwang.bsky.social
Intensively sampled task + rest fMRI data with behavioral manipulation openly available on OpenNeuro!
(1/2)
March 25, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Precision reward/affect fMRI study out now in HBM! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@dvsmith.bsky.social @olinotom.bsky.social @coopersharp.bsky.social and @shenghanwang.bsky.social
Intensively sampled task + rest fMRI data with behavioral manipulation openly available on OpenNeuro!
(1/2)
@dvsmith.bsky.social @olinotom.bsky.social @coopersharp.bsky.social and @shenghanwang.bsky.social
Intensively sampled task + rest fMRI data with behavioral manipulation openly available on OpenNeuro!
(1/2)
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New review/theory paper out with Julie Bugg, Chris Nuno, and Changrun Huang. The upshot is that we don’t know for certain why it’s so hard to get people to engage proactive control from trial to trial (but it’s fun to think about it and speculate!).
Our recent review led by Julie Bugg is out in PB&R. We explore why advance warnings to pay attention often fail to improve proactive cognitive control in conflict tasks. We introduce the TEPID framework to explain this.
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The puzzle of profitless pre-cues
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March 18, 2026 at 5:10 PM
New review/theory paper out with Julie Bugg, Chris Nuno, and Changrun Huang. The upshot is that we don’t know for certain why it’s so hard to get people to engage proactive control from trial to trial (but it’s fun to think about it and speculate!).
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Discussing The Resevoir this coming Tuesday
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Neuropsychologist Desiree Byrd and neuroscientists Rita Goldstein and Daniela Schiller join clinical psychologist Shilpa Taufique to discuss the scientific issues behind the new play THE RESERVOIR — ...
Following the 7:00 PM performance of THE RESERVOIR on Tuesday, March 10 at the Linda Gross Theater, audiences are invited to remain for an in-depth exchange between leading researchers in neuroscience...
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March 10, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Discussing The Resevoir this coming Tuesday
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Also check out a commentary on these results, which highlights the utility of these drug-biased behavioral measures in clinical addiction research!
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March 3, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Also check out a commentary on these results, which highlights the utility of these drug-biased behavioral measures in clinical addiction research!
@narcatms.bsky.social
@narcatms.bsky.social
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Go check out our paper illustrating that objective cognitive-behavioral measures can outperform traditional self-reports when it comes to informing clinical outcomes! This is a promising step towards improving the tools we use to assess severity.
@narcatms.bsky.social @aoceceli.bsky.social
@narcatms.bsky.social @aoceceli.bsky.social
Moving Beyond Self-Report in Characterizing Drug Addiction: Using Drug-Biased Behavior to Predict Treatment Completion and Dropout in Heroin-Primary, Medication-Maintained Opioid Use Disorder
Drug addiction is accompanied by enhanced salience attributed to drug over nondrug cues. This bias can be objectively measured and is reliable but und…
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March 3, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Go check out our paper illustrating that objective cognitive-behavioral measures can outperform traditional self-reports when it comes to informing clinical outcomes! This is a promising step towards improving the tools we use to assess severity.
@narcatms.bsky.social @aoceceli.bsky.social
@narcatms.bsky.social @aoceceli.bsky.social
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Excited to share this in final form @sfnjournals.bsky.social: An Open-Source Restraint System for Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Awake Rats www.eneuro.org/content/13/2... if anyone wants to try doing it, give us a call! Happy to help you get going!
An Open-Source Restraint System for Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Awake Rats
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a critical tool for translational neuroscience, but preclinical studies frequently rely on anesthesia, which alters neural activity and limits comparison with human...
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February 26, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Excited to share this in final form @sfnjournals.bsky.social: An Open-Source Restraint System for Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Awake Rats www.eneuro.org/content/13/2... if anyone wants to try doing it, give us a call! Happy to help you get going!
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New paper from the lab now out online! @changrun-huang.bsky.social asked whether people use informative pre-cues to up-regulate cognitive control in the spatial Stroop task. Surprisingly, they do not, and we rule out some possible reasons why. Enjoy!
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February 24, 2026 at 8:17 PM
New paper from the lab now out online! @changrun-huang.bsky.social asked whether people use informative pre-cues to up-regulate cognitive control in the spatial Stroop task. Surprisingly, they do not, and we rule out some possible reasons why. Enjoy!