Ruofan Ma
@maruofan.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Fellow @ UToronto 🇨🇦 & Yale 🇺🇸 | clinical Psychology | interoception | self-other representation https://ruofanma.github.io/
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Ruofan Ma
@maruofan.bsky.social
· Jan 9
Review & theory paper published from my doctoral comprehensive exam! On loneliness and neurophysiological self-other overlap, with discussions on its connection with borderline personality disorder. authors.elsevier.com/a/1mPdfY3M3p...
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A few recent noteworthy papers on human respiratory #interoception showing:
1) exhalation's impacts on risky decision making. Kudos to the team led by Soyoung Park! www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
1) exhalation's impacts on risky decision making. Kudos to the team led by Soyoung Park! www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Slow breathing impacts inter-organ dynamics modulating brain function and risk behavior
Huang et al. show that prolonged exhalation increases risky decisions by enhancing
reward sensitivity and cardiac parasympathetic activity. Individuals with greater
parasympathetic upregulation exhibi...
www.cell.com
August 7, 2026 at 9:52 PM
A few recent noteworthy papers on human respiratory #interoception showing:
1) exhalation's impacts on risky decision making. Kudos to the team led by Soyoung Park! www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
1) exhalation's impacts on risky decision making. Kudos to the team led by Soyoung Park! www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Very delightful to see on my hunt for better ways to model interoception. @rssmith.bsky.social #CPC2026
July 15, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Very delightful to see on my hunt for better ways to model interoception. @rssmith.bsky.social #CPC2026
It's Day 2 at #CPC2026. The first keynote speaker, David Redish @adredish.bsky.social, explained decisions as instinctual, deliberate, and procedural, and how trust can map onto these 3 types.
July 15, 2026 at 2:58 PM
It's Day 2 at #CPC2026. The first keynote speaker, David Redish @adredish.bsky.social, explained decisions as instinctual, deliberate, and procedural, and how trust can map onto these 3 types.
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Excited for the first day of the annual Computational Psychiatry Conference, this year held at Yale www.cpconf.org! We have a rockstar list of keynote speakers including @danisbassett.bsky.social @adredish.bsky.social and many more! #CPC2026
Computational Psychiatry Conference
New Haven, USA (July 14-16, 2026)
www.cpconf.org
July 14, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Excited for the first day of the annual Computational Psychiatry Conference, this year held at Yale www.cpconf.org! We have a rockstar list of keynote speakers including @danisbassett.bsky.social @adredish.bsky.social and many more! #CPC2026
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At NASSPD @nasspd.bsky.social in Toronto — at the opening keynote, Anthony Ruocco showed connections between borderline personality disorder (BPD) and neuropsychological/social cognitive functioning, plus how these functions can change following BPD treatments.
April 24, 2026 at 3:12 PM
At NASSPD @nasspd.bsky.social in Toronto — at the opening keynote, Anthony Ruocco showed connections between borderline personality disorder (BPD) and neuropsychological/social cognitive functioning, plus how these functions can change following BPD treatments.
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Our review about methods used in Heartbeat Evoked Responses research is out at Psychophysiology ✨!
We hope it will be a helpful resource for the community:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We hope it will be a helpful resource for the community:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
April 15, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Our review about methods used in Heartbeat Evoked Responses research is out at Psychophysiology ✨!
We hope it will be a helpful resource for the community:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We hope it will be a helpful resource for the community:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Had a great time this year at #SAS2026 @affectscience.bsky.social showing our new results: as adults grow older, those who are low in interoceptive accuracy are more likely to make over-trusting errors.
March 17, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Had a great time this year at #SAS2026 @affectscience.bsky.social showing our new results: as adults grow older, those who are low in interoceptive accuracy are more likely to make over-trusting errors.
Check out our new paper examining how aging and loneliness together impact the allostatic-interoceptive brain system (AIS), measured using fMRI during induced social affect doi.org/10.1093/scan...
Loneliness exacerbates age differences in the allostatic-interoceptive system during induced affect
Abstract. Loneliness is associated with age-related health issues through its impact on the brain and body. The brain’s allostatic-interoceptive system (AI
doi.org
March 17, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Check out our new paper examining how aging and loneliness together impact the allostatic-interoceptive brain system (AIS), measured using fMRI during induced social affect doi.org/10.1093/scan...
Come check out our symposium on emotional concordance and clinical implications, led by @veravine.bsky.social and @emmailyaz.bsky.social #SAS2026 I will talk about interoception and trust decision-making - work with Kristen Lindquist, @malloryjfeldman.bsky.social @adriennebonar.bsky.social
March 12, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Come check out our symposium on emotional concordance and clinical implications, led by @veravine.bsky.social and @emmailyaz.bsky.social #SAS2026 I will talk about interoception and trust decision-making - work with Kristen Lindquist, @malloryjfeldman.bsky.social @adriennebonar.bsky.social
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Looking forward to the interesting conversations to come at SAS 2026!
March 10, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Looking forward to the interesting conversations to come at SAS 2026!
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Excited to share our latest paper in which we discuss merging theory-and data- driven computational psychiatry in a large transdiagnostic cohort study (N=2400)
www.biologicalpsychiatrycnni.org/article/S245...
Christopher Pittenger, Godfrey Pearlson @annierhcheng.bsky.social @sobp-org.bsky.social
www.biologicalpsychiatrycnni.org/article/S245...
Christopher Pittenger, Godfrey Pearlson @annierhcheng.bsky.social @sobp-org.bsky.social
Threading the needle: Practical considerations for merging theory-driven computational psychiatry with data-driven analytics to enhance precision health at scale
The rapidly evolving field of computational psychiatry enables quantification of specific
cognitive processes, and their underlying mechanisms, in a translational and potentially
scalable manner, usin...
www.biologicalpsychiatrycnni.org
March 5, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Excited to share our latest paper in which we discuss merging theory-and data- driven computational psychiatry in a large transdiagnostic cohort study (N=2400)
www.biologicalpsychiatrycnni.org/article/S245...
Christopher Pittenger, Godfrey Pearlson @annierhcheng.bsky.social @sobp-org.bsky.social
www.biologicalpsychiatrycnni.org/article/S245...
Christopher Pittenger, Godfrey Pearlson @annierhcheng.bsky.social @sobp-org.bsky.social
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The Affective Science Lab will be well-represented at this years @affectscience.bsky.social conference!
March 3, 2026 at 7:49 PM
The Affective Science Lab will be well-represented at this years @affectscience.bsky.social conference!
Delighted to be collaborating with @xiaosigu.bsky.social with support from @srndna.bsky.social 🎉
A big congratulations to our 2026 Collaboration Award winners! Tess Wild from Cornell University (top left), Esther Friendman from University of Michigan (top right), Roufan Ma from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (bottom left), and Xiaosi Gu from Yale School of Medicine (bottom right)!
February 24, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Delighted to be collaborating with @xiaosigu.bsky.social with support from @srndna.bsky.social 🎉
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My lab at UW Madison is hiring a new lab manager! I’m looking for a motivated and detail-oriented person to help run the lab’s day-to-day, including our ongoing neuroimaging and behavioral studies. This is especially well suited for graduating undergrads thinking about grad school. Link below
February 12, 2026 at 6:21 PM
My lab at UW Madison is hiring a new lab manager! I’m looking for a motivated and detail-oriented person to help run the lab’s day-to-day, including our ongoing neuroimaging and behavioral studies. This is especially well suited for graduating undergrads thinking about grad school. Link below
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I'm looking to hire a postgraduate research associate in Computational Psychiatry for my new lab at Yale. Please see link below for details & help RT 🙏
postdocs.yale.edu/posts/2026-0...
postdocs.yale.edu/posts/2026-0...
Postgraduate Associate Position in Computational Psychiatry — Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
postdocs.yale.edu
January 13, 2026 at 1:49 PM
I'm looking to hire a postgraduate research associate in Computational Psychiatry for my new lab at Yale. Please see link below for details & help RT 🙏
postdocs.yale.edu/posts/2026-0...
postdocs.yale.edu/posts/2026-0...
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I am recruiting a Postdoc to join my lab at UMN. If you or someone you know is interested in studying individual differences in brain and cognitive aging, check out the listing and my website in my bio and apply!
I appreciate RTs to help get the word out as well :)
I appreciate RTs to help get the word out as well :)
January 9, 2026 at 9:13 PM
I am recruiting a Postdoc to join my lab at UMN. If you or someone you know is interested in studying individual differences in brain and cognitive aging, check out the listing and my website in my bio and apply!
I appreciate RTs to help get the word out as well :)
I appreciate RTs to help get the word out as well :)
Review & theory paper published from my doctoral comprehensive exam! On loneliness and neurophysiological self-other overlap, with discussions on its connection with borderline personality disorder. authors.elsevier.com/a/1mPdfY3M3p...
January 9, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Review & theory paper published from my doctoral comprehensive exam! On loneliness and neurophysiological self-other overlap, with discussions on its connection with borderline personality disorder. authors.elsevier.com/a/1mPdfY3M3p...
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With some trepidation, I'm putting this out into the world:
gershmanlab.com/textbook.html
It's a textbook called Computational Foundations of Cognitive Neuroscience, which I wrote for my class.
My hope is that this will be a living document, continuously improved as I get feedback.
gershmanlab.com/textbook.html
It's a textbook called Computational Foundations of Cognitive Neuroscience, which I wrote for my class.
My hope is that this will be a living document, continuously improved as I get feedback.
January 9, 2026 at 1:27 AM
With some trepidation, I'm putting this out into the world:
gershmanlab.com/textbook.html
It's a textbook called Computational Foundations of Cognitive Neuroscience, which I wrote for my class.
My hope is that this will be a living document, continuously improved as I get feedback.
gershmanlab.com/textbook.html
It's a textbook called Computational Foundations of Cognitive Neuroscience, which I wrote for my class.
My hope is that this will be a living document, continuously improved as I get feedback.
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Glad to share my first paper in postdoc! This was a huge undertaking by many people over the years. I hope you read it! But the short version is this: ACC integrates evidence from self experience and observed experience, and it weighs these sources differently by aligning readout more to the self.
Evidence accumulation from experience and observation in the cingulate cortex https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.13.638172v1
February 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Glad to share my first paper in postdoc! This was a huge undertaking by many people over the years. I hope you read it! But the short version is this: ACC integrates evidence from self experience and observed experience, and it weighs these sources differently by aligning readout more to the self.
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If you analyse time-resolved data (M/EEG, iEEG, pupillometry, force recordings…) and feel limited by cluster-based permutation tests (CBPTs); especially when trying to determine when an effect starts or ends; you may want to try our new R package: lnalborczyk.github.io/neurogam/
#rstats #brms #EEG
#rstats #brms #EEG
Modelling time-resolved electrophysiological data with Bayesian generalised additive multilevel models
Providing utility functions for fitting Bayesian generalised additive multilevel models (BGAMMs) to time-resolved data (e.g., M/EEG, pupillometry, mouse-tracking, etc) and identifying clusters.
lnalborczyk.github.io
December 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
If you analyse time-resolved data (M/EEG, iEEG, pupillometry, force recordings…) and feel limited by cluster-based permutation tests (CBPTs); especially when trying to determine when an effect starts or ends; you may want to try our new R package: lnalborczyk.github.io/neurogam/
#rstats #brms #EEG
#rstats #brms #EEG
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Big new blogpost!
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
December 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Big new blogpost!
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
Taking just another small step towards trying to reduce the stigma attached to borderline personality disorder & psychiatric illnesses - at ISSPD2025.
November 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Taking just another small step towards trying to reduce the stigma attached to borderline personality disorder & psychiatric illnesses - at ISSPD2025.
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I’ve spent the last 8 years(!) working from the position that HiTOP relies too much on analyses of traditional diagnoses, baking in limitations of the DSM, and that we need to move to symptom-level analyses to fix it
It turns out that rebuilding HiTOP from the ground up doesn’t change much 💀
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It turns out that rebuilding HiTOP from the ground up doesn’t change much 💀
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November 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I’ve spent the last 8 years(!) working from the position that HiTOP relies too much on analyses of traditional diagnoses, baking in limitations of the DSM, and that we need to move to symptom-level analyses to fix it
It turns out that rebuilding HiTOP from the ground up doesn’t change much 💀
1/
It turns out that rebuilding HiTOP from the ground up doesn’t change much 💀
1/
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How do our brains learn when choices affect both ourselves and others?
New work by @shawnrhoadsphd.com, @aa-marsh.bsky.social, @thepsychologist.bsky.social, @drjocutler.bsky.social, et al. in @natcomms.nature.com reveals shared neural computations for prosocial & antisocial learning
rdcu.be/eL8mZ
New work by @shawnrhoadsphd.com, @aa-marsh.bsky.social, @thepsychologist.bsky.social, @drjocutler.bsky.social, et al. in @natcomms.nature.com reveals shared neural computations for prosocial & antisocial learning
rdcu.be/eL8mZ
October 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
How do our brains learn when choices affect both ourselves and others?
New work by @shawnrhoadsphd.com, @aa-marsh.bsky.social, @thepsychologist.bsky.social, @drjocutler.bsky.social, et al. in @natcomms.nature.com reveals shared neural computations for prosocial & antisocial learning
rdcu.be/eL8mZ
New work by @shawnrhoadsphd.com, @aa-marsh.bsky.social, @thepsychologist.bsky.social, @drjocutler.bsky.social, et al. in @natcomms.nature.com reveals shared neural computations for prosocial & antisocial learning
rdcu.be/eL8mZ