Teaching maths in prison

Teaching without grades

Working as a full-time research assistant (after BSc) and dealing with lots of rejections

How Rachel ended up doing a postdoc with Yael Niv

Discussing Rachel's conference proceedings 'Modelling Rumination as a State-Inference Process' (featuring partially observable Markov decision processes)

Rachel's background in art and curation

How to not turn hobbies into a stressful thing you need to get done

A book or paper more people should read

Something Rachel wishes she'd learnt sooner

Advice for PhD students/postdocs, with a twist: 5 tips for managing yourself during a PhD

Rachel Bedder is a postdoc with Yael Niv at Princeton. In this conversation, we talk about her research on rumination and repetitive negative thinking (in the context of a partially observable Markov decision process), her work as a curator, why she enjoys teaching without grades, how to manage yourself as a PhD student, and much more. BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. Support the show: <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-patreon">https://geni.us/bjks-patreon</a> Timestamps 0:00:00: Teaching maths in prison 0:06:40: Teaching without grades 0:15:42: Working as a full-time research assistant (after BSc) and dealing with lots of rejections 0:25:51: How Rachel ended up doing a postdoc with Yael Niv 0:32:08: Discussing Rachel's conference proceedings 'Modelling Rumination as a State-Inference Process' (featuring partially observable Markov decision processes) 0:56:49: Rachel's background in art and curation 1:10:58: How to not turn hobbies into a stressful thing you need to get done 1:14:46: A book or paper more people should read 1:16:47: Something Rachel wishes she'd learnt sooner 1:19:05: Advice for PhD students/postdocs, with a twist: 5 tips for managing yourself during a PhD Podcast links<ul><li>Website: <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-pod">https://geni.us/bjks-pod</a></li><li>Twitter: <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-pod-twt">https://geni.us/bjks-pod-twt</a></li></ul>Rachel's links<ul><li>Website: <a href="https://geni.us/bedder-web">https://geni.us/bedder-web</a></li><li>Google Scholar: <a href="https://geni.us/bedder-scholar">https://geni.us/bedder-scholar</a></li><li>Twitter: <a href="https://geni.us/bedder-twt">https://geni.us/bedder-twt</a></li></ul>Ben's links<ul><li>Website: <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-web">https://geni.us/bjks-web</a></li><li>Google Scholar: <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-scholar">https://geni.us/bjks-scholar</a></li><li>Twitter: <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-twt">https://geni.us/bjks-twt</a></li></ul> References and links Episodes with Matthias Stangl and Toby Wise about postdoc jobs &amp; fellowships: <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-wise-postdoc">https://geni.us/bjks-wise-postdoc</a> <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-postdoc-stangl">https://geni.us/bjks-postdoc-stangl</a> Episode with Paul Smaldino on modelling social behaviour, and with Eiko Fried on theories in psychology <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-smaldino_2">https://geni.us/bjks-smaldino_2</a> <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-fried">https://geni.us/bjks-fried</a> POMDPs: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partially_observable_Markov_decision_process">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partially_observable_Markov_decision_process</a> Dear World Project: <a href="https://engagement.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/projects/dear-world-project/">https://engagement.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/projects/dear-world-project/</a> 5 tips for managing yourself during a PhD: <a href="https://www.rachelbedder.com/phdtips">https://www.rachelbedder.com/phdtips</a> Scientific virtues (including stupidity): <a href="https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2022/02/10/the-scientific-virtues/">https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2022/02/10/the-scientific-virtues/</a> Bedder, Pisupati &amp; Niv (2023) Modelling Rumination as a State-Inference Process. <a href="https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/tfjqn">https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/tfjqn</a> Burkeman (2021). Four thousand weeks: Time management for mortals. McCullers (1940). The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. Montague, Dolan, Friston &amp; Dayan (2012). Computational psychiatry. Trends in cognitive sciences.

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83. Rachel Bedder: Rumination, teaching without grades, and managing yourself as a PhD student