Research

A. Sohail, A. Magda, M. Said, L. Phillips, Y. Lu, G. Reynolds, A. Comer-Fenn, J. Russell, H. Lu, T. Sims, A. C. Saulin, and L. Zhang, “Transdiagnostic factors differentially shape choices and reaction times in social evaluative learning,” Psychological Medicine (2026), doi: 10.1017/S0033291726106217.

• social learning
• computational modelling
• psychiatry

@article{Sohail2026transdiagnostic,
  author = {Sohail, Aamir and Magda, A. and Said, M. and Phillips, L. and Lu, Y. and Reynolds, G. and Comer-Fenn, A. and Russell, J. and Lu, H. and Sims, T. and Saulin, A. C. and Zhang, Lei},
  title = {{Transdiagnostic factors differentially shape choices and reaction times in social evaluative learning}},
  journal = {Psychological Medicine},
  year = {2026},
  month = {Apr},
  doi = {10.1017/S0033291726106217},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291726106217},
  keywords = {social learning, computational modelling, psychiatry}
}

Z. Lin and A. Sohail, “Recalibrating academic expertise in the age of generative AI,” Patterns 7, no. 1 (2026), doi: 10.1016/j.patter.2025.101473.

• artificial intelligence
• academia

@article{LinSohail2026,
  author = {Lin, Zhicheng and Sohail, Aamir},
  title = {Recalibrating academic expertise in the age of generative AI},
  journal = {Patterns},
  volume = {7},
  number = {1},
  year = {2026},
  month = {Jan},
  doi = {10.1016/j.patter.2025.101473},
  url = {https://www.cell.com/patterns/fulltext/S2666-3899(25)00321-6},
  keywords = {artificial intelligence, academia}
}

A. Sohail, R. A. Pancharatnam, and M. E. Kapsetaki, “Going With the Flow: Achieving Peak Performance in Surgery,” Journal of Surgical Education 82, no. 9: 103593 (2025), doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2025.103593.

• medical education

@article{sohail2025going,
  author = {Sohail, Aamir and Pancharatnam, Rohan A. and Kapsetaki, Marianna E.},
  title = {Going With the Flow: Achieving Peak Performance in Surgery},
  journal = {Journal of Surgical Education},
  volume = {82},
  number = {9},
  pages = {103593},
  year = {2025},
  month = {Jul},
  doi = {10.1016/j.jsurg.2025.103593},
  url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931720425001746},
  keywords = {medical education}
}

A. Sohail and L. Zhang, “Using large language models to facilitate academic work in the psychological sciences,” Current Psychology 44, no. 9: 7910–7918 (2025), doi: 10.1007/s12144-025-07438-2.

• artificial intelligence
• academia

@article{Sohail2025,
  author = {Sohail, Aamir and Zhang, Lei},
  title = {Using large language models to facilitate academic work in the psychological sciences},
  journal = {Current Psychology},
  volume = {44},
  number = {9},
  pages = {7910--7918},
  year = {2025},
  month = {May},
  doi = {10.1007/s12144-025-07438-2},
  url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12144-025-07438-2},
  keywords = {artificial intelligence, academia}
}

G. M. K. Rossetti, J. L. Dunster, A. Sohail, B. Williams, K. M. Cox, E. Jewett, E. Benford, J. A. Lovegrove, J. M. Gibbins, and A. Christakou, “Evidence for direct control of neurovascular function by circulating platelets in healthy older adults,” The Journal of Physiology (2025), doi: 10.1113/JP288405.

• neuroimaging
• physiology

@article{rossetti2025evidence,
  author = {Rossetti, Gabriella M. K. and Dunster, Joanne L. and Sohail, Aamir and Williams, Brendan and Cox, Kiera M. and Jewett, Elysia and Benford, E. and Lovegrove, Julie A. and Gibbins, Jonathan M. and Christakou, Anastasia},
  title = {Evidence for direct control of neurovascular function by circulating platelets in healthy older adults},
  journal = {The Journal of Physiology},
  year = {2025},
  month = {May},
  doi = {10.1113/JP288405},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1113/JP288405},
  keywords = {neuroimaging, physiology}
}

A. Sohail and L. Zhang, “Informing the treatment of social anxiety disorder with computational and neuroimaging data,” Psychoradiology kkae010 (2024), doi: 10.1093/psyrad/kkae010.

• psychiatry
• computational modelling
• neuroimaging

@article{Sohail2024a,
  author = {Sohail, Aamir and Zhang, Lei},
  title = {Informing the treatment of social anxiety disorder with computational and neuroimaging data},
  journal = {Psychoradiology},
  pages = {kkae010},
  year = {2024},
  month = {May},
  doi = {10.1093/psyrad/kkae010},
  url = {https://academic.oup.com/psyrad/article/doi/10.1093/psyrad/kkae010/7664381},
  keywords = {psychiatry, computational modelling, neuroimaging}
}

A. Sohail, X. Zhong, A. Konovalov, P. L. Lockwood, and L. Zhang, “Assessing mentalization in humans and large language models,” arXiv preprint arXiv:2608.26291 (2026).

• artificial intelligence
• social cognition

@misc{sohail2026mentalization,
  author = {Sohail, Aamir and Zhong, X. and Konovalov, A. and Lockwood, Patricia L. and Zhang, Lei},
  title = {Assessing mentalization in humans and large language models},
  journal = {arXiv preprint},
  eprint = {2608.26291},
  year = {2026},
  month = {Aug},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.26291},
  keywords = {artificial intelligence, social cognition}
}

C. König-Kersting, Y. Litovsky, R. Böhm, I. Grossmann, J. Huber, M. Kirchler, and WoCCAP Consortium, “A many-designs study of 516 algorithms challenges the predictability of wisdom of the crowd forecast aggregation,” Working paper No. 2026-05 (2026).

• forecasting
• decision-making

@techreport{woccap2026,
  author = {König-Kersting, C. and Litovsky, Y. and Böhm, R. and Grossmann, I. and Huber, J. and Kirchler, M. and {WoCCAP Consortium}},
  title = {A many-designs study of 516 algorithms challenges the predictability of wisdom of the crowd forecast aggregation},
  institution = {Working paper},
  number = {2026-05},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:inn:wpaper:2026-05},
  month = {May},
  keywords = {forecasting, decision-making}
}

A. Sohail, A. C. Saulin, K. F. Karataş, R. Zhang, and L. Zhang, “Creating an engaging psychology-themed university placement for school students,” OSF (2025).

• teaching and outreach

@misc{sohailcreating,
  author = {Sohail, Aamir and Saulin, A. C. and Karata{\c{s}}, K. F. and Zhang, Rong and Zhang, Lei},
  title = {Creating an engaging psychology-themed university placement for school students},
  journal = {OSF},
  year = {2025},
  month = {Aug},
  url = {https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/4mcga_v1},
  keywords = {teaching and outreach}
}

L. Zhang and A. Sohail, “BayesCog: A freely available course in Bayesian statistics and hierarchical Bayesian modeling for psychological science,” OSF (2025), doi: 10.31234/osf.io/ua5ng_v1.

• Bayesian modelling
• teaching and outreach

@misc{zhang2025bayescog,
  author = {Zhang, Lei and Sohail, Aamir},
  title = {{BayesCog: A freely available course in Bayesian statistics and hierarchical Bayesian modeling for psychological science}},
  journal = {OSF},
  year = {2025},
  month = {Jul},
  doi = {10.31234/osf.io/ua5ng_v1},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ua5ng_v1},
  keywords = {Bayesian modelling, teaching and outreach}
}

A. Sohail, “Kierkegaardian anxiety in modern psychological research,” OSF (2025), doi: 10.31234/osf.io/dy92q_v1.

• psychiatry
• philosophy

@misc{sohail2025kierkegaardian,
  author = {Sohail, Aamir},
  title = {Kierkegaardian anxiety in modern psychological research},
  journal = {OSF},
  year = {2025},
  month = {Feb},
  doi = {10.31234/osf.io/dy92q_v1},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dy92q_v1},
  keywords = {psychiatry, philosophy}
}

A. Sohail, A. J. Quinn, J. J. Carpenter, P. C. Hansen, and M. Chechlacz, “MRI on BEAR (Birmingham Environment for Academic Research): Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Cognitive Neuroscience at the Centre for Human Brain Health,” Zenodo (2025), doi: 10.5281/zenodo.15804715.

• neuroimaging
• teaching and outreach

@misc{sohail2025mri,
  author = {Sohail, Aamir and Quinn, Andrew J. and Carpenter, James J. and Hansen, Peter C. and Chechlacz, Magdalena},
  title = {{MRI on BEAR (Birmingham Environment for Academic Research): Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Cognitive Neuroscience at the Centre for Human Brain Health}},
  journal = {Zenodo},
  year = {2025},
  month = {Jul},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.15804715},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15804715},
  keywords = {neuroimaging, teaching and outreach}
}