Alen Hajnal
@ahajnal.bsky.social
Ecological psychologist interested in affordances and exploratory activity through the lens of complexity. Lab: https://sites.google.com/view/paclab
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Huge turnout at the #NoKings rally in Hattiesburg, Missisisppi today, wrapping up and down both sides of the streets around City Hall.
I'd estimate that about 300 people showed up, along with 2 pro-Trump counter-protesters.
I'd estimate that about 300 people showed up, along with 2 pro-Trump counter-protesters.
June 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Huge turnout at the #NoKings rally in Hattiesburg, Missisisppi today, wrapping up and down both sides of the streets around City Hall.
I'd estimate that about 300 people showed up, along with 2 pro-Trump counter-protesters.
I'd estimate that about 300 people showed up, along with 2 pro-Trump counter-protesters.
New paper alert: perceptual learning of novel objects is optimal when primed by an affordance and when observed from a typical viewpoint while moving: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Kudos to my co-authors Catherine Dowell and McKenzie Gunter! #ecologicalpsychology #affordance
The effects of viewpoint, motion, and affordance priming on perceptual learning of feelies - Catherine Dowell, McKenzie Gunter, Alen Hajnal, 2025
Perceptual learning is a process of developing the skill to differentiate previously undifferentiated information. In this study participants learned to identif...
journals.sagepub.com
April 3, 2025 at 2:27 AM
New paper alert: perceptual learning of novel objects is optimal when primed by an affordance and when observed from a typical viewpoint while moving: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Kudos to my co-authors Catherine Dowell and McKenzie Gunter! #ecologicalpsychology #affordance
My students and I have published a review of Julia Blau 's and Jeffrey Wagman 's book on Ecological Psychology:
doi.org/10.1177/0301...
#ecologicalpsychology
doi.org/10.1177/0301...
#ecologicalpsychology
Book Review: Introduction to Ecological Psychology: A Lawful Approach to Perceiving, Acting, and Cognizing by Blau, J. J. C., & Wagman, J. B. - Myah Kelly, McKenzie Gunter, Tyler Overstreet, Alen Hajn...
doi.org
March 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
My students and I have published a review of Julia Blau 's and Jeffrey Wagman 's book on Ecological Psychology:
doi.org/10.1177/0301...
#ecologicalpsychology
doi.org/10.1177/0301...
#ecologicalpsychology
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I teach about these ideas all the time (and @applylab.bsky.social studies individual differences in vision and perception!), but this piece got me to find Daniels 1952 Air Force paper, which is a great piece of history to have here.
Tangent on a tangent, but did you ever happen to see this? This story is gloriously good reading an directly relates to pilots and cockpits (and seems like something you specifically would love to read)-
www.thestar.com/news/insight...
www.thestar.com/news/insight...
When U.S. air force discovered the flaw of averages
In the early 1950s, a young lieutenant realized the fatal flaw in the cockpit design of U.S. air force jets. Todd Rose explains in an excerpt from his book, The End of Average.
www.thestar.com
February 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I teach about these ideas all the time (and @applylab.bsky.social studies individual differences in vision and perception!), but this piece got me to find Daniels 1952 Air Force paper, which is a great piece of history to have here.
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Rob Gray and I have started working our way through Turvey's book 'Lecture on Perception' on his podcast; the first episode on the first two chapters is up now, more in a couple f weeks! perceptionaction.com/journal-club/
February 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Rob Gray and I have started working our way through Turvey's book 'Lecture on Perception' on his podcast; the first episode on the first two chapters is up now, more in a couple f weeks! perceptionaction.com/journal-club/
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🚨Abstract submission now open for the European Workshop on Ecological Psychology, 15-18 July 2025, in Leeds UK 🚨
Abstracts: due Friday 14th March, 2025
Early Registration: by Wednesday 30 April (open shortly)
Please share widely!
www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/events/confe...
Abstracts: due Friday 14th March, 2025
Early Registration: by Wednesday 30 April (open shortly)
Please share widely!
www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/events/confe...
European Workshop on Ecological Psychology | Leeds Beckett University
www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk
January 20, 2025 at 11:15 AM
🚨Abstract submission now open for the European Workshop on Ecological Psychology, 15-18 July 2025, in Leeds UK 🚨
Abstracts: due Friday 14th March, 2025
Early Registration: by Wednesday 30 April (open shortly)
Please share widely!
www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/events/confe...
Abstracts: due Friday 14th March, 2025
Early Registration: by Wednesday 30 April (open shortly)
Please share widely!
www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/events/confe...
David Lynch: "Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole."
RIP
RIP
January 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
David Lynch: "Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole."
RIP
RIP
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Why are we all talking about 'affordances' & what are they? A life given to the future and a look into the ideas of ecological psychology & the work of JJ Gibson with his student Harry Heft. Life at the synapse: youtu.be/Fi2c1tdAT3c?... #affordances #jjgibson #ecologicalpsychology #loveandphilosophy
Why everyone is talking about 'affordances' with Harry Heft: Living at the Synapse
YouTube video by Love and Philosophy
youtu.be
December 20, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Why are we all talking about 'affordances' & what are they? A life given to the future and a look into the ideas of ecological psychology & the work of JJ Gibson with his student Harry Heft. Life at the synapse: youtu.be/Fi2c1tdAT3c?... #affordances #jjgibson #ecologicalpsychology #loveandphilosophy
Just read "The Affordance Hypothesis" by @edbaggs.bsky.social and @diovicen.bsky.social
Important paper for all students of ecological psychology - clear and concise - I loved it! Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Important paper for all students of ecological psychology - clear and concise - I loved it! Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
December 21, 2024 at 5:12 AM
Just read "The Affordance Hypothesis" by @edbaggs.bsky.social and @diovicen.bsky.social
Important paper for all students of ecological psychology - clear and concise - I loved it! Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Important paper for all students of ecological psychology - clear and concise - I loved it! Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Stop by our posters tomorrow 12pm-1:30pm:
#2186,#2187,#2188 - all in one place!
Download them here: sites.google.com/view/paclab?...
@psychonomicsociety.bsky.social
#2186,#2187,#2188 - all in one place!
Download them here: sites.google.com/view/paclab?...
@psychonomicsociety.bsky.social
Perception Action Cognition Lab
sites.google.com
November 21, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Stop by our posters tomorrow 12pm-1:30pm:
#2186,#2187,#2188 - all in one place!
Download them here: sites.google.com/view/paclab?...
@psychonomicsociety.bsky.social
#2186,#2187,#2188 - all in one place!
Download them here: sites.google.com/view/paclab?...
@psychonomicsociety.bsky.social
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Save the date: the next European Workshop on Ecological Psychology will be July 15-18 2025, in Leeds UK hosted by me. Details to follow; please spread the word!
November 8, 2024 at 11:46 AM
Save the date: the next European Workshop on Ecological Psychology will be July 15-18 2025, in Leeds UK hosted by me. Details to follow; please spread the word!