Arran Reader
@arranreader.bsky.social
Lecturer, University of Stirling ~ Brains / bodies / movement.
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“To sustain the latest iteration of the AI con, the industry relies on anthropomorphic sleight of hand – claiming that models “think,” “reason,” and “learn” to suggest cognitive abilities they demonstrably lack and may never develop.“
"In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests." www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a... (archive: archive.ph/Y6855)
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
www.project-syndicate.org
October 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
“To sustain the latest iteration of the AI con, the industry relies on anthropomorphic sleight of hand – claiming that models “think,” “reason,” and “learn” to suggest cognitive abilities they demonstrably lack and may never develop.“
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To find out about how #TMS #BrainStim users collect, analyse & share their data, we've made a very brief TMS survey:
forms.gle/83Abpj5F8qzd...
It should take you less than 5 minutes & does not ask for any personal information.
We'll use the answers to plan our future work.
Please share!
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forms.gle/83Abpj5F8qzd...
It should take you less than 5 minutes & does not ask for any personal information.
We'll use the answers to plan our future work.
Please share!
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TMSMultiLab survey
TMSMultiLab is a community of ~70 researchers using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). We aim to share methods code and data, to reach consensus & encourage best practice in TMS research methods...
forms.gle
October 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
To find out about how #TMS #BrainStim users collect, analyse & share their data, we've made a very brief TMS survey:
forms.gle/83Abpj5F8qzd...
It should take you less than 5 minutes & does not ask for any personal information.
We'll use the answers to plan our future work.
Please share!
🙏🙏🙏
⚡
forms.gle/83Abpj5F8qzd...
It should take you less than 5 minutes & does not ask for any personal information.
We'll use the answers to plan our future work.
Please share!
🙏🙏🙏
⚡
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🌟 New preprint 🌟, by @olivia.science and me:
📝 Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025). *Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists*. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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📝 Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025). *Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists*. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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October 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
🌟 New preprint 🌟, by @olivia.science and me:
📝 Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025). *Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists*. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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📝 Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025). *Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists*. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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We're now up to 29 labs across 16 countries for our replication project! There is still room for more labs to join us. We are particularly seeking labs capable of testing native English speakers, though all labs are welcome to participate. For more information: rolfzwaan.substack.com/p/memory-mis...
September 11, 2025 at 8:36 AM
We're now up to 29 labs across 16 countries for our replication project! There is still room for more labs to join us. We are particularly seeking labs capable of testing native English speakers, though all labs are welcome to participate. For more information: rolfzwaan.substack.com/p/memory-mis...
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Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
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doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
September 6, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
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Ooh interesting - different methods of assessing TMS responses give quite different answers. Relevant for @tmsmultilab.bsky.social!
Comparing electromyography, accelerometry, and visual inspection to assess the resting motor threshold for transcranial magnetic stimulation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.04.657787v1
June 9, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Ooh interesting - different methods of assessing TMS responses give quite different answers. Relevant for @tmsmultilab.bsky.social!
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Different ways of ‘getting a grip’. How ancient human relatives in South Africa used their #hands reveals varying levels of dexterity & climbing ability. New study by a team led by Samar Syeda & @tracykivell.bsky.social. #hominins #evolution @amnh.org tinyurl.com/mwk5eb63 & doi.org/10.1126/scia...
Different ways of ‘getting a grip’
Researchers uncover new evidence of how ancient human relatives in South Africa used their hands, revealing varying levels of dexterity and climbing ability
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May 15, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Different ways of ‘getting a grip’. How ancient human relatives in South Africa used their #hands reveals varying levels of dexterity & climbing ability. New study by a team led by Samar Syeda & @tracykivell.bsky.social. #hominins #evolution @amnh.org tinyurl.com/mwk5eb63 & doi.org/10.1126/scia...
Amazing opportunity alert!
📣 Open PhD & Postdoc Positions 📣
More info here: mariechancel.com/open-positio... or by contacting me directly !
More info here: mariechancel.com/open-positio... or by contacting me directly !
Open positions – Dr. Marie Chancel
mariechancel.com
April 28, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Amazing opportunity alert!
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At Reviewer Zero, we're passionate about helping early career researchers navigate the challenges of the peer review system. If you're an early career researcher in psych & neuro and feel stuck & need advice for a manuscript, check out this opportunity!
📚 Are you an early career researcher (undergrad to postdoc) in psych, neuro, or a related field?
Are you seeking feedback on an unsubmitted manuscript or a response to reviews?
Our “pre-review” program offers feedback from experienced reviewers!
👇 Learn more & apply:
go.iu.edu/rzfair
Are you seeking feedback on an unsubmitted manuscript or a response to reviews?
Our “pre-review” program offers feedback from experienced reviewers!
👇 Learn more & apply:
go.iu.edu/rzfair
Trainee Interest for Formative and Interactive Review (FAIR)
To participate in FAIR, you must be an early career researcher (undergraduate to post-doc) in psychology, neuroscience, or a related field.
We offer multiple ways to engage in FAIR, depending on your...
go.iu.edu
March 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
At Reviewer Zero, we're passionate about helping early career researchers navigate the challenges of the peer review system. If you're an early career researcher in psych & neuro and feel stuck & need advice for a manuscript, check out this opportunity!
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Informal poll: if you're testing emotion recognition in your lab using faces, do you think it necessary to also believe in 1:1 mapping of emotion & expression? Or do you think that's not a thing, but you're happy to test recognition as correct or not, nonetheless? #affectsci #neuroskyence
March 13, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Informal poll: if you're testing emotion recognition in your lab using faces, do you think it necessary to also believe in 1:1 mapping of emotion & expression? Or do you think that's not a thing, but you're happy to test recognition as correct or not, nonetheless? #affectsci #neuroskyence
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"Your AI can’t see gorillas!"
A few years ago we found that students are more likely to see the gorilla in their data if they are not also asked to test a specific hypothesis. In his blog Chiraag Gohel now shows that Chat-GPT can’t help you to find it either.
chiraaggohel.com/posts/llms-e...
A few years ago we found that students are more likely to see the gorilla in their data if they are not also asked to test a specific hypothesis. In his blog Chiraag Gohel now shows that Chat-GPT can’t help you to find it either.
chiraaggohel.com/posts/llms-e...
February 28, 2025 at 7:15 AM
"Your AI can’t see gorillas!"
A few years ago we found that students are more likely to see the gorilla in their data if they are not also asked to test a specific hypothesis. In his blog Chiraag Gohel now shows that Chat-GPT can’t help you to find it either.
chiraaggohel.com/posts/llms-e...
A few years ago we found that students are more likely to see the gorilla in their data if they are not also asked to test a specific hypothesis. In his blog Chiraag Gohel now shows that Chat-GPT can’t help you to find it either.
chiraaggohel.com/posts/llms-e...
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Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines?
Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.
thebullshitmachines.com
Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.
thebullshitmachines.com
INTRODUCTION
thebullshitmachines.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines?
Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.
thebullshitmachines.com
Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.
thebullshitmachines.com
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Does the culture you grow up in shape the way you see the world? In a new Psych Review paper, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & I tackle this centuries-old question using the Müller-Lyer illusion as a case study. Come think through one of history's mysteries with us🧵(1/13):
January 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Does the culture you grow up in shape the way you see the world? In a new Psych Review paper, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & I tackle this centuries-old question using the Müller-Lyer illusion as a case study. Come think through one of history's mysteries with us🧵(1/13):
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Happy Theta Burst Day, everyone!
20 years old today 🥳 #TMS #BrainStim
a colleague sent this present for you all:
doi.org/10.1162/jocn...
20 years old today 🥳 #TMS #BrainStim
a colleague sent this present for you all:
doi.org/10.1162/jocn...
Debunking the Myth of Excitatory and Inhibitory Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Cognitive Neuroscience Research
Abstract. Repetitive TMS (rTMS) is a powerful neuroscientific tool with the potential to noninvasively identify brain–behavior relationships in humans. Early work suggested that certain rTMS protocols...
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January 20, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Happy Theta Burst Day, everyone!
20 years old today 🥳 #TMS #BrainStim
a colleague sent this present for you all:
doi.org/10.1162/jocn...
20 years old today 🥳 #TMS #BrainStim
a colleague sent this present for you all:
doi.org/10.1162/jocn...
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Come and work with us and do a PhD with on a very exciting project #neurojobs
PhD studentship available in cognitive computational neuroscience (neuroimaging and deep neural networks) investigating multimodal material perception.
Working with myself,
@stephanierossit.bsky.social
@timkietzmann.bsky.social
Funded by @leverhulme.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLL004/p...
Working with myself,
@stephanierossit.bsky.social
@timkietzmann.bsky.social
Funded by @leverhulme.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLL004/p...
PhD Studentship: Cognitive Computational Neuroscience: Multimodal Models of Material Perception at University of East Anglia
Find a PhD Studentship: Cognitive Computational Neuroscience: Multimodal Models of Material Perception on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board in higher education. Click to view more!
www.jobs.ac.uk
January 15, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Come and work with us and do a PhD with on a very exciting project #neurojobs
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Cold hands, altered ownership? We link disturbed body ownership in stroke patients to reduced hand temperature and impaired thermoception. The right Insula & Parietal hubs are key players. We are excited to share our new findings
@naturecomms.bsky.social
▶️ rdcu.be/d5SDU
@naturecomms.bsky.social
▶️ rdcu.be/d5SDU
January 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Cold hands, altered ownership? We link disturbed body ownership in stroke patients to reduced hand temperature and impaired thermoception. The right Insula & Parietal hubs are key players. We are excited to share our new findings
@naturecomms.bsky.social
▶️ rdcu.be/d5SDU
@naturecomms.bsky.social
▶️ rdcu.be/d5SDU
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1/n Some time ago my colleague, excellent cook, and friend Ivan told me: "Cacio e pepe is the recipe that I screw up more often. Let's make a project studying systematically the physics of that sauce".
Prepare to get cheesy, I'm glad to share the Cacio e paper preprint:
arxiv.org/abs/2501.00536
Prepare to get cheesy, I'm glad to share the Cacio e paper preprint:
arxiv.org/abs/2501.00536
January 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
1/n Some time ago my colleague, excellent cook, and friend Ivan told me: "Cacio e pepe is the recipe that I screw up more often. Let's make a project studying systematically the physics of that sauce".
Prepare to get cheesy, I'm glad to share the Cacio e paper preprint:
arxiv.org/abs/2501.00536
Prepare to get cheesy, I'm glad to share the Cacio e paper preprint:
arxiv.org/abs/2501.00536
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📣It is an exciting day at the CNU, several of our team have been working on a NIBS data repository and have now officially launched 'Big NIBS data'-an open-access platform and repository for non-invasive brain stimulation data! See here: bignibsdata.com.
(also see preprint: osf.io/preprints/os...)
(also see preprint: osf.io/preprints/os...)
Big NIBS Data
A free and open-access platform for sharing NIBS data and code
bignibsdata.com
December 16, 2024 at 4:02 AM
📣It is an exciting day at the CNU, several of our team have been working on a NIBS data repository and have now officially launched 'Big NIBS data'-an open-access platform and repository for non-invasive brain stimulation data! See here: bignibsdata.com.
(also see preprint: osf.io/preprints/os...)
(also see preprint: osf.io/preprints/os...)
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There’s an interesting narrative on cultural evolution emerging here.
Naive (Western) individuals intuitively suck at knots. As shown by this cool new experimental work—but also something I’ve noticed as an outdoors hobbyist.
Naive (Western) individuals intuitively suck at knots. As shown by this cool new experimental work—but also something I’ve noticed as an outdoors hobbyist.
"Humanity has been using knots for thousands of years...yet you can show people real pictures of knots and ask them for any judgment about how the knot will behave and they have no clue," said co-author @chazfirestone.bsky.social. hub.jhu.edu/2024/12/09/k...
Judging knots throws people for a loop
Experiment reveals new blind spot in our physical reasoning: Most people cannot tell a weak knot from a strong one by looking at them
hub.jhu.edu
December 10, 2024 at 6:30 AM
There’s an interesting narrative on cultural evolution emerging here.
Naive (Western) individuals intuitively suck at knots. As shown by this cool new experimental work—but also something I’ve noticed as an outdoors hobbyist.
Naive (Western) individuals intuitively suck at knots. As shown by this cool new experimental work—but also something I’ve noticed as an outdoors hobbyist.
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Our group has a new paper out now in Nature BME, led by Charles Greenspon. It covers a number of updates on how we can restore tactile sensation from the hand using intracortical microstimulation (ICMS).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Evoking stable and precise tactile sensations via multi-electrode intracortical microstimulation of the somatosensory cortex - Nature Biomedical Engineering
An analysis of the localization and intensity of intracortical microstimulation in three participants with cervical spinal cord injury shows that overlapping projected fields from multiple electrodes ...
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December 9, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Our group has a new paper out now in Nature BME, led by Charles Greenspon. It covers a number of updates on how we can restore tactile sensation from the hand using intracortical microstimulation (ICMS).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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⚠️ New preprint !
« Social determinants of cognitive aging trajectories across 39 countries »
Some people in their 80s have cognitive abilities similar to many 30-year-olds, others are severely diminished. How comes?
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
A short 🧵👇 1/7
« Social determinants of cognitive aging trajectories across 39 countries »
Some people in their 80s have cognitive abilities similar to many 30-year-olds, others are severely diminished. How comes?
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
A short 🧵👇 1/7
December 9, 2024 at 10:51 AM
⚠️ New preprint !
« Social determinants of cognitive aging trajectories across 39 countries »
Some people in their 80s have cognitive abilities similar to many 30-year-olds, others are severely diminished. How comes?
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
A short 🧵👇 1/7
« Social determinants of cognitive aging trajectories across 39 countries »
Some people in their 80s have cognitive abilities similar to many 30-year-olds, others are severely diminished. How comes?
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
A short 🧵👇 1/7
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🚨 Save the Date! 🚨
Join the next #BRNet Seminar:
💭 Body and Self: A Dialogue Between Philosophy and Neuroscience with @anatajadura.bsky.social & Adrian Alsmith.
📅 Jan 17, 2025
📍 Online
🎟️ Reserve your spot today: shorturl.at/nl3Ur
#Body #Philosophy #Neuroscience #Research
Join the next #BRNet Seminar:
💭 Body and Self: A Dialogue Between Philosophy and Neuroscience with @anatajadura.bsky.social & Adrian Alsmith.
📅 Jan 17, 2025
📍 Online
🎟️ Reserve your spot today: shorturl.at/nl3Ur
#Body #Philosophy #Neuroscience #Research
Body and self: a dialogue between philosophy and neuroscience
Join us for the next BRNet seminar with Ana Tajadura-Jiménez and Adrian Alsmith.
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December 4, 2024 at 10:28 AM
🚨 Save the Date! 🚨
Join the next #BRNet Seminar:
💭 Body and Self: A Dialogue Between Philosophy and Neuroscience with @anatajadura.bsky.social & Adrian Alsmith.
📅 Jan 17, 2025
📍 Online
🎟️ Reserve your spot today: shorturl.at/nl3Ur
#Body #Philosophy #Neuroscience #Research
Join the next #BRNet Seminar:
💭 Body and Self: A Dialogue Between Philosophy and Neuroscience with @anatajadura.bsky.social & Adrian Alsmith.
📅 Jan 17, 2025
📍 Online
🎟️ Reserve your spot today: shorturl.at/nl3Ur
#Body #Philosophy #Neuroscience #Research
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new pre-print led by @vittrebicky.bsky.social in which we highlight the importance of methods reporting for photographic stimuli.
👇see 🧵
👇see 🧵
November 29, 2024 at 9:17 AM
new pre-print led by @vittrebicky.bsky.social in which we highlight the importance of methods reporting for photographic stimuli.
👇see 🧵
👇see 🧵
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Now published: doi.org/10.1007/s004...
We demonstrate that cursor movements differ depending on the input device used in online experiments. Given that cursor movements are increasingly used to investigate ongoing perceptual, cognitive, and motoric processes, it is an important variable to consider
We demonstrate that cursor movements differ depending on the input device used in online experiments. Given that cursor movements are increasingly used to investigate ongoing perceptual, cognitive, and motoric processes, it is an important variable to consider
Input device matters for measures of behaviour in online experiments - Psychological Research
Studies of perception, cognition, and action increasingly rely on measures derived from the movements of a cursor to investigate how psychological processes unfold over time. This method is one of the...
link.springer.com
November 29, 2024 at 9:46 AM
Now published: doi.org/10.1007/s004...
We demonstrate that cursor movements differ depending on the input device used in online experiments. Given that cursor movements are increasingly used to investigate ongoing perceptual, cognitive, and motoric processes, it is an important variable to consider
We demonstrate that cursor movements differ depending on the input device used in online experiments. Given that cursor movements are increasingly used to investigate ongoing perceptual, cognitive, and motoric processes, it is an important variable to consider