Ben van Buren
@bvb373.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Psychology at The New School in NYC studying visual perception and cognition: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=99SDXHoAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
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When you look around, you see a world full of objects. But can you fully identify multiple objects at once? In this new study, we revived and updated a classic experimental test: the redundant target paradigm. link.growkudos.com/1elj6rh9o8w
doi.org/10.1037/xhp0...
doi.org/10.1037/xhp0...
Can you recognize two words at once?
When you look around, you see a world full of objects. But can you truly identify multiple things at once, or are you limited to focusing on one at a time? This study investigates that limit using a s...
link.growkudos.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:25 PM
When you look around, you see a world full of objects. But can you fully identify multiple objects at once? In this new study, we revived and updated a classic experimental test: the redundant target paradigm. link.growkudos.com/1elj6rh9o8w
doi.org/10.1037/xhp0...
doi.org/10.1037/xhp0...
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Congratulations to @lillianbehm.bsky.social, Nick Turk-Browne, and a huge team for putting together this paper (out today) on lessons from a decade of attempts to study awake infants with fMRI:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Awake Infants: Insights From More Than 750 Scanning Sessions
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in awake infants has the potential to reveal how the early developing brain gives rise to cognition and behavior. However, awake infant fMRI poses signifi...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Congratulations to @lillianbehm.bsky.social, Nick Turk-Browne, and a huge team for putting together this paper (out today) on lessons from a decade of attempts to study awake infants with fMRI:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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I've got a new #visionscience video for you! Today I'm showing off how to see the hidden object in Magic Eye stereograms without worrying about getting your eyes lined up the right way.
If you're interested in reading why this works... <1/2>
If you're interested in reading why this works... <1/2>
How to Hack a Magic Eye Stereogram!
YouTube video by SeeingScience
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February 4, 2026 at 2:58 PM
I've got a new #visionscience video for you! Today I'm showing off how to see the hidden object in Magic Eye stereograms without worrying about getting your eyes lined up the right way.
If you're interested in reading why this works... <1/2>
If you're interested in reading why this works... <1/2>
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❗New paper published in Cognition❗ "A common signal-strength factor limits awareness and precise knowledge of multiple moving objects across the adult lifespan" from Iris Wiegand, Igor S. Utochkin, Ava Mitra, Chia-Chien Wu, and Jeremy M. Wolfe
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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January 28, 2026 at 2:46 PM
❗New paper published in Cognition❗ "A common signal-strength factor limits awareness and precise knowledge of multiple moving objects across the adult lifespan" from Iris Wiegand, Igor S. Utochkin, Ava Mitra, Chia-Chien Wu, and Jeremy M. Wolfe
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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This past weekend, I was excited to visit @museumofscience.bsky.social to start my work as a Science Communication fellow. Now that I'm back home, the #scicomm begins, starting with a new YouTube channel! Just published my 1st video & stay tuned for #visionscience content coming soon.
@SeeingScience waits out the Earth's rotation in Boston!
YouTube video by SeeingScience
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:40 PM
This past weekend, I was excited to visit @museumofscience.bsky.social to start my work as a Science Communication fellow. Now that I'm back home, the #scicomm begins, starting with a new YouTube channel! Just published my 1st video & stay tuned for #visionscience content coming soon.
Ran across this interesting research today (I forget what the original search was for).
Wishing everyone many joyful screams in 2026.
www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/...
Wishing everyone many joyful screams in 2026.
www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/...
January 1, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Ran across this interesting research today (I forget what the original search was for).
Wishing everyone many joyful screams in 2026.
www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/...
Wishing everyone many joyful screams in 2026.
www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/...
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Many things in the world move, and can even move behind other things. When will the cat reappear? To predict this, remembering the cat’s speed will likely help. But... how do people remember something like speed, which is defined by displacement over both (🤯) space and time? TWEEPRINT ALERT! 🚨🧵1/n
a black cat is sitting in the snow with the words still waiting below it .
ALT: a black cat is sitting in the snow with the words still waiting below it .
media.tenor.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Many things in the world move, and can even move behind other things. When will the cat reappear? To predict this, remembering the cat’s speed will likely help. But... how do people remember something like speed, which is defined by displacement over both (🤯) space and time? TWEEPRINT ALERT! 🚨🧵1/n
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What makes visual stimuli memorable? Wilma Bainbridge, @keisukefukuda.bsky.social, Lore Goetschalckx, and I investigate the role of processing fluency for memorability in a new review paper in Nature Reviews Psychology. Check it out!
rdcu.be/eSyjz
rdcu.be/eSyjz
Memorability of visual stimuli and the role of processing efficiency
Nature Reviews Psychology - Certain items are better remembered than others across individuals, a property known as memorability. In this Review, Bainbridge and colleagues detail memorability...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
What makes visual stimuli memorable? Wilma Bainbridge, @keisukefukuda.bsky.social, Lore Goetschalckx, and I investigate the role of processing fluency for memorability in a new review paper in Nature Reviews Psychology. Check it out!
rdcu.be/eSyjz
rdcu.be/eSyjz
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The new Art & Perception issue with all VSAC2025 abstracts is out!
Hosted in the stunning MRE Wiesbaden, VSAC brought 227 contributors, 20+ artists, and immersive art–science events together.
Dive into the talks, posters & performances that made VSAC2025 unforgettable:
brill.com/view/journal...
Hosted in the stunning MRE Wiesbaden, VSAC brought 227 contributors, 20+ artists, and immersive art–science events together.
Dive into the talks, posters & performances that made VSAC2025 unforgettable:
brill.com/view/journal...
December 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The new Art & Perception issue with all VSAC2025 abstracts is out!
Hosted in the stunning MRE Wiesbaden, VSAC brought 227 contributors, 20+ artists, and immersive art–science events together.
Dive into the talks, posters & performances that made VSAC2025 unforgettable:
brill.com/view/journal...
Hosted in the stunning MRE Wiesbaden, VSAC brought 227 contributors, 20+ artists, and immersive art–science events together.
Dive into the talks, posters & performances that made VSAC2025 unforgettable:
brill.com/view/journal...
Score 1 for Aesop's town mouse: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Quick on their paws: mice living in human-disturbed areas are faster problem-solvers than mice in strictly protected areas - Animal Cognition
Animal Cognition - Cognitive and behavioural flexibility can be crucial in determining the success of animals facing fast-changing, altered, or disturbed conditions. Innovative problem-solving is...
link.springer.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Score 1 for Aesop's town mouse: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Interesting paper investigating posing biases in pope portraiture: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Posing popes: A question of left and right
Portraits of human faces, from Renaissance artworks to social media selfies, often show a so-called left cheek bias, with the left half of the face put forward more frequently. This is thought to c...
www.tandfonline.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Interesting paper investigating posing biases in pope portraiture: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Holy shit. This guy saved a PNG to a bird.
(he drew a bird into a spectrogram, played that sound to a starling, and the starling reproduced it back to him with enough accuracy he got his bird drawing back in their call's spectrogram) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCQC...
(he drew a bird into a spectrogram, played that sound to a starling, and the starling reproduced it back to him with enough accuracy he got his bird drawing back in their call's spectrogram) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCQC...
I Saved a PNG Image To A Bird
YouTube video by Benn Jordan
www.youtube.com
July 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Holy shit. This guy saved a PNG to a bird.
(he drew a bird into a spectrogram, played that sound to a starling, and the starling reproduced it back to him with enough accuracy he got his bird drawing back in their call's spectrogram) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCQC...
(he drew a bird into a spectrogram, played that sound to a starling, and the starling reproduced it back to him with enough accuracy he got his bird drawing back in their call's spectrogram) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCQC...
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Another #VisionScience demo for your Halloween over at my teaching website. This time, a very basic version of the Gelb Staircase. This one has a reputation for being tricky, but I've found it to be pretty successful.
Vision Demos: Gelb Staircase
Vision Demos: Gelb Staircase Things you will need: Paper in a range of grayscale values, ideally spanning black to white. Lots of art vendors will have these, but it’s useful to have a heavier weigh...
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October 31, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Another #VisionScience demo for your Halloween over at my teaching website. This time, a very basic version of the Gelb Staircase. This one has a reputation for being tricky, but I've found it to be pretty successful.
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A quick webpage update to showcase my textbook PRACTICAL VISION SCIENCE! If you're thinking about options for your Spring course in #visionscience, check it out! sites.google.com/view/hands-o...
Hands-on Vision Science - Practical Vision Science textbook
I'm passionate about developing hands-on learning experiences to support vision science education in undergraduate classrooms and informal learning for all ages. Practical Vision Science is my attempt...
sites.google.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
A quick webpage update to showcase my textbook PRACTICAL VISION SCIENCE! If you're thinking about options for your Spring course in #visionscience, check it out! sites.google.com/view/hands-o...
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I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
September 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
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Advocating for vision research on Capitol Hill! With the National Alliance for Eye & Vision Research + Research to Prevent Blindness + fellow vision scientists. Thanks to Congress for currently planning to maintain NIH & NEI funding! #seewhatmatters @corticalcavanaugh.bsky.social
www.rpbusa.org
www.rpbusa.org
September 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Advocating for vision research on Capitol Hill! With the National Alliance for Eye & Vision Research + Research to Prevent Blindness + fellow vision scientists. Thanks to Congress for currently planning to maintain NIH & NEI funding! #seewhatmatters @corticalcavanaugh.bsky.social
www.rpbusa.org
www.rpbusa.org
Tomorrow (Thurs) at 9am in HS19, Marina Pace will present a series of studies that she ran with Tessa Bury, to test whether observers perceive *implied motion* in accessibility icons.
#ECVP2025
#ECVP2025
August 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Tomorrow (Thurs) at 9am in HS19, Marina Pace will present a series of studies that she ran with Tessa Bury, to test whether observers perceive *implied motion* in accessibility icons.
#ECVP2025
#ECVP2025
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#ECVP2025 In addition to yesterday's Illusion Night we would like to mention the contribution of @elinevg.bsky.social and @lisa-kossmann.bsky.social about Open-Source Toolboxes for aesthetics and perception.
August 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
#ECVP2025 In addition to yesterday's Illusion Night we would like to mention the contribution of @elinevg.bsky.social and @lisa-kossmann.bsky.social about Open-Source Toolboxes for aesthetics and perception.
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Hey #VisionScience friends - If your work has connections to topics like #dataviz, art, computer vision, or applied vision, consider submitting to HVEI 2026! The deadline was extended to Sept. 12 & it's a really wonderful conference. Happy to answer questions if you want to know more.
Human Vision and Electronic Imaging 2026 (HVEI)
The HVEI conference explores the role of human perception and cognition in the design, analysis, and use of electronic media systems.
www.imaging.org
August 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Hey #VisionScience friends - If your work has connections to topics like #dataviz, art, computer vision, or applied vision, consider submitting to HVEI 2026! The deadline was extended to Sept. 12 & it's a really wonderful conference. Happy to answer questions if you want to know more.
At 9:15 in HS19, hongbnguyen.bsky.social will present her work demonstrating an advantage predicting the behavior of simple shapes which look alive and goal-directed!
#ECVP
#ECVP
Hong B. Nguyen (@hongbnguyen.bsky.social)
PhD student @TheNewSchool, NYC
hongbnguyen.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 6:40 AM
At 9:15 in HS19, hongbnguyen.bsky.social will present her work demonstrating an advantage predicting the behavior of simple shapes which look alive and goal-directed!
#ECVP
#ECVP
August 26, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Maya Theresia Laughton presenting a beautiful film weaving together ideas from science and Hindu spirituality, called ‘Noumenon’. She made the film in collaboration with Janna Kyllästinen, as part of the Science New Wave Festival.
#VSAC2025
#VSAC2025
August 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Maya Theresia Laughton presenting a beautiful film weaving together ideas from science and Hindu spirituality, called ‘Noumenon’. She made the film in collaboration with Janna Kyllästinen, as part of the Science New Wave Festival.
#VSAC2025
#VSAC2025
Maarten Leemans using image aesthetic mapping to explore the impact of details on the visual inspection of art photographs and paintings.
#VSAC2025
#VSAC2025
August 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Maarten Leemans using image aesthetic mapping to explore the impact of details on the visual inspection of art photographs and paintings.
#VSAC2025
#VSAC2025
Dirk Walther presenting his lab’s work demonstrating an inverse relationship between the metabolic cost of visual processing and aesthetic judgments.
#VSAC2025
#VSAC2025
August 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Dirk Walther presenting his lab’s work demonstrating an inverse relationship between the metabolic cost of visual processing and aesthetic judgments.
#VSAC2025
#VSAC2025