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Matthew Rodger
@dampystudios.bsky.social
Psychology senior lecturer (assoc. prof) and musician. Interests: science, sound, movement, music and the mind. [He/him]
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Festivalgoers are worried about Beck after the singer repeatedly calls himself a loser in rambling performance
July 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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All statistical models are wrong, but some are stupid
September 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Oh man! Reeling from this news!

I was lucky to have Dave as my degree project supervisor, and enjoyed so many chats with him subsequently. His lectures on Bernstein and Gibson got me into the science I still do today. His gleeful curiosity about a prismatic range of topics was so infectious.

RIP
David Lee just died.
He formulated tau/time-to-contact, the most famous bit of ecological information.
He is one of the main reasons why ecological psychology is still alive.
We all are indebted to him. I met him once and ended up having dinner at his place. Very cool guy!
RIP
July 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
RIP Brian Wilson. For all his faults and troubles, he gifted the world an immeasurable treasure chest of harmonious gems. I am grateful to continue enjoying a life soundtracked by these jewels, especially during my formative teens. How deep is the ocean? youtu.be/X76ejh4EIV4?...
Our Prayer (Remastered 2001)
YouTube video by The Beach Boys - Topic
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June 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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but if i'm not allowed to feed artists into my artist killing machine it's going to be basically impossible for the machine to keep killing artists. is that what you want?? and before you answer keep in mind this is a very expensive machine
May 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Well spotted Andrew! 😀

This paper describes our first stab at using principles of motor abundance as the basis for designing augmented feedback (movement sonification) for skill learning

Any comments/suggestions, particulalry about where to go next with this approach, are very welcome!
New preprint from @dampystudios.bsky.social
A motor abundance approach to augmented feedback for skill learning: https://osf.io/brg67
May 8, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Affordances Constrain Motor Abundance: A Hypothesis and A Research Programme osf.io/preprints/ps...

This is a new preprint by me, where I have written down my affordance based approach to UCM and similar methods for the first time in one place. Feedback very much appreciated!
May 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Tired of calls for unlocking AI's full potential. Time to unlock the full potential of investing in public health and public education so nurses and teachers are no longer underpaid and overworked.
March 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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PhD opportunity: I'm recruiting a PhD student in digital musical instrument design at Imperial College London. Applications now, start date in the autumn. Funding is limited to UK home students. More topic details to follow. Interested? Email me with a CV! andrew.mcpherson@imperial.ac.uk
February 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Brian Eno's "Ambient 1" only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it went on to start an airport.
February 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Great presentation by @adw.bsky.social today on movement, skill, synergies, affordances and the uncontrolled manifold! Excellent to hear about his work and current thinking on these topics!
February 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Looking forward to this!!
Off to Belfast this morning to visit with @dampystudios.bsky.social and give a talk about how affordances constrain the uncontrolled manifold
February 3, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Just arrived on Blue Sky, and at first glance it really reminds me of the good old days at the other place. Looking forward to the info and chats to come, but in the meantime, I'll recommend the recent @cravenfaults.bsky.social LP as a mesmerising escape from a hard day
November 30, 2024 at 8:36 PM