Hamdaan Ahmad
@hamdaanahmad.bsky.social
HBSc Candidate at UofT. Studying the role of attention in visual perception, with a focus on aesthetics.
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i’m not going to be lectured about political violence by people whose politics is violence
September 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
i’m not going to be lectured about political violence by people whose politics is violence
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I don't understand how this paper has under 200 citations. The implications are critical for our understanding of cross modal integration. This should be a whole area of research, exploring the time course, load effects, etc. There's a whole series of careers lined up like tee balls here.
@hankgreen.bsky.social Did you know that you can blink your ears? This might be a good video:
Puel, J. L., Bonfils, P., & Pujol, R. (1988). Selective attention modifies the active micromechanical properties of the cochlea. Brain research, 447(2), 380-383.
Puel, J. L., Bonfils, P., & Pujol, R. (1988). Selective attention modifies the active micromechanical properties of the cochlea. Brain research, 447(2), 380-383.
September 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I don't understand how this paper has under 200 citations. The implications are critical for our understanding of cross modal integration. This should be a whole area of research, exploring the time course, load effects, etc. There's a whole series of careers lined up like tee balls here.
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🎯 Want to add eye tracking to your #PsychoPy experiment with zero coding?
👁️ This beginner-friendly tutorial uses MouseGaze to simulate tracking + covers ROIs, calibration, plugins & more!
📺 Watch now: youtu.be/f6uNKBFN82o
#OpenScience #EyeTracking
👁️ This beginner-friendly tutorial uses MouseGaze to simulate tracking + covers ROIs, calibration, plugins & more!
📺 Watch now: youtu.be/f6uNKBFN82o
#OpenScience #EyeTracking
May 30, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🎯 Want to add eye tracking to your #PsychoPy experiment with zero coding?
👁️ This beginner-friendly tutorial uses MouseGaze to simulate tracking + covers ROIs, calibration, plugins & more!
📺 Watch now: youtu.be/f6uNKBFN82o
#OpenScience #EyeTracking
👁️ This beginner-friendly tutorial uses MouseGaze to simulate tracking + covers ROIs, calibration, plugins & more!
📺 Watch now: youtu.be/f6uNKBFN82o
#OpenScience #EyeTracking
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The mass adoption of AI is rapidly killing critical thought.
Thinking is being outsourced to ChatGPT, bosses are replacing jobs with AI, and we’re heading for a tipping point.
We have to fight back before we lose the cognitive functioning to resist.
www.jphilll.com/p/thinking-i...
Thinking is being outsourced to ChatGPT, bosses are replacing jobs with AI, and we’re heading for a tipping point.
We have to fight back before we lose the cognitive functioning to resist.
www.jphilll.com/p/thinking-i...
Thinking is being outsourced to AI
Big Tech, Oligarchs, and the termination of critical thought
www.jphilll.com
May 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The mass adoption of AI is rapidly killing critical thought.
Thinking is being outsourced to ChatGPT, bosses are replacing jobs with AI, and we’re heading for a tipping point.
We have to fight back before we lose the cognitive functioning to resist.
www.jphilll.com/p/thinking-i...
Thinking is being outsourced to ChatGPT, bosses are replacing jobs with AI, and we’re heading for a tipping point.
We have to fight back before we lose the cognitive functioning to resist.
www.jphilll.com/p/thinking-i...
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Nice tutorial on how to do signal detection analyses in R with the brms package
@matti.vuorre.com
osf.io/preprints/ps...
@matti.vuorre.com
osf.io/preprints/ps...
April 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Nice tutorial on how to do signal detection analyses in R with the brms package
@matti.vuorre.com
osf.io/preprints/ps...
@matti.vuorre.com
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Introduction to Bayesian Thinking and Bayesian Modeling Workshop osf.io/gftv4/ via @cos.io by @kcourey.bsky.social
@ricesocsci.bsky.social
@ricesocsci.bsky.social
Introduction to Bayesian Thinking and Bayesian Modeling Workshop
Intro to Bayesian thinking and Bayesian modeling workshop materials.
Hosted on the Open Science Framework
osf.io
March 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Introduction to Bayesian Thinking and Bayesian Modeling Workshop osf.io/gftv4/ via @cos.io by @kcourey.bsky.social
@ricesocsci.bsky.social
@ricesocsci.bsky.social
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We make about 3-4 fast eye movements a second, yet our world appears stable. How is this possible? In a preprint led by @lucakaemmer.bsky.social we test the intriguing idea that anticipatory signals in the fovea may explain visual stability.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
a woman in a white shirt is standing in front of a refrigerator in a store .
ALT: a woman in a white shirt is standing in front of a refrigerator in a store .
media.tenor.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
We make about 3-4 fast eye movements a second, yet our world appears stable. How is this possible? In a preprint led by @lucakaemmer.bsky.social we test the intriguing idea that anticipatory signals in the fovea may explain visual stability.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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iScience
Is my “red” your “red”?: Evaluating structural correspondences between color similarity judgments using unsupervised alignment id.elsevier.com/as/authoriza...
Is my “red” your “red”?: Evaluating structural correspondences between color similarity judgments using unsupervised alignment id.elsevier.com/as/authoriza...
Is my “red” your “red”?: Evaluating structural correspondences between color similarity judgments using unsupervised alignment
Psychology
id.elsevier.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
iScience
Is my “red” your “red”?: Evaluating structural correspondences between color similarity judgments using unsupervised alignment id.elsevier.com/as/authoriza...
Is my “red” your “red”?: Evaluating structural correspondences between color similarity judgments using unsupervised alignment id.elsevier.com/as/authoriza...
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In this new preprint @smfleming.bsky.social and I present a new theory of the functions and evolution of conscious vision. This is a big project: osf.io/preprints/ps.... We'd love to get your comments!
November 22, 2024 at 7:20 PM
In this new preprint @smfleming.bsky.social and I present a new theory of the functions and evolution of conscious vision. This is a big project: osf.io/preprints/ps.... We'd love to get your comments!
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I think it is time. Tl’Dr: Let’s not abandon category selectivity but embed it in a richer conceptual framework of behavioral relevance that is less biased by how we call things and escapes a framework that requires too many auxiliary assumptions to be maintainable.
"Rethinking category-selectivity in human visual cortex" with @susanwardle.bsky.social Maryam Vaziri-Pashkam, Dwight Kravitz @cibaker.bsky.social 1/3
November 19, 2024 at 8:50 AM
I think it is time. Tl’Dr: Let’s not abandon category selectivity but embed it in a richer conceptual framework of behavioral relevance that is less biased by how we call things and escapes a framework that requires too many auxiliary assumptions to be maintainable.
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It's great to see so many new followers here. In case anyone wants to know what I (currently) think about AI and consciousness, this is the thing to read: arxiv.org/abs/2402.12422
Simulacra as Conscious Exotica
The advent of conversational agents with increasingly human-like behaviour throws old philosophical questions into new light. Does it, or could it, ever make sense to speak of AI agents built out of g...
arxiv.org
November 13, 2024 at 1:34 PM
It's great to see so many new followers here. In case anyone wants to know what I (currently) think about AI and consciousness, this is the thing to read: arxiv.org/abs/2402.12422