Jill Dosso
@jilldosso.bsky.social
UBC Lecturer; Neurosci PhD. I’m interested in patient experience, assistive technologies, neuroethics, #HistPsych, and sewing big pants.
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Jill Dosso
@jilldosso.bsky.social
· May 28
Preprint alert!
When I was a postdoc, we (Julie Robillard, Katelyn Teng, Katie Roy, and I) analyzed 11k reviews of "smart" infant sleep products -- cameras, mattress sensors, and wearables -- and found both positive and negative health impacts for families.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
When I was a postdoc, we (Julie Robillard, Katelyn Teng, Katie Roy, and I) analyzed 11k reviews of "smart" infant sleep products -- cameras, mattress sensors, and wearables -- and found both positive and negative health impacts for families.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Jean Paré took her love of cooking and turned it into an empire.
She oversaw the publication of 17,000 kitchen-tested recipes in over 200 cookbooks.
Her Company's Coming cookbooks have sold 30 million copies.
This is her story.
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She oversaw the publication of 17,000 kitchen-tested recipes in over 200 cookbooks.
Her Company's Coming cookbooks have sold 30 million copies.
This is her story.
🧵 1/10
December 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Jean Paré took her love of cooking and turned it into an empire.
She oversaw the publication of 17,000 kitchen-tested recipes in over 200 cookbooks.
Her Company's Coming cookbooks have sold 30 million copies.
This is her story.
🧵 1/10
She oversaw the publication of 17,000 kitchen-tested recipes in over 200 cookbooks.
Her Company's Coming cookbooks have sold 30 million copies.
This is her story.
🧵 1/10
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We draw a parallel to WEIRD, proposing that CogSci is DEAD (Decontextualized, Engineered, Anonymized, and Disembodied). This is meant to be provocative, of course, but, like WEIRD, it is in the spirit of illuminating limitations and striving for better science 6/
October 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
We draw a parallel to WEIRD, proposing that CogSci is DEAD (Decontextualized, Engineered, Anonymized, and Disembodied). This is meant to be provocative, of course, but, like WEIRD, it is in the spirit of illuminating limitations and striving for better science 6/
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Can the human sciences exist w/out the human? Proposals for using AI as human research subjects suggest yes. But @mjcrockett.bsky.social and I respond with, ‘not so fast.’ In fact, silicon subjects say more about the problems of the research paradigm than the promises of AI. 🚨New article, thread 1/
AI Surrogates and illusions of generalizability in cognitive science
Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have generated enthusiasm for using AI simulations of human research participants to generate new know…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Can the human sciences exist w/out the human? Proposals for using AI as human research subjects suggest yes. But @mjcrockett.bsky.social and I respond with, ‘not so fast.’ In fact, silicon subjects say more about the problems of the research paradigm than the promises of AI. 🚨New article, thread 1/
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UBC seeks a CRC Tier 2 Chair in cognitive resilience for dementia prevention within Psychiatry and DMCBH supporting research teaching and inclusive leadership.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/assistan...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/assistan...
Assistant / Associate Professor: Cognitive Resilience
UBC seeks a CRC Tier 2 Chair in cognitive resilience for dementia prevention within Psychiatry and DMCBH supporting research teaching and inclusive leadership
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
December 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
UBC seeks a CRC Tier 2 Chair in cognitive resilience for dementia prevention within Psychiatry and DMCBH supporting research teaching and inclusive leadership.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/assistan...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/assistan...
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🚨We're hiring! A tenure track position at McGill University in the area of #bioethics and / or philosophy of science, with a special focus on the ethics of medical technologies. Please share widely. #philsky #ethics #philsci philjobs.org/job/show/30402
Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Equity, Ethics, and Policy and Department of Philosophy, McGill University
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November 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
🚨We're hiring! A tenure track position at McGill University in the area of #bioethics and / or philosophy of science, with a special focus on the ethics of medical technologies. Please share widely. #philsky #ethics #philsci philjobs.org/job/show/30402
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I'm back! In this experiment we had 39 participants choose between 8 different PhD programs which varied in terms of region, application materials, prestige, and fees. Importantly, two of the programs had a GRE requirement and two were equivalent but did not:
November 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I'm back! In this experiment we had 39 participants choose between 8 different PhD programs which varied in terms of region, application materials, prestige, and fees. Importantly, two of the programs had a GRE requirement and two were equivalent but did not:
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We're hiring! @univie.ac.at is seeking a TT Assistant Professor in the Psychology of Digitalization. If your work is about automation, AI, or immersive technology (e.g., VR) in the context of work and organizations (broadly defined), we’d love to hear from you. 👇
October 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
We're hiring! @univie.ac.at is seeking a TT Assistant Professor in the Psychology of Digitalization. If your work is about automation, AI, or immersive technology (e.g., VR) in the context of work and organizations (broadly defined), we’d love to hear from you. 👇
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From genAI to wearable health tech, are emerging technologies truly meeting people’s needs for better well-being? 🤖💭
@ubcpsych.bsky.social lecturer @jilldosso.bsky.social explores how people experience these tools and why user perspectives must guide their design. Read more ⬇️
@ubcpsych.bsky.social lecturer @jilldosso.bsky.social explores how people experience these tools and why user perspectives must guide their design. Read more ⬇️
When robots promise love: What people really want from AI and smart tech - Faculty of Arts
From robotic pets to wearable health devices, UBC psychologist Dr. Jill Dosso explores how people experience these tools and why user perspectives must guide their design.
www.arts.ubc.ca
October 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
From genAI to wearable health tech, are emerging technologies truly meeting people’s needs for better well-being? 🤖💭
@ubcpsych.bsky.social lecturer @jilldosso.bsky.social explores how people experience these tools and why user perspectives must guide their design. Read more ⬇️
@ubcpsych.bsky.social lecturer @jilldosso.bsky.social explores how people experience these tools and why user perspectives must guide their design. Read more ⬇️
Great reading for instructors of History of Psych (me)
To that end, feel free to check out my paper "Galton's 'Anthropometric Laboratory' and its Legacies" here: docs.google.com/presentation... 2/3
Galton’s “Anthropometric Laboratory” and its Legacies
Galton’s “Anthropometric Laboratory” and its Legacies Nicole Lee Schroeder Kean University, Union NJ SHOT F30: The Devil in the Details Hello everyone, thank you so much for joining us today. If you'r...
docs.google.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Great reading for instructors of History of Psych (me)
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It's a full house in Atelier 4.500 where dozens of people have gathered for a panel on measurement, labor, statistics & AI.
Our first presenter is @nicole-lee-sch.bsky.social, whose talk focuses on Francis Galton's Anthropometric Laboratory, which she recreated in a #DisHist class.
#SHOT2025
Our first presenter is @nicole-lee-sch.bsky.social, whose talk focuses on Francis Galton's Anthropometric Laboratory, which she recreated in a #DisHist class.
#SHOT2025
October 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
It's a full house in Atelier 4.500 where dozens of people have gathered for a panel on measurement, labor, statistics & AI.
Our first presenter is @nicole-lee-sch.bsky.social, whose talk focuses on Francis Galton's Anthropometric Laboratory, which she recreated in a #DisHist class.
#SHOT2025
Our first presenter is @nicole-lee-sch.bsky.social, whose talk focuses on Francis Galton's Anthropometric Laboratory, which she recreated in a #DisHist class.
#SHOT2025
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if you were to teach a class on the pre/history of AI in terms of key concepts ideas, what would they be? the mind/body problem? abstraction vs materialism? history of the database? automation?
October 8, 2025 at 3:07 AM
if you were to teach a class on the pre/history of AI in terms of key concepts ideas, what would they be? the mind/body problem? abstraction vs materialism? history of the database? automation?
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A nice shift in perceived colour between central and peripheral vision. The fixated disc looks purple while the others look blue.
The effect presumably comes from the absence of S-cones in the fovea.
From Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt:
arxiv.org/pdf/2509.115...
The effect presumably comes from the absence of S-cones in the fovea.
From Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt:
arxiv.org/pdf/2509.115...
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
A nice shift in perceived colour between central and peripheral vision. The fixated disc looks purple while the others look blue.
The effect presumably comes from the absence of S-cones in the fovea.
From Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt:
arxiv.org/pdf/2509.115...
The effect presumably comes from the absence of S-cones in the fovea.
From Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt:
arxiv.org/pdf/2509.115...
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I loved this piece. God, gorgeous. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
When Dementia Steals the Imagination of a Children’s Book Writer
www.nytimes.com
September 17, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I loved this piece. God, gorgeous. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
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What happens when a neurologist gets a cochlear implant and then starts hearing a choir singing “The Star Spangled Banner” on repeat?
A Neurologist Investigates His Own Musical Hallucinations
Neurologist Bruce Dobkin started hearing a phantom choir singing on a loop after he received a cochlear implant. He’s not the only one.
buff.ly
August 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
What happens when a neurologist gets a cochlear implant and then starts hearing a choir singing “The Star Spangled Banner” on repeat?
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At the risk of sounding like I'm doing a prompt thing for engagement: What's a great piece of writing (non book category) you've read online recently? Feel like discovery outside of my usual networks is hard right now! Just wanna read some good shit!
August 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
At the risk of sounding like I'm doing a prompt thing for engagement: What's a great piece of writing (non book category) you've read online recently? Feel like discovery outside of my usual networks is hard right now! Just wanna read some good shit!
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Finally, a bandwagon I can join.
One like = a super interesting tidbit from developmental biology
Trust me. #DevBio will blow. your. mind. 🤯
One like = a super interesting tidbit from developmental biology
Trust me. #DevBio will blow. your. mind. 🤯
July 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Finally, a bandwagon I can join.
One like = a super interesting tidbit from developmental biology
Trust me. #DevBio will blow. your. mind. 🤯
One like = a super interesting tidbit from developmental biology
Trust me. #DevBio will blow. your. mind. 🤯
I am fascinated by alternative centering on maps, and this one captures my imagination: "the world according to fish", showing the rivers, lakes and oceans, with ocean floor elevations.
The world aquatic.
The world aquatic.
July 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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New paper hot off the press www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We analysed over 40,000 computer vision papers from CVPR (the longest standing CV conf) & associated patents tracing pathways from research to application. We found that 90% of papers & 86% of downstream patents power surveillance
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We analysed over 40,000 computer vision papers from CVPR (the longest standing CV conf) & associated patents tracing pathways from research to application. We found that 90% of papers & 86% of downstream patents power surveillance
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Computer-vision research powers surveillance technology - Nature
An analysis of research papers and citing patents indicates the extensive ties between computer-vision research and surveillance.
www.nature.com
June 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
New paper hot off the press www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We analysed over 40,000 computer vision papers from CVPR (the longest standing CV conf) & associated patents tracing pathways from research to application. We found that 90% of papers & 86% of downstream patents power surveillance
1/
We analysed over 40,000 computer vision papers from CVPR (the longest standing CV conf) & associated patents tracing pathways from research to application. We found that 90% of papers & 86% of downstream patents power surveillance
1/
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Listen. The only way you can become a good writer is by being a shitty writer and doing it anyways. You can’t magically become a good writer by having a machine do some of the work for you. That just makes you a fraud.
June 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Listen. The only way you can become a good writer is by being a shitty writer and doing it anyways. You can’t magically become a good writer by having a machine do some of the work for you. That just makes you a fraud.
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This is a really fun question to throw at your colleagues when you’re a biologist
Are all muppets the same species just with wildly different phenotypes like dogs or are there a lot of different species of muppet
June 4, 2025 at 3:50 AM
This is a really fun question to throw at your colleagues when you’re a biologist
Preprint alert!
When I was a postdoc, we (Julie Robillard, Katelyn Teng, Katie Roy, and I) analyzed 11k reviews of "smart" infant sleep products -- cameras, mattress sensors, and wearables -- and found both positive and negative health impacts for families.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
When I was a postdoc, we (Julie Robillard, Katelyn Teng, Katie Roy, and I) analyzed 11k reviews of "smart" infant sleep products -- cameras, mattress sensors, and wearables -- and found both positive and negative health impacts for families.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
May 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Preprint alert!
When I was a postdoc, we (Julie Robillard, Katelyn Teng, Katie Roy, and I) analyzed 11k reviews of "smart" infant sleep products -- cameras, mattress sensors, and wearables -- and found both positive and negative health impacts for families.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
When I was a postdoc, we (Julie Robillard, Katelyn Teng, Katie Roy, and I) analyzed 11k reviews of "smart" infant sleep products -- cameras, mattress sensors, and wearables -- and found both positive and negative health impacts for families.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
nooooooo I’ve used pocket since the end of google reader
May 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
nooooooo I’ve used pocket since the end of google reader
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Delighted to share this timely article in Boston magazine on our local C. elegans community and the effects of NIH freezes.
"There might be no group more enthusiastic, self-aware, or life-affirming than the worm people."
www.bostonmagazine.com/news/c-elega...
"There might be no group more enthusiastic, self-aware, or life-affirming than the worm people."
www.bostonmagazine.com/news/c-elega...
Boston Has Worms (The Good Kind)
Inside the world of C. elegans worms and the scientists who know them best.
www.bostonmagazine.com
May 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Delighted to share this timely article in Boston magazine on our local C. elegans community and the effects of NIH freezes.
"There might be no group more enthusiastic, self-aware, or life-affirming than the worm people."
www.bostonmagazine.com/news/c-elega...
"There might be no group more enthusiastic, self-aware, or life-affirming than the worm people."
www.bostonmagazine.com/news/c-elega...
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Google AI overview with give you a definition for any made-up phrase. In theory, AI should be VERY good at identifying what is or isn't common English idiom (considering all the training!). So what went wrong? www.businessinsider.com/google-ai-ma...
Google's AI answers keep telling me 'You can't lick a badger twice' is a real saying
It's no glue pizza, but Google AI Overviews still have some problems, like suggesting that "You can't lick a badger twice" is a real saying.
www.businessinsider.com
April 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Google AI overview with give you a definition for any made-up phrase. In theory, AI should be VERY good at identifying what is or isn't common English idiom (considering all the training!). So what went wrong? www.businessinsider.com/google-ai-ma...
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Google’s AI Overviews will not only confirm that a gibberish idiom is a real saying, it will also tell you what it means and how it was derived -- often including reference links.
www.wired.com/story/google...
www.wired.com/story/google...
‘You Can’t Lick a Badger Twice’: Google Failures Highlight a Fundamental AI Flaw
Google’s AI Overviews feature credible-sounding explanations for completely made-up idioms.
www.wired.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Google’s AI Overviews will not only confirm that a gibberish idiom is a real saying, it will also tell you what it means and how it was derived -- often including reference links.
www.wired.com/story/google...
www.wired.com/story/google...