Reposted by Kate Storrs
There are several recent papers which could fall under the heading ‘Economic History of the Scientific Revolution’ but this network analysis tracing how scientific ideas diffused amongst scholars in the period 1084-1793 is a real milestone, an ‘epidemiological’ model of how ideas spread like disease
August 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
There are several recent papers which could fall under the heading ‘Economic History of the Scientific Revolution’ but this network analysis tracing how scientific ideas diffused amongst scholars in the period 1084-1793 is a real milestone, an ‘epidemiological’ model of how ideas spread like disease
Reposted by Kate Storrs
U Auckland Faculty of Science is moving to a "two-lane" approach to assessment in the age of AI (educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au/teaching@syd...). Having read this critique (doi.org/10.1080/0729...), this seems like a bad idea to me. Any others moving/already moved to this approach have advice?
August 21, 2025 at 1:27 AM
U Auckland Faculty of Science is moving to a "two-lane" approach to assessment in the age of AI (educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au/teaching@syd...). Having read this critique (doi.org/10.1080/0729...), this seems like a bad idea to me. Any others moving/already moved to this approach have advice?
If anyone fancies moving to NZ, the @universityofotago.bsky.social are advertising for up to SIX faculty positions in their School of Psychology 👀 www.seek.co.nz/psychology-j...
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August 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
If anyone fancies moving to NZ, the @universityofotago.bsky.social are advertising for up to SIX faculty positions in their School of Psychology 👀 www.seek.co.nz/psychology-j...
Auckland Transport are very worried about Things.
August 2, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Auckland Transport are very worried about Things.
My colleague Sam Schwarzkopf is looking for participants in an online study of mental imagery:
"We are researchers at the School of Optometry & Vision Science at the University of Auckland. If you are aged 16 years or older, we invite you to take part in an online experiment: tstbl.co/820-917 "
"We are researchers at the School of Optometry & Vision Science at the University of Auckland. If you are aged 16 years or older, we invite you to take part in an online experiment: tstbl.co/820-917 "
Experiment
tstbl.co
July 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
My colleague Sam Schwarzkopf is looking for participants in an online study of mental imagery:
"We are researchers at the School of Optometry & Vision Science at the University of Auckland. If you are aged 16 years or older, we invite you to take part in an online experiment: tstbl.co/820-917 "
"We are researchers at the School of Optometry & Vision Science at the University of Auckland. If you are aged 16 years or older, we invite you to take part in an online experiment: tstbl.co/820-917 "
Thanks organisers for a great EPC/APCV (and congrats student prize winners). This year set a high bar for us, but we're looking forward to hosting both meetings next year in Auckland! #epc2026
Students are the pride and joy of EPC and APCV. Congratulations to this year’s student presentation award winners!
June 21, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Thanks organisers for a great EPC/APCV (and congrats student prize winners). This year set a high bar for us, but we're looking forward to hosting both meetings next year in Auckland! #epc2026
I'm poster 37 this afternoon at #epc2025 if anyone wants to hear about a material perception experiment in VR that is not working out how I'd expected 😅
June 20, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I'm poster 37 this afternoon at #epc2025 if anyone wants to hear about a material perception experiment in VR that is not working out how I'd expected 😅
Gene Tang @genetang.bsky.social will be talking about this project in stream 2 today (main room, 11-12:30) @expsyanz.bsky.social #epc2025
Would love to hear people's thoughts!
Would love to hear people's thoughts!
If GPT-4o walked into a neuro-opthalmology clinic, what would it be diagnosed with?
Here we administered 51 tests from 6 clinical and experimental batteries to assess vision in commercial AI models.
Very proud to share this first work from @genetang.bsky.social's PhD!
arxiv.org/abs/2504.10786
Here we administered 51 tests from 6 clinical and experimental batteries to assess vision in commercial AI models.
Very proud to share this first work from @genetang.bsky.social's PhD!
arxiv.org/abs/2504.10786
Visual Language Models show widespread visual deficits on neuropsychological tests
Visual Language Models (VLMs) show remarkable performance in visual reasoning tasks, successfully tackling college-level challenges that require high-level understanding of images. However, some recen...
arxiv.org
June 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Gene Tang @genetang.bsky.social will be talking about this project in stream 2 today (main room, 11-12:30) @expsyanz.bsky.social #epc2025
Would love to hear people's thoughts!
Would love to hear people's thoughts!
Took me a while but I solved the treasure hunt and made it to Sydney #EPC2025 #EPCAPCV2025
(what hashtag are we using?)
(what hashtag are we using?)
June 17, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Took me a while but I solved the treasure hunt and made it to Sydney #EPC2025 #EPCAPCV2025
(what hashtag are we using?)
(what hashtag are we using?)
Reposted by Kate Storrs
I am hiring a PhD student on the meaningful interpretation of effect sizes as part of my VICI funded project. This is a 4 year paid position in a welcoming and collaborative environment. Find out more or apply at www.tue.nl/werken-bij-t...
PhD on Metascience
www.tue.nl
April 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I am hiring a PhD student on the meaningful interpretation of effect sizes as part of my VICI funded project. This is a 4 year paid position in a welcoming and collaborative environment. Find out more or apply at www.tue.nl/werken-bij-t...
If GPT-4o walked into a neuro-opthalmology clinic, what would it be diagnosed with?
Here we administered 51 tests from 6 clinical and experimental batteries to assess vision in commercial AI models.
Very proud to share this first work from @genetang.bsky.social's PhD!
arxiv.org/abs/2504.10786
Here we administered 51 tests from 6 clinical and experimental batteries to assess vision in commercial AI models.
Very proud to share this first work from @genetang.bsky.social's PhD!
arxiv.org/abs/2504.10786
Visual Language Models show widespread visual deficits on neuropsychological tests
Visual Language Models (VLMs) show remarkable performance in visual reasoning tasks, successfully tackling college-level challenges that require high-level understanding of images. However, some recen...
arxiv.org
April 17, 2025 at 7:22 AM
If GPT-4o walked into a neuro-opthalmology clinic, what would it be diagnosed with?
Here we administered 51 tests from 6 clinical and experimental batteries to assess vision in commercial AI models.
Very proud to share this first work from @genetang.bsky.social's PhD!
arxiv.org/abs/2504.10786
Here we administered 51 tests from 6 clinical and experimental batteries to assess vision in commercial AI models.
Very proud to share this first work from @genetang.bsky.social's PhD!
arxiv.org/abs/2504.10786
Oh this looks like an extremely useful guide for new lab members, thanks all!
Many processes from industry are not appropriate or overkill for an academic setting, but we can and should be doing better than we currently are.
Our paper tries to give practical advice on how you can improve your scientific workflow, without being a coding guru.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Our paper tries to give practical advice on how you can improve your scientific workflow, without being a coding guru.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Ten principles for reliable, efficient, and adaptable coding in psychology and cognitive neuroscience - Communications Psychology
Programming is essential for modern research in neuroscience and psychology, but it can quickly become a source of frustration and error. This Primer introduces ten practical principles guiding resear...
www.nature.com
April 17, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Oh this looks like an extremely useful guide for new lab members, thanks all!
Reposted by Kate Storrs
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Vision scientist: So it doesn't modally complete for you? Try covering one eye.
Vision scientist: So it doesn't modally complete for you? Try covering one eye.
December 22, 2024 at 2:18 AM
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Vision scientist: So it doesn't modally complete for you? Try covering one eye.
Vision scientist: So it doesn't modally complete for you? Try covering one eye.
If you're in Auckland, quick — go look under the trees outside the Science Centre on Symonds St!
Some excellent body horror going on in the flowerbeds.
Some excellent body horror going on in the flowerbeds.
December 15, 2024 at 11:34 PM
If you're in Auckland, quick — go look under the trees outside the Science Centre on Symonds St!
Some excellent body horror going on in the flowerbeds.
Some excellent body horror going on in the flowerbeds.
Wow! I knew retinal blood vessels are often smaller than white blood cells (~12 microns) because WBCs getting temporarily stuck are the cause of Blue Sky Sprites - the tiny whizzing white dots you see against a bright blue sky.
But red blood cells are even smaller (~7 microns, apparently).
But red blood cells are even smaller (~7 microns, apparently).
Retinal Blood Vessel
Q: How small can a blood vessel get?
A: Smaller than a red blood cell.
bryanwjones.com/2018/08/reti...
#SciArt #retina
Q: How small can a blood vessel get?
A: Smaller than a red blood cell.
bryanwjones.com/2018/08/reti...
#SciArt #retina
December 12, 2024 at 2:17 AM
Wow! I knew retinal blood vessels are often smaller than white blood cells (~12 microns) because WBCs getting temporarily stuck are the cause of Blue Sky Sprites - the tiny whizzing white dots you see against a bright blue sky.
But red blood cells are even smaller (~7 microns, apparently).
But red blood cells are even smaller (~7 microns, apparently).
I'm editing a special issue of i-Perception (@pec-ipe.bsky.social) on 3D objects and shape.
Please consider us if you're currently wondering where to send that object recognition or mid-level shape project!
And get in touch if you're interested but would need more time.
bit.ly/ipe-objects
Please consider us if you're currently wondering where to send that object recognition or mid-level shape project!
And get in touch if you're interested but would need more time.
bit.ly/ipe-objects
December 12, 2024 at 1:33 AM
I'm editing a special issue of i-Perception (@pec-ipe.bsky.social) on 3D objects and shape.
Please consider us if you're currently wondering where to send that object recognition or mid-level shape project!
And get in touch if you're interested but would need more time.
bit.ly/ipe-objects
Please consider us if you're currently wondering where to send that object recognition or mid-level shape project!
And get in touch if you're interested but would need more time.
bit.ly/ipe-objects
Reposted by Kate Storrs
I promised to write about my thoughts on the status of the field of neuroAI, some of the big challenges we are facing, and the approaches we are taking to address them. This is super selective on the topic of finding a good model but in my view it affects the field as a whole. Here we go. 🧵
December 11, 2024 at 10:18 PM
I promised to write about my thoughts on the status of the field of neuroAI, some of the big challenges we are facing, and the approaches we are taking to address them. This is super selective on the topic of finding a good model but in my view it affects the field as a whole. Here we go. 🧵
Reposted by Kate Storrs
Congratulations to Karl Gegenfurtner who won the 2024 Pineapple Science Award in Psychology (kind of Chinese “Ig Nobel”) for his work on how oranges can be perceptually ripened, that was published in i-Perception!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
December 4, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Congratulations to Karl Gegenfurtner who won the 2024 Pineapple Science Award in Psychology (kind of Chinese “Ig Nobel”) for his work on how oranges can be perceptually ripened, that was published in i-Perception!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
I'm at the @acnsau.bsky.social conference #ACNS2024 here in Newcastle (hi if you're also here!). There's a very perceptually interesting water sculpture in the gardens just across from the town hall and venue!
November 26, 2024 at 8:36 AM
I'm at the @acnsau.bsky.social conference #ACNS2024 here in Newcastle (hi if you're also here!). There's a very perceptually interesting water sculpture in the gardens just across from the town hall and venue!
Still looking for a few more vision scientists' thoughts on this survey about the distinction between "low", "mid" and "high level" vision.
Many thanks to those who have taken it!
Many thanks to those who have taken it!
Seeking vision scientists for 10-15 minute survey!
My PhD student and I would be super grateful to any vision researchers willing to help us group these tasks according to what visual processes you think they most tap into: 🙏
forms.gle/ajhBw1Nak7Bi...
My PhD student and I would be super grateful to any vision researchers willing to help us group these tasks according to what visual processes you think they most tap into: 🙏
forms.gle/ajhBw1Nak7Bi...
Categorizing Perceptual Tasks
Welcome! We would love to know your thoughts on which visual processes these tasks tap into. For each task, we will present an example trial and its corresponding instruction. Thank you for taking the...
forms.gle
October 14, 2024 at 2:43 AM
Still looking for a few more vision scientists' thoughts on this survey about the distinction between "low", "mid" and "high level" vision.
Many thanks to those who have taken it!
Many thanks to those who have taken it!
Seeking vision scientists for 10-15 minute survey!
My PhD student and I would be super grateful to any vision researchers willing to help us group these tasks according to what visual processes you think they most tap into: 🙏
forms.gle/ajhBw1Nak7Bi...
My PhD student and I would be super grateful to any vision researchers willing to help us group these tasks according to what visual processes you think they most tap into: 🙏
forms.gle/ajhBw1Nak7Bi...
Categorizing Perceptual Tasks
Welcome! We would love to know your thoughts on which visual processes these tasks tap into. For each task, we will present an example trial and its corresponding instruction. Thank you for taking the...
forms.gle
October 10, 2024 at 12:13 AM
Seeking vision scientists for 10-15 minute survey!
My PhD student and I would be super grateful to any vision researchers willing to help us group these tasks according to what visual processes you think they most tap into: 🙏
forms.gle/ajhBw1Nak7Bi...
My PhD student and I would be super grateful to any vision researchers willing to help us group these tasks according to what visual processes you think they most tap into: 🙏
forms.gle/ajhBw1Nak7Bi...
Hi bluesky, it's time for my monthly social media post when I have rendered stimuli* too pretty not to share....... Today, a collection of wooden nuggets on a stick.
* something along the way towards being a stimulus, anyway
* something along the way towards being a stimulus, anyway
August 29, 2024 at 4:44 AM
Hi bluesky, it's time for my monthly social media post when I have rendered stimuli* too pretty not to share....... Today, a collection of wooden nuggets on a stick.
* something along the way towards being a stimulus, anyway
* something along the way towards being a stimulus, anyway
I've been off social media for a long time, but I was playing around with potential expt stimuli the other day in Blender and these cyberpunk blobs are just too pretty not to share...
August 1, 2024 at 6:41 AM
I've been off social media for a long time, but I was playing around with potential expt stimuli the other day in Blender and these cyberpunk blobs are just too pretty not to share...
(Drop your best new-PhD-supervisor tips!)
February 2, 2024 at 1:46 AM
(Drop your best new-PhD-supervisor tips!)