Paul Linton
@lintonvision.bsky.social
Visual Experience /
PI + NOMIS Fellow @ItalianAcademy /
Presidential Scholar @columbiacss /
Affiliate @KriegeskorteLab + @ZuckermanBrain
AVA David Marr Medal 2025
Website: https://linton.vision
PI + NOMIS Fellow @ItalianAcademy /
Presidential Scholar @columbiacss /
Affiliate @KriegeskorteLab + @ZuckermanBrain
AVA David Marr Medal 2025
Website: https://linton.vision
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Paul Linton
@lintonvision.bsky.social
· Sep 24
Paul Linton, ECVP 2025: "Five Illusions Challenge Our Understanding of Visual Experience"
YouTube video by Kriegeskorte Lab
www.youtube.com
Great to present my work "Five Illusions Challenge Our Understanding of Visual Experience" at the European Conference on Visual Perception (#ECVP2025)
Project Website + Preprint in link below 👇
@ecvp.bsky.social @italianacademy.bsky.social @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social
Project Website + Preprint in link below 👇
@ecvp.bsky.social @italianacademy.bsky.social @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social
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Happy to be on this new paper: "Identifying indicators of consciousness in AI systems" - www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... The paper expands on some of the methodological points made in the Butlin et al. 2023 report on AI Consciousness.
Identifying indicators of consciousness in AI systems
Rapid progress in artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities has drawn fresh attention to the prospect of consciousness in AI. There is an urgent need …
www.sciencedirect.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Happy to be on this new paper: "Identifying indicators of consciousness in AI systems" - www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... The paper expands on some of the methodological points made in the Butlin et al. 2023 report on AI Consciousness.
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I’m looking for interns to join our lab for a project on foundation models in neuroscience.
Funded by @ivado.bsky.social and in collaboration with the IVADO regroupement 1 (AI and Neuroscience: ivado.ca/en/regroupem...).
Interested? See the details in the comments. (1/3)
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Funded by @ivado.bsky.social and in collaboration with the IVADO regroupement 1 (AI and Neuroscience: ivado.ca/en/regroupem...).
Interested? See the details in the comments. (1/3)
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AI and Neuroscience | IVADO
ivado.ca
November 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I’m looking for interns to join our lab for a project on foundation models in neuroscience.
Funded by @ivado.bsky.social and in collaboration with the IVADO regroupement 1 (AI and Neuroscience: ivado.ca/en/regroupem...).
Interested? See the details in the comments. (1/3)
🧠🤖
Funded by @ivado.bsky.social and in collaboration with the IVADO regroupement 1 (AI and Neuroscience: ivado.ca/en/regroupem...).
Interested? See the details in the comments. (1/3)
🧠🤖
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Please repost! I am looking for a PhD candidate in the area of Computational Cognitive Neuroscience to start in early 2026.
The position is funded as part of the Excellence Cluster "The Adaptive Mind" at @jlugiessen.bsky.social.
Please apply here until Nov 25:
www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...
The position is funded as part of the Excellence Cluster "The Adaptive Mind" at @jlugiessen.bsky.social.
Please apply here until Nov 25:
www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...
November 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Please repost! I am looking for a PhD candidate in the area of Computational Cognitive Neuroscience to start in early 2026.
The position is funded as part of the Excellence Cluster "The Adaptive Mind" at @jlugiessen.bsky.social.
Please apply here until Nov 25:
www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...
The position is funded as part of the Excellence Cluster "The Adaptive Mind" at @jlugiessen.bsky.social.
Please apply here until Nov 25:
www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...
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Introducing CorText: a framework that fuses brain data directly into a large language model, allowing for interactive neural readout using natural language.
tl;dr: you can now chat with a brain scan 🧠💬
1/n
tl;dr: you can now chat with a brain scan 🧠💬
1/n
November 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Introducing CorText: a framework that fuses brain data directly into a large language model, allowing for interactive neural readout using natural language.
tl;dr: you can now chat with a brain scan 🧠💬
1/n
tl;dr: you can now chat with a brain scan 🧠💬
1/n
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It was a blast @standehaene.bsky.social, with one fantastic talk after another, thank you so much for inviting me!
And OMG the roof deck of the College de France!
And OMG the roof deck of the College de France!
November 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
It was a blast @standehaene.bsky.social, with one fantastic talk after another, thank you so much for inviting me!
And OMG the roof deck of the College de France!
And OMG the roof deck of the College de France!
@aaronhertzmann.com, a celebrated computer scientist, on his experience with vision science / psychology reviewers
Whilst I've been lucky to have some great reviewers, Aaron's "only list flaws" experience is not uncommon
No new idea emerges perfectly formed
Even an oak tree 🌳 starts as an acorn 🥜!
Whilst I've been lucky to have some great reviewers, Aaron's "only list flaws" experience is not uncommon
No new idea emerges perfectly formed
Even an oak tree 🌳 starts as an acorn 🥜!
In vision science/psychology, I've often gotten adversarial paper reviews that do not seem to engage with the core argument of the paper, but instead list many perceived flaws. As I am new to the field, I thought maybe the culture is to only list flaws, and then accept when flaws are fixed. 1/
November 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
@aaronhertzmann.com, a celebrated computer scientist, on his experience with vision science / psychology reviewers
Whilst I've been lucky to have some great reviewers, Aaron's "only list flaws" experience is not uncommon
No new idea emerges perfectly formed
Even an oak tree 🌳 starts as an acorn 🥜!
Whilst I've been lucky to have some great reviewers, Aaron's "only list flaws" experience is not uncommon
No new idea emerges perfectly formed
Even an oak tree 🌳 starts as an acorn 🥜!
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Another addition to my #VisionScience teaching website: A new hands-on demo for DIY Binocular Rivalry! All you need are anaglyph glasses & matching colored pencils to watch your two eyes fight for your visual awareness. Students really like this one and it's super quick to do. #STEMEducation
Vision Demos: DIY Binocular Rivalry
Vision Demos: DIY Binocular Rivalry Things you will need: A pair of 3D anaglyph glasses - I’ve found that Red/Green are easier to work with but Red/Cyan will also likely be good. Colored pencils or...
docs.google.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Another addition to my #VisionScience teaching website: A new hands-on demo for DIY Binocular Rivalry! All you need are anaglyph glasses & matching colored pencils to watch your two eyes fight for your visual awareness. Students really like this one and it's super quick to do. #STEMEducation
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Here is a news story from York University about our new Nature paper
www.yorku.ca/news/2025/10...
www.yorku.ca/news/2025/10...
October 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Here is a news story from York University about our new Nature paper
www.yorku.ca/news/2025/10...
www.yorku.ca/news/2025/10...
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Wednesday, November 5th at 11 AM CT: TTIC's Distinguished Lecture Series presents Aaron Hertzmann of Adobe Research with a talk titled "Can Computers Create Art?" Please join us in Room 530, 5th floor.
October 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Wednesday, November 5th at 11 AM CT: TTIC's Distinguished Lecture Series presents Aaron Hertzmann of Adobe Research with a talk titled "Can Computers Create Art?" Please join us in Room 530, 5th floor.
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Such a pleasure to discuss this with Lauren! Thank you Tev Naidu for the opportunity!
Enjoyed discussing "Why Science & Philosophy Need Each Other" w Megan Peters @meganakpeters.bsky.social
We discuss the importance of engagement between science & philosophy, our experience w this & simplified conceptions of science & philosophy 🧠📕
Thanks Tev Naidu! #philsky #philsci #sciencesky
We discuss the importance of engagement between science & philosophy, our experience w this & simplified conceptions of science & philosophy 🧠📕
Thanks Tev Naidu! #philsky #philsci #sciencesky
Why Science and Philosophy Need Each Other | Lauren Ross & Megan Peters
YouTube video by Mind-Body Solution
www.youtube.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Such a pleasure to discuss this with Lauren! Thank you Tev Naidu for the opportunity!
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Here's a recording of my talk on the role of computers in making art, including so-called "AI", which was presented as the opening keynote of SIGGRAPH 2025, incorporating lessons from the history of computer graphics, photography, modern art, and philosophy of art. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2YR... 1/
Can Computers Create Art? Lessons from art history
YouTube video by Aaron Hertzmann
www.youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Here's a recording of my talk on the role of computers in making art, including so-called "AI", which was presented as the opening keynote of SIGGRAPH 2025, incorporating lessons from the history of computer graphics, photography, modern art, and philosophy of art. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2YR... 1/
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“Human V4 size predicts crowding distance”.
@jankurzawski.bsky.social, now Assistant Professor at U Maastricht, led a big effort over a few years. We used individual differences in object recognition and the size of brain maps to identify a perceptual bottleneck.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@jankurzawski.bsky.social, now Assistant Professor at U Maastricht, led a big effort over a few years. We used individual differences in object recognition and the size of brain maps to identify a perceptual bottleneck.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Human V4 size predicts crowding distance - Nature Communications
Across 49 observers, we found large variations in crowding distance and retinotopic map size. These measures covary, conserving a 1.4-mm cortical crowding distance in the human V4 map. This links the ...
www.nature.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
“Human V4 size predicts crowding distance”.
@jankurzawski.bsky.social, now Assistant Professor at U Maastricht, led a big effort over a few years. We used individual differences in object recognition and the size of brain maps to identify a perceptual bottleneck.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@jankurzawski.bsky.social, now Assistant Professor at U Maastricht, led a big effort over a few years. We used individual differences in object recognition and the size of brain maps to identify a perceptual bottleneck.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Philosophy-science collaborations as rare chances to adjust the normal focus of the lens- zooming in and out to examine different levels of analysis
🧠 Steve Fleming (@smfleming.bsky.social), professor of cognitive neuroscience at University College London on why collaborating with philosophers helps science ask better questions—and find better answers.
#PLPEXPeditions
@ucl.ac.uk @uclpals.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social
#PLPEXPeditions
@ucl.ac.uk @uclpals.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Philosophy-science collaborations as rare chances to adjust the normal focus of the lens- zooming in and out to examine different levels of analysis
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So excited to see this preprint released from the lab into the wild.
Charlotte has developed a theory for how learning curriculum influences learning generalization.
Our theory makes straightforward neural predictions that can be tested in future experiments. (1/4)
🧠🤖 🧠📈 #MLSky
Charlotte has developed a theory for how learning curriculum influences learning generalization.
Our theory makes straightforward neural predictions that can be tested in future experiments. (1/4)
🧠🤖 🧠📈 #MLSky
🚨 New preprint alert!
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We propose a theory of how learning curriculum affects generalization through neural population dimensionality. Learning curriculum is a determining factor of neural dimensionality - where you start from determines where you end up.
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A 🧵:
tinyurl.com/yr8tawj3
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We propose a theory of how learning curriculum affects generalization through neural population dimensionality. Learning curriculum is a determining factor of neural dimensionality - where you start from determines where you end up.
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A 🧵:
tinyurl.com/yr8tawj3
The curriculum effect in visual learning: the role of readout dimensionality
Generalization of visual perceptual learning (VPL) to unseen conditions varies across tasks. Previous work suggests that training curriculum may be integral to generalization, yet a theoretical explan...
tinyurl.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
So excited to see this preprint released from the lab into the wild.
Charlotte has developed a theory for how learning curriculum influences learning generalization.
Our theory makes straightforward neural predictions that can be tested in future experiments. (1/4)
🧠🤖 🧠📈 #MLSky
Charlotte has developed a theory for how learning curriculum influences learning generalization.
Our theory makes straightforward neural predictions that can be tested in future experiments. (1/4)
🧠🤖 🧠📈 #MLSky
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What do we talk about when we talk about "readout"?
I argued that our overly specialized, modular approach to studying the brain has given us a simplistic view of readout.
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I argued that our overly specialized, modular approach to studying the brain has given us a simplistic view of readout.
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Figuring out how the brain uses information from visual neurons may require new tools, writes @neurograce.bsky.social. Hear from 10 experts in the field.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/the-big-pict...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/the-big-pict...
Connecting neural activity, perception in the visual system
Figuring out how the brain uses information from visual neurons may require new tools. I asked nine experts to weigh in.
www.thetransmitter.org
October 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
What do we talk about when we talk about "readout"?
I argued that our overly specialized, modular approach to studying the brain has given us a simplistic view of readout.
🧠📈
I argued that our overly specialized, modular approach to studying the brain has given us a simplistic view of readout.
🧠📈
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🚨 Our latest preprint:
A new tool to provide assessments of experience of the built environment: the NDIX.
This has been now deployed in 4 studies, being written up.
Here is the methods preprint with a starcast of co-authors:
A new tool to provide assessments of experience of the built environment: the NDIX.
This has been now deployed in 4 studies, being written up.
Here is the methods preprint with a starcast of co-authors:
The NeuroDesign/NeuroArchitecture Index (NDIX): Development of a method to evaluate the impact of the built environment on health, cognitive performance, and wellbeing: https://osf.io/8369k
October 13, 2025 at 9:03 AM
🚨 Our latest preprint:
A new tool to provide assessments of experience of the built environment: the NDIX.
This has been now deployed in 4 studies, being written up.
Here is the methods preprint with a starcast of co-authors:
A new tool to provide assessments of experience of the built environment: the NDIX.
This has been now deployed in 4 studies, being written up.
Here is the methods preprint with a starcast of co-authors:
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Thrilled that @evadeligiannis.bsky.social was able to represent the lab at #SAW2025 by presenting her fMRI study showing responses to 3D distance in face-selective pSTS
A fantastic meeting @ucoimbra.bsky.social for #SAW2025, including lots of opportunity for great extensive discussions. I hope to attend next year too! Big thanks to the organizers, speakers, and other trainees as well as @cogbooster.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Thrilled that @evadeligiannis.bsky.social was able to represent the lab at #SAW2025 by presenting her fMRI study showing responses to 3D distance in face-selective pSTS
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Happy to share that our BBS target article has been accepted: “Core Perception”: Re-imagining Precocious Reasoning as Sophisticated Perceiving
With Alon Hafri, @veroniqueizard.bsky.social, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & Brent Strickland
Read it here: doi.org/10.1017/S014...
A short thread [1/5]👇
With Alon Hafri, @veroniqueizard.bsky.social, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & Brent Strickland
Read it here: doi.org/10.1017/S014...
A short thread [1/5]👇
October 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Happy to share that our BBS target article has been accepted: “Core Perception”: Re-imagining Precocious Reasoning as Sophisticated Perceiving
With Alon Hafri, @veroniqueizard.bsky.social, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & Brent Strickland
Read it here: doi.org/10.1017/S014...
A short thread [1/5]👇
With Alon Hafri, @veroniqueizard.bsky.social, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & Brent Strickland
Read it here: doi.org/10.1017/S014...
A short thread [1/5]👇
Or perhaps, as Rodney Brooks suggests, we’re seeing in a shift in what a scientific account looks like?
spectrum.ieee.org/computationa...
spectrum.ieee.org/computationa...
October 9, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Or perhaps, as Rodney Brooks suggests, we’re seeing in a shift in what a scientific account looks like?
spectrum.ieee.org/computationa...
spectrum.ieee.org/computationa...
Genuinely fascinating video! m.youtube.com/watch?v=YKGo...
October 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Genuinely fascinating video! m.youtube.com/watch?v=YKGo...
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Can Only Meat Machines be Conscious? New paper in Trends in Cognitive Sciences, free download until November 26 with this URL: authors.elsevier.com/a/1luwh4sIRv...
authors.elsevier.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Can Only Meat Machines be Conscious? New paper in Trends in Cognitive Sciences, free download until November 26 with this URL: authors.elsevier.com/a/1luwh4sIRv...
Andrew has been building up a phenomenal body of work on space perception. Fantastic conceptual work!
The unfathomable richness of seeing: Trends in Cognitive Sciences www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
The unfathomable richness of seeing
Many hold that visual experience is sparse and its richness illusory, relying on high-level
summaries rather than detailed content. However, we argue here that seeing is more
than this – it is unfatho...
www.cell.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Andrew has been building up a phenomenal body of work on space perception. Fantastic conceptual work!
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4 more days to apply!
📢Fully Funded PhD position in Barcelona!
I'm excited to announce that I’m opening a PhD position at @idibaps.bsky.social, Barcelona!
We'll investigate the role of bodily signals in autobiographical memory, using virtual reality, EEG and TMS, in healthy volunteers and patient populations.
I'm excited to announce that I’m opening a PhD position at @idibaps.bsky.social, Barcelona!
We'll investigate the role of bodily signals in autobiographical memory, using virtual reality, EEG and TMS, in healthy volunteers and patient populations.
October 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
4 more days to apply!
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And that’s a wrap for @optica.org's #OpticaFVM 2025. Thank you all for joining us and making it such a vibrant meeting! Below are some impressions, courtesy of Arathy Kartha.
October 8, 2025 at 1:20 AM
And that’s a wrap for @optica.org's #OpticaFVM 2025. Thank you all for joining us and making it such a vibrant meeting! Below are some impressions, courtesy of Arathy Kartha.
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New paper: the ‘Double Ring Illusion’!
Does the visual system integrate *intuitive physics*? This new illusion developed by Brent Strickland and I offers a straightforward demonstration – one that you can experience yourselves!
Demos in thread👇
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Does the visual system integrate *intuitive physics*? This new illusion developed by Brent Strickland and I offers a straightforward demonstration – one that you can experience yourselves!
Demos in thread👇
[1/6]
October 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
New paper: the ‘Double Ring Illusion’!
Does the visual system integrate *intuitive physics*? This new illusion developed by Brent Strickland and I offers a straightforward demonstration – one that you can experience yourselves!
Demos in thread👇
[1/6]
Does the visual system integrate *intuitive physics*? This new illusion developed by Brent Strickland and I offers a straightforward demonstration – one that you can experience yourselves!
Demos in thread👇
[1/6]