Lisa S. Scott 🧠
@lisascottbcd.bsky.social
Developmental cognitive neuroscience, vision, perception, attention, learning, EEG/ERP/ssVEP, eye tracking, infants. Professor and PI of UF🐊 BCD Lab: https://bcdlab.psych.ufl.edu
My opinions ≠UF/FL.
My opinions ≠UF/FL.
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First human newborn paper from my NSF CAREER Award! Automated detection of mouth opening in newborn infants - with our amazing @umiamipsych.bsky.social team: Guangyu Zung, Yeojin Amy Ahn, @tiffany6390.bsky.social, @semaylott.bsky.social, Arushi Malik, @dmessinger.bsky.social doi.org/10.3758/s134...
Automated detection of mouth opening in newborn infants - Behavior Research Methods
Automated behavioral measurement using machine learning is gaining ground in psychological research. Automated approaches have the potential to reduce the labor and time associated with manual behavio...
doi.org
October 31, 2025 at 1:16 PM
First human newborn paper from my NSF CAREER Award! Automated detection of mouth opening in newborn infants - with our amazing @umiamipsych.bsky.social team: Guangyu Zung, Yeojin Amy Ahn, @tiffany6390.bsky.social, @semaylott.bsky.social, Arushi Malik, @dmessinger.bsky.social doi.org/10.3758/s134...
Im very excited about this work out from our recent infant ssVEP study! Led by postdoc Maeve Boylan! After infants learn about objects while reading a book with a parent, their brains prioritize the processing of familiarity. www.jneurosci.org/content/45/4...
Competitive Cortical Prioritization Emerges for Trained Objects across the First Year of Life
Learning to detect and recognize a broad range of visual objects is a crucial developmental task during the first year of life. However, many of the neurophysiological changes underlying the emergence...
www.jneurosci.org
October 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Im very excited about this work out from our recent infant ssVEP study! Led by postdoc Maeve Boylan! After infants learn about objects while reading a book with a parent, their brains prioritize the processing of familiarity. www.jneurosci.org/content/45/4...
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Check out our latest work led by @joeyzhou.bsky.social on alpha oscillatory networks in PLOS Biology!
➡️ journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Do ongoing alpha activity fluctuations influence perceptual sensitivity or criterion?
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Do ongoing alpha activity fluctuations influence perceptual sensitivity or criterion?
Distinct alpha networks modulate different aspects of perceptual decision-making
Fluctuations in alpha-band neural oscillations influence whether we perceive faint stimuli, but how these oscillations relate to different perceptual processes is not clear. This study shows that alph...
journals.plos.org
October 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Check out our latest work led by @joeyzhou.bsky.social on alpha oscillatory networks in PLOS Biology!
➡️ journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Do ongoing alpha activity fluctuations influence perceptual sensitivity or criterion?
➡️ journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Do ongoing alpha activity fluctuations influence perceptual sensitivity or criterion?
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Expecting experience, not getting it, the brain adapts
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Developmental alterations in brain network asymmetry in 3- to 9-month infants with congenital sensorineural hearing loss
Early sensorineural hearing loss disrupts lateralization development of the brain network.
www.science.org
October 24, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Expecting experience, not getting it, the brain adapts
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
“faculty & staff will become a more critical component of the college experience, providing increased individualized & group human interactions. Instead of spending 3 hours a week in a lecture hall, students have more direct engagement w/ a professor...” www.forbes.com/sites/nichol...
It’s The End Of College As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
The radical changes that AI is bringing to higher education includes a paradigm shift that is unprecedented. Only institutions with agility will survive.
www.forbes.com
September 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
“faculty & staff will become a more critical component of the college experience, providing increased individualized & group human interactions. Instead of spending 3 hours a week in a lecture hall, students have more direct engagement w/ a professor...” www.forbes.com/sites/nichol...
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Our new paper explains the #polarization of public health
Identifying with a social group can shape people’s beliefs and values, leading them to act in ways that have consequences for their health
From vaccine hesitancy to smoking cessation, identity plays a critical role:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Identifying with a social group can shape people’s beliefs and values, leading them to act in ways that have consequences for their health
From vaccine hesitancy to smoking cessation, identity plays a critical role:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
September 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Our new paper explains the #polarization of public health
Identifying with a social group can shape people’s beliefs and values, leading them to act in ways that have consequences for their health
From vaccine hesitancy to smoking cessation, identity plays a critical role:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Identifying with a social group can shape people’s beliefs and values, leading them to act in ways that have consequences for their health
From vaccine hesitancy to smoking cessation, identity plays a critical role:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Pretty clear illustration of "you may as well stand up for what you believe in, they're coming for you anyway."
So, a university president fired a professor because they taught a course that discussed there being more than two genders, and now the university president is being fired for not having fired the professor quickly enough, is where we're at. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/u...
Texas A&M President to Step Down After Controversy Over ‘Gender Ideology’
www.nytimes.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Pretty clear illustration of "you may as well stand up for what you believe in, they're coming for you anyway."
Ok @uf forcing everyone back to work is making traffic horrible & parking impossible. Also everyone is angry because- traffic for an hour & 30 mins trying to park. Not a good plan: paying people to drive around angry on campus, when they could be peacefully & productively working at home.
August 28, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Ok @uf forcing everyone back to work is making traffic horrible & parking impossible. Also everyone is angry because- traffic for an hour & 30 mins trying to park. Not a good plan: paying people to drive around angry on campus, when they could be peacefully & productively working at home.
Me: coach posted a powerpoint presentation about volleyball rotations for you to look at.
12year old: what’s a powerpoint presentation?
😬is this good or bad parenting?
12year old: what’s a powerpoint presentation?
😬is this good or bad parenting?
August 17, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Me: coach posted a powerpoint presentation about volleyball rotations for you to look at.
12year old: what’s a powerpoint presentation?
😬is this good or bad parenting?
12year old: what’s a powerpoint presentation?
😬is this good or bad parenting?
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How about that? A victory for people who actually read.
"None Of These Books Are Obscene": Judge Strikes Down Much of Florida's Book Ban Bill
In a major win for intellectual freedom, a judge rules against Florida law that led to removing hundreds of books from school libraries.
bookriot.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
How about that? A victory for people who actually read.
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Over 2,000 members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine write to Congress:
August 15, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Over 2,000 members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine write to Congress:
I like this take on screen time and cutting NSF and NIH funding wont get us any closer to understanding the complexities. www.bbc.com/news/article... What screen time really does to children's brains - BBC News
What screen time really does to children's brains
Screen time has become synonymous with bad news - but the science may not be as straightforward as it seems
www.bbc.com
July 31, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I like this take on screen time and cutting NSF and NIH funding wont get us any closer to understanding the complexities. www.bbc.com/news/article... What screen time really does to children's brains - BBC News
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“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
The Invention of “Sesame Street”
Renata Adler’s 1972 review of the program that revolutionized children’s television.
www.newyorker.com
July 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
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thrilled to share this project over a decade in the making out now in @pnas.org! We show that precocious GABA boosting in neonates by early sevoflurane/propofol anesthetic exposure accelerates visual cortical maturation in human infants
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
July 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
thrilled to share this project over a decade in the making out now in @pnas.org! We show that precocious GABA boosting in neonates by early sevoflurane/propofol anesthetic exposure accelerates visual cortical maturation in human infants
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Introducing our new favorite stimulus. A few minutes are enough to map the visual preferences of thousands of neurons.
Mapping the visual cortex with Zebra noise and wavelets
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
By Sophie Skriabine and Max Shinn, with Samuel Picard and
@kenneth-harris.bsky.social
Mapping the visual cortex with Zebra noise and wavelets
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
By Sophie Skriabine and Max Shinn, with Samuel Picard and
@kenneth-harris.bsky.social
July 24, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Introducing our new favorite stimulus. A few minutes are enough to map the visual preferences of thousands of neurons.
Mapping the visual cortex with Zebra noise and wavelets
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
By Sophie Skriabine and Max Shinn, with Samuel Picard and
@kenneth-harris.bsky.social
Mapping the visual cortex with Zebra noise and wavelets
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
By Sophie Skriabine and Max Shinn, with Samuel Picard and
@kenneth-harris.bsky.social
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📍 Join us at the WISE Luncheon at #2025SPR! We'll cover negotiating contracts, navigating unsupportive lab environments, applying for awards, and managing impostor syndrome.
Thurs 10/15 | 12:00–1:30 PM
Thurs 10/15 | 12:00–1:30 PM
July 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
📍 Join us at the WISE Luncheon at #2025SPR! We'll cover negotiating contracts, navigating unsupportive lab environments, applying for awards, and managing impostor syndrome.
Thurs 10/15 | 12:00–1:30 PM
Thurs 10/15 | 12:00–1:30 PM
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Vitamin D supplements may be a promising, low-cost strategy to support brain development while reducing racial disparities, according to a professor of nutrition science. theconversation.com/about-a-thir... By Melissa Melough @udelaware.bsky.social
About a third of pregnant women in the US lack sufficient vitamin D to support healthy pregnancies − new research
Vitamin D has long been known to play essential roles in boosting immune health and protecting the nervous system. New research now points to its critical importance in fetal development as well.
theconversation.com
July 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Vitamin D supplements may be a promising, low-cost strategy to support brain development while reducing racial disparities, according to a professor of nutrition science. theconversation.com/about-a-thir... By Melissa Melough @udelaware.bsky.social
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For the past 3 years, I've taught a course on Machine Learning for Climate Change to undergrads. At times, people have asked if the course lectures could be made available online. While I can't offer that, I have decided to start making "5 Minute Papers on AI for the Planet" videos. Hope its useful!
5 Minute Papers on AI for the Planet
AI is more than just chatbots! Learn about how AI can be used to protect biodiversity, fight climate change, and just better understand our planet through 5-minute explainers covering academic papers ...
www.youtube.com
June 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
For the past 3 years, I've taught a course on Machine Learning for Climate Change to undergrads. At times, people have asked if the course lectures could be made available online. While I can't offer that, I have decided to start making "5 Minute Papers on AI for the Planet" videos. Hope its useful!
Great trip to Ameila Island! Lots of fun finding and identifying fossils and getting up for the sunrise!
July 12, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Great trip to Ameila Island! Lots of fun finding and identifying fossils and getting up for the sunrise!
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Great to see this one finally out in PNAS! Asymptotic theory of in-context learning by linear attention www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Many thanks to my amazing co-authors Yue Lu, Mary Letey, Jacob Zavatone-Veth @jzv.bsky.social and Anindita Maiti!
Asymptotic theory of in-context learning by linear attention | PNAS
Transformers have a remarkable ability to learn and execute tasks based on examples
provided within the input itself, without explicit prior traini...
www.pnas.org
July 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Great to see this one finally out in PNAS! Asymptotic theory of in-context learning by linear attention www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Many thanks to my amazing co-authors Yue Lu, Mary Letey, Jacob Zavatone-Veth @jzv.bsky.social and Anindita Maiti!
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I did this before in German but I guess today is a good day to compile English resources on why AI isn‘t actually intelligent and also a real danger: 🧵
July 9, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I did this before in German but I guess today is a good day to compile English resources on why AI isn‘t actually intelligent and also a real danger: 🧵
Reposted by Lisa S. Scott 🧠
Different #memory domains can recruit similar brain areas, but is the role of these overlapping regions shared or domain-specific? This study shows that the function of the #hippocampus to preserve the order of sequential behaviors is shared across memory domains @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3GzcM6Q
July 9, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Different #memory domains can recruit similar brain areas, but is the role of these overlapping regions shared or domain-specific? This study shows that the function of the #hippocampus to preserve the order of sequential behaviors is shared across memory domains @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3GzcM6Q
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Exciting new preprint from the lab: “Adopting a human developmental visual diet yields robust, shape-based AI vision”. A most wonderful case where brain inspiration massively improved AI solutions.
Work with @zejinlu.bsky.social @sushrutthorat.bsky.social and Radek Cichy
arxiv.org/abs/2507.03168
Work with @zejinlu.bsky.social @sushrutthorat.bsky.social and Radek Cichy
arxiv.org/abs/2507.03168
arxiv.org
July 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Exciting new preprint from the lab: “Adopting a human developmental visual diet yields robust, shape-based AI vision”. A most wonderful case where brain inspiration massively improved AI solutions.
Work with @zejinlu.bsky.social @sushrutthorat.bsky.social and Radek Cichy
arxiv.org/abs/2507.03168
Work with @zejinlu.bsky.social @sushrutthorat.bsky.social and Radek Cichy
arxiv.org/abs/2507.03168