Rob Chavez
@robchavez.bsky.social
Associate professor and neurobumpkin at University of Oregon. Attempting to study social cognitive neurons and oligodendrocytes with human neuroimaging. New Mexican expat, but I have friends everywhere. csnl.uoregon.edu
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My lab at UW Madison is hiring a new lab manager! I’m looking for a motivated and detail-oriented person to help run the lab’s day-to-day, including our ongoing neuroimaging and behavioral studies. This is especially well suited for graduating undergrads thinking about grad school. Link below
February 12, 2026 at 6:21 PM
My lab at UW Madison is hiring a new lab manager! I’m looking for a motivated and detail-oriented person to help run the lab’s day-to-day, including our ongoing neuroimaging and behavioral studies. This is especially well suited for graduating undergrads thinking about grad school. Link below
Are you telling me she's almost qualified for emeritus status?!!..
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February 11, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Are you telling me she's almost qualified for emeritus status?!!..
😉
😉
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We're getting excited... just putting the finishing touches to
**PsychoPy Studio**
This is a complete rewrite of the PsychoPy Builder/Coder app, now packaged in Electron.
Faster load, modernised UI, web-ready, independent of the Python interpreter
🎉 🚀
blog.psychopy.org/general%20bl...
**PsychoPy Studio**
This is a complete rewrite of the PsychoPy Builder/Coder app, now packaged in Electron.
Faster load, modernised UI, web-ready, independent of the Python interpreter
🎉 🚀
blog.psychopy.org/general%20bl...
PsychoPy Studio: the app we love, reimagined
It’s now over 20 years since PsychoPy’s humble beginnings as an open-source Python library to help users present high-precision stimuli and collect responses from participants. Since 2009 PsychoPy…
blog.psychopy.org
February 9, 2026 at 6:00 PM
We're getting excited... just putting the finishing touches to
**PsychoPy Studio**
This is a complete rewrite of the PsychoPy Builder/Coder app, now packaged in Electron.
Faster load, modernised UI, web-ready, independent of the Python interpreter
🎉 🚀
blog.psychopy.org/general%20bl...
**PsychoPy Studio**
This is a complete rewrite of the PsychoPy Builder/Coder app, now packaged in Electron.
Faster load, modernised UI, web-ready, independent of the Python interpreter
🎉 🚀
blog.psychopy.org/general%20bl...
"The so-called “vibe shift” — the reemergence of slurs as “edgy,” and feminism as “cringe” ... “Anti-woke” is a convenient label because it obscures what the movement is actually against: accountability."
www.theverge.com/tech/874721/...
www.theverge.com/tech/874721/...
How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo
The emails show the “anti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability.
www.theverge.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:23 PM
"The so-called “vibe shift” — the reemergence of slurs as “edgy,” and feminism as “cringe” ... “Anti-woke” is a convenient label because it obscures what the movement is actually against: accountability."
www.theverge.com/tech/874721/...
www.theverge.com/tech/874721/...
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1/9 New blog is live! This is part 2 of a series—last time we looked at the Dunning-Kruger effect, now we are digging in to Implicit vs Explicit attitudes and the Implicit Association Test. To start, of course we need a good meme...
haines-lab.com/post/part-2-...
haines-lab.com/post/part-2-...
January 26, 2026 at 5:45 PM
1/9 New blog is live! This is part 2 of a series—last time we looked at the Dunning-Kruger effect, now we are digging in to Implicit vs Explicit attitudes and the Implicit Association Test. To start, of course we need a good meme...
haines-lab.com/post/part-2-...
haines-lab.com/post/part-2-...
Five classes I took in college:
- Styles of Scientific Argument
- Analysis of Variance
- Probability & Statistics for Engineers
- Intelligence & Creativity
- Advanced Data Analysis II
That statistics minor is really pulling its weight... but man, most of my classes sounded so generic.
- Styles of Scientific Argument
- Analysis of Variance
- Probability & Statistics for Engineers
- Intelligence & Creativity
- Advanced Data Analysis II
That statistics minor is really pulling its weight... but man, most of my classes sounded so generic.
Nevermind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Personality Psychology
Macroeconomics
Shakespeare
Sociology of Sex Roles
Screenwriting
Five important and very different ways of thinking about what it means to be human
Personality Psychology
Macroeconomics
Shakespeare
Sociology of Sex Roles
Screenwriting
Five important and very different ways of thinking about what it means to be human
Nevermind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Social Cognition
Social Structure & Personality
Industrial Organization
Psychology and Law
Economics of the University
Introduced me to ideas that continue to guide how I think about people, institutions, and their interactions.
Social Cognition
Social Structure & Personality
Industrial Organization
Psychology and Law
Economics of the University
Introduced me to ideas that continue to guide how I think about people, institutions, and their interactions.
January 31, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Five classes I took in college:
- Styles of Scientific Argument
- Analysis of Variance
- Probability & Statistics for Engineers
- Intelligence & Creativity
- Advanced Data Analysis II
That statistics minor is really pulling its weight... but man, most of my classes sounded so generic.
- Styles of Scientific Argument
- Analysis of Variance
- Probability & Statistics for Engineers
- Intelligence & Creativity
- Advanced Data Analysis II
That statistics minor is really pulling its weight... but man, most of my classes sounded so generic.
The phone lines are blowing up!
a cartoon character is playing frisbee in a park with the number 2 on the bottom of the screen
ALT: a cartoon character is playing frisbee in a park with the number 2 on the bottom of the screen
media.tenor.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:54 PM
The phone lines are blowing up!
Updating my CV now and realizing that in my 19 years in science, I have only ever given one conference symposium talk in my entire career (not counting a grad student blitz and a preconference).
..... and ,of all places, it was at SESP 🤨 🤷
..... and ,of all places, it was at SESP 🤨 🤷
January 11, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Updating my CV now and realizing that in my 19 years in science, I have only ever given one conference symposium talk in my entire career (not counting a grad student blitz and a preconference).
..... and ,of all places, it was at SESP 🤨 🤷
..... and ,of all places, it was at SESP 🤨 🤷
I have a good feeling that 2026 is finally going to be our year!..
December 31, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I have a good feeling that 2026 is finally going to be our year!..
Oliver Sacks has always been one of my favorite writers, & I've tried to emulate him for a long time. However, anyone who has spent any real effort trying to translate their real-world experience into a compelling narrative knows how unstructured, anticlimactic, and uninteresting reality really is.
Incredible piece on Oliver Sacks. If you were ever awed at his supposedly true stories (I remember being stunned by the account of the autistic twins who rattled off large prime numbers), read this. He told wonderful stories, but they were in large part fiction.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Oliver Sacks Put Himself Into His Case Studies. What Was the Cost?
The scientist was famous for linking healing with storytelling. Sometimes that meant reshaping patients’ reality.
www.newyorker.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Oliver Sacks has always been one of my favorite writers, & I've tried to emulate him for a long time. However, anyone who has spent any real effort trying to translate their real-world experience into a compelling narrative knows how unstructured, anticlimactic, and uninteresting reality really is.
My 8yo son recently complimented my produce shopping skills by exclaiming, "these raspberries are bussin!" ... It was validating.
December 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
My 8yo son recently complimented my produce shopping skills by exclaiming, "these raspberries are bussin!" ... It was validating.
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"ai is inevitable" is a high accuracy indicator of "I am a sucker"
December 10, 2025 at 6:39 AM
"ai is inevitable" is a high accuracy indicator of "I am a sucker"
That's my secret....
Everything radicalizes me.
Everything radicalizes me.
a man is standing in front of a fire and looking at the camera with a surprised look on his face .
ALT: a man is standing in front of a fire and looking at the camera with a surprised look on his face .
media.tenor.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:35 AM
That's my secret....
Everything radicalizes me.
Everything radicalizes me.
Of course, we are the only department with this kind of scantron... The good news is that the GE in charge of this is in my class is very on top of it, knew before the department did, and has already calmed my nerves a lot...
(🙏 Marcus)
(🙏 Marcus)
December 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Of course, we are the only department with this kind of scantron... The good news is that the GE in charge of this is in my class is very on top of it, knew before the department did, and has already calmed my nerves a lot...
(🙏 Marcus)
(🙏 Marcus)
Class is officially done and many of them have already headed back home (and there are way too many of them anyway). But that would certainly make it very easy to score!
December 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Class is officially done and many of them have already headed back home (and there are way too many of them anyway). But that would certainly make it very easy to score!
This basically might be what we end up doing. No joke 😵
December 10, 2025 at 1:58 AM
This basically might be what we end up doing. No joke 😵
Yeah, people have. But I'm worried the scripts they use are not trained our kind of scantron papers (which are are less common). Scanning them is a bit of a bottleneck too, but I can't think of another way.
December 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Yeah, people have. But I'm worried the scripts they use are not trained our kind of scantron papers (which are are less common). Scanning them is a bit of a bottleneck too, but I can't think of another way.
Code red.... Does anyone know a not-by-hand hack to grade 493 scantrons without a scantron machine?
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December 10, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Code red.... Does anyone know a not-by-hand hack to grade 493 scantrons without a scantron machine?
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But for real, I think my wife has legit won this game... ⚰️
December 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
But for real, I think my wife has legit won this game... ⚰️