Anthony McGregor
@amcgregor.bsky.social
Professor of Psychology at Durham University, UK. I research learning and how it relates to human and animal navigation, spatial representation, cognition and animal behaviour. I use cognitive and behavioural neuroscience methods.
Along with John’s cousin, Fast Eddie, we’ve nearly known the greats
July 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Along with John’s cousin, Fast Eddie, we’ve nearly known the greats
It does suck. We used to have the former and it was great. Now we have a helpdesk and rarely see someone to come and help do something.
January 19, 2025 at 11:56 AM
It does suck. We used to have the former and it was great. Now we have a helpdesk and rarely see someone to come and help do something.
We should just reply ‘regression to the mean’ whenever universities boast about their rankings
January 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
We should just reply ‘regression to the mean’ whenever universities boast about their rankings
Patrick Haggard and co-authors have some nice results related to this. www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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January 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Patrick Haggard and co-authors have some nice results related to this. www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
That’s amazing! Your face is a picture. There’s probably a meme of you already.
December 5, 2024 at 10:51 PM
That’s amazing! Your face is a picture. There’s probably a meme of you already.
I tried zotero and Mendeley but both seemed too hard to start from scratch. I use endnote. It’s fine. I can put all my pdfs there and read them and make notes. Making reference lists is easy
December 5, 2024 at 10:49 PM
I tried zotero and Mendeley but both seemed too hard to start from scratch. I use endnote. It’s fine. I can put all my pdfs there and read them and make notes. Making reference lists is easy
I hope he’s searching his name and finds this
November 30, 2024 at 1:11 PM
I hope he’s searching his name and finds this
Get you, Laurence Llewelyn-fucking-Bowen
November 30, 2024 at 12:54 PM
Get you, Laurence Llewelyn-fucking-Bowen
Stick Mozart’s Requiem on drunk ….
November 29, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Stick Mozart’s Requiem on drunk ….
Not a criticism of you - the literature understands ‘simple’ in this context. I think it needs a firmer pushback from associative learning field in general to get people to understand better
November 28, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Not a criticism of you - the literature understands ‘simple’ in this context. I think it needs a firmer pushback from associative learning field in general to get people to understand better
Yes, but what we mean by simple isn’t just S-R learning and behaviourism, and that’s the perception the associative learning suffers from. So a powerful mechanism ends up being ignored.
November 28, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Yes, but what we mean by simple isn’t just S-R learning and behaviourism, and that’s the perception the associative learning suffers from. So a powerful mechanism ends up being ignored.
My only issue is the ‘simple’ bit, because associative learning produces really clever behaviours. People need to stop thinking it’s a simple mechanism.
November 28, 2024 at 4:59 PM
My only issue is the ‘simple’ bit, because associative learning produces really clever behaviours. People need to stop thinking it’s a simple mechanism.
⬆️ This is the answer.
November 28, 2024 at 1:05 PM
⬆️ This is the answer.
Sorry, that should say all vertebrates are chordates
November 25, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Sorry, that should say all vertebrates are chordates
Oh yes! I think some things like hagfish are officially chordates but not vertebrates, but most vertebrates are chordates
November 25, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Oh yes! I think some things like hagfish are officially chordates but not vertebrates, but most vertebrates are chordates
Teleosts tend to lay eggs externally, but sharks retain them internally.
November 25, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Teleosts tend to lay eggs externally, but sharks retain them internally.
Admittedly it’s 30 years since my zoology degree, but my memory is that lampreys, sharks and rays (cartilaginous), and teleosts (bony), are all generally classed as fish, but obviously there are big differences between them. Swim bladders, scales, gill covers and skeletons all differ
November 25, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Admittedly it’s 30 years since my zoology degree, but my memory is that lampreys, sharks and rays (cartilaginous), and teleosts (bony), are all generally classed as fish, but obviously there are big differences between them. Swim bladders, scales, gill covers and skeletons all differ