Alexandra Schmid
@aschmid.bsky.social
Postdoc studying visual perception
I know this has been a long time coming. Congrats @matthiasnau.bsky.social and @cibaker.bsky.social !!!
Excited to share our new paper w/ @cibaker.bsky.social in @natcomms.nature.com linking active vision & memory!
We provide evidence that gaze reinstatement & neural reactivation are deeply related phenomena that jointly reflect the experiences constructed during recall. doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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We provide evidence that gaze reinstatement & neural reactivation are deeply related phenomena that jointly reflect the experiences constructed during recall. doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Neural and behavioral reinstatement jointly reflect retrieval of narrative events - Nature Communications
When people recall a movie, their eye movements and brain activity resemble those observed during the viewing. These behavioral and neural reactivations are linked through a common process, likely ref...
doi.org
August 25, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I know this has been a long time coming. Congrats @matthiasnau.bsky.social and @cibaker.bsky.social !!!
Reposted by Alexandra Schmid
Datasets like NSD & THINGS offer rich stimuli but often test a single task.
After great conversations at #CCN2025 on multi-task studies & generalization in brains & models, I thought I would repost our perspective for those interested in this topic. We need multiple tasks!👉 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
After great conversations at #CCN2025 on multi-task studies & generalization in brains & models, I thought I would repost our perspective for those interested in this topic. We need multiple tasks!👉 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Centering cognitive neuroscience on task demands and generalization - Nature Neuroscience
Task demands are a primary determiner of behavior and neurophysiology. Here the authors discuss how understanding their influence through multitask studies and tests of generalization is the key to ar...
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August 18, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Datasets like NSD & THINGS offer rich stimuli but often test a single task.
After great conversations at #CCN2025 on multi-task studies & generalization in brains & models, I thought I would repost our perspective for those interested in this topic. We need multiple tasks!👉 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
After great conversations at #CCN2025 on multi-task studies & generalization in brains & models, I thought I would repost our perspective for those interested in this topic. We need multiple tasks!👉 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Reposted by Alexandra Schmid
We’ve updated this post with the latest chapters of our story. Note that you can look at the chapters in any order! The content and format of each post varies, so start with the one that draws you in most…
open.substack.com/pub/alexsope...
open.substack.com/pub/alexsope...
The Story So Far
All Chapters So Far, In Temporal Order Of Posting
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May 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM
We’ve updated this post with the latest chapters of our story. Note that you can look at the chapters in any order! The content and format of each post varies, so start with the one that draws you in most…
open.substack.com/pub/alexsope...
open.substack.com/pub/alexsope...
I’m coming out as a DID system.
This post is where I start to make that public.
If you’ve known me professionally, this might offer context—or raise questions. I’m okay with both.
@lisafeldmanbarrett.bsky.social I'd love to meet you and talk about consciousness.
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/alexsope...
This post is where I start to make that public.
If you’ve known me professionally, this might offer context—or raise questions. I’m okay with both.
@lisafeldmanbarrett.bsky.social I'd love to meet you and talk about consciousness.
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/alexsope...
March 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I’m coming out as a DID system.
This post is where I start to make that public.
If you’ve known me professionally, this might offer context—or raise questions. I’m okay with both.
@lisafeldmanbarrett.bsky.social I'd love to meet you and talk about consciousness.
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/alexsope...
This post is where I start to make that public.
If you’ve known me professionally, this might offer context—or raise questions. I’m okay with both.
@lisafeldmanbarrett.bsky.social I'd love to meet you and talk about consciousness.
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/alexsope...
Reposted by Alexandra Schmid
People talk a lot about objects, but what about the softness of a cushion, the greenness of an emerald, or the viscosity of oil? In our work just published @pnas.org, we shed light on how we make sense of the hundreds of materials around us.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
March 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
People talk a lot about objects, but what about the softness of a cushion, the greenness of an emerald, or the viscosity of oil? In our work just published @pnas.org, we shed light on how we make sense of the hundreds of materials around us.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Reposted by Alexandra Schmid
Excited to share that I will join the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam as Assistant Professor for #CompCogNeuro in January!
My lab will study the link b/w spontaneous behaviors & brain activity during vision/recall/imagery - focusing on multi-task studies to find general principles. 🧠🟦 🧠🤖 #PsychSciSky
My lab will study the link b/w spontaneous behaviors & brain activity during vision/recall/imagery - focusing on multi-task studies to find general principles. 🧠🟦 🧠🤖 #PsychSciSky
November 8, 2023 at 3:28 PM
Excited to share that I will join the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam as Assistant Professor for #CompCogNeuro in January!
My lab will study the link b/w spontaneous behaviors & brain activity during vision/recall/imagery - focusing on multi-task studies to find general principles. 🧠🟦 🧠🤖 #PsychSciSky
My lab will study the link b/w spontaneous behaviors & brain activity during vision/recall/imagery - focusing on multi-task studies to find general principles. 🧠🟦 🧠🤖 #PsychSciSky
Excited to share my paper with K.Doerscher & P.Barla @NatHumBehav!
By varying the physical properties of (rendered photorealistic) objects, we show that image structure produced by specular reflections drives visual perception of material category!
doi.org/10.1038/s415... #PsychPsySky #CogSci 🧠🟦 🧪
By varying the physical properties of (rendered photorealistic) objects, we show that image structure produced by specular reflections drives visual perception of material category!
doi.org/10.1038/s415... #PsychPsySky #CogSci 🧠🟦 🧪
Material category of visual objects computed from specular image structure - Nature Human Behaviour
Schmid et al. examine how humans perceive material classes from image structure produced by surface reflectance properties.
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October 17, 2023 at 1:08 PM
Excited to share my paper with K.Doerscher & P.Barla @NatHumBehav!
By varying the physical properties of (rendered photorealistic) objects, we show that image structure produced by specular reflections drives visual perception of material category!
doi.org/10.1038/s415... #PsychPsySky #CogSci 🧠🟦 🧪
By varying the physical properties of (rendered photorealistic) objects, we show that image structure produced by specular reflections drives visual perception of material category!
doi.org/10.1038/s415... #PsychPsySky #CogSci 🧠🟦 🧪