Ben van Buren
@bvb373.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Psychology at The New School in NYC studying visual perception and cognition: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=99SDXHoAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
Interesting paper investigating posing biases in pope portraiture: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Posing popes: A question of left and right
Portraits of human faces, from Renaissance artworks to social media selfies, often show a so-called left cheek bias, with the left half of the face put forward more frequently. This is thought to c...
www.tandfonline.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Interesting paper investigating posing biases in pope portraiture: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Holy shit. This guy saved a PNG to a bird.
(he drew a bird into a spectrogram, played that sound to a starling, and the starling reproduced it back to him with enough accuracy he got his bird drawing back in their call's spectrogram) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCQC...
(he drew a bird into a spectrogram, played that sound to a starling, and the starling reproduced it back to him with enough accuracy he got his bird drawing back in their call's spectrogram) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCQC...
I Saved a PNG Image To A Bird
YouTube video by Benn Jordan
www.youtube.com
July 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Holy shit. This guy saved a PNG to a bird.
(he drew a bird into a spectrogram, played that sound to a starling, and the starling reproduced it back to him with enough accuracy he got his bird drawing back in their call's spectrogram) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCQC...
(he drew a bird into a spectrogram, played that sound to a starling, and the starling reproduced it back to him with enough accuracy he got his bird drawing back in their call's spectrogram) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCQC...
Reposted by Ben van Buren
Another #VisionScience demo for your Halloween over at my teaching website. This time, a very basic version of the Gelb Staircase. This one has a reputation for being tricky, but I've found it to be pretty successful.
Vision Demos: Gelb Staircase
Vision Demos: Gelb Staircase Things you will need: Paper in a range of grayscale values, ideally spanning black to white. Lots of art vendors will have these, but it’s useful to have a heavier weigh...
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October 31, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Another #VisionScience demo for your Halloween over at my teaching website. This time, a very basic version of the Gelb Staircase. This one has a reputation for being tricky, but I've found it to be pretty successful.
Reposted by Ben van Buren
Hello vision scientists & linguists! The Journal of Vision is publishing a special issue on “The Vision-Language Interface.” Send in your research about reading, perceptual learning, sign language, dyslexia, etc! jov.arvojournals.org/ss/visionlan... #neuroskyence #VisionScience #PsychSciSky
October 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Hello vision scientists & linguists! The Journal of Vision is publishing a special issue on “The Vision-Language Interface.” Send in your research about reading, perceptual learning, sign language, dyslexia, etc! jov.arvojournals.org/ss/visionlan... #neuroskyence #VisionScience #PsychSciSky
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A quick webpage update to showcase my textbook PRACTICAL VISION SCIENCE! If you're thinking about options for your Spring course in #visionscience, check it out! sites.google.com/view/hands-o...
Hands-on Vision Science - Practical Vision Science textbook
I'm passionate about developing hands-on learning experiences to support vision science education in undergraduate classrooms and informal learning for all ages. Practical Vision Science is my attempt...
sites.google.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
A quick webpage update to showcase my textbook PRACTICAL VISION SCIENCE! If you're thinking about options for your Spring course in #visionscience, check it out! sites.google.com/view/hands-o...
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I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
September 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
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Advocating for vision research on Capitol Hill! With the National Alliance for Eye & Vision Research + Research to Prevent Blindness + fellow vision scientists. Thanks to Congress for currently planning to maintain NIH & NEI funding! #seewhatmatters @corticalcavanaugh.bsky.social
www.rpbusa.org
www.rpbusa.org
September 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Advocating for vision research on Capitol Hill! With the National Alliance for Eye & Vision Research + Research to Prevent Blindness + fellow vision scientists. Thanks to Congress for currently planning to maintain NIH & NEI funding! #seewhatmatters @corticalcavanaugh.bsky.social
www.rpbusa.org
www.rpbusa.org
Tomorrow (Thurs) at 9am in HS19, Marina Pace will present a series of studies that she ran with Tessa Bury, to test whether observers perceive *implied motion* in accessibility icons.
#ECVP2025
#ECVP2025
August 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Tomorrow (Thurs) at 9am in HS19, Marina Pace will present a series of studies that she ran with Tessa Bury, to test whether observers perceive *implied motion* in accessibility icons.
#ECVP2025
#ECVP2025
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#ECVP2025 In addition to yesterday's Illusion Night we would like to mention the contribution of @elinevg.bsky.social and @lisa-kossmann.bsky.social about Open-Source Toolboxes for aesthetics and perception.
August 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
#ECVP2025 In addition to yesterday's Illusion Night we would like to mention the contribution of @elinevg.bsky.social and @lisa-kossmann.bsky.social about Open-Source Toolboxes for aesthetics and perception.
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Hey #VisionScience friends - If your work has connections to topics like #dataviz, art, computer vision, or applied vision, consider submitting to HVEI 2026! The deadline was extended to Sept. 12 & it's a really wonderful conference. Happy to answer questions if you want to know more.
Human Vision and Electronic Imaging 2026 (HVEI)
The HVEI conference explores the role of human perception and cognition in the design, analysis, and use of electronic media systems.
www.imaging.org
August 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Hey #VisionScience friends - If your work has connections to topics like #dataviz, art, computer vision, or applied vision, consider submitting to HVEI 2026! The deadline was extended to Sept. 12 & it's a really wonderful conference. Happy to answer questions if you want to know more.
At 9:15 in HS19, hongbnguyen.bsky.social will present her work demonstrating an advantage predicting the behavior of simple shapes which look alive and goal-directed!
#ECVP
#ECVP
Hong B. Nguyen (@hongbnguyen.bsky.social)
PhD student @TheNewSchool, NYC
hongbnguyen.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 6:40 AM
At 9:15 in HS19, hongbnguyen.bsky.social will present her work demonstrating an advantage predicting the behavior of simple shapes which look alive and goal-directed!
#ECVP
#ECVP
August 26, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Maya Theresia Laughton presenting a beautiful film weaving together ideas from science and Hindu spirituality, called ‘Noumenon’. She made the film in collaboration with Janna Kyllästinen, as part of the Science New Wave Festival.
#VSAC2025
#VSAC2025
August 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Maya Theresia Laughton presenting a beautiful film weaving together ideas from science and Hindu spirituality, called ‘Noumenon’. She made the film in collaboration with Janna Kyllästinen, as part of the Science New Wave Festival.
#VSAC2025
#VSAC2025
Maarten Leemans using image aesthetic mapping to explore the impact of details on the visual inspection of art photographs and paintings.
#VSAC2025
#VSAC2025
August 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Maarten Leemans using image aesthetic mapping to explore the impact of details on the visual inspection of art photographs and paintings.
#VSAC2025
#VSAC2025
Dirk Walther presenting his lab’s work demonstrating an inverse relationship between the metabolic cost of visual processing and aesthetic judgments.
#VSAC2025
#VSAC2025
August 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Dirk Walther presenting his lab’s work demonstrating an inverse relationship between the metabolic cost of visual processing and aesthetic judgments.
#VSAC2025
#VSAC2025
August 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Johan Wagemans gives the Visual Science of Art Conference a taste of the latest results from his lab’s impressive Gestalts Relate Aesthetic Preferences to Perceptual Analysis (GRAPPA) project.
#VSAC2025
@gestaltrevision.bsky.social
#VSAC2025
@gestaltrevision.bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Johan Wagemans gives the Visual Science of Art Conference a taste of the latest results from his lab’s impressive Gestalts Relate Aesthetic Preferences to Perceptual Analysis (GRAPPA) project.
#VSAC2025
@gestaltrevision.bsky.social
#VSAC2025
@gestaltrevision.bsky.social
Hong Nguyen @hongbnguyen.bsky.social speaking about perceptual animacy and predictive processing at the Visual Science of Art Conference.
#VSAC2025
#VSAC2025
August 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Hong Nguyen @hongbnguyen.bsky.social speaking about perceptual animacy and predictive processing at the Visual Science of Art Conference.
#VSAC2025
#VSAC2025
@dididu.bsky.social presenting her Celebrity EYE-Q card game at the Visual Science of Art Conference poster & demo session:
#VSAC2025
#VSAC2025
August 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
@dididu.bsky.social presenting her Celebrity EYE-Q card game at the Visual Science of Art Conference poster & demo session:
#VSAC2025
#VSAC2025
August 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
August 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A roundtable discussion on the provocative question, ‘What Makes a Good Artwork?’ - with Claus-Christian Carbon, Ida-Marie Corell, Aaron Hertzmann and Angela Kohlrusch.
#VSAC2025
#VSAC2025
August 22, 2025 at 2:04 PM
A roundtable discussion on the provocative question, ‘What Makes a Good Artwork?’ - with Claus-Christian Carbon, Ida-Marie Corell, Aaron Hertzmann and Angela Kohlrusch.
#VSAC2025
#VSAC2025
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Also on Friday, Elisabeth Van der Hulst is part of the symposium "Temporal dynamics of cognitive processes underlying aesthetic experience" organized by @bvb373.bsky.social and @hongbnguyen.bsky.social with her talk: "In pursuit of movement: Choreographic complexity and viewing behavior in dance"⬇️
August 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Also on Friday, Elisabeth Van der Hulst is part of the symposium "Temporal dynamics of cognitive processes underlying aesthetic experience" organized by @bvb373.bsky.social and @hongbnguyen.bsky.social with her talk: "In pursuit of movement: Choreographic complexity and viewing behavior in dance"⬇️