Dan Carragher
@danieljcarragher.bsky.social
Lecturer and Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide. Studies human face perception, identification, matching, and human-AI teaming.
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🌏 Come spend some time with us in Sydney! 🇦🇺
@marcsinstitute.bsky.social is offering International Visiting Scholarships for PhD students + postdocs.
Spend 1–3 months collaborating, exploring ideas, and building connections.
📅 Apply by 4 Dec
📍 Sydney, Australia
Curious or keen? DM or email me
@marcsinstitute.bsky.social is offering International Visiting Scholarships for PhD students + postdocs.
Spend 1–3 months collaborating, exploring ideas, and building connections.
📅 Apply by 4 Dec
📍 Sydney, Australia
Curious or keen? DM or email me
November 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
🌏 Come spend some time with us in Sydney! 🇦🇺
@marcsinstitute.bsky.social is offering International Visiting Scholarships for PhD students + postdocs.
Spend 1–3 months collaborating, exploring ideas, and building connections.
📅 Apply by 4 Dec
📍 Sydney, Australia
Curious or keen? DM or email me
@marcsinstitute.bsky.social is offering International Visiting Scholarships for PhD students + postdocs.
Spend 1–3 months collaborating, exploring ideas, and building connections.
📅 Apply by 4 Dec
📍 Sydney, Australia
Curious or keen? DM or email me
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New research out today is written up in The Guardian!
We show that the basis of super-recognisers advantage for face recognition is not just about looking everywhere – it’s about looking smarter, at more useful information for identification.
Read the full text here: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
We show that the basis of super-recognisers advantage for face recognition is not just about looking everywhere – it’s about looking smarter, at more useful information for identification.
Read the full text here: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
November 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
New research out today is written up in The Guardian!
We show that the basis of super-recognisers advantage for face recognition is not just about looking everywhere – it’s about looking smarter, at more useful information for identification.
Read the full text here: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
We show that the basis of super-recognisers advantage for face recognition is not just about looking everywhere – it’s about looking smarter, at more useful information for identification.
Read the full text here: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
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Excellent chimeric face image showing off a left visual field bias for face processing - this image will tend to look more like John Travolta to observers, but the next one (see following post in this thread)... <1/2>
Respond with the same actor as a hero and villain.
November 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Excellent chimeric face image showing off a left visual field bias for face processing - this image will tend to look more like John Travolta to observers, but the next one (see following post in this thread)... <1/2>
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What is the representation underlying cognition? Formal models rely on multidimensional scaling of similarity judgments to derive the representation. In this preprint with @mdlbayes.bsky.social, we take an alternative approach; we build Bayesian generative models for three cognitive tasks. /1
Similarity judgments and visual working memory do not share the same cognitive representation: https://osf.io/fm9vz
November 3, 2025 at 7:34 AM
What is the representation underlying cognition? Formal models rely on multidimensional scaling of similarity judgments to derive the representation. In this preprint with @mdlbayes.bsky.social, we take an alternative approach; we build Bayesian generative models for three cognitive tasks. /1
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🚨 The Adelaide Cybercrime Laboratory is hiring! We are seeking applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow in machine-learning enabled digital forensics. Applications close November 9. For more informational about the position, click here: lnkd.in/gGtgKJYW
October 23, 2025 at 4:44 AM
🚨 The Adelaide Cybercrime Laboratory is hiring! We are seeking applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow in machine-learning enabled digital forensics. Applications close November 9. For more informational about the position, click here: lnkd.in/gGtgKJYW
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My PhD student is conducting a study exploring the human element of peak motorsport performance.
If you’re involved in motorsport, please take a few minutes to complete the questionnaire below 👇
🔗 forms.office.com/e/fDb2MxgcXP
#Motorsport #Racing
If you’re involved in motorsport, please take a few minutes to complete the questionnaire below 👇
🔗 forms.office.com/e/fDb2MxgcXP
#Motorsport #Racing
October 23, 2025 at 8:30 AM
My PhD student is conducting a study exploring the human element of peak motorsport performance.
If you’re involved in motorsport, please take a few minutes to complete the questionnaire below 👇
🔗 forms.office.com/e/fDb2MxgcXP
#Motorsport #Racing
If you’re involved in motorsport, please take a few minutes to complete the questionnaire below 👇
🔗 forms.office.com/e/fDb2MxgcXP
#Motorsport #Racing
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In my #Neuropsychology course, I use many patient videos to give examples of various consequences of brain injury. Some of these are really excellent and can be tricky to find, so I thought I'd share this doc with links to some of my favorites - a brief 🧵with some highlights. (more to come later!)
Neuropsychology_Psyc486_VideoLinks
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October 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
In my #Neuropsychology course, I use many patient videos to give examples of various consequences of brain injury. Some of these are really excellent and can be tricky to find, so I thought I'd share this doc with links to some of my favorites - a brief 🧵with some highlights. (more to come later!)
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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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Any early-career researchers in #workingmemory wanting to contribute to an #openscience initiative? I'm looking for help building up a data hub resource for the field. Volunteers can expect to devote a few hours, and might pick up insights into handling research data and how to use Github.
OpenWMData
A collection of publicly available<br>working memory datasets
williamngiam.github.io
October 22, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Any early-career researchers in #workingmemory wanting to contribute to an #openscience initiative? I'm looking for help building up a data hub resource for the field. Volunteers can expect to devote a few hours, and might pick up insights into handling research data and how to use Github.
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We have a new tutorial out in Social Cog methods issue, a resampling tool we made in R that basically tells you when some average is "stable" and can be used to guide data collection or test hypotheses related to variance. Quick explanation here
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guilfordjournals.com/doi/10.1521/...
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guilfordjournals.com/doi/10.1521/...
October 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
We have a new tutorial out in Social Cog methods issue, a resampling tool we made in R that basically tells you when some average is "stable" and can be used to guide data collection or test hypotheses related to variance. Quick explanation here
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guilfordjournals.com/doi/10.1521/...
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guilfordjournals.com/doi/10.1521/...
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SAVE THE DATE! Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology (EPC) & Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision (APCV) Joint Meeting from 1-4 July at the University of Auckland, NZ.
#PsychSciSky #VisionScience #neuroskyence
More information to follow!
visualneuroscience.auckland.ac.nz/epc-apcv-2026/
#PsychSciSky #VisionScience #neuroskyence
More information to follow!
visualneuroscience.auckland.ac.nz/epc-apcv-2026/
October 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
SAVE THE DATE! Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology (EPC) & Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision (APCV) Joint Meeting from 1-4 July at the University of Auckland, NZ.
#PsychSciSky #VisionScience #neuroskyence
More information to follow!
visualneuroscience.auckland.ac.nz/epc-apcv-2026/
#PsychSciSky #VisionScience #neuroskyence
More information to follow!
visualneuroscience.auckland.ac.nz/epc-apcv-2026/
New pre-print from pjbhancock.bsky.social and myself. Two preregistered experiments showing the wisdom of the crowd within improves unfamiliar face matching performance (but not as much as crowds of different individuals). Not yet reviewed.
Two out of three ain't bad: Aggregating multiple identification decisions from the same observer improves unfamiliar face matching performance: https://osf.io/vezwn
October 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
New pre-print from pjbhancock.bsky.social and myself. Two preregistered experiments showing the wisdom of the crowd within improves unfamiliar face matching performance (but not as much as crowds of different individuals). Not yet reviewed.
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JARMAC is seeking new editorial board members: apply now! // mailchi.mp/7ff430ed8bf1...
October 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
JARMAC is seeking new editorial board members: apply now! // mailchi.mp/7ff430ed8bf1...
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Question for my fellow vision researchers: anyone know of work where people looked at dynamic ensemble perception for lots of boxes on Zoom? Think "what's the average emotion of these people on a group call?"
September 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Question for my fellow vision researchers: anyone know of work where people looked at dynamic ensemble perception for lots of boxes on Zoom? Think "what's the average emotion of these people on a group call?"
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How does the visual system track moving objects while remembering the color of those objects? My latest research article (co-first with Piotr @styrkowiec.bsky.social) exploring this question using EEG is out in JoCN! @jocn.bsky.social #workingmemory #cognition #cogneuro #cogsci #neuro
Item-based Parsing of Dynamic Scenes in a Combined Attentional Tracking and Working Memory Task
Abstract. Human visual processing is limited—we can only track a few moving objects at a time and store a few items in visual working memory (WM). A shared mechanism that may underlie these performanc...
doi.org
September 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
How does the visual system track moving objects while remembering the color of those objects? My latest research article (co-first with Piotr @styrkowiec.bsky.social) exploring this question using EEG is out in JoCN! @jocn.bsky.social #workingmemory #cognition #cogneuro #cogsci #neuro
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🚨 The wait is almost over!
@cogscisociety.bsky.social × Blue Sky Grant applications open tomorrow. Five grants worth $1,810 each are here to support your next research idea.
Join our webinar this Thursday 4PM BST for insider tips on how to submit a winning application.
👉 Register: bit.ly/3K28s1y
@cogscisociety.bsky.social × Blue Sky Grant applications open tomorrow. Five grants worth $1,810 each are here to support your next research idea.
Join our webinar this Thursday 4PM BST for insider tips on how to submit a winning application.
👉 Register: bit.ly/3K28s1y
September 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
🚨 The wait is almost over!
@cogscisociety.bsky.social × Blue Sky Grant applications open tomorrow. Five grants worth $1,810 each are here to support your next research idea.
Join our webinar this Thursday 4PM BST for insider tips on how to submit a winning application.
👉 Register: bit.ly/3K28s1y
@cogscisociety.bsky.social × Blue Sky Grant applications open tomorrow. Five grants worth $1,810 each are here to support your next research idea.
Join our webinar this Thursday 4PM BST for insider tips on how to submit a winning application.
👉 Register: bit.ly/3K28s1y
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Are you, or someone you know, looking for a funded PhD position? I'm interested in supervising PhDs on topics related to my work, e.g., emerging neurodivergent populations, prosopagnosia, validity of psychological science, or political violence. Get in touch if interested:
e.j.burns@swansea.ac.uk
e.j.burns@swansea.ac.uk
Student-led General Competition – Welsh Graduate School for the Social Sciences
wgsss.ac.uk
September 11, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Are you, or someone you know, looking for a funded PhD position? I'm interested in supervising PhDs on topics related to my work, e.g., emerging neurodivergent populations, prosopagnosia, validity of psychological science, or political violence. Get in touch if interested:
e.j.burns@swansea.ac.uk
e.j.burns@swansea.ac.uk
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Shout out to Australian researchers! 🇦🇺 (and folks in the southern hemisphere) 🌏
We're excited that our Ambassador Ben Lowe (@brainboyben.bsky.social) will be hosting a pre-conference workshop at #ACNS2025 (@acnsau.bsky.social) on getting started with PsychoPy!
Sign up here👇
shorturl.at/gvnUU
We're excited that our Ambassador Ben Lowe (@brainboyben.bsky.social) will be hosting a pre-conference workshop at #ACNS2025 (@acnsau.bsky.social) on getting started with PsychoPy!
Sign up here👇
shorturl.at/gvnUU
ACNS 2025 Pre-Conference Workshops - Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society
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www.acns.org.au
September 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Shout out to Australian researchers! 🇦🇺 (and folks in the southern hemisphere) 🌏
We're excited that our Ambassador Ben Lowe (@brainboyben.bsky.social) will be hosting a pre-conference workshop at #ACNS2025 (@acnsau.bsky.social) on getting started with PsychoPy!
Sign up here👇
shorturl.at/gvnUU
We're excited that our Ambassador Ben Lowe (@brainboyben.bsky.social) will be hosting a pre-conference workshop at #ACNS2025 (@acnsau.bsky.social) on getting started with PsychoPy!
Sign up here👇
shorturl.at/gvnUU
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Are you doing research on impression formation, face perception, personality judgment, or related topics?
Then you might be interested in joining our collaborative study!
Follow the link for more information: tilburgss.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#socialpsyc #PsychSciSky
Then you might be interested in joining our collaborative study!
Follow the link for more information: tilburgss.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#socialpsyc #PsychSciSky
September 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Are you doing research on impression formation, face perception, personality judgment, or related topics?
Then you might be interested in joining our collaborative study!
Follow the link for more information: tilburgss.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#socialpsyc #PsychSciSky
Then you might be interested in joining our collaborative study!
Follow the link for more information: tilburgss.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#socialpsyc #PsychSciSky
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How good are we at estimating someone's age from their face and how does that change with the face's chronological age? @tganel.bsky.social et al.'s new framework disentangles bias and error, revealing new insights into how facial age is computed by humans and AIs. 🧪 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
How good are we at estimating someone's age from their face and how does that change with the face's chronological age? @tganel.bsky.social et al.'s new framework disentangles bias and error, revealing new insights into how facial age is computed by humans and AIs. 🧪 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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If you're interested in my takes (as a cognitive neuroscientist) on whether digital technology is damaging attention spans and rotting brains, you might like my newly-created free-to-read newsletter: thecentreofattention.substack.com
#attention #cogsci #cogneuro #scicomm #blog #workingmemory
#attention #cogsci #cogneuro #scicomm #blog #workingmemory
The Centre of Attention | Dr William Ngiam | Substack
A public newsletter covering the latest cognitive science on attention. Click to read The Centre of Attention, by Dr William Ngiam, a Substack publication. Launched a month ago.
thecentreofattention.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
If you're interested in my takes (as a cognitive neuroscientist) on whether digital technology is damaging attention spans and rotting brains, you might like my newly-created free-to-read newsletter: thecentreofattention.substack.com
#attention #cogsci #cogneuro #scicomm #blog #workingmemory
#attention #cogsci #cogneuro #scicomm #blog #workingmemory
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Hot off the press: 1st ever #FPVS #EEG investigation into #SuperRecognizers
Congrats to my amazing collaborators Jeff Nador, Kim Uittenhove & Dario Gordillo and thanks to all #police SRs & control participants!
@bfh-ch.bsky.social, EPFL, @snsf.ch, Polizei Berlin
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Congrats to my amazing collaborators Jeff Nador, Kim Uittenhove & Dario Gordillo and thanks to all #police SRs & control participants!
@bfh-ch.bsky.social, EPFL, @snsf.ch, Polizei Berlin
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Super-Recognizers, or Su-Perceivers? Insights from fast periodic visual stimulation (FPVS) EEG - Brain Topography
The term Super-Recognizer (SR), which describes individuals with supposedly superior facial recognition abilities, may be something of a misnomer. In the same way that blind individuals would not be c...
link.springer.com
August 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Hot off the press: 1st ever #FPVS #EEG investigation into #SuperRecognizers
Congrats to my amazing collaborators Jeff Nador, Kim Uittenhove & Dario Gordillo and thanks to all #police SRs & control participants!
@bfh-ch.bsky.social, EPFL, @snsf.ch, Polizei Berlin
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Congrats to my amazing collaborators Jeff Nador, Kim Uittenhove & Dario Gordillo and thanks to all #police SRs & control participants!
@bfh-ch.bsky.social, EPFL, @snsf.ch, Polizei Berlin
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Need to control visual similarity in your experiments? A new open database by Robbins and colleagues @michaelhout.bsky.social @haywardgodwin.bsky.social, published in #psynomBRM, maps similarity among 1,200 objects in 20 categories using MDS—validated & ready to use.
Resources for Research
This section provides brief summaries of selected resources for research that have been published in journals of the Psychonomic Society, typically Behavior Research Methods. These resources consis…
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August 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Need to control visual similarity in your experiments? A new open database by Robbins and colleagues @michaelhout.bsky.social @haywardgodwin.bsky.social, published in #psynomBRM, maps similarity among 1,200 objects in 20 categories using MDS—validated & ready to use.
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We just released a paper on using AI to autonomously conduct scientific research, from idea conception and (human) data collection to manuscript generation. We offer 3 example studies in cog psych. I think it indicates the current capacity of AI in autonomous research.
www.arxiv.org/abs/2508.13421
www.arxiv.org/abs/2508.13421
Virtuous Machines: Towards Artificial General Science
Artificial intelligence systems are transforming scientific discovery by accelerating specific research tasks, from protein structure prediction to materials design, yet remain confined to narrow doma...
www.arxiv.org
August 25, 2025 at 3:40 AM
We just released a paper on using AI to autonomously conduct scientific research, from idea conception and (human) data collection to manuscript generation. We offer 3 example studies in cog psych. I think it indicates the current capacity of AI in autonomous research.
www.arxiv.org/abs/2508.13421
www.arxiv.org/abs/2508.13421
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Why do we struggle to tell apart faces of other races? New #psynomBRM paper by Shoura @moazshoura.bsky.social , Walther & Nestor @adriannestor.bsky.social uses GAN-based “knockout faces” to reveal what info we miss. #FaceRecognition 👉
The case of the missing information: Reconstructed faces and hy the other race effect happens
Ever confuse two people you’ve met, particularly if they’re both of a different race than you are? It’s likely that part of why this is hard for you is the Other Race Effect, where we find people w…
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August 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Why do we struggle to tell apart faces of other races? New #psynomBRM paper by Shoura @moazshoura.bsky.social , Walther & Nestor @adriannestor.bsky.social uses GAN-based “knockout faces” to reveal what info we miss. #FaceRecognition 👉