John Towse
@jntowse.bsky.social
Experimental psychologist. Interested in cognitive science, research rigour, and interesting interdisciplinary spaces.
Work: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1183-5508
Enjoying the outdoors around the NW of England.
DMs disabled.
Work: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1183-5508
Enjoying the outdoors around the NW of England.
DMs disabled.
Morning dog walk in November: sunshine, leaf turn and long shadows
November 2, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Morning dog walk in November: sunshine, leaf turn and long shadows
There’s usually a Far Side take on things. A match made in heaven :-)
October 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
There’s usually a Far Side take on things. A match made in heaven :-)
Here’s a screenshot, BMJ 24 March 1917
October 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Here’s a screenshot, BMJ 24 March 1917
I'm going to mark this as yet another data point for the hypothesis that, generally, OS engagement in psychology for applied areas < basic areas. Fits the data sharing pattern in the figure.
October 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I'm going to mark this as yet another data point for the hypothesis that, generally, OS engagement in psychology for applied areas < basic areas. Fits the data sharing pattern in the figure.
Finally the rain has relented and the sun came out to play. In the Yorkshire Dales with Ingleborough in the distance on the left, Moughton scar ahead
September 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Finally the rain has relented and the sun came out to play. In the Yorkshire Dales with Ingleborough in the distance on the left, Moughton scar ahead
Last day before school starts? Whatevs … today is Bowl Time!
September 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Last day before school starts? Whatevs … today is Bowl Time!
The birds got there first … This was the remaining crop of one of this year’s new apple trees (Ellison’s Orange).
Although the apples weren’t fully ripe, they were developed and sweet enough to actually get the kids approval, tasting what could be saved.
Onto next year then for this tree …
Although the apples weren’t fully ripe, they were developed and sweet enough to actually get the kids approval, tasting what could be saved.
Onto next year then for this tree …
August 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The birds got there first … This was the remaining crop of one of this year’s new apple trees (Ellison’s Orange).
Although the apples weren’t fully ripe, they were developed and sweet enough to actually get the kids approval, tasting what could be saved.
Onto next year then for this tree …
Although the apples weren’t fully ripe, they were developed and sweet enough to actually get the kids approval, tasting what could be saved.
Onto next year then for this tree …
Long Swales sheep’s milk cheese - every bit as fantastic as when we tasted & acquired it at the annual cheese festival from the incomparable #CourtyardDairy near Settle
longswales.co.uk
longswales.co.uk
July 27, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Long Swales sheep’s milk cheese - every bit as fantastic as when we tasted & acquired it at the annual cheese festival from the incomparable #CourtyardDairy near Settle
longswales.co.uk
longswales.co.uk
Nine days later … successful plum and apple crumble :-)
July 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Nine days later … successful plum and apple crumble :-)
Dog cooling off during an afternoon walk, along the Lune river
July 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Dog cooling off during an afternoon walk, along the Lune river
By 1906, you couldn't so easily get your letter published by referencing cute pets though! Francis Galton knew you had to address the truly serious scientific challenges of the day ...
July 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
By 1906, you couldn't so easily get your letter published by referencing cute pets though! Francis Galton knew you had to address the truly serious scientific challenges of the day ...
A week is a long time in ... the life of a plum.
On the left, last Friday. On the right, yesterday
On the left, last Friday. On the right, yesterday
July 17, 2025 at 6:14 AM
A week is a long time in ... the life of a plum.
On the left, last Friday. On the right, yesterday
On the left, last Friday. On the right, yesterday
Back home from London, and a chance to check on the young orchard trees planted this year
July 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Back home from London, and a chance to check on the young orchard trees planted this year
That was pretty much as intense as it looked like it was going to be.
June 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
That was pretty much as intense as it looked like it was going to be.
May 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Fitness update.
I know all too well I’m world away from where I used to be when competing in triathlon.
So I think Garmin and Wattbike must be working up some kind of cruel practical joke with their performance stats
I know all too well I’m world away from where I used to be when competing in triathlon.
So I think Garmin and Wattbike must be working up some kind of cruel practical joke with their performance stats
May 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Fitness update.
I know all too well I’m world away from where I used to be when competing in triathlon.
So I think Garmin and Wattbike must be working up some kind of cruel practical joke with their performance stats
I know all too well I’m world away from where I used to be when competing in triathlon.
So I think Garmin and Wattbike must be working up some kind of cruel practical joke with their performance stats
Great morning dog walk after school drop off, down to the confluence - where the Wenning meets the Lune.
April 25, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Great morning dog walk after school drop off, down to the confluence - where the Wenning meets the Lune.
Springtime: Dog, bluebells, woods
April 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Springtime: Dog, bluebells, woods
The last of the light after sunset on Praa Sands
April 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The last of the light after sunset on Praa Sands
Searching out the sunshine ….
March 15, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Searching out the sunshine ….
Teenage daughter’s German Duolingo session is leaning into the ‘awkward scenario’ sentence pool again
March 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Teenage daughter’s German Duolingo session is leaning into the ‘awkward scenario’ sentence pool again
The unintentional irony is delicious
March 6, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The unintentional irony is delicious
Greetings from a seemingly unheated warehouse where the kids climb the walls in the cold
January 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Greetings from a seemingly unheated warehouse where the kids climb the walls in the cold
Mid-morning dog walk report. Slushy snow, melting.
January 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Mid-morning dog walk report. Slushy snow, melting.
Happy New Year!
Normally you can’t see the river Lune from here *at all* as it flows below its banks. But then the rains came down yesterday and the flooding started …
Normally you can’t see the river Lune from here *at all* as it flows below its banks. But then the rains came down yesterday and the flooding started …
January 1, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Happy New Year!
Normally you can’t see the river Lune from here *at all* as it flows below its banks. But then the rains came down yesterday and the flooding started …
Normally you can’t see the river Lune from here *at all* as it flows below its banks. But then the rains came down yesterday and the flooding started …