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Lindsay Houck
@lindzolotl.bsky.social
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Asst prof at Rhode Island College studying space & scene perception by day | Runner, cat owner, hiker, and D&D nerd by night. She/Hers 💜🖤🤍💚
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#VSS2025 recap, featuring @rebekaalmasi.bsky.social and Molly McKinney 👀 🏝️
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May 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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I didn’t mean to cosplay as a Gabor patch for #vss2025 demo night but here we are. #visionscience
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May 20, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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The world is 110% on fire and everything is terrible, but I’m happy to report that the undercut is BACK with a vengeance! Very excited to have much less hair this summer and have one less thing to deal with 😄
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May 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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If I ever needed a metric for how much I gesture during lectures, apparently my Garmin auto-recorded my lectures as swims today 🤣
#academicsky
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January 22, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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If anyone needs me I’ll be lounging here while Thea watches cat tv from my lap all day 😸
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January 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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This is the energy I’m bringing into 2025 😸

(Shirt reads, “I have so much love to give, exclusively to cats” from Dropout and Dimension 20 😸 🎲)
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January 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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The perfect Christmas shirt doesn’t exi-
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December 25, 2024 at 2:51 PM
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The struggle of any academic cat parent 😹
#academicsky
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December 10, 2024 at 2:51 PM
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Sunday evening vibes 😸😴
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December 9, 2024 at 2:40 AM
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*slaps new lab equipment*
This baby can fit SO much research!
My startup equipment is finally here! Excited to get started on some new VR studies next semester. 😁
#academicsky
#visionscience
#psychscisky
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December 3, 2024 at 7:46 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate! Please enjoy my unhinged lecture slide from Wednesday as a treat.

(The cat’s name is Turnip, if you aren’t in the know 😁)
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November 28, 2024 at 3:47 PM
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My first piece of lab equipment has arrived… a keyboard! Get ready for some science 😄
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November 25, 2024 at 6:53 PM
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When #psynom24 is in NYC you can take breaks to see fun, nerdy shows with @rebekacsalmasi.bsky.social!
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November 24, 2024 at 4:18 AM
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ZZ and Lauren did such a great job presenting our work on boundary extension in large and small scenes yesterday! Thanks to everyone who stopped by 😄 #psynom24
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November 22, 2024 at 3:14 PM
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Not to draw attention to the author of Good Omens but Tumblr is spot on today.
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November 7, 2024 at 1:46 AM
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Defending democracy one vote at a time. #HarrisWalz2024
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November 5, 2024 at 7:54 PM
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I do love the idea of that, but it’s something like the image on the left: the same stimuli that make the illusory square, but tilted so the illusion isn’t visible.
September 24, 2024 at 6:00 PM
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We’re covering object perception in S&P today, which means I get to talk about my favorite study ever. 😸📦
#visionscience
#neuroskyence
#psychSciSky
#AcademicSky
A screenshot of a lecture slide detailing the study “If I fits I sits: a citizen science investigation into illusory contour susceptibility in domestic cats” demonstrating that cats will sit in illusory boxes more than controls, which suggests that they fall for the same perceptual illusions that humans do.
September 24, 2024 at 4:44 PM
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Since it’s suddenly June, I should announce that I’m starting as an Assistant Professor in the Psych dept at Rhode Island College this fall! I’m so humbled by all who helped me get here, and thrilled to start the next chapter of my career.
(Thea for cat tax)
#visionscience
#psychSciSky
#AcademicSky
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June 2, 2024 at 2:08 PM
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#VSS24 highlights: dolphins in the gulf, color illusions, and whiskey. See you all next year! 😎🐬🥃
May 23, 2024 at 1:26 AM
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Wentao (Taylor) did an amazing job presenting his honors thesis work yesterday afternoon! Thanks to everyone who stopped by to give us comments and feedback ☺️ Stay tuned for a preprint of this project dropping soon! #VSS2024
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May 20, 2024 at 10:11 PM
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I’m excited for #VSS2024! Come see Wentao Si’s poster on his honors thesis project Sunday afternoon: The interaction of clutter and scene size on visual search in natural scenes 😁😎
A screenshot of a conference poster schedule depicting a presentation titled: the interaction of clutter and scene size on visual search in natural scenes. On Sunday May 19th from 2:45-6:45 in the Banyan Breezeway. Presented by Wentao Si and Lindsay Houck from Bates College.
May 17, 2024 at 4:08 PM
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Thea is either very invested in helping me give student feedback, or she really wants my cheesy potato soup. Who could say?
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February 24, 2024 at 7:09 PM
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I am “actually kinda excited about the free calendar that came in my Chinese takeout” years old.
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December 19, 2023 at 8:34 PM
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And that’s a wrap on teaching this semester! Now I just have to give feedback on thesis drafts, grade the final drafts when they’re in, create and grade an exam, and finish a handful of other assignments. It’s fine. Totally fine. 😅
#academicsky
A screenshot of a lecture slide with photos of cats posing like food, with the text “The end! You did it,” and the subtext: “cats or food? The ultimate visual neuroscience problem.”
December 8, 2023 at 7:08 PM