Luc Boutsen
@lucboutsen.bsky.social
Cognitive psychologist, interested in vision, attention, faces, objects, M/EEG, eyetracking, neuropsychology.
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saying you’ll stand up for attacks on science in the US while honouring the person responsible for the attacks is like handing out bandages to people who are being savaged by your pet dog, while doing nothing to restrain him
Abandoning everything you stood for, just to not make fascist billionaires and anti-science crusaders uncomfortable - well done, @royalsociety.org - it takes talent to be SO utterly pathetic and cowardly.
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Royal Society decides not to take disciplinary action against Elon Musk
Exclusive: Fellows argue Musk has violated code of conduct but council believes investigation ‘could do more harm than good’
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March 26, 2025 at 7:30 AM
saying you’ll stand up for attacks on science in the US while honouring the person responsible for the attacks is like handing out bandages to people who are being savaged by your pet dog, while doing nothing to restrain him
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Out today! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
August 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Out today! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Excited to announce a call for papers for a new virtual special issue in Cortex on Concept Knowledge.
Our opening editorial, plus further information and guidance for authors can be found here:
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Our opening editorial, plus further information and guidance for authors can be found here:
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
June 21, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Excited to announce a call for papers for a new virtual special issue in Cortex on Concept Knowledge.
Our opening editorial, plus further information and guidance for authors can be found here:
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Our opening editorial, plus further information and guidance for authors can be found here:
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
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This is shocking behaviour by Wiley; the stated justification does not stand up.
I will not be doing any peer review for Wiley journals in future.
I will not be doing any peer review for Wiley journals in future.
NEW: Statement from the PCI RR Managing Board on the withdrawal of Infant and Child Development as a PCI RR-friendly journal, and the decision by Wiley to refuse preprints that have been peer-reviewed by @peercommunityin.bsky.social / @pci-regreports.bsky.social
Read here ➡️ osf.io/tn8mh
Read here ➡️ osf.io/tn8mh
June 17, 2025 at 8:44 AM
This is shocking behaviour by Wiley; the stated justification does not stand up.
I will not be doing any peer review for Wiley journals in future.
I will not be doing any peer review for Wiley journals in future.
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The proportion of p-values between .01 and .05 declined in psychology over the last decade, a strengthening of credibility.
Papers with fewer fragile p-values are cited more. Higher ranked journals assoc. with > improvement, but not higher ranked universities.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Papers with fewer fragile p-values are cited more. Higher ranked journals assoc. with > improvement, but not higher ranked universities.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
June 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The proportion of p-values between .01 and .05 declined in psychology over the last decade, a strengthening of credibility.
Papers with fewer fragile p-values are cited more. Higher ranked journals assoc. with > improvement, but not higher ranked universities.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Papers with fewer fragile p-values are cited more. Higher ranked journals assoc. with > improvement, but not higher ranked universities.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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How bad will it be? Catastrophic.
Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come.
But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget.
Speak up now before it is too late.
(inflation adjusted $-s below)
Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come.
But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget.
Speak up now before it is too late.
(inflation adjusted $-s below)
May 31, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Well, it's a while since I gave these talks, but i'm pleased that UKRN has now got them up online with a DOI:
Productivity and reproducibility: conflicting pressures on scientists? 10.52843/cassyni.504m8k
How current research practices are damaging science: 10.52843/cassyni.dwp8lw
Enjoy!
Productivity and reproducibility: conflicting pressures on scientists? 10.52843/cassyni.504m8k
How current research practices are damaging science: 10.52843/cassyni.dwp8lw
Enjoy!
May 29, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Well, it's a while since I gave these talks, but i'm pleased that UKRN has now got them up online with a DOI:
Productivity and reproducibility: conflicting pressures on scientists? 10.52843/cassyni.504m8k
How current research practices are damaging science: 10.52843/cassyni.dwp8lw
Enjoy!
Productivity and reproducibility: conflicting pressures on scientists? 10.52843/cassyni.504m8k
How current research practices are damaging science: 10.52843/cassyni.dwp8lw
Enjoy!
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If only a handful of Republicans in the Senate had the decency to caucus with Democrats and end this madness, not because they agree with capital D Democrats but because they valued lower case d democracy. The fact that this is so implausible is capital D Depressing.
May 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
If only a handful of Republicans in the Senate had the decency to caucus with Democrats and end this madness, not because they agree with capital D Democrats but because they valued lower case d democracy. The fact that this is so implausible is capital D Depressing.
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New paper out. We asked 29 people with developmental #prosopagnosia (face blindness) what it was like living with the condition and also analysed their objective scores on lab tests of face recognition dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
May 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
New paper out. We asked 29 people with developmental #prosopagnosia (face blindness) what it was like living with the condition and also analysed their objective scores on lab tests of face recognition dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
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An open letter supporting the international bachelor’s psychology programs threatened for cuts. Proceeding with these cuts would damage some of the most important and impactful psychology departments globally. #supportdutchpsychology
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Against Language Barriers: A Call to Protect International Education in Dutch Academia
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April 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
An open letter supporting the international bachelor’s psychology programs threatened for cuts. Proceeding with these cuts would damage some of the most important and impactful psychology departments globally. #supportdutchpsychology
openletter.earth/against-lang...
openletter.earth/against-lang...
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April 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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87 years ago.
In April 1938, Guy Callendar published the first evidence from thermometer observations that the world’s land areas were warming.
He also linked the observed warming to the increase in atmospheric CO₂ from burning coal.
87 years ago.
rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
In April 1938, Guy Callendar published the first evidence from thermometer observations that the world’s land areas were warming.
He also linked the observed warming to the increase in atmospheric CO₂ from burning coal.
87 years ago.
rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
April 17, 2025 at 8:16 AM
87 years ago.
In April 1938, Guy Callendar published the first evidence from thermometer observations that the world’s land areas were warming.
He also linked the observed warming to the increase in atmospheric CO₂ from burning coal.
87 years ago.
rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
In April 1938, Guy Callendar published the first evidence from thermometer observations that the world’s land areas were warming.
He also linked the observed warming to the increase in atmospheric CO₂ from burning coal.
87 years ago.
rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Today is the centenary of the birth of composer, conductor, writer, musical life creator Pierre Boulez (1925-2016). Here some essentials to get to know the man and his fascinating music
March 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Today is the centenary of the birth of composer, conductor, writer, musical life creator Pierre Boulez (1925-2016). Here some essentials to get to know the man and his fascinating music
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Royal Society honours pioneering scientists who were first female members
@royalsociety.org
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@royalsociety.org
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Royal Society honours pioneering scientists who were first female members
A year-long series of events marks 80 years since admission of Marjory Stephenson and Kathleen Lonsdale in 1945
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March 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Royal Society honours pioneering scientists who were first female members
@royalsociety.org
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
@royalsociety.org
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Exciting new study uncovering a genetic link between sensory sensitivity and #autism via #alexithymia
doi.org/10.1038/s413...
by Yorke et al. @proffrancescahappe.bsky.social and Geoff Bird
doi.org/10.1038/s413...
by Yorke et al. @proffrancescahappe.bsky.social and Geoff Bird
Alexithymia may explain the genetic relationship between autism and sensory sensitivity - Translational Psychiatry
Translational Psychiatry - Alexithymia may explain the genetic relationship between autism and sensory sensitivity
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March 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Exciting new study uncovering a genetic link between sensory sensitivity and #autism via #alexithymia
doi.org/10.1038/s413...
by Yorke et al. @proffrancescahappe.bsky.social and Geoff Bird
doi.org/10.1038/s413...
by Yorke et al. @proffrancescahappe.bsky.social and Geoff Bird
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Postdoc opportunity in my lab at the University of Amsterdam!
Our project investigates human sources of bias in AI models of face classification & implications for users' behavior. Co-supervised by me and Prof Andreas Schuck.
More details here: bit.ly/4kOS8ir
Deadline is April 15. DM me with Qs!
Our project investigates human sources of bias in AI models of face classification & implications for users' behavior. Co-supervised by me and Prof Andreas Schuck.
More details here: bit.ly/4kOS8ir
Deadline is April 15. DM me with Qs!
Vacancy — Postdoc Investigating Human Sources of Bias in AI Face Classification Models
How are human ideologies and prejudices amplified by AI models? How do human biases get into AI model training data? And how does the output of such models influence the decisions and behaviors of use...
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March 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Postdoc opportunity in my lab at the University of Amsterdam!
Our project investigates human sources of bias in AI models of face classification & implications for users' behavior. Co-supervised by me and Prof Andreas Schuck.
More details here: bit.ly/4kOS8ir
Deadline is April 15. DM me with Qs!
Our project investigates human sources of bias in AI models of face classification & implications for users' behavior. Co-supervised by me and Prof Andreas Schuck.
More details here: bit.ly/4kOS8ir
Deadline is April 15. DM me with Qs!
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New paper “Basis functions for complex social decisions in dorsomedial prefrontal cortex” in @nature.com led by @mkwittmann.bsky.social with many others. We show basis functions code relations between people, similar to their role in other perceptual and motor domains www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Basis functions for complex social decisions in dorsomedial frontal cortex - Nature
A study combining group decision-making tasks with fMRI shows that the brain’s dorsomedial prefrontal cortex uses basis functions, similar to those in the visual, motor and spatial domains, to re...
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March 13, 2025 at 8:29 AM
New paper “Basis functions for complex social decisions in dorsomedial prefrontal cortex” in @nature.com led by @mkwittmann.bsky.social with many others. We show basis functions code relations between people, similar to their role in other perceptual and motor domains www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Our paper in Nature (@mkwittmann.bsky.social et al.): the brain does not only process the *identity* of a person but primarily our *relationship* to them. Even on a neural level, who someone is *in relation to others* is key. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #neuroskyence
#PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #neuroskyence
March 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Our paper in Nature (@mkwittmann.bsky.social et al.): the brain does not only process the *identity* of a person but primarily our *relationship* to them. Even on a neural level, who someone is *in relation to others* is key. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #neuroskyence
#PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #neuroskyence
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New Paper out in @Cognition with @peelen.bsky.social !🚨📣
In a large-scale (N = 13539!) inattentional blindness experiment ran on naive museum visitors we demonstrate visual sensitivity to the 🚶♀️ upright human form 🚶♂️
@dondersinst.bsky.social
Open access link
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In a large-scale (N = 13539!) inattentional blindness experiment ran on naive museum visitors we demonstrate visual sensitivity to the 🚶♀️ upright human form 🚶♂️
@dondersinst.bsky.social
Open access link
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A body detection inversion effect revealed by a large-scale inattentional blindness experiment
As a social species, humans preferentially attend to the faces and bodies of other people. Previous research revealed specialized cognitive mechanisms…
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March 12, 2025 at 8:33 AM
New Paper out in @Cognition with @peelen.bsky.social !🚨📣
In a large-scale (N = 13539!) inattentional blindness experiment ran on naive museum visitors we demonstrate visual sensitivity to the 🚶♀️ upright human form 🚶♂️
@dondersinst.bsky.social
Open access link
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In a large-scale (N = 13539!) inattentional blindness experiment ran on naive museum visitors we demonstrate visual sensitivity to the 🚶♀️ upright human form 🚶♂️
@dondersinst.bsky.social
Open access link
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Per @statnews.com, a group of researchers has filed a lawsuit against 6 academic publishers, alleging antitrust violations.
"The need to confront what has been going on in the scientific publishing area is very overdue," said COS Sr. Director of Research Tim Errington.
🗞️: www.statnews.com/202...
"The need to confront what has been going on in the scientific publishing area is very overdue," said COS Sr. Director of Research Tim Errington.
🗞️: www.statnews.com/202...
Scientists’ suit against top academic publishers lays bare deep frustration over unpaid peer review
Researchers have sued six big academic publishers, arguing their practices are illegal and anticompetitive.
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March 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Per @statnews.com, a group of researchers has filed a lawsuit against 6 academic publishers, alleging antitrust violations.
"The need to confront what has been going on in the scientific publishing area is very overdue," said COS Sr. Director of Research Tim Errington.
🗞️: www.statnews.com/202...
"The need to confront what has been going on in the scientific publishing area is very overdue," said COS Sr. Director of Research Tim Errington.
🗞️: www.statnews.com/202...
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My book ‘Looking Ahead. The New Science of the Predictive Mind’ is available from today. Cambridge has provided a temporary promo code, if you enter HUETT24 and order via the CUP website you get 20% off any version (hardback, paperback, or ebook) www.cambridge.org/de/universit...
March 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
My book ‘Looking Ahead. The New Science of the Predictive Mind’ is available from today. Cambridge has provided a temporary promo code, if you enter HUETT24 and order via the CUP website you get 20% off any version (hardback, paperback, or ebook) www.cambridge.org/de/universit...
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"... the best thing to do is to come back to the lab, meet a few times a day in the coffee room, and have all those discussions that we used to have"
☕️
New editorial: The coffee room and the future of perception research
By Frans A.J. Verstraten
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
☕️
New editorial: The coffee room and the future of perception research
By Frans A.J. Verstraten
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The coffee room and the future of perception research - Frans A.J. Verstraten, 2025
journals.sagepub.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"... the best thing to do is to come back to the lab, meet a few times a day in the coffee room, and have all those discussions that we used to have"
☕️
New editorial: The coffee room and the future of perception research
By Frans A.J. Verstraten
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
☕️
New editorial: The coffee room and the future of perception research
By Frans A.J. Verstraten
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Birkbeck's offering fully-funded PhD studentships as part of its Diversity 100 scheme. If you qualify as a Home student, & come from an ethnic background that's underrepresented in academia, you're eligible!
If that sounds like you, and you'd like to discuss PhDs in my lab, please do get in touch.
If that sounds like you, and you'd like to discuss PhDs in my lab, please do get in touch.
February 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Birkbeck's offering fully-funded PhD studentships as part of its Diversity 100 scheme. If you qualify as a Home student, & come from an ethnic background that's underrepresented in academia, you're eligible!
If that sounds like you, and you'd like to discuss PhDs in my lab, please do get in touch.
If that sounds like you, and you'd like to discuss PhDs in my lab, please do get in touch.