megan peters 🧠
@meganakpeters.bsky.social
assoc prof, uc irvine cogsci & LPS: perception+metacognition+subjective experience, fMRI+models+AI
phil sci, education for all
2026: UCI-->UCL!
prez+co-founder, neuromatch.io
fellow, CIFAR brain mind consciousness
meganakpeters.org
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phil sci, education for all
2026: UCI-->UCL!
prez+co-founder, neuromatch.io
fellow, CIFAR brain mind consciousness
meganakpeters.org
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Our group has SIX posters at SfN! 🧵👇 links below in thread:
November 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Our group has SIX posters at SfN! 🧵👇 links below in thread:
dry run for turkeyday. oh yeah.
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 AM
dry run for turkeyday. oh yeah.
Works ok for me!
November 4, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Works ok for me!
happy halloween!
November 1, 2025 at 4:40 AM
happy halloween!
a peaceful sunday evening in southern california
October 20, 2025 at 12:58 AM
a peaceful sunday evening in southern california
my task management software is down. oh no. oh nooooo.
October 1, 2025 at 11:36 PM
my task management software is down. oh no. oh nooooo.
this TNG episode is an influential and poignant commentary on cultural exchange, cultural memory, and semantics.
it's also a lot of fun!
... and thank GOODNESS i saw this post in time to change my shirt this morning.
it's also a lot of fun!
... and thank GOODNESS i saw this post in time to change my shirt this morning.
September 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
this TNG episode is an influential and poignant commentary on cultural exchange, cultural memory, and semantics.
it's also a lot of fun!
... and thank GOODNESS i saw this post in time to change my shirt this morning.
it's also a lot of fun!
... and thank GOODNESS i saw this post in time to change my shirt this morning.
... and a cognitive scientist (for not quite 20 years)
September 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
... and a cognitive scientist (for not quite 20 years)
i present to you all: proof i have been a philosopher of science for over 20 years
😂
😂
September 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
i present to you all: proof i have been a philosopher of science for over 20 years
😂
😂
we really are living in the hunger games.
(perhaps we can hope she undergoes the same redemption arc as Effie, eventually?)
(perhaps we can hope she undergoes the same redemption arc as Effie, eventually?)
September 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
we really are living in the hunger games.
(perhaps we can hope she undergoes the same redemption arc as Effie, eventually?)
(perhaps we can hope she undergoes the same redemption arc as Effie, eventually?)
sitting on the tarmac at yyz... and see this.
united airlines now offers mach 17 services apparently.
if only.
united airlines now offers mach 17 services apparently.
if only.
August 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
sitting on the tarmac at yyz... and see this.
united airlines now offers mach 17 services apparently.
if only.
united airlines now offers mach 17 services apparently.
if only.
you guys.
i am REALLY bad at steering a canoe.
@neurograce.bsky.social is truly a saint for putting up with me 🙏 at least i didn't capsize us!
(team building exercises @ #neuro4pros! h/t to @gunnarblohm.bsky.social & @kordinglab.bsky.social for organizing such a stellar group, & it's only day 2!)
i am REALLY bad at steering a canoe.
@neurograce.bsky.social is truly a saint for putting up with me 🙏 at least i didn't capsize us!
(team building exercises @ #neuro4pros! h/t to @gunnarblohm.bsky.social & @kordinglab.bsky.social for organizing such a stellar group, & it's only day 2!)
August 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
you guys.
i am REALLY bad at steering a canoe.
@neurograce.bsky.social is truly a saint for putting up with me 🙏 at least i didn't capsize us!
(team building exercises @ #neuro4pros! h/t to @gunnarblohm.bsky.social & @kordinglab.bsky.social for organizing such a stellar group, & it's only day 2!)
i am REALLY bad at steering a canoe.
@neurograce.bsky.social is truly a saint for putting up with me 🙏 at least i didn't capsize us!
(team building exercises @ #neuro4pros! h/t to @gunnarblohm.bsky.social & @kordinglab.bsky.social for organizing such a stellar group, & it's only day 2!)
NASA: She* is the moment
* She = the Black Pearl, the pinnacle of human technological innovation, exploration, and discovery
Image credit: The Black Pearl Pirates of the Caribbean Giclee by John Rowe
* She = the Black Pearl, the pinnacle of human technological innovation, exploration, and discovery
Image credit: The Black Pearl Pirates of the Caribbean Giclee by John Rowe
August 1, 2025 at 2:17 AM
NASA: She* is the moment
* She = the Black Pearl, the pinnacle of human technological innovation, exploration, and discovery
Image credit: The Black Pearl Pirates of the Caribbean Giclee by John Rowe
* She = the Black Pearl, the pinnacle of human technological innovation, exploration, and discovery
Image credit: The Black Pearl Pirates of the Caribbean Giclee by John Rowe
at the Royal Society in London, they celebrate #womeninSTEM!
meanwhile in the US theyre taking down all these photos & websites...
thanks to CIFAR for bringing us here for the Brain Mind Consciousness program meeting! so cool to see.
(also repping @neuromatch.bsky.social w/ my astrocat tee ofc!)
meanwhile in the US theyre taking down all these photos & websites...
thanks to CIFAR for bringing us here for the Brain Mind Consciousness program meeting! so cool to see.
(also repping @neuromatch.bsky.social w/ my astrocat tee ofc!)
May 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
at the Royal Society in London, they celebrate #womeninSTEM!
meanwhile in the US theyre taking down all these photos & websites...
thanks to CIFAR for bringing us here for the Brain Mind Consciousness program meeting! so cool to see.
(also repping @neuromatch.bsky.social w/ my astrocat tee ofc!)
meanwhile in the US theyre taking down all these photos & websites...
thanks to CIFAR for bringing us here for the Brain Mind Consciousness program meeting! so cool to see.
(also repping @neuromatch.bsky.social w/ my astrocat tee ofc!)
what a good last day at #vss2025! great chats at posters and then phiVis in the PM!
check out @norabradford.bsky.social and @angelashen.bsky.social killing it at their posters!
check out @norabradford.bsky.social and @angelashen.bsky.social killing it at their posters!
May 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
what a good last day at #vss2025! great chats at posters and then phiVis in the PM!
check out @norabradford.bsky.social and @angelashen.bsky.social killing it at their posters!
check out @norabradford.bsky.social and @angelashen.bsky.social killing it at their posters!
the #vss2025 crowd is super into metacognition it seems!
join us in Amsterdam in August for even more metacognition! deadline extended to May 27 for abstract submission!
thanks to all who stopped by my poster this morning too 😎
join us in Amsterdam in August for even more metacognition! deadline extended to May 27 for abstract submission!
thanks to all who stopped by my poster this morning too 😎
May 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
the #vss2025 crowd is super into metacognition it seems!
join us in Amsterdam in August for even more metacognition! deadline extended to May 27 for abstract submission!
thanks to all who stopped by my poster this morning too 😎
join us in Amsterdam in August for even more metacognition! deadline extended to May 27 for abstract submission!
thanks to all who stopped by my poster this morning too 😎
metacognitive science! amsterdam! August!
if you're at #vss2025 come find me to talk about this exciting meeting!
www.metacognitivescience.org
if you're at #vss2025 come find me to talk about this exciting meeting!
www.metacognitivescience.org
May 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
metacognitive science! amsterdam! August!
if you're at #vss2025 come find me to talk about this exciting meeting!
www.metacognitivescience.org
if you're at #vss2025 come find me to talk about this exciting meeting!
www.metacognitivescience.org
taking a break from science to stand up for what we believe in. and yell a lot.
#savedemocracy #stopfascism #stopthecoup
#savedemocracy #stopfascism #stopthecoup
April 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
taking a break from science to stand up for what we believe in. and yell a lot.
#savedemocracy #stopfascism #stopthecoup
#savedemocracy #stopfascism #stopthecoup
folks, i've found my new professional headshot.
courtesy of Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and the Duke U Consciousness Conference! 🙏
courtesy of Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and the Duke U Consciousness Conference! 🙏
April 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
folks, i've found my new professional headshot.
courtesy of Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and the Duke U Consciousness Conference! 🙏
courtesy of Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and the Duke U Consciousness Conference! 🙏
the UC system just going ahead and complying in advance. disappointment is an incredible understatement. i had hoped for more from the greatest public university system in the country.
i am so proud to be a UC professor. this makes me less proud.
i am so proud to be a UC professor. this makes me less proud.
March 21, 2025 at 3:34 AM
the UC system just going ahead and complying in advance. disappointment is an incredible understatement. i had hoped for more from the greatest public university system in the country.
i am so proud to be a UC professor. this makes me less proud.
i am so proud to be a UC professor. this makes me less proud.
thank you to @sfiscience.bsky.social for inviting me to this exciting working group on the nature of intelligence! I wish I could stay longer...
March 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
thank you to @sfiscience.bsky.social for inviting me to this exciting working group on the nature of intelligence! I wish I could stay longer...