samuel mehr
@mehr.nz
i am a cognitive scientist working on auditory perception at the University of Auckland and the Yale Child Study Center 🇳🇿🇺🇸🇫🇷🇨🇦
lab: themusiclab.org
personal: mehr.nz
intro to my research: youtu.be/-vJ7Jygr1eg
lab: themusiclab.org
personal: mehr.nz
intro to my research: youtu.be/-vJ7Jygr1eg
Here for u and all who are grant-mad
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Here for u and all who are grant-mad
To be fair grant-deadline madness is in the DSM. Trust me I am a Psychology Professor
November 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
To be fair grant-deadline madness is in the DSM. Trust me I am a Psychology Professor
Similar vibe in Auckland but for ferries and buses instead of trains. They're straightforwardly good? All the new ones are electric? And the boats are super pleasant? Wtf, while everything is a bit crap
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Similar vibe in Auckland but for ferries and buses instead of trains. They're straightforwardly good? All the new ones are electric? And the boats are super pleasant? Wtf, while everything is a bit crap
Always here for NZ playground content
Playgrounds hit different in NZ, volume 23 (mountain lakes edition)
November 11, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Always here for NZ playground content
"please go onto the city's GIS planner to view the new housing plan this is terrible there will be apartments near us"
"omg i am so looking forward to meeting the new neighbours!!!! i hope they have kids we can do a street party"
"omg i am so looking forward to meeting the new neighbours!!!! i hope they have kids we can do a street party"
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 AM
"please go onto the city's GIS planner to view the new housing plan this is terrible there will be apartments near us"
"omg i am so looking forward to meeting the new neighbours!!!! i hope they have kids we can do a street party"
"omg i am so looking forward to meeting the new neighbours!!!! i hope they have kids we can do a street party"
Should do this with infants next
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Should do this with infants next
Me to every ai posting smdh
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Me to every ai posting smdh
Omg so cool!! I feel like I wanna write about this at some point
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Omg so cool!! I feel like I wanna write about this at some point
in retrospect it was a wild experience, at the age of 8 to learn terms like "double-blind randomized trial" and to be told "don't show the doc your glasses, she doens't know what arm of the study you're in!!"
in college the NIH would pay for flights home so they would keep getting the data, even
in college the NIH would pay for flights home so they would keep getting the data, even
November 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
in retrospect it was a wild experience, at the age of 8 to learn terms like "double-blind randomized trial" and to be told "don't show the doc your glasses, she doens't know what arm of the study you're in!!"
in college the NIH would pay for flights home so they would keep getting the data, even
in college the NIH would pay for flights home so they would keep getting the data, even
i love this piece thank you
also i have that image of the hot-air balloon burned into my mind from seeing it twice a year, without fail, as a study subject in a fourteen-year (!!) longitudinal study of myopia at the New England College of Optometry starting at age 8
also i have that image of the hot-air balloon burned into my mind from seeing it twice a year, without fail, as a study subject in a fourteen-year (!!) longitudinal study of myopia at the New England College of Optometry starting at age 8
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
i love this piece thank you
also i have that image of the hot-air balloon burned into my mind from seeing it twice a year, without fail, as a study subject in a fourteen-year (!!) longitudinal study of myopia at the New England College of Optometry starting at age 8
also i have that image of the hot-air balloon burned into my mind from seeing it twice a year, without fail, as a study subject in a fourteen-year (!!) longitudinal study of myopia at the New England College of Optometry starting at age 8
Great piece. I wonder about human ones from cogsci that have led to advances in engineering
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Great piece. I wonder about human ones from cogsci that have led to advances in engineering
I quote his little sayings often, like this one bsky.app/profile/mehr...
submitted our grant so tonight I'm gonna go out under the full moon, turn counter clockwise 3 times and whisper the melody to "one enchanting evening [sic]" per jerry kagan's instructions
November 10, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I quote his little sayings often, like this one bsky.app/profile/mehr...
It's a particular sort of pain when a mentor dies. He was the first academic who died that I knew well, no longer the only one but the first for me
November 10, 2025 at 10:09 AM
It's a particular sort of pain when a mentor dies. He was the first academic who died that I knew well, no longer the only one but the first for me