If you know of a graduating senior who might want to spend a gap year in @jmhenderson.bsky.social's productive, supportive, and fun lab, pass along this ad for a full-time, NIH-funded RA position!
recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07601?fbc...
It's been quite a while, but I've got a new #chess post up over at Lichess! This time I'm talking about a recent paper that investigates whether or not the time players spend thinking about their next move actually reflects the value of spending more time on the position. Enjoy!
My kid has a piece out today in the local indie/arts paper on the movie Fargo, its layered relationship with the city of Fargo, and why it endures as a classic, from the perspective of someone who grew up here.
Another YT Short with an analog #visionscience demo - this time it's Akiyoshi Kitaoka's wiggly version of the Footsteps illusion! Lots of fun making the paper-and-tape version of this one look it's best (at least w/ my skill set) on camera. Enjoy! youtube.com/shorts/1af1r...
More #horrormovies writing from the kiddo! This time she's taking on the zombie lore established by the eternal classic NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. Check it out (and subscribe to her newsletter!) for more excellent perspectives on #film and #popculture. 🧠🧟♂️🧟♀️
this is Duane Watson’s kids‘ team. Come on psycholinguists— we can get this funded!
As far as I know there is literally no reason for this, it is just an incredibly lucky coincidence that we get to enjoy for free
Now you can finally finish the Seder!
yep, my kid's life saving cystic fibrosis medications that literally correct the specific protein defects that cause CF at the cellular level are due to small molecule drugs, developed by big pharmaceutical companies, addressing targets identified by NIH research
Kids These Days Don’t Appreciate The Town’s Creepy Clown Mascot anymore is out now! The in-depth critical analysis of @adamcesare.bsky.social ‘s Clown in a Cornfield series you didn’t know you needed!
buttondown.com/blaisebalas/...
#horrorsky #horrorwriting #horrorblog #clowninacornfield
Good people, please fill out those Anthropic claims. Settlement is going to be around $3000 per book.
"Anthropic will pay $1.5 billion plus interest into a settlement fund, equating to approximately $3,000 for each work covered by the settlement."
www.susmangodfrey.com/wins/susman-....
She is an icon and a queen. (Were you wearing a fabulous science-themed look?)
To be clear, the cat's name is Clementine, not Jesus.
Quick YT short about an excellent color #illusion that just came out in @pec-ipe.bsky.social - enjoy! #psychology #neuroscience #visionscience
New YouTube video on my SeeingScience channel about partnering with Fargo's Plains Art Museum on this month's Kid Quest! We worked with the Kid Quest team on incorporating #face #pareidolia into the art kids were seeing in the collection and making in the studio. Enjoy! #sciart
Attending the Ig Nobel lectures was a highlight of my year when I was a student and gave me incredibly important perspective on the nature of scientific inquiry and public communication of science.
This makes me very, very sad.
📢 PhD position in Developmental Language Modelling
(PLZ RT)
What can human language acquisition teach us about training language models? Join us as a PhD!
mpi.nl/career-education/vacancies/vacancy/fully-funded-4-year-phd-position-developmental-language @carorowland.bsky.social
@mpi-nl.bsky.social
In an age of multiplexes and streaming, this theater brings me a lot of joy: Iconic marquee, niche movies, film nerd employees, art deco design, best popcorn in town.
We're very lucky to have this place.
Just freakin' incredible.
If you ever visit Fargo, the woodchipper prop from the movie is in our visitors center. They even have fake legs you can use to pose with it.
Just put up a new YouTube short about a classic #cogsci experiment: Our poor memory for what a penny looks like! Given that the penny is retiring, I thought it was worth talking about this great piece of #psychology history. Enjoy!
Still learning the ropes at YouTube, but I've got a new version of my Ames Room video set up as a Short now! Check out the #science of how linear perspective cues can lead you to make big errors when judging object size! #psychscisky #visionscience youtube.com/shorts/a0uPD...
Research plug: we're currently seeking (bilateraly, congenitally) blind adults & Deaf adults for a *paid* online research study (screen reader compatible) on how individuals experience words across perceptual modalities. Ping bergelsonlab@fas.harvard.edu if interested! Reposts welcome! #Blind #Deaf
Thousands of institutions abandoned programs, ended or rewrote scholarships, closed down clubs and publications, all in pre-emptive compliance.
And you know why?
Mostly because they wanted to do it if they thought they could blame someone else for it.
I've got a new #visionscience #scicomm video for you! In this one, I talk about one of our recent papers about face #pareidolia - enjoy! #PsychSciSky #STEMEducation
These contracts b/t AI co and universities infuriate me. Our budgets are thin and declining, we can’t invest in the people who do the work: the teaching, learning, the support. Yet we can drop millions each year to companies that already have tax breaks and are raking in profits.
The #scicomm content creation journey continues with another short #visionscience video! In this one, I take apart some upside-down goggles to show you how they flip everything you see. Enjoy (and don't forget to subscribe)! www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcB9...
Caption: You hear IPA and think of pretentious beer, I hear IPA and think of an alphabetic system of phonetic notation... We are both terrible at parties"
/tʃiɹz/ 🍻
