I'm back in St Pete for #VSS2026 - presenting work with Arnold Wilkins on LED flicker, eye movements and reading in the first poster session. Come and say hi!

New work from a collaboration with clever EEG/machine learning people... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The next EPS Meeting will be at the University of Essex from 1st – 3rd July 2026. This meeting will include the 33rd EPS Prize lecture and the 15th Frith Prize Talk. Portals for this meeting will open on Monday 13th April 2026 at 10am (UK time) and for at least 24 hours. eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/

If you have recently got your PhD in the UK (or you are about to) and you want a short postdoc fellowship where you think/publish/engage, check this out: www.senss.ac.uk/post-doctora... @thesenssdtp.bsky.social (and if our interests align, I could be your mentor...)

Come and join us this September in London to learn all about eye movement research! Please pass on to interested students and researchers! @exppsychsoc.bsky.social @escop.bsky.social

I guess that it's OK for a reviewer to write "the author does not seem to know the literature" but you kind of have to give some citations, yeah? At least tell us what it is that you think we don't know!

I am thrilled to announce the European Summer School on Eye Movements! #ESSEM2026 takes place 7-12 September, 2026, at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London. Further details including info on how to register can be found here: essem2026.org

📣 Paper alert: We reviewed callous unemotional (CU) traits across neurodevelopmental disorders (NDs). Individuals with CU traits consistently show atypical gaze patterns (reduced looks to the eyes), when viewing fearful faces. @tomfoulsh.bsky.social www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/13...

🚨New paper! We examined face & emotion id across ASC, ADHD, ASC+ADHD and typically developing children using The Gorilla exp builder, reaching diverse regions of Mexico. With the great support of @tomfoulsh.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New from David McAleavey who used eyetracking to test theories of "community perception" authors.elsevier.com/c/1mbVyzzKDT...

Just over 2 weeks until the deadline for this studentship - know any great students interested in memory, eye movements and sleep?

The advert for collaborative, SENSS funded PhD-studentships is now live, including one project about sleep and eye movements with me as a co-supervisor. PLEASE SHARE this for people interested in doing a funded PhD in the UK: www.senss.ac.uk/collaborativ...

The advert for collaborative, SENSS funded PhD-studentships is now live, including one project about sleep and eye movements with me as a co-supervisor. PLEASE SHARE this for people interested in doing a funded PhD in the UK: www.senss.ac.uk/collaborativ...

New paper which took a long time to come out, based on PhD students' Jessica Dawson and @apmartinezcedillo.bsky.social. We investigate the influence of signals from the eyes, and clinically-relevant traits, on how people follow a conversation. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

The next steps in our funded research on eye movements in fatigue involve some fancy AI and supercomputing! @universityofessex.bsky.social www.essex.ac.uk/news/2025/11...

I don't think it is OK to desk reject a paper with no comments or feedback at all. If you have time to read/skim the paper and make a judgement, then you have time to write a sentence explaining why you don't want it (and that stuff is invaluable for ECRs)

We withdrew a manuscript from review at a journal today. I think that is the first time I've done that, but the review process was hugely delayed and unhelpful.

Looking forward to speaking in tomorrow's pre-conference workshop on eye-tracking @escop.bsky.social in Sheffield #ESCOP2025

Some exciting news to share: I’m joining Edge Hill University as a Lecturer in Psychology this September! Excited (and a little nervous) for this next chapter in academia. I can’t wait to get started! #AcademicTwitter #Psychology #LecturerLife #EdgeHillUniversity

Here's a short thread about our paper in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social dlvr.it/TKxcFg ... 1/4

#socialAnx this articulates something i've wondered about www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

On gaze vs attention, autism-relevant, free www.cell.com/trends/cogni... "in live situations, where the eyes signal information, people may naturally avert their gaze while covertly tracking others... with the eyes effectively sending a false signal as to where attention is directed"

Online Now: Covert orienting: the dark matter of social attention

More paper news! After years of thinking/talking about it, here is our short perspective piece on covert attention in natural situations. Now in press at TICS @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

I played a small part in this new paper led by Stasha Medeiros in Vermont and with @neilcohn.bsky.social: autistic traits have some nuanced effects on how people process comic strips... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Now out from my colleagues on our POTION project: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Why academia is sleepwalking into self-destruction. My editorial @brain1878.bsky.social If you agree with the sentiments please repost. It's important for all our sakes to stop the madness academic.oup.com/brain/articl...

As a reviewer, do you expect to see the other reviewers' comments and the editor's decision letter when you look at a revision? That's normal practice, right?! Or am I mad?

New paper from A. Priscilla Martinez-Cedillo, showing how cognitive load affects gaze in real tasks... link.springer.com/article/10.1...

If you're an early career researcher - perhaps based in a fledgling authoritarian state - and want an out, @britishacademy.bsky.social offer 2-year fellowships to come to a UK university (including relocation costs and research funds). www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...

Also, do you like humans, robots and pizza? If so, you should check out the special sessions at IAS-19 in Genoa... ias-19.org/special-sess...

We are looking for TWO postdocs as part of our funded project on AI, fatigue and eye movement metrics! Please spread the word (one post is more machine learning, the other is more psychology testing)... vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec... vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

Having a good time this week hanging out with super smart people at Milan Bicocca! Lots of pizza and AI chat. (and yes, this is my first post on here, more interesting stuff to come...)