Nooo!!!! www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

Taking the rabbit-duck illusion to its logical conclusion.

An international team with English, French, Spanish, and German scientists are working on a cloaking device that renders the wearer invisible. They try it on a grad student who asks "Can you see me?!" The scientists reply "Yes" "Oui" "Si" "Ja". I'll show myself out.

Study of the Heads of Two Old Men, by Philippe de Champaigne, 17th c, 📸 by @adampantozzi

Scene at a Bullfight, Diversión de España, after Francisco de Goya, early 19th c, 📸 by @byalexcoffey.bsky.social

Another new one from the lab in J Neurosci: www.jneurosci.org/content/earl... Evidence accumulation is a core principle by which brains convert information into decisions. But what happens when the evidence the brain needs can't be directly read from an external stimulus or memory? 1/N

Proud of this one, led by former lab student Ali Caron (not on bluesky) and online at @jocn.bsky.social. direct.mit.edu/jocn/article...

It’s out!

Happy Chompsgiving!

Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate V: The Death of the Earl, by Simon François Ravenet, after William Hogarth, 1745, 📸 by @evanvucci

Perfect after 3 days at SfN.

Today: 1. Paper rejection 2. Grant rejection 3. Dog made a mess (comforter took the worst but mattress is suspect) 4. New service committee assignment 5. "complete these trainings ASAP" email 6. Dishwasher breaks and soaks kitchen. Anyway science is hard and I'm getting a beer.

Job announcement! UN Reno Psychology (Cognitive & Brain Sciences division) is hiring for a tenure-track position. Come join us! We have a great group! Deadline December 1. Please share! nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UNR-external... #neuroskyence #neuroscience

Our (@eester.bsky.social, @nkonstantinou.bsky.social) Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions project RESTORE now has an online home, where you can follow news & updates: www.phivph.com/projects/res...

RIP D'Angelo. 1 of 1, and they don't make 'em like this anymore. youtu.be/-7hbqxnhzU8?...

We’re looking for a postdoc to join our Max Planck group in Germany some time in 2026. If you have computational and/or neuroimaging expertise, and are interested in questions intersecting perception and cognition, please reach out! I’ll also be happy to chat at the #Bernsteinconference this week.

Izquierda Derecha, by Juan Genovés, 1967, 📸 via @beysicc

It is fucked up what they did to the headphone jack

Come work with us! UC Irvine Cognitive Sciences is looking for a new Assistant Professor to join our team: recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09896 I'm not on the committee, but happy to talk if you're interested.

43 years on this earth and I still can't figure out tennis scoring.

And while you’re at #ECVP seeking out @bradpostle.bsky.social, you may as well stay for the rest of the symposium with the amazing @tbchristophel.bsky.social, Maria Servetnik, and Clay Curtis (and me).

Attending #ECVP next week? Please seek me out if you're potentially interested in a postdoc: Thursday – 08-28-2025 - 08:30 am Out of sight, but not out of mind: How the human brain represents images that are not directly seen Chair, Rosanne Rademaker

New paper day! Whereas earlier studies have shown that human eye movement patterns are influenced by the physical properties of remembered stimuli, we show that they are also influenced by stimulus meaning. h/t to Ali Pexsa (not on bluesky) who led this work. tinyurl.com/4y4aev3a

Curious about the visual human brain, a vibrant and collaborative lab, and pursuing a PhD in the heart of Europe? My lab is recruiting for a 3-year PhD position. More details: www.rademakerlab.com/job-add

I will be looking to hire 2-3 post-docs over the course of the next few months to work on questions related to cognitive control in humans, using EEG, TMS, DBS, sEEG, fMRI, or related methods. If you know anybody, please tell them to email me. Formal ad to follow. Lab website: wessellab.org

In this article, @jetrach.bsky.social and McDougle show that motor responses can form part of structured, graph-like memory representations. @actlab.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Thanks to everyone's feedback, we have updated our calculator to optimize sample size N & scan time T for fMRI studies: leonoqr.github.io/ORSP_Calcula... The first new feature is that users can explore how different N & T leads to different accuracy, e.g., N=1000 & T=30min => 81% max accuracy. 🧵

They conclude the latter, but I object to the question. When someone says "epiphenomenon," I hear "doesn't fit my theory." Oscillations in Natural Neuronal Networks; An Epiphenomenon or a Fundamental Computational Mechanism? link.springer.com/article/10.1... #neuroscience

I JUST WANT TO GENERALLY APOLOGIZE TO MATH TEACHERS AT LARGE FOR BEING A LITTLE SHIT AT 15 WHO WAS EXTREMELY SURE OF THE COURSE MY LIFE WOULD TAKE AND DECLARING I DID NOT NEED TO LEARN TO SOLVE FOR X. I'M SO SORRY. I DEFINITELY DID NEED TO LEARN THAT.

We are currently seeking nominations for a new Editor-in-Chief at @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social journal, AP&P, whether it be you or a colleague you'd like to nominate! For details, see our announcement at www.psychonomic.org/page/2025app...

I think about this scene from the Chernobyl miniseries a lot. youtu.be/idb_qsAAe1c?...

Chins up! Since our NIH and NSF review panels got cancelled we'll all have more time to work on our next NIH and NSF grants!

😂😢 www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-a...

🚨Prospective grad school applicants! My lab at Carnegie Mellon University is recruiting PhD students to start in Fall 2025.

New paper day! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The Olson lab at Temple University is looking for new PhD students interested in doing research on the human cerebellum in affective and motivational states with clinical translation. If you know of anyone applying to grad school interested in this topic, please send them my way!

Looking to recruit a new PhD student to start Fall 2024. Research topics are working memory and some combination of consolidation, multitasking, and everyday cognition. Methods we use are behavioral, light computational modeling, and pupillometry. If interested contact me at [email protected]

I did a thing.

Sciencepals! I'm recruiting one (possibly two) 2024 grad students who'll be supported by NSF-funded working memory and categorization projects. We're well-equipped (EEG, MRI, TMS, tD/ACS) with great colleagues and 45 minutes from Tahoe with year-round outdoor awesomeness. Please spread the word!