“The results [output of LLMs]… don't matter. What matters is… the training of minds, the creation of people who know how to think about hard problems. If you hand that process to a machine, you haven't accelerated science. You've removed the only part of it that anyone actually needed.”

The next installment of our NSF-funded OPAM workshop series will feature Dr Jason Tsukahara (of the University of Miami) presenting his workshop on researching individual differences (on December 9th). Visit the website (opamconference.com) to register for the free Zoom session.

Co-authorship with my colleague and friend Cody Mashburn. This was one of those studies I felt had to be done and Randy’s lab was an ideal place to do it right. Really enjoyed working on this.

The problem is not the existence of opposing worldviews, even extreme ones. Progress IS the existence of opposing worldviews. The problem is prescribing our worldview on others - which is an intolerance to diversity. Progress is accepting that people find meaning in things you find aberrant.

The Russia's Future channel, launched by Navalny's widow Yulia Navalnaya and Reporters Without Borders, began broadcasting Wednesday, on what would have been the late Russian activist's 49th birthday.

The problem is that would people choose misinformation that validates their views regardless of the algorithms that social media companies weaponize to keep us engaged in their platforms for the sake of profit. In the end… even on an open platform… “what we attend to is reality” - William James

Undergrad RAs presenting our work on attention control, brain networks, and pupil size. They did such a great job putting the posters together and presenting. Research is better, more productive, and rewarding when you get students involved.

Last week we had the pleasure to host a talk by @willngiam.bsky.social on "Rethinking attention in visual working memory (and its researchers)". If you missed it, the recording is now available on Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8bg.... I highly recommend watching! #workingmemory #cogpsyc

𝗗𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗼-𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗺! How deep is the brain? The shallow brain hypothesis www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This just came out: Three experiments suggest that specific and difficult task goals enhance sustained attention performance. 👁️👁️ I like how these authors applied theory from work psychology to their cognitive paradigm. link.springer.com/article/10.3...

Nice views out the office window tonight. Love to see how the view changes with the seasons. Hard to capture the large swarm of swifts flying around, and seems like you can’t post videos here.

First post. Excited to see how many people are over here already. Hi everyone! I am Jason. Currently a post-doc at Georgia Tech working with Randy Engle studying the nature and measurement of attention control ability. Looking for an asst. prof. position. Other interests include 🧘🏽‍♂️, 🚴🏼, 🏕️