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Very happy to see the latest joint effort with the @imc_lab out, spearheaded by the incredible @paul_henne and @kevingoneill, Paul Bello and @SangeetKhemlani! Great thread by the first author explaining the results! Now forthcoming in the journal Cognitive Science. https://twitter.com/paul_henne/status/1332492212769320960
forthcoming at Cognitive Science: https://twitter.com/paul_henne/status/1211810105970364417
I'm getting e-mails about this lovely new illusion that appears to show cognitive penetration of perception! Could it really be that these little arrows completely change our perception of motion and size? 1/ https://twitter.com/jagarikin/status/1331409504953540613
矢印の方向に動いて見えますね～？ 人間の脳は単純なので矢印で惑わされてしまうのでーす
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A Nature survey reveals that many researchers in the field of facial-recognition think there is a problem https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03187-3?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=55295be93b-briefing-dy-20201119&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-55295be93b-42297039
@duane_g_watson Resources for Equity and Diversity Efforts in Cognition. @FoVea_VS @Psychonomic_Soc @reviewerzero @SocietySpark @WomenInCogSci #psynom20
Okay so now some thoughts on pregnancy and academia and pandemics. First, to get the obvious out of the way — being pregnant during a pandemic has its stressors. 1/
A fascinating talk about COVID-19 - The Possible Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Contents and Organization of Autobiographical Memory: A Transition-theory Perspective by Dr. Norman Brown
In our @TrendsCognSci paper, @bruce_rawlings and I address a question that has long puzzled scientists: How is it that humans have such sophisticated technology, and yet it takes most of childhood to learn to solve basic tool innovation tasks? (1/10) https://news.utexas.edu/2020/11/20/learning-to-innovate-is-late-developing/
Swing on by at the "Event Cognition" symposium at #psynom2020 today starting @ 12 ET to hear @lajake209 present new evidence for biases in the way people think about durations.
Happy to see our paper "Phenomenology of counterfactual thinking is dampened in anxious individuals" finally out, spearheaded by the amazing @drnatashaparikh with @LaBarLab. https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/CDEXQIWVGKHQKUNFNKEW/full?target=10.1080/02699931.2020.1802230