Alon Zivony
@alonzivony.bsky.social
Lecturer of Psychology, studying visual attention (with EEG) and prejudice against LGBTQ+ @ University of Sheffield (he/him)
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https://sites.google.com/sheffield.ac.uk/panda-lab/home
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BBS just issued the call for commentaries, and we would LOVE to get yours!! The deadline is October 15th, and the reference number is BBS-D-24-00489R2. Looking forward to hearing what you think about our suggestions for how to study unconscious processes!
📢Excited to share our paper, "Studying unconscious processing: Contention and consensus", published in BBS.
The paper is the result of a collaborative effort of 32 leading researchers in the field, from 10 different countries🌏
Check out the full ms👇
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The paper is the result of a collaborative effort of 32 leading researchers in the field, from 10 different countries🌏
Check out the full ms👇
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Studying unconscious processing: Contention and consensus | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core
Studying unconscious processing: Contention and consensus
www.cambridge.org
September 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
BBS just issued the call for commentaries, and we would LOVE to get yours!! The deadline is October 15th, and the reference number is BBS-D-24-00489R2. Looking forward to hearing what you think about our suggestions for how to study unconscious processes!
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September 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Hot off the press in a special issue at CABN! Here, Brian A. Anderson and I show that suppressing salient distractors is more effortful when the distractors are less salient: It's easier to suppress more salient distractors!
doi.org/10.3758/s134...
doi.org/10.3758/s134...
Signal suppression makes search less effortful - Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience
Physically salient stimuli compete for attention but can be suppressed under certain conditions. Highly salient distractors can be suppressed more efficiently than less salient ones. However, the impl...
doi.org
September 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Hot off the press in a special issue at CABN! Here, Brian A. Anderson and I show that suppressing salient distractors is more effortful when the distractors are less salient: It's easier to suppress more salient distractors!
doi.org/10.3758/s134...
doi.org/10.3758/s134...
I have a feeling that most psychologists have no intution why reliablity (both within-session and test-retest) is critical for between-group comparisons.
Which makes sense, I sure didn't think about it until earlier this year!
Which makes sense, I sure didn't think about it until earlier this year!
When calculating a correlation we sometimes apply a correction for attenuation due to reliability.
Has anyone ever suggested a similar correction for a between-groups comparison?
After all, reliability of the DV affects those the same way (and they are often just a dichotomised correaltion).
Has anyone ever suggested a similar correction for a between-groups comparison?
After all, reliability of the DV affects those the same way (and they are often just a dichotomised correaltion).
September 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I have a feeling that most psychologists have no intution why reliablity (both within-session and test-retest) is critical for between-group comparisons.
Which makes sense, I sure didn't think about it until earlier this year!
Which makes sense, I sure didn't think about it until earlier this year!
When calculating a correlation we sometimes apply a correction for attenuation due to reliability.
Has anyone ever suggested a similar correction for a between-groups comparison?
After all, reliability of the DV affects those the same way (and they are often just a dichotomised correaltion).
Has anyone ever suggested a similar correction for a between-groups comparison?
After all, reliability of the DV affects those the same way (and they are often just a dichotomised correaltion).
September 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
When calculating a correlation we sometimes apply a correction for attenuation due to reliability.
Has anyone ever suggested a similar correction for a between-groups comparison?
After all, reliability of the DV affects those the same way (and they are often just a dichotomised correaltion).
Has anyone ever suggested a similar correction for a between-groups comparison?
After all, reliability of the DV affects those the same way (and they are often just a dichotomised correaltion).
Movie theory:
You know how there are androids in the Alien universe?
And you know how humans in the Alien universe always make really bad choices? (sticking their heads in alien eggs)
Hear me out:
Alien describes a future where people became increasly dumber due to a century of exposure to LLMs
You know how there are androids in the Alien universe?
And you know how humans in the Alien universe always make really bad choices? (sticking their heads in alien eggs)
Hear me out:
Alien describes a future where people became increasly dumber due to a century of exposure to LLMs
August 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Movie theory:
You know how there are androids in the Alien universe?
And you know how humans in the Alien universe always make really bad choices? (sticking their heads in alien eggs)
Hear me out:
Alien describes a future where people became increasly dumber due to a century of exposure to LLMs
You know how there are androids in the Alien universe?
And you know how humans in the Alien universe always make really bad choices? (sticking their heads in alien eggs)
Hear me out:
Alien describes a future where people became increasly dumber due to a century of exposure to LLMs
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Trans Legal Clinic need your support in funding this case. We all have a duty to do something, even sharing this will help, share it other platforms and to allies.
If you can please donate to help fund this case, this is the most important part of the restoration of the our rights:
If you can please donate to help fund this case, this is the most important part of the restoration of the our rights:
August 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Trans Legal Clinic need your support in funding this case. We all have a duty to do something, even sharing this will help, share it other platforms and to allies.
If you can please donate to help fund this case, this is the most important part of the restoration of the our rights:
If you can please donate to help fund this case, this is the most important part of the restoration of the our rights:
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Me: This project will distinguish between Theories A and B
My data:
My data:
August 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Me: This project will distinguish between Theories A and B
My data:
My data:
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I've published a pre-registration with @cvonbastian.bsky.social, @alonzivony.bsky.social, and Alicia Forsberg for my study on the unity and diversity of binding! Check it out! doi.org/10.17605/OSF...
OSF
doi.org
May 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I've published a pre-registration with @cvonbastian.bsky.social, @alonzivony.bsky.social, and Alicia Forsberg for my study on the unity and diversity of binding! Check it out! doi.org/10.17605/OSF...
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(1/7) What is the best way to estimate subliminal thresholds in unconscious processing research? In our new preprint, we present STEP, a novel calibration method designed specifically for estimating subliminal thresholds osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
May 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
(1/7) What is the best way to estimate subliminal thresholds in unconscious processing research? In our new preprint, we present STEP, a novel calibration method designed specifically for estimating subliminal thresholds osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Still time to apply (until 30/04)!! What are you waiting for?
⭐️PhD in Cognitive/Computational Psychology⭐️ Use Reinforcement Learning to study how mis/misinformation affects us. For full funding, one has to be eligible for UK home fees. Please Share!!
@queenmarycbb.bsky.social
Deadline: April 20. For more information:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
@queenmarycbb.bsky.social
Deadline: April 20. For more information:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Characterising Cognitive Biases Elicited by Misinformation Using Reinforcement Learning at Queen Mary University of London on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Characterising Cognitive Biases Elicited by Misinformation Using Reinforcement Learning at Queen Mary University of London, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
April 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Still time to apply (until 30/04)!! What are you waiting for?
Probably my geekiest ever:
I just compared the now() function in Excel (which provide the time in hh:mm:ss) to Windows's clock. It turns out that, unlike Windows, the Excel second meter rounds up when milliseconds go over over 500! 🤯
So Now() is fully calibrated with Windows only half of the time!
I just compared the now() function in Excel (which provide the time in hh:mm:ss) to Windows's clock. It turns out that, unlike Windows, the Excel second meter rounds up when milliseconds go over over 500! 🤯
So Now() is fully calibrated with Windows only half of the time!
April 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Probably my geekiest ever:
I just compared the now() function in Excel (which provide the time in hh:mm:ss) to Windows's clock. It turns out that, unlike Windows, the Excel second meter rounds up when milliseconds go over over 500! 🤯
So Now() is fully calibrated with Windows only half of the time!
I just compared the now() function in Excel (which provide the time in hh:mm:ss) to Windows's clock. It turns out that, unlike Windows, the Excel second meter rounds up when milliseconds go over over 500! 🤯
So Now() is fully calibrated with Windows only half of the time!
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Rob has closed quotes/replies now, but I wanted to expand on this: because I see it all the time from people who sincerely believe two things that are not supported by the evidence:
1) That biological sex is entirely immutable and entirely binary
2) That sex and gender are entirely distinct
1/?
1) That biological sex is entirely immutable and entirely binary
2) That sex and gender are entirely distinct
1/?
Sex just is factually not a "basic" immutable binary. No informed and rational scientist would stand by over simplified models of the world, that harm people, just for political reasons
April 1, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Rob has closed quotes/replies now, but I wanted to expand on this: because I see it all the time from people who sincerely believe two things that are not supported by the evidence:
1) That biological sex is entirely immutable and entirely binary
2) That sex and gender are entirely distinct
1/?
1) That biological sex is entirely immutable and entirely binary
2) That sex and gender are entirely distinct
1/?
Hey bluesky, does anyone know of any nice researchers studying trans issues in Amsterdam or not too far? I'm going to Amsterdam in June and I have some cool data about trans stereotypes and prejudice to share.
March 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Hey bluesky, does anyone know of any nice researchers studying trans issues in Amsterdam or not too far? I'm going to Amsterdam in June and I have some cool data about trans stereotypes and prejudice to share.
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I have heard of so many LGBTQ+ grants terminated today. I am so sorry to everyone affected. This is devastating to our communities and to us as researchers. I have nothing more eloquent, comforting, or helpful to say. This is all just immeasurably horrible.
March 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I have heard of so many LGBTQ+ grants terminated today. I am so sorry to everyone affected. This is devastating to our communities and to us as researchers. I have nothing more eloquent, comforting, or helpful to say. This is all just immeasurably horrible.
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📣 Calling all Early Career Researchers (ECRs) at the postdoctoral level in the UK! 📣
We need your support to better understand and alleviate the precarious nature of fixed-term contracts.
🕑 10-15 mins survey
💷Donate £2 to a charity of your choice as a thank you
💻 redcap.link/ECR_job_pref
We need your support to better understand and alleviate the precarious nature of fixed-term contracts.
🕑 10-15 mins survey
💷Donate £2 to a charity of your choice as a thank you
💻 redcap.link/ECR_job_pref
Action Research on Research Project
redcap.link
March 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
📣 Calling all Early Career Researchers (ECRs) at the postdoctoral level in the UK! 📣
We need your support to better understand and alleviate the precarious nature of fixed-term contracts.
🕑 10-15 mins survey
💷Donate £2 to a charity of your choice as a thank you
💻 redcap.link/ECR_job_pref
We need your support to better understand and alleviate the precarious nature of fixed-term contracts.
🕑 10-15 mins survey
💷Donate £2 to a charity of your choice as a thank you
💻 redcap.link/ECR_job_pref
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Come join us for some excellent science and the lovely Peaks at #ESCOP2025 @sheffielduni.bsky.social 🥰 Final day for submitting your abstract! 🤩
March 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Come join us for some excellent science and the lovely Peaks at #ESCOP2025 @sheffielduni.bsky.social 🥰 Final day for submitting your abstract! 🤩
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#ESCOP2025 deadline tomorrow (15 March)! @vmloaiza1.bsky.social & me refreshing the submissions portal👇😂 www.escop2025.com/abstract-sub...
March 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
#ESCOP2025 deadline tomorrow (15 March)! @vmloaiza1.bsky.social & me refreshing the submissions portal👇😂 www.escop2025.com/abstract-sub...
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🚀 Thrilled to share the stellar #ESCOP2025 satellites lineup! From @psychopy.org to Bayesian modelling, fNIRS, eye-tracking, gen AI in teaching, Knowledge Exchange & the @wicseurope.bsky.social 25-year anniversary!🥳🎂
www.escop2025.com/satellite-ev... @escop.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social
www.escop2025.com/satellite-ev... @escop.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social
Satellite Events | ESCOP 2025
View the satellite event programme for the ESCOP 2025 conference.
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March 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
🚀 Thrilled to share the stellar #ESCOP2025 satellites lineup! From @psychopy.org to Bayesian modelling, fNIRS, eye-tracking, gen AI in teaching, Knowledge Exchange & the @wicseurope.bsky.social 25-year anniversary!🥳🎂
www.escop2025.com/satellite-ev... @escop.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social
www.escop2025.com/satellite-ev... @escop.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social
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Do null group-level effects reflect the mixture of true subject-level effects at opposing directions? In a new paper, now accepted at Psychological Bulletin & Review (osf.io/preprints/ps...), we turn this question to the field of unconscious processing (1/14)
March 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Do null group-level effects reflect the mixture of true subject-level effects at opposing directions? In a new paper, now accepted at Psychological Bulletin & Review (osf.io/preprints/ps...), we turn this question to the field of unconscious processing (1/14)
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Spent another couple of hours this week responding to reviewers and defending our research studies that have - Shock! Horror! - 10 to 15 participants per experiment.
In case anyone else was not listening during #stats classes:
Small N ≠ Low power
theerrorbar.com?e=37
In case anyone else was not listening during #stats classes:
Small N ≠ Low power
theerrorbar.com?e=37
YOUR SAMPLE IS SMALL
theerrorbar.com
March 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Spent another couple of hours this week responding to reviewers and defending our research studies that have - Shock! Horror! - 10 to 15 participants per experiment.
In case anyone else was not listening during #stats classes:
Small N ≠ Low power
theerrorbar.com?e=37
In case anyone else was not listening during #stats classes:
Small N ≠ Low power
theerrorbar.com?e=37
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Can't wait! Catch me discussing the last five years of my work on time-consciousness tomorrow.
Announcing this week's Consciousness Club with Ishan Singhal
@singhal.bsky.social
on "Time as a fundamental aspect of consciousness"
Wednesday 12th March, usual time of 11am-1230pm UK time
All welcome! For details on how to join please see: metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
@singhal.bsky.social
on "Time as a fundamental aspect of consciousness"
Wednesday 12th March, usual time of 11am-1230pm UK time
All welcome! For details on how to join please see: metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
March 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Can't wait! Catch me discussing the last five years of my work on time-consciousness tomorrow.
It's a depressing time, but I have a cautiously optimistic take on science and LGBTQ+ issues
To paraphrase: the arc of science bend towards truth. And queer people are not going anywhere
They burned the books before. Eventually, we rewrote them and more
In the long run, truth and justice will win
To paraphrase: the arc of science bend towards truth. And queer people are not going anywhere
They burned the books before. Eventually, we rewrote them and more
In the long run, truth and justice will win
March 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
It's a depressing time, but I have a cautiously optimistic take on science and LGBTQ+ issues
To paraphrase: the arc of science bend towards truth. And queer people are not going anywhere
They burned the books before. Eventually, we rewrote them and more
In the long run, truth and justice will win
To paraphrase: the arc of science bend towards truth. And queer people are not going anywhere
They burned the books before. Eventually, we rewrote them and more
In the long run, truth and justice will win
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SO love this post from @paulbloomatyale.bsky.social!
Real-world effects are awesome when you can get them, but psychologists run experiments in controlled environments "for the same reason that chemists keep their test tubes clean". YES!
Real-world effects are awesome when you can get them, but psychologists run experiments in controlled environments "for the same reason that chemists keep their test tubes clean". YES!
March 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
SO love this post from @paulbloomatyale.bsky.social!
Real-world effects are awesome when you can get them, but psychologists run experiments in controlled environments "for the same reason that chemists keep their test tubes clean". YES!
Real-world effects are awesome when you can get them, but psychologists run experiments in controlled environments "for the same reason that chemists keep their test tubes clean". YES!