Dr Ben Wolfe
@benwolfevision.bsky.social
Assistant Professor
Psychological and Brain Sciences
University of Toronto Mississauga
Co-Director, APPLY Lab (www.applylab.org)
Least important mammal in his house (just ask the cats).
"If vision worked like *that*, we'd all be dead."
Psychological and Brain Sciences
University of Toronto Mississauga
Co-Director, APPLY Lab (www.applylab.org)
Least important mammal in his house (just ask the cats).
"If vision worked like *that*, we'd all be dead."
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Dr Ben Wolfe
@benwolfevision.bsky.social
· Oct 18
Quick intro: I'm a faculty member at UofT in Psychology, sitting somewhere at the intersection of vision science, cognitive psychology and human factors, with strong interests in driver behaviour and digital (screen) readability.
I'm the Least Important Mammal in my house and the cats know it.
I'm the Least Important Mammal in my house and the cats know it.
Probably for someone, not for me (and evidently not popular in the shop where I saw it, given the clearance stickers).
January 17, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Probably for someone, not for me (and evidently not popular in the shop where I saw it, given the clearance stickers).
Weird food things (that @mehr.nz will appreciate): being excited to find Diamond Crystal salt in grocery stores.
Oddly, PAT (a Korean grocery store) had it on the shelf when we were there today.
Oddly, PAT (a Korean grocery store) had it on the shelf when we were there today.
January 17, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Weird food things (that @mehr.nz will appreciate): being excited to find Diamond Crystal salt in grocery stores.
Oddly, PAT (a Korean grocery store) had it on the shelf when we were there today.
Oddly, PAT (a Korean grocery store) had it on the shelf when we were there today.
Minor frustrations: shopping for house slippers and the vast majority of them have memory foam.
Turns out that memory foam in slippers gives me ferocious foot and knee pain.
Turns out that memory foam in slippers gives me ferocious foot and knee pain.
January 17, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Minor frustrations: shopping for house slippers and the vast majority of them have memory foam.
Turns out that memory foam in slippers gives me ferocious foot and knee pain.
Turns out that memory foam in slippers gives me ferocious foot and knee pain.
That’s fun…
Just plugged @tkingfisher.com, @kbspangler.com, @seananmcguire.bsky.social and Spider Robinson to various of my trainees.
Just plugged @tkingfisher.com, @kbspangler.com, @seananmcguire.bsky.social and Spider Robinson to various of my trainees.
January 16, 2026 at 8:39 PM
That’s fun…
Just plugged @tkingfisher.com, @kbspangler.com, @seananmcguire.bsky.social and Spider Robinson to various of my trainees.
Just plugged @tkingfisher.com, @kbspangler.com, @seananmcguire.bsky.social and Spider Robinson to various of my trainees.
John has been attacked by a potato.
Got my first bag of potato chips in months. Cracked it open. The first chip out of the bag was... soggy?
The second chip was almost fungal.
Baffled, I explored the bag and discovered AN ENTIRE POTATO. Unsliced, brined, like a wad of seasoning juice. It had survived, and now was juicing the chips.
The second chip was almost fungal.
Baffled, I explored the bag and discovered AN ENTIRE POTATO. Unsliced, brined, like a wad of seasoning juice. It had survived, and now was juicing the chips.
January 16, 2026 at 5:53 PM
John has been attacked by a potato.
Reposted by Dr Ben Wolfe
Psychophysics is a human-facing science with interventions arguably more robust than medicine.
1000 Hurts
Psychophysics is a human-facing science with interventions arguably more robust than medicine.
www.argmin.net
January 15, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Psychophysics is a human-facing science with interventions arguably more robust than medicine.
Gnnn. Did something awkward but not painful to my neck today, and I don’t think I can even blame clearing snow.
January 15, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Gnnn. Did something awkward but not painful to my neck today, and I don’t think I can even blame clearing snow.
This.
I have the job I do because I am really damn stubborn (and am willing to be bored for science!).
I have the job I do because I am really damn stubborn (and am willing to be bored for science!).
Natural talent is nothing compared to the ability to keep making shit long after everyone else has given up
January 15, 2026 at 6:40 PM
This.
I have the job I do because I am really damn stubborn (and am willing to be bored for science!).
I have the job I do because I am really damn stubborn (and am willing to be bored for science!).
Snowblowers are LIFE.
We've about 9" of snow out there right now, and a decent-size driveway (not huge, but wouldn't be fun to do with a shovel... at least given my tendency towards back pain).
Electric snowblower? 10 minutes. Done.
We've about 9" of snow out there right now, and a decent-size driveway (not huge, but wouldn't be fun to do with a shovel... at least given my tendency towards back pain).
Electric snowblower? 10 minutes. Done.
January 15, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Snowblowers are LIFE.
We've about 9" of snow out there right now, and a decent-size driveway (not huge, but wouldn't be fun to do with a shovel... at least given my tendency towards back pain).
Electric snowblower? 10 minutes. Done.
We've about 9" of snow out there right now, and a decent-size driveway (not huge, but wouldn't be fun to do with a shovel... at least given my tendency towards back pain).
Electric snowblower? 10 minutes. Done.
“People you haven’t thought about have joined the Slop Machine”
Well, that’s a notification I don’t need.
Well, that’s a notification I don’t need.
January 15, 2026 at 3:18 AM
“People you haven’t thought about have joined the Slop Machine”
Well, that’s a notification I don’t need.
Well, that’s a notification I don’t need.
Alright, I’m reading the newest Rachel Peng novel from @kbspangler.com and the first page of chapter three got multiple snortlaughs.
January 15, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Alright, I’m reading the newest Rachel Peng novel from @kbspangler.com and the first page of chapter three got multiple snortlaughs.
This was sold as “shawarma poutine”
January 14, 2026 at 11:06 PM
This was sold as “shawarma poutine”
Someone is Very Orange (and adorable; please give him pets from a random internet human)
We have an update on Charlie’s newfound love of printing.
January 14, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Someone is Very Orange (and adorable; please give him pets from a random internet human)
Don't know if I'd be excited to be on a bite bar again, but chinrests are life!
Feels great to be back in the bite bar at #UCBerkeley, doing experiments with my postdoc @shangbangluo.bsky.social and PhD student Jason Wong.
#adaptiveoptics
#AOSLO
#visionscience
#AOOCT
#adaptiveoptics
#AOSLO
#visionscience
#AOOCT
January 14, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Don't know if I'd be excited to be on a bite bar again, but chinrests are life!
Reposted by Dr Ben Wolfe
I think a lot about how many terrible people want to be liked by other people, but don't show much evidence of liking other people themselves.
It's a soul-killing poverty.
It's a soul-killing poverty.
January 14, 2026 at 12:11 PM
I think a lot about how many terrible people want to be liked by other people, but don't show much evidence of liking other people themselves.
It's a soul-killing poverty.
It's a soul-killing poverty.
I’m pretty sure my gaming box likes to punish me for neglecting it.
January 14, 2026 at 12:46 AM
I’m pretty sure my gaming box likes to punish me for neglecting it.
The little piece of this that shows up in Discover Canada is *interesting* if one didn't hear about it much growing up outside Canada
January 13, 2026 at 7:54 PM
The little piece of this that shows up in Discover Canada is *interesting* if one didn't hear about it much growing up outside Canada
The Visual Attention Lab @visualattentionlab.bsky.social is recruiting for a postdoc (and this link should work!)
So, if you know an about-to-finish PhD (or recent PhD) interested in search and why we fail to find what we're looking for...
#VisionScience #PsychSciSky #CogPsych
So, if you know an about-to-finish PhD (or recent PhD) interested in search and why we fail to find what we're looking for...
#VisionScience #PsychSciSky #CogPsych
Postdoctoral Fellow Visual Attention Lab
Site: The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts t...
massgeneralbrigham.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:34 PM
The Visual Attention Lab @visualattentionlab.bsky.social is recruiting for a postdoc (and this link should work!)
So, if you know an about-to-finish PhD (or recent PhD) interested in search and why we fail to find what we're looking for...
#VisionScience #PsychSciSky #CogPsych
So, if you know an about-to-finish PhD (or recent PhD) interested in search and why we fail to find what we're looking for...
#VisionScience #PsychSciSky #CogPsych
Alright, someone is cutting onions in here on a Monday morning…
It's international cat day, so probably time to share on here the story behind my profile picture.
The cat in it is Napoleon. This is their journey from starving feral kitty to happy house floof. And this is why rescue kitties are wonderful. /1
The cat in it is Napoleon. This is their journey from starving feral kitty to happy house floof. And this is why rescue kitties are wonderful. /1
January 12, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Alright, someone is cutting onions in here on a Monday morning…
Someone is Maximally Orange
anyway i hear some fuckery in the bathroom so i go to check what’s going on and this is what i see
January 12, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Someone is Maximally Orange
Latest baking project
January 11, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Latest baking project
Today’s fun history, science and dogged persistence story
It's the 3rd of January 1939, your name is professor James Smith and you are staring at a drawing of a fish. It's not a regular fish. It is a completely impossible fish.
January 11, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Today’s fun history, science and dogged persistence story
The Visual Attention Lab @visualattentionlab.bsky.social at BWH/Harvard is recruiting for a postdoc
massgeneralbrigham.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:37 AM
The Visual Attention Lab @visualattentionlab.bsky.social at BWH/Harvard is recruiting for a postdoc
I am a bathhouse
January 10, 2026 at 6:55 PM
I am a bathhouse