Chaz Firestone
@chazfirestone.bsky.social
Cognitive scientist studying how we see + think @ Johns Hopkins University. 🇨🇦
Lab: https://perception.jhu.edu/
Lab: https://perception.jhu.edu/
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knew european soccer was hard to follow, did not know it was also hard to parse
November 25, 2025 at 3:52 AM
knew european soccer was hard to follow, did not know it was also hard to parse
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Our 52nd Annual Meeting will be held from June 18–20, 2026 at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, with a pre-conference on Mental Control and Agency held at JHU on June 17
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We are currently inviting submissions of papers (talks and posters)!
Our 52nd Annual Meeting will be held from June 18–20, 2026 at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, with a pre-conference on Mental Control and Agency held at JHU on June 17
🚨🚨🚨
We are currently inviting submissions of papers (talks and posters)!
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Our 52nd Annual Meeting will be held from June 18–20, 2026 at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, with a pre-conference on Mental Control and Agency held at JHU on June 17
🚨🚨🚨
We are currently inviting submissions of papers (talks and posters)!
Our 52nd Annual Meeting will be held from June 18–20, 2026 at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, with a pre-conference on Mental Control and Agency held at JHU on June 17
🚨🚨🚨
We are currently inviting submissions of papers (talks and posters)!
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Are humans really the only rational animals? Our NEW PAPER 🎉 out in @science.org suggests otherwise! In a large collaboration led with my joint first author @hanna-schleihauf.bsky.social, we show that “Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs” 🧵
Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs
The selective revision of beliefs in light of new evidence has been considered one of the hallmarks of human-level rationality. However, tests of this ability in other species are lacking. We examined...
www.science.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Are humans really the only rational animals? Our NEW PAPER 🎉 out in @science.org suggests otherwise! In a large collaboration led with my joint first author @hanna-schleihauf.bsky.social, we show that “Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs” 🧵
Amazing talk and visit by @laurasimonelewis.bsky.social!! Thank you for sharing your work with us here @jhu.edu
November 19, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Amazing talk and visit by @laurasimonelewis.bsky.social!! Thank you for sharing your work with us here @jhu.edu
we were so innocent back then
November 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
we were so innocent back then
we made it boys! (from the @chronicle.com)
November 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
we made it boys! (from the @chronicle.com)
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OMG it's @chazfirestone.bsky.social !
November 13, 2025 at 2:34 AM
OMG it's @chazfirestone.bsky.social !
showing the kiddos what brown university looks like! it’s where mommy and daddy met 🥰
November 13, 2025 at 2:14 AM
showing the kiddos what brown university looks like! it’s where mommy and daddy met 🥰
Excited to head north this week for some talks! Come say hi if you're nearby :)
Wednesday (11/12) @ Brown: events.brown.edu/copsy/event/...
Thursday (11/13) @ MIT: bcs.mit.edu/events/collo...
Wednesday (11/12) @ Brown: events.brown.edu/copsy/event/...
Thursday (11/13) @ MIT: bcs.mit.edu/events/collo...
November 12, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Excited to head north this week for some talks! Come say hi if you're nearby :)
Wednesday (11/12) @ Brown: events.brown.edu/copsy/event/...
Thursday (11/13) @ MIT: bcs.mit.edu/events/collo...
Wednesday (11/12) @ Brown: events.brown.edu/copsy/event/...
Thursday (11/13) @ MIT: bcs.mit.edu/events/collo...
Congratulations (and thank you) to @talboger.bsky.social, who lectured in front of nearly 500 @jhu.edu undergraduates today on the psychology of music! They didn’t see it coming, and then they loved it :)
November 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Congratulations (and thank you) to @talboger.bsky.social, who lectured in front of nearly 500 @jhu.edu undergraduates today on the psychology of music! They didn’t see it coming, and then they loved it :)
So enjoyed hearing @ruizhegoh.bsky.social share his work on the perception of silence on the latest episode of @vox.com’s “unexplainable” podcast! 🤫 #poopoo
open.spotify.com/episode/6V2a...
open.spotify.com/episode/6V2a...
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So enjoyed hearing @ruizhegoh.bsky.social share his work on the perception of silence on the latest episode of @vox.com’s “unexplainable” podcast! 🤫 #poopoo
open.spotify.com/episode/6V2a...
open.spotify.com/episode/6V2a...
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me: finding a recent and relevant Chaz phil vis paper that I had missed through zohran-posting
November 9, 2025 at 3:37 AM
me: finding a recent and relevant Chaz phil vis paper that I had missed through zohran-posting
you: nobody reads papers anymore, how are we supposed to do any deep thinking together as a scholarly community
me, an intellectual: have you seen this zohran mamdani sign generator
me, an intellectual: have you seen this zohran mamdani sign generator
this is how my views will finally catch on
November 8, 2025 at 10:19 PM
you: nobody reads papers anymore, how are we supposed to do any deep thinking together as a scholarly community
me, an intellectual: have you seen this zohran mamdani sign generator
me, an intellectual: have you seen this zohran mamdani sign generator
this is how my views will finally catch on
November 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
this is how my views will finally catch on
tfw the ceremony is scheduled at peak bedtime
(thank you apa!! and everyone!!)
(thank you apa!! and everyone!!)
November 7, 2025 at 1:06 AM
tfw the ceremony is scheduled at peak bedtime
(thank you apa!! and everyone!!)
(thank you apa!! and everyone!!)
my team lost and it was still the best world series of all time
November 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
my team lost and it was still the best world series of all time
first he slaps chris rock, now this
November 2, 2025 at 4:09 AM
first he slaps chris rock, now this
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What does postdiction show about the speed of consciousness? In this forth. piece in BBS, I respond to @smfleming.bsky.social + @matthiasmichel.bsky.social's claim that postdiction shows consciousness is slow -- too slow for its purpose to be online action guidance. 1/3 philpapers.org/rec/PHIPAT-14
philpapers.org
September 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
What does postdiction show about the speed of consciousness? In this forth. piece in BBS, I respond to @smfleming.bsky.social + @matthiasmichel.bsky.social's claim that postdiction shows consciousness is slow -- too slow for its purpose to be online action guidance. 1/3 philpapers.org/rec/PHIPAT-14
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new evidence for phenomenal consciousness just dropped!
very interesting study by Makaela Natker, @chazfirestone.bsky.social, Howard Egeth, @ianbphillips.bsky.social
very interesting study by Makaela Natker, @chazfirestone.bsky.social, Howard Egeth, @ianbphillips.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 1:47 AM
new evidence for phenomenal consciousness just dropped!
very interesting study by Makaela Natker, @chazfirestone.bsky.social, Howard Egeth, @ianbphillips.bsky.social
very interesting study by Makaela Natker, @chazfirestone.bsky.social, Howard Egeth, @ianbphillips.bsky.social
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We tend to assume that we will see things right in front of us. "But if there is some big object casting light into our eyes, and we wouldn't see it because our attention is elsewhere—that's really fascinating!" says @chazfirestone.bsky.social. hub.jhu.edu/magazine/202...
Seeing the bigger picture
Experts at Johns Hopkins shed new light on inattentional blindness, the tendency among us to miss noticing something obvious when our minds are caught up in other things
hub.jhu.edu
October 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
We tend to assume that we will see things right in front of us. "But if there is some big object casting light into our eyes, and we wouldn't see it because our attention is elsewhere—that's really fascinating!" says @chazfirestone.bsky.social. hub.jhu.edu/magazine/202...
Thank you @jhuartssciences.bsky.social magazine for featuring this work! This project — the largest ever study of inattentional blindness — was led by Makaela Nartker, in collaboration with Howard Egeth and (senior author) @ianbphillips.bsky.social
We tend to assume that we will see things right in front of us. "But if there is some big object casting light into our eyes, and we wouldn't see it because our attention is elsewhere—that's really fascinating!" says @chazfirestone.bsky.social. hub.jhu.edu/magazine/202...
Seeing the bigger picture
Experts at Johns Hopkins shed new light on inattentional blindness, the tendency among us to miss noticing something obvious when our minds are caught up in other things
hub.jhu.edu
October 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Thank you @jhuartssciences.bsky.social magazine for featuring this work! This project — the largest ever study of inattentional blindness — was led by Makaela Nartker, in collaboration with Howard Egeth and (senior author) @ianbphillips.bsky.social
these are the activities tenure protects
October 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
these are the activities tenure protects
held our “lab meeting” in the baltimore museum of art! thank you @ianbphillips.bsky.social for suggesting and facilitating
October 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
held our “lab meeting” in the baltimore museum of art! thank you @ianbphillips.bsky.social for suggesting and facilitating
surprise! we’re in @ryanlei.bsky.social’s study
October 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
surprise! we’re in @ryanlei.bsky.social’s study
one galactic tuna, please
October 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
one galactic tuna, please