Dr James Dunn
@jamesdunn.bsky.social
Cognitive Scientist👨🔬 studying #facerecognition at UNSW. Are you a #SuperRecognizer? Find out at http://unswfacetest.com
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🧠👀 Dr Rachel Bennetts, our expert in face processing at Brunel psychology, shared her thoughts in @theguardian.com on a fascinating new study exploring what makes some people exceptional at recognising faces 😶🌫️
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AI study gives insights into why super-recognisers excel at identifying faces
Research uses eye-tracking data to examine some people’s extraordinary recognition ability
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🧠👀 Dr Rachel Bennetts, our expert in face processing at Brunel psychology, shared her thoughts in @theguardian.com on a fascinating new study exploring what makes some people exceptional at recognising faces 😶🌫️
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Super-recognizers sample visual information of superior computational value for facial recognition royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... | #ProcB #Cognition #FaceRecognition
November 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Super-recognizers sample visual information of superior computational value for facial recognition royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... | #ProcB #Cognition #FaceRecognition
New research out today is written up in The Guardian!
We show that the basis of super-recognisers advantage for face recognition is not just about looking everywhere – it’s about looking smarter, at more useful information for identification.
Read the full text here: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
We show that the basis of super-recognisers advantage for face recognition is not just about looking everywhere – it’s about looking smarter, at more useful information for identification.
Read the full text here: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
November 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
New research out today is written up in The Guardian!
We show that the basis of super-recognisers advantage for face recognition is not just about looking everywhere – it’s about looking smarter, at more useful information for identification.
Read the full text here: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
We show that the basis of super-recognisers advantage for face recognition is not just about looking everywhere – it’s about looking smarter, at more useful information for identification.
Read the full text here: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Our team just secured an ARC Discovery Project funding for "The Psychology of Perceiving Artificial People", where we ask how human cognition adapts to spotting AI-generated people?
Glad to be a part of this all-star team led by Amy Dawel.
Stay tuned for Postdoc opportunities!
#ARCDiscovery
Glad to be a part of this all-star team led by Amy Dawel.
Stay tuned for Postdoc opportunities!
#ARCDiscovery
October 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Our team just secured an ARC Discovery Project funding for "The Psychology of Perceiving Artificial People", where we ask how human cognition adapts to spotting AI-generated people?
Glad to be a part of this all-star team led by Amy Dawel.
Stay tuned for Postdoc opportunities!
#ARCDiscovery
Glad to be a part of this all-star team led by Amy Dawel.
Stay tuned for Postdoc opportunities!
#ARCDiscovery
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A very nice write-up by UNSW of our recent joint meeting of the Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology and the Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, which we hosted at UNSW
www.unsw.edu.au/news/2025/07...
www.unsw.edu.au/news/2025/07...
International psychology researchers converge on UNSW
www.unsw.edu.au
July 10, 2025 at 9:39 AM
A very nice write-up by UNSW of our recent joint meeting of the Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology and the Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, which we hosted at UNSW
www.unsw.edu.au/news/2025/07...
www.unsw.edu.au/news/2025/07...
Proud to have been part of the small but mighty team behind this year’s EPC/APCV with @sbmost.bsky.social, Branka Spehar & @popwatson.bsky.social.
Pulling off a 400+ person event with just a few academics wasn’t easy, but we managed to do it while keeping that classic EPC warmth and supportiveness.
Pulling off a 400+ person event with just a few academics wasn’t easy, but we managed to do it while keeping that classic EPC warmth and supportiveness.
I had a blast but organising a conference is full on and it's hard to focus on anything else when the thing is running. Thankfully my co-hosts were excellent and the team made it happen. Branka Spehar, @sbmost.bsky.social @jamesdunn.bsky.social. You wear many hats in academia and now I need a rest
And that's a wrap!! #epc2025 is in the books, with a lovely closing speech from @visnerd.bsky.social.
SO many thanks to the organising committee for building such a successful conference 🙌
We'll see you next year in Auckland 🇳🇿
SO many thanks to the organising committee for building such a successful conference 🙌
We'll see you next year in Auckland 🇳🇿
June 23, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Proud to have been part of the small but mighty team behind this year’s EPC/APCV with @sbmost.bsky.social, Branka Spehar & @popwatson.bsky.social.
Pulling off a 400+ person event with just a few academics wasn’t easy, but we managed to do it while keeping that classic EPC warmth and supportiveness.
Pulling off a 400+ person event with just a few academics wasn’t easy, but we managed to do it while keeping that classic EPC warmth and supportiveness.
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Great talk by @bethanygrowns.bsky.social looking at overlap between face super-recognizers and object super-matchers #epc2025 @expsyanz.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Great talk by @bethanygrowns.bsky.social looking at overlap between face super-recognizers and object super-matchers #epc2025 @expsyanz.bsky.social
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Amy Dawel kicking off the #epc2025 Face Perception session off with great work looking at how difficult it is to identify AI-generated faces, especially across different races @expsyanz.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Amy Dawel kicking off the #epc2025 Face Perception session off with great work looking at how difficult it is to identify AI-generated faces, especially across different races @expsyanz.bsky.social
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Great talk by @dongwonoh.bsky.social demonstrating improved detection of AI faces using different visual attention strategies #epc2025 @expsyanz.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Great talk by @dongwonoh.bsky.social demonstrating improved detection of AI faces using different visual attention strategies #epc2025 @expsyanz.bsky.social
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Kateryna Marchenko showing perceptions of face pareidolia follows the classic three dot pattern in noise images #epc2025 @expsyanz.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Kateryna Marchenko showing perceptions of face pareidolia follows the classic three dot pattern in noise images #epc2025 @expsyanz.bsky.social
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Fantastic talk by David White showing that super-recognizers don't pay extra attention to all social cues (e.g. bodies), just to faces #ecp2025 @expsyanz.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Fantastic talk by David White showing that super-recognizers don't pay extra attention to all social cues (e.g. bodies), just to faces #ecp2025 @expsyanz.bsky.social
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And that's a wrap!! #epc2025 is in the books, with a lovely closing speech from @visnerd.bsky.social.
SO many thanks to the organising committee for building such a successful conference 🙌
We'll see you next year in Auckland 🇳🇿
SO many thanks to the organising committee for building such a successful conference 🙌
We'll see you next year in Auckland 🇳🇿
June 20, 2025 at 9:47 AM
And that's a wrap!! #epc2025 is in the books, with a lovely closing speech from @visnerd.bsky.social.
SO many thanks to the organising committee for building such a successful conference 🙌
We'll see you next year in Auckland 🇳🇿
SO many thanks to the organising committee for building such a successful conference 🙌
We'll see you next year in Auckland 🇳🇿
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This year's David Badcock EMC lecture, given by Rachel Searston, talking about conducting research that has both theoretical impact and practical applications #epc2025
June 19, 2025 at 6:55 AM
This year's David Badcock EMC lecture, given by Rachel Searston, talking about conducting research that has both theoretical impact and practical applications #epc2025
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Great talk by Julia Haile showing that indirect eye gaze impacts the believability of expressions in both static and dynamic expressions #epc2025 @expsyanz.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Great talk by Julia Haile showing that indirect eye gaze impacts the believability of expressions in both static and dynamic expressions #epc2025 @expsyanz.bsky.social
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David White kicking us off at the EPC Face and Person Perception preconference 🎉
June 16, 2025 at 11:07 PM
David White kicking us off at the EPC Face and Person Perception preconference 🎉
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A terrific opening day to our conference! Welcome, everyone!
EPC President @sbmost.bsky.social officially opening the conference
June 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
A terrific opening day to our conference! Welcome, everyone!
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Hey ECRs at @expsyanz.bsky.social this week - if you're interested in object perception and/or neural decoding, come find me for a chat about an upcoming postdoc spot at the @marcsinstitute.bsky.social 👀
June 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Hey ECRs at @expsyanz.bsky.social this week - if you're interested in object perception and/or neural decoding, come find me for a chat about an upcoming postdoc spot at the @marcsinstitute.bsky.social 👀
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EPC President @sbmost.bsky.social officially opening the conference
June 17, 2025 at 7:51 AM
EPC President @sbmost.bsky.social officially opening the conference
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Fascinating talk by Ben Steward at #epc2025 looking at how emotional faces and bodies are weighted in judgements. @expsyanz.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Fascinating talk by Ben Steward at #epc2025 looking at how emotional faces and bodies are weighted in judgements. @expsyanz.bsky.social
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Awesome talk at #epc2025 by @kyepalmer.bsky.social talking about how parents and children recognize each other's expressions. @expsyanz.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Awesome talk at #epc2025 by @kyepalmer.bsky.social talking about how parents and children recognize each other's expressions. @expsyanz.bsky.social
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Super interesting talk by Imogen Holdsworth looking at whether AQ score influences children's emotion recognition! #epc2025 @expsyanz.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Super interesting talk by Imogen Holdsworth looking at whether AQ score influences children's emotion recognition! #epc2025 @expsyanz.bsky.social
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A great talk by Ishi Jamdagni at @expsyanz.bsky.social - the main takeaway: participants' rate the cold-pressor task as less stressful than everyday stressors; ethics board might need to reconsider their assumptions around pain and stress!
June 18, 2025 at 12:44 AM
A great talk by Ishi Jamdagni at @expsyanz.bsky.social - the main takeaway: participants' rate the cold-pressor task as less stressful than everyday stressors; ethics board might need to reconsider their assumptions around pain and stress!
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Great #epc2025 talk by Toby Prike showing how misinformation is transmitted across people
@expsyanz.bsky.social
@expsyanz.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Great #epc2025 talk by Toby Prike showing how misinformation is transmitted across people
@expsyanz.bsky.social
@expsyanz.bsky.social
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Full room for symposium 'Reasoning from the opinion of others' @scondes.bsky.social @expsyanz.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Full room for symposium 'Reasoning from the opinion of others' @scondes.bsky.social @expsyanz.bsky.social
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Dan Carragher talking about how humans are the weak link in human/algorithm teaming when identifying faces 🙃 #epc2025 @expsyanz.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Dan Carragher talking about how humans are the weak link in human/algorithm teaming when identifying faces 🙃 #epc2025 @expsyanz.bsky.social