Tom Foulsham
@tomfoulsh.bsky.social
Reader in Psychology at the University of Essex. Probably somewhere doing experiments with eyes.
I don't think it is OK to desk reject a paper with no comments or feedback at all. If you have time to read/skim the paper and make a judgement, then you have time to write a sentence explaining why you don't want it (and that stuff is invaluable for ECRs)
October 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I don't think it is OK to desk reject a paper with no comments or feedback at all. If you have time to read/skim the paper and make a judgement, then you have time to write a sentence explaining why you don't want it (and that stuff is invaluable for ECRs)
We withdrew a manuscript from review at a journal today. I think that is the first time I've done that, but the review process was hugely delayed and unhelpful.
September 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
We withdrew a manuscript from review at a journal today. I think that is the first time I've done that, but the review process was hugely delayed and unhelpful.
Looking forward to speaking in tomorrow's pre-conference workshop on eye-tracking @escop.bsky.social in Sheffield #ESCOP2025
September 1, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Looking forward to speaking in tomorrow's pre-conference workshop on eye-tracking @escop.bsky.social in Sheffield #ESCOP2025
Reposted by Tom Foulsham
Some exciting news to share: I’m joining Edge Hill University as a Lecturer in Psychology this September!
Excited (and a little nervous) for this next chapter in academia. I can’t wait to get started!
#AcademicTwitter #Psychology #LecturerLife #EdgeHillUniversity
Excited (and a little nervous) for this next chapter in academia. I can’t wait to get started!
#AcademicTwitter #Psychology #LecturerLife #EdgeHillUniversity
August 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Some exciting news to share: I’m joining Edge Hill University as a Lecturer in Psychology this September!
Excited (and a little nervous) for this next chapter in academia. I can’t wait to get started!
#AcademicTwitter #Psychology #LecturerLife #EdgeHillUniversity
Excited (and a little nervous) for this next chapter in academia. I can’t wait to get started!
#AcademicTwitter #Psychology #LecturerLife #EdgeHillUniversity
Here's a short thread about our paper in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social dlvr.it/TKxcFg ... 1/4
Covert orienting: the dark matter of social attention
Covert visual attention is often seen as a lab phenomenon. Yet, in real-life, people
routinely shift their attention to others without moving their eyes, a fact overlooked
in most research. To truly u...
dlvr.it
June 2, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Here's a short thread about our paper in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social dlvr.it/TKxcFg ... 1/4
Reposted by Tom Foulsham
#socialAnx this articulates something i've wondered about www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Covert orienting: the dark matter of social attention
Covert visual attention is often seen as a lab phenomenon. Yet, in real-life, people routinely shift their attention to others without moving their ey…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 24, 2025 at 10:43 AM
#socialAnx this articulates something i've wondered about www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Tom Foulsham
On gaze vs attention, autism-relevant, free www.cell.com/trends/cogni... "in live situations, where the eyes signal information, people may naturally avert their gaze while covertly tracking others... with the eyes effectively sending a false signal as to where attention is directed"
Covert orienting: the dark matter of social attention
Covert visual attention is often seen as a lab phenomenon. Yet, in real-life, people
routinely shift their attention to others without moving their eyes, a fact overlooked
in most research. To truly u...
www.cell.com
May 24, 2025 at 9:12 AM
On gaze vs attention, autism-relevant, free www.cell.com/trends/cogni... "in live situations, where the eyes signal information, people may naturally avert their gaze while covertly tracking others... with the eyes effectively sending a false signal as to where attention is directed"
Reposted by Tom Foulsham
Online Now: Covert orienting: the dark matter of social attention
Covert orienting: the dark matter of social attention
Covert visual attention is often seen as a lab phenomenon. Yet, in real-life, people routinely shift their attention to others without moving their eyes, a fact overlooked in most research. To truly understand natural behaviour, we must look beyond the eyes and illuminate this dark matter of social attention.
dlvr.it
May 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Online Now: Covert orienting: the dark matter of social attention
More paper news! After years of thinking/talking about it, here is our short perspective piece on covert attention in natural situations. Now in press at TICS @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.
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May 23, 2025 at 9:33 AM
More paper news! After years of thinking/talking about it, here is our short perspective piece on covert attention in natural situations. Now in press at TICS @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
I played a small part in this new paper led by Stasha Medeiros in Vermont and with @neilcohn.bsky.social: autistic traits have some nuanced effects on how people process comic strips...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com
May 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I played a small part in this new paper led by Stasha Medeiros in Vermont and with @neilcohn.bsky.social: autistic traits have some nuanced effects on how people process comic strips...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Now out from my colleagues on our POTION project: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Identifying the human olfactory and chemosignaling neural networks using event related fMRI and graph theory
Scientific Reports - Identifying the human olfactory and chemosignaling neural networks using event related fMRI and graph theory
www.nature.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Now out from my colleagues on our POTION project: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Tom Foulsham
Why academia is sleepwalking into self-destruction. My editorial @brain1878.bsky.social If you agree with the sentiments please repost. It's important for all our sakes to stop the madness
academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
March 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Why academia is sleepwalking into self-destruction. My editorial @brain1878.bsky.social If you agree with the sentiments please repost. It's important for all our sakes to stop the madness
academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
As a reviewer, do you expect to see the other reviewers' comments and the editor's decision letter when you look at a revision? That's normal practice, right?! Or am I mad?
March 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
As a reviewer, do you expect to see the other reviewers' comments and the editor's decision letter when you look at a revision? That's normal practice, right?! Or am I mad?
New paper from A. Priscilla Martinez-Cedillo, showing how cognitive load affects gaze in real tasks... link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Cognitive load affects gaze dynamics during real-world tasks - Experimental Brain Research
In everyday tasks, active gaze is used to gather information for the actions we perform. The cognitive resources required for such gaze control have rarely been investigated. We examined how a seconda...
link.springer.com
March 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
New paper from A. Priscilla Martinez-Cedillo, showing how cognitive load affects gaze in real tasks... link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by Tom Foulsham
If you're an early career researcher - perhaps based in a fledgling authoritarian state - and want an out, @britishacademy.bsky.social offer 2-year fellowships to come to a UK university (including relocation costs and research funds).
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...
International Fellowships 2025
The International Fellowships Programme enables researchers to work for two years at a UK institution with the aim of building a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
February 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
If you're an early career researcher - perhaps based in a fledgling authoritarian state - and want an out, @britishacademy.bsky.social offer 2-year fellowships to come to a UK university (including relocation costs and research funds).
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...
Also, do you like humans, robots and pizza? If so, you should check out the special sessions at IAS-19 in Genoa... ias-19.org/special-sess...
February 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Also, do you like humans, robots and pizza? If so, you should check out the special sessions at IAS-19 in Genoa... ias-19.org/special-sess...
We are looking for TWO postdocs as part of our funded project on AI, fatigue and eye movement metrics! Please spread the word (one post is more machine learning, the other is more psychology testing)...
vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
Job profile
vacancies.essex.ac.uk
February 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
We are looking for TWO postdocs as part of our funded project on AI, fatigue and eye movement metrics! Please spread the word (one post is more machine learning, the other is more psychology testing)...
vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
Having a good time this week hanging out with super smart people at Milan Bicocca! Lots of pizza and AI chat. (and yes, this is my first post on here, more interesting stuff to come...)
January 28, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Having a good time this week hanging out with super smart people at Milan Bicocca! Lots of pizza and AI chat. (and yes, this is my first post on here, more interesting stuff to come...)