adam osth
@adamosth.bsky.social
Associate Professor at unimelb. Episodic memory, decision making, mathematical modeling. Friend to all cats. He/him.
Hollow Knight Silksong is amazing
November 13, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Hollow Knight Silksong is amazing
It’s been a tough time. Yesterday we took Mabel to the vet because she was having a hypo episode. We unexpectedly ended up having to say goodbye to her. We are devastated.
This is a photo from back in 2016 when I adopted her.
This is a photo from back in 2016 when I adopted her.
November 4, 2025 at 7:59 AM
It’s been a tough time. Yesterday we took Mabel to the vet because she was having a hypo episode. We unexpectedly ended up having to say goodbye to her. We are devastated.
This is a photo from back in 2016 when I adopted her.
This is a photo from back in 2016 when I adopted her.
I am a huge fan of Tim Robinson and I Think You Should Leave, but I’m not sure if I’m feeling The Chair Company yet
October 30, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I am a huge fan of Tim Robinson and I Think You Should Leave, but I’m not sure if I’m feeling The Chair Company yet
I just submitted a grant today. In preparing it, I went over the reviews I got for my submission for the same grant scheme last year.
Nearly every reviewer commented on my prior track record with grants. My question is - why is this so relevant to whether or not someone gets a grant?
Nearly every reviewer commented on my prior track record with grants. My question is - why is this so relevant to whether or not someone gets a grant?
October 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
I just submitted a grant today. In preparing it, I went over the reviews I got for my submission for the same grant scheme last year.
Nearly every reviewer commented on my prior track record with grants. My question is - why is this so relevant to whether or not someone gets a grant?
Nearly every reviewer commented on my prior track record with grants. My question is - why is this so relevant to whether or not someone gets a grant?
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people do not understand the movie Fight Club
October 28, 2025 at 12:21 AM
people do not understand the movie Fight Club
Hey memory folks! I got a question from a student I couldn't quite answer. I talked about consolidation, and how HM's loss of 3-5 years of recent memories led the field to believe that consolidation might take the same period of time.
A student asked - "why would it take so long?"
A student asked - "why would it take so long?"
October 30, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Hey memory folks! I got a question from a student I couldn't quite answer. I talked about consolidation, and how HM's loss of 3-5 years of recent memories led the field to believe that consolidation might take the same period of time.
A student asked - "why would it take so long?"
A student asked - "why would it take so long?"
this is not an Onion article
October 28, 2025 at 5:42 AM
this is not an Onion article
my partner and I finished Six Feet Under last night and… god.
Even though it was a rewatch, I haven’t been that moved by something in a long time.
Even though it was a rewatch, I haven’t been that moved by something in a long time.
September 21, 2025 at 1:27 AM
my partner and I finished Six Feet Under last night and… god.
Even though it was a rewatch, I haven’t been that moved by something in a long time.
Even though it was a rewatch, I haven’t been that moved by something in a long time.
my partner and I are watching Six Feet Under at the moment. it's a rewatch for me and the first for her.
saying it's still good is an understatement. it's incredible. I think it's even better on a rewatch
saying it's still good is an understatement. it's incredible. I think it's even better on a rewatch
September 19, 2025 at 1:08 AM
my partner and I are watching Six Feet Under at the moment. it's a rewatch for me and the first for her.
saying it's still good is an understatement. it's incredible. I think it's even better on a rewatch
saying it's still good is an understatement. it's incredible. I think it's even better on a rewatch
I have been terribly sick this week for about the third time this year. I seem to get hit much harder than most people, often getting really debilitating coughs and congestion even after the worst is over.
I might sound crazy but at this point I'm considering getting sinus surgery.
I might sound crazy but at this point I'm considering getting sinus surgery.
September 19, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I have been terribly sick this week for about the third time this year. I seem to get hit much harder than most people, often getting really debilitating coughs and congestion even after the worst is over.
I might sound crazy but at this point I'm considering getting sinus surgery.
I might sound crazy but at this point I'm considering getting sinus surgery.
had a real "pinch me" moment this week... my band's new single "shadow operator" made it on triple j unearthed's tops playlist - a best of new music for new and emerging artists in Australia! www.abc.net.au/triplej/prog...
Tops - triple j
The latest and greatest uploads to triplejunearthed.com.
www.abc.net.au
September 12, 2025 at 8:59 AM
had a real "pinch me" moment this week... my band's new single "shadow operator" made it on triple j unearthed's tops playlist - a best of new music for new and emerging artists in Australia! www.abc.net.au/triplej/prog...
my band has a new single called "Shadow Operator." we're proud of it. it might have my best guitar work yet.
I like to think it sounds like johnny marr playing for joy division - gloomy post punk with some jangle. also big hypnotic guitar solo at the end
snailgunband.bandcamp.com/track/shadow...
I like to think it sounds like johnny marr playing for joy division - gloomy post punk with some jangle. also big hypnotic guitar solo at the end
snailgunband.bandcamp.com/track/shadow...
Shadow Operator, by snailgun
track by snailgun
snailgunband.bandcamp.com
September 5, 2025 at 12:02 AM
my band has a new single called "Shadow Operator." we're proud of it. it might have my best guitar work yet.
I like to think it sounds like johnny marr playing for joy division - gloomy post punk with some jangle. also big hypnotic guitar solo at the end
snailgunband.bandcamp.com/track/shadow...
I like to think it sounds like johnny marr playing for joy division - gloomy post punk with some jangle. also big hypnotic guitar solo at the end
snailgunband.bandcamp.com/track/shadow...
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🧠 New preprint alert!
In this study, using a joint modelling method with the Diffusion Decision Model, we offer a mechanistic reinterpretation of the Late Positive event-related potential Component (LPC) as a neural signature of mnemonic strength during evidence accumulation in recognition memory.
In this study, using a joint modelling method with the Diffusion Decision Model, we offer a mechanistic reinterpretation of the Late Positive event-related potential Component (LPC) as a neural signature of mnemonic strength during evidence accumulation in recognition memory.
A Parietal Memory Strength Signal Linked to Evidence Accumulation in Recognition Decisions https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.20.665783v1
July 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
🧠 New preprint alert!
In this study, using a joint modelling method with the Diffusion Decision Model, we offer a mechanistic reinterpretation of the Late Positive event-related potential Component (LPC) as a neural signature of mnemonic strength during evidence accumulation in recognition memory.
In this study, using a joint modelling method with the Diffusion Decision Model, we offer a mechanistic reinterpretation of the Late Positive event-related potential Component (LPC) as a neural signature of mnemonic strength during evidence accumulation in recognition memory.
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📢 New preprint: "Comparing Cue and Target Roles in Cued Recall Reveals Limits of Intrinsic Word Memorability".
See lnkd.in/gXs48uyx for a tweet thread. Congrats, Anuska Maity, for your first preprint (and hopefully published paper soon)!
See lnkd.in/gXs48uyx for a tweet thread. Congrats, Anuska Maity, for your first preprint (and hopefully published paper soon)!
June 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
📢 New preprint: "Comparing Cue and Target Roles in Cued Recall Reveals Limits of Intrinsic Word Memorability".
See lnkd.in/gXs48uyx for a tweet thread. Congrats, Anuska Maity, for your first preprint (and hopefully published paper soon)!
See lnkd.in/gXs48uyx for a tweet thread. Congrats, Anuska Maity, for your first preprint (and hopefully published paper soon)!
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I had a REALLY lovely time talking to @milesklee.bsky.social at Rolling Stone about why The Onion is thriving.
It's because we're one of the only legacy outlets unafraid to accurately reflect the mood of this country.
That mood? Everyone fucking hates this.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
It's because we're one of the only legacy outlets unafraid to accurately reflect the mood of this country.
That mood? Everyone fucking hates this.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
![We want to be able to say stuff that other people, for institutional reasons, can’t say, or they’re too afraid to say.
You may be the only CEO in America making that promise.
We’re in a unique position, certainly. And other places have to learn from this — being afraid all the time and just constantly making transactional moves. How long can you survive like this? What is even the point of being alive if you’re just gonna continue managing rot? And it seems like that’s what 98 percent of people are doing in these media companies right now. I don’t know, take a chance. Nobody likes what’s happening. Especially if you’re a journalism company or a media company, you’re [meant to be] actually reflecting what people want or what people believe. So get some guts and do something interesting. It’s not that hard.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreihhqahdsympkilcsdqyztdudygmevh2ioksi2kzbtdo7kbilcnalu@jpeg)
June 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I had a REALLY lovely time talking to @milesklee.bsky.social at Rolling Stone about why The Onion is thriving.
It's because we're one of the only legacy outlets unafraid to accurately reflect the mood of this country.
That mood? Everyone fucking hates this.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
It's because we're one of the only legacy outlets unafraid to accurately reflect the mood of this country.
That mood? Everyone fucking hates this.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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Is computation necessarily independent of its physical implementation? Now there’s a whole symposium on this question in the journal Mind & Language!
June 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Is computation necessarily independent of its physical implementation? Now there’s a whole symposium on this question in the journal Mind & Language!
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Please check out this work by @seymaertekin.bsky.social et al. where we studied key empirical benchmarks of working memory in a large-scale sample of elementary school students. This type of data is AWESOME because you can get a lot of clarity - as long as you don't go down any rabbit holes...
Do kids show adult-like working memory patterns?
🧠 We analyzed nearly 1M observations from 9K+ Dutch students in a real-world adaptive learning platform.
✅ Benchmark effects in children
📊 Bayesian modeling + big adaptive data = new insights
⬇️ Authors & links
#WorkingMemory #DevPsych
🧠 We analyzed nearly 1M observations from 9K+ Dutch students in a real-world adaptive learning platform.
✅ Benchmark effects in children
📊 Bayesian modeling + big adaptive data = new insights
⬇️ Authors & links
#WorkingMemory #DevPsych
APA PsycNet
psycnet.apa.org
June 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Please check out this work by @seymaertekin.bsky.social et al. where we studied key empirical benchmarks of working memory in a large-scale sample of elementary school students. This type of data is AWESOME because you can get a lot of clarity - as long as you don't go down any rabbit holes...
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“So what do you think Democrats can learn from somebody who, like you, targets the most vulnerable among us?” said Newsom
theonion.com/gavin-n...
theonion.com/gavin-n...
Gavin Newsom Sits Down For Podcast With Serial Killer Who Targets Homeless
SACRAMENTO, CA—Promising his podcast listeners an engaging and enlightening conversation, California Gov. Gavin Newsom reportedly sat down Tuesday with a serial killer who targets the homeless population. “So what do you think Democrats can learn from somebody who, like you, targets the most vulnerable among us?” said Newsom, who acknowledged that while he and the […]
theonion.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
“So what do you think Democrats can learn from somebody who, like you, targets the most vulnerable among us?” said Newsom
theonion.com/gavin-n...
theonion.com/gavin-n...
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In case you haven't seen it yet, M&C is doing a special issue for Larry Jacoby. It says 4/30 for a due date, but I believe we're allowing for some more wiggle room. www.psychonomic.org/page/MCjacoby
Memory & Cognition Special Issue - Psychonomic Society
D. Stephen Lindsay, University of Victoria, Canada
www.psychonomic.org
April 30, 2025 at 12:26 AM
In case you haven't seen it yet, M&C is doing a special issue for Larry Jacoby. It says 4/30 for a due date, but I believe we're allowing for some more wiggle room. www.psychonomic.org/page/MCjacoby
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Honey, we fixed Signal Detection Theory (SDT)! In this preprint, Constantin Meyer-Grant, David Kellen, Sam Harding, and I critically evaluate the (unequal-variance) Gaussian SDT model in recognition memory and pursue the Gumbel-min model as a principled alternative: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Extreme-Value Signal Detection Theory for RecognitionMemory: The Parametric Road Not Taken
Signal Detection Theory has long served as a cornerstone of psychological research, particularly in recognition memory. Yet its conventional application hinges almost exclusively on the Gaussian…
doi.org
April 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Honey, we fixed Signal Detection Theory (SDT)! In this preprint, Constantin Meyer-Grant, David Kellen, Sam Harding, and I critically evaluate the (unequal-variance) Gaussian SDT model in recognition memory and pursue the Gumbel-min model as a principled alternative: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Sorry but I just don't feel comfortable sharing public toilets with transphobes. At any moment they could just demand to have a look at my gennies. The law should protect women's spaces from these creeps.
April 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Sorry but I just don't feel comfortable sharing public toilets with transphobes. At any moment they could just demand to have a look at my gennies. The law should protect women's spaces from these creeps.
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You all need to treat Harry Potter IP like we’re treating the Tesla brand.
April 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
You all need to treat Harry Potter IP like we’re treating the Tesla brand.
I got my old SNES working on a modern tv. I’ve been sick this week, so I spent most of my free time playing the old school sim city. I got this achievement that I was never able to get as a kid
April 12, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I got my old SNES working on a modern tv. I’ve been sick this week, so I spent most of my free time playing the old school sim city. I got this achievement that I was never able to get as a kid
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This is now published in the Journal of Mathematical Psychology!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
with @annalschubert.bsky.social, @gidon-frischkorn.bsky.social, and Klaus Oberauer
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
with @annalschubert.bsky.social, @gidon-frischkorn.bsky.social, and Klaus Oberauer
April 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
This is now published in the Journal of Mathematical Psychology!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
with @annalschubert.bsky.social, @gidon-frischkorn.bsky.social, and Klaus Oberauer
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
with @annalschubert.bsky.social, @gidon-frischkorn.bsky.social, and Klaus Oberauer