Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Ben van Buren

Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · 21d

I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???

This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.

By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.

59 870 1.7K

Reposted by Ben van Buren

Alex White @alexlw.bsky.social · 21d

Advocating for vision research on Capitol Hill! With the National Alliance for Eye & Vision Research + Research to Prevent Blindness + fellow vision scientists. Thanks to Congress for currently planning to maintain NIH & NEI funding! #seewhatmatters @corticalcavanaugh.bsky.social
www.rpbusa.org

Group of people in the rotunda of the Cannon House Office Building

Group of people in business attire in front of the office of Senator Schumer

Four vision nerds in front of the US Capitol Building

1 1 7

Ben van Buren @bvb373.bsky.social · Aug 27

This 'sense of motion' may be desirable sometimes, but it could cause trouble in situations where the icon is meant to indicate that the *present* location is accessible. Come to Marina's talk to hear more reflections about her collaboration w/ Tessa linking vision science, design and public policy!

Ben van Buren @bvb373.bsky.social · Aug 27

Marina finds that these icons — especially the increasingly popular Accessible Icon Project icon — are strong directional cues. For example, they automatically orient spatial attention in the direction that they are facing.

1

Ben van Buren @bvb373.bsky.social · Aug 27

Tomorrow (Thurs) at 9am in HS19, Marina Pace will present a series of studies that she ran with Tessa Bury, to test whether observers perceive *implied motion* in accessibility icons.

#ECVP2025

1 8

Reposted by Ben van Buren

ECVP 2025 @ecvp.bsky.social · Aug 27

#ECVP2025 In addition to yesterday's Illusion Night we would like to mention the contribution of @elinevg.bsky.social and @lisa-kossmann.bsky.social about Open-Source Toolboxes for aesthetics and perception.

5 14

Reposted by Ben van Buren

Ben Balas @bjbalas.bsky.social · Aug 26

Hey #VisionScience friends - If your work has connections to topics like #dataviz, art, computer vision, or applied vision, consider submitting to HVEI 2026! The deadline was extended to Sept. 12 & it's a really wonderful conference. Happy to answer questions if you want to know more.

Human Vision and Electronic Imaging 2026 (HVEI)

The HVEI conference explores the role of human perception and cognition in the design, analysis, and use of electronic media systems.

www.imaging.org

2 4

Ben van Buren @bvb373.bsky.social · Aug 26

At 9:15 in HS19, hongbnguyen.bsky.social will present her work demonstrating an advantage predicting the behavior of simple shapes which look alive and goal-directed!

#ECVP

Hong B. Nguyen (@hongbnguyen.bsky.social)

PhD student @TheNewSchool, NYC

hongbnguyen.bsky.social

1 7

Ben van Buren @bvb373.bsky.social · Aug 26

Spotted some appropriate public art in Wiesbaden on the way from VSAC to ECVP.

#ECVP
#VSAC2025

9

Ben van Buren @bvb373.bsky.social · Aug 23

Maya Theresia Laughton presenting a beautiful film weaving together ideas from science and Hindu spirituality, called ‘Noumenon’. She made the film in collaboration with Janna Kyllästinen, as part of the Science New Wave Festival.

#VSAC2025

1 3

Ben van Buren @bvb373.bsky.social · Aug 23

Maarten Leemans using image aesthetic mapping to explore the impact of details on the visual inspection of art photographs and paintings.

#VSAC2025

2 8

Ben van Buren @bvb373.bsky.social · Aug 23

Dirk Walther presenting his lab’s work demonstrating an inverse relationship between the metabolic cost of visual processing and aesthetic judgments.

#VSAC2025

2 7

Ben van Buren @bvb373.bsky.social · Aug 23

Branke Spehar discussing individual differences in how image features drive aesthetic preferences.

#VSAC2025

2 10

Ben van Buren @bvb373.bsky.social · Aug 23

Anna Miscenà discussing the use of connoisseurs to determine the provenance of a painting.

#VSAC2025