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DongWon OH | 오동원 | 吳東源 @dongwonoh.bsky.social · 8d

For the first time, my trainees got their SPSP talks accepted--and 3 at once! Such a blessing.

Congratulations to Finneaz Moner @firdausmoner.bsky.social [lab manager], Ming Huang (Ben) Teo [former lab manager)], and Joy Tong [PhD student].

Proud of their hard work. See you in Chicago! #SPSP2026

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Sam Nastase @samnastase.bsky.social · 6d

I'm recruiting PhD students to join my new lab in Fall 2026! The Shared Minds Lab at @usc.edu will combine deep learning and ecological human neuroscience to better understand how we communicate our thoughts from one brain to another.

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DongWon OH | 오동원 | 吳東源 @dongwonoh.bsky.social · 8d

"The Architecture of Status Perception: Cues, Categories, and Consequences"

Co-chairs: Finneaz Moner, @dongwonoh.bsky.social
Speakers: Finneaz Moner, Ben (Ming Huang) Teo, Abhinanda Dash (w/ Kerri L Johnson & @thorabjorns.bsky.social), Bastian Weitz (w/ @freemanjb.bsky.social)

Symposium Abstract:

A screencapture of the symposium abstract. It reads: Social hierarchies shape life outcomes from employment to relationships, making it crucial to understand how people perceive and judge social status. This symposium brings together cutting-edge empirical work on how visual and semantic cues influence perceptions of socioeconomic status and social hierarchy. First, we examine how skin tone and class-linked names independently shape status judgements in India, with implications for employment decisions. Next, we explore how status-related societal stereotypes moderate the impact of clothing on competence perceptions in the U.S. and Singapore. We then investigate how marginalised groups strategically use attire to counter status-based stereotypes, revealing systematic differences in impression management across racial and gender lines. Finally, we present evidence that racial stereotyping emerges from the simultaneous activation of multiple fuzzy categories rather than discrete classification, revealing the cognitive mechanisms underlying hierarchical perception. These talks highlight understudied pathways through which status perception operates, advancing our understanding of how social hierarchies are perceived and reinforced.

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DongWon OH | 오동원 | 吳東源 @dongwonoh.bsky.social · 8d

Congrats Joy Tong for her single-presenter talk acceptance at #SPSP2026: “Intrapersonal Factors Trump Contact Frequency in Cross-Racial Face Recognition.”

Network analysis shows that quality interactions (not mere exposure) are what matter for improving other-race recognition.

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DongWon OH | 오동원 | 吳東源 @dongwonoh.bsky.social · 8d

Congrats Finneaz @firdausmoner.bsky.social for his accepted symposium “The Architecture of Status Perception: Economic Status Stereotype Awareness Shapes Clothing-Based Competence Perceptions” at #SPSP2026!

He’ll present “Dressing the Part,” and Ming Huang (Ben) Teo will share “Empowering Attire."

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DongWon OH | 오동원 | 吳東源 @dongwonoh.bsky.social · 8d

For the first time, my trainees got their SPSP talks accepted--and 3 at once! Such a blessing.

Congratulations to Finneaz Moner @firdausmoner.bsky.social [lab manager], Ming Huang (Ben) Teo [former lab manager)], and Joy Tong [PhD student].

Proud of their hard work. See you in Chicago! #SPSP2026

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DongWon OH | 오동원 | 吳東源 @dongwonoh.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks Jeni for mention & repost !

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DongWon OH | 오동원 | 吳東源 @dongwonoh.bsky.social · 15d

Six years in the making, a postdoc project with @freemanjb.bsky.social is finally now out in print. Many thanks to Jon and @hennavartiainen.bsky.social and everyone who made this important work possible.

Jon Freeman @freemanjb.bsky.social · 19d

New findings from my lab in Nature Communications suggest that racial stereotypes can lead the brain's perceptual system to temporarily "see" weapons where they don't exist.

Led by: @dongwonoh.bsky.social

Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Jon Freeman @freemanjb.bsky.social · 19d

The results open a path for new interventions that don’t just target stereotypes but also attempt to recalibrate biased visual perception directly, with the hopes of mitigating such high-stakes misjudgments under stress and uncertainty.

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Jon Freeman @freemanjb.bsky.social · 19d

While past work has generally assumed such weapon-identification biases involve an accurate perception of the object but then a racially biased impulse that is difficult to control, our findings suggest that part of the problem is a temporary visual distortion as well.

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Jon Freeman @freemanjb.bsky.social · 19d

These neural representational shifts predicted subjects' delays in recognizing these tools as tools, rather than weapons, suggesting an initial tendency to perceive them as weapons.

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Jon Freeman @freemanjb.bsky.social · 19d

Using neural decoding techniques, we find that when subjects saw a Black man’s face before an image of a tool, their brain’s object-processing regions shifted toward a weapon-like representation.

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Jon Freeman @freemanjb.bsky.social · 19d

Unarmed Black people in the US are 3X more likely than unarmed White people to be shot and killed by police. In many tragic cases, unarmed Black men were holding innocuous objects like a wrench, wallet, or cell phone when fatally shot by an officer.

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Jon Freeman @freemanjb.bsky.social · 19d

New findings from my lab in Nature Communications suggest that racial stereotypes can lead the brain's perceptual system to temporarily "see" weapons where they don't exist.

Led by: @dongwonoh.bsky.social

Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Katie Carmichael @drkatcarm.bsky.social · 27d

::slowly stands while clapping::

Image of labubu doll labeled labubu next to image of spiky labubu doll labeled lakiki

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Youngki Hong @youngkihong.bsky.social · Aug 28

Job alert: I'm hiring a postdoc for my lab at CU Boulder starting Fall 2026!

We study person perception, stereotyping & prejudice, and intervention science using behavioral & neuroimaging methods.

Link: jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

Review starts Nov 1 and continues until filled.

Postdoctoral Associate

jobs.colorado.edu

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Youngki Hong @youngkihong.bsky.social · 28d

I’m admitting 1–2 Ph.D. students to join my lab in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at CU Boulder, starting Fall 2026. We study person perception, stereotyping and prejudice, and intervention science.

Application info: www.colorado.edu/psych-neuro/...
Lab info: www.svmlab.org

Colorado Social Vision & Mind Lab

The Social Vision & Mind Lab (Director: Youngki Hong, Ph.D.) at the University of Colorado Boulder explores how people perceive and make sense of the physica...

www.svmlab.org

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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · Jul 7

In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...

Being Too Helpful At Work Can Hurt Your Career—Here’s How To Say No

Women are more likely to take on behind-the-scenes duties at work—extra tasks like onboarding or event planning—and it's hurting their careers. Here's how to say no.

www.forbes.com

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DongWon OH | 오동원 | 吳東源 @dongwonoh.bsky.social · Jul 8

What a milestone! Here’s more to come

the word congratulations is surrounded by multicolored confetti

ALT: the word congratulations is surrounded by multicolored confetti

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DongWon OH | 오동원 | 吳東源 @dongwonoh.bsky.social · Jul 1

Wow congratulations!

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DongWon OH | 오동원 | 吳東源 @dongwonoh.bsky.social · Jul 1

Apparently that particular library ("the Rowdy") is designed to be a non-academic space for students to relax and socialize. umsu.unimelb.edu.au/things-to-do...

And it goes way back: victoriancollections.net.au/items/583ccf... Pretty cool concept.

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DongWon OH | 오동원 | 吳東源 @dongwonoh.bsky.social · Jul 1

Is this peak Aussie?
Found in a umelb bathroom: no slurs, no drawings. Just cheeky camaraderie and enthusiastic rsvp energy 🇦🇺 i’m oddly impressed

Bathroom graffiti which reads:
“COCK PLAY HERE IN 2025”
“Sure, where’s everyone!”
“Sounds good boys, count me in!”

DongWon OH | 오동원 | 吳東源 @dongwonoh.bsky.social · Jul 1

Big congratulations!!

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DongWon OH | 오동원 | 吳東源 @dongwonoh.bsky.social · Jun 30

Interesting student policy you have there @unilibrary.bsky.social

DongWon OH | 오동원 | 吳東源 @dongwonoh.bsky.social · Jun 28

I'll be presenting work led by Anqi Mao, a PhD student of mine, on improving human detection of AI-generated faces via training. This kicks off a new direction in our lab's research on social perception and interaction in digitally mediated contexts. More to come! @ohlab.bsky.social

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