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Gavin Buckingham

@drgbuckingham.bsky.social

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Cognitive psychologist interested in perception, illusions, sensorimotor control, and virtual reality. I also blog for early-career academics: https://gavinbuckingham.wordpress.com/

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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 17h

That person you meet when you attend a scientific conference and want to quickly get breakfast alone before returning to your room to prepare your presentation

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Gavin Buckingham @drgbuckingham.bsky.social · 2d

When is work not work? What is the workiest work?

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Work that isn’t counted as work

An interesting LinkedIn post from some colleagues musing on the “expectation of free service” has been stuck in my head for a few days now. In my university, we have a workload model wh…

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Gavin Buckingham @drgbuckingham.bsky.social · 2d

No, on steam deck - no way I could take this intensity in vr (although I'll certainly try it out sometime)

Gavin Buckingham @drgbuckingham.bsky.social · 2d

I'm finally playing Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice and I've never felt so unnerved by a game - the sound design is extraordinary

a woman with dreadlocks is standing in a forest

ALT: a woman with dreadlocks is standing in a forest

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Gavin Buckingham @drgbuckingham.bsky.social · 2d

When is work not work? What is the workiest work?

gavinbuckingham.wordpress.com/2025/10/07/w...

Work that isn’t counted as work

An interesting LinkedIn post from some colleagues musing on the “expectation of free service” has been stuck in my head for a few days now. In my university, we have a workload model wh…

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Art Pilacinski @fatresearchcat.bsky.social · 2d

Our Dagstuhl Seminar with @panxueni.bsky.social, @vrneuroscience.bsky.social and @pedrolopes.org is now official!

Invites will be sent next week by the admins, but stay tuned for the outcomes next July!

www.dagstuhl.de/en/seminars/...

Dagstuhl Seminar 26262: Virtual Bodies for Real Humans – Avatars, Sensations, Emotions and Brains

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Gavin Buckingham @drgbuckingham.bsky.social · 2d

I'm coming round, save me a portion

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Aidan Horner @aidanhorner.bsky.social · 3d

It's that time of year when many start thinking about applying for PhDs. If you're applying for a UK PhD position, here is a blog post I wrote a while back that might be helpful

#cognition #psychscisky #neuroskyence #psychjobs

How to get PhD funding in the UK

It is that time of year again. The leaves are turning golden, red, and orange (or just brown), the nights are drawing in, and there is a chi...

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Gavin Buckingham @drgbuckingham.bsky.social · 3d

Oh this hurts a bit

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☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 3d

omfg lmao

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Statistically Backed Stereotypes for Each 40k Faction

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Gavin Buckingham @drgbuckingham.bsky.social · Oct 9

It's Dyspraxia Awareness Week!

Please share this information video we commissioned from dyspraxic animator Charlotte O'Neill, explaining a bit about dyspraxia (aka developmental coordination disorder). The video is suitable for school-aged kids, so share widely.

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Dyspraxia!

YouTube video by The DCD Project

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Gavin Buckingham @drgbuckingham.bsky.social · 4d

Genius

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Gavin Buckingham @drgbuckingham.bsky.social · 5d

I've discovered something called the 'beer mile', where you run 4 laps of a 400m track and chug a beer at the start of each lap, which feels like the race I've been training my whole life to win

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Gavin Buckingham @drgbuckingham.bsky.social · 6d

Weird images like this brightening up my mandatory training

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Michelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social · 7d

No don't fall for *that* cancer scam.

Fall for *my* cancer scam.

Quackery Detector @quackdetector.bsky.social · 7d

Never-been-an-oncologist Makis still pushing anti-parasitic cancer grift

#QuackMakis #Noncologist

William Makis (McGill Medicine)
@MakisMedicine

Pediatric cancer: Ivermectin and Mebendazole is the answer.
Artificial Intelligence in cancer is a scam.
You don't need Al.
You need quality anti-parasitics.

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Gavin Buckingham @drgbuckingham.bsky.social · 7d

Medtech (or whatever) software needs upkeep/updates to be useful, and that requires some kind of funding model because stuff can't stay a side project forever (a la psychtoolbox). I think sharing with an NDA is actually pretty reasonable in this context

Gavin Buckingham @drgbuckingham.bsky.social · 10d

I've got this, but avoided reading it due to the suspicion it will make me cry

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Gavin Buckingham @drgbuckingham.bsky.social · 10d

We didn't even get that far - the corridor of bugs and the squashing room of spikes made the lead up to that scene too much to handle before bedtime

Gavin Buckingham @drgbuckingham.bsky.social · 10d

Pro tip: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is too scary for the children to watch

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Gavin Buckingham @drgbuckingham.bsky.social · 11d

Gavin's movie reviews

Thursday Murder Club

Stellar cast, and enjoyable whodunnit that was loved by kids and grownups alike (one strong swear, but very funnily done)

8/10

Gavin Buckingham @drgbuckingham.bsky.social · 11d

Gavin movie review

K-Pop Demon Hunter

Gorgeous spectacle, good (deliberately generic, so anyone can relate) story, lots of heart

Didn't make me cry, which is reasonably rare

8/10

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Gavin Buckingham @drgbuckingham.bsky.social · 11d

Controversially, I think frozen 2 is better than the original (which, to be fair, I had no particular emotional attachment to)

Moana 2 should indeed be avoided

Gavin Buckingham @drgbuckingham.bsky.social · 11d

Gavin's movie reviews are back!

Moana 2 was an empty soulless parody of one of the finest films ever

0/10

(kids like it way better than the original, but they are wrong)

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Gavin Buckingham @drgbuckingham.bsky.social · 12d

If I know the authors, I usually sign. If I don't know them, it depends on the wider context (and also if a PhD student is involved in the review)

Gavin Buckingham @drgbuckingham.bsky.social · 13d

The proof-viewing request from this journal having a grammatical error is just a little too ironic for me to handle