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Dawei Bai @daweibai.bsky.social · 5d

New paper: the ‘Double Ring Illusion’!
Does the visual system integrate *intuitive physics*? This new illusion developed by Brent Strickland and I offers a straightforward demonstration – one that you can experience yourselves!
Demos in thread👇
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Dr. Rebecca Hirst @hirstrj.bsky.social · 5d

🇮🇪 Brief pitstop to Dublin today to teach @tcdpsychology.bsky.social Final Year Project Students #PsychoPy !!

Academic things did happen but the only photos I got were of food.

A woman enjoys the last slice of tiramisu from a giant tupperware container.

A mega big sandwich with goats cheese and salad hanging out of the sides.

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Dr. Rebecca Hirst @hirstrj.bsky.social · 6d

This is so cooool!!

Pascal Mamassian @mamassian.bsky.social · 14d

A nice shift in perceived colour between central and peripheral vision. The fixated disc looks purple while the others look blue.

The effect presumably comes from the absence of S-cones in the fovea.

From Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt:
arxiv.org/pdf/2509.115...

An array of 9 purple discs on a blue background. Figure from Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt.

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PsychoPy @psychopy.org · 7d

Join us for a 2 day bootcamp!

📅 Dec 16th/17th
📍 Nottingham
👩‍💻 Day 1 - Create experiments in PsychoPy and optimise for EEG
🧠 Day 2 - EEG data collection and ERP analysis strategies
ℹ️ Info and Ticket purchase shorturl.at/DVL8s

In collaboration with @ant-neuro.com

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Dr. Rebecca Hirst @hirstrj.bsky.social · 11d

My gal also gets those greens in!

A red cocker spaniel holds a brocolli soft toy in her mouth.

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ANT Neuro @ant-neuro.com · 16d

Calling all PhD students & early career researchers! Boost your EEG skills in Nottingham, Dec 16–17. Hands-on training with ANT Neuro, Open Science Tools & @psychopy.org. Register: eventbrite.com/e/1692116779839

#Neurotechnology #BrainResearch #ScienceTraining

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OPAM @opam.bsky.social · 15d

Do you want to know how or why you should preregister your next experiment? Then sign up for our next OPAM online workshop (hosted by @carohautekiet.bsky.social on October 8th) using the link below!

vu-live.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Dr. Rebecca Hirst @hirstrj.bsky.social · 16d

New preprint !

👋🏼👁️Visual and Tactile motion cues enhance learning of novel objects.

Cool application of vibration patterns to facilitate remote Tactile research via mobile phones.

@multisensorylab.bsky.social

osf.io/preprints/ps...

OSF

osf.io

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PsychoPy @psychopy.org · 20d

Happy faces in this PsychoPy workshop at Mapua University in Manila run by @suelynnmah.bsky.social! 🇵🇭

Sue Lynn introduced students and faculty to PsychoPy for creating psychology experiments.

We love seeing PsychoPy being used around the world! 🌏

#psychology #research

A woman stands at the front of a computer room full of students, she presents a slide that reads “introducing PsychoPy!”

A student works on a computer in a workshop, the screen displays an experiment being created in PsychoPy.

A group of happy smiling students look at the camera posing after their PsychoPy workshop.

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Dr Reshanne Reeder @kerblooee.bsky.social · 22d

Do you live in or around Liverpool?

Recruiting now for paid research on mental imagery - you don't have to be a student to take part!

Sign up to the Liverpool Imagery Database and discover your mind's eye potential!

livpsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

@livunipsyc.bsky.social

Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management

Sign up to participate in mental imagery research!

livpsych.eu.qualtrics.com

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Benjamin Lowe @brainboyben.bsky.social · 27d

Looking forward to this!

PsychoPy @psychopy.org · 27d

Shout out to Australian researchers! 🇦🇺 (and folks in the southern hemisphere) 🌏

We're excited that our Ambassador Ben Lowe (@brainboyben.bsky.social) will be hosting a pre-conference workshop at #ACNS2025 (@acnsau.bsky.social) on getting started with PsychoPy!

Sign up here👇
shorturl.at/gvnUU

ACNS 2025 Pre-Conference Workshops - Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society

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www.acns.org.au

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PsychoPy @psychopy.org · 28d

🗓️ Save the date 👀

🗓️December 16th/17th

🧠 PsychoPy and EEG workshop, in partnership with @ant-neuro.com

📍 Nottingham (Venue confirmed soon)

Registration opens soon - sign up to expression of interest for details.

workshops.psychopy.org

Home — PsychoPy®

workshops.psychopy.org

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PsychoPy @psychopy.org · Sep 8

Blown away by the resources PsychoPy users share! 🌍 Love seeing training materials in many languages. Huge shoutout to Marcos Lima for 70+ videos in Brazilian Portuguese 🇧🇷👏 shorturl.at/oCSMI

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Dr. Rebecca Hirst @hirstrj.bsky.social · Sep 8

Played a fun game of "can we make it in 15 minutes" at #ESCOP2025

Thankfully this worked out well 😅

PsychoPy @psychopy.org · Sep 4

Another neat demo from the #ESCOP2025 booth

✍️ Writing distraction task.

Show a word to type
Interrupt typing with distraction ⭐
Ask to continue typing...

run.pavlovia.org/demos/writin...

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Anna Hughes @scienceanna.bsky.social · Sep 3

If you're a #visionscience or #psychscisky person starting to think about student dissertation projects, you might be interested in our visual search/foraging experiment code at github.com/scienceanna/.... You can configure everything via CSV files (lots of options!) and it all runs on Psychopy.

GitHub - scienceanna/visual_foraging_exp: Visual foraging experiment in PsychoPy

Visual foraging experiment in PsychoPy. Contribute to scienceanna/visual_foraging_exp development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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Jon Peirce @peircej.bsky.social · Sep 4

Excited to be heading to Sheffield for my first ever #ESCoP #ESCoP2025 (slightly late but see you there at the Open Science Tools / @PsychoPy booth)

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Dr. Rebecca Hirst @hirstrj.bsky.social · Sep 3

#ESCOP2025 we're ready for you !

Conferences giving you ideas for new experiments?

Come tell us about it and see if we can make a demo in PsychoPy at our booth!

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Dr. Rebecca Hirst @hirstrj.bsky.social · Sep 1

Let the conference sugar commence. 🍯☕

A laptop with PsychoPy open on it, next to it is a coffee (in a PsychoPy mug) and a blueberry muffin

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Dr. Rebecca Hirst @hirstrj.bsky.social · Sep 1

My love language is a Yorkshire teabag.

#ESCOP2025 delivering the goods!

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PsychoPy @psychopy.org · Aug 31

Excited to feature alongside some excellent pre-conference workshops tomorrow for #ESCOP2025!

We will have a 2 day workshop to equip researchers with skills in creating flexible experiments to run in lab and online with PsychoPy and Pavlovia, focusing on #opensource software for #openscience 🔓 🌐

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Dr. Rebecca Hirst @hirstrj.bsky.social · Aug 28

But yes ... YouTube tutorial and clearer docs coming asap!

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Dr. Rebecca Hirst @hirstrj.bsky.social · Aug 28

Then search monkeys and install. Restart the app and you should have a new section in your component panel!

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Dr. Rebecca Hirst @hirstrj.bsky.social · Aug 28

On your PsychoPy app. Select Tools ➡️plugin/packages manager

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PsychoPy @psychopy.org · Aug 28

Friends don't let friends sit through 1000 trials to test the task works*....

Did you know you can simulate responses in PsychoPy?

Install the PsychoPy "Monkeys" plugin and have a play!

*Actually this is exactly what friends do 😅 - looking at you psychophysics people...

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Nicholas Gaspelin @ngaspelin.bsky.social · Jul 23

A great tutorial by Xiaojin Ma on how to use PsychoPy for programming a cognitive task.

Xiaojin Ma @xiaojinma.bsky.social · Jun 20

I recorded a step-by-step tutorial of programming experiments in PsychoPy for undergrad thesis students in my lab. Sharing it here for anyone new to programming in psychology, or those transitioning to PsychoPy from other software. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMJX...

using PsychoPy to build a cognitive psychology experiment from scratch

YouTube video by Xiaojin Ma

www.youtube.com

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