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Pascal Mamassian @mamassian.bsky.social · Jun 13

"As appealing as they can be, Large Language Models are as useful to scientific research as microwaves are to fine
cuisine."

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Using AI for peer reviewing is like using a microwave to reheat an old meal - Pascal Mamassian, 2025

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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · Jun 4

Incredible stuff here

Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · Sep 19

If you hate statistics like I do, then you'll love my free lectures. Putting science before statistics, 20 lectures from basics of inference & causal modeling to multilevel models & dynamic state space models. It's all free, made with love and sympathy. 🧪 #stats www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Mauro Manassi @mauromanassi.bsky.social · May 26

📢 Two postdoc positions (34 months each) at University of Southern Denmark – visual and auditory perception 🧠👁️👂
🔹 Vision focus (Andersen's lab): shorturl.at/YWJ3v
🔹 Hearing focus (Neher’s lab): shorturl.at/ylbGd
Feel qualified for both? Apply to both!
#PsychSciSky
#VisionScience
#neuroskyence

Postdoc in audio-visual perception at the Department of Psychology

The Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark (SDU) invites applications for a postdoctoral position in audio-visual perception. The position is available fo...

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Mauro Manassi @mauromanassi.bsky.social · May 23

Having said this, I totally agree priming effects in social psychology are very hard to find (if they exist at all). Maybe in your case the term "priming effects in social psychology" would be more on point to discuss implications for that field?

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Mauro Manassi @mauromanassi.bsky.social · May 23

Thank you for clarifying. The term "priming" in vision science is based on behavioural experiment (different reaction times, accuracy, etc.) and it can manifest on multiple levels of action, perception, decision-making and memory effects. These effects exist and they have been fully characterized.

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Mauro Manassi @mauromanassi.bsky.social · May 23

I have a general question. When you refer to priming, do you refer to social psychology? Or to psychology in general? In vision science, priming/serial dependence/serial effects are still very much alive with convincing evidence (I just published a meta-analysis on it on >100 studies)

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Mauro Manassi @mauromanassi.bsky.social · May 9

🚨 Two open faculty positions in Cognitive Psychology (incl. visual perception) at University of Southern Denmark! 🚨
#PsychSciSky
#VisionScience
#neuroskyence
#compneurosky

Two Assistant or Associate Professors in Cognitive Psychology

The Department of Psychology at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) invites applications for two full-time faculty positions at the level of assistant or associate professor in cognitive psycholo...

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Mauro Manassi @mauromanassi.bsky.social · Apr 6

#ECVP2025 submission deadline extended by two weeks! It's a miracle that keeps repeating every year...thank you @ecvp.bsky.social 😂

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Mauro Manassi @mauromanassi.bsky.social · Apr 2

A New Hope.

Cian O'Donnell @cianodonnell.bsky.social · Apr 2

Not sure who made this but it made me lol

Comic showing robot cops about to arrest a guy, one robot says "wait! Not that guy. He always said thanks...". Panel then shows laptop screen from 10 years ago, ChatGPT interface where guy had written "great answer! Thanks."

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Mauro Manassi @mauromanassi.bsky.social · Mar 28

@vssmtg.bsky.social , I am sure this must be a mistake...there is no reason to tone down your EDI statement, right? Right?? #visionscience

Marc Pabst @marcpabst.bsky.social · Mar 28

Hey @vssmtg.bsky.social, do you no longer support diversity and inclusion? Looks like your policies were quietly removed from your website? #VSS2025 #VSS

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Altmetric @altmetric.com · Mar 27

THREAD

The numbers are in. @bsky.app research sharing volumes vs X Formerly Twitter

In March 2024, on most days, Bluesky hosts more posts linked to research published in 2025 than X.

By quite a lot.

Release the Kraken...

#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
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Mauro Manassi @mauromanassi.bsky.social · Mar 20

...I guess it would be easier to ask "Do you have a Bluesky account"? Yes: entry denied No: entry granted 🧠

French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found

France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched

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Mauro Manassi @mauromanassi.bsky.social · Mar 10

I am SO proud. Ad maiora @fiammarini.bsky.social! 🧠 #VisionScience #VisionResearch #PsychSciSky

School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen @abdnpsych.bsky.social · Mar 10

Many congratulations to Dr @fiammarini.bsky.social
who passed her viva with a thesis titled "First impressions of trustworthiness through space and time" supervised by Dr
@mauromanassi.bsky.social, 2nd supervisor Dr Clare Sutherland, and examined by Dr Christopher Benton and Dr Rama Chakravarthi ⭐

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Dr. Catherine Macdonald @drcatmac.bsky.social · Feb 19

Every scientist, long before they were a scientist, was a little kid who stood in front of a fish tank or stared up at the stars or turned over a rock to look at the bugs underneath and said “wow”. On the best days, working in science still feels like that.

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Eloquenti 🧪✍️📚 @eloquenti.com · Feb 17

🦋A starter pack of academic journals in Psychology🧠

#Psychology #PsychSky #SocialPsychology #SocialPsyc #PsychSciSky #DevPsyc #CogPsyc #ClinPsych #ClinicalPsychSky #ClinicalPsychology #psychologist #Psychiatry #MentalHealth #TherapistSky #TherapySky #BehSciSky #BehSci #Neuroscience #AcademicSky

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Sanni Ahonen @sanniahonen.bsky.social · Jan 30

Hello #PhD students!
We are running a workshop on how to organise scientific conferences. We would love to include your questions in our Q&A sections.
Any tips and tricks you would like to hear from those who've been through it all?
Read on… 🧵 1/5
#PhDSky #PhDchat

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Steve Most @sbmost.bsky.social · Jan 17

New video from OK Go just dropped, with some cool instances of holistic face perception

OK Go - A Stone Only Rolls Downhill (Official Video)

YouTube video by OK Go

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David Novick @novickprof.bsky.social · Jan 7

In this "Mondrian" assimilation #illusion, the background color in all the apparently tan, yellow, and orange areas is actually exactly the same.

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Tom Wallis @tsawallis.bsky.social · Dec 26

My dear friends Guido and Sara have experienced a new shock recently: Sara's brain cancer has returned for the second time. Her traditional treatment options are limited, but they want to try experimental treatments not covered by insurance. Please consider donating what you can.

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Donate to Sara's Brain Cancer Treatments, organized by Guido Maiello

Dear Family and Friends, Old and New, We are the family of Sara Joy Hawkins, and this… Guido Maiello needs your support for Sara's Brain Cancer Treatments

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Mauro Manassi @mauromanassi.bsky.social · Dec 19

🫵 EastBio PhD time! 🫵 4-year PhD project on behavioural and neural mechanisms underlying visual stabilisation 🧠👁️
Please get in touch if you are interested (UK/International)
Applications deadline: Jan 17th #visionscience #cogsci #psychsky #neuroskyence #EEG

EASTBIO: Behavioral and neural mechanisms underlying visual stabilisation at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - EASTBIO: Behavioral and neural mechanisms underlying visual stabilisation at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com

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Mauro Manassi @mauromanassi.bsky.social · Dec 11

📣 Postdoc Opportunity: Serial Effects in Visual Perception 👁️
❗ Still 3 weeks to apply! ❗
I have a 1.5-year, #ESRC-funded postdoc position available in my lab at the University of Aberdeen (UK), in collaboration with Prof. Greg Francis from Purdue University (US).
Get in touch if you are interested!

Research Fellow (PSY067R) | University of Aberdeen

Applications are invited for a full-time Research Fellow position at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, to work with Dr Mauro Manassi on a project funded by the ESRC (project title: “Serial Effects...

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Mauro Manassi @mauromanassi.bsky.social · Dec 11

...actually...https://bsky.app/starter-pack-short/NmBFDHn

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Mauro Manassi @mauromanassi.bsky.social · Dec 7

Welcome #ECVP2025!

ECVP 2025 @ecvp.bsky.social · Dec 5

Many thanks to Aberdeen for the unforgettable #ECVP2024 in beautiful Scotland! The #ECVP2025 organizing team is now taking over this account, and ...

...we look forward to meeting you (again) next year in Mainz from August 24-28, 2025!! All information on ecvp2025.uni-mainz.de

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · Nov 29

Yeah, I’ve read academic papers like this.

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Perception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · Nov 28

The journals Perception and i-Perception are now on Bluesky!

We’ll post here updates about articles published in the journals, calls for special issues, and any other exciting news related to perception research.

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