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Michael Hout

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Associate Dean for Research at NMSU HEST. Associate Editor at AP&P. Former NSF Program Director. Prof of Psychology (and Kinesiology). Director of NMSU Discovery Scholars Program. Director of two research labs. Treasurer of OPAM conference. +Other roles

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Michael Hout @michaelhout.bsky.social · Jun 16

Extremely proud to be taking the torch from Sarah Shomstein at such an amazing journal. Got my first publication here. And my first chance at being an AE (thanks to Mike Dodd). It’s incredibly exciting to be the next EiC. Thanks to Pnom society for giving me the opportunity.

Psychonomic Society @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social · Jun 16

We are pleased to announce that Michael C. Hout, New Mexico State University, USA, will serve as the new Editor-in-Chief of AP&P. Please join us in extending our congratulations to Mike. bit.ly/45qjtCl #psynomAPP @michaelhout.bsky.social buff.ly/RVTq3mS

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Michael Hout @michaelhout.bsky.social · 1d

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NMSU STEM Outreach Center continues to help children grow, thrive

Hidden among maze of nondescript offices inside O’Donnell Hall on the New Mexico State University main campus is a center responsible for fostering the love of science, technology, engineering and...

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Michael Hout @michaelhout.bsky.social · 8d

We're hiring a 4H Extension Specialist. Please apply and/or share!

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Extension Specialist/ 4-H STEM - Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States

Position Title: Extension Specialist/ 4-H STEM Employee Classification: LC Faculty TT/TN 12m College/Division: Cooperative Extension Service Department: 314000-4 H AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PGM UNIT Inter...

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Michael Hout @michaelhout.bsky.social · 9d

I'm very proud of this effort to create collaborations between NMSU and UTEP researchers on areas in brain and behavioral health.

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NMSU, UTEP collaboration focuses on research in brain, behavioral health

New Mexico State University is partnering with the University of Texas at El Paso to explore interdisciplinary collaborations focusing on research in brain and behavioral health. The collaboration...

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Michael Hout @michaelhout.bsky.social · 9d

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NMSU recognized in 2026 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings

New Mexico State University has once again been recognized among the nation’s top institutions in the newly released 2026 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings. NMSU earned a place on...

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Michael Hout @michaelhout.bsky.social · 11d

Congratulations to Dr Giovanna Del Sordo for her 2nd place research presentation award at the NMSU postdoc association meeting held recently! Gio presented on a new meta-science project she is leading, looking at the interpretability and usability of shared data in vision science.

Michael Hout @michaelhout.bsky.social · 11d

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Thrilled to have participated in this convening in DC last week. My sincere thanks to HASSRLN and the leadership of Christine Mallinson and Shelome Gooden. | Michael Hout

Thrilled to have participated in this convening in DC last week. My sincere thanks to HASSRLN and the leadership of Christine Mallinson and Shelome Gooden.

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Michael Hout @michaelhout.bsky.social · 15d

Friends in Sociology (or with connections in Soc) that do AI... please consider applying for a position in Soc at NMSU, to be affiliated with the Institute for Applied Practice in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Please share this post widely.

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Assistant Professor - Las Cruces, New Mexico job with Sociology Department, New Mexico State University | 1311031

The Department of Sociology at NMSU seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor with a specialization in Applied Artificial Intelligence.

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Michael Hout @michaelhout.bsky.social · 23d

Please consider donating, friends. I'd be happy to hit $250, but thrilled to hit a lot more.

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Donate to Run 100 Miles for American Cancer Society, organized by Michael Hout

I'm running 100 miles to help the American Cancer Society fight for a world wit… Michael Hout needs your support for Run 100 Miles for American Cancer Society

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Michael Hout @michaelhout.bsky.social · 25d

Yesterday we had our fall gathering of the Discovery Scholars Program (discoveryscholars.nmsu.edu), an undergraduate research and creative arts program supported by the NMSU Colleges of Arts & Sciences, and HEST. Below are the scholars and mentors who were able to join us.

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Michael Hout @michaelhout.bsky.social · 27d

Our VR lab is now opened for expanded use (beyond research). Through a partnership with NMSU Global, we're opening the space for student development and class projects. Our hopes for the future are to create capacity for students and faculty to work on developing VR environments for use in research.

Michael Hout @michaelhout.bsky.social · 27d

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Michael Hout @michaelhout.bsky.social · 27d

The next installment (October 8th) of our OPAM Training Workshop series will feature Dr Caro Hautekiet (of Vrije Universiteit), who will be discussing pre-registration and registered reports. Visit this page for info on all our (free!) workshops: www.opamconference.com/workshops-su...

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Michael Hout @michaelhout.bsky.social · 27d

The keynote speaker at this year's @opam.bsky.social Object Perception, Attention, and Memory meeting will be Dr Joy J. Geng of UC Davis. We're thrilled to have Joy join us, discuss her research, and impart some wisdom that she's gained throughout her incredibly impressive career.

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Michael Hout @michaelhout.bsky.social · 27d

I'm very excited to be taking part in the HASS-RLN convening in DC next week, and I'm extremely grateful for the leadership of Shelome Gooden and Christine Mallinson who are organizing this event and who brought me into this important group.

Michael Hout @michaelhout.bsky.social · Sep 6

Very nice to get a nod to the work that we just published in BRM, using MDS to model the similarity of 1200 objects that can be used to control visual similarity in experiments in attention, memory, and more.

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New open database for visual similarity in experiments | Psychonomic Society posted on the topic | LinkedIn

Need to control visual similarity in your experiments? 😁😁 A new open database by Robbins and colleagues, published in #psynomBRM, maps similarity among 1,200 objects in 20 categories using MDS—validat...

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Michael Hout @michaelhout.bsky.social · Sep 6

Very proud of these HEST scholars, and of this program that supports the work of early career researchers in our College.

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Four NMSU research projects recognized with Emerging Scholars awards

Four faculty members in various departments in New Mexico State University’s College of Health, Education and Social Transformation recently received funding for their research projects as part of...

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Michael Hout @michaelhout.bsky.social · Aug 28

The NMSU Institute for Applied Practice in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning is launching a cluster hire for 3 new faculty. The position is open to people doing applied AI in any area/field. Please share with your colleagues that might be interested.

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Assistant Professor - Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States

Position Title: Assistant Professor Employee Classification: LC Faculty TT/TN 9m College/Division: Arts and Sciences College Department: 330000-ARTS AND SCIENCES COLLEGE Internal or External Search: E...

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Michael Hout @michaelhout.bsky.social · Aug 22

Our newest lab member is Jon Art. Jon is joining as a Discovery Scholars (undergrad), and will be working on a pair of projects, exploring the dynamics of the attentional blink, and working on our recently funded grant from the NMSU Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Applied Machine Learning.

Michael Hout @michaelhout.bsky.social · Aug 15

Ashley Mathis has published her first Frontiers for Young Minds paper on aphantasia and individual differences in mental imagery (co-authored by Dr Andrew Conway and myself). Congrats, Ashley! Check out the article here: kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

Can You Picture it? People Vary in Their Ability to Create Mental Pictures

Mental imagery, or the ability to picture something in your mind, is one of the many ways in which people can be different from each other. While most people can create mental images, a small percenta...

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Hayward Godwin @haywardgodwin.bsky.social · Aug 4

Our paper on data cleaning and analysis pipelines in eye movement and reading experiments is online! We used a multiverse analysis to map out different ways of examining the frequency effect. With @denisdrieghe.bsky.social. Open access link here: link.springer.com/article/10.3... (1/3)

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Michael Hout @michaelhout.bsky.social · Aug 2

We have a paper out at Behavior Research Methods. Led by Hayward Godwin, it examines sharing practices (using visual search as a case study) and makes recs for sharing data outputs in a manner that will enable others to better find, access, and understand them. link.springer.com/article/10.3...

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Michael Hout @michaelhout.bsky.social · Jul 14

I'm very happy and proud to announce that last week, Bryan White completed his PhD. His dissertation was on how different forms of experience impact the perception of complex visual stimuli. Congratulations, Dr. White!

Michael Hout @michaelhout.bsky.social · Jul 2

In August, the OPAM conference will be offering another professional development workshop. Dr Jason Geller will discuss creating reproducible manuscripts in Quarto. The workshop will be recorded and posted to our website. Thanks to the NSF for funding support! www.opamconference.com

Michael Hout @michaelhout.bsky.social · Jul 2

We have a new paper out at Behavior Research Methods (hosted on OSF: osf.io/yvb8h/). Arryn Robbins led this database of 1200 objects rated for similarity. Download the paper here: link.springer.com/article/10.3...

Michael Hout @michaelhout.bsky.social · Jun 30

Please join us for the second of our professional development workshops, which are always free to the community. And if you can't join us live, hop on our website to download the recording. www.opamconference.com/workshops-su.... @cjungerius.bsky.social @opam.bsky.social

OPAM @opam.bsky.social · Jun 30

This Thursday we have our second OPAM online workshop! This one will address the best way to do power calculations to determine how many participants you should run in your next experiment - an increasingly important topic today! The talk will be given by @cjungerius.bsky.social from Cambridge!