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Marius Peelen @peelen.bsky.social · Aug 20

Nice approach! This paper may be of interest, in which we addressed a similar question for the size Stroop effect using stimulus inversion: "What drives the automatic retrieval of real-world object size knowledge?" psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-...

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Genevieve Quek @drquekles.bsky.social · Jul 21

New paper with @peelen.bsky.social showing that objects in familiar configurations (e.g., 🍽️) facilitate one another by 200 ms of visual processing time. Out now in Cortex! 🧠 doi.org/10.1016/j.co...

The timecourse of inter-object contextual facilitation

High-level vision is frequently studied at the level of either individual objects or whole scenes. An intermediate level of visual organisation that h…

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Aidan Horner @aidanhorner.bsky.social · Jul 21

2 Lecturer (Assistant Prof) positions available @yorkpsychology.bsky.social! Come join our department!

#neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky #neurojobs

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Jobs - The University of York

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Oscar Woolnough @owoolnough.bsky.social · Jul 8

For everyone out there working at the intersection of vision and language. We are currently accepting submissions for a Journal of Vision Special Issue on the vision-language interface
Submission deadline: Dec 31st
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#neuroskyence #VisionScience #PsychSciSky

Journal of Vision Special Issue
The vision-language interface
Call for papers
Vision and language are often considered to be separate cognitive systems, studied by separate research teams. However, they interact when we use vision for linguistic communication: when reading printed text, when describing verbally the things we see, and when observing the expressions and gestures of an interlocutor (during sign language, for example). The development of these critical skills changes the brain, such that the visual and language systems influence one another. In particular, regions of the cerebral cortex that are typically responsive to visual stimuli are also recruited for linguistic tasks. But some of those ideas are controversial. For instance, for well over a century scientists have debated whether the brains of literate individuals contain a region that is specialized for recognizing written
words.
The Journal of Vision invites submissions for a Special Issue on the interface between vision and language. The unique perspectives and techniques of vision science contribute much to the understanding of language. This special issue welcomes empirical papers that use behavioral/psychophysical, neuroimaging, electrophysiological and stimulation methods.
Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Functional specialization in the brain for reading and naming
- Semantic representations in the brain
- Letter recognition and perceptual learning
- Sign language comprehension
- Eye movements during reading or other linguistic tasks
- Development of visual skills for reading and communication
- Links between visual cortical activity and representations in large language models
- Visual processing differences in dyslexia
Editors:
Susana Chung
Kalanit Grill-Spector
Garikoitz Lerma-Usabiaga
Hans Op de Beeck
Zeynep Saygin
Alex White
Oscar Woolnough
Deadline for submissions: December 31, 2025. All
papers will be subject to peer review.

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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · May 30

If you haven't been looking recently at the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science (oecs.mit.edu), here's your reminder that we are a free, open access resource for learning about the science of mind.

Today we are launching our new Thematic Collections to organize our growing set of articles!

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Lu-Chun Yeh @luchunyeh.bsky.social · May 17

How fast do we extract distance cues from scenes 🛤️🏞️🏜️ and integrate them with retinal size 🧸🐻 to infer real object size? Our new EEG study in Cortex has answers! w/ @dkaiserlab.bsky.social @suryagayet.bsky.social @peelen.bsky.social
Check it out: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The neural time course of size constancy in natural scenes

Accurate real-world size perception relies on size constancy, a mechanism that integrates an object's retinal size with distance information. The neur…

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Karin Roelofs @epanlab.bsky.social · May 6

Protect international education in Dutch Academia! openletter.earth/against-lang...

Against Language Barriers: A Call to Protect International Education in Dutch Academia

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · Apr 28

An open letter supporting the international bachelor’s psychology programs threatened for cuts. Proceeding with these cuts would damage some of the most important and impactful psychology departments globally. #supportdutchpsychology

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Against Language Barriers: A Call to Protect International Education in Dutch Academia

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Timo van Kerkoerle @timovankerkoerle.bsky.social · Feb 20

We have a very exciting 4-year PhD position available at the @dondersinst.bsky.social, to better understand how neuronal populations generate magnetic fields and how to measure those intracranially, with Corette Wierenga & @gauteeinevoll.bsky.social.
For more info:
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NeuroNanotech MSCA Doctoral Network @neuronanotechdn.bsky.social · Feb 20

📢The call is open!

Are you seeking a #PhDposition in Nanoscience/Neuroscience? Have a look to the NeuroNanotech Doctoral Network positions. A great funding scheme with career development support.

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#MSCA #EUfunded #HorizonEU #PhDjob

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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · Apr 16

Unpacking similarity effects in visual memory search: categorical, semantic, and visual contributions https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.09.647918v1

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Steve Fleming @smfleming.bsky.social · Apr 10

Abstract submission is now open, closes May 20th!

Steve Fleming @smfleming.bsky.social · Mar 18

We are extremely excited to announce the 4th edition of the Metacognitive Science Meeting (formerly known as the Perceptual Metacognition Satellite) - to be held on August 11th 2025, right before @cogcompneuro.bsky.social in Amsterdam!

For info and how to submit: sites.google.com/view/metacog...

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This satellite meeting showcases the latest research on metacognition, in the form of both keynotes and short oral presentations. About this meeting The Metacognitive Science Meeting grew out of an ...

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Lars Muckli @larsmuckli.bsky.social · Apr 5

We are recruiting for 5 permanent staff positions (Prof, Senior-, Lecturer) including for 7T-MRI. Please have a look and share widely.
(Closing date: May 12)

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Professor, Senior Lecturer/Lecturer and Lecturer posts - Glasgow City (GB) job with University of Glasgow | 12838283

University of Glasgow College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences School of Psychology & Neuroscience Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience/Psy...

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Ambra Ferrari @ambrafer.bsky.social · Mar 19

It's CAOS time! Join us in beautiful Rovereto with a fantastic lineup of speakers: event.unitn.it/cimec-caos/

Workshop on Concepts Actions and Objects 7-9 May 2025

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Steve Fleming @smfleming.bsky.social · Mar 18

We are extremely excited to announce the 4th edition of the Metacognitive Science Meeting (formerly known as the Perceptual Metacognition Satellite) - to be held on August 11th 2025, right before @cogcompneuro.bsky.social in Amsterdam!

For info and how to submit: sites.google.com/view/metacog...

Home

This satellite meeting showcases the latest research on metacognition, in the form of both keynotes and short oral presentations. About this meeting The Metacognitive Science Meeting grew out of an ...

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Marco Gandolfo @marco-gandolfo.bsky.social · Mar 12

New Paper out in @Cognition with @peelen.bsky.social !🚨📣
In a large-scale (N = 13539!) inattentional blindness experiment ran on naive museum visitors we demonstrate visual sensitivity to the 🚶‍♀️ upright human form 🚶‍♂️
@dondersinst.bsky.social

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A body detection inversion effect revealed by a large-scale inattentional blindness experiment

As a social species, humans preferentially attend to the faces and bodies of other people. Previous research revealed specialized cognitive mechanisms…

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Marius Peelen @peelen.bsky.social · Feb 20

In this review article, I summarize some of our recent work on the neural basis of visual search in scenes, showing how attention and expectation interactively drive preparatory activity in visual cortex and jointly modulate the visual processing of potential target objects. doi.org/10.1177/0963...

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Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science bot @oecs-bot.bsky.social · Feb 17

Visual Cognitive Neuroscience by Marius V. Peelen: https://doi.org/10.21428/e2759450.d3438ecd

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Moritz Wurm @moritzwurm.bsky.social · Jan 19

How do our brains generate predictive models of unfolding events? We're seeking for a *postdoc* to address this question in my lab:
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Stephanie Rossit @stephanierossit.bsky.social · Jan 13

I am looking for a post-doc on neuroimaging analysis. Come & join my team at UEA (Norwich, UK). The post is for 32 months starting from April. Norwich is a wonderful & affordable city.
➡Apply: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/13...
⏰Deadline: 13 February 2025
Questions: [email protected]

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ALT: a black and white image of a person 's brain with the letters p and s visible

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Dorothy Cowie @dorothycowie.bsky.social · Dec 1

Ok, now that we are all here … *please share* this invite to IMRF in our beautiful Durham 2025! Abstracts open in Jan.
imrf2025.sciencesconf.org

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Genevieve Quek @drquekles.bsky.social · Jan 6

👀 🚨 New scholarship available! We're hiring a PhD student to work on the neural basis of face perception, part of a collaboration between @marcsinstitute.bsky.social and #UNSW. DMs open if you want more info 🧠 #neurojobs

The MARCS Institute @marcsinstitute.bsky.social · Dec 9

#PhD #Scholarship Opportunity: Unlocking Person Identity Codes in the Human Brain 🧠 | Explore the extraordinary abilities of Super-Recognisers & contribute to the advancement of person identification technologies worldwide. #Neuroscience | Applications close 31 Jan 2025. | tinyurl.com/45c4m3kk

Unlocking person identity codes in the human brain | Western Sydney University

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Pieter Medendorp @pmedendorp.bsky.social · Dec 18

Kom bij ons werken! Wij zoeken een docent/coördinator voor de nieuwe bachelor-opleiding Humane Neurowetenschappen (www.ru.nl/opleidingen/...) die van start zal gaan in 2026.
Voor sollicitaties, volg: www.ru.nl/werken-bij/v...

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Marius Peelen @peelen.bsky.social · Nov 29

My inaugural lecture of last week "Visual Cognitive Neuroscience: Exploring the fuzzy boundary between seeing and thinking" is now online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T6Q...

Inaugural Lecture Marius Peelen

YouTube video by Donders Institute

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Marius Peelen @peelen.bsky.social · Nov 17

Could you add me please? Thanks!

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Marius Peelen @peelen.bsky.social · Nov 17

I would like to be added, thanks!