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Emily A-Izzeddin

@emilya-izzeddin.bsky.social
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Postdoccing with the Flemingos at JLU Giessen Doing vision things 👀🦩🪼🦘 (she/her)

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Ivan Tomic @ivntmc.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Feeling really proud of this one: a review of Bayesian efficient coding with Máté Lengyel and Paul Bays (@bayslab.org) is now available online in TICS! authors.elsevier.com/a/1nF3i4sIRv...
Screenshot of a Trends in Cognitive Sciences article header. Title: 'Bayesian efficient coding as a theory of perception: progress, controversies, and prospects.' Authors: Ivan Tomić, Máté Lengyel, Paul Bays. Available online 9 June 2026, In Press, Corrected Proof.
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Emily A-Izzeddin @emilya-izzeddin.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The whole Fleming lab is stoked to be here at #ECVP2026 in Bournemouth - come say hi and check out everyone's awesome presentations if you're interested!
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Michelle Greene @mgreenephd.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
🚨New dataset just dropped🚨 Introducing Places in the Wild: 67,000 RAW-format photographs (45 mpix) densely sampled from 810 places (260 basic-level categories). This is 11x the number of pixels in ImageNet! Preprint is here: arxiv.org/abs/2606.02481 1/
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Places in the Wild: A Large, High-Resolution RAW Photograph Dataset for Ecologically Valid Vision Research
Large image datasets have accelerated progress in cognitive neuroscience and computer vision. However, most datasets are low-resolution, internet-sourced JPEGs with unknown capture conditions and limi...
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Emily A-Izzeddin @emilya-izzeddin.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
How would you categorise these images? What features would you use? Preprint just went live looking at how we make sense of things we’ve never seen before (i.e., drawings just like these!). If that sounds interesting, read on or check out the preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/
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Dragan Rangelov @neuronomist.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
📢 Rare academic 💎 alert 📢 We’re hiring a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (Level B/C) in Psychology & Cognitive Neuroscience @ Swinburne (Melbourne). Teach a brand‑new degree + access MRI, MEG, EEG & TMS/tDCS. ⏰ Apply by 17 May 2026, 11 pm 🔗 swinjobs.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm... Reach out for more info.
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Will Harrison @willjharrison.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
My first foray into explicitly trying to bridge Marr’s levels, with @bealebrains.bsky.social. Inspired by Hahn and Wei’s models (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38360947/), we wondered how the brain could instantiate sensory inference with efficient /decoding/ properties. 1/
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Emily A-Izzeddin @emilya-izzeddin.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Had the privilege of being Will's first PhD student and can confirm the 3.5 years of supervisor training I put him through were highly successful. Couldn’t recommend this opportunity enough
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Kaiser Lab @dkaiserlab.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
10 PhD positions at JLU Giessen in the new Research Training Group "PIMON"! We will explore how humans perceive and interact with materials and objects in natural environments. More information on the project, the PIs, and how to apply here: www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns... Please share!
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John Greenwood @jagreenwood.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Why do children struggle to recognise objects in cluttered scenes more than adults? Our new paper looks at the development of visual acuity and crowding across childhood, and the way the visual system fine tunes our ability to see detail: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Tom Wallis @tsawallis.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
**Postdoc position in human category learning** @thecharleywu.bsky.social, Frank Jäkel and I are seeking a postdoctoral fellow to lead a joint project on human category learning at the Centre for Cognitive Science @tuda.bsky.social. www.career.tu-darmstadt.de/tu-darmstadt...
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Brisbane Experimental Psychology Student Initiative (BEPSI) @brisepsi.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Wow, hello Bluesky! We're the Brisbane Experimental Psychology Student Initiative (BEPSI) We host monthly meetings with fresh research (cog, dev, comp, clin, neuro, forensic, psychophys) followed by wholesome networking (summer lawn bowls, so good) 1st meeting Weds 27th Feb 4pm - more soon! 🧠🤗
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Kaiser Lab @dkaiserlab.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
📢 Workshop announcement. We are super excited to announce the workshop Perceptual Inferences, from philosophy to neuroscience, organized by Alexander Schütz and Daniel Kaiser. 📍 Rauischholzhausen Castle, near Marburg, Germany 🗓️ June 8 to 10, 2026. 1/4
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Bianca R. Baltaretu, PhD @bbaltaretu.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Check out our latest preprint: In naturalistic (virtual) scenes, we tested how spatial (proximity to anchor) and cognitive (scene semantics) factors influence allocentric representations of local target objects in a memory-guided placement task: 👇 osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Kaiser Lab @dkaiserlab.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Super happy to announce that our Research Training Group "PIMON" is funded by the @dfg.de ! Starting in October, we will have exciting opportunities for PhD students that want to explore object and material perception & interaction in Gießen @jlugiessen.bsky.social ! Just look at this amazing team!
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Martin Hebart @martinhebart.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Please repost! I am looking for a PhD candidate in the area of Computational Cognitive Neuroscience to start in early 2026. The position is funded as part of the Excellence Cluster "The Adaptive Mind" at @jlugiessen.bsky.social. Please apply here until Nov 25: www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...
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Kaiser Lab @dkaiserlab.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
From line drawings to scene perception — our new review argues for moving beyond experimenter-driven manipulations toward participant-driven approaches to reveal what’s in our internal models of the visual world. 👁️✍️🛋 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Characterizing internal models of the visual environment | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Despite the complexity of real-world environments, natural vision is seamlessly efficient. To explain this efficiency, researchers often use predictive processing frameworks, in which perceptual effic...
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Emily A-Izzeddin @emilya-izzeddin.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
The final bit of work from my PhD just got published at JOV! We looked at similarity judgements made for naturalistic image patches, and whether these are predicted by simple image statistics… (spoiler: yep!) Link to paper: doi.org/10.1167/jov.... 1/11
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Low-level features predict perceived similarity for naturalistic images | JOV | ARVO Journals
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Emily A-Izzeddin @emilya-izzeddin.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Just published some work at Scientific Reports! We investigated visual adaptation following free viewing of a film (Casablanca) that had its oriented contrast altered. To our surprise, we found adaptation effects to be pretty negligible… www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/10
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Investigating orientation adaptation following naturalistic film viewing - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Investigating orientation adaptation following naturalistic film viewing
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Emily A-Izzeddin @emilya-izzeddin.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
That's a wrap on ECVP in Mainz - massive thank you to the organisers and helpers who put on such a great conference. Looking forward to Bournemouth! #ecvp2025 @ecvp.bsky.social
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Reuben Rideaux @reubenrideaux.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
We just released a paper on using AI to autonomously conduct scientific research, from idea conception and (human) data collection to manuscript generation. We offer 3 example studies in cog psych. I think it indicates the current capacity of AI in autonomous research. www.arxiv.org/abs/2508.13421
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Virtuous Machines: Towards Artificial General Science
Artificial intelligence systems are transforming scientific discovery by accelerating specific research tasks, from protein structure prediction to materials design, yet remain confined to narrow doma...
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Emily A-Izzeddin @emilya-izzeddin.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
The Flemingos are back in action for ECVP this week in Mainz with talks, posters, and even a keynote from our fearless leader. We're all very much looking forward to this year's program! 🦩 #ecvp2025 @ecvp.bsky.social
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tal boger @talboger.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
On the left is a rabbit. On the right is an elephant. But guess what: They’re the *same image*, rotated 90°! In @currentbiology.bsky.social, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & I show how these images—known as “visual anagrams”—can help solve a longstanding problem in cognitive science. bit.ly/45BVnCZ
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Benjamin Lowe @brainboyben.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
🚨Pre-print of some cool data from my PhD days! doi.org/10.1101/2025... ☝️Did you know that visual surprise is (probably) a domain-general signal and/or operates at the object-level? ✌️Did you also know that the timing of this response depends on the specific attribute that violates an expectation?
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The Latency of a Domain-General Visual Surprise Signal is Attribute Dependent
Predictions concerning upcoming visual input play a key role in resolving percepts. Sometimes input is surprising, under which circumstances the brain must calibrate erroneous predictions so that perc...
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Jess Taubert @jesstaubert.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Delighted to share our latest paper in Communications Psychology on face pareidolia. doi.org/10.1038/s442...
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Giacomo Aldegheri @gialdegheri.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Folks at #CCN2025, drop by my poster tomorrow to hear about the fun task I have been developing with Roland Fleming, to gauge internal models of diverse physical objects in a controlled way! There will be a demo as well 🕹️ Tuesday, August 12, 1:30 – 4:30 pm, de Brug & E‑Hall
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Emily A-Izzeddin @emilya-izzeddin.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Huge thanks to the organisers of the joint APCV/EPC conference last week - was wonderful getting the opportunity to catch up on all the awesome work going on closer to home @expsyanz.bsky.social #EPC2025
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Emily A-Izzeddin @emilya-izzeddin.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Stoked to be back in Aus! Down in Sydney this week for the joint meeting of APCV and EPC. @expsyanz.bsky.social I'll be presenting my talk on Thursday at 3:30pm in stream 2 (Recognising objects and people): The key features underlying superordinate object classifications 😎
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Will Harrison @willjharrison.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
My dudes: we found a way around peer reviewers complaining about whether our model is truly optimal or not.
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Emily A-Izzeddin @emilya-izzeddin.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
The Flemingos had a glorious time presenting at VSS, and are grateful to those who came along to chat with us about our work and fanny packs 🦩 #VSS2025 @vssmtg.bsky.social @gialdegheri.bsky.social
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Giacomo Aldegheri @gialdegheri.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
People at @vssmtg.bsky.social, drop by my poster today at 3 pm, to hear about a fun little game we created to study how we interact with diverse physical objects (you can play it as well 🕹️)
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Emily A-Izzeddin @emilya-izzeddin.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
We're excited to have almost the whole flamboyance of Flemingos at VSS this week - come along and say hi! Our presentation times are in the attached pic 🦩👀 #VSS2025 @vssmtg.bsky.social @gialdegheri.bsky.social
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Michael W. Kraus @mwkraus.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
I'm old enough to remember when apa was apologizing for it's racism bc that was just 4 years ago... www.apa.org/about/apa/ad....
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ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Here’s a report by John Ross in @timeshighered.bsky.social on ARC Board’s proposal to change grant schemes ▶️ www.timeshighereducation.com/news/arc-gra... [Free login required] Both @scienceau.bsky.social's & I am worried about opportunities & unintended consequences for early-career researchers👇
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“Under the ARC board’s proposals, most stand-alone fellowships would be replaced by “embedded fellowships” funded through other grant schemes and capped at two years. “Traditional four-year fellowships concentrate a significant amount of funds on a small number of individual researchers,” a discussion paper explains.
Observers fear this could inadvertently deny many ECRs a toehold in academia because current fellowship schemes such as the Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (Decra) and the mid-career Future Fellowships are available to researchers without positions at universities.
This could change under the proposals. The discussion paper implies that recipients of embedded fellowships must already be in “the university workforce” – suggesting that ECRs must obtain employment in the sector before gaining eligibility for ARC grants.
That is an “unrealistic” expectation, according to Sharath Sriram, president of Science and Technology Australia. “The assumption is all those who apply are already…in academic roles. That might have been true in the 1990s. It’s not the case anymore.
“There’s no stability of employment for people until they are six, seven years out of their PhDs. Universities often use success in grants and fellowships to determine who to employ.”
A researcher who monitors grant schemes, using the social media handle “ARC Tracker”, was unconvinced that the proposals would improve opportunities for ECRs.
They said changes to fellowship schemes needed to avoid closing “pathways” for young researchers and leaving them “overshadowed by the established group leaders”.
ARC Board chair Peter Shergold acknowledged the fellowship changes as one of the “stings in the tail” of his proposals, but said a primary goal of his reforms was “contributing to the development of the next generation of researchers”.
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Matthew O’Donohue @matthewod.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
⚠️New paper! If you like multisensory temporal perception, this one has HEAPS for you. We looked at simultaneity perception, simple RTs, race model inequality, serial dependence (recalibration), modality shift costs, musicians, and more! Findings summarised below 1/10 psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
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Martin Hebart @martinhebart.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
People talk a lot about objects, but what about the softness of a cushion, the greenness of an emerald, or the viscosity of oil? In our work just published @pnas.org, we shed light on how we make sense of the hundreds of materials around us. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Müge Cavdan @mugecavdan.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Thrilled to share our new findings on material timing, combining my interests in affective touch, material perception, and timing! Our temporal bisection experiment shows that pleasant materials extend perceived duration compared to neutral ones. ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/109...
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Stretching Time With Velvet: How Affective Materials Shape our Perception of Time
Research has shown that affective visual and auditory events (e.g., a crying baby) are perceived as lasting longer compared to neutral ones. However, the impact of affective haptic experiences on time...
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Rebecca West @rebeccakwest.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
New paper just dropped 😎
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Emily A-Izzeddin @emilya-izzeddin.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
New paper up for a project I am super proud to have been part of - spearheaded by the absolute force that is Rebecca West (not on Bluesky), in collaboration with @willjharrison.bsky.social and Dave Sewell
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Reuben Rideaux @reubenrideaux.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
I’m looking for a postdoc to join my lab at the University of Sydney for a project investigating how perception changes during walking (VR, psychophysics, EEG, AI). Full time, 3 years fixed-term position; full details here: usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/USYD_EXTERNA... Please repost 🥹
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Active Perception
Full time, 3 years fixed term position. Located on the Camperdown Campus at the School of Psychology Opportunity to work on cutting-edge research involving neuroimaging, virtual reality, and AI, at on...
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Tom Wallis @tsawallis.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
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. gofund.me/05154011
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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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