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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“Our government must act and clearly spell out where that line is, for Canadians and Americans alike. Passivity implies a kind of resigned consent, and this is not something we can afford. And if the government fails to act … Canadians must step in.”

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Kristen A Baker @k-a-baker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

... anything in Canadian Tire really! I tried explaining Canadian Tire as a concept to Europeans and honestly it's hard ahaha.

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Dan Carragher @danieljcarragher.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We have a competitive funded PhD scholarship on offer at Adelaide University "When to Trust the Machine: Cognitive Drivers of Reliance on Automation in Security-Critical Decision-Making". Full details and how to apply: adelaide.edu.au/research/res... (Search "SRTSR0506"). Summary below. Due Sept 30!

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Find a research project | Adelaide University

Explore cutting-edge research projects at Adelaide University. Join our community of world-leading researchers and contribute to impactful discoveries.

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Kristen A Baker @k-a-baker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Just learned that the NSERC Discovery submission portal character count includes "returns"/"enters"... but Word's character count (with spaces) does not... I mean it's good that I found out now with time before the deadline... but, now I have to try to find those characters somewhere.

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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026

We’re not changing it.

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Kristen A Baker @k-a-baker.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Lindsey was so nice, I had a bit of overlap with her while she was finishing up her PhD. I learned the same thing about Sacks--so unfortunate.

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Kristen A Baker @k-a-baker.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

This is BRILLIANT-- thank you, I was just going to start looking up these :)

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Kristen A Baker @k-a-baker.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Asking the hive mind: Does anyone know of a good video on visual agnosia that I can include as supplemental material for a cognition course I am teaching in the fall? #cognition #Psychology

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Kristen A Baker @k-a-baker.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

YASSSSS! While living in the UK, I fell in love eith Eurovision. I am so excited for Canada to be a part of this quirky extravaganza!

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Dan Carragher @danieljcarragher.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Happy to see our latest paper out. Led by Rachel Searston, we investigated whether participants could accurately verify identity from non-overlapping face fragments. Across 3 pre-registered experiments, we show above chance performance in our novel "spotlight" task. link.springer.com/article/10.3...

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Identity in the spotlight: Matching faces without overlapping features - Memory & Cognition

One-to-one face matching is widely used for identity verification yet becomes difficult with unfamiliar faces or when parts of the face are covered. We investigated whether observers could accurately ...

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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

If you need a little bit of a mental reset, may I suggest vibing out to this polar bear having a grand old time swimming in the sun to Enya. I’m not sure who is having more fun: her chasing after random vegetables or me trying to film her. #mammals

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Kristen A Baker @k-a-baker.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Across 2 experiments, while we found no benefit of context in facilitating spontaneous recognition for Tyler. This was true even after participants saw an image of of Matt LeBlanc (Joey on Friends) before the image of Tyler. We discuss theoretical implications for these findings in the GD (6/n)

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Kristen A Baker @k-a-baker.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Thus, participants rated the faces on a grey background, a generic coffee shop background, the Central Perk Set from Friends, and the Central Perk Set which also had the main cast members from Friends. (5/n)

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Kristen A Baker @k-a-baker.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Unbeknownst to participants within the set of faces that they were rating was James Michael Tyler (Gunther on Friends). Each facial identity was rated 4 times, in 4 blocks, wherein the background on which the facial images provided more context to cue participants to the presence of Tyler. (4/n)

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Kristen A Baker @k-a-baker.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

To do this, we had participants rate the trustworthiness of faces, and asked participants to only rate the faces that were unfamiliar. If they were instructed to select a "Familiar to me" option. (3/n)

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Kristen A Baker @k-a-baker.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

We were interested in the spontaneous recognition of familiar faces when these faces were wholly unexpected! Specifically, we examined whether context cues (e.g., increasingly informative backgrounds; the presence of another highly familiar face would facilitate spontaneous recognition). (2/n)

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Kristen A Baker @k-a-baker.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Really excited to post about a project that Vincent Stabile, Cathy Mondloch and I started while I was still at Brock. It is now openly available in British Journal of Psychology!🎉🎉 bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... More details about the study to follow. (1/n)

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<em>British Journal of Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library

Most studies examining face recognition have used explicit recognition tasks, ignoring our ability to spontaneously recognize familiar faces when they are unexpected. The current study examined spont...

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 25/04/2026

AI identified her as the suspect in a crime spree in states she had never been to. she was in jail for six months before she even got to speak with an officer and they instantly were shown they had no case. she lost everything—her house, dog, car, and was left stranded in north dakota.

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Cathy Manning @cmanning.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Any postdocs outside the UK interested in applying for a Marie Curie fellowship with me (sensory processing, decision making, vision), get in touch! Our school of psychology @unibirmingham.bsky.social is offering costs towards a campus visit to give a talk, develop a proposal and attend training!

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Together with the @royalsociety.org, we invite applications for the International Fellowships 2026. The scheme supports international early career researchers in advancing their expertise through collaborations with UK partners. Learn more: bit.ly/3LaMIBC

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Kristen A Baker @k-a-baker.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Karen is a great PI-- highly recommend this for ECRs interested in memory!

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Kristen A Baker @k-a-baker.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Are we going to see a snowflake for Calcifer from Howl's Moving Castle? The irony of an animated fire demon snowflake is just too good to pass up haha.

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Katie Gray @drkatiegray.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

In a new paper (with @kayritchie.bsky.social, Eilidh Noyes, Carl Bunce and Josh Davis) we investigated AI-face detection in super-recognisers and typical-ability participants, both with and without a short training procedure. See the link below for the results! doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

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Training human super-recognizers’ detection and discrimination of AI-generated faces | Royal Society Open Science

Generative adversarial networks (GANs) can create realistic synthetic faces, which have the potential to be used for nefarious purposes. The synthetic faces produced by GANs are difficult to detect an...

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Anna Bobak @akbobak.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

I am looking to create a lab code of conduct/manual/safety check type document outlining the ethos of how we work. Could anyone point me in the direction of a good (open source) example covering safety, comms, working with others etc.? Or would anyone be willing to share theirs? Thank you!

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Kristen A Baker @k-a-baker.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Proud supervisor moment 🎉: The PhD student that I am co-supervising just won first prize for his poster at the school's PhD conference!! It's only Wednesday, and it's already a great week!

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Kristen A Baker @k-a-baker.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

I was born and raised a Blue Jays fan, so of course I am watching the game (even though it's ... well ... very early in the UK). Come on #BlueJays ! You can fight back from this!

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Kristen A Baker @k-a-baker.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I believe Sarah Laurence (and other folks) had been working on something like this--- though I don't know if it's published yet? I think they might have said in their presentation that they were in the process of writing it.

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Kristen A Baker @k-a-baker.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Sorry for your loss Ben-- losing an animal is like losing a family member :(

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Brent Pitchford @bpitchford.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Excited to share a new article from @icevislab.bsky.social! In a sample of over 60 people, we found distinct neural differences underlying object and face recognition in dyslexia. These findings highlight crucial domain-general visual processes that may contribute to word reading challenges.

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Distinct neural processing underlying visual face and object perception in dyslexia

Developmental dyslexia is a disorder marked by difficulties in reading, spelling, and connecting sounds to written language. The high-level visual dys…

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John Anderson 🇨🇦 @janderz8.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Hi #canadian researchers - please sign this petition to help ensure funding isn’t cut to tri council agencies (NSERC, SSHRC, and CIHR). We’re looking at potential 15% cuts to ALL federal spending including grants win.newmode.net/canadianasso...

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New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore

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Gorilla Experiment Builder @gorillapsych.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

🚨 The wait is almost over! @cogscisociety.bsky.social × Blue Sky Grant applications open tomorrow. Five grants worth $1,810 each are here to support your next research idea. Join our webinar this Thursday 4PM BST for insider tips on how to submit a winning application. 👉 Register: bit.ly/3K28s1y

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Ben Balas @bjbalas.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Illusion of the Year contender right here. #VisionScience

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Kristen A Baker @k-a-baker.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Amazing! Congratulations to Christopher-- very exciting!

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Meike Ramon @meikeramon.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Interested in #EEG #FPVS #FaceLearning? *An Ecological and Objective Neural Marker of Implicit Learning of Unfamiliar Identities* Preprint 👉 osf.io/preprints/ps... @bfh-ch.bsky.social University of Malta @snsf.ch

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Kristen A Baker @k-a-baker.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Because everyone needs a bit of positivity in times like these:

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Kristen A Baker @k-a-baker.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

What an incredible conference! #ECVP2025 was jam packed with amazing research and fun events. Now that it is over, I hope everyone gets some well-deserved rest!

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Gorilla Experiment Builder @gorillapsych.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Have you heard the news? Something big is coming for researchers! 🌟 Gorilla is running a brand new grant scheme this September in partnership with the @cogscisociety.bsky.social 🎉 Register your interest now to be the first to know when applications open. ⬇️ 👉 bit.ly/4fmOD0m

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Kristen A Baker @k-a-baker.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

I gotta say that I love that the Royal Society has this contest every year! And, for the first time ever, I actually submitted 4 of my photographs! *Fingers crossed*

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Kristen A Baker @k-a-baker.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Just in case you're curious about my project, or the other exciting projects that were successful, you can find all of the abstracts here: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/post...

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Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards 2024-25

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Kristen A Baker @k-a-baker.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

I am VERY excited to announce that I was awarded a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship (@britishacademy.bsky.social ) ! With this funding, I will be investigating forensic face matching through collaborative decision-making!

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Women in Cognitive Science Canada + Trainee @wicsc-trainee.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Join us on August 22nd in collaboration with CSBBCS and SPARK Society for a free online webinar on finding postdoc opportunities! Visit the following link to register for the event: shorturl.at/BVPtC We hope to see you there!! Please note that the meeting will be held exclusively in English.

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Kristen A Baker @k-a-baker.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

I am really excited to be presenting at the joint #CSBBCS and #EPS Dundee meeting this morning at 11:15! If you're around, come see my talk about age related changes in face learning!

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Daniel Ansari 🇨🇦 @numcog.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

The @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social interview with Mike Myers on the eve of Canada Day is sooo good. And yes, we need more Mike Myers always 🇨🇦: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq_x...

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Does Canada need more Mike Myers?

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