Reposted by Lisa KossmannPerception / i-Perception @pec-ipe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026🔍 Where do we see symmetry in everyday images? New research introduces a new method for mapping perceived symmetry across natural scenes and artworks, finding a strong preference for vertical axes of symmetry. 🏆 The paper was awarded an Early Career Best Paper Prize! doi.org/10.1177/2041... 031
Lisa Kossmann @lisa-kossmann.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This work is part of the @erc.europa.eu (ERC) funded #GRAPPA project by Johan Wagemans at the KU Leuven. Looking forward to seeing this published soon, but please reach out if you are interested to learn more; I am always happy to chat! 040
Lisa Kossmann @lisa-kossmann.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This achievement and project would not have been possible without my wonderful collaborators: Milan Meulemans, Stefanie De Winter, Michiel Willems and my doctoral promotor and co-promotor Johan Wagemans and @elinevg.bsky.social. Thank you for sharing your time and expertise! 110
Lisa Kossmann @lisa-kossmann.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Thank you to the organizing committee for the opportunity to present my work at such an inspiring event and the IAEA awards committee for this wonderful recognition. 110
Lisa Kossmann @lisa-kossmann.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Honored to have received the Robert Francès Award for Most Outstanding Student Research Contribution from the @iaea-aesthetics.bsky.social! It was such a pleasure to present my work on Manipulating Composition at @iaea-jena2026.bsky.social and to engage with the brilliant community there! 2142
Lisa Kossmann @lisa-kossmann.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Come talk to me about images, composition and appreciation today @ecvp.bsky.social Perceptual and Aesthetic Sensitivity to Systematically Manipulated Image Composition 📅 Mon 24th August| ⏰15:30 – 17:00📍 Windsor Hall Poster M7PM9 #ECVP2026 091
Reposted by Lisa KossmannEline Van Geert @elinevg.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Ready to master reproducible research reports? Come to our Quarto workshop this afternoon at 14:00 in BG 115! @gestaltrevision.bsky.social @ecvp.bsky.social #ECVP2026 0102
Reposted by Lisa KossmannEline Van Geert @elinevg.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Sunday August 23, 14.00-16.30, @lisa-kossmann.bsky.social and I will be giving a workshop on Creating Reproducible Research Reports with #Quarto at #ECVP2026 @ecvp.bsky.social! Don't forget to register ⬇️⬇️⬇️ 152
Lisa Kossmann @lisa-kossmann.bsky.social · 04/08/2026@elinevg.bsky.social and I would love to welcome you at our workshop on #reproducible #reporting using #Quarto! 052
Reposted by Lisa KossmannECVP 2026 @ecvp.bsky.social · 04/08/2026📢 Workshops are now available to book for ECVP 2026! The final workshop schedule has been published. Registered attendees have received an email with the opportunity to sign up for up to two workshops — one morning session and one afternoon session. #ECVP2026 #VisionScience 041
Reposted by Lisa KossmannWendel van der Sluis @wendelvandersluis.bsky.social · 15/07/2026A new #OpenAccess review by Anne-Sofie Maerten (KU Leuven) and Derya Soydaner (Leiden University), in Art & Perception, explains the main deep neural network architectures, compares their strengths and limitations, and explores how #ArtificialIntelligence is reshaping #Art and #ComputerScience. 2/3 131
Reposted by Lisa KossmannWendel van der Sluis @wendelvandersluis.bsky.social · 15/07/2026🎨 #AIGeneratedArt has evolved rapidly, from early experiments like #DeepDream to advanced systems such as #StableDiffusion and DALL·E 3. How do these models work and what makes them different? 🤖🖼️ 1/3 @derya-soydaner.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social 121
Reposted by Lisa KossmannIngmar de Vries @ingmardevries.bsky.social · 11/06/2026❗3x scholar-at-risk positions (2 post MSc, 1 postdoc) at Uni Trento (several departments incl. CIMeC)❗ 1 year + possibility of 1 year extension. Must hold asylum seeker / refuge or SAR status. Please contact me for more info. Please share! 01015
Lisa Kossmann @lisa-kossmann.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Tired of copying results and tables from your coding environment to your writing environment? Time to give #Quarto a try! A great solution for all your #reproducible #reporting needs. Join @elinevg.bsky.social and I at the @ecvp.bsky.social workshops to learn more! 042
Reposted by Lisa KossmannECVP 2026 @ecvp.bsky.social · 16/04/2026📄 Make your research more transparent and reproducible! Join Eline Van Geert and Lisa Koßmann (KU Leuven) for: Reproducible research reports with Quarto Learn how to create dynamic and reproducible research reports using Quarto to support open scientific practices. #OpenScience #Quarto 042
Reposted by Lisa KossmannLukas Röseler @aufdroeseler.bsky.social · 20/05/2026We just launched #GuesstheReplication (GutheR). It is a challenging game where you predict replicability based on the abstract and title of an original study. Play it now and beat my high score at lukasroeseler.github.io/GuessTheRepl... or use our free slides for teaching zenodo.org/records/1985... 14121
Reposted by Lisa KossmannLaboratory of Biological Psychology @biopsylbp.bsky.social · 13/05/2026📣The Laboratory of Biological Psychology is hiring! 📣 We are looking for a full-time lab tech to help us in the daily operation of the lab. Friendly & inclusive work environment guaranteed! Check here for more details: www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... ⏰Apply by May 27th. 024
Lisa Kossmann @lisa-kossmann.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Happy to be presenting our work on #image #compostition and its effect on #aesthetic #appreciation @iaea-jena2026.bsky.social this week! So grateful to the @iaea-aesthetics.bsky.social for granting me a student travel award to attend what will be an engaging and collaborative conference! 041
Reposted by Lisa KossmannEline Van Geert @elinevg.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Getting ready for @iaea-jena2026.bsky.social? Come check out my latest work as a poster on Friday (#17, 10:30-11:30, Carl-Zeiss-Saal): Linking appreciation for order and complexity in natural images, art, and abstract patterns! Shoutout also to two phenomenal presentations by my collaborators ⏬ 172
Reposted by Lisa KossmannGestaltReVision @gestaltrevision.bsky.social · 31/01/2026The GestaltReVision Lab spent the past week diving deep into our research projects, exploring connections between our interests, and learning from one another. Our annual retreat isn’t just an investment in scientific growth, it’s also a reminder that great research is built on strong teams. 174
Reposted by Lisa KossmannLukas Röseler @aufdroeseler.bsky.social · 10/12/2025We have made public #openscience materials from the Münster Center for Open Science, specifically flyers and cheatsheets on #OpenAccess, #OpenData, and #Preregistration. Flyers are already on Zenodo, Cheatsheets will follow: zenodo.org/communities/muecos/ and lukasroeseler.github.io/MueCOS-Infom... 0147
Lisa Kossmann @lisa-kossmann.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Don’t forget #VSAC2025 in your end of year highlights - everything you need to help you reminisce now out in Art & Perception! 070
Reposted by Lisa KossmannWendel van der Sluis @wendelvandersluis.bsky.social · 01/12/2025The new Art & Perception issue with all VSAC2025 abstracts is out! Hosted in the stunning MRE Wiesbaden, VSAC brought 227 contributors, 20+ artists, and immersive art–science events together. Dive into the talks, posters & performances that made VSAC2025 unforgettable: brill.com/view/journal... 1102
Reposted by Lisa KossmannAenne Brielmann @aennebrielmann.bsky.social · 08/10/2025I finally have some new work to share - some thoughts on how we perceive style with a sprinkle of aesthetics, Fechner, and most importantly: labradors 🐕 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comHow do we see style?In a recent series of experiments, Boger and Firestone ask: How do we perceive style?’. Their findings suggest that style perception relies on basic p… 053
Reposted by Lisa KossmannGestaltReVision @gestaltrevision.bsky.social · 26/09/2025We are just as thrilled! Our PhD student @eleftheriapistolas.bsky.social received the Early Career Best Paper Prize for her paper published in @pec-ipe.bsky.social ⬇️ 022
Reposted by Lisa KossmannEline Van Geert @elinevg.bsky.social · 23/09/2025At @ecvp.bsky.social Demo Night, @lisa-kossmann.bsky.social and I held the OCTA-QIP challenge: use the OCTA toolbox to create the least balanced or most HOG complex stimulus as measured with the QIP machine of the Aesthetics Toolbox! Below we showcase some of the submissions for both contests! 131
Reposted by Lisa KossmannGestaltReVision @gestaltrevision.bsky.social · 10/09/2025PhD Candidate @chrislinden.bsky.social will give a talk about the impact of information on art perception through multiple museum studies and PhD Candidate @lisa-kossmann.bsky.social Koßmann will share results from an empirical study investigating the effect of image fidelity on aesthetic ratings. 111
Reposted by Lisa KossmannECVP 2026 @ecvp.bsky.social · 27/08/2025#ECVP2025 In addition to yesterday's Illusion Night we would like to mention the contribution of @elinevg.bsky.social and @lisa-kossmann.bsky.social about Open-Source Toolboxes for aesthetics and perception. 0145
Lisa Kossmann @lisa-kossmann.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Great first poster session at @ecvp.bsky.social! In case you missed me or want to chat more about #ImageFidelity and #Aesthetics or #QuantitativeImageProperties, please come find me during the breaks! #ECVP2025 0162
Lisa Kossmann @lisa-kossmann.bsky.social · 24/08/2025Come find me at my #ECVP2025 poster to chat about image fidelity in the #WikiArt image dataset! 071
Lisa Kossmann @lisa-kossmann.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Come find @elinevg.bsky.social and myself at #ECVP2025 Demo Night to challenge your colleagues to a fun little game around visual complexity using the #octatoolbox and the #QIPMachine of the #AestheticsToolbox! 0120
Reposted by Lisa KossmannGestaltReVision @gestaltrevision.bsky.social · 19/08/2025The GestaltReVision Lab is excited to be part of this years @vsac-social.bsky.social! We will be present all three days; come find us at the talks and posters to connect! 💬 Details on our contributions in the comments below ⬇️ #VSAC2025 154
Lisa Kossmann @lisa-kossmann.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Looking forward to being back at @vsac-social.bsky.social - this year not only as a presenter but also a member of the organizing committee! Looking forward to connecting with old and new members and colleagues! #VSAC2025 071
Lisa Kossmann @lisa-kossmann.bsky.social · 18/06/2025If you are interested in the mechanisms underlying object detection in neural networks - have a look at our paper investigating the Gestalt Principle of Closure in CNNs! Now published #OpenAccsess in Computational Brain & Behavior: link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comFinding Closure: A Closer Look at the Gestalt Law of Closure in Convolutional Neural Networks - Computational Brain & BehaviorThe human brain has an inherent ability to fill in gaps to perceive figures as complete wholes, even when parts are missing or fragmented. This phenomenon, known as Closure in psychology, is one of th... 031
Lisa Kossmann @lisa-kossmann.bsky.social · 21/05/2025So inspired and motivated after attending my first #VSS2025 the annual conference of the @vssmtg.bsky.social! Thanks to everyone who stopped by my poster on Symmetry Detection and Figure-Ground Segmentation in Rich Images. Truly enjoyed meeting everyone and hearing about the amazing research you do! 170
Lisa Kossmann @lisa-kossmann.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Looking forward to co-hosting a workshop on @quarto.org alongside @elinevg.bsky.social on @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social‘s Open Science Day! 010
Reposted by Lisa KossmannEline Van Geert @elinevg.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Ever wondered how to achieve more reproducible research outputs? On the Open Science Day at @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social, we will introduce you to @quarto.org as a tool to directly combine text and R/Python code into custom formatted documents! Register before 23/04 (see info below ⬇️) 042
Reposted by Lisa KossmannVSAC 2025 @vsac-social.bsky.social · 13/04/2025We are excited to host you this year at the Museum Reinhard Ernst! The museum exclusively features abstract art and will stay open late on the 22nd for #VSAC2025 attendees to marvel at their extensive collection. Link: www.museum-re.de/en/ 073
Lisa Kossmann @lisa-kossmann.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Happy to share our paper on the #AestheticsToolbox around the #QIP-Machine has been published #OpenAccsess in Behavior Research Methods! It can can be used to easily and transparently compute a wide range of quantitative image properties for digital images 📸 📄 link.springer.com/article/10.3...link.springer.com 0157
Lisa Kossmann @lisa-kossmann.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Great time representing the GestaltReVision Lab at KU Leuven Inside today! 🖼️Interactive museum of the history of #VisionScience 📦 #EscapeBox, a portable escape room of #VisualIllusions by Elisabeth Van der Hulst 👩🔬Our research on #Aesthetics #KULeuven #KULeuven600 #KULeuvenInside #Outreach 030
Reposted by Lisa KossmannVSAC 2025 @vsac-social.bsky.social · 14/01/2025VSAC 2025: Call for abstracts and symposia! Submit your proposal at 2025.vsac.eu/submission We look forward to hearing about your work! #art #science #visualartofscience #conference #vsac #visualart #artscience #illusionart 0167