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Nathan Caruana

@natecaruana.bsky.social

Associate Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience 🧠 studying mechanisms of social perception 👁 & interaction 🤝 across neurodiverse people 👥 & with artificial agents 🤖 | Website 🌐www.haviclab.com

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Friederike Charlotte Hechler @friederikehechler.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

And thank you to my co-authors @natecaruana.bsky.social, Frank Fahr, Bodie Karlek, Marie Maroske, Meike Misia, and Outi Tuomainen. Grateful for the trust, care, and shared commitment to more inclusive autism research.

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Centre for Research in Autism and Education @craeioe.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Another #CRAEwebinar booked in! February seems a long way away, but you might want to sign up now to hear from @natecaruana.bsky.social on how VR can help us understand and improve the social experiences of autistic people.

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Virtual reality as a tool for supporting autistic people.

Exploring how VR can help us understand—and improve—the social experiences of autistic people.

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Natalie Goulter @nataliegoulter.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

2x Senior Lecturer/Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Psychology positions at Flinders University. Both full-time research and teaching continuing (tenure track equivalent) positions that are open in terms of the field of psychological research. Happy to answer any questions!

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Nathan Caruana @natecaruana.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Check out our new paper led by Dr Friederike Charlotte Hechler. We show that believing an artificial agent’s gaze is human- rather than AI-controlled moderates how we perceive communication. If gaze behaviour is ambiguous, we give humans the benefit-of-doubt and assume communication 🧠👀🤖

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