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Sam Schwarzkopf @sampendu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If you can spare ~20 min on an online study on perception & #mentalimagery please consider participating: #visionscience #psychscisky #neuroskyence tstbl.co/131-782

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Sam Schwarzkopf @sampendu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I've tried this the other day & it works really well! Very timely since recent Matlab versions completely broke our old delineation interface...

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Fernanda Ribeiro @felenitaribeiro.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Drawing ROIs on cortical surfaces just got a lot easier! 😍 SurfAnnotate is a free, browser-based tool I have been co-developing with Claude Code (@dlinhardt.bsky.social, @sbollmann.bsky.social, and @sampendu.bsky.social ), leveraging the @neurodesk.org infrastructure!

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Sam Schwarzkopf @sampendu.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Decided to trial out Discord instead Slack for lab communications. But I didn't think through the full consequences of naming this channel... 🤦

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Sam Schwarzkopf @sampendu.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Hi @royalsocietypublishing.org our recent article in RSOS has suddenly vanished from both PubMed and Google Scholar: dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos... Our papers are like our babies & we love them all - but especially this one 😏 Is there a way to get it back?

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Vividness of mental imagery reflects a broad range of internally generated visual experiences

Abstract. Research on mental visual imagery typically relies on vividness ratings. However, vividness is ill defined as it lacks an objective reference. He

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Derek Arnold @visnerd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

This is our summary of where we think the field of Aphantasia research stands. Congenital aphantasia: what we (think we) know, what we thought we knew but were mistaken about, and what we don't know. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Congenital aphantasia: what we (think we) know, what we thought we knew but were mistaken about, and what we don't know

Congenital Aphantasia initially described a lifelong inability to visualise. But it is now understood to manifest as imaginative inabilities that can …

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Brad Wyble @bwyble.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Realizing that another danger of LLMs in science is loooooonnnnngggg discussion sections that are exhaustive and repetitive. This is more an issue for reviewers because readers can just ignore it.

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Will Harrison @willjharrison.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Sometimes I just want to try to code pretty shit low pass filter 3D noise (creates the undulation) -> project noise onto a colour wheel (with some other bells and whistles)

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Sam Schwarzkopf @sampendu.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Time to create an institutional data sharing repository UoA?

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Sam Schwarzkopf @sampendu.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

In another sign of how AI is ruining the world, in the past googling this would have given you synonyms or other ways of phrasing something. Now you have to deal with a petulant LLM 😏🤦

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Sam Schwarzkopf @sampendu.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Auckland is unusually cold this week but hope it stays crisp and pleasant so you all get to enjoy the scenery, not just the excellent science! 🙂

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Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology @expsyanz.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

IT'S CONFERENCE WEEK! 🎉 Welcome to Auckland, NZ for APCV/EPC2026. Whether you're giving a talk, presenting a poster, or simply taking it all in, we're glad to have you here. Tag us with: #APCVEPC26

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Sam Schwarzkopf @sampendu.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

This is excellent - and if you use the online version it should deal with any of the inevitable schedule changes were aren't planning to make... 😏

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Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology @expsyanz.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Our final schedule and abstract booklet are now available to download from our conference website: visualneuroscience.auckland.ac.nz/epc-apcv-2026

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Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology @expsyanz.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Join us on 1 July, 12:00–3:15 PM, for the Synaesthesia Science & Community Forum. Explore the latest research in consciousness, sensory neuroscience, auditory cognition, and phenomenology through talks and discussion. See here for more details: visualneuroscience.auckland.ac.nz/epc-apcv-2026/

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Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology @expsyanz.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Join Professor Gina Grimshaw on 2 July, 6:00–7:30 PM, for a public lecture discussing how emotions shape attention, memory, decision-making, and human connection. Register now on: visualneuroscience.auckland.ac.nz/epc-apcv-2026/

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Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology @expsyanz.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

D-10! See you all soon at APCV & EPC 2026. A reminder of what's happening on the first day: 🔬 A workshop on image processing 🎨 A satellite event on synaesthesia 🎓 An ECR panel on navigating academia & industry The welcome ceremony will start at 17:30 NZT

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Sam Schwarzkopf @sampendu.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I know this was a labour of love (and blood, sweat, and tears) by my great colleague Susanne Stoll: the first ever tactile maps of the human finger tip! ☝️ #neuroskyence (not really #psychscisky or #visionscience but tagged it anyway 😉) doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

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Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology @expsyanz.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

A reminder that the conference schedule is now live on our website at visualneuroscience.auckland.ac.nz/epc-apcv-2026/ We look forward to seeing everyone soon! #EPCAPCV26

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Sam Schwarzkopf @sampendu.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

All speakers should have received information about the session & timings of their presentations at #epc-apcv-2026 by now! A preliminary (searchable) schedule is available on the website: visualneuroscience.auckland.ac.nz/epc-apcv-2026 Remember to register by the end of 15 May for early-bird rates!

visualneuroscience.auckland.ac.nz

EPC & APCV 2026

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Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology @expsyanz.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Final days for Early Bird registration! Register now and take advantage of discounted pricing.

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Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology @expsyanz.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Another reminder that our Early Bird Registration closes next week (15th May 26). All presenters, including speakers and discussants, please register by then.

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Sam Schwarzkopf @sampendu.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Congratulations to the brilliant Dr Ecem Altan who has official graduated with her PhD today! Moving to a foreign country to start a PhD in early 2020 must have taken much patience & perseverance - but it turned into a fantastic thesis in the end... Ka pai! Tebrikler!

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Sam Schwarzkopf @sampendu.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

The last trickles of sand are slipping through the hourglass... 😏⌛ #EPC-APCV-2026 - Do it now. It's gonna be awesome! 🙂

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Sam Schwarzkopf @sampendu.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

The sands of time are running out... Submit your abstracts while you can! 🕚⌛ (But ideally not all at the same time right before midnight because I'm the poor sod who must read them all 😏)

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Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology @expsyanz.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

⚠️ LAST CHANCE to submit your abstract. Submissions close 30 April 2026.

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Evan Gordon @gordonneuro.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I always assumed that brain function had to line up with cytoarchitectonics. It turns out I was wrong. Human cortex, especially PFC, is tiled by chains of functional patches that subdivide and interlink architectonic areas into parallel processing streams. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Sam Schwarzkopf @sampendu.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Deadline is fast approaching! Come on, get your abstracts in and swap the thermal & political heat of the northern hemisphere for some New Zealand winter cool 🙂

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Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology @expsyanz.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

❗Last week before the abstract submission deadline for APCV & EPC 2026❗ Abstracts are due on 30 April 2026. Please also note that all presenters—including speakers and discussants in symposia—must register for the conference by the early-bird deadline on 15 May 2026.

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Sam Schwarzkopf @sampendu.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

I hate Outlook so very much... 😒🤦

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Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology @expsyanz.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

⚠️ Reminder: 2 weeks left until the abstract submission deadline for APCV & EPC 2026. Abstracts are due on 30 April 2026. Please also note that all presenters—including speakers and discussants in symposia—must register for the conference by the early-bird deadline on 15 May 2026.

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Andrew Reid @reid-lab.org · 14/04/2026

Article slamming preprints cites *nine* preprints. You can't make this stuff up.

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Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology @expsyanz.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Meet our final keynote speaker for APCV & EPC 2026! Dr Corey Wadsley from the University of Auckland will present a keynote lecture titled "Stopping safely: Physiological underpinnings of response inhibition."

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Sam Schwarzkopf @sampendu.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Happy to report that our survey study on the diversity with which people seem to experience their mental imagery is now published in RSOS :) doi.org/10.1098/rsos... I posted a longer thread summarising the findings some months ago when we first put out the preprint: bsky.app/profile/samp...

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Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology @expsyanz.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Meet our second keynote speaker for APCV & EPC 2026! Prof. Elaine Reese from the University of Otago will deliver a keynote lecture titled "Memory Development: From Basic Science to Applied Approaches."

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Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology @expsyanz.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Next up: Keynote Speaker Announcements. Introducing the first speaker for APCV & EPC 2026! Prof. Hakwan Lau will present a keynote lecture titled "Prefrontal Mechanisms for Perception."

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Sam Schwarzkopf @sampendu.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

I missed all this kerfuffle last year becuase I was preoccupied with other things but gawd this is some bullshit. I'm glad now that I didn't submit my last paper to a Wiley journal as I had considered...

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Jack Gallant @gallantlab.org · 23/02/2026

We've posted a new fMRI study of semantic relations (has-part, is-a, made-of, etc.), a key aspect of language. We find that relations are represented in the same brain regions as are other semantic concepts, though voxels tend to be selective for only one relation or another. doi.org/10.64898/202...

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Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology @expsyanz.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

⚡SYMPOSIA SPOTLIGHT #3 We are wrapping up our Symposia Spotlight with more featured sessions and speakers. We look forward to seeing you there!

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Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology @expsyanz.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

⚡SYMPOSIA SPOTLIGHT #2 More symposia highlights from our upcoming conference!

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Sam Schwarzkopf @sampendu.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Though it should be said, even if that person ate that entire chocolate bar it'd still be only a bare fraction of the dose needed (probably need to eat 15ish of that quantity). Also I might be wrong but this picture doesn't look like it was taken during "physically and mentally exhausting" 🤣

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Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology @expsyanz.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

⚡SYMPOSIA SPOTLIGHT #1 We are super excited to announce a series of symposia taking place throughout our conference. Here is a preview of some featured sessions and speakers. Of course, there is more to come. Stay tuned!

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Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology @expsyanz.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

🚨 FINAL REMINDER. The Student Travel Award application closes tomorrow. This is on a first come first served basis, so don’t miss your chance to secure funding for your travel to EPC & APCV 2026!

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Sam Schwarzkopf @sampendu.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

I have absolutely nothing to say about this, other than that I once wrote "subjective experience" in a paper and then had a reviewer eviscerate us by telling us that "all experience is subjective". And while I am inclined to agree I still haven't fully decided. It's a widely used term in any case. 🤔

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Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology @expsyanz.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

REMINDER! Only 4 days left to apply for 500 AUD travel support to attend the EPC & APCV Joint Meeting 2026. ✅ The award is open to students at all levels. Apply now at visualneuroscience.auckland.ac.nz/epc-apcv-2026/

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Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology @expsyanz.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

The Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference (EPC) and Asia Pacific Conference on Vision (APCV) are holding a joint meeting in 2026, to be held at the University of Auckland from July 1-4. Abstract submissions now open! visualneuroscience.auckland.ac.nz/epc-apcv-2026/

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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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Kate Storrs @katestorrs.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Three days left to submit symposium, workshop, and satellite ideas for EPC-APCV in Auckland in July. Symposia will run alongside talk sessions during the conference, and workshops/satellites will run on the first day, before the welcome ceremony.

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