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Vivian Paulun

@vivianpaulun.bsky.social
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Cognitive neuroscientist studying how we see and think about the physical world. Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. paulunlab.psych.wisc.edu she/her

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Ali Mohebi @mohebial.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Honored to host this group of brilliant scientists for our second season of Brain Talks on the Isthmus! Join us on the Isthmus for some good old Wisconsin cheese and Science!
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Vivian Paulun @vivianpaulun.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🚨 Preprint alert! 👶🧠🌊 "The Emergence of a Distinction between Things and Stuff" osf.io/preprints/ps... So excited to share my first infant study, with the wonderful Sanghee Song and Liz Spelke.🎉 Do babies expect sand to behave differently from solid objects? 🧵1/5
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Ali Mohebi @mohebial.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
📢 Applications are now open for Season 2 of Brain Talks on the Isthmus (2026–2027)! Please consider applying, encouraging others to apply, and sharing this! Season 1 was fun :) Application Deadline: August 15, 2026 More Info and Application Form: mohebi-associates.org/brain-talks
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Vivian Paulun @vivianpaulun.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
🧠✨ New paper out! Can you tell how bouncy something is just by watching it move? Turns out your brain has a remarkably efficient solution to this problem. 🧵 [1/4]
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Vivian Paulun @vivianpaulun.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Come join us at #phiVis #VSS2026!
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Halely Balaban @halely.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
New paper in PBR: "Working memory’s pointer system is governed by physical objecthood, not spatiotemporal information" rdcu.be/fd2tY Without valid WM pointers, we miss OBVIOUS changes in visible items; the study shows that this "resetting" process is all about objects and not spatiotemporal change!
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Martha W. Alibali @marthaalibali.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
New job opening in social psychology at UW-Madison! at the associate prof level. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/associa...
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Associate Professor - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...
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Vivian Paulun @vivianpaulun.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
🚨I am looking for a POSTDOC, LAB MANAGER/TECH and GRAD STUDENTS to join my new lab in beautiful Madison, WI. We study how our brains perceive and represent the physical world around us using behavioral, computational, and neuroimaging methods. paulunlab.psych.wisc.edu #VisionScience #NeuroSkyence
Skyline of Madison, WI
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Vivian Paulun @vivianpaulun.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Check out EWoK, Elements of World Knowledge!🌎
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Vivian Paulun @vivianpaulun.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Excited to see this fantastic spotlight by Sue Hespos and colleagues covering our recent paper on the neural representation of Things and Stuff 🧠🌊
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Rosanne Rademaker @rademaker.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
We’re looking for a postdoc to join our Max Planck group in Germany some time in 2026. If you have computational and/or neuroimaging expertise, and are interested in questions intersecting perception and cognition, please reach out! I’ll also be happy to chat at the #Bernsteinconference this week.
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Katie Carmichael @drkatcarm.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
::slowly stands while clapping::
Image of labubu doll labeled labubu next to image of spiky labubu doll labeled lakiki
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Vivian Paulun @vivianpaulun.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Come join our department!
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Vivian Paulun @vivianpaulun.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Super excited to share our new article: “Dissociable cortical regions represent things and stuff in the human brain” with @nancykanwisher.bsky.social, @rtpramod.bsky.social and @joshtenenbaum.bsky.social Video abstract: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0XR... Paper: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lWxv3QW8S...
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Things and Stuff: How the brain distinguishes oozing fluids from solid objects
YouTube video by McGovern Institute
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VisionBernie - Bernhard Egger @visionbernie.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Today is your last chance to vote: vote.illusionoftheyear.com
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RT Pramod @rtpramod.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Thrilled to announce our new publication titled 'Decoding predicted future states from the brain's physics engine' with @emiecz.bsky.social, Cyn X. Fang, @nancykanwisher.bsky.social, @joshtenenbaum.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/full/10.... (1/n)
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Decoding predicted future states from the brain’s “physics engine”
Using fMRI in humans, this study provides evidence for future state prediction in brain regions involved in physical reasoning.
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Guido Maiello @guidomaiello.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
I’m excited to announce that I’m recruiting for a fully-funded 3.5-year PhD position in my lab in Southampton (UK). For details and to apply, see here: www.southampton.ac.uk/study/postgr...
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​​Next Generation Ophthalmic Testing: “Continuous Psychophysics” for Rapid and User-Friendly Assessment of Visual, Movement, and Cognitive Disorders​
Discover more about our research project: ​​Next Generation Ophthalmic Testing: “Continuous Psychophysics” for Rapid and User-Friendly Assessment of Visual, Movement, and Cognitive Disorders​ at the U...
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Vivian Paulun @vivianpaulun.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Starts in one hour!
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Vivian Paulun @vivianpaulun.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Kick off #VSS2025 with our symposium “25 Years of Seeing ‘Stuff’—Advances and Challenges in Material Perception” in Talk Room 2 on Friday morning 10:30am – 12:30pm. We have a great lineup of speakers who will share deep insights and fun demos! 👀🧠🌊 @vssmtg.bsky.social #neuroskyence #visionscience
List of speakers for symposium: “25 Years of Seeing ‘Stuff’—Advances and Challenges in Material Perception”
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Martin Hebart @martinhebart.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Proud to announce our primer on "Ten principles for reliable, efficient, and adaptable coding in psychology and cognitive neuroscience" www.nature.com/articles/s44... This primer is for beginners to get started, advanced programmers to improve, and PIs. #psychology #psychsci #cogsci #neuroskyence
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Ten principles for reliable, efficient, and adaptable coding in psychology and cognitive neuroscience - Communications Psychology
Programming is essential for modern research in neuroscience and psychology, but it can quickly become a source of frustration and error. This Primer introduces ten practical principles guiding resear...
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Vivian Paulun @vivianpaulun.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Come and join us!
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Vivian Paulun @vivianpaulun.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Challenging times to start a lab, but I’m excited to begin this new chapter! 🧠👩‍🔬🎓 Grateful to @thetransmitter.bsky.social for featuring me for this month's “Liftoff”!
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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Proud to speak at the StandUpForScience rally in Boston today!
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Tomer Ullman @tomerullman.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Hello! I'm looking to hire a post-doc, to start this Summer or Fall. It'd be great if you could share this widely with people you think might be interested. More details on the position & how to apply: bit.ly/cocodev_post... Official posting here: academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/14723
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Guido Maiello @guidomaiello.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Friends, Sara is recovering well from surgery. Her cancer has progressed to a higher stage and needs more aggressive treatments. Please keep sharing/donating to help us make these crucial treatments possible, and thank you deeply for your love and support! gofund.me/357afe0a
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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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Tom Wallis @tsawallis.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
One week left to apply!
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Kohitij Kar @kohitij.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
(1/3) 🌟New preprint with @lynnkasorensen.bsky.social and Jim DiCarlo When animals learn new object discrimination tasks, how much does their IT cortex change? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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The effects of object category training on the responses of macaque inferior temporal cortex are consistent with performance-optimizing updates within a visual hierarchy
How does the primate brain coordinate plasticity to support its remarkable ability to learn object categories? To address this question, we measured the consequences of category learning on the macaqu...
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Vivian Paulun @vivianpaulun.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
My friends Sara and Guido are facing a devastating brain cancer diagnosis. To help cover the costs of experimental treatments for Sara that are not covered by insurance, please consider donating if you can and sharing this with others who might be able to help. gofund.me/5505ddf2
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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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Tomer Ullman @tomerullman.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
hooray, it's out! "Electrophysiology Reveals That Intuitive Physics Guides Visual Tracking and Working Memory" (in Open Mind) (by Balaban, Smith, Tenenbaum, and me) direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 16/12/2024
Phase Transition xkcd.com/3025
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Karen B. Schloss @kbschloss.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
@fovea-vs.bsky.social is on Bluesky now! Follow FoVea to learn more about ways we can advance the visibility, impact, and success of women in vision science!
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Tim Behrens @behrenstimb.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
OK If we are moving to Bluesky I am rescuing my favourite ever twitter thread (Jan 2019). The renamed: Bluesky-sized history of neuroscience (biased by my interests)
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Kartik Chandra @kartikchandra.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Graphics has long studied how to make: (1) realistic images 📷 (2) non-photorealistic images ✍️ (3) realistic sounds 🎤 What about (4) "non-phono-realistic" sounds? What could that even mean? Next week at SIGGRAPH Asia, MIT undergrad Matt Caren will present our proposal… 🧵 arxiv.org/abs/2409.13507
A screenshot of the first page of the paper.
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Mel Goodale @action-brain.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
I feel so honored by the publication of this special issue of Neuropsychologia. Thanks so much to my friends and colleagues who put this together. And thanks to all the contributors. There are so many wonderful articles. I can't tell you how delighted I am. 🧪🧠 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The title page of the special issue, which reads "Introduction to the special issue on visual cognition and visuomotor control: A tribute to Mel Goodale" The authors of the Intro are: Jody C. Culham, Gavin Buckingham, Monika Harvey, Irene Sperandio, Ingrid S. Johnsrude
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Martha W. Alibali @marthaalibali.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Summer research opportunity in Psychology at U. of Wisconsin–Madison. Students from historically underrepresented backgrounds, low-income households, and first-generation college students are strongly encouraged to apply. Details and application portal at psych.wisc.edu/nsf-reu-site...
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NSF REU Site: Psychology Research Experience Program
Application Opens: November 1, 2018 Application Deadline: February 15, 2018 Admission Notification: Ongoing After Application deadline Application Link: https://srop-uwmadison.fluidreview.com *Note that applicants who are not accepted will receive notification once all admissions have been sent out.  Please do not call the Psychology department or send separate admission inquiries. Please note that these dates are currently…
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Vivian Paulun @vivianpaulun.bsky.social · 16/10/2024
I’m excited to share that I will join the Department of Psychology at UW-Madison as an Assistant Professor starting in Fall 2025. I feel incredibly fortunate to join such a wonderful department and to have the opportunity to start my own lab!  (1/2)
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Vivian Paulun @vivianpaulun.bsky.social · 31/05/2024
Really looking forward to COGGRAPH! Big thanks to the organizers for inviting me to be part of it! 🧠 🫖
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Vivian Paulun @vivianpaulun.bsky.social · 31/05/2024
Really looking forward to COGGRAPH! Big thanks to the organizers for inviting me to be part of it! 🧠 🫖
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