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judlowes.bsky.social
Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Stirling. Main research interests:developmental prosopagnosia, faces, neurodevelopmental conditions . She/her. Also occasional spam about outdoor swimming in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏊‍♀️
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Counterpoint: Women are ahead of the curve on knowing AI is bullshit. www.ft.com/content/7f0f...

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By now, we've all seen the video of Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) being forcibly removed and handcuffed for asking a question during Kristi Noem's press conference. But what Noem said just moments before the video was taken is "classic authoritarian red-baiting," points out @davidcorn.bsky.social.

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This is disgusting. If this is how they treat Alex Padilla, a United States Senator, how do you think they’ll treat you?

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📢"Aphantasia as a functional disconnection"! in TICS A disconnection between the Fusiform Imagery Node (FIN) & the left PFC may explain retained memory for objects, despite lacking subjective imagery in aphantasics. left PFC, awareness, attention network...🧵 authors.elsevier.com/a/1lCs3_V1r-...

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Well this couldn’t have come at a better time www.bbc.com/news/article...

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New attractiveness research reveals surprising preference for femininity in men’s faces

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For anyone in the memory field, an incredible summary and tribute to Endel Tulving from Gus Craik. Read it for the writing alone. royalsocietypublishing.org/action/oidcS...

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Random self-promotion, but my hands-on #VisionScience textbook is available for <$50 at the moment! If you're excited about using analog demos of visual phenomena in your classroom, it's a great time to snag a copy! #STEMed

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Please distribute: PhD Position in Visual Perception -- joint opportunity in Iceland and Switzerland #visionscience #cogsci #neuroskyence #psychscisky #phd #academia

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Seeking online daters to take part in online research being run by our brilliant PhD student @jessicadelamare.bsky.social #dating #datingapp

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#AskingAustistics One of my MSc dissertation students Em is recruiting participants for their study about the importance of spirituality for the wellbeing of autistic individuals. Please consider taking part if you are eligible, thank you! app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/stirling/s...

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New paper out. We asked 29 people with developmental #prosopagnosia (face blindness) what it was like living with the condition and also analysed their objective scores on lab tests of face recognition dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

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Even mild face blindness (#Prosopagnosia) can cause serious difficulties in daily life – new study #PsychSciSky theconversation.com/even-mild-fa... (see reply for Alt text)

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➡️ Monday 28th April, 4 - 5pm ➡️ In-person & online ➡️ Moray House, Edinburgh ➡️ I will be talking about creating neurodiversity-inclusive environments in schools ➡️ For students AND staff ➡️ With a focus on autism ➡️ It's free & anyone can attend Register here 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creating-n...

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This looks really interesting. I remember Sarah Weigelt had a poster at ECVP in Nejmegen about a human case with similar low level deficits but intact higher level abilities (faces)!

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Excited to share our new book chapter (in press)! "What do we know about people with developmental prosopagnosia?" with Brad Duchaine, in the forthcoming book: From 'Super Recognisers' to the 'Face Blind' (Ed. K. Lander, Oxford University Press). osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Very pleased that the Special Issue of Visual Cognition on Teaching Sensation & Perception that @ankosov.bsky.social, @juliafstrand.bsky.social and myself edited is now published in full! If you're looking for some exciting ideas about teaching #VisionScience, start here!

submitted 81 days ago • 3 comments

Hey @vssmtg.bsky.social, do you no longer support diversity and inclusion? Looks like your policies were quietly removed from your website? #VSS2025 #VSS

submitted 87 days ago • 10 comments

Looking for a new job? Come join us at UoR! 4 posts in psychology, including a Chair in Neuroscience. Happy to chat about Reading, the University, and the School- just get in touch!

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🚨 UNSW Face Lab is hiring 3-year post-doc 🚨 Please repost and contact David White for informal enquiries external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53...

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