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Santani Teng @echodislocation.bsky.social · 16d

🚨 Help my lab at @skeriresearch.bsky.social advance innovative research on the technology, perception, and neuroscience of accessibility! The Teng Lab has launched a pair of campaigns through @experiment.com.
🧠 experiment.com/braille
🦇 experiment.com/robinecho

Brain dynamics in braille reading: Letters to language

Blind and low-vision readers read and write text using braille, a tactile system of raised dots. In this project, we will monitor braille readers' hand movements and electroencephalographic (EEG) brai...

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Sofia Krasovskaya @cortexophie.bsky.social · Jul 17

Thank you #imrf2025 for providing the space to share ideas and to all the people who were interested in our Kalman Filter-based echolocators and provided valuable comments. The poster session was a blast!

And thanks @echodislocation.bsky.social for capturing only the best facial expressions!

Person presents her scientific poster on a kalman filter model of human echolocation to a group of three people in a large room filled with other presenters during a poster session. The image is from a top-down angled view.

A gif of a person presenting her scientific poster on a kalman filter model of human echolocation to a few people. The gif contains two altering images of the person with different funny facial expressions as they explain their poster. The images are from behind the listeners, with the backs of their heads, with a direct view of the speaker.

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International Multisensory Research Forum 2025 @imrf.bsky.social · Jul 16

#IMRF2025 Group picture just dropped!!
Can you find yourself?

#WhereIsWaldo? #multisensorySquad
#bestResearchCommunity
#sensesUnite

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Sofia Krasovskaya @cortexophie.bsky.social · Jul 15

New stimuli acquired ☑️

#imrf2025

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Jun 9

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🚨 It’s time to flood the zone.

NIH scientists just took a huge risk speaking out. Now it’s our turn.

📜 Read the Bethesda Declaration
✍️ Sign the Public Letter of Support
👯‍♀️Follow NIHers doing the work: @nihvigils.bsky.social

Read and sign here 👉 www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...

www.standupforscience.net

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Michelle Greene @mgreenephd.bsky.social · Jun 9

My students wrote this book with editorial input from me. Check it out here:
mrgreene09.github.io/Scientific_C... 2/3

Scientific Computing For Cognitive Neuroscience: Tutorials and Practical Applications

mrgreene09.github.io

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Sofia Krasovskaya @cortexophie.bsky.social · Jun 9

Thank you for this! One issue: when I go to download pdf I encounter an error. Is there no file available?

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Intro to BN open textbook @introtobn.bsky.social · May 30

Looking for a textbook for your fall course in #Neuroscience? How about a free one? Intro to Behavioral Neuroscience is a completely free, online text perfect for many introductory, college-level neuroscience classes. Use one chapter or all 19.

openstax.org/details/book...

OpenStax | Free Textbooks Online with No Catch

OpenStax offers free college textbooks for all types of students, making education accessible & affordable for everyone. Browse our list of available subjects!

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Sofia Krasovskaya @cortexophie.bsky.social · Apr 25

Sure, you can download this version here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

And yes, there have been studies showing that even sighted humans can be trained to echolocate!

Poster CNS25

Thanks for your interest in my project! Please leave your email in the form below so I can send you the poster.

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Sofia Krasovskaya @cortexophie.bsky.social · Apr 2

Yep!

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Sofia Krasovskaya @cortexophie.bsky.social · Apr 1

Thanks for stopping by and supporting my first poster talk within a new subfield at the really early poster session on the last day of #CNS2025

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Sofia Krasovskaya @cortexophie.bsky.social · Mar 31

Come chat comp.models of perception and echolocation with me at poster F77 tomorrow morning at #CNS2025 !

Santani Teng @echodislocation.bsky.social · Mar 31

If you're attending #CNS2025, check out our lab's posters in Tuesday morning's Session F! We're proud to represent @skeriresearch.bsky.social in Boston this year.

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Sofia Krasovskaya @cortexophie.bsky.social · Mar 29

Was really looking forward to finally attending after so many years of not being able to due to visa and political issues, and now that I'm inside so many people worth seeing in person are not coming due to a different set of political issues 🙃

Marc Pabst @marcpabst.bsky.social · Mar 28

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

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Heida Maria Sigurdardottir @heidasigurdar.bsky.social · Mar 29

B.t.w. I get that the society is being put in an exceptionally bad situation. I don't envy them at all. And I am sure they did not want to change this, but felt like their hand was forced. That said -- we should resist. Is there any other choice?

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Marc Pabst @marcpabst.bsky.social · Mar 28

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

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Sofia Krasovskaya @cortexophie.bsky.social · Mar 14

There are times when things work. I'll take that!

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Feb 12

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!

Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!

#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

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Jonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social · Feb 22

I've written a free and accessible guide to Cephalopod Sentience with Alex Schnell, Piero Amodio and Peter Morse, stunningly illustrated by Roksolana Tkach. Please download and share! It's worth it for the illustrations alone! 🐙 thebrooksinstitute.org/sites/defaul...

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Anthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · Feb 15

I'm a reporter at the SF Chronicle hoping to speak with scientists who were impacted by the government firings. Specifically NOAA scientists, especially those in California. Open to hearing from you on the record, off the record or anonymously.

email: [email protected]
DMs open

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Lisa DeBruine @debruine.bsky.social · Feb 14

There’s still time to sign the open letter

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Sofia Krasovskaya @cortexophie.bsky.social · Feb 13

First time reading this I tried to make the connection between coding bugs and lemon tea etc. Then only I got the intended msg. Get well soon!

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Sofia Krasovskaya @cortexophie.bsky.social · Feb 11

If you're looking for a place to do your doctorate or continue your research in visual perception as a postdoc, Sabrina is hiring! A great PI in one of the most wonderful places on Earth!

#neurojobs #cogneuro #neurosky #visual #perception

Sabrina Hansmann-Roth @shansmann-roth.bsky.social · Feb 11

I am looking for a PhD candidate (3-years) and a Postdoc (2-years) studying serial effects in visual perception. Positions are funded by the Icelandic Research Fund. Join us at the Icelandic Vision Lab @icevislab.bsky.social. If you are interested, reach out to me!
#VisionScience #CognitiveScience

Icelandic Vision Lab @icevislab.bsky.social · Feb 11

Two grants to IVL 🥳 "Serial effects in visual perception" to PI @shansmann-roth.bsky.social + "Haptic harmony" to postdoc Ivan Makarov in collab with Unnthorsson, Kristjánsson, Jónasson & Uenala. Sabrina is looking for candidates for a three-year Ph.D. and a two-year postdoc position: [email protected]

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Thérèse Collins @theresecollins.bsky.social · Jan 29

Looking for a #post-doc on visual representations and history effects using psychophysics and EEG?

#NeuroscienceJobs #hiring #neuroskyence #CogPsych #AcademicSky

2 opportunities to apply to work in my lab @INCC in Paris:

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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · Jan 28

Academic workers across the country are organizing to call on our congressional representatives on Thursday, 1/30, at 3pm ET / 12pm PT to demand these restrictions be lifted immediately.
There will be a training over zoom at the beginning of the event.
Join us!
form.jotform.com/250226137228...

Join researchers across the country in fighting restrictions on the NIH

Please click the link to complete this form.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · Jan 23

If you would like to see how much economic activity and grants and how many people are employed through NIH in your state, just use this handy website.

And then contact your Congressional Rep and tell them to prioritize NIH. www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research

Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.

www.unitedformedicalresearch.org

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