Alex Gokan
@alexgokan.bsky.social
Vision science PhD student, American University
Color vision, VR, Computer graphics, hyperspectral imaging, etc etc
I like bikes and pizza
Color vision, VR, Computer graphics, hyperspectral imaging, etc etc
I like bikes and pizza
Newest Optica color vision issue is open access for 30 days. Lots of great stuff in there, download while you can!
May 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Newest Optica color vision issue is open access for 30 days. Lots of great stuff in there, download while you can!
Had an amazing time at my first @vssmtg.bsky.social !
Got lots of amazing feedback on my poster, met many new friends, and have a ton of new ideas I can’t wait to get started on!
Got lots of amazing feedback on my poster, met many new friends, and have a ton of new ideas I can’t wait to get started on!
May 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Had an amazing time at my first @vssmtg.bsky.social !
Got lots of amazing feedback on my poster, met many new friends, and have a ton of new ideas I can’t wait to get started on!
Got lots of amazing feedback on my poster, met many new friends, and have a ton of new ideas I can’t wait to get started on!
I read through ~half of Greg Schwartz’s “retinal computation” book (excellent btw), and I don’t recall it touching on this but it may have, and is definitely where I would start looking
February 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I read through ~half of Greg Schwartz’s “retinal computation” book (excellent btw), and I don’t recall it touching on this but it may have, and is definitely where I would start looking
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The Gestalt Principle of Goodest-boy Continuation at work. #VisionScience
This dog is too long for our current rating system to handle. We are working internally to address this problem, but in the meantime please only send regular-length dogs. Thank you… 13/10
February 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The Gestalt Principle of Goodest-boy Continuation at work. #VisionScience
It went super well! Woo!
About to teach my first class! Gratings, baby vision, and V1 processing!
February 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
It went super well! Woo!
About to teach my first class! Gratings, baby vision, and V1 processing!
February 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
About to teach my first class! Gratings, baby vision, and V1 processing!
February 13, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Just found out my abstract was accepted at @vssmtg.bsky.social ! So excited to attend my first conference in May!
February 9, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Just found out my abstract was accepted at @vssmtg.bsky.social ! So excited to attend my first conference in May!
Just generated a literature review with the new openAI deep research model. Consider me extremely impressed
I can’t wait until something similar is open-sourced
I can’t wait until something similar is open-sourced
February 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Just generated a literature review with the new openAI deep research model. Consider me extremely impressed
I can’t wait until something similar is open-sourced
I can’t wait until something similar is open-sourced
Have been reading this wonderful book on gamut mapping by @janmorovic.bsky.social
Definitely recommended for any color scientists
Definitely recommended for any color scientists
February 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Have been reading this wonderful book on gamut mapping by @janmorovic.bsky.social
Definitely recommended for any color scientists
Definitely recommended for any color scientists
Awesome! I can’t wait to read it!
January 26, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Awesome! I can’t wait to read it!
Reposted by Alex Gokan
Does the culture you grow up in shape the way you see the world? In a new Psych Review paper, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & I tackle this centuries-old question using the Müller-Lyer illusion as a case study. Come think through one of history's mysteries with us🧵(1/13):
January 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Does the culture you grow up in shape the way you see the world? In a new Psych Review paper, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & I tackle this centuries-old question using the Müller-Lyer illusion as a case study. Come think through one of history's mysteries with us🧵(1/13):
I think there is maybe something interesting to teach there about perceptual uniformity, but that’s a bit more in the weeds. But it is a good way to introduce a concept of color difference/deltaE since it makes the computation so easy, by laying everything out on a grid
January 23, 2025 at 7:04 AM
I think there is maybe something interesting to teach there about perceptual uniformity, but that’s a bit more in the weeds. But it is a good way to introduce a concept of color difference/deltaE since it makes the computation so easy, by laying everything out on a grid
Despite being the color scientist, I did the worst out of my student cohort when we played! I lost by a mile! Must have been the lighting grumble grumble…..
I honestly think it’s more interesting linguistically than color wise, but I was surprised how good our agreement was generally
I honestly think it’s more interesting linguistically than color wise, but I was surprised how good our agreement was generally
January 23, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Despite being the color scientist, I did the worst out of my student cohort when we played! I lost by a mile! Must have been the lighting grumble grumble…..
I honestly think it’s more interesting linguistically than color wise, but I was surprised how good our agreement was generally
I honestly think it’s more interesting linguistically than color wise, but I was surprised how good our agreement was generally
Reposted by Alex Gokan
Clever study that explores the debate between those who claim that color categories are 'innate' and those who argue that they are dependent on language. It turns out that monkeys, unlike humans, do not have consensus color categories, suggesting cognitive mechanisms such as language are required.🧪🧠
January 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Clever study that explores the debate between those who claim that color categories are 'innate' and those who argue that they are dependent on language. It turns out that monkeys, unlike humans, do not have consensus color categories, suggesting cognitive mechanisms such as language are required.🧪🧠
Interesting - I know Jasna Martinovic gave a talk last month with some interesting new research on this topic as well. Excited to read it
January 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Interesting - I know Jasna Martinovic gave a talk last month with some interesting new research on this topic as well. Excited to read it