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Celia Hodent
@celiahodent.com
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Author #TheGamersBrain & more books on games / cog science • Indie consultant, ex-dir. #UX @ EpicGames Fortnite, LucasArts, Ubi • Phd psych • She/Her 🇫🇷 🇺🇸
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Rappel des animations de ce week-end (24 et 25/01) au Musée du Jeu Vidéo!
-Sam.: Concours Tetris 14h-18h avec lots à gagner !
-Dim.: Concours DrMario 14h-16h cadeaux à la clé puis conférence de @celiahodent.com (ex-Epic Games) sur son parcours, les secrets pour le succès d’un JV…
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January 23, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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#ExpertsCNRS 🔎 Journalistes, en amont des élections municipales qui se dérouleront les 15 et 22 mars prochains, le service presse du CNRS vous propose des scientifiques pour vous éclairer.
#Municipales2026 🗳

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January 23, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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J’ai le grand plaisir d’intervenir ce dimanche 25 janvier au Musée du Jeu Vidéo à 16h (à Arcueil). Je parlerai de cerveau, d’approche UX et d’éthique et je répondrai à toutes vos questions. J’espère vous y voir ! ☺️
assomo5.bsky.social Association MO5 @assomo5.bsky.social · 2d
Programme en détails:
-Sam. 14h-18h Concours sur Tetris
-Dim. 14h-16h : Arrêtez les virus avant vos concurrents sur Dr. Mario. 16H-18H, conférence de @celiahodent.com, ancienne directrice UX d’Epic Games avec plus de 17 ans d’expérience dans le JV, qui expliquera les secrets du succès d’un JV…⬇️
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Celia Hodent est également l’autrice du livre «  Dans le cerveau du Gamer »
January 22, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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Just a few pictures of Greenland, one of the most beautiful places in the world, for no reason whatsoever.
Picture of viking ruins on a green hill next to the water Picture of a beautiful fjord surrounded by brown rocks Picture of a fjord where the water acts like a mirror Picture from inside an ice cave with surreal greenish colors
January 17, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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Thinking of the people of Uganda youtu.be/un2unuN0RHg
Everything Is Gonna be Alright -Official Video
YouTube video by BOBI WINE
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January 17, 2026 at 9:04 AM
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Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans.

This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:

“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
ANDING ROCK Standing Rock Sioux Tribe The Office of Chairman Sitting Bear P.O. BOx D Fort Yates, ND 58538 CHAIRMAN SITTING BEAR'S STATEMENT REGARDING SRST PUBLIC SAFETY JANUARY 9, 2026 I have been receiving reports and evidence of First Nations people being racially targeted, assaulted, and detained by the federal agency Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE). We want to remind our members to be safe and proactive by carrying with you at a minimum your tribal identification cards or a copy of your degree of Indian Blood. Our tribal identification affirms our citizenship and political status. Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands. Any federal activity within our boundaries must recognize and respect our tribal sovereignty, treaty obligations, and established jurisdictional boundaries. Any ICE presence or activity within our lands is not authorized, not welcome, and will be addressed. Unauthorized personnel will be escorted off our lands.
January 10, 2026 at 12:13 AM
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The world news is quite overwhelming. Thinking of all the people who are trying to live under political instability or worse, bombs, those fighting for their freedom or merely for the right to exist, those facing winter without a home or electricity, those pushing back repression... Be safe 🌸
January 10, 2026 at 8:25 AM
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New: 6,700. That's how many sexually suggestive or nudifying images Grok is producing every hour, according to an analysis. X is now a top deepfake site. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Musk’s Grok AI Generated Thousands of Undressed Images Per Hour on X
Elon Musk’s X has become a top site for images of people that have been non-consensually undressed by AI, according to a third-party analysis, with thousands of instances each hour over a day earlier ...
www.bloomberg.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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Je donne une conférence d’intro aux sciences cognitives et à l’approche #UX dans les jeux vidéo jeudi 8/1 à 19h à Paris. Je parlerai également d’éthique. Elle est destinée au grand public. N’hésitez pas à partager ☺️
Accès est gratuit sur inscription.
www.patronagelaique.eu/event-detail...
Jeux-vidéo et sciences cognitives | Patronage Laïque JV
Celia Hodent | Docteur en psychologie et spécialiste en UX appliquée aux jeux vidéo.
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January 6, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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Fun times for NATO countries…
afp.com Agence France-Presse @afp.com · 19d
➡️ "Si les États-Unis choisissent d'attaquer militairement un autre pays de l'Otan, alors tout s'arrête. Y compris notre Otan et donc la sécurité mise en place depuis la fin de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale", a dit Mette Frederiksen, affirmant faire "tout (s)on possible pour que ce ne soit pas le cas".
January 5, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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Announcing eurosky.social accounts - launching January 2026.

✅ Managed by Eurosky, a European non-profit initiative
✅ Hosted on European cloud
✅ Governed by European law

www.eurosky.social/register
Register for a eurosky.social account - one web identity, dozens of apps — eurosky
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December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Thinking of my Venezuelan friends. I truly hope things are going to get better and that you’ll be able to finally go back home. But such interventionism wasn’t beneficial for the people in recent history, sadly (Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya..). My thoughts are with you 🌹

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Venezuela Isn’t Panama—No Matter How Much Trump Wishes It Were
The capture of Maduro is the easy part. What comes next will test whether America has learned anything from its history.
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January 4, 2026 at 8:24 AM
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Whoa… And all of these decisions without Congress.

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Venezuelan president Maduro captured and flown out of country following ‘large scale’ US attack, Trump says – live
US president says: ‘the United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela’
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January 3, 2026 at 9:48 AM
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“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
-James Baldwin
a black and white photo of a man in a suit and tie .
Alt: A gif of James Baldwin looking intensely at someone off camera, then looking surprised and immediately after side-rolling his eyes down
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January 3, 2026 at 8:03 AM
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I wish you all a kind and fulfilling new year. May it bring you peace, good health, lots of joy, interesting projects, and a united and supportive community that can help you face strong winds, may you encounter some. Take care 🌻

(This is my photo, taken close to Cape Horn).
Photo of an albatros in flight with the ocean below and hills in the distance. Its black wings are fully deployed, filling nearly the whole frame vertically.
January 1, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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Welcome to France, Amal and George! We love to “râle” and we have problems but we also love to enjoy life and free healthcare 😉
afp.com Agence France-Presse @afp.com · 26d
🇫🇷 L'acteur américain George Clooney, son épouse Amal Alamuddin Clooney et leurs deux enfants ont obtenu la nationalité française, selon un décret de naturalisation publié samedi au Journal officiel et consulté par l'AFP ⤵️
December 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Worth noting that @celiahodent.com has written a 2nd edition as well!

And the book is available in a multitude of languages 😊
The English 2nd edition book cover The French edition book cover The Russian edition book cover The Arabic edition book cover
December 29, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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The irony of making money with GenAI videos of climate disasters thus worsening the climate emergency…
We must resist gen #AI bullshit widespread use
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
More than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are ‘AI slop’, study finds
Low-quality AI-generated content is now saturating social media – and generating about $117m a year, data shows
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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#ux 1 ; useless tech 0
wired.com WIRED @wired.com · 28d
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its…
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December 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Damn… This is harsh and extremely sad…
December 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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If you’re tempted to buy a ModRetro please take a moment to learn about the company behind it. Anduril is specialized in armed drones and military surveillance systems. We #gamedevs make games to brighten people’s lives. Let’s not give money to arms dealers.
www.timeextension.com/news/2025/12...
Site News: Why We Won't Be Covering ModRetro Products Moving Forward
The 'Anduril Chromatic' is the final straw
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December 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Happy solstice everyone!
Picture of the sun on a clear blue sky and we see a white bird quite far flying by.
December 21, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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🚨Our paper `Reclaiming AI as a theoretical tool for cognitive science' is now forthcoming in the journal Computational Brain & Behaviour. (Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...)

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#metatheory #AGI #AIhype #cogsci #theoreticalpsych #criticalAIliteracy
The idea that human cognition is, or can be understood as, a form of computation is a useful conceptual tool for cognitive science. It was a foundational assumption during the birth of cognitive science as a multidisciplinary field, with Artificial Intelligence (AI) as one of its contributing fields. One conception of Al in this context is as a provider of computational tools (frameworks, concepts, formalisms, models, proofs, simulations, etc.) that support theory building in cognitive science. The contemporary field of Al, however, has taken the theoretical possibility of explaining human cognition as a form of computation to imply the practical feasibility of realising human(-like or -level) cognition in factual computational systems; and, the field frames this realisation as a short-term inevitability. Yet, as we formally prove herein, creating systems with human(-like or -level) cognition is intrinsically computationally intractable.
August 16, 2024 at 7:40 PM
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La 2e édition de mon livre Dans le cerveau du gamer est tout chaud sortie de la presse et est en coup de coeur à la Fnac ! Vous pouvez le trouver dans votre librairie préférée (ou en ligne). Version mise à jour et nouveau chapitre (dont une grosse section sur l’IA, incontournable…).
#TheGamersBrain
Présentoir de la Fnac figurant les coups de coeur des libraires pour le rayon informatique. Plusieurs livres sont mis en valeur dont Dans le cerveau du gamer. Couverture du livre Dans le cerveau du gamer: Neurosciences et UX dans la conception de jeux vidéo. 2e édition. Sur la couverture on voit une photo d’une femme, centrée sur ses yeux. Elle porte un casque de gaming et son regard concentré est focalisé vers la caméra. 4e de couverture : Quel est le secret d'un bon jeu vidéo ? Loin des formules magiques et des recettes miracles, il existe des savoirs spécifiques, tirés des neurosciences, et des méthodes éprouvées, celles de l'approche UX, qui vous guideront efficacement dans votre processus créatif. Les neurosciences nous aident à comprendre la manière dont le cerveau perçoit, traite et conserve une information. Dans la première partie de ce livre, vous aurez l'occasion d'explorer les facteurs humains tels que la perception, l'attention, la mémoire, l'émotion, la motivation et les principes d'apprentissage. Autant de clés indispensables pour offrir des expériences de jeu mémorables et agréables à prendre en main. l'approche expérience utilisateurs (UX) met l'accent sur les joueurs en tant qu'élément central du processus de développement des jeux. Dans la seconde partie, vous explorerez ainsi les notions d'utilisabilité, d'engagement, de design thinking, de stratégie UX... Elle propose également une réflexion sur les questions éthiques soulevées par le jeu vidéo. Cette nouvelle édition enrichie développe l'approche UX pour y intégrer les évolutions technologiques récentes, de la réalité virtuelle à l'intelligence artificielle. Celia Hodent est titulaire d'un doctorat en psychologie (Paris Descartes). Elle commence sa carrière dans le jeu vidéo chez Ubisoft (en France puis au Canada), avant d'aller aux États-Unis chez LucasArts, puis Epic Games en 2013. Directrice UX chez Epic Games, elle a participé au succès planétaire du jeu Fortnite, et est aujourd'hui reconnue internationalement comme experte de l'approche UX et des sciences cognitives dans l'univers des jeux vidéo. Elle a créé en 2016 les conférences annuelles Game UX Summit et en 2020, l'initiative Ethical Games pour l'établissement d'une charte éthique dans l'industrie du jeu vidéo. Consultante (celiahodent.com) depuis fin 2017, elle donne de nombreuses conférences et formations dans le monde entier.
December 19, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Mark Zuckerberg earned just $1 at Meta in 2024. Elon Musk made $0 at Tesla. They're not alone. A tax law professor explains how the ultrawealthy legally avoid income taxes while their wealth grows by billions annually.
Billionaires with $1 salaries – and other legal tax dodges the ultrawealthy use to keep their riches
The richest Americans can largely avoid paying income and other taxes. A new book explains the history.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM