Kristen A Baker
@k-a-baker.bsky.social
| British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow
| PhD from @BrockUniversity
| Website: https://k-a-baker.github.io/Kristen_A_Baker.github.io//
| Research: Face recognition
| Outside research: Nature & animal lover
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| PhD from @BrockUniversity
| Website: https://k-a-baker.github.io/Kristen_A_Baker.github.io//
| Research: Face recognition
| Outside research: Nature & animal lover
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In a new paper (with @kayritchie.bsky.social, Eilidh Noyes, Carl Bunce and Josh Davis) we investigated AI-face detection in super-recognisers and typical-ability participants, both with and without a short training procedure. See the link below for the results!
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
Training human super-recognizers’ detection and discrimination of AI-generated faces | Royal Society Open Science
Generative adversarial networks (GANs) can create realistic synthetic faces, which
have the potential to be used for nefarious purposes. The synthetic faces produced
by GANs are difficult to detect an...
doi.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:37 AM
In a new paper (with @kayritchie.bsky.social, Eilidh Noyes, Carl Bunce and Josh Davis) we investigated AI-face detection in super-recognisers and typical-ability participants, both with and without a short training procedure. See the link below for the results!
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
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I am looking to create a lab code of conduct/manual/safety check type document outlining the ethos of how we work. Could anyone point me in the direction of a good (open source) example covering safety, comms, working with others etc.? Or would anyone be willing to share theirs? Thank you!
October 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I am looking to create a lab code of conduct/manual/safety check type document outlining the ethos of how we work. Could anyone point me in the direction of a good (open source) example covering safety, comms, working with others etc.? Or would anyone be willing to share theirs? Thank you!
Proud supervisor moment 🎉: The PhD student that I am co-supervising just won first prize for his poster at the school's PhD conference!!
It's only Wednesday, and it's already a great week!
It's only Wednesday, and it's already a great week!
October 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Proud supervisor moment 🎉: The PhD student that I am co-supervising just won first prize for his poster at the school's PhD conference!!
It's only Wednesday, and it's already a great week!
It's only Wednesday, and it's already a great week!
I was born and raised a Blue Jays fan, so of course I am watching the game (even though it's ... well ... very early in the UK).
Come on #BlueJays ! You can fight back from this!
Come on #BlueJays ! You can fight back from this!
Aaron Judge just launched a three-run shot off the left field foul pole and it’s tied, 6-6.
The press box is shaking. #BlueJays
The press box is shaking. #BlueJays
October 8, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I was born and raised a Blue Jays fan, so of course I am watching the game (even though it's ... well ... very early in the UK).
Come on #BlueJays ! You can fight back from this!
Come on #BlueJays ! You can fight back from this!
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Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91
Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91
Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour
The world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91, her institute has said.
The Jane Goodall Institute announced that she had passed away of natural causes while in California as part of a US speaking tour. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91
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Excited to share a new article from @icevislab.bsky.social! In a sample of over 60 people, we found distinct neural differences underlying object and face recognition in dyslexia. These findings highlight crucial domain-general visual processes that may contribute to word reading challenges.
Distinct neural processing underlying visual face and object perception in dyslexia
Developmental dyslexia is a disorder marked by difficulties in reading, spelling, and connecting sounds to written language. The high-level visual dys…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Excited to share a new article from @icevislab.bsky.social! In a sample of over 60 people, we found distinct neural differences underlying object and face recognition in dyslexia. These findings highlight crucial domain-general visual processes that may contribute to word reading challenges.
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Hi #canadian researchers - please sign this petition to help ensure funding isn’t cut to tri council agencies (NSERC, SSHRC, and CIHR). We’re looking at potential 15% cuts to ALL federal spending including grants win.newmode.net/canadianasso...
New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore
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September 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Hi #canadian researchers - please sign this petition to help ensure funding isn’t cut to tri council agencies (NSERC, SSHRC, and CIHR). We’re looking at potential 15% cuts to ALL federal spending including grants win.newmode.net/canadianasso...
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🚨 The wait is almost over!
@cogscisociety.bsky.social × Blue Sky Grant applications open tomorrow. Five grants worth $1,810 each are here to support your next research idea.
Join our webinar this Thursday 4PM BST for insider tips on how to submit a winning application.
👉 Register: bit.ly/3K28s1y
@cogscisociety.bsky.social × Blue Sky Grant applications open tomorrow. Five grants worth $1,810 each are here to support your next research idea.
Join our webinar this Thursday 4PM BST for insider tips on how to submit a winning application.
👉 Register: bit.ly/3K28s1y
September 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
🚨 The wait is almost over!
@cogscisociety.bsky.social × Blue Sky Grant applications open tomorrow. Five grants worth $1,810 each are here to support your next research idea.
Join our webinar this Thursday 4PM BST for insider tips on how to submit a winning application.
👉 Register: bit.ly/3K28s1y
@cogscisociety.bsky.social × Blue Sky Grant applications open tomorrow. Five grants worth $1,810 each are here to support your next research idea.
Join our webinar this Thursday 4PM BST for insider tips on how to submit a winning application.
👉 Register: bit.ly/3K28s1y
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Illusion of the Year contender right here. #VisionScience
All I saw was cheesecake boat and ocean for at least 5 minutes
September 13, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Illusion of the Year contender right here. #VisionScience
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Interested in #EEG #FPVS #FaceLearning?
*An Ecological and Objective Neural Marker of Implicit Learning of Unfamiliar Identities*
Preprint 👉 osf.io/preprints/ps...
@bfh-ch.bsky.social University of Malta @snsf.ch
*An Ecological and Objective Neural Marker of Implicit Learning of Unfamiliar Identities*
Preprint 👉 osf.io/preprints/ps...
@bfh-ch.bsky.social University of Malta @snsf.ch
September 4, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Interested in #EEG #FPVS #FaceLearning?
*An Ecological and Objective Neural Marker of Implicit Learning of Unfamiliar Identities*
Preprint 👉 osf.io/preprints/ps...
@bfh-ch.bsky.social University of Malta @snsf.ch
*An Ecological and Objective Neural Marker of Implicit Learning of Unfamiliar Identities*
Preprint 👉 osf.io/preprints/ps...
@bfh-ch.bsky.social University of Malta @snsf.ch
Because everyone needs a bit of positivity in times like these:
September 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Because everyone needs a bit of positivity in times like these:
What an incredible conference! #ECVP2025 was jam packed with amazing research and fun events.
Now that it is over, I hope everyone gets some well-deserved rest!
Now that it is over, I hope everyone gets some well-deserved rest!
August 29, 2025 at 9:14 AM
What an incredible conference! #ECVP2025 was jam packed with amazing research and fun events.
Now that it is over, I hope everyone gets some well-deserved rest!
Now that it is over, I hope everyone gets some well-deserved rest!
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Hot off the press: 1st ever #FPVS #EEG investigation into #SuperRecognizers
Congrats to my amazing collaborators Jeff Nador, Kim Uittenhove & Dario Gordillo and thanks to all #police SRs & control participants!
@bfh-ch.bsky.social, EPFL, @snsf.ch, Polizei Berlin
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Congrats to my amazing collaborators Jeff Nador, Kim Uittenhove & Dario Gordillo and thanks to all #police SRs & control participants!
@bfh-ch.bsky.social, EPFL, @snsf.ch, Polizei Berlin
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Super-Recognizers, or Su-Perceivers? Insights from fast periodic visual stimulation (FPVS) EEG - Brain Topography
The term Super-Recognizer (SR), which describes individuals with supposedly superior facial recognition abilities, may be something of a misnomer. In the same way that blind individuals would not be c...
link.springer.com
August 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Hot off the press: 1st ever #FPVS #EEG investigation into #SuperRecognizers
Congrats to my amazing collaborators Jeff Nador, Kim Uittenhove & Dario Gordillo and thanks to all #police SRs & control participants!
@bfh-ch.bsky.social, EPFL, @snsf.ch, Polizei Berlin
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Congrats to my amazing collaborators Jeff Nador, Kim Uittenhove & Dario Gordillo and thanks to all #police SRs & control participants!
@bfh-ch.bsky.social, EPFL, @snsf.ch, Polizei Berlin
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Have you heard the news? Something big is coming for researchers! 🌟
Gorilla is running a brand new grant scheme this September in partnership with the @cogscisociety.bsky.social 🎉
Register your interest now to be the first to know when applications open. ⬇️
👉 bit.ly/4fmOD0m
Gorilla is running a brand new grant scheme this September in partnership with the @cogscisociety.bsky.social 🎉
Register your interest now to be the first to know when applications open. ⬇️
👉 bit.ly/4fmOD0m
August 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Have you heard the news? Something big is coming for researchers! 🌟
Gorilla is running a brand new grant scheme this September in partnership with the @cogscisociety.bsky.social 🎉
Register your interest now to be the first to know when applications open. ⬇️
👉 bit.ly/4fmOD0m
Gorilla is running a brand new grant scheme this September in partnership with the @cogscisociety.bsky.social 🎉
Register your interest now to be the first to know when applications open. ⬇️
👉 bit.ly/4fmOD0m
I gotta say that I love that the Royal Society has this contest every year!
And, for the first time ever, I actually submitted 4 of my photographs! *Fingers crossed*
And, for the first time ever, I actually submitted 4 of my photographs! *Fingers crossed*
The Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition is now open for entries until 15 August 2025! Categories include Astronomy, Behaviour, Earth Science & Climatology, Ecology & Environmental Science, and Microimaging. Find out more: royalsociety.org/journals/pub... #RSPphotocomp
August 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I gotta say that I love that the Royal Society has this contest every year!
And, for the first time ever, I actually submitted 4 of my photographs! *Fingers crossed*
And, for the first time ever, I actually submitted 4 of my photographs! *Fingers crossed*
I am VERY excited to announce that I was awarded a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship (@britishacademy.bsky.social ) !
With this funding, I will be investigating forensic face matching through collaborative decision-making!
With this funding, I will be investigating forensic face matching through collaborative decision-making!
three people in blue scrubs are standing around a counter
ALT: three people in blue scrubs are standing around a counter
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July 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I am VERY excited to announce that I was awarded a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship (@britishacademy.bsky.social ) !
With this funding, I will be investigating forensic face matching through collaborative decision-making!
With this funding, I will be investigating forensic face matching through collaborative decision-making!
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Join us on August 22nd in collaboration with CSBBCS and SPARK Society for a free online webinar on finding postdoc opportunities!
Visit the following link to register for the event: shorturl.at/BVPtC
We hope to see you there!!
Please note that the meeting will be held exclusively in English.
Visit the following link to register for the event: shorturl.at/BVPtC
We hope to see you there!!
Please note that the meeting will be held exclusively in English.
July 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Join us on August 22nd in collaboration with CSBBCS and SPARK Society for a free online webinar on finding postdoc opportunities!
Visit the following link to register for the event: shorturl.at/BVPtC
We hope to see you there!!
Please note that the meeting will be held exclusively in English.
Visit the following link to register for the event: shorturl.at/BVPtC
We hope to see you there!!
Please note that the meeting will be held exclusively in English.
Reposted by Kristen A Baker
The @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social interview with Mike Myers on the eve of Canada Day is sooo good. And yes, we need more Mike Myers always 🇨🇦: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq_x...
Does Canada need more Mike Myers?
YouTube video by CBC News: The National
www.youtube.com
July 1, 2025 at 4:57 AM
The @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social interview with Mike Myers on the eve of Canada Day is sooo good. And yes, we need more Mike Myers always 🇨🇦: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq_x...
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Four year 0.8 FTE post doc at Stirling with Dr. Line Caes (our Health Group) on a Oliver Bird Fund -funded project “Challenges young people face in managing musculoskeletal chronic pain”.
www.stir.ac.uk/about/work-a...
www.stir.ac.uk/about/work-a...
Vacancy details | About | University of Stirling
Job vacancy at the University of Stirling.
www.stir.ac.uk
June 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Four year 0.8 FTE post doc at Stirling with Dr. Line Caes (our Health Group) on a Oliver Bird Fund -funded project “Challenges young people face in managing musculoskeletal chronic pain”.
www.stir.ac.uk/about/work-a...
www.stir.ac.uk/about/work-a...
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Looking for a PhD in #psychology or #cogneuro ? I’m recruiting a fully-funded @leverhulme.ac.uk PhD student to join my lab at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social. If you’re interested in metacognition, learning, social cognition and culture I’d love you to apply 🧠👇
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNJ330/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNJ330/p...
PhD Studentship: Public Communication and Private Confidence at Birkbeck, University of London
Find a PhD Studentship: Public Communication and Private Confidence on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board in higher education. Click to view more!
www.jobs.ac.uk
June 6, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Looking for a PhD in #psychology or #cogneuro ? I’m recruiting a fully-funded @leverhulme.ac.uk PhD student to join my lab at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social. If you’re interested in metacognition, learning, social cognition and culture I’d love you to apply 🧠👇
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNJ330/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNJ330/p...
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Join the Early Career Research Network in September for the National Postdoctoral Conference which aims to celebrate, unite, and empower postdoctoral researchers from across the UK. Register here: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/natio...
National Postdoctoral Conference for ECRs
The National Postdoctoral Conference is a free event taking place in September 2025, open to ECRs from SHAPE and STEM disciplines.
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June 6, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Join the Early Career Research Network in September for the National Postdoctoral Conference which aims to celebrate, unite, and empower postdoctoral researchers from across the UK. Register here: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/natio...
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Please distribute: PhD Position in Visual Perception -- joint opportunity in Iceland and Switzerland #visionscience #cogsci #neuroskyence #psychscisky #phd #academia
May 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Please distribute: PhD Position in Visual Perception -- joint opportunity in Iceland and Switzerland #visionscience #cogsci #neuroskyence #psychscisky #phd #academia
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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
Practical Vision Science
Amazon.com: Practical Vision Science: 9781032691121: Balas, Benjamin: Books
www.amazon.com
May 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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
Reposted by Kristen A Baker
Are you a postdoctoral researcher? Don't miss the application deadline for BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants on 4 June. Funding is available for research projects across all areas of the humanities and social sciences. Apply now: buff.ly/fLXzGVz
May 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Are you a postdoctoral researcher? Don't miss the application deadline for BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants on 4 June. Funding is available for research projects across all areas of the humanities and social sciences. Apply now: buff.ly/fLXzGVz