Rob Chavez
@robchavez.bsky.social
Associate professor and neurobumpkin at University of Oregon. Attempting to study social cognitive neurons and oligodendrocytes with human neuroimaging. New Mexican expat, but I have friends everywhere. csnl.uoregon.edu
The way that we do this in neuroimaging (with 3D brains), is to just to have 3 different views of the same plot but highlighting 2 dimensions at a time. You can't see everything in one plot, but you can as a whole.
Folks do the same thing with the results of 3D multidimensional scaling solutions.
Folks do the same thing with the results of 3D multidimensional scaling solutions.
November 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The way that we do this in neuroimaging (with 3D brains), is to just to have 3 different views of the same plot but highlighting 2 dimensions at a time. You can't see everything in one plot, but you can as a whole.
Folks do the same thing with the results of 3D multidimensional scaling solutions.
Folks do the same thing with the results of 3D multidimensional scaling solutions.
(MY EYES...THE GOGGLES DO NOTHING)
October 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
(MY EYES...THE GOGGLES DO NOTHING)
Everyone keeps stealing my bit!
October 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Everyone keeps stealing my bit!
Me just realizing our Fall term starts in a week..
September 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Me just realizing our Fall term starts in a week..
A lady at the coffee shop this morning asked me if the gray in my hair was real or if I dyed it that way to look cool... ⚰️
September 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
A lady at the coffee shop this morning asked me if the gray in my hair was real or if I dyed it that way to look cool... ⚰️
That goes double if it was at the Launchpad..
September 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
That goes double if it was at the Launchpad..
Lest we let PsyArXiv become full of more stuff like this...
August 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Lest we let PsyArXiv become full of more stuff like this...
Don't worry. He also teaches in the undisputedly objective area of... *professional ethics*
August 14, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Don't worry. He also teaches in the undisputedly objective area of... *professional ethics*
Yes. And (thanks to folks like you!) so damn easy to make pretty.
August 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Yes. And (thanks to folks like you!) so damn easy to make pretty.
Life in US academia this year..
July 15, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Life in US academia this year..
Blame the muse, Yann LeCun..
July 1, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Blame the muse, Yann LeCun..
And my only lasting contribution to neuroscience.. 😉
June 30, 2025 at 11:44 PM
And my only lasting contribution to neuroscience.. 😉
Eh, you're closer than I am..
June 26, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Eh, you're closer than I am..
Ragtag 1980s mestizaje family in Socorro, New Mexico...
June 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Ragtag 1980s mestizaje family in Socorro, New Mexico...
11yo Daughter: Light joke tailored to my interests. Pure, clever sweetness.
8yo Son: Our cat peeing on a hippo (my favorite animal) who is also peeing while they both eat lettuce. Unhinged chaotic sweetness.
❤️❤️
8yo Son: Our cat peeing on a hippo (my favorite animal) who is also peeing while they both eat lettuce. Unhinged chaotic sweetness.
❤️❤️
June 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
11yo Daughter: Light joke tailored to my interests. Pure, clever sweetness.
8yo Son: Our cat peeing on a hippo (my favorite animal) who is also peeing while they both eat lettuce. Unhinged chaotic sweetness.
❤️❤️
8yo Son: Our cat peeing on a hippo (my favorite animal) who is also peeing while they both eat lettuce. Unhinged chaotic sweetness.
❤️❤️
"Metaphorical brain talk" is a seductive habit that I see everywhere. I feel strongly it creates more confusion than clarity, even when invoked for causes that are just (e.g., neurodiversity). If we want to talk about brain things, we have to take the brain seriously.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
May 28, 2025 at 9:07 PM
"Metaphorical brain talk" is a seductive habit that I see everywhere. I feel strongly it creates more confusion than clarity, even when invoked for causes that are just (e.g., neurodiversity). If we want to talk about brain things, we have to take the brain seriously.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Perennial live shot of my brain.... ☹️
May 2, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Perennial live shot of my brain.... ☹️
I love SANS, this year was no exception. Happy to get to see @dfearagon.bsky.social present a slice of the stuff we've been working on, and catch up with some of my favorite people. I'm already looking forward to next year.
#SANS2025
#SANS2025
April 27, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I love SANS, this year was no exception. Happy to get to see @dfearagon.bsky.social present a slice of the stuff we've been working on, and catch up with some of my favorite people. I'm already looking forward to next year.
#SANS2025
#SANS2025
Finally, @markthornton.bsky.social reveals his true self.... (as well as a very balanced argument about the use of AI/deep-learning in psychology and neuroscience)
#SANS2025
#SANS2025
April 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Finally, @markthornton.bsky.social reveals his true self.... (as well as a very balanced argument about the use of AI/deep-learning in psychology and neuroscience)
#SANS2025
#SANS2025
We found both allocentric & egocentric similarity during interpersonal perception were represented in non-overlapping brain systems and in opposite directions. This has important implications for psychological theories of social perception and the interpretation of brain activity during mentalizing.
April 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
We found both allocentric & egocentric similarity during interpersonal perception were represented in non-overlapping brain systems and in opposite directions. This has important implications for psychological theories of social perception and the interpretation of brain activity during mentalizing.
The round-robin design allowed us to calculate behavioral similarity ratings based on both subjective within-perceiver ratings of targets as well as group-consensus ratings of targets to model to neural similarly measures. (spoiler: within-subject easily worked the best)
April 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The round-robin design allowed us to calculate behavioral similarity ratings based on both subjective within-perceiver ratings of targets as well as group-consensus ratings of targets to model to neural similarly measures. (spoiler: within-subject easily worked the best)