Sebastiaan Mathôt
@sebastiaanmathot.bsky.social
cogsci.nl/smathot Cognitive psychologist interested in perception, attention, and pupillometry. Developer of OpenSesame and other open-source scientific software. Writer of short stories (suchwasnot.com) and non-fiction (Een wereld vol denkers).
The latest version of Sigmund, the #AI #research assistant, is able to fully control the #OpenSesame interface. This allows you to build #psychology experiments entirely through conversation. This is no AI slop, but real functionality with real benefits! Tutorial 👉 osdoc.cogsci.nl/4.1/tutorial...
November 13, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The latest version of Sigmund, the #AI #research assistant, is able to fully control the #OpenSesame interface. This allows you to build #psychology experiments entirely through conversation. This is no AI slop, but real functionality with real benefits! Tutorial 👉 osdoc.cogsci.nl/4.1/tutorial...
Animal research is mostly hidden from view. I had never seen a video of Hubel and Wiesel's Nobel-winning experiments in which you could see the anesthetized cats. Valuable research, but it still feels different when you see what it takes. Source: whatisintelligence.antikythera.org/chapter-03/#...
October 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Animal research is mostly hidden from view. I had never seen a video of Hubel and Wiesel's Nobel-winning experiments in which you could see the anesthetized cats. Valuable research, but it still feels different when you see what it takes. Source: whatisintelligence.antikythera.org/chapter-03/#...