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If your hobbies include talking about Crowding, psychophysical methods, bringing coffee to strangers or finding out what's in the mystery tube, then come along to poster #49 this morning (11-12 :30)! #ecvp2022

I think the best thing I brought back with me from #ecvp2022 is the energy* and motivation** needed to get this thesis finished and submitted! *Chocolate **More chocolate

🧵 1/2 School researchers, Dr Jen Acton, Ms Elinor MacFarlane, Prof Barbara Ryan, and Prof Rachel North have recently co-published a new paper on patient safety in eye care. It’s a key reading for those interested in patient care and improving safety - bit.ly/3x1h5zO

I've never seen this huge effect before. The luminance of the red wedge is the same as the other colour wedges, but we perceive it to be much brighter because it is more *saturated* in colour. Saturation is sort of the colour's "intensity", which is independent of its lightness.

THREAD 🧵 1/4 - We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded a £1.82 million grant from Medical Research Council to investigate new & better ways to detect & monitor glaucoma to improve eye care for people with the condition worldwide.

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Want to learn more about visual acuity demands in classrooms? Check out our recent Nature Portfolio paper. Long and eventful journey to get here, but well worth it! 🥳 nature.com/articles/s4159…

Once Bhutan got knocked out there was no question about it

He drinks a coffee drink, he does a little think. He thinks another think, he drinks a coffee drink. He sings the songs that remind him of the good times, he sings the songs that remind him of the better times. Thesisthumping at full tilt today

Just found this review of a textbook and would love to think the error was intentional

Months of consistently going to the gym finally paying off* *I lifted a CRT monitor onto a raised plinth and it only took 3 attempts

Should have shouted about it sooner, but I'm at VSS! My poster presentation was this morning, but if you'd like to hear about how the Magnocellular pathway modulates spatial vision, just ask!

Had a great time at my first VSS Meeting getting to meet and chat science with such lovely folks. See you on the beach next time y'all!

Great news: our critical appraisal of the Cass Review is now available as a pre-print. In it, we demonstrate that the Cass Report's application of evidence-based medicine to gender affirming care for children and young people is deeply flawed. Read here: osf.io/preprints/osf/…

Excited to get started at ECVP 2024 after having a great time with the OptiVisT meeting and warming up to Aberdeen!

In other overdue updates: after an amazing year (and a bit) with the Visual Neuroscience group at University of Nottingham, I have taken up a postdoctoral research associate position with the REVAMP study at the School of Optometry & Vision Sciences, Cardiff University