There's a reason I have this username.

RIP. A huge inspiration. Few wielded words as sharply and poetically as Dennett; even in disagreement, his writing left me grateful for the opportunity to refine my own thinking.

i plan to move to Korea later this year, & will soon hire at all levels (students, postdocs, staff scientists, junior PIs) -

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my lab in Japan will run till at least 2025. RIKEN has been nothing but the dream job. but hopefully the above explains it. 1/2

There's Japanese data on cherry tree blossoming stretching back to 812. Some commitment.

...and here's a plain language summary of our recent paper that showed oscillations in perception in sync with our steps.

How might our everyday actions change perception?

Out today Nature Communications we show that walking rhythmically modulates how sensitive we are to the environment.

The latest from my final days as a postdoc with @DAVElab at USYD Psychology

OA paper: rdcu.be/dAAgE

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We would like to inform you that the deadline for submitting abstracts for the ASSC27 conference has been extended by one week and the new deadline is March 1, 23:59 AoE (Anywhere on Earth)! #ASSC27

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Interested in a 3-year postdoc in Japan? RIKEN Special Postdoctoral Researcher (SPDR) program (due Apr 15th) is the way to go! Our lab is accepting SPDR fellows. Don't hesitate to contact me if you want to hear about our research projects.
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Noticed a suspicious individual loitering near the cafeteria today...

May Kristen Carlon May Kristine Carlon will give a talk at Nerd Nite Tokyo Nerd Nite Tokyo @[email protected]

Ehomaki contain a lot of things, this time it's a lesson in perceptual metacognition

“Despite all the photo opportunities about STEM and R&D, the funding is steadily being pulled from essential research”

Announcement for ASSC abstract submission - This year, it'll be held in Tokyo from July 2-5.

assc27.net/#abstracts

Call for Abstracts

The deadline for abstract submission is February 23, 2024 (5pm Japan time).

Latest preprint by incredible Annie G. Bryant
Multivariate time series are studied across neuroimaging (fMRI, MEG, …) but how can we best extract the most relevant dynamical patterns in a given dataset? FC (Pearson or alternative)? Local dynamics (fALFF or alternative)? Both??👇

(extended deadline for registration to Jan 12) Final program (with abstracts) for QB3: Qualia, Brain, Body, Behavior 15 Jan at ATR
bicr.atr.jp/decnef/mini-sy…
Zoom option (no registration required) is now available Mizuki Oka/岡瑞起 Takato Horii aurelio cortese Jun Izawa

基礎心理学会2日目のきそしんカフェに参加します！（ちなみに笠原さん Shunichi Kasahara も参加）弊ラボは理研脳センターにありながら、心理学における重要でおもろい課題にフォーカスして研究しています。興味をお持ちの方はぜひお立ち寄りください。ポスドク募集もしています。
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Delighted to share our brief Letter to the Editor PNASNews in which we suggest that a key computational (mis)step underlying punishment insensitivity may be a failure to strengthen no-go action weights. w Trevor Chong

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Short new paper: The ebb and flow of cognitive fatigue
authors.elsevier.com/a/1hwHP4sIRvPN… Trends in Cognitive Sciences

I spotlight the new findings by Julian Matthews Tanja Müller Matthew Apps et al. and I reflect on the current state of fatigue science.

🧵Little thread with the main points: (1/6)

Academia can be pretty brutal. It's motivating to learn that people find value in your work.

Appreciate the acknowledgement Erik Bijleveld Trends in Cognitive Sciences 👍

One of the best summer schools I have attended, give it a look!

So, I never went to 🐘 or 🧵. Too lazy, I guess.

It does seem, though, that 🟦sky is catching on. I must have gained a few hundred followers in just the last couple of days. I'm still cross-posting some things, but if this momentum keeps up I'll simply stop posting here.