Preprint alert! 📰🚨"Why is a raven like a writing desk? The interplay of visual and semantic characteristics of animacy in object perception" by Ólafsdóttir, Pitchford, Maeekalle, and Sigurdardottir: osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/sz… A thread🧵#visionscience #cogsci 1/7

Preprint🚨 "Objects, faces, and spaces: Organizational principles of visual object perception as evidenced by individual differences in behavior" by @heidasigurdar and @IngaMaria86 This one only took *checks notes* two and a half years... A thread 🧵1/11 biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

Our plane to @VSSMtg is now boarding, see you all there #VSS2023 Message if you want to meet up!

RTs appreciated. The Icelandic Vision Lab (visionlab.is) advertises a three-year Ph.D. position or a two-year postdoctoral position, potentially extendable for one year. The position is fully funded by the Icelandic Research Fund (IRF). Apply: english.hi.is/vacancies

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Seeking applicants for a PhD student position, starting this fall @ U. of NH at Durham. The student will be working with me on perceptual grouping in a VR environment. If you know anyone who might be interested, please let me know. Info on the PhD program: cola.unh.edu/psychology/prog…

LOKSINS er rannsókn okkar á andlitsskynjun komin í loftið! Við erum að leita að andlitsblindum þátttakendum, ofurmannglöggum og öllum þar á milli. Endilega takið þátt og deilið svo áfram fagnaðarerindinu.

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New review/perspective paper. Words as visual objects: Neural and behavioral evidence for high-level visual impairments in dyslexia by @heidasigurdar @IngaMaria86 @DevillezHelene mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/11/142… 🧵 #dyslexia #reading #visionscience 1/6

Paper! Object impairments show that dyslexia and visual word processing are not domain-specific. Dyslexic readers, unlike typical readers, rely on a single process to identify visual objects.🧵[1/9] @Bahareh32647110 @arni_kr @heidasigurdar sciencedirect.com/science/ar… #visionscience