PhD candidate @DartmouthPBS. Also at avmello.bsky.social
Joined November 2019
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26 Mar 2024
Happy to share that my first first-author paper is out @TheLancet!
Here, we present a case of PMO, a striking neurological condition of visual perception that causes faces to appear distorted, and the first photorealistic visualizations of how these distortions are seen.
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19 May 2025
Want to learn what striking visual distortions can reveal about how vision works? Come see my poster tomorrow morning in the Pavilion! "Visual perceptual distortions reveal an object-centered reference frame for faces and a stimulus-centered reference frame for hands". #vss2025
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31 Mar 2025
Excited to share our new book chapter (in press)!
"What do we know about people with developmental prosopagnosia?"
with Brad Duchaine, in the forthcoming book:
From 'Super Recognisers' to the 'Face Blind' (Ed. K. Lander, Oxford University Press).
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Antônio Mello retweeted
10 Nov 2024
Our lab (thefinnlab.github.io) is excited to review PhD applications this cycle! Check us out if you wanna do interesting stuff with brains and behavior in the woods 🌲🧠🌲Apply to Dartmouth Psych&Brain Sciences via Guarini Grad School (graduate.dartmouth.edu/admis…...) by Dec 1!
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Two new tenure-track jobs at #Dartmouth in Cognitive Science and Social Neuroscience!! And hopefully a 3rd senior TT position this year. Please help spread the word. Here's the posting for the Cog Sci position:
apply.interfolio.com/152809
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Antônio Mello retweeted
26 Aug 2024
If interested in applying to the Tenured Assistant positions, please contact Alfonso Caramazza (caram@wjh.harvard.edu) and Jorge Almeida (jorgecbalmeida@gmail.com), and send us your CV, and a cover letter describing your interest in the position and your general research program.
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We're hiring! @DartmouthPBS is searching for a new full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor studying social interaction. We're open to a wide variety of methods and perspectives. Review of applications starts Oct 15. Details here: apply.interfolio.com/151749
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1 Aug 2024
A fantastic piece and a deep dive into these individuals' experiences. Congrats on the great work, @shayla__love!
1 Aug 2024
A mysterious neurological condition called prosopometamorphopsia, or PMO, makes faces look grotesque—and sheds new light on the inner workings of the brain. @shayla__love reports. nyer.cm/ECTNrrn
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Antônio Mello retweeted
16 Jul 2024
We're looking for a postdoc to join our team this fall! Reach out if you have strong computational skills and a passion for exploring the neuroscience of human communication and its variations. Job post forthcoming, but don't hesitate to email your CV if interested
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8 May 2024
Happy to see our research @bbc! Thank you @tomheyden for putting so much effort into communicating science in an accessible, engaging, and thoughtful manner!
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20 Apr 2024
My lab (CoCo-Neuro) at UTD is recruiting a lab manager/tech to start in the summer of 2024 (2 years preferred). If you have a strong computational background and are interested in cog neuroscience, this position is for you! Apply through the official post:
jobs.utdallas.edu/postings/2…
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8 Apr 2024
The Dartmouth sits down with Dartmouth Ph.D student Antônio Mello, who is helping to bring awareness to prosopometamorphopsia — a rare psychoneurological disorder characterized by distorted perceptions of faces. Rachel Kim ’27 has the story.
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Antônio Mello retweeted
26 Mar 2024
Os mistérios incríveis do cérebro humano, incluindo um caso português. Doença extraordinária torna “demoníaco” o rosto das outras pessoas @avmello_; @JAlmeidaCogNeur
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Antônio Mello retweeted
25 Mar 2024
A patient with an unusual variation of the condition helped researchers visualize the demonic distortions he sees when looking at human faces.
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An extremely rare neurological disorder of perception causes faces to appear distorted in shape, size, texture or color. nbcnews.com/health/health-ne…
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26 Mar 2024
Happy to share that my first first-author paper is out @TheLancet!
Here, we present a case of PMO, a striking neurological condition of visual perception that causes faces to appear distorted, and the first photorealistic visualizations of how these distortions are seen.
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26 Mar 2024
We hope these visualizations help convey the severity of the distortions in PMO and the need for effective treatments.
If you know someone who's experienced facial distortions, he'd love to hear more:
prosopometamorphopsia.facebl…
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