Brisbane Experimental Psychology Student Initiative (BEPSI)

Such an incredible line up of people here - if you haven't seen the AI Sentience Scholar program yet the deadline is this Tuesday! #neroskyence

Fantastic opportunity here! 👇👇👇

Thanks for the interview! @ohbmofficial.bsky.social 🧠 www.ohbm-com.com/blog/intervi...

Meet our final keynote speaker for APCV & EPC 2026! Dr Corey Wadsley from the University of Auckland will present a keynote lecture titled "Stopping safely: Physiological underpinnings of response inhibition."

Our meetings are growing! 💗 34 people joined us on Wednesday arvo for two intriguing talks: neurophys evidence accumulation processes during decision making from Andrew McKay, followed by a psychophys dive into studying the dimensionality of scary faces @willjharrison.bsky.social 💀 #neuroskyence

Super excited for today's meeting! @willjharrison.bsky.social will join us fresh from the glorious Sunshine Coast, alongside UQ's Andrew Mckay. Join us in person today at 4pm or via Zoom - DM us your email address & we'll send the password 🤩 #neuroskyence

So @reubenrideaux.bsky.social and I decided to run an image-processing workshop at this year's EPC/APCV. We will be teaching people how to compute the contrast energy of kiwi fruit, I guess. Sign up now: visualneuroscience.auckland.ac.nz/epc-apcv-2026/ @expsyanz.bsky.social

Finally, the bug is back with a round of the Guinness.

**Postdoc position in human category learning** @thecharleywu.bsky.social, Frank Jäkel and I are seeking a postdoctoral fellow to lead a joint project on human category learning at the Centre for Cognitive Science @tuda.bsky.social. www.career.tu-darmstadt.de/tu-darmstadt...

A thesis student is looking at parasocial attachment to generative AI in undergraduate and postgraduate students. The questionnaire will take about 10 minutes. Please pass the study link on to anyone who might be interested. exp.psy.gla.ac.uk/project?para...

Ooh this is from some of our favourite Brisbane-flavoured researchers! New paper congrats to Zac Bauhmann, Amanda K Robinson @reubenrideaux.bsky.social and Jason Mattingley 🤩 #neuroskyence

Our latest paper, “Visual language models show widespread visual deficits on neuropsychological tests”, is now out in Nature Machine Intelligence: www.nature.com/articles/s42... Non-paywalled version: arxiv.org/abs/2504.10786 Tweet thread below from first author @genetang.bsky.social...

The European Summer School "Visual Neuroscience" in Rauischholzhausen castle, Germany, is coming back in 2026! Deadline: 8 March 2026 www.allpsych.uni-giessen.de/rauisch/

Why do children struggle to recognise objects in cluttered scenes more than adults? Our new paper looks at the development of visual acuity and crowding across childhood, and the way the visual system fine tunes our ability to see detail: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🎫 APCV & EPC 2026 REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! Don’t miss early‑bird pricing and limited‑availability event tickets! For more details, go to: visualneuroscience.auckland.ac.nz/epc-apcv-2026/ See you all on 1 July!

Congratulations to @brainboyben.bsky.social who ran a fantastic PsychoPy workshop at ACNS last November. If you're keen, @psychopy.org is looking for new Australian Ambassadors 😉 blog.psychopy.org/perspectives...

To mark the 80th anniversary of the Experimental Psychology Society, we invite proposals for a special anniversary symposium reflecting on the current state of experimental psychology and its future trajectory. Please see below for information on how to submit a proposal! eps.ac.uk/eps-80th-ann...

Excellent thread for grad students to dive into - so much expertise (and diversity of opinion!) in the comments 👇

Our first meeting for 2026 is just 5 days away! To kick things off we have 2 awesome Tims presenting their research @tvcottier.bsky.social & @tgastrell.bsky.social You can join in-person or online via Zoom - register here to receive the link 👇 uniofqueensland.syd1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Maths! And Brains! In Melbourne!! Swoon 🧠 ECRs, you only have until 20th Feb to submit your abstracts. Registration is free (but you must attend) & prizes awarded to the highest quality posters and flash talks. Submit your abstracts here & see 👇 for more lnkd.in/dZtndkH3

"The Self-Evidencing Agent" - my new book - is out now with @mitpress.bsky.social Can be purchased, or just download the whole thing for free, via the 'Open Access' option. I'm grateful to @anilseth.bsky.social and Karl Friston for the generous endorsements. mitpress.mit.edu/978026255389...

The Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference (EPC) and Asia Pacific Conference on Vision (APCV) are holding a joint meeting in 2026, to be held at the University of Auckland from July 1-4. Abstract submissions now open! visualneuroscience.auckland.ac.nz/epc-apcv-2026/

If you're hoping to have a little help getting to @expsyanz.bsky.social in New Zealand, don't miss the deadline for applying for a Student Travel Award! You have until next Friday 27th Feb 👇

Wow, hello Bluesky! We're the Brisbane Experimental Psychology Student Initiative (BEPSI) We host monthly meetings with fresh research (cog, dev, comp, clin, neuro, forensic, psychophys) followed by wholesome networking (summer lawn bowls, so good) 1st meeting Weds 27th Feb 4pm - more soon! 🧠🤗