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windsurfers: Windsurfers network (1986)
A network of interpersonal contacts among windsurfers in southern California during the Fall of 1986. The edge weights indicate the perception of social affiliations majored by the tasks in which each individual was asked​ to sort cards with other surfer’s name in the order of closeness.
This network has 43 nodes and 336 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Weighted

„Palantir has already lost the only contest that matters: the one for public perception. […] they apparently never thought to search “The Streisand Effect.”“
Palantir Sues Swiss Magazine For Accurately Reporting That The Swiss Government Didn’t Want Palantir https…

windsurfers: Windsurfers network (1986)
A network of interpersonal contacts among windsurfers in southern California during the Fall of 1986. The edge weights indicate the perception of social affiliations majored by the tasks in which each individual was asked​ to sort cards with other surfer’s name in the order of closeness.
This network has 43 nodes and 336 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Weighted

When knowledge interferes with perception: Neural mechanisms of the semantic amplification of visual false memory https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.24.707651v1 What will AI scene description do to blind people and their mental imagery?

📼 A unified model of memory and perception: How Hebbian learning explains our recall of past events
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-memory-perception-hebbian-recall-events.html

A unified model of memory and perception: How Hebbian learning explains our recall of past events
A collaboration between SISSA's Physics and Neuroscience groups has taken a step forward in understanding how memories are stored and retrieved in the brain. The study, recently published in Neuron, shows that distinct perceptual biases—long thought to arise from separate brain systems—can, in fact, be explained by a single, biologically grounded mechanism.

Hybrid Foveated Path Tracing with Peripheral Gaussians for Immersive Anatomy
Constantin Kleinbeck, Luisa Theelke, Hannah Schieber, Ulrich Eck, R\"udiger von Eisenhart-Rothe, Daniel Roth
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.22026 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.22026 https://arxiv.org/html/2601.22026
arXiv:2601.22026v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Volumetric medical imaging offers great potential for understanding complex pathologies. Yet, traditional 2D slices provide little support for interpreting spatial relationships, forcing users to mentally reconstruct anatomy into three dimensions. Direct volumetric path tracing and VR rendering can improve perception but are computationally expensive, while precomputed representations, like Gaussian Splatting, require planning ahead. Both approaches limit interactive use.
We propose a hybrid rendering approach for high-quality, interactive, and immersive anatomical visualization. Our method combines streamed foveated path tracing with a lightweight Gaussian Splatting approximation of the periphery. The peripheral model generation is optimized with volume data and continuously refined using foveal renderings, enabling interactive updates. Depth-guided reprojection further improves robustness to latency and allows users to balance fidelity with refresh rate.
We compare our method against direct path tracing and Gaussian Splatting. Our results highlight how their combination can preserve strengths in visual quality while re-generating the peripheral model in under a second, eliminating extensive preprocessing and approximations. This opens new options for interactive medical visualization.
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NFL insider shares perception of 'laughing stock' Dallas Cowboys job opening https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/nfl-insider-shares-perception-laughing-stock-dallas-cowboys-job-opening

At some point this month, a local chain mini-market switched its checkout area from something fairly open, to a perspex and metal cage - and my perception of crime in the area has shot up.

"Does he really believe those strange and bizarre things?"
"He has a rumor-based reality perception... so, yeah..."
#reality #realitycheck #humor

Some City Some Nature II 🏙️🪾
一些城一些自然 II 🏙️🪾
📷 Nikon F4E
🎞️ ERA 100, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

Crossmodal interaction of flashes and beeps across time and number follows Bayesian causal inference #SiFI

Crossmodal interaction of flashes and beeps across time and number follows Bayesian causal inference - Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
Multisensory perception requires the brain to dynamically infer causal relationships between sensory inputs across various dimensions, such as temporal and spatial attributes. Traditionally, Bayesian Causal Inference (BCI) models have generally provided a robust framework for understanding sensory processing in unidimensional settings where stimuli across sensory modalities vary along one dimension such as spatial location, or numerosity (Samad et al., PloS one, 10 (2), e0117178, 2015). However…

windsurfers: Windsurfers network (1986)
A network of interpersonal contacts among windsurfers in southern California during the Fall of 1986. The edge weights indicate the perception of social affiliations majored by the tasks in which each individual was asked​ to sort cards with other surfer’s name in the order of closeness.
This network has 43 nodes and 336 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Weighted

Hierarchic-EEG2Text: Assessing EEG-To-Text Decoding across Hierarchical Abstraction Levels
Anupam Sharma, Harish Katti, Prajwal Singh, Shanmuganathan Raman, Krishna Miyapuram
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.20932 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.20932 https://arxiv.org/html/2602.20932
arXiv:2602.20932v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: An electroencephalogram (EEG) records the spatially averaged electrical activity of neurons in the brain, measured from the human scalp. Prior studies have explored EEG-based classification of objects or concepts, often for passive viewing of briefly presented image or video stimuli, with limited classes. Because EEG exhibits a low signal-to-noise ratio, recognizing fine-grained representations across a large number of classes remains challenging; however, abstract-level object representations may exist. In this work, we investigate whether EEG captures object representations across multiple hierarchical levels, and propose episodic analysis, in which a Machine Learning (ML) model is evaluated across various, yet related, classification tasks (episodes). Unlike prior episodic EEG studies that rely on fixed or randomly sampled classes of equal cardinality, we adopt hierarchy-aware episode sampling using WordNet to generate episodes with variable classes of diverse hierarchy. We also present the largest episodic framework in the EEG domain for detecting observed text from EEG signals in the PEERS dataset, comprising $931538$ EEG samples under $1610$ object labels, acquired from $264$ human participants (subjects) performing controlled cognitive tasks, enabling the study of neural dynamics underlying perception, decision-making, and performance monitoring.
We examine how the semantic abstraction level affects classification performance across multiple learning techniques and architectures, providing a comprehensive analysis. The models tend to improve performance when the classification categories are drawn from higher levels of the hierarchy, suggesting sensitivity to abstraction. Our work highlights abstraction depth as an underexplored dimension of EEG decoding and motivates future research in this direction.
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👁️ Very glad to present our Art/Perception collaboration with Etienne Rey today!
🔗 https://laurentperrinet.github.io/talk/2026-01-19-art-and-science
What happens today:
We will discuss with Etienne about the emergence of our collaboration, discover th…

A New Look for Convolutional Deep Networks | Next-generation neural computations
By construction, deep convolutional networks treat all pixels equally. Result: they are energy-hungry, fragile to rotations or zooms, and poor at object localization. This contrasts sharply with biological vision, which demonstrates remarkable efficiency. Think of an eagle spotting prey from kilometers away or a human recognizing a face within an eye blink time. We propose that by using a mechanism concentrating processing at the center of gaze, biological vision is optimally suited for object …

Production Over Perception: Kenneth Murray Will Start in Dallas https://insidethestar.com/production-over-perception-kenneth-murray-will-start-in-dallas

“Each conscious perception is the local registration of the entire state of the universe at any given moment.” - Christoph Cox

"Europeans’ ‘psychological bias’ to climate change risks slowing down progress, warns study"
#Europe #Climate #ClimateChange

‘Psychological bias’ to climate change risks slowing progress - study
Scientists warn that our understanding and perception of climate-fuelled risks are “limited and flawed”.

(paywalled) Appropriation of perceptual prostheses: an enactive approach to spatial perception https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-91550-5_2 "analysis of the mechanisms of perception through perceptual prostheses", "A coupling device which is…

Appropriation of Perceptual Prostheses: An Enactive Approach to Spatial Perception
This chapter presents an analysis of the mechanisms of perception through perceptual prostheses. Using minimalist devices, we gain a better understanding of possible explanations for the appropriation of the prosthesis and the type of perception it affords. In...

Most people believe climate change primarily affects others #environment

Most people believe climate change primarily affects others
Research conducted by researchers at the University of Gothenburg shows that people tend to rate their own risk of being affected by climate change as lower than that of others. This perception may reduce individuals' willingness to act and slow down necessary climate measures.

The Third Visual Pathway for Social Perception
David Pitcher
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.09351 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.09351 https://arxiv.org/html/2512.09351
arXiv:2512.09351v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Influential models of primate visual cortex describe two functionally distinct pathways: a ventral pathway for object recognition and the dorsal pathway for spatial and action processing. However, recent human and non-human primate research suggests the existence of a third visual pathway projecting from early visual cortex through the motion-selective area V5/MT into the superior temporal sulcus (STS). Here we integrate anatomical, neuroimaging, and neuropsychological evidence demonstrating that this pathway specializes in processing dynamic social cues such as facial expressions, eye gaze, and body movements. This third pathway supports social perception by computing the actions and intentions of other people. These findings enhance our understanding of visual cortical organization and highlight the STS's critical role in social cognition, suggesting that visual processing encompasses a dedicated neural circuit for interpreting socially relevant motion and behavior.
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The fact that so many on the Fediverse remain so uneducated isn’t surprising. It only reveals how deeply bourgeois ideology continues to shape public consciousness, molding perception to serve the interests of capital, especially US imperialism.
Just as it took decades for many to see the war on terror for what it truly was, and even longer to grasp Palestine’s struggle against imperialism and settler colonialism, the same pattern will repeat.
I wholeheartedly reject imperialis…

I have long hated Donald Trump with every fiber of my being, and despise his enablers no end. So this new hellscape doesn’t change my perception of him and his administration but it does make me actually nauseous.

The development of spatial perception with and without visual experience #blindness

The development of spatial perception with and without visual experience - Nature Reviews Psychology
In sighted adults, spatial perception relies on information integrated across sensory modalities. In this Review, Gori and colleagues consider spatial perception in visually impaired infants, children and adults to clarify how it develops and the role of sensory information in the process.

Should electrical substation next to Super Bowl 60 worry Seahawks, Patriots? https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7022685/2026/02/05/super-bowl-60-49ers-substation-theory/

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #FocusBeats
El Jazzy Chavo:
🎵 Perception
#ElJazzyChavo
https://villagelive.bandcamp.com/track/el-jazzy-chavo-perception
https://open.spotify.com/track/13LNkGnhDFsAU8vh9FGwEm

windsurfers: Windsurfers network (1986)
A network of interpersonal contacts among windsurfers in southern California during the Fall of 1986. The edge weights indicate the perception of social affiliations majored by the tasks in which each individual was asked​ to sort cards with other surfer’s name in the order of closeness.
This network has 43 nodes and 336 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Weighted

Role of thalamus in human conscious perception revealed by low-intensity focused ultrasound neuromodulation https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-66832-3 these findings "underscore the modulatory potential of thalamocortical networks in shaping visual experience";

Motion perception with visual prostheses #BCI #NeuroTech

windsurfers: Windsurfers network (1986)
A network of interpersonal contacts among windsurfers in southern California during the Fall of 1986. The edge weights indicate the perception of social affiliations majored by the tasks in which each individual was asked​ to sort cards with other surfer’s name in the order of closeness.
This network has 43 nodes and 336 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Weighted

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #FocusBeats
El Jazzy Chavo:
🎵 Perception
#ElJazzyChavo
https://villagelive.bandcamp.com/track/el-jazzy-chavo-perception
https://open.spotify.com/track/13LNkGnhDFsAU8vh9FGwEm

Sound frequency predicts the bodily location of auditory-induced tactile sensations in synesthetic and ordinary perception https://academic.oup.com/nc/article/2026/1/niaf064/8429902?login=false

windsurfers: Windsurfers network (1986)
A network of interpersonal contacts among windsurfers in southern California during the Fall of 1986. The edge weights indicate the perception of social affiliations majored by the tasks in which each individual was asked​ to sort cards with other surfer’s name in the order of closeness.
This network has 43 nodes and 336 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Weighted

A Lausanne, une radiographie récente du centre-ville révèle que seuls 14% des clients s’y rendent en voiture, alors que les commerçants évaluaient cette part Š 40%. Ce fossé entre perception et réalité ne se limite pas Š la capitale vaudoise. Le constat est le même Š Genève ou dans les petites villes, où les commerçants surestiment parfois du simple au double l’importance de l’automobile dans les habitudes de leur clientèle.
https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/vaud/en-graphiques-les-petits-commerces-lausannois-se-meurent-ils-vraiment-plus-qu-ailleurs

(2018) Where are the #fMRI correlates of #phosphene perception? https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuro

Frontiers | Where Are the fMRI Correlates of Phosphene Perception?
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windsurfers: Windsurfers network (1986)
A network of interpersonal contacts among windsurfers in southern California during the Fall of 1986. The edge weights indicate the perception of social affiliations majored by the tasks in which each individual was asked​ to sort cards with other surfer’s name in the order of closeness.
This network has 43 nodes and 336 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Weighted

Enhanced pitch perception in early blind individuals and musicians is due to reduced internal noise https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.25.690447v1

windsurfers: Windsurfers network (1986)
A network of interpersonal contacts among windsurfers in southern California during the Fall of 1986. The edge weights indicate the perception of social affiliations majored by the tasks in which each individual was asked​ to sort cards with other surfer’s name in the order of closeness.
This network has 43 nodes and 336 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Weighted

Long-term visual-to-tactile stimulation induces functional reorganization of thalamic pathways to achieve visual perception https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S105381192500655X using haptic sensory substitution;

windsurfers: Windsurfers network (1986)
A network of interpersonal contacts among windsurfers in southern California during the Fall of 1986. The edge weights indicate the perception of social affiliations majored by the tasks in which each individual was asked​ to sort cards with other surfer’s name in the order of closeness.
This network has 43 nodes and 336 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Weighted

Vivid imagery is reported faster than weak imagery https://academic.oup.com/nc/article/2026/1/niaf054/8429936 "suggestive of a shared mechanism employed across both perception and imagery that evaluates the strength of visual experience"; mental imagery

Neural vision restoration in ophthalmology https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10439-026-03989-y "restore visual perception through retinal prostheses, optic nerve and thalamic implants, cortical brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), optogenetics, and non-invasive s…

windsurfers: Windsurfers network (1986)
A network of interpersonal contacts among windsurfers in southern California during the Fall of 1986. The edge weights indicate the perception of social affiliations majored by the tasks in which each individual was asked​ to sort cards with other surfer’s name in the order of closeness.
This network has 43 nodes and 336 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Weighted

Any #NeuroAI models out there that can make sensible predictions about mastering crossmodal perception (vision) using visual-to-auditory sensory substitution? I suspect not: out-of-distribution reasoning is really hard for AI. #LLM #AI

windsurfers: Windsurfers network (1986)
A network of interpersonal contacts among windsurfers in southern California during the Fall of 1986. The edge weights indicate the perception of social affiliations majored by the tasks in which each individual was asked​ to sort cards with other surfer’s name in the order of closeness.
This network has 43 nodes and 336 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Weighted

(PDF) Neural mechanisms underlying intracortical microstimulation for sensory restoration https://www.nature.com/articles/s41551-025…

Gaze patterns during visual mental imagery reflect part-based generation https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-35447-z "eye movements during mental imagery reflect a part-by-part generation process of the imagined content, independent of prior perceptual encoding"

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #TheRemixWithChrisHawkins
Pattern Perception:
🎵 Smalltown Girl (Zed Bias & Metrodome Remix) (feat. Starling)
#PatternPerception
https://jacksaidwhat.bandcamp.com/album/smalltown-girl
https://open.spotify.com/track/3g79XTQcB2jLWSHYnshRZ5

Wireless device uses light patterns to deliver information directly to the brain https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-wireless-device-patterns-brain.html
Patterned wireless transcranial optogenetics generates artificial perception (in mice)

Wireless device uses light patterns to deliver information directly to the brain
In a new leap for neurobiology and bioelectronics, Northwestern University scientists have developed a wireless device that uses light to send information directly to the brain—bypassing the body's natural sensory pathways.

Did you see the sound? A Bayesian perspective on crossmodal perception in low vision https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.24.696433v1 Temporal "audiovisual interactions are constrained by the presence of a usable visual signal"

Sounds easy, looks nice: Crossmodal transfer of auditory processing fluency to visual object preference https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13414-025-03177-5

Sounds easy, looks nice: Crossmodal transfer of auditory processing fluency to visual object preference - Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics
Fluent (i.e., rapid and efficient) processing of perceptual objects is vital for humans to successfully navigate their environments. The experience of fluent processing per se tends to trigger positive affect; however, this affect is often misattributed by perceivers to the objects themselves, meaning that easy-to-perceive objects are judged more positively. These fluency-based preference effects have been robustly demonstrated unimodally, and specifically in situations in which fluency and pre…

Electrotactile characteristics of rectified random noise stimulation (r-tRNS) on the forehead: a comparison with tDCS https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11252854 "r-tRNS has the potential to be effectively utilized in applications requiring electrotactile perception, such as sensor…