Maria Santacà

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21.10.2025 05:58 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Can fish and birds be “fooled” by the same optical illusion? 🐟🐦
Our new study in Frontiers in Psychology compares guppies and ring doves in their perception of the Ebbinghaus illusion — with surprising results!
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@univie.ac.at @fusanilab.bsky.social

21.10.2025 05:49 — 👍 15    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 1

My new article has been published in @peerj.bsky.social peerj.com/articles/19064 🥳

We explored the classical and numerical Delboeuf illusion using transcranial alternating current stimulation 😊 Check it out! #Neuroscience

@fwf-at.bsky.social @univie.ac.at

11.03.2025 07:22 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Picture showing the back of two bowerbirds, potentially corresponding to the same individual. Below is the question: Are these two pictures showing the same individual or different individuals?

Can humans discriminate individual birds of the spotted bowerbird from photographs?🪶
Students from the @fusanilab.bsky.social @univie.ac.at need you to answer that question! You can test your visual discrimination skills with their online experiment (~15 min long): sosci.univie.ac.at/bowerbird_di...

24.02.2025 10:52 — 👍 11    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0

Wonderful Etho2025 conference in Tutzing! It was really nice to be able to present some previous works 🐟 and my current project 🐦 at @univie.ac.at with the @fusanilab.bsky.social

22.02.2025 10:42 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Biology Letters early career researcher Competition | Royal Society Open for entries to early career researchers until 30 April 2025.

🚨 Calling from #RoyalSocietyPublishing! 🚨
We are excited to share that the #BiologyLetters Early Career Researcher Competition is open for submissions until April 30, 2025!
Grand prize: £1000
2 runners-up: £500 each.
🔗 More details: royalsociety.org/journals/aut...

20.02.2025 11:54 — 👍 9    🔁 12    💬 0    📌 0

Photo showing the dove lab, currently in disarray as we prepare our next experiment. A very large computer screen shows 5 birds who are arranged to induce a visual illusion which should alter the size perception of the central bird.

Happy Valentine's day from the Dove Lab @fusanilab.bsky.social @univie.ac.at We're preparing Maria Santacà's new experiment investigating the possible role of visual illusions during courtship. Female birds will watch videos of courting males in different illusion-inducing configurations ♥️🕊️♥️

14.02.2025 16:30 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Women in Science at University of Vienna Collage with headshots of women active in data science

Happy #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience Today we highlight dynamic women in #DataScience and their contributions to the scientific community to inspire the next generation #GirlsInSTEM #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience #DiversityEquityInclusion #DSHQ datascience.univie.ac.at/events/women...

11.02.2025 10:22 — 👍 16    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0