Rebecca Defina

Aphantasics are just as likely to have grapheme-colour synaesthesia as non-aphantasics, but tend to have more ‘associator’ than ‘projector’ traits. Thank you Carla Dance and colleagues!

I love it when someone has already researched your question! I was going to post a question about whether aphantasia might be a contraindication for colour-grapheme synaesthesia...
But it doesn't seem to be! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I've long struggled with too many folders in my paper to do drawer (n=11 1st author), but long covid has really highlighted the unsustainability and I'm determined to reduce my number and manage it going forwards. I'm curious how common large numbers are, maybe I should have included 20+ and 50+ :)

Academics, how many papers do you currently have in your to do pile? Do you actively manage this number? What are your thoughts on best number of in progress papers and how to manage this?

1️⃣ 1-2
2️⃣ 3-5
3️⃣ 6-9
4️⃣ 10+

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Illustrative examples of biases due to English use

Overreliance on English hinders cognitive science

– premature claims of universality (due to over-sampling of English speakers)

– limited cognitive constructs being examined (due to the use of English as a meta-language)

(doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2022.09.015) 🐦🐦

Poster for International day of persons with disabilities day showing two couples dancing, each with one person in a wheelchair and the other not.

Happy IDPwD to you all. Particularly to all with "invisible" and "not disabled enough" disabilities. This is the first year I've fully and openly accepted being disabled (yay long covid :-) ). But this new increase in disability has also highlighted those I've long had but didn't feel were enough.

And finally, a surprising realisation that some people don't realise that Auslan is a distinct language, not just signed English.

So here's your reminder for any who need it.

Sign languages are languages. Different from the dominant spoken language. And full, whole languages in their own right

Also really nice demonstration of the long distance possibilities of sign language as people waaay back in the audience communicated with choir members on stage :)

Bridging Language and Culture: The… | Melbourne Symphony Orchestra The 2024 Auslan choir was born from a seed planted back in 2011 when I led an Auslan choir for the same work at a community day event with the MSO. It was…

Left me wondering how the sign language choir format will develop. They were all in unison in this performance. Will they start signing different parts, signing in round... Exciting stuff
www.mso.com.au/the-blog/202...

Ryman Healthcare Spring Gala:… | Melbourne Symphony Orchestra The grand finale of MSO's Beethoven Festival features some of Australia’s best opera singers, the MSO Chorus, and a new commission by Sir James MacMillan.

Went to see this fabulous concert last week www.mso.com.au/performance/...

Highlights:
- James Mac Millan's concerto for orchestra, a truly astounding piece of music. If you get a chance, go and see it!
- Auslan choir performing Ode to Joy. They were so joyous and just fabulous.

Ooh this looks really good and directly relevant for a paper I'm working on now. So jumped to the top of the read list. Yay! Squirrels off to read now....

I recommend looking/asking around for a 2nd hand calculator. I was floored by the price when my kid first needed one. But then found much cheaper 2nd hand and in the end someone who was happy to just freely pass on their old one (more than worth putting up with the old version to save that much).

Oh my goodness! I loved following her journey and took so much heart in her recovery around the start of the year just as my long covid was starting. Thinking of her and her family

The only way to win is not to play | Andrew Perfors You all realise we’re in an abusive relationship with MAGA, right?

I wrote something that I think is very important for understanding the political dynamic we're in, and for knowing what to do next. If you agree, please share this widely.