Alex White

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...*slower* responses to 2 targets than just 1 target alone. We confirmed that this does in fact occur when the task is to judge the meaning of written words. This shows that your ability to recognize two words at once is quite limited.
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This experiment compares responses to 1 target vs. 2 targets. If you can process targets in parallel with no deficit, then you should be faster for 2 targets than 1 target. We also developed a new serial model and a new fixed-capacity parallel model, both of which can predict the opposite effect...

Can you recognize two words at once? When you look around, you see a world full of objects. But can you truly identify multiple things at once, or are you limited to focusing on one at a time? This study investigates that limit using a s...

When you look around, you see a world full of objects. But can you fully identify multiple objects at once? In this new study, we revived and updated a classic experimental test: the redundant target paradigm. link.growkudos.com/1elj6rh9o8w
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Hello vision scientists & linguists! The Journal of Vision is accepting submissions for a special issue on “The Vision-Language Interface.” The deadline has been extended until June 30! jov.arvojournals.org/ss/visionlan... #neuroskyence #VisionScience #PsychSciSky

If you'd be interested in applying to work with me on research related to vision, attention, reading, or eye movements, send me an email!

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No deal. We gain insights by comparing how readers process words in 'normal' & 'abnormal' circumstances. That shows effects of learning. It also valuable to study fundamental processing capacity limits. "Unnatural" tasks may correlate with natural reading to reveal mechanisms of indiv. differences.

...and then feedback to the letter units of both words. That's a sketch of a model that can account for the apparently serial result with unrelated word pairs and the better-than-serial result for compound pairs. It blurs the distinction between purely parallel and purely serial.

Almost. We propose that there is at least parallel activation of sublexical orthographic information (letter detectors). Then serial lexical access: only 1 letter string gets to activate potential word units. But at that level, activation spreads laterally to compatible word units (bed -> room)...

Diagrams of experimental stimuli and results, showing that while 2 scrambled words cannot be processed in parallel, accuracy exceeds the serial model when 2 words happen to form a compound word.

A while ago I found that people can't simultaneously recognize 2 words flashed above & below fixation. My clever students devised experiments to show that the simple serial model can't account for what happens when the 2 words form a compound (e.g. bottle + neck) authors.elsevier.com/a/1mEmD2Hx2-...

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The Neuroscience department at Barnard College is accepting applications for two Lecturer positions! Please spread the word to any neuroscientists who value teaching and would want to work at an excellent liberal arts college in NYC.
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Thanks to the offices of Senator Schumer, Senator Gillibrand, Congressman Morelle, and Congressman Lawler for meeting with us and supporting vision Science!

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Advocating for vision research on Capitol Hill! With the National Alliance for Eye & Vision Research + Research to Prevent Blindness + fellow vision scientists. Thanks to Congress for currently planning to maintain NIH & NEI funding! #seewhatmatters @corticalcavanaugh.bsky.social
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We’re thrilled to share that our very own Matt Cavanaugh has been chosen for the Emerging Vision Scientist Program, where he will advocate for congressional support of vision research. We’re so proud of all he has accomplished so far and for his commitment to advancing vision care!

See What Matters | Stand Up for Live-Saving Science The National Eye Institute (NEI) is at risk of being consolidated into a larger Brain and Neuroscience Institute under proposed NIH reforms. This would dilute its vision research focused mission and j...

This fall, I'll go to the capital to share my research with congressional staff and advocate for funding of scientific research on the sense of sight.

Funding decisions made today determine who gets to see tomorrow. Support the National Eye Institute!

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I agree. The FDA approves drugs, not the NIH.
But I have the impression that the distinction between research (like the NIH funds) and policy (like the FDA sets) isn't clear to many critics. So exalting the NIH's success at creating lots of drugs could just fuel more suspicion in some audiences.

Many good points in this post!
But for some audiences it's a risky strategy to emphasize all the FDA-approved drugs. Many people like RFK Jr and his supporters believe, not without reason, that Americans are over-prescribed drugs and that the pharmaceutical industry has corrupt influence.

During natural reading with eye movements, the left posterior fusiform cortex reflects both fixated and upcoming words in parallel—and distinguishes whether an upcoming word is skipped or fixated. A new preprint from Graham Flick @grahamflick.bsky.social!

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DOGE recommends cuts to the FAA.

Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps.

Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems.

See how this works?

Project 2025 is gutting medical funding that helped Russell Vought's own kid Its architect's daughter has cystic fibrosis—and benefits from a "miracle drug" backed by an agency he's attacking.

Russell Vought & his ex-wife Mary have a daughter with cystic fibrosis, who is being treated with elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor, drugs developed with the support of the National Institutes of Health. Now Russ & Mary are trying to destroy the agency. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Cutting NIH funding is a bad idea for the economy. "In fiscal year 2023, every $1 of NIH funding generated approximately $2.46 of economic activity." Other facts here: www.nih.gov/about-nih/wh...