Oliver Jacobs

Phd student at @BARlabUBC. Emerging tech & visual attention. He/him 🏳️‍🌈

[Dr Jessica Dawson @psych_jess]

Super proud of this publication in @SciReports with @TomFoulsh and Alan Kingstone @BARlabUBC
https://t.co/OGa4wTL2bZ

[Oliver Jacobs @OliverLEJacobs]

@DrRaymondLam @RossIngram @heymaslo @CANBIND @kamel_gazzaz @un1crom Thanks Ray!! 🤖

[UBC Psychology @UBCPsych]

Congratulations to @OliverLEJacobs, a PhD student in our @BARlabUBC, and to all of the #Killam recipients!

[Oliver Jacobs @OliverLEJacobs]

@UBCPsych @BARlabUBC Thank you, I’m very honoured to be selected 😁

[Oliver Jacobs @OliverLEJacobs]

@RossIngram @cognazor You can cut a human brain straight in half to make two fully functioning minds... still looking for a computer that can do that

[Oliver Jacobs @OliverLEJacobs]

🤖👀 @BARlabUBC

[RobotShop @RobotShop]

Why we confide in robots https://t.co/gAkPxBUc7b @axios

[Brain, Attention, and Reality Lab @BARlabUBC]

Proud to be a part of this work 🤖 @heymaslo @UBCPsych @MitacsCanada

[Oliver Jacobs @OliverLEJacobs]

@BARlabUBC @heymaslo @DrRaymondLam @MitacsCanada 🦾🦾

[Ross Ingram @RossIngram]

Our first paper with @UBC via @BARlabUBC is out! Looking at mind perception in digital agents 🤖💜 https://t.co/rmeTkOQehZ

[Oliver Jacobs @OliverLEJacobs]

@CraigVReady I believe running correctly it should show up as a Rift without Unity detecting anything unusual

[Oliver Jacobs @OliverLEJacobs]

Thanks @ubc_eml for the very creative gift (I won’t spoil) and the amazing feedback from all the attendees at the EMBC CoP

[Oliver Jacobs @OliverLEJacobs]

Follow my lab’s twitter page @BARlabUBC if you are interested in staying up to date on the latest research in visual attention, social cognition, and ecological approaches to cognitive science

[Neuroskeptic 🇺🇦 @Neuro_Skeptic]

According to free energy theory, the brain exists to predict stimuli and thus minimize surprise. In other words, brains try to make life as boring as possible.

[UBC Psychology @UBCPsych]

Why virtual reality is not dying–at least for psychology. Read cognitive science researchers Nicola Anderson and Oliver Jacobs @PsychToday blog post on how #UBC's Brain, Attention and Reality lab is using #VR https://t.co/6DBdoomzsh

[Oliver Jacobs @OliverLEJacobs]

@kmolinnus same thing

[Oliver Jacobs @OliverLEJacobs]

@kmolinnus too many blackflies tn in Muskoka and I'm not talking about bugs

[Oliver Jacobs @OliverLEJacobs]

@kmolinnus literally such a banger it consistently gets the kids going

[Oliver Jacobs @OliverLEJacobs]

@kmolinnus imy2 cne this summer?

[Oliver Jacobs @OliverLEJacobs]

@haleyoliviaa Haley we need to talk

[Oliver Jacobs @OliverLEJacobs]

@kmolinnus we should reach a Nats game when I'm back