Will Alexander

Small-batch artisanal computational models. Locally sourced.

[Will Alexander @modelbrains]

@PessoaBrain @rei_akaishi you don't make friends in science by falsifying each other's models

[Will Alexander @modelbrains]

Voting is open for the illusion of the year contest at https://t.co/fpsRAwojLj

If the Venn diagram of things you enjoy includes the overlap of illusory motion, Norwegian Expressionism, and existential dread, I encourage you to vote.

https://t.co/O9HpbaLQbs

[Will Alexander @modelbrains]

@ScienceMagazine @SciRobotics So you can tune a fish?

[Will Alexander @modelbrains]

as long as we're abandoning Neuroimage: anyone interested in a new family of journals where the only criterion for publication is a letter of acceptance from an Elsevier journal?

[Will Alexander @modelbrains]

@JamesMHyman . . . were they for or against?

[Will Alexander @modelbrains]

@elonmusk would love to do this as soon as possible!

[Will Alexander @modelbrains]

@toddkashdan whichever one had the song about sex and candy

[Will Alexander @modelbrains]

@BanBunting @toddkashdan my deepest regret is missing the 3 year span when intensely nasal vocals were the key to stardom

[Will Alexander @modelbrains]

@JamesMHyman matched only by the hope of a *_finalFINAL.docx file

[Will Alexander @modelbrains]

sometimes it's nice to sit quietly and think back on all the times you've been part of a perfect zipper merge

[Roberta Vastano @[email protected] @Roberta_Vastano]

Another paper out showing that individuals with #spinalcordinjury have compromised #multisensoryintegration due to reduced stimulus silence and higher perceptual competition with increasing reaction times. With @modelbrains
@CostantiniM75
https://t.co/eqEqdZ9tKd

[Will Alexander @modelbrains]

final twitter hot take: 'value' is a circular concept; your research program sits on a throne of lies.

[Will Alexander @modelbrains]

@ElianaVassena @brain_apps Trust the model

[Will Alexander @modelbrains]

The venn diagram of Twitter ads and ads you'd find in the back of 'Soldier of Fortune' magazine will eventually become a single overlapping circle.

[Prof. Matthew Apps @brain_apps]

Excited to this study published today. What information do you seek first, the effort or the reward? Seeking one might mean you are less motivated than the other... https://t.co/JpqzSbAZQP

[Will Alexander @modelbrains]

I was skeptical at first but after seeing the 3d render I can see how these absolute specimens could come to dominate the gene pool.

https://t.co/kWrl0MRs05

[Will Alexander @modelbrains]

Like most, I'm conflicted about the change in eLife review policies. On the one hand, they will probably publish more manuscripts with questionable results. On the other hand, they will also make more money from publication fees on those manuscripts. It's a delicate balance.

[Will Alexander @modelbrains]

@WilliamsNeuro pine

[Will Alexander @modelbrains]

me: i don't have enough material on the history of cognitive neuroscience to cover a 75 minute lecture, i should add a reading.

me (75 minutes later): and that's why Aristotle wasn't all wrong about the brain dissipating heat. Now, skipping ahead to the Age of Enlightenment...

[Will Alexander @modelbrains]

New preprint. It turns out you can account for, conservatively speaking, all cognitive control effects as deriving from information reliability.
https://t.co/OzRid3ists