Ben Dyson
@benjdyson.bsky.social
Decision making in games, art, sound / vision & the brain beneath it all. Game designer? Immigrant. He / him. @benjdyson
Thank you, Elder Fernie Marty! It was an honor to host Elder Fernie Marty, Indigenous Knowledge Keeper and Member of the Papaschase First Nation, as we welcomed our incoming graduate students, postdoctoral scholars and staff, and celebrated our award recipients.
Call for Special Issues Papers @apajournals.bsky.social From lab to reality: How psychological protocols and phenomena hold up in the real world Letters of intent deadline: January 31, 2027 Manuscript submission deadline: November 1, 2027 Submission details here www.apa.org/pubs/journal...
Congratulations to Yajing Zhang who passed her candidacy this afternoon (supervisor Dr Ben Dyson)! Thanks to examination committee members Dr Weimin Mou, Dr Christina Gagne, Dr Dana Hayward, Dr Carrie Shaw, and, to Dr Chris Sturdy for chairing.
All sluggy slots for the Saturday 1pm gameplay of Slug Fest are full! Try to move fast (you are a slug, after all) to get a seat at the table for Saturday 2:30pm and 4:00pm. @fallconyyc.bsky.social #PrototypeAlley
Congratulations to Dr Ben Dyson on being awarded a Henry Marshall Tory Chair! This prestigious 5 year appointment recognizes Ben's research and teaching scholarship. @benjdyson.bsky.social @ualberta.bsky.social
El Rifai, A. M., Tellier, C., & Dyson, B. J. (2026). Using the game can’t stop to inform the novel behavioural state of near-loss. Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale. Advance online publication. doi.org/10.1037/cep0...
Calling all gastropods! Sluggy slots are now available for Slug Fest at Prototype Alley @fallconyyc.bsky.social Sign up via #CardboardConnect In Slug Fest, you take control of a family of slugs in search of their favorite foods in a country garden...
Join Dr Ben Dyson (@benjdyson.bsky.social) this Friday 13th March 12 noon for a playful Teaching Seminar session BS P226 "Can we teach concepts via game actions? Collaborators vs. innovators in the novel card game Shape" @ualberta.bsky.social
Please join the Re: Cognition at Poster Session E 123 and 126 #CNS2026- Eunchan and Yajing are ready to take your questions! @psychualberta.bsky.social
Dr Ben Dyson PSYCH 353: The Psychology of Board Games Tuesday, Feb. 10 | 12:30 - 1:50 p.m.
A highlight of this year was being invited by the Esker Foundation to write a piece on Babak Golkar's recent exhibition When Sound Becomes Unsound. Read 'Please Do Not Touch The Artwork Beyond This Point' below @psychualberta.bsky.social permanentcollection.eskerfoundation.com/essays/pleas...
‘PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH THE ARTWORK BEYOND THIS POINT’ - Permanent Collection
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Call for Nominations for Editor of Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology (2026-2030) The Board of Directors of the CPA has opened nominations for the Editorship of the Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology for the years 2026 through 2030. More information: buff.ly/BOdMS9S
We are live at @ualberta.bsky.social Open House! Lab tours at 10am and 2pm, Psychology presentation at 12 noon. Come by and say hi!
Applications for MA, MSc and PhD programs in Psychology @ualberta.bsky.social are now open! For application information and FAQ, please visit our website below. Deadline December 1st. Join us! www.ualberta.ca/en/psycholog...
I was extremely happy to contribute to this article about the use of off-the-shelf board games in the classroom. Thank you @keithlaw.bsky.social for the invite!
Keith Law@keithlaw.bsky.social · last yr.for @endlessmode.bsky.social I spoke to a number of educators about how and why they're using off-the-shelf board games in the classroom, and what games they've used successfully with students from primary school to college: www.endlessmode.com/article/how-...
for @endlessmode.bsky.social I spoke to a number of educators about how and why they're using off-the-shelf board games in the classroom, and what games they've used successfully with students from primary school to college: www.endlessmode.com/article/how-...
How Board Games Are Used in the Classroom
There's a long history of educational games, but how are board games used in the classroom today? We talk to eight educators to find out.
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All table reservations for fine Takoyaki dining at #FallCon25 are fully booked! Although our restaurant is at capacity for scheduled opening hours, walk-ins may be accepted- just come by and say hi!
A great new GameTek Post by @gengelstein.bsky.social (hope you had a nice birthday Geoff!) regarding a YouGov poll on the non-random selection of options during chance situations. The cool thing is each of the three findings discussed replicate previously observed findings! Here we go…
Geoff Engelstein - The Universe Explained with Cookie out now!@gengelstein.bsky.social · last yr.EMERGENCY GAMETEK POST open.substack.com/pub/gametek/...
Some huge games of Tenure Track going down at #BerlinBrettSpiel25! Thanks to all the fantastic playtesters who came by today.
Ben Dyson@benjdyson.bsky.social · last yr.Tenure Track is live at Table 16 in Prototype Alley at #BerlinBrettSpiel25. Come by and say hi!
@fallconyyc.bsky.social playtesting times for my 2025 Canadian Game Design Award #CDGA finalist Takoyaki have been announced. Sign up via Cardboard Events and I look forward to showing you the game! Friday 22nd August 1pm - 3pm Friday 22nd August 3pm - 5pm Saturday 23rd August 12pm - 2pm
Received Playtesting Best Practices by Chris Backe as part of @gengelstein.bsky.social Guides To Tabletop Game Design Nice to see the concept of 'double coding'- in Cognitive Psychology we call this 'redundancy gain': better discrimination when objects differ on 2 (rather than 1) features
What can games tell us about science? What can science tell us about games? New @cognitionjournal.bsky.social paper @psychualberta.bsky.social @ualberta.bsky.social "Evaluating commercial game design decisions via the scientification of games" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... (1/3) 👇
Evaluating commercial game design decisions via the scientification of games: Asymmetrical task switching errors predict self-reported fun in Ghost Blitz
By decomposing the structure, rule set and stimuli of games, it becomes possible to examine the impact of specific choices made by designers and publi…
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My Canadian Game Design Award 2025 Finalist prototype 'Takoyaki' is now on its way to the CGDA judges. And not a moment too soon according to the file status of my rule book... @fallconyyc.bsky.social
Two new books have just been published in myh series Guides To Tabletop Game Design! Worldbuilding from Steve Dee and Playtesting Best Practices from Chris Backe both give nuanced, and insightful coverage of their topics from noted experts. Please check them out! www.routledge.com/CRC-Press-Gu...
Saturday at #SARMAC2025 (8:45am; Boardroom 1) I'll be contributing to Teaching About Research in Memory & Cognition (TARMAC) @psychualberta.bsky.social @ualberta.bsky.social 'Assessing the replicability of Cognitive Psychology during remote experiential learning via mobile phone technology'
An extremely fun morning at #LinCon25 playtesting Tenure Track as a finalist for the Swedish Annual Game Award (Anvil Category). Looking forward to seeing some of the other finalists this afternoon! @psychualberta.bsky.social
Very fun playtesting session of Tenure Track this afternoon as part of the Festival of Teaching and Learning, including some critical feedback regarding resource management...
Looking forward to hosting a few sessions at the 2025 Festival of Teaching and Learning tomorrow (14 May) at University of Alberta a) 10:15 am - 11:15 am ECHA 1-490 Overcoming a barrier in the use of games in education via the use of a generic card game system allowing for specific content overlay
