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Mike Anderson

@mljanderson.bsky.social

Neuroscientific philosopher; Philosophical neuroscientist. Rotman Institute of Philosophy. University of Western Ontario. http://www.emrglab.org

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Mike Anderson@mljanderson.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Kudos for advocating for ecologically valid environments and closed-loop behavioral tasks in neuroscience (see eg @culhamari-lab.bsky.social ). But why are we starting by *assuming* that inference is fundamental to perception-action coupling? Neither animals nor babies are “little scientists”.

Simons Foundation@simonsfoundation.org · 2mo ago

In a new @cp-neuron.bsky.social article, members of the Simons Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience (SCENE) outline their plans to investigate how the brain links perception, cognition and action by encoding environmental affordances: https://bit.ly/49YfgaE

Mike Anderson@mljanderson.bsky.social · 2mo ago

At least they cite Gibson? But naturally nothing in recent Ecological Neuroscience, in which there is a growing body of research. Well, it’ll be a useful foil for The Cambridge Handbook of Ecological Neuroscience.

Simons Foundation@simonsfoundation.org · 2mo ago

In a new @cp-neuron.bsky.social article, members of the Simons Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience (SCENE) outline their plans to investigate how the brain links perception, cognition and action by encoding environmental affordances: https://bit.ly/49YfgaE

Dio D. Vicen@diovicen.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Is ecological neuroscience a feasible enterprise? After some theoretical work on ecological resonance, we've engaged on experimental research to test some of the hypotheses that follow from it. These are the first results of (hopefully) many more to come! It's open access 👇 doi.org/10.1111/psyp...

<em>Psychophysiology</em> | SPR Journal | Wiley Online Library

This study bridges brain and body through ecological psychology and neuroscience by demonstrating how ecological information—in this case, “time to contact” or tau—constrains brain activity and as mu...

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Mike Anderson@mljanderson.bsky.social · last yr.

The time is fast approaching for the GOP to decide if it’s for or against dismantling significant government programs. It’ll take guts either way, so it’ll be interesting to see the creative ways they devise to kick the can down the road.

Dio D. Vicen@diovicen.bsky.social · last yr.

In an alternative universe, cog. scientists *read* eco. psych. and find out that... 1. The foundational texts of eco. psych. (Gibson 1966, 1979) don't talk about representations. 2. Affordances aren't what they think they are. 3. The core is ecological information. 4. 50 years+ of experimental work.

Janelle Shane@janelleshane.com · last yr.

1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but 2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but 3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So 4. Now the LLM code points to malware.

David D. Levine@daviddlevine.com · last yr.

LLMs hallucinating nonexistent software packages with plausible names leads to a new malware vulnerability: "slopsquatting."

Mike Anderson@mljanderson.bsky.social · last yr.

I spent some time in Silicon Valley 10 years ago, and the obsession with IQ and SAT struck me as sad. Like people who cling to MENSA membership to substitute for actual accomplishments. But now they’ve added genes and the POTUS into the mix, and it’s suddenly dangerous again.

Mike Anderson@mljanderson.bsky.social · last yr.

One possible good to come out of this clown show is an honest assessment of what actually creates prosperity. (Hint: it’s targeted investment, honest equal-footing negotiation between otherwise conflicting constituencies, and reliable partnerships.)

Mike Anderson@mljanderson.bsky.social · last yr.

I had been buying the general line that even rich universities weren’t sustainable if federal research dollars were significantly slashed. In light of more careful analysis, I’m revising that: the richest universities have the financial resources both to weather the storm and to legally fight back.