Oğul Can Yurdakul
@ogulyurdakul.bsky.social
he/him phd student in #cogsci at uci ogulyurdakul.github.io and flickr.com/ogulyurdakul same handle many places
I am *thrilled* to share this review in @currentbiology.bsky.social out today, by yours truly, @myoo.bsky.social, @michalk.bsky.social, Taro Toyoizumi, @tyrellturing.bsky.social, @taylorwwebb.bsky.social, & @hakwan.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧵👇
Looking to the brain to improve energy efficiency of AI
Modern artificial intelligence (AI) systems have achieved remarkable capabilities, but at an extraordinary energy cost. Training and running large-sca…
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i'm a simple person: i see "computer metaphor," i think paul cisek: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/imp/...
Beyond the computer metaphor: behaviour as interaction: Ingenta Connect
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Simon Fisher@profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 3w ago“Somewhere along the way, we've forgotten the computer is just a metaphor for the brain. A powerful metaphor but still a metaphor. We always get into trouble when we confuse a metaphor with the thing itself – the map with the territory.” Lucid piece by @anilseth.bsky.social on LLMs & consciousness.🧪
The ongoing puzzle of It’s Hard To Learn Things And Grades Are Meaningless But I Would Prefer To Do No Work And I Insist On Getting An A.
wow mr speilberg really should have journaled instead of writing that movie
One of my favorite photos I’ve taken at the Smithsonian. Can you see the bird? A bird built its nest inside the mouth of a Triceratops. An avian dinosaur decided that a dinosaur was the perfect place to raise more dinosaurs. The fossil record comes full circle. 🧪 🦕♻️🕊️
Misophonia, a neurophysiological disorder characterized by a severe aversion to sound, often leaves those who struggle with it ashamed or angry. “One of the problems with the condition is that it overlaps with the human condition,” Sloane Crosley writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/BqODfT
A global perspective | Award-winning @ucirvine.bsky.social cognitive sciences Ph.D. student Sharanya Bashyam is advancing research on language, culture and children’s social cognition @uofcalifornia.bsky.social @nadiachernyak.bsky.social
A global perspective
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thanks for everyone who passed by my poster! check out the link below if you'd like to see my poster supplements and (dare i say) some cool animations! #vss2026 ogulyurdakul.github.io/publications...
A novel approach to characterizing the visual dimensions of mental imagery vividness using Gaussian process regression
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ARC ETHOS@arcethos.bsky.social · 2mo agoAnother VSS poster for you - @ogulyurdakul.bsky.social presented this one! static1.squarespace.com/static/65f46...
Computational Behaviour launches July 2027! 🤓 A fully remote two-week course, open to participants worldwide. ➡️ Learn more and get involved: neuromatch.io/computationa... #ComputationalScience #ComputationalBehaviour #Neuroscience #Neuromatch #ConnectedMinds @connectedminds.bsky.social
i swear i'm forming coherent english sentences (most of the time), come see me in these last 30 minutes of #vss2026 @vssmtg.bsky.social OR go to my website for the poster and supplementary material! ogulyurdakul.github.io/publications...
Oğul Can Yurdakul@ogulyurdakul.bsky.social · 3mo agofind me on tuesday afternoon at banyan for more killer sentences at #VSS2026 @vssmtg.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/mega...
find me on tuesday afternoon at banyan for more killer sentences at #VSS2026 @vssmtg.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/mega...
Oğul Can Yurdakul@ogulyurdakul.bsky.social · 3mo agothat moment when you finally muster the courage to ask a question at a conference and the very first thing you say at the mic is smt like great you very much for the thanks
how to find typos in your manuscript: step 1: submit it to a journal
find me on tuesday afternoon at banyan for more killer sentences at #VSS2026 @vssmtg.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/mega...
Oğul Can Yurdakul@ogulyurdakul.bsky.social · 3mo agothat moment when you finally muster the courage to ask a question at a conference and the very first thing you say at the mic is smt like great you very much for the thanks
that moment when you finally muster the courage to ask a question at a conference and the very first thing you say at the mic is smt like great you very much for the thanks
The #reflexionlab from @ucisocsci.bsky.social @uclpals.bsky.social is at #VSS2026 @vssmtg.bsky.social While *I personally* am not there 😭, you can still see our work!
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To echo the sentiments of G.K. Chesterton, fairy tales do not tell children that monsters exist — because they know that already. But rather more importantly, fairy tales tell them (and us) that the monster can be killed. And such stories must never ever go out of fashion.
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
We’ve kicked off #Python for #ComputationalScience Week,...but it’s not too late to join! Come learn, practice, and build momentum! Catch up on #PythonWeek here: www.reddit.com/r/neuromatch...
my lab is in the building on the left. "windows? who needs windows?" -- the architects, for some reason. social science lab building, uc irvine.
Freezer@freezer.bsky.social · 6mo agoMy binge is continuing with Conquest of the Planet of the Apes.
"With gentle hands, we will bring all that is lost back into the world. Green shoots uncoil from the darkness."
Fallah@fallah.bsky.social · 6mo agoLooking through my phone at saved poems, searching for one appropriate to these hard days Found this one, but without attribution. Thankfully Google reminded me that it's one from @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social Oh. Yes. Plague Poems. of course 💔
We are excited to share that Gideon Alex, a Neuromatch Academy alumnus and Ambassador from Nigeria, is attending the Simons Computational Neuroscience Imbizo this week. @imbizo.bsky.social #imbizo2026 #ComNeuro #ComputationalNeuroscience #Imbizo
