Computational cognitive neuroscientist at Adelaide University | Perception, Attention, Learning and Memory Lab (https://palm-lab.github.io) | Open Practices Editor at Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics | ReproducibiliTea | http://williamngiam.github.iohttps://bsky.app/profile/williamngiam.github.iohttps://bsky.app/profile/williamngiam.github.io/post/3miupgapse227You know what problem we should throw AI at? Reducing the number of clicks required to read full articles on APA PsycNet to fucking zero (after accessing the URL). https://media.tenor.com/883mCAh5LUYAAAAC/thumbs-down-not-happy.gif?hh=280&ww=49807 Apr 2026 02:14 +0000at://did:plc:fphyd74n334fzekttbltle2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3miupgapse227https://bsky.app/profile/williamngiam.github.io/post/3misxmu6sgs2gI've been pondering whether #cogsci can/will be brute forced by AI. I put my thoughts down in this blogpost, covering the current harms and promising use cases of AI; I also try to generalise from the attempt to solve Erdös problems with AI to cognitive science with a bit of philosophy of science. https://indefenseofthinking.substack.com/p/can-cognitive-psychology-be-brute06 Apr 2026 09:36 +0000at://did:plc:fphyd74n334fzekttbltle2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3misxmu6sgs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/williamngiam.github.io/post/3misxmu6sgs2gI've been pondering whether #cogsci can/will be brute forced by AI. I put my thoughts down in this blogpost, covering the current harms and promising use cases of AI; I also try to generalise from the attempt to solve Erdös problems with AI to cognitive science with a bit of philosophy of science. https://indefenseofthinking.substack.com/p/can-cognitive-psychology-be-brute06 Apr 2026 09:36 +0000at://did:plc:fphyd74n334fzekttbltle2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3misxmu6sgs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/williamngiam.github.io/post/3mifpzb5k4c2qI'm so tired of seeing this argument – as working memory is a limited resource, and as the modern environment is now so information-rich and complex, and as our brains evolved in the olden times to have dopamine reward circuity - ATTENTION SPANS ARE CRATERING INTO THE GROUND. youtu.be/t0qq9R__XiQ https://youtu.be/t0qq9R__XiQ01 Apr 2026 03:15 +0000at://did:plc:fphyd74n334fzekttbltle2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mifpzb5k4c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/williamngiam.github.io/post/3mibnk6ze3c2mVisual #workingmemory peeps, you're going to love this. This is super challenging - might give you pause on how we are measuring color memory... My color memory is a 40.4/50. Please do worse so I feel better. dialed.gg?c=3PCHDE https://dialed.gg/?c=3PCHDE30 Mar 2026 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:fphyd74n334fzekttbltle2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibnk6ze3c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/williamngiam.github.io/post/3mi4lj2hkxk2aIf only it were this easy to be an academic! A fun game by @forrt.bsky.social. I reached the rank of Asst. Prof in Tenure Run! 🎓 I published 40 papers and paid $2,500 in APCs to publishers. My grant money is gone and I am exhausted. 💸 How far can you make it? Play now at forrt.org/TenureRun/ https://forrt.org/TenureRun/28 Mar 2026 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:fphyd74n334fzekttbltle2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi4lj2hkxk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/williamngiam.github.io/post/3mhrchdjass2eI think I'll have to wait for Nature Comms Psych Comms Advances to drop before I have a publication that has enough to make it into a Nature group journal. (Nature Human Behaviour Comms Advances also fine).24 Mar 2026 00:19 +0000at://did:plc:fphyd74n334fzekttbltle2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhrchdjass2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/williamngiam.github.io/post/3mgtvaczu2c2kYears of piloting my own visual psychophysics studies trained me for this moment. Any vision scientists out there that can do better than me? https://www.keithcirkel.co.uk/whats-my-jnd/?r=AWYgKP__-zG912 Mar 2026 07:35 +0000at://did:plc:fphyd74n334fzekttbltle2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgtvaczu2c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/williamngiam.github.io/post/3mgtsagcwss2uI can't tell which one is a better strategy: hopelessly applying for funding from the Australian Research Council and being told I'm in the bottom half of researchers, or asking exclusively people called Grant for donations. Maybe if I stop shitposting, I will be a grant-funded researcher one day.12 Mar 2026 06:42 +0000at://did:plc:fphyd74n334fzekttbltle2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgtsagcwss2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/williamngiam.github.io/post/3mgt4z7ykl225Why stop there and not give up writing entirely? I suggest we all share our research and ideas exclusively via podcast. (1) No more annoying academic journal processes (2) Use enjoyable audio production software rather than clunky word processing software (3) Everything needs a podcast [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Mar 2026 00:22 +0000at://did:plc:fphyd74n334fzekttbltle2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgt4z7ykl225https://bsky.app/profile/williamngiam.github.io/post/3mg7i5iagic2tReally disappointed that we didn't evolve to have unidimensional linear psychophysical functions because it would be so much easier to fit and figure out the models!04 Mar 2026 04:48 +0000at://did:plc:fphyd74n334fzekttbltle2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg7i5iagic2thttps://bsky.app/profile/williamngiam.github.io/post/3mfyrjylmnk2uIt is frequently said that the next-generation of researchers need to be *trained* in open scholarship, but I don't think this is enough when they (we) will inherit broken academic systems. Remarkable reforms are needed to face present day challenges and I think more ECRs should be given the reins.01 Mar 2026 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:fphyd74n334fzekttbltle2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfyrjylmnk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/williamngiam.github.io/post/3mfsptka7ys2pIf you are a visual #workingmemory researcher that has a dataset from a delayed recall task with continuous report (the ones using a circular response wheel) and want to share it, please drop a reply. Would love a link to both paper and dataset! See: williamngiam.github.io/OpenWMData https://williamngiam.github.io/OpenWMData27 Feb 2026 03:01 +0000at://did:plc:fphyd74n334fzekttbltle2f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfsptka7ys2p