Data & Code

Sharing code makes life easier and science more transparent. Writing efficient and fast code was not part of my formal training as a psychologist, and shared code has been instrumental for learning. Paying it forward, this is a link to my OSF page where I share code & data from my most recent publications. I've written some code to draw fast flickering bars (for an experiment that has since failed) which you can find here.

Disclaimer: All code was written for Matlab. Stimulus code was written to interact with the Psychtoolbox. If you have any questions/ find bugs, please contact me. If you find any bugs, please contact me. If you think I should've pre-allocated my variables better, I know.

Public Outreach

When asked to talk to a "general audience" about "cool brain stuff" I generally say "yes". I've spoken (or gave demos) at schools, museums, lecture halls small & giant, and other venues. It's fun! Also, as a scientist who went to school for way too long I feel it's a duty to share knowledge in an accessible and fun way. Moreover (cue the elephant), as a female scientist I want to advocate that women can do it all (all of it without being perfect at any of it – of course – we're all human). One day, I hope, we will completely take for granted that women do science, have careers, have families, or any combination thereof – as they so choose.

Over the years I've accumulated a bunch slides to present at outreach events. So, next time you're asked to give a talk for a general audience, be a role model (of any persuasion) and say YES!

Some cool outreach initiatives I've recently participated in (around San Diego) are FabFems, SciTech for girls, and the Salk Mobile Science lab. Check them out and get involved!

Workshop materials

Supporting materials for the KNAW masterclass in Amsterdam (August 2019) on "Caveats of modeling human neuroimaging data" can be found here. Supporting materials for the lecture on binocular vision in Stuttgart (December 2019) can be found here.

Waste Your Time

Recently binge-listened this podcast. It's about the US supreme court, addressing societal issues and getting to the core of, well, what it's like to be human.

I really like hanging out at this place, but streaming penguins live is the next best thing.

The art of Neuroscience competition is a good place to find pretty pictures of the brain for any type of general audience - style talk. Pretty brain pictures never fail to impress and will make you look smarter than you actually are.

Only my favorite webcomic ever.

At the moment I'm into Latin American music from the fifties and nineties tunes from South Africa and Zimbabwe. But don't forget to check out those Arctic recordings on this great site for (re-discovering) music from all ages and parts of the world.

Use Your Time

Recently came across this website, with very cool looking plots & some good tips for data visualization.

Here's a great online resource, David Hubel's book on basic vision! I was very excited the day I first discovered this. The kind of procrastination that almost doesn't count because it's too cool and sort of useful.

When you receive yet another email inviting you to be editor for /submit to /etc. some open access journal you never heard of before... Check this list of predatory journals before saying yes. Save yourself some time.

Web Comic

When writing my thesis I drew my first comic to make light of a terrible bug in my code that nearly destroyed a year's worth of work. Since then, I've scribbled down ideas, drew some comics, and built a tiny repository from which I have started posting some material here. Themes are (in random order): life in science, life as a woman in science, and life as a woman who is a mother (in science). All are inspired by real events, but I consider the contents mostly fictional.

Collaborators

One thing that should be noted: I may very well be the luckiest scientist alive for the amazing people I've had the privilege to work with, past and present – incidentally some of the coolest folks I know.