Steven Weisberg
Ass't Prof at UT Arlington | Cognitive Neuroscience / Spatial Navigation | Director: @SCANNLab | Husband and father | he/him |
www.scannlab.org
@scannlab.bsky.social
#psychology #neuroscience #VR #navigation #academia #brain
- Reposted by Steven WeisbergThis study shows leisure activities support domain-specific protection against cognitive decline in visual attention and memory beyond job type & education. Given the role of these processes in spatial navigation, such activities might preserve navigational abilities with aging.
- Reposted by Steven WeisbergNew findings suggest memory framing effects are more complex than previously thought and may not require emotional arousal: psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
- Reposted by Steven WeisbergEce Yuksel presented her poster “Age differences in spatial navigation across real and virtual worlds: A mixed-methods approach” at Psychonomic Society 2025, for which she was awarded the Graduate Travel Award. See all SCANN Lab Psychonomic posters here: scannlab.org/psynom-2025
- Reposted by Steven WeisbergWe are now spread across three institutions, but the SCANN LAN is now reunited at @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social @eceyuksel.bsky.social @adamjbarnas.com @chengsiy.bsky.social
- Reposted by Steven WeisbergThe SCANN Lab will be at @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social this week (except for @stevenmweisberg.bsky.social - he's stuck in Texas.) If you're there, connect with our awesome PhD students! And if you're NOT there, you can still follow our work. www.scannlab.org/psynom-2025
- Reposted by Steven WeisbergWe are excited to announce that Dr. Steven Weisberg, was recently featured in The Dallas Morning News! Read the full article here: www.dallasnews.com/news/2025/10...
- Reposted by Steven WeisbergOne of the folks involved is @stevenmweisberg.bsky.social www.dallasnews.com/news/2025/10...
- 🎓 PhD Opening Join our NSF project on immersive, multi-user virtual field trips for STEM learning + spatial communication. UT Arlington • 2-yr funded • Fall 2026 🔗 NSF #2336507 → www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/... 🔗 SCANN Lab → www.scannlab.org/join-us #PhDposition #STEMeducation #VirtualReality #NSF
- Hi! Official job ad posted here - for full consideration, please apply: apply.interfolio.com/175152
- Reposted by Steven WeisbergHighly recommended!
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- Reposted by Steven WeisbergInterested in navigation, VR, fMRI, aging? Here's a great postdoc opportunity in @stevenmweisberg.bsky.social's new lab at U Texas Arlington.
- 🚨The SCANN Lab @ UTA is hiring a postdoctoral researcher!🚨 Topics: 🧭 spatial navigation, 🧠 fMRI, 🎮 VR, 👵 cognitive aging. Start date: Nov 2025 (flexible). Salary: NIH levels. Details 👇
- Job market alert! Are you hiring a post-doc? You absolutely must consider the brilliant @ashleykrause.bsky.social I was lucky enough to write a paper with Ashley on a topic I knew oh so little about and learned a TON. Place Coherence - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Ashley's approach blends social psychology with environmental psychology, and her work puts a unique spin on concepts we encounter in spatial navigation and cognitive psychology, too: what is a place? Why do we want to spend time in the places we do? How does this affect us?
- I'm lucky enough that Ashley has attended my lab meetings for the last few years and disseminated some of this knowledge to us cog-focused folk. We also realized lots of areas that were really under-researched: how do our "cognitive maps" change as our environments do? As we do?
- Obvs, Ashley is an excellent researcher - quant skills, writing, deep thinking, curious - all the things. She's writing up a killer dissertation (and some other stuff, too!) and plans to defend this year. Feel free to get in touch, and please RT!
- Reposted by Steven Weisberg🎧 New Decision & Aging Insights🎙️ episode @vpmurty.bsky.social describes his research for an SRNDNA Pilot Grant and finding inspiration at a haunted house. He also talks about moving his lab across country and the impact of a single line in his presentations. Listen now: srndna.utdallas.edu/podcast/
- Reposted by Steven WeisbergStay tuned for more news and info here or on my (currently out-of-date) website: adamjbarnas.com. Happy Friday! open.spotify.com/track/7F22lG...
- Reposted by Steven WeisbergI am grateful for the support of my friends, family, colleagues, and mentors, including Steve Weisberg (@stevenmweisberg.com), Natalie Ebner (@natalieebner.bsky.social), and Adam Greenberg (@snaplab.bsky.social).
- Way to go Adam!!!! Ball State is lucky to have you :)
- 📰 Professional Update 📰 I’m thrilled to announce that I am joining the University of Texas at Arlington Psychology Department as an Assistant Professor starting in Fall 2025!
- While a lot will change for us, much will stay the same. My research program will continue to examine the cognitive neuroscience of spatial navigation using #fMRI and #virtualreality in younger and older adults.
- The SCANN Lab will have access to a brand-new imaging center (lnkd.in/ghub5NM7) and will now be located in the heart of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex!
- I will always be grateful to my friends and colleagues at #UF who helped me launch my faculty career. Plus, I have a whole suite of college teams to root for as my own :) Go Gators! Stay tuned for a new website, new project announcements, and potential hiring plans! #GoMavericks!
- Reposted by Steven WeisbergMuch enjoyed @olivia.science ’s amazing talk about Cognitive Maps and ‘small cakes’. Link to the paper: philarchive.org/rec/GUEANR Check out the thread below for some highlights. Thank you @stevenmweisberg.com for organising this online event and the wonderful hosting!
- Tired but happy to say this is out w @andreaeyleen.bsky.social: Are Neurocognitive Representations 'Small Cakes'? philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24834/ We analyse cog neuro theories showing how vicious regress, e.g. the homunculus fallacy, is (sadly) alive and well — and importantly how to avoid it. 1/
- Reposted by Steven WeisbergBarnstorming talk and Q&A from @olivia.science on her recent paper on cognitive maps and small cakes. Really thought provoking and now my head hurts. Also, I could listen to Olivia & @irisvanrooij.bsky.social talk about theory all day!
- Reposted by Steven Weisberg@multisensorylab.bsky.social has now joined blue sky ! 💙💙💙 (In the same week as @tcdpsychology.bsky.social !) Please connect with our lab for updates on #perception #multisensory research #psychology #academic
- We have a new paper online at Psych & Aging! Why and how do older adults navigate? First author Adam Barnas (@adamjbarnas.com) alongside Natalie Ebner (@natalieebner.bsky.social), Eliany Perez, and others. Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps... Link to official version: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
- Reposted by Steven WeisbergExcited that we are recruiting for a new postdoctoral program in Cognitive, Computational, and Systems Neuroscience at #WashU! Get in touch if you have questions! sites.wustl.edu/systemsneuro...
- Reposted by Steven WeisbergExcited to share that The Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences now has a call for a special issue on 🌟DECISION NEUROSCIENCE IN AGING🌟, led by @debyee.bsky.social, Nathan Spreng, and @klempert.bsky.social as Special Issue Editors! @srndna.bsky.social academic.oup.com/psychsocgero...
- Why is there not a rating system for social media platforms? Like for video games? Rated G - heavily moderated. ID and age verification required Rated T - mildly moderated. ID and age verification required Rated M - no moderation or verification (hint - this is all social media now, right?)
- That way parents can allow kids to access “KidBook” or “InstaTot” without supervision. Or other platforms too with more mixed moderation!
- Reposted by Steven WeisbergExcited to share this new empirical work funded by @templetonworld.bsky.social, replicating & extending the work of John Grimes on change blindness during saccades: osf.io/preprints/ps... It was a full team effort across two labs, with important contributions from proponents of HOT & IIT
- Reposted by Steven WeisbergLast year, I was overjoyed to receive an NIH NRSA fellowship to study toddler brains and caregiving effects on memory at Columbia. Last night, my grant was terminated.
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- A moment in the spotlight with Francis Collins, me holding yellow sign in the background and my student Joe interpreting for the man himself! #standupforscience
- Reposted by Steven Weisbergif you've had an NIH grant terminated, I want to hear about it. Signal: katherinejwu.12
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Standing up for science in Philly! - Reposted by Steven WeisbergFrom Philly 💕💪
- I'm all for dunking on someone for confusing transgenic and transgender - what better way to discredit them as fools. And of course those lines of research should continue. But let's not lose sight of the fact that transgender research IS being defunded. Right now. And that's not OK either.
- Just had the opportunity to read this more thoroughly. Huge thank you to @olivia.science and @andreaeyleen.bsky.social formally addressing what I see as a major challenge for our field in a way only this particular intersection of expertise could! :) I'm left with three distinct impressions.
- Tired but happy to say this is out w @andreaeyleen.bsky.social: Are Neurocognitive Representations 'Small Cakes'? philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24834/ We analyse cog neuro theories showing how vicious regress, e.g. the homunculus fallacy, is (sadly) alive and well — and importantly how to avoid it. 1/
- 1. Cognitive neuroscientists thinking about the Cognitive Map need to read this paper and grapple with its ideas. Getting on the same page about how to discuss and think about what a cognitive map, theoretically, is doing, is fundamental to moving forward.
- 2. I think the Cognitive Map is multiply-flawed, as the authors point out, but actually much worse than in the article. For instance, rodent researchers tend to mean something like a metric map (distances/directions); human researchers tend to mean something more metaphorical.
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View full threadI mentioned this in @olivia.science's thread, but I've been struggling with these ideas for basically my entire career, and now I feel like someone has just pulled the wool off my eyes to see why! I'd love to discuss this further with anyone interested (or be corrected if I missed anything!)
