Gavin Buckingham
Cognitive psychologist interested in perception, illusions, sensorimotor control, and virtual reality.
I also blog for early-career academics: gavinbuckingham.wordpress.com
- Reposted by Gavin BuckinghamI pulled a basic shiny app together to check doi's - but note it comes with no warranties,... . tvpollet.github.io/2026-01-30-D...
- Does anyone know if there's an online version/shiny app of something like this? This is pretty much unworkable on a university computer without elevated access rights dev.to/lidianycs/ho...
- Reposted by Gavin BuckinghamToday is the first day I managed to reach <20 unread emails in my mailbox. In ~3 months. This is big. I'm managing a Big Team Science project #BTS and normally sit with 50-70 unread emails at a time. Here are some solutions I am trying for better communication and mailbox hygiene in 2026.
- Reposted by Gavin BuckinghamComparing registrations to published papers is essential to research integrity - and almost no one does it routinely because it's slow, messy, and time-demanding. RegCheck was built to help make this process easier. Today, we launch RegCheck V2. 🧵 regcheck.app
- When worlds collide, part 27
- Reposted by Gavin BuckinghamTo everyone organizing a metascience/open science/research integrity event: You know you are allowed to choose your keynote speakers from a pool greater than the same five people? Give early- and mid-career scientists a chance to shine (so you don't have to listen to the same narratives forever).
- Reposted by Gavin BuckinghamIt’s really easy to make an academic website with GitHub: (1) Find a template & fork it github.com/topics/acade... (2) Add your info (often just markdown). All you need is (short!) bio, contact info, CV, and your paper(s) or posters. (3) Host for free with GitHub docs.github.com/en/pages/qui...
- What's the consensus about posting dumb reviewer comments on social media these days?
- It's finally done
- Some accidental 'getting ready to teach' drama created my our lecture capture software
- This is a really excellent piece on organisational culture and how the early warning signs of its disintegration, told from the inside brittahummel.substack.com/p/why-i-left
- If you want to hear my long-form thoughts on the new Autistic Barbie, you'll have to subscribe to my SubStack
- 30 minutes folks (although you don't need to panic these days - you can submit anytime in a 24 hr window and then you enter a lottery for getting a talk)
- Thank you to everyone who attended, presented and helped organise #EPSLondon 2026! EPS meetings are coming up fast in 2026, with the next to be held at Newcastle University between Monday 30th March – Wednesday 1st April. Portals open on Monday 12th January, 10am UK time! eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/
- Advice needed - I'm seeking suggestions for a keynote for a conference I'm organizing around immersive technologies in sports. No need for her/him to be particularly senior.
- This is what I imagine it's like working for a large tech company
- Reposted by Gavin BuckinghamIf your New Year’s resolution is to find a fantastic 3-year post doc position in a great city with a small, friendly lab group and national collaborators… you’re in luck!!! Open for applications until Tuesday. krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear... @ispgr.bsky.social @ncmsociety.bsky.social
- Leftmost goal isn't actually facing the camera
- Fun picture found in Reddit
- What are you favourite dumb lecture-friendly examples of how a poor baseline condition can lead to faulty conclusions from a neuroimaging study (media interpretation or journal article)
- What are your favorite dumb lecture-friendly examples of reverse inference in neuroimaging (either from media coverage, or better yet perpetuated by the journal article itself)?
- Bizarre passport control grief at Munich Airport with my German wife (different last name than kids) being asked to show kids birth certificates. Bad enough, but fact I (same last name as the kids) was travelling with them! God forbid you don't take your husband's name in Germany.
- Merry Christmas
- Perfect
- Painful truths for those of us in the education sector
- Guardian photo editor once again winning
- A wonderful and slightly sinister birthday card my youngest child received on his 8th birthday
- Reposted by Gavin Buckingham📢 Postdoctoral Opportunity – Neural control of movement in Parkinson’s (3 years) This fantastic three-year postdoctoral position at Cardiff University and funded by Parkinson's UK, has now re-opened for applications. Full details and application here: krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
- **Come work with us!!** Three-year post-doc position funded by Parkinson's UK available Cardiff University - using TMS to study inhibition of planned stepping movements and better understand freezing of gait. Full details here - krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear... Please share!!
- Anybody else's yr7 kids watching Adolescence in school?😱
- Reposted by Gavin BuckinghamOk, this is nuts. Once you see it you cannot unsee it. Do you see it? (OP @drgbuckingham.bsky.social )
- Probably the most interesting animal tool use I've seen
- The book that Springer used in a targeted advert to me on Facebook
- I'm looking for a dumb movie like ace ventura or dumb and dumber to watch with the kids (needs to be Amazon, Netflix, or Disney+ though)
