Xinyu Liang @neocosmliang.bsky.social Postdoc at ISTBI, Fudan University | Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience | Exploring neuroaesthetics and hemispheric lateralization.
Aaron Hertzmann @aaronhertzmann.com www.dgp.toronto.edu/~hertzman
Kaile Smith @kailesmith.bsky.social Creative Director turned Creativity Researcher
Cognitive Psych Ph.D. Candidate
kailesmith.com
creativityresearchnetwork.com
Micha Engeser @michaengesee.bsky.social PhD Student at Kaiser Lab, JLU Gießen, Germany
@dkaiserlab.bsky.social
Aesthetics & Learning Lab (ALL) @allab-iwm.bsky.social We aim to understand which factors can shape the aesthetic experience and the learning process, from knowledge transfer to episodic memories, to epistemic emotions.
🌐 https://iwm-tuebingen.de/en/research/labs/ag3_specker
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Gemma Schino, Ph.D. @gemmaschino.bsky.social PostDoc at the Aesthetics & Learning Lab exploring the relationship between art and emotions. Passionate about the intersection of psychology and aesthetics, investigating how we experience, interpret, and connect with art.
Eleftheria Pistolas @eleftheriapistolas.bsky.social Postdoctoral Researcher in Cognitive Psychology
GestaltReVision Lab, Leuven, Belgium @gestaltrevision.bsky.social
Interests: Experimental Psychology, Visual Perception, Consciousness, Aesthetics, EEG, Eye-Tracking
GestaltReVision @gestaltrevision.bsky.social The GestaltReVision Lab aims to integrate Gestalt insights into the current understanding of human visual processing and aesthetic appreciation.
PI: Prof. Johan Wagemans 🌐 gestaltrevision.be
Laura Rai @auralair.bsky.social Research Fellow, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL. Guitarist & Musician. 🇮🇪 in 📍London.
Engage Liverpool CIC @engageliverpool.com We improve the quality of life for people living in Liverpool City Centre and Waterfront, through seminars, engagement, and action with local residents. More at https://www.engageliverpool.com
Katherine N. Cotter, PhD @kncotter.bsky.social Arts and flourishing researcher at the University of Pennsylvania | Associate Editor, Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts
Hannah Merseal @hannahmerseal.bsky.social postdoctoral researcher @Penn. chaotic good. creativity, art, jazz, brains, networks.
MacKenzie Trupp @mactrupp.bsky.social Researcher and almost finished PhD candidate at the University of Vienna and at Donders Institute, RadboudUMC. Interested in how the arts and environmental sensitivity impact wellbeing and mental health 
Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics @ae.mpg.de Official account of the MPI for Empirical Aesthetics. News about our multi-disciplinary research on aesthetic evaluation and perception of art. #EmpiricalAesthetics Imprint: ae.mpg.de/imprint
David Schubring @dschubring.bsky.social Neuropsychology researcher turned supporter - helping with EEG tech at Brain Products. Mostly lurking, looking for X alternatives.
Liuba Papeo @ljubapi.bsky.social Neuroscientist @CNRS | @ERCgrantees | interested in how humans perceive humans and understand their actions and interactions | in literature fiction and fashion 🍸
Luise von Keyserlingk @luisevk.bsky.social TT Professor for Learning and Instruction | University of Tübingen | Educational Psychology | Research interests: Motivation, Self-regulated Learning, Higher Education, Longitudinal Studies, Multimodal Data
Kou Murayama @koumurayama.bsky.social Psychology, education science, cognitive neuroscience, statistical methods. Prof @uni_tue. Made in Japan. Learning German.
Charley Wu @thecharleywu.bsky.social Prof. of Computational Cognitive Science at TU Darmstadt & PI of the Human and Machine Cognition lab | hmc-lab.com
Rachit Dubey @rachitdubey.bsky.social Assistant Professor at UCLA | Alum @MIT @Princeton @UC Berkeley | AI+Cognitive Science+Climate Policy | https://ucla-cocopol.github.io/
Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social @Penn Prof, deep learning, brains, #causality, rigor, http://neuromatch.io, Transdisciplinary optimist, Dad, Loves outdoors, 🦖 , c4r.io
Eric Schulz @ericschulz.bsky.social Director of Helmholtz Institute for Human-Centered AI in Munich.
Cognitive science, machine learning, large models.
https://hcai-munich.com
Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity @tsfnc.bsky.social The world's leading professional society of neuroscientists, psychologists, and practitioners of creativity, advancing the science of creativity together. tsfnc.org
Becket Ebitz @becketebs.bsky.social Like bucket with an “e”
🪣🧠🦝🏳️⚧️🪕🚴🍎
Neuro prof, U de Montréal
Jorge Ramírez-Ruiz @jramirezruiz.bsky.social Papá, postdoc in the Ebitz lab in Montreal | comp cog neuro & RL | intrinsically motivated about behavior, coffee, ecologies and agency 🇲🇽🇪🇸🇨🇦 UNAM, UdeS, UPF. How come life?
jorgeerrz.github.io
Franziska Brändle @frabraendle.bsky.social PostDoc at University of Oxford. 
Shervin Safavi @neuroprinciplist.bsky.social searching for principles, adaptive behaviors, empirical approach, integration | doing comp neuroscience & psychiatry | PI @cmc-lab.bsky.social | previously @maxplanckcampus.bsky.social (Peter Dayan & Nikos Logothetis)
Surabhi S Nath @surabhisnath.bsky.social Ph.D. student @MPS_cog @MPICybernetics | I dream patterns 👾| Creativity | Complexity | Curiosity | CoCoSci 👩🏻💻
Mustafa Alperen Ekinci @alpekinci.bsky.social PhD candidate in neuroaesthetics.
Interested in aesthetics and visual perception.
Uni of tübingen and @dkaiserlab.bsky.social
Nature Human Behaviour @nathumbehav.nature.com A Nature Portfolio journal bringing you research and commentary on all aspects of human behaviour.
https://www.nature.com/nathumbehav/
Courtney Hilton @courtneybhilton.bsky.social studies how social, cultural, and ecological environments shape human perception and cognition
ARC DECRA Fellow @unimelb.edu.au • @psychunimelb.bsky.social | Complex Human Data Hub
Zorana Ivcevic Pringle @z-i-pringle.bsky.social Author, The Creativity Choice: https://tinyurl.com/thecreativitychoicebook
Speaker. Yale faculty.
Anna Bruns @annabruns.bsky.social Psychology PhD Student at NYU | Visual Perception & Aesthetics
Ed Yong @edyong209.bsky.social Writer, journalist. Science, health. Pandemics, animals. Birder, photographer. Many words, some awards. AN IMMENSE WORLD, I CONTAIN MULTITUDES. Married to Liz Neeley, parent to Typo. he/him
📷 Canon R6mkii + RF 800mm
Edyong.me
Martin Hebart @martinhebart.bsky.social Proud dad, Professor of Computational Cognitive Neuroscience, author of The Decoding Toolbox, founder of http://things-initiative.org
our lab 👉 https://hebartlab.com
Yoed Kenett @yoedkenett.bsky.social High-level cognition, knowledge, creativity, question asking, associative thinking, cognitive complexity, network
Neuroscience
Paul Bloom @paulbloomatyale.bsky.social Psychologist who studies and writes about human nature—including morality, pleasure, and religion. Sustack: https://smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net/
Thalia R. Goldstein @thaliargoldstein.bsky.social Associate Prof and Director, Applied Dev Psych, George Mason Univ. Studying imagination, play, Santa Claus, theatre, and the arts. Lab: playlab.gmu.edu Author: Why Theatre Education Matters (TheatreEdMatters.com)
Giacomo Bignardi @bignardi.bsky.social Research Associate at the Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Kings College London. Interests: developmental psychology, data science, coffee. www.bignardi.co.uk
Social Platform @socialplatform.bsky.social Leading organisation working on EU #SocialRights. We amplify the voices of people striving for a more social Europe & work to ensure social rights and equality are respected, upheld and mainstreamed across EU policy-making.
www.socialplatform.org
Stefan Buttigieg @stefanbuttigieg.com ✈️ I’m on a mission to enable #DigitalHealthforAll
🏡 Husband | Dad to 2 - JA
🚀 Techno-optimist with strong #PublicHealth principles
👨🏻🏫 Passion for teaching and learning everyday
🇲🇹🇪🇺Maltese and European
🎓 #AI #MyHealth@EU #DigitalTherapeutics
Dr. Marco A. C. Varella @marcovarella.bsky.social Biologist, researcher in evolutionary psychology, educator, science writer & editor. Evolutionary perspectives on aesthetics, arts, music, mating, sexual strategies, personality, twinning, anthropomorphism, COVID-19 pandemic, chronotype, & climate crisis🇧🇷
Icelandic Vision Lab @icevislab.bsky.social Icelandic Vision Lab focuses on all things visual with a major emphasis on higher-level or "cognitive" aspects of vision: visionlab.is This is a joint account run by IVL PIs (Ásgeirsson, Hansmann-Roth, Kristjánsson, Ólafsdóttir, Sigurdardottir).- E Eline Kupers @ekup.bsky.social Assistant Prof @ York U, Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦 Passionate about visual neuroscience👁🧠 and snacks🍪. My opinions are my own. She/her.
Pablo Ripollés @pripolles.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Psychology and Music Technology at NYU. Associate Director of MARL (https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/marl). CLaME affiliate (https://clame.nyu.edu/).
Cognitive neuroscience of music, reward, and language.
https://www.ripolleslab.com/
ECVP 2026 @ecvp.bsky.social The 48th European Conference on Visual Perception 2026 will be held in Bournemouth, UK. We're looking forward to meet you there!
https://ecvp2026.uk/
Dr. Laura M. König @lauramkoenig.bsky.social Professor of Health Psychology, @univie.ac.at #HPGVienna | eating behaviour, #digitalhealth, social inequality, research methods | #scicomm & #openscience
Web: https://gesundheit-psy.univie.ac.at
Tobias Hauser @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social Head of Developmental Computational Psychiatry lab, University of Tuebingen & University College London
Hassan Aleem, PhD @haaleemur.bsky.social Applied behavioral and cognitive scientist, living in Austin, TX
Kate Nussenbaum @katenuss.bsky.social assistant professor at Boston University | learning, memory, development | bucoldlab.org
Dani S. Bassett @danisbassett.bsky.social Networks, neuroscience, control theory, curiosity, science of science
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️J Peter Skirkanich Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Keith B. Doelling @kbdoelling.bsky.social Chargé de Recherche, INSERM
Institut Pasteur
Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience in Auditory Perception
Music Psychology Lab - Durham @musicpsychologylab.bsky.social We are researchers at Durham University interested in psychological processes underlying musical activities and empirical approaches to study them.
Keep up to date with the lab on https://musicscience.net
Guido Orgs @guidorgs.bsky.social Cognitive Neuroscientist & Dancer 🧠🕺🏼interested in dance, movement, performance and all things live. Group Leader in Movement & Performance at the ICN, UCL. PI NeuroLive.
Edward Vessel @edwardvessel.bsky.social Asst Prof at CCNY Psychology & CUNY Grad Ctr. Neuroscience of aesthetics, art, curiosity and insight. How do people get pleasure from understanding? #neuroaesthetics #empiricalaesthetics
Marco Bertamini @marco-be.bsky.social Born at 321.59 ppm
www.bertamini.org/lab
Claudia Damiano @damianoc.bsky.social Aesthetics&Scenes&Cognition&Eye Movements&...
Research Associate @ the University of Toronto
She/her
Maria Pombo @mpombo.bsky.social Ph.D. student studying beauty, eyes, and beholding 👁️
Giacomo Bignardi @giacomobignardi.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Behavior Genetics Unit
Typos are my owl
Dirk Bernhardt-Walther @dirkbwalther.bsky.social Professor of Psychology University of Toronto, scene perception by humans and machines, visual aesthetics.
bwlab.org
Eline Van Geert @elinevg.bsky.social Visual perception, psychology, aesthetics, open science! Postdoctoral researcher @gestaltrevision.bsky.social. Creator of the #octatoolbox
Web: elinevg.github.io
LinkedIn: eline-van-geert-55004a129
Fediverse: @elinevg.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy
Psyche Loui @psycheloui.bsky.social neuroscientist, musician, question asker, mom. associate professor of #creativity, associate dean of research @northeastern #music #arts #media #design #psychology #cognition #musicscience 🇭🇰 she/her
Manuel Anglada-Tort @manuelangladatort.bsky.social Assistant Prof Psychology @GoldsmithsUoL | Director Music, Mind & Brain
https://www.manuelangladatort.com
https://www.musicmindbrain.com/
Sander Van de Cruys @sandervdc.bsky.social Like most psychologists, I like people, in theory.
My pages: sandervandecruys.be
Ben van Buren @bvb373.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Psychology at The New School in NYC studying visual perception and cognition: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=99SDXHoAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
Tuomas Eerola @tuomaseerola.bsky.social Professor of Music Psychology at University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Works at the Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Body and Brain. Research on music and emotions, rhythm, movement and other essentials of music. #musicscience
Jonna Vuoskoski @jokavuos.bsky.social Professor of Music Cognition at the University of Oslo / RITMO | Music psychology, music and emotion, empathy, rhythm & social cognition 
Peter Harrison @pmcharrison.bsky.social Music cognition researcher and lecturer at the Centre for Music and Science, University of Cambridge
Emily S. Cross @escross.bsky.social Head of Social Brain Sciences group at ETH Zurich / cog neuroscientist, dancer, alpinist, runner / big fan of robots, aesthetics, jumpshots & snow / you can find me sciencing @ETH_en in Zürich! 🤩🧠🤖💃🏾🏔️🇨🇭
Anjan Chatterjee @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social Neurologist, Cognitive Neuroscientist. Director: Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics https://neuroaesthetics.med.upenn.edu/
Author: The Aesthetic Brain
Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics @pcfn.bsky.social 🧠🎨
neuroaesthetics.med.upenn.edu
British Journal of Aesthetics @britjaesth.bsky.social The BJA is a quarterly journal and among the world's leading venues for philosophical aesthetics. It is run by the British Society of Aesthetics and published by OUP.
Kohinoor Darda @kohinoordarda.bsky.social Founder & Director - ARISA Foundation | Cognitive neuroscientist interested in how the human brain and mind perceive art & each other | 🧠💃🏿🤿🥾🏃🏾♀️🏳️🌈
Beatriz Calvo-Merino @neurobea.bsky.social Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience
Centre for Clinical Social and Cognitive Neuroscience
City St George's University of London
Love Science, Love Art.
Marcos Nadal @mnadal.bsky.social European 🇪🇺
Erick Gustavo @erickkgustavo.bsky.social Associate Professor @uib.cat. Neuroaesthetics 🦚 & Multisensory Experiences 🧠
EvoCog @evocog.bsky.social Human Evolution and Cognition Lab 🦍 @uib.cat 🎓 Neuroaesthetics 🦚 Interoception 🧠 Social Cognition 🗣 Moral judgements ⚖️
Stacey Humphries @staceyhumphries.bsky.social Lecturer in Psychology @ Goldsmiths. Studying curiosity, art and games.
staceyahumphries.com
Kaiser Lab @dkaiserlab.bsky.social Studying natural vision at JLU Giessen using psychophysics, neuroimaging, and computational models, PI: Daniel Kaiser.
danielkaiser.net
Roger Beaty @roger-beaty.bsky.social Associate professor of cognitive psychology at Penn State University. Director of the Cognitive Neuroscience of Creativity Lab (beatylab.la.psu.edu). President-elect of the Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity (SfNC; tsfnc.org; @tsfnc.bsky.social).
VSAC 2025 @vsac-social.bsky.social VSAC 2025, Germany (21st - 23rd August)
Website: https://2025.vsac.eu/
The beautiful visualization of Michele Banks
Lisa Kossmann @lisa-kossmann.bsky.social PhD student @gestaltrevision.bsky.social @KU_Leuven | Interested in Aesthetics, Visual Perception, Perceptual Organization, Psychophysics and Multistability
International Association for Empirical Aesthetics @iaea-aesthetics.bsky.social IAEA is an organization of researchers who use scientific methods to investigate aesthetic valuation, experience and behavior.
IAEA hosts a bi-annual conference and has an affiliated journal, Empirical Studies of the Arts.
https://iaea-aesthetics.org
Claire Howlin 🎶🧠 @dancingresearch.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Psychology UCD
Director Music Cognition Lab
Music | Agency | Dance | Identity | Wellbeing
#musicpsych #musictherapy #research
CLaE @claeneuro.bsky.social Neuroscience,Insular cortex
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Twitter @leafs_s
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Substack substack.com/@clae3
Steve Haroz @steveharoz.com Visual perception and cognition scientist
(he/him)
My site: http://steveharoz.com
R guide: https://r-guide.steveharoz.com
StatCheck Simple: http://statcheck.steveharoz.com
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