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About Us

Finding Inspiration in Every Turn

The Different Minds Collaborative examines a range of topics related to how experience, biology, development, and culture shape the cognitive, brain and computational processes of vision.

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Members of the collaborative meet via video conferencing on the second Wednesday of every month at 2 PM (PDT). Our monthly meetings are informal affairs where collaborative members present results from collected data or ideas for future research.  The talks are intended to spark lively, critical and friendly discussions about the latest scientific research advances in the vision sciences.

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The Different Minds Collaborative also sponsors special events (e.g., Psychopy tutorial workshop, post-conference wrap-up discussions, trainee conference) to foster cross-lab communications and generate collaborative research projects.

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Vision Science Society 2025 | DMC Get-Together in St. Pete Beach, FL.

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Vision Science Society 2024 | DMC Get-Together in St. Pete Beach, FL.

2025-2026 Talk Schedule

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Talk 1

Neural Correlates of Visual Complexity and Image Memorability

September 10, 2025

Oscar Solis (Evans Lab)​

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Talk 2

A hierarchical model for affect judgments of natural images: Exploring the role of local, global and category visual features

October 8, 2025

Quoc Vuong​

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Talk 3

Neural representations of faces are widely distributed and highly individualized

November 12, 2025

Ivette Colón (Rogers Lab)​

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Talk 4

What does your mind’s eye actually see? Introducing a visually anchored measure of imagery

December 10, 2025

Heida Maria Sigurdardottir

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Talk 5

Title: TBA

January 14, 2026

Speaker: O'Toole Lab​​

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Talk 6

Title: TBA

February 11, 2026

Speaker: DeGutis Lab​​

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Talk 7

Title: TBA

March 11, 2026

Speaker: Koldewyn Lab​

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April 8, 2026

Trainee Conference

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May 15 - 19, 2026

Vision Sciences Society Conference​​​​

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Talk 8

Title: TBA

June 10, 2026

Speaker: Oruc Lab​

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Talk 9

Title: TBA

July 8, 2026

Speaker: Greene Lab​

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