Psychology

How do we know what is real? The 'Affective Reality Theory'
The Affective Reality Theory posits that affective reactions are key to the formation of reality beliefs.
Dominique Makowski
Apr 11, 2023 6 min read Reality
How do we know what is real? The 'Affective Reality Theory'
I got ChatGPT to do a personality test. You won't believe what happened next!
Following my previous blog post about including AIs in psychological experiments, I proceeded to do a small experiment to see whether we could administer a personality scale to ChatGPT.
Dominique Makowski
Apr 6, 2023 2 min read Personality, Reality, AI
I got ChatGPT to do a personality test. You won't believe what happened next!
We should treat AIs like Human participants in psychological experiments
A lot of diverse and interesting perspectives have been recently discussed is regards to chatGPT and AGI, but there is one opinion that I found particularly relevant that I wanted to expand on.
Dominique Makowski
Apr 5, 2023 4 min read Fiction, Reality, AI
We should treat AIs like Human participants in psychological experiments
When fiction is better than reality: Cypher's Complex
Ever felt like reality was dull as compared to a fictional world? You might have experienced Cypher’s Complex
Dominique Makowski
Feb 7, 2023 3 min read Fiction, Reality
When fiction is better than reality: Cypher's Complex
New location and new logo!
The Reality Bending Lab is moving to the UK, and we’re revealing the new logo to celebrate its official start!
Dominique Makowski
Feb 1, 2023 2 min read Reality Bending Lab
New location and new logo!
About signal complexity
We recently did a bit of groundwork to better understand how to use signal complexity in neurophysiology.
Stephanie-Kirk
Dec 5, 2022 1 min read Complexity Science, EEG, Psychology, Neurokit2, Neurophysiology
About signal complexity
NeuroKit2 0.2.0 is out 🎉
NeuroKit2 0.2.0 is out with greater a brand new website and documentation!
Dominique Makowski
May 18, 2022 1 min read Python, EEG, Psychology
NeuroKit2 0.2.0 is out 🎉
Podcast 'Learn Bayesian Stats' with Dominique Makowski
In the latest episode of the ‘Learning Bayesian Statistics’ podcast, we talk about R, Python, Reality Bending and more!
Dominique Makowski
Feb 1, 2022 1 min read Neuropsychology, Reality Bending, R, Python
Podcast 'Learn Bayesian Stats' with Dominique Makowski
We're recruiting a Research Assistant!
We’re recruiting a Research Assistant to work on a new exciting project on neuroscience and aesthetics in urban environments.
Dominique Makowski
Dec 1, 2021 1 min read Neuropsychology, Jobs
We're recruiting a Research Assistant!
Pyllusion has been published
Pyllusion, the software for creating illusions in Python, has been published.
Anshu-Te
Nov 30, 2021 1 min read Neuropsychology, Perception, Reality, Reproducibility
Pyllusion has been published