hello, you found it.
This is my research desk, and it is never tidy.
I'm Vicky. I read things, count things, walk around noticing things, and then write it all down properly. The research is serious. The desk is not. ♡↑ it is mostly stickers
the desk, on a good day
currently reading: 3 books at once, badly
Freshly off the desk
two most recent things
Field Notes
Notes on Noticing
Less a paper, more a collection of things I've been testing on walks. Includes a protocol you can steal.
30 July 2026 · 5 min
Cognition
The Shape of Attention
Four months of self-tracking, one very messy spreadsheet, and a stubborn question: where does attention actually go when it drifts?
2 June 2026 · 9 min
What lives here
- Long papers with actual figures and actual references.
- Field notes: shorter, stranger, occasionally about drainpipes.
- Comments from you, which I read all of.
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If you scroll to the bottom of any paper there's usually a little note for you. ♡