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My PhD student Trevor Hewitt is conducting an online experiment into closed-eye visuals during psychedelic experiences. If you've had such an experience, please consider taking part at closed-eyes.com (it's only a short survey) - and/or help us spread the word. 🙏🏽🧠

If you are interested in pursuing a PhD in cognitive neuroscience, specially targeting conscious vs. unconscious processing, contact me. We are recruiting 🙏🧠 please RT

Of course! These are a few highlights from our results (much more to come😊) Happy to discuss this further!

Last poster session of the #ASSC28!
Come to the space below the stairs to hear about attributions of consciousness and moral status, vulcans, zombies and more 🤓 @assc28.bsky.social

When @davidchalmers.bsky.social has a slide with @matanmazor.bsky.social as a title, you know he's onto something :) pay a visit to my poster today at 16:30 (P359) to hear what people think about consciousness, moral status and the relationship between them! #ASSC28

You have no idea what consciousness does to people… @krysdolega.bsky.social @johanneskleiner.bsky.social @ronyhirsch.bsky.social

Makes us come together at @assc28.bsky.social 😎

Had a great time presenting our prediction maps at the @assc28.bsky.social! Here is a link to the platform (github.com/EdenElbaz10/...)

Three arguments against metaphysical structuralism in consciousness research - Synthese Phenomenal structuralism is the view that understanding consciousness requires describing its relational and structural properties, a perspective that can have implications for both explaining why exp...

Here is my paper on phenomenal structuralism and its (metaphysical) limits: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I'm grateful to @qualiastructure.bsky.social for organizing the summer school that inspired this work

Any feedback welcome!

The important thing is that the participants were not left in the dark 😄

Thank you so much @tobiasschlicht.bsky.social for organizing this workshop about @birchlse.bsky.social 's Edge of Sentience! Had a great time presenting some exciting results from our survey of public intuitions about consciousness and moral status @niccolonegro.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social

Thank you so much, @scottmcf.bsky.social! I had a great time talking about consciousness research at the Breakthrough Discuss conference in Oxford - such an amazing event! (apologies for the thumbnail 🙈)
youtu.be/AtZBzRzwiIo?...

defining consciousness is not only about identifiying necessary conditions. it fulfills more epistemological, interdisciplinary, and socio-cultural roles.

thanks for the great discussion at the Ernst Mach Workshop on some ideas I started to draft with @niccolonegro.bsky.social!

Thank you so much @delllaram.bsky.social ☺️☺️

Had a great time on @braininspired.bsky.social with Oscar Ferrante and @alexlepauvre.bsky.social , chatting about our work at @arc-cogitate.bsky.social and the results of the consortium's Nature paper (www.nature.com/articles/s41...). Grateful for the chance to share the journey and our thoughts!

I lost count of how many times I said, “I’ll believe it when I see it", and here we are. It's been a privilege to be part of @arc-cogitate.bsky.social and to learn from such brilliant people (especially grateful to @liadmudrik.bsky.social for the opportunity to join this massive project)

Thanks! Such a privilege to speak at this amazing event. The cathedral vibes made it even more special, and I was truly honored to share the stage with so many brilliant speakers (@johanneskleiner.bsky.social included!!)

Dynamics of mental imagery Phenomenology of mental imagery can reveal the structure of underlying mental representations, yet progress has been limited because of its private na…

With nervous excitement, my most ambitious project yet: Dynamics of mental imagery.

We got over 800 people to recreate the contents of their mental imagery with a focus on distinct phenomenological properties. Temporal grain, smoothness, stability.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

a 🧵1/n

3rd Online Conference of the International Society for the Philosophy of the Sciences of the Mind ISPSM 2025   3rd Annual Online Conference   Call for AbstractsThe International Society for the Philosophy of the Sciences of the Mind(ISPSM) is happy to invite all philosophers working on a...

philevents.org/event/show/1...

Reminder that there's still time to submit to this nice online conference. Deadline is May 1st, 2025

Math helps us formalize our intuition about consciousness! 🧠
In our tutorial with @johanneskleiner.bsky.social, we explored how mathematical definitions and derived tests refine our understanding of conscious states. 🧮📐

@ibroorg.bsky.social

🔬 Thinking about a career in academia? For young researchers, understanding the journey is key!

At the #MESEC Winter School 2025, our career panel shared real stories - challenges, lessons, and how they overcame obstacles. Inspiring insights from those who have been there! 💡✨
@ibroorg.bsky.social

@davidchalmers.bsky.social kicking off @mesec-community.bsky.social winter school!

Total recall: Detecting autobiographical memory retrieval in the absence of behaviour Functional neuroimaging has fundamentally changed our understanding of disorders of consciousness (DoC). While many DoC patients exhibit minimal to no…

In my ongoing quest to publish as many academic papers with Arnold Schwazenegger movies as part of the title, I give you…..Total Recall….out today and free to read www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The title of the paper, "Beliefs about Perception Shape Perceptual Inference: An Ideal Observer Model of Detection", with the author names, and Fig. 1: a schematic of an inverse optics account of vision.

Our "I would have seen it if it were there" paper — a collaboration with @ranimo.bsky.social and @clarepress.bsky.social — is now out in Psych. Review.

There’s a lot in this paper, but here are what I see as the 3 main takeaways:

psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

What happens in the brain when a stimulus enters consciousness?

We built a biophysical model of the cortex to zoom in to synaptic interactions and zoom out to whole-cortex neural dynamics during perception.

It revealed a key mechanism for ignition🧵...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...

tug of war

Do null group-level effects reflect the mixture of true subject-level effects at opposing directions? In a new paper, now accepted at Psychological Bulletin & Review (osf.io/preprints/ps...), we turn this question to the field of unconscious processing (1/14)

Deciphering temporal scales of visual awareness: insights from flicker frequency modulation in continuous flash suppression Abstract. Evidence from temporal regularities in perception, temporal phenomenology, and neural dynamics indicate that our awareness evolves and devolves o

Out now! Different aspects of visual awareness evolve over distinct timescales. Evidence from manipulations of the flicker rate in a continuos flash suppression (CFS) paradigms. A 🧵 1/n
academic.oup.com/nc/article/2...

The AMCS Progress&Visions in Consciousness Science Seminar is exploring a new format.Instead of the traditional talk&Q&A,the new format will have more in depth discussions.We will suggest relevant material for participants' preparation.We look forward to hearing your thoughts&opinions on the matter!

This is going to be a fantastic online conference! If you work in the mind sciences, consider submitting your abstract.

Details here: philevents.org/event/show/1...

Somehow @liadmudrik.bsky.social manages to raise the bar for a fully-packed lecture hall every single time; today, talking about what makes life meaningful 🧐 #ISCOP