@shawnprest.bsky.social
Researcher at the intersection of meditation, consciousness, perception and active inference at the Monash Centre for Consciousness and Contemplative Studies (Monash University). Web: shawnprest.com
And awesome that it's open access, excited to read it!
07.02.2026 08:54 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It's finally out!!
07.02.2026 08:52 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
"The Self-Evidencing Agent" - my new book - is out now with @mitpress.bsky.social
Can be purchased, or just download the whole thing for free, via the 'Open Access' option.
I'm grateful to @anilseth.bsky.social and Karl Friston for the generous endorsements.
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255389...
🚨 New article in #NCONSC
Lifting the veil: probing altered visual perception in derealization
academic.oup.com/nc/article/2...
@anikokusztor.bsky.social
@qualiastructure.bsky.social
#consciousness
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📢Maths in the Brain Workshop 2026 in Melbourne.
We will bring together researchers across Australia with a shared interest in understanding the brain from a quantitative perspective.
This year's keynote is delivered by Professor James Cole, University College London.
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We're hiring a Program Manager to join the Meditation Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
This is a hands-on role for someone who wants to be in the thick of our efforts. You would work closely with us to drive our current projects forward....
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Interdisciplinarity Through Research Collaboration & Philosophy and Neuroscience Mentorship Program applications are due 2.28.26. Visit our website for more information.
15.12.2025 18:29 — 👍 12 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 4
For anyone interested in the mechanisms behind "letting go" in meditation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ndy...
This was a really fun conversation to have, thanks Josh! (www.linkedin.com/in/joshricha/)
Hagar did an excellent job on this and it was really fun to be involved with the project. :) Thanks to Matthew @matthewsacchet.bsky.social , Lars and Malcolm @malcolmnz.bsky.social for all their work in making this happen as well!
07.01.2026 22:38 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A lovely Christmas present: this paper led by Henrik Röhr is now out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/YCJX8T...
In this paper, we predict on a single-trial level whether someone is practising a self-boundary dissolution meditation practice on the basis of their EEG data
@monash-m3cs.bsky.social
04.12.2025 06:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I'm biased, but I think Neuromatch has done a lot of good in helping make computational science education accessible. Please consider donating to help us continue!
02.12.2025 20:26 — 👍 17 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
Very excited to announce that our new paper “Are Dreams Narrative Experiences? How Assumptions About Fictional Narratives Shape Debates on Dream Experiences” is officially published in Topoi.
I am truly honoured to have collaborated with my supervisor, Jennifer Windt, on this work.
rdcu.be/eSXvP
Hey all,
Thomas Metzinger has a new book out, have a look: www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/B0FZ...
@metzinger.bsky.social
Looking forward!
19.11.2025 00:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Definitely, odds are I'll be findable beside the coffee station ;-)
18.11.2025 21:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
#contemplativescience #neuroskyence
The work on the self is a collaboration with @kevinberryman.bsky.social, Aviva Berkovich-Ohana, Yair Dor-Ziderman, @matthewsacchet.bsky.social and @rubenlaukkonen.bsky.social
Excited for the Australasian Society for Philosophy and Psychology (ASPP) 2025 Conference next week in Melbourne 24-25 Nov.
I'll be presenting posters on multi-dimensional selfing and affective valence with active inference.
sites.google.com/monash.edu/a...
#contemplativescience
17.11.2025 08:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Still time to register for the 2025 Conference of the Australasian Society for Philosophy and Psychology, in-person in Melbourne Nov 24-25!
Check details and fab keynotes and program on the site👇
#philosophy #neuroskyence
sites.google.com/monash.edu/a...
Consider participating in this study by if you're starting to meditate (<4 months) and from Australia, New Zealand, UK, or USA!
psychologicalsciences.unimelb.edu.au/CSC/research...
@monash-m3cs.bsky.social #meditation
13.11.2025 14:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
In Boston, happy to be visiting the Meditation Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School meditation.mgh.harvard.edu
@matthewsacchet.bsky.social
#contemplativescience
How can lived experience be mathematically formalized, and what might computational models reveal about the depths of consciousness during advanced meditation?
As research on advanced meditation enters a new era, a powerful question emerges: Can we mathematically model meditative experience ...
If you weren't aware and are interested in active inference and predictive processing, check out the Active Inference Symposium @actinfinstitute.bsky.social (just started).
It's free, online, and has lots of great talks lined up, as well as workshops on modelling: coda.io/d/Applied-Ac...
Looking forward to visiting the Contemplative Sciences Center at the University of Virginia on Monday and having great conversations there! @mclsheehy.bsky.social @monash-m3cs.bsky.social csc.virginia.edu
09.11.2025 14:18 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0#contemplativescience #activeinference #cognitivescience #philosophy
05.11.2025 14:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Today is poster day #2 at @iscr.bsky.social
here in Chapel Hill. I'll be sharing work on how deep meditative experience challenges existing computational accounts of affective valence. Come by and pepper me with questions, 4:30-6pm :)
#ISCR2025
If attending @iscr.bsky.social, come by my poster at 4:30pm tomorrow.
I'll present work on clarifying selfing with active inference. This is collaborative work with @kevinberryman.bsky.social, @rubenlaukkonen.bsky.social, @matthewsacchet.bsky.social, Aviva Berkovich-Ohana and Yair Dor-Ziderman.
A big thanks to @matthewsacchet.bsky.social for putting it together!
01.11.2025 20:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0