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Want to know why you are conscious? Or if AI can be conscious? Pleased to announce this computational, enactive explanation of consciousness has been accepted to #ASSC27; I'm presenting this poster in Tokyo next week! (Thanks to my amazing co authors @SeanGWelsh @AnnaCiaunica)

What kinds of minds and brains are possible? Can we define a space for cognitions? My talk on "Possible and actual Minds: Mapping the Cognition Space" delivered at UCLA https://2023symposium.ibp.ucla.edus is available here youtube.com/watch?v=mFXUC2…

Today at the Institute of Psychology JU, we had a Neuropizza meeting! @marekPedziwi from @BrainCntr discussed modeling human understanding of complex images. Thanks for the inspiring lecture! #Neuropizza Fot. @KrzysztofBiels1 🍕

We're thrilled to have Thomas Metzinger as the Scientific Chair of the 2024 MESEC Summer Workshop! 🎉 If you are interested in non-ordinary states of consciousness, apply now: mesec.co/event/seminar_…

I have many pictures of Dan Dennett - this one captures one of his many qualities: He could do serious things with humour. But there is only sadness in his passing flickr.com/photos/axc/272…

⁦@TEDTalks⁩ kicks off tomorrow - I’m super happy to be back in sunny Vancouver 🍁 I’ll be discussing consciousness, AI, and neurotech on Tuesday 1:45pm w/ ⁦@NitaFarahany⁩ ⁦@ConorRussomanno⁩ & AC Koppens #BrainsBytesBeing

The new Marek Binder's paper explores the theories behind our experience of time's flow. Enjoy! doi.org/10.1016/j.cobe…

Excited to share our latest work with @ItayYaron @dan_biderman @Natalie_Bid @rotem_bennet Meir Plotnik and @Liad_Mudrik introducing a multi-trial IB paradigm in virtual reality ✨🥽 doi.org/10.3758/s13428… all the materials are open access here >> osf.io/648bp/

The perception of occlusion is amazing.

First up - ⁦@axelcleeremans⁩ Can a robot have an orgasm ? - the value of Consciousness …ingbodyproject.rd.ciencias.ulisboa.pt

🥳 🎊 I am really excited to share this project started in 2019 (when I was still a PhD student) with Katarzyna Hat, @RenateRutiku, Michał Wierzchoń, and @KrSandberg on domain-general confidence! osf.io/preprints/osf/… 1/7

Join us on April 11th at 10:30 AM CET for our seminar "Philosophy of Cognitive Science" in Warsaw. Balazs Aczel @BalazsAczel from ELTE will lead a discussion on establishing a 'psychology of science'. The seminar is a lengthy Q&A session. nature.com/articles/s4156…

We have 2 PhD positions in our lab in the beautiful Geneva! 🇨🇭🏔️ If you are interested in studying working memory, working with children & young adults, and doing all that using open and reproducible research practices, consider applying! euraxess.ch/jobs/214148

I'm excited to share our work demonstrating how we can infer pain from harmless stimuli 🥵🥶 This is the result of more than a decade of partnership with @micahgallen, the relentless effort of everyone involved, especially the talented @EhmsenFischer 🌟Our best work so far!

There are no words that would capture the incredible experience of the MESEC Winter School. Big thanks to our wonderful community! 🌞 Stay tuned for details about our next Workshop >> mesec.co/event/seminar_…

Tests for consciousness in humans and beyond Review by Tim Bayne, @anilkseth, Marcello Massimini, Joshua Shepherd, @axelcleeremans, @smfleming, @MalachLab, Jason Mattingley, David Menon, @Comadork, @meganakpeters, @adeelrazi, @Liad_Mudrik OA: rb.gy/pe7c25

What is consciousness? Is it true that our brains are always busy? Is there a link between mindfulness & nightmares? With so many questions on how our brains work we're fortunate to have NeuralArchCon @con_arch here to help. Delve into the work & success of this network ⬇

🥁🥁 Get ready to attend the Interdisciplinary Workshop "Embodied Consciousness and its Disorders" in Lisbon! With philosophers, neuroscientists, psychologists, artists & computational neuroscientists. Org: @AnnaCiaunica 👉…ingbodyproject.rd.ciencias.ulisboa.pt

(Dis)confirming theories of consciousness and their predictions: towards a Lakatosian consciousness science academic.oup.com/nc/article/202… Happy to see this out. New paper on theories of consciousness, with some phil of science

Excited to share my first preprint: a novel visual illusion discovered by @renrutmailliw and @HinzeHogendoorn, which we call the "Split-Stimulus Effect", in which a single flashed stimulus is perceived to be in two different locations simultaneously. [1/5] osf.io/preprints/psya…