true! "top neuroscience journals often refer to “mechanism” and “mechanistic findings” to determine what research they should fund and publish. It’s clearly a status term in neuroscience, intended to capture the standard of quality work in the field." thetransmitter.org/the-big-pictur…

fascinated by the zero person perspective and their discussion of groundless experience, but i am not sure metzinger and friston share all that much in the end...

we need you to critisize our map of consciousness!

I'm sorry to inform you that you've read enough to start writing

"All that once was directly lived has become mere representation." - Debord, Society of the Spectacle Thesis 1

thanks for all the interesting questions and ideas! MESEC people always come up with the best feedback :)

🌟Big News! 🌟 The 2025 MESEC Winter School is coming to Dahshur, Egypt, from March 23-29! 🏜️ Dive into consciousness science amidst the pyramids and connect with passionate peers in this extraordinary location 🧠✨ Applications open soon - stay tuned! mesec.co/event/wintersc…

after doing a microphenomenological interview on chatgpt i'm convinced it has an experience of mental images...

Do you work on consciousness and AI? Then please consider submitting an abstract to our 'Conscious AI? Functionalism and its Alternatives' workshop, scheduled for June 2-3 2025 in Prague. Our keynotes are Anil Seth and Kathinka Evers. More info: emw.flu.cas.cz

New letter by me and Julia Sophia Crone in Brain Stimulation about the implications of brain shift in model-based planning for ultrasonic brain stimulation. doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.… Universität Wien's Cognitive Science Hub getting more and more into the TUS game #neuroscience #brainstimulation

On Thursday, March 13 at 3 p.m. (CET), Krys Dolega will give a talk, entitled "Unknown Pleasures: On the Possibility of Unconscious Hedonic States", at my department in Prague. More info: flu.cas.cz/cz/akce-filoso… There will be a zoom option, please pm me if you're interested.

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🧵... cell.com/cell-reports/f…

This year's Mathematical Consciousness Science conference, Models of Consciousness 6 (#MoC6) will take place in Sapporo, Japan. 👉 You're cordially invited to join us! Kudos to this year's main organizer, Robert Prentner! amcs-community.org/events/moc6-20…

#CIFARWinterSchool applications are now open! Learn from top researchers studying the neuroscience of consciousness in a fully-funded, 3-day event for senior PhD and post-doctoral fellows, hosted by CIFAR and Templeton World Charity Foundation. Apply by June 23! cifar.ca/next-generatio…

I am also giving a talk on perspectivism and consciousness science!