Steve Fleming
@smfleming.bsky.social
Psychologist and neuroscientist at UCL https://metacoglab.org
Author, Know Thyself (2021) https://metacoglab.org/book
Dad and assistant to the Diplomat
Author, Know Thyself (2021) https://metacoglab.org/book
Dad and assistant to the Diplomat
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Detecting absence: A dedicated prediction-error signal emerging in the auditory thalamus
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.21605
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.21605
arxiv.org
November 27, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Detecting absence: A dedicated prediction-error signal emerging in the auditory thalamus
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.21605
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.21605
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Very good indeed. @stevefleming.bsky.social thinks consciousness is a process - what something does. In that case he says it’s theoretically possible for AI to be conscious. Not so, says @anilseth.bsky.social.
November 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Very good indeed. @stevefleming.bsky.social thinks consciousness is a process - what something does. In that case he says it’s theoretically possible for AI to be conscious. Not so, says @anilseth.bsky.social.
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Perceptual Dysregulation in Psychiatric Nosology has been released! I'm pleased to see that the cover is pretty close to my initial mockup. You can find the entire collection here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
November 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Perceptual Dysregulation in Psychiatric Nosology has been released! I'm pleased to see that the cover is pretty close to my initial mockup. You can find the entire collection here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Entertaining and wide-ranging panel discussion on consciousness at the @crick.ac.uk hosted by @profbriancox.bsky.social and featuring me, @anilseth.bsky.social @kathaschmack.bsky.social and @cosmicskeptic.bsky.social
Check it out, let us know what you think!
www.lnk.to/AQOSConsciou...
Check it out, let us know what you think!
www.lnk.to/AQOSConsciou...
What is consciousness?
Professor Brian Cox and an expert panel explore the elusive science of consciousness – what it is, how it arises, whether it can be observed in the brain, and the most compelling theories explaining i...
www.lnk.to
November 26, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Entertaining and wide-ranging panel discussion on consciousness at the @crick.ac.uk hosted by @profbriancox.bsky.social and featuring me, @anilseth.bsky.social @kathaschmack.bsky.social and @cosmicskeptic.bsky.social
Check it out, let us know what you think!
www.lnk.to/AQOSConsciou...
Check it out, let us know what you think!
www.lnk.to/AQOSConsciou...
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What can science tell us about consciousness?
Join our expert panellists as they answer audience questions about the nature of consciousness.
Listen now on your favourite podcast platform:
lnk.to/AQOSConsciou...
Join our expert panellists as they answer audience questions about the nature of consciousness.
Listen now on your favourite podcast platform:
lnk.to/AQOSConsciou...
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
What can science tell us about consciousness?
Join our expert panellists as they answer audience questions about the nature of consciousness.
Listen now on your favourite podcast platform:
lnk.to/AQOSConsciou...
Join our expert panellists as they answer audience questions about the nature of consciousness.
Listen now on your favourite podcast platform:
lnk.to/AQOSConsciou...
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A brilliant panel for the “What is consciousness ?” Part of the series of podcasts called “A Question of Science”
Hosted by Prof Brian Cox at The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk
@smfleming.bsky.social has a link below to the Podcasts and a video of the event. ⬇️💭
Hosted by Prof Brian Cox at The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk
@smfleming.bsky.social has a link below to the Podcasts and a video of the event. ⬇️💭
Entertaining and wide-ranging panel discussion on consciousness at the @crick.ac.uk hosted by @profbriancox.bsky.social and featuring me, @anilseth.bsky.social @kathaschmack.bsky.social and @cosmicskeptic.bsky.social
Check it out, let us know what you think!
www.lnk.to/AQOSConsciou...
Check it out, let us know what you think!
www.lnk.to/AQOSConsciou...
What is consciousness?
Professor Brian Cox and an expert panel explore the elusive science of consciousness – what it is, how it arises, whether it can be observed in the brain, and the most compelling theories explaining i...
www.lnk.to
November 26, 2025 at 9:49 AM
A brilliant panel for the “What is consciousness ?” Part of the series of podcasts called “A Question of Science”
Hosted by Prof Brian Cox at The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk
@smfleming.bsky.social has a link below to the Podcasts and a video of the event. ⬇️💭
Hosted by Prof Brian Cox at The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk
@smfleming.bsky.social has a link below to the Podcasts and a video of the event. ⬇️💭
Entertaining and wide-ranging panel discussion on consciousness at the @crick.ac.uk hosted by @profbriancox.bsky.social and featuring me, @anilseth.bsky.social @kathaschmack.bsky.social and @cosmicskeptic.bsky.social
Check it out, let us know what you think!
www.lnk.to/AQOSConsciou...
Check it out, let us know what you think!
www.lnk.to/AQOSConsciou...
What is consciousness?
Professor Brian Cox and an expert panel explore the elusive science of consciousness – what it is, how it arises, whether it can be observed in the brain, and the most compelling theories explaining i...
www.lnk.to
November 26, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Entertaining and wide-ranging panel discussion on consciousness at the @crick.ac.uk hosted by @profbriancox.bsky.social and featuring me, @anilseth.bsky.social @kathaschmack.bsky.social and @cosmicskeptic.bsky.social
Check it out, let us know what you think!
www.lnk.to/AQOSConsciou...
Check it out, let us know what you think!
www.lnk.to/AQOSConsciou...
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This will be a great meeting… please sign up and submit your work!
📣🔥Thrilled to announce that 2026 Computational Psychiatry Conference will take place in New Haven, CT, btw July 14-16 -
www.cpconf.org
@robbrutledge.bsky.social @drrickadams.bsky.social @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social @docqhuys.bsky.social @clairegillan.bsky.social Sonia Bishop
More info to come soon!
www.cpconf.org
@robbrutledge.bsky.social @drrickadams.bsky.social @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social @docqhuys.bsky.social @clairegillan.bsky.social Sonia Bishop
More info to come soon!
November 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This will be a great meeting… please sign up and submit your work!
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It’s today! Looking forward !
Join us for tomorrow’s Consciousness Club, Wed 19th at 11am UK time!
Jianghao Liu
A neural model of conscious mental imagery and aphantasia
All welcome!
For more info please see: metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
Jianghao Liu
A neural model of conscious mental imagery and aphantasia
All welcome!
For more info please see: metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
November 19, 2025 at 8:29 AM
It’s today! Looking forward !
Join us for tomorrow’s Consciousness Club, Wed 19th at 11am UK time!
Jianghao Liu
A neural model of conscious mental imagery and aphantasia
All welcome!
For more info please see: metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
Jianghao Liu
A neural model of conscious mental imagery and aphantasia
All welcome!
For more info please see: metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
November 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Join us for tomorrow’s Consciousness Club, Wed 19th at 11am UK time!
Jianghao Liu
A neural model of conscious mental imagery and aphantasia
All welcome!
For more info please see: metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
Jianghao Liu
A neural model of conscious mental imagery and aphantasia
All welcome!
For more info please see: metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
Wonderful news and hugely well deserved, Nadine is knocking it out of the park! 👏👏👏
Thanks so much @thetransmitter.bsky.social for this Rising Stars of Neuroscience award! 🤩
And a big thank you to @smfleming.bsky.social for the nomination!!
And a big thank you to @smfleming.bsky.social for the nomination!!
Congratulations 👏👏👏 to @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social who has been selected as one of @thetransmitter.bsky.social Rising Stars of Neuroscience, 2025!
⭐️🧠🌏🤩💫
www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
⭐️🧠🌏🤩💫
www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
November 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Wonderful news and hugely well deserved, Nadine is knocking it out of the park! 👏👏👏
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Thanks so much @thetransmitter.bsky.social for this Rising Stars of Neuroscience award! 🤩
And a big thank you to @smfleming.bsky.social for the nomination!!
And a big thank you to @smfleming.bsky.social for the nomination!!
Congratulations 👏👏👏 to @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social who has been selected as one of @thetransmitter.bsky.social Rising Stars of Neuroscience, 2025!
⭐️🧠🌏🤩💫
www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
⭐️🧠🌏🤩💫
www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
The Transmitter’s Rising Stars of Neuroscience 2025
We recognize the outstanding achievements of 25 neuroscientists who stand to shape the field for years to come.
www.thetransmitter.org
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Thanks so much @thetransmitter.bsky.social for this Rising Stars of Neuroscience award! 🤩
And a big thank you to @smfleming.bsky.social for the nomination!!
And a big thank you to @smfleming.bsky.social for the nomination!!
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Meet the Team: @ogulyurdakul.bsky.social is a PhD student at UCI. He's interested in how statistical signal processing methods can be applied in consciousness science and how different theories of consciousness intersect and differentiate. See www.arc-ethos.org/news, ogulyurdakul.github.io for more.
November 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Meet the Team: @ogulyurdakul.bsky.social is a PhD student at UCI. He's interested in how statistical signal processing methods can be applied in consciousness science and how different theories of consciousness intersect and differentiate. See www.arc-ethos.org/news, ogulyurdakul.github.io for more.
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Happy to be on this new paper: "Identifying indicators of consciousness in AI systems" - www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... The paper expands on some of the methodological points made in the Butlin et al. 2023 report on AI Consciousness.
Identifying indicators of consciousness in AI systems
Rapid progress in artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities has drawn fresh attention to the prospect of consciousness in AI. There is an urgent need …
www.sciencedirect.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Happy to be on this new paper: "Identifying indicators of consciousness in AI systems" - www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... The paper expands on some of the methodological points made in the Butlin et al. 2023 report on AI Consciousness.
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Join us Thursday Nov. 20 at 12pm (EST), Earl Miller will present at the MIT Consciousness Club: "Consciousness emerges from neural dynamics". Details available on the MIT Consciousness Club website: sites.google.com/view/mit-con....
MIT Consciousness Club
The MIT Consciousness Club aims to foster interdisciplinary research on consciousness at MIT and in the broader Boston area by organizing a monthly event featuring an expert talk on consciousness foll...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Join us Thursday Nov. 20 at 12pm (EST), Earl Miller will present at the MIT Consciousness Club: "Consciousness emerges from neural dynamics". Details available on the MIT Consciousness Club website: sites.google.com/view/mit-con....
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1/2 if you found the Butlin et al report on consciousness in AI interesting, we hope you will enjoy this TiCS paper! We explain more about the indicators approach and how it can be applied when assessing C in AI.>>
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Identifying indicators of consciousness in AI systems
Rapid progress in artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities has drawn fresh attention to the prospect of consciousness in AI. There is an urgent need …
www.sciencedirect.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
1/2 if you found the Butlin et al report on consciousness in AI interesting, we hope you will enjoy this TiCS paper! We explain more about the indicators approach and how it can be applied when assessing C in AI.>>
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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🚀 We're hiring !
🕵️ Seeking a postdoc to study the development & individual-level organization of brain circuits supporting (in)flexible behavior in psychiatric populations.
🧠 Precision functional mapping, fMRI, normative modelling
Details 👉 tinyurl.com/3h8tcv2e
🗓️ Apply by Dec 10! Please RT 🙌
🕵️ Seeking a postdoc to study the development & individual-level organization of brain circuits supporting (in)flexible behavior in psychiatric populations.
🧠 Precision functional mapping, fMRI, normative modelling
Details 👉 tinyurl.com/3h8tcv2e
🗓️ Apply by Dec 10! Please RT 🙌
Postdoctoral Researcher (2288) - Birkbeck, University of London
Birkbeck
cis7.bbk.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM
🚀 We're hiring !
🕵️ Seeking a postdoc to study the development & individual-level organization of brain circuits supporting (in)flexible behavior in psychiatric populations.
🧠 Precision functional mapping, fMRI, normative modelling
Details 👉 tinyurl.com/3h8tcv2e
🗓️ Apply by Dec 10! Please RT 🙌
🕵️ Seeking a postdoc to study the development & individual-level organization of brain circuits supporting (in)flexible behavior in psychiatric populations.
🧠 Precision functional mapping, fMRI, normative modelling
Details 👉 tinyurl.com/3h8tcv2e
🗓️ Apply by Dec 10! Please RT 🙌
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Canada makes pitch for US researchers to relocate with $1.7bn in new funding. My story for @science.org 🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Canada’s new budget aims to lure U.S. researchers to relocate
Spending plan also calls for smaller research spending cut than feared
www.science.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Canada makes pitch for US researchers to relocate with $1.7bn in new funding. My story for @science.org 🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Today! 👇
Join us for tomorrow’s Consciousness Club - Yair Pinto (www.uva.nl/en/profile/p...) on “No easy solutions for the Hard Problem of consciousness”. Should be fun!
Wednesday Nov 5th, 11am-1230pm UK time
For more info and how to join see metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
Wednesday Nov 5th, 11am-1230pm UK time
For more info and how to join see metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
November 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Today! 👇
Join us for tomorrow’s Consciousness Club - Yair Pinto (www.uva.nl/en/profile/p...) on “No easy solutions for the Hard Problem of consciousness”. Should be fun!
Wednesday Nov 5th, 11am-1230pm UK time
For more info and how to join see metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
Wednesday Nov 5th, 11am-1230pm UK time
For more info and how to join see metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
November 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Join us for tomorrow’s Consciousness Club - Yair Pinto (www.uva.nl/en/profile/p...) on “No easy solutions for the Hard Problem of consciousness”. Should be fun!
Wednesday Nov 5th, 11am-1230pm UK time
For more info and how to join see metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
Wednesday Nov 5th, 11am-1230pm UK time
For more info and how to join see metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
Clever behavioural experiment exposing how confidence is formed in visual perception
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41138620/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41138620/
Perceptual confidence has near perfect access to the existence of discrete representations, but only weak access to precision - PubMed
Perceptual confidence describes the degree to which we believe our internal perceptual representations reflect the external stimuli that caused them. How confidence is derived from internal representations is currently debated, but answering this question is made difficult because the nature of inte …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
October 28, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Clever behavioural experiment exposing how confidence is formed in visual perception
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41138620/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41138620/
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Could SWC be the place where you launch your career in #neuroscience? 🧠
Don’t miss your chance! Apply to our PhD Programme before 3 Nov: www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/content/...
#Career #PhD #London
Don’t miss your chance! Apply to our PhD Programme before 3 Nov: www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/content/...
#Career #PhD #London
October 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Could SWC be the place where you launch your career in #neuroscience? 🧠
Don’t miss your chance! Apply to our PhD Programme before 3 Nov: www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/content/...
#Career #PhD #London
Don’t miss your chance! Apply to our PhD Programme before 3 Nov: www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/content/...
#Career #PhD #London
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New preprint! What happens in the brain when people offload memories into external reminders? Using fMRI decoding, we found that the corresponding neural trace fades until it becomes statistically absent.
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October 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
New preprint! What happens in the brain when people offload memories into external reminders? Using fMRI decoding, we found that the corresponding neural trace fades until it becomes statistically absent.
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My commentary on @anilseth.bsky.social's BBS article: philpapers.org/rec/MICBOF. We should bet on functionalism.
Matthias Michel, Bet on functionalism - PhilPapers
I argue that there is currently no alternative to functionalism. Functionalism explains the differences between types of mental states. No biological theory does. Functionalist theories account for th...
philpapers.org
October 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
My commentary on @anilseth.bsky.social's BBS article: philpapers.org/rec/MICBOF. We should bet on functionalism.
Today! 👇
UCL’s Consciousness Club series resumes tomorrow Wed 22nd Oct with Ken Paller @paller.bsky.social on “Two Sides of Sleep and Memory: Conscious and Unconscious”
3pm-430pm UK time
All welcome, for zoom details please see: metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
3pm-430pm UK time
All welcome, for zoom details please see: metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
October 22, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Today! 👇