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Thomas Andrillon @thomasandrillon.bsky.social · Aug 14

💤🧠🧪 New article! 🧪🧠💤

After years of effort led by @qualiastructure.bsky.social (Nao Tsuchiya and William Wong), Jenny Windt, Katja Valli, Valdas Noreika and @rherzoga.bsky.social, the Dream database is now published in @natcomms.nature.com

**A dream EEG and mentation database**
rdcu.be/eAwni

Illustration from Ana Yael
https://www.anayael.com/

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Bigna Lenggenhager @bigna.bsky.social · Jun 22

As exciting as being in "flow" is researching it! We present a new continuous subjective measure that doesn't interfere with flow to to temporally connect subjective experience with physiological data osf.io/preprints/os...
Thanks to @suragenc.bsky.social , Elif, @marcwittmann.bsky.social &Tzvetan!

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Bigna Lenggenhager @bigna.bsky.social · Apr 15

New paper from great UK-CH collab! Using our immersive “Real Hand Illusion paradigm”, we showed increased sensitivity to visuo-tactile delays&its influence on body (dis)ownership in individuals with high trait dissociation. A big thank you to @jamoffatt.bsky.social and all co-authors! rdcu.be/ehNAJ

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George Fejer @georgefejer.bsky.social · Mar 28

www.aliusresearch.org/qualius-retr...

ASSC Sattelite Retreat

This post- ASSC 2025 sattelite event will serve as an interdisciplinary workshop retreat to advance research on consciousness, altered states, and computational phenomenology. It will integrate...

www.aliusresearch.org

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Bigna Lenggenhager @bigna.bsky.social · Mar 16

Thanks and congratulation to Gianluca and all the other collaborators and a huge thank you to the participants! Many traveled long distances and overcame stigma to share their experiences and participate.

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Bigna Lenggenhager @bigna.bsky.social · Mar 16

Paper alert: Many people with Body Identity Dysphoria simulate their desired state by binding a limb to reduce stress& align with their identity. We explored whether VR offers a safer alternative and its effects on neural activity & connectivity. authors.elsevier.com/c/1kmKS55vZH...

authors.elsevier.com

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Bigna Lenggenhager @bigna.bsky.social · Feb 8

Wonderful new #TerraX documentary on birth and death!With Norma we used #VirtuaReality to expose Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim to an #OutOfBody -like experience. Painful to watch myself on TV 🙈, but the production was fun. Thanks Luise&the amazing team!
www.zdf.de/dokumentatio...
Photocredit: Norma Deseke.

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Bigna Lenggenhager @bigna.bsky.social · Jan 28

I haven't been here for 10 months - so great to see now many people have joined #bluesky in the meanwhile! will definitively try to come by sooner next time and looking forward to updates, exchanges & discussions!

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Bigna Lenggenhager @bigna.bsky.social · Mar 19

finally some airy news! We got the wonderful @meikeramon.bsky.social on board and feel ready to grow... for this we would love to get your input - please check out our webpage, fill out the questionAIR linked there, and/or just get in contact. a-i-r.science

Bigna Lenggenhager @bigna.bsky.social · Oct 12

The day we founded - under the open sky - AIR, the association for independent research 💛. Stay tuned….

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Bigna Lenggenhager @bigna.bsky.social · Jan 29

thanks to all the participants, all the wonderful collaborators and to the Swiss National Science Foundation!

#FunFact ChatGPT can't draw an amputation without a prosthetic device

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Bigna Lenggenhager @bigna.bsky.social · Jan 29

New preprint of out! We investigated in people with body integrity dysphoria neural and phenomenological changes after playing a #VR game in a body corresponding to their desired body #amputated. We are very excited about the results, check medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Bigna Lenggenhager @bigna.bsky.social · Jan 27

and one more… 🤩

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Bigna Lenggenhager @bigna.bsky.social · Jan 23

haargenau

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Bigna Lenggenhager @bigna.bsky.social · Jan 23

Another save-the-date suggestion in a great place with wonderful topics, speakers, and food: www.dnisc.unich.it/pagina-adria...

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Bigna Lenggenhager @bigna.bsky.social · Jan 2

Save the date for one of my favorite little conferences, this time in beautiful Verona! The past years have always been a blast with great speakers, lots of wonderful discussions, and social gatherings 🤩

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Bigna Lenggenhager @bigna.bsky.social · Dec 22

Wenn schon in die Ferne schweifen... Lust auf solidarisches & bewusstes Reisen? Namibia-Reise organisiert u.a. von meinem Bruder. Check it out: povanhu.com

Bigna Lenggenhager @bigna.bsky.social · Dec 19

Highly recommended! Great speakers, great place, great event! 11th MindBrainBody Symposium (MBB) on March 11–13, 2024, in hybrid mode (virtual and in-person in Berlin): www.mindbrainbody.de

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Bigna Lenggenhager @bigna.bsky.social · Dec 15

A deadline- and eventful time indeed! But may still be worth a shot…?

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Bigna Lenggenhager @bigna.bsky.social · Dec 14

or apply :-)

Bigna Lenggenhager @bigna.bsky.social · Dec 14

"My" W3-professorship in Cognitive Psychology @ University of Konstanz is advertised again. Great university, vibrant collective behaviour cluster, super-nice colleagues& a beautiful lake! Happy to provide more information. stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/134edab117119d9190591316f37e7ae0455909af0

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Daniel Kluger @danlikesbrains.bsky.social · Dec 8

Brain-body people in Europe, there's an ERA-NET NEURON pre-call for transnational proposals on bidirectional brain-body interactions in health and disease (open in Jan)! Have a look, spread the word, and let's make things happen!
#neuroskyence #cogsci #neurogrants #psychsci

Pre-Announcement 2024 “Bidirectional Brain-Body Interactions” - ERA-NET NEURON

Transnational Research Projects on Bidirectional Brain-Body Interactions | Official Launch 8th of Jan 2024

www.neuron-eranet.eu

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Bigna Lenggenhager @bigna.bsky.social · Dec 11

last days to apply for these phd positions - please share... interdisciplinary project featuring pain, psychedelics, fNIRS & embodied VR

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Bigna Lenggenhager @bigna.bsky.social · Nov 23

just to break the 232 232 23...flow, here we go

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Bigna Lenggenhager @bigna.bsky.social · Nov 18

Exactly. I did once when i didn't know better yet - and regretted!

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Bigna Lenggenhager @bigna.bsky.social · Nov 17

Isn’t it a bit mean to exclude the participants? After all without them there would not be much of the rest 😅

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