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Surya Gayet @suryagayet.bsky.social · 8d

If you are up for a nice academic battle, consider responding to our BBS paper "Studying unconscious processing: contention and consensus". The deadline is October 15th. Link below!

François Stockart @francoisstock.bsky.social · 8d

The call for commentaries on our BBS paper is out now (deadline October 15): shorturl.at/Hu3Yu. In the paper (shorturl.at/4Rbk6), we provide recommendations and outstanding issues about designing experimental paradigms, analyzing data, and reporting the results of studies on unconscious processing 👇

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François Stockart @francoisstock.bsky.social · 8d

The call for commentaries on our BBS paper is out now (deadline October 15): shorturl.at/Hu3Yu. In the paper (shorturl.at/4Rbk6), we provide recommendations and outstanding issues about designing experimental paradigms, analyzing data, and reporting the results of studies on unconscious processing 👇

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Pietro Amerio @pietroamerio.bsky.social · 9d

Absolutely incredible work led by @patxelos.bsky.social and @dsotob.bsky.social - such a compelling case of unconscious perception! Privileged to have been a little part of this 🧠

Patxi Elosegi @patxelos.bsky.social · 10d

1/Preprint Alert🔔: Across two experiments plus a computational model, we show the visual system compresses complex scenes into summary statistics that can guide behavior without conscious access to the task-defining features. We term this the Ensemble Blindsight effect.

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Liad Mudrik @liadmudrik.bsky.social · 13d

BBS just issued the call for commentaries, and we would LOVE to get yours!! The deadline is October 15th, and the reference number is BBS-D-24-00489R2. Looking forward to hearing what you think about our suggestions for how to study unconscious processes!

Maor Schreiber @maorschreiber.bsky.social · Jul 29

📢Excited to share our paper, "Studying unconscious processing: Contention and consensus", published in BBS.
The paper is the result of a collaborative effort of 32 leading researchers in the field, from 10 different countries🌏

Check out the full ms👇
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Studying unconscious processing: Contention and consensus | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core

Studying unconscious processing: Contention and consensus

www.cambridge.org

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Pietro Amerio @pietroamerio.bsky.social · Sep 4

Unfortunately it's another of these laws, Bloch's law. If you are interested, we will soon post a preprint confiming its validity with simple stimuli and an array of perceptual tasks. We are also testing it on complex realistic stimuli and results should also be ready soon

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Pietro Amerio @pietroamerio.bsky.social · Jul 29

So excited to see this work published! It was a truly inspiring collaboration - thanks to @maorschreiber.bsky.social, @francoisstock.bsky.social, @liadmudrik.bsky.social and @nfaivre.bsky.social for their incredibile efforts in making this happen 🚀

Maor Schreiber @maorschreiber.bsky.social · Jul 29

📢Excited to share our paper, "Studying unconscious processing: Contention and consensus", published in BBS.
The paper is the result of a collaborative effort of 32 leading researchers in the field, from 10 different countries🌏

Check out the full ms👇
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Studying unconscious processing: Contention and consensus | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core

Studying unconscious processing: Contention and consensus

www.cambridge.org

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Alicia Franco-Martínez (λ) @aliciafrancomnez.bsky.social · Jul 11

Super grateful to the WM team for such an exciting project 🥹🗺️🤍

You can check the slides of the @assc28.bsky.social presentation at| www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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Mel Goodale @action-brain.bsky.social · Jun 3

CIFAR invites applications for senior PhD and postdocs to participate in the Neuroscience of Consciousness Winter School, held in Montebello, Canada Dec 10-12, 2025. The Winter School is hosted by members of CIFAR’s Brain, Mind, and Consciousness program. Please repost.
cifar.ca/next-generat... 🧠🧪

Dog-sled going past the Le Château Montebello.

Main public room in Le Château Montebello decorated for Christmas. The building is the world's largest "log cabin".

Le Château Montebello is situated on the banks of the Ottawa river, separating Quebec and Ontario.

Group photo the school of 2018 at the Winter school on the Neuroscience of Consciousness

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Steve Fleming @smfleming.bsky.social · Mar 25

Looking forward to this week's Consciousness Club with Renzo Lanfranco @renzolanfranco.bsky.social

on "Becoming aware of the world and ourselves"

Wednesday 26th March, usual time of 11am-1230pm UK time

All welcome! For details on how to join please see: metacoglab.org/consciousnes...

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Mar 22

NEW: Elon Musk’s X has suspended accounts of Turkish opposition groups, suppressing footage of anti-government protests.

So, best we share all the footage we can here!

This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu.

🇹🇷 #Turkey

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ERC EXPERIENCE @erc-xp.bsky.social · Feb 18

🚨ALERT🚨

Do not miss the deadline for abstract submission, on the 26th of February!

Looking forward to meet you at our event in Brussels 🧠

ERC EXPERIENCE @erc-xp.bsky.social · Jan 24

We are excited to announce our 2nd workshop, “Value, Valence, and Consciousness”!

📌 Where? Brussels, Belgium
📆 When? April 7–8, 2025
📢Call for abstracts? until Feb. 26
💸 Registration? Free but mandatory, until Mar. 12

More infos ⬇️
erc-xp.ulb.be/2025/01/20/t...

Looking forward to see you there! 🤩

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CONNEX Seminars @connexseminars.bsky.social · Feb 20

Next Wednesday, we are happy to host @nfaivre.bsky.social ! 🤩
He will talk about the relationship between phenomenal, access and perceptual consciousness 👀

More information & abstract on the following link:
bit.ly/4ipD2y7 👈

Join us (on site only), @crcnulb.bsky.social in Brussels!

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Liad Mudrik @liadmudrik.bsky.social · Dec 21

Thrilled to have had the privilege of interacting with this outstanding group of young consciousness lovers at the CIFAR winter school! Huge thanks to the great organizers, Chris Krupenye, Catherine Duclos and Guillaume Dumas. And to TWCF! In the comment, a less dignified photo

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CONNEX Seminars @connexseminars.bsky.social · Apr 5

Next week join us for two amazing seminars 🎉 On Monday (08/04 at 15:00 CEST) we will have the pleasure to host Prof. @mschoenauer.bsky.social !
The abstract and link to join us online are here: bit.ly/3U3boNY

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CONNEX Seminars @connexseminars.bsky.social · Apr 5

And on Wednesday (10/04 at 12:15 CEST) we are happy to host Dr. @mateoleganes.bsky.social 🎉
Find the abstract of his talk and the link to join us online, here: bit.ly/49pXbPz

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CONNEX Seminars @connexseminars.bsky.social · Feb 16

Next Wednesday (21th Feb) we are happy to host Dr. Audrey Mazancieux @audreymazancieux.bsky.social ✨ You can join us online at 12:15 CET with this link! bit.ly/49uDDtT

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CONNEX Seminars @connexseminars.bsky.social · Feb 14

Join us today for the seminar of Dr. Stefanie Peykarjou! The time in the flyer below is incorrect: the talk will start at 12:15 CET. Find all details at the link below 👇

CONNEX Seminars @connexseminars.bsky.social · Feb 9

Next Wednesday (14th Feb) we are happy to host Dr. Stefanie Peykarjou 🚀 join us online at 12:15 CET at the link you can find here: bit.ly/49w4Xrl

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CONNEX Seminars @connexseminars.bsky.social · Feb 9

A special double-CONNEX week coming up! Next Friday (February 16th) we are happy to host Professor Sara Mednick 🚀 You can join us online at 14:00 CET: bit.ly/3UQ33LD

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CONNEX Seminars @connexseminars.bsky.social · Feb 9

Next Wednesday (14th Feb) we are happy to host Dr. Stefanie Peykarjou 🚀 join us online at 12:15 CET at the link you can find here: bit.ly/49w4Xrl

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CONNEX Seminars @connexseminars.bsky.social · Feb 1

CONNEX has now landed on BlueSky 🚀🦋 Follow us for updates about the upcoming seminars at @crcnulb.bsky.social

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CONNEX Seminars @connexseminars.bsky.social · Feb 1

We are so glad to host Dr. Grégory Hammad next Wednesday (7th Feb) at 12:15 🎉 here you can find the abstract of his talk and the link to join us online: bit.ly/48XylqE

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Pietro Amerio @pietroamerio.bsky.social · Oct 16

So happy to see this as a preprint 🔥 It was a pleasure to work with and learn from @matthiasmichel.bsky.social Stephan Goerttler @meganakpeters.bsky.social and @axc.bsky.social

Matthias Michel @matthiasmichel.bsky.social · Oct 16

New paper: we're getting close to showing unconscious perception with a non-biased (2IFC) visibility task, using both metacontrast masking and super fast presentations (980 micro(!!)-seconds) using a modern-day tachistoscope (shown here). Preprint here: osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Matthias Michel @matthiasmichel.bsky.social · Oct 16

As a bonus, @pietroamerio.bsky.social did a fantastic job creating brand new models that model observers providing visibility (not just confidence) ratings! Thanks @axc.bsky.social for inviting me in Brussels as a postdoc to work on this project. I had a fantastic time.

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Matthias Michel @matthiasmichel.bsky.social · Oct 16

New paper: we're getting close to showing unconscious perception with a non-biased (2IFC) visibility task, using both metacontrast masking and super fast presentations (980 micro(!!)-seconds) using a modern-day tachistoscope (shown here). Preprint here: osf.io/preprints/ps...

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