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Steve Fleming @smfleming.bsky.social · 1d

haha makes sense

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Steve Fleming @smfleming.bsky.social · 1d

Croatian embassy??

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 3d

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺
Is consciousness tied to biological brains?
Neuro&Philo Salon present+discussion with @anilseth.bsky.social of his BBS target paper!
October 23, noon USA eastern
#neuroskyence
Register: umd.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
doi.org/10.1017/S014...

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Ian Phillips @ianbphillips.bsky.social · 3d

@neddo.bsky.social's very nice commentary on @matthiasmichel.bsky.social and @smfleming.bsky.social's BBS target article also arguing that conscious perception may form fast even if postdiction suggests it only "vulcanizes" slowly.

Ned Block @neddo.bsky.social · 3d

Hmmm…my reply is somewhat similar drive.google.com/file/d/1cIUk...

2025.Michel.Fleming.response.pdf

drive.google.com

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Steve Fleming @smfleming.bsky.social · 5d

This is super cool, lovely work!

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johnwkrakauer @johnwkrakauer.bsky.social · 15d

First shot across the bow from ongoing project with Jake.

Jake Quilty-Dunn @quiltydunn.bsky.social · 16d

New publication forthcoming in BBS, co-authored with John Krakauer: a commentary on @smfleming.bsky.social & @matthiasmichel.bsky.social's groundbreaking target article.

We critique widespread assumptions in cognitive neuroscience about the role of internal models in implicit cognition. (1/7)

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Jake Quilty-Dunn @quiltydunn.bsky.social · 16d

New publication forthcoming in BBS, co-authored with John Krakauer: a commentary on @smfleming.bsky.social & @matthiasmichel.bsky.social's groundbreaking target article.

We critique widespread assumptions in cognitive neuroscience about the role of internal models in implicit cognition. (1/7)

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megan peters 🧠 @meganakpeters.bsky.social · 12d

Just accepted at BBS - a commentary on @smfleming.bsky.social and @matthiasmichel.bsky.social's Sensory Horizons article:
Reality monitoring decision policies and the slowness of consciousness
osf.io/preprints/ps...

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David Soto @dsotob.bsky.social · 9d

Great work by the unstoppable @patxelos.bsky.social

@meganakpeters.bsky.social
@hakwan.bsky.social
@smfleming.bsky.social
@liadmudrik.bsky.social
@theassc.bsky.social

Patxi Elosegi @patxelos.bsky.social · 9d

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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Will Turner @renrutmailliw.bsky.social · 8d

New BBS article w/ @lauragwilliams.bsky.social and Hinze Hogendoorn, just accepted! We respond to a thought-provoking article by @smfleming.bsky.social & @matthiasmichel.bsky.social, and argue that it's premature to conclude that conscious perception is delayed by 350-450ms: bit.ly/4nYNTlb

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Steve Fleming @smfleming.bsky.social · 6d

Very exciting opportunity here, come join us at the ICN!

Prof Rick Adams @drrickadams.bsky.social · 8d

Post doc job alert 📢! Announcing a v exciting job on a Wellcome-funded project in my group at UCL, looking at auditory hallucinations... Advert here 👀: rb.gy/230w8l - deadline is end of Oct. Please apply! 1/5

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

rb.gy

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Ian Phillips @ianbphillips.bsky.social · 8d

What does postdiction show about the speed of consciousness? In this forth. piece in BBS, I respond to @smfleming.bsky.social + @matthiasmichel.bsky.social's claim that postdiction shows consciousness is slow -- too slow for its purpose to be online action guidance. 1/3 philpapers.org/rec/PHIPAT-14

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Steve Fleming @smfleming.bsky.social · 6d

Very much looking forward to this!

Dutch Society for Brain and Cognition @brain-cognition-nl.bsky.social · 7d

Other than previous editions, the conference will be organized from Wednesday-Friday (December 17-19, 2025). Confirmed keynote speakers are Steve Fleming (University College London @smfleming.bsky.social) and Maryam Alimardani (VU University) ✨

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Steve Fleming @smfleming.bsky.social · 6d

@matthiasmichel.bsky.social and I are beavering away reading and responding to all the excellent commentaries on our BBS paper outlining an evolutionary account of visual consciousness.

In the meantime, if you missed our target article, it's available here:

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Sensory Horizons and the Functions of Conscious Vision | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core

Sensory Horizons and the Functions of Conscious Vision

www.cambridge.org

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Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 6d

We need heroes. People to respect and emulate. People who inspire us to do our best and be our best. Jane Goodall was a hero, and she will remain one.

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Jason da Silva Castanheira @jasondasilvac.bsky.social · 13d

Quantifying rhythmic and arrhythmic brain activity is a hot 🥵 topic. But how independent are the two components from one another? 🤔 In my latest work with @smfleming.bsky.social & @matlandry.bsky.social, I explore the relationship between the two.

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Quantifying Rhythmic and Arrhythmic Components of Brain Activity

Brain activity comprises both rhythmic (periodic) and arrhythmic (aperiodic) components. These signal elements vary across healthy aging, and disease, and may make distinct contributions to conscious ...

www.biorxiv.org

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Kris Jensen @kristorpjensen.bsky.social · 14d

I’m super excited to finally put my recent work with @behrenstimb.bsky.social on bioRxiv, where we develop a new mechanistic theory of how PFC structures adaptive behaviour using attractor dynamics in space and time!

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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onemorebrown @onemorebrown.bsky.social · 17d

some interesting discussion from Ruth Millikan and others at the @philosophyofbrains.com blog:
philosophyofbrains.com/2025/09/16/r...

Ruth Millikan: Reply to Nick Shea — The Brains Blog

If offered ten more years to think about these matters with someone, give me Nick Shea. (And let me very strongly urge Nick’s recent book Concepts at the Interface!! (Oxford University Press. Open…

philosophyofbrains.com

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Earl K. Miller @earlkmiller.bsky.social · 19d

Interested in consciousness? Join the club. And join us tomorrow (noon on Zoom) for the first seminar of the MIT Consciousness Club.
sites.google.com/view/mit-con...

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Thomas Luo @thomas-zhihao-luo.bsky.social · 20d

How does the brain decide? 🧠

Our new @nature.com paper shows that neural activity switches from an 'evidence gathering' to a 'commitment' state at a precise moment we call nTc.

After nTc, new evidence is ignored, revealing a neural marker for the instant when the mind is made up.

rdcu.be/eGUrv

Transitions in dynamical regime and neural mode during perceptual decisions - Nature

Simultaneous recordings were made of hundreds of neurons in the rat frontal cortex and striatum, showing that decision commitment involves a rapid, coordinated transition in dynamical regime and neura...

www.nature.com

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Matthias Michel @matthiasmichel.bsky.social · 20d

The MIT Consciousness Club will have a Zoom option for those who would like to join online. First session Friday, Sept 19, 12pm-1:30pm. For more, see: sites.google.com/view/mit-con.... You can register to the email list here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F....

MIT Consciousness Club Mailing List

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Steve Fleming @smfleming.bsky.social · 23d

This is cool!

People evaluate agents by the algorithms that drive their behavior

direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...

People Evaluate Agents Based on the Algorithms That Drive Their Behavior

Abstract. When people see an agent perform a task, do they care if the underlying algorithm driving it is ‘intelligent’ or not? More generally, when people intuitively evaluate the performance of othe...

direct.mit.edu

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Matthias Michel @matthiasmichel.bsky.social · 25d

Unconscious perception of ensembles, assessed with a bias-discouraging 2IFC task: osf.io/preprints/ps.... Great work by @patxelos.bsky.social, @dsotob.bsky.social et al.!

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Phil Corlett @philcorlett.bsky.social · 28d

Fun write up of Imagination/perception work from @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social @smfleming.bsky.social and others: www.scientificamerican.com/article/newf...
I was just live on Canadian Breakfast radio chatting about it. Bad pun, but this work really has captured the public imagination!

Your Brain Has a Reality Check System—Here’s How It Works

Seeing and imagining use similar brain machinery. New research reveals the brain circuit that identifies what is real, which may help scientists understand conditions such as schizophrenia

www.scientificamerican.com

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Steve Fleming @smfleming.bsky.social · 26d

Great stuff Phil, thanks for doing those interviews!

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