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
At this week’s Consciousness Club we have @svangaal.bsky.social speaking on “Linking arousal state fluctuations and recurrent processing to conscious perception”
Looking forward to it!
All welcome, Wednesday 28th Jan 11am-1230pm UK time
metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
Looking forward to it!
All welcome, Wednesday 28th Jan 11am-1230pm UK time
metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
January 26, 2026 at 2:04 PM
At this week’s Consciousness Club we have @svangaal.bsky.social speaking on “Linking arousal state fluctuations and recurrent processing to conscious perception”
Looking forward to it!
All welcome, Wednesday 28th Jan 11am-1230pm UK time
metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
Looking forward to it!
All welcome, Wednesday 28th Jan 11am-1230pm UK time
metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
Looking forward to the first Consciousness Club of the year tomorrow!
@suryagayet.bsky.social will be talking to us about “Tracking perceptual competition with Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging (RIFT)”
Wed 14th Jan at 11am UK time
All welcome, to join please see metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
@suryagayet.bsky.social will be talking to us about “Tracking perceptual competition with Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging (RIFT)”
Wed 14th Jan at 11am UK time
All welcome, to join please see metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
January 13, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Looking forward to the first Consciousness Club of the year tomorrow!
@suryagayet.bsky.social will be talking to us about “Tracking perceptual competition with Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging (RIFT)”
Wed 14th Jan at 11am UK time
All welcome, to join please see metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
@suryagayet.bsky.social will be talking to us about “Tracking perceptual competition with Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging (RIFT)”
Wed 14th Jan at 11am UK time
All welcome, to join please see metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
Last Consciousness Club of term tomorrow, Wed 3rd Dec 11am-1230pm UK time
Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon.bsky.social will be telling us about “The private life of public confidence”
Looking forward to it!
All welcome- for more info see metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon.bsky.social will be telling us about “The private life of public confidence”
Looking forward to it!
All welcome- for more info see metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
December 2, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Last Consciousness Club of term tomorrow, Wed 3rd Dec 11am-1230pm UK time
Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon.bsky.social will be telling us about “The private life of public confidence”
Looking forward to it!
All welcome- for more info see metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon.bsky.social will be telling us about “The private life of public confidence”
Looking forward to it!
All welcome- for more info see metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
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...
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...
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 21, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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...
We are looking forward to the last Consciousness Club before the summer break!
Chen Song will tell us how "Sleep deprivation disconnects brain and consciousness from the external world"
11am UK time, Wed 2nd July
For more information and how to join please see: metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
Chen Song will tell us how "Sleep deprivation disconnects brain and consciousness from the external world"
11am UK time, Wed 2nd July
For more information and how to join please see: metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
July 1, 2025 at 10:51 AM
We are looking forward to the last Consciousness Club before the summer break!
Chen Song will tell us how "Sleep deprivation disconnects brain and consciousness from the external world"
11am UK time, Wed 2nd July
For more information and how to join please see: metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
Chen Song will tell us how "Sleep deprivation disconnects brain and consciousness from the external world"
11am UK time, Wed 2nd July
For more information and how to join please see: metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
Consciousness Club is excited to be hosting @tamarkushnir.bsky.social this week!
She will tell us about "Young children’s social cognition and learning in an increasingly technological world"
Wednesday 4th June, 3pm UK
All welcome, see metacoglab.org/consciousnes... for more details
She will tell us about "Young children’s social cognition and learning in an increasingly technological world"
Wednesday 4th June, 3pm UK
All welcome, see metacoglab.org/consciousnes... for more details
June 3, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Consciousness Club is excited to be hosting @tamarkushnir.bsky.social this week!
She will tell us about "Young children’s social cognition and learning in an increasingly technological world"
Wednesday 4th June, 3pm UK
All welcome, see metacoglab.org/consciousnes... for more details
She will tell us about "Young children’s social cognition and learning in an increasingly technological world"
Wednesday 4th June, 3pm UK
All welcome, see metacoglab.org/consciousnes... for more details
We’re looking forward to hosting Jake Quilty-Dunn @quiltydunn.bsky.social for tomorrow’s Consciousness Club talk on Visual Icons
Note later start time of 330pm UK time, Wednesday 30th April
All welcome, see the link for more info and how to join!
metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
Note later start time of 330pm UK time, Wednesday 30th April
All welcome, see the link for more info and how to join!
metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
April 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
We’re looking forward to hosting Jake Quilty-Dunn @quiltydunn.bsky.social for tomorrow’s Consciousness Club talk on Visual Icons
Note later start time of 330pm UK time, Wednesday 30th April
All welcome, see the link for more info and how to join!
metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
Note later start time of 330pm UK time, Wednesday 30th April
All welcome, see the link for more info and how to join!
metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
Agreed! Fun example in the opening of this abstract:
March 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Agreed! Fun example in the opening of this abstract:
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...
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...
March 25, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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...
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...
Announcing this week's Consciousness Club with Ishan Singhal
@singhal.bsky.social
on "Time as a fundamental aspect of consciousness"
Wednesday 12th March, usual time of 11am-1230pm UK time
All welcome! For details on how to join please see: metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
@singhal.bsky.social
on "Time as a fundamental aspect of consciousness"
Wednesday 12th March, usual time of 11am-1230pm UK time
All welcome! For details on how to join please see: metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
March 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Announcing this week's Consciousness Club with Ishan Singhal
@singhal.bsky.social
on "Time as a fundamental aspect of consciousness"
Wednesday 12th March, usual time of 11am-1230pm UK time
All welcome! For details on how to join please see: metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
@singhal.bsky.social
on "Time as a fundamental aspect of consciousness"
Wednesday 12th March, usual time of 11am-1230pm UK time
All welcome! For details on how to join please see: metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
Announcing the 4th UCL-PSL Consciousness & Metacognition Summer School, 14th-16th July 2025
Small number of in-person places available (priority for @ucl.ac.uk and @psl-univ.bsky.social) + online participation
Lots of exciting speakers in the works, more TBA soon!
metacoglab.org/summer-schoo...
Small number of in-person places available (priority for @ucl.ac.uk and @psl-univ.bsky.social) + online participation
Lots of exciting speakers in the works, more TBA soon!
metacoglab.org/summer-schoo...
February 10, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Announcing the 4th UCL-PSL Consciousness & Metacognition Summer School, 14th-16th July 2025
Small number of in-person places available (priority for @ucl.ac.uk and @psl-univ.bsky.social) + online participation
Lots of exciting speakers in the works, more TBA soon!
metacoglab.org/summer-schoo...
Small number of in-person places available (priority for @ucl.ac.uk and @psl-univ.bsky.social) + online participation
Lots of exciting speakers in the works, more TBA soon!
metacoglab.org/summer-schoo...
Announcing this week's Consciousness Club with @clarepress.bsky.social on "Learning to perceive and perceiving to learn"
Wednesday 5th Feb, back to usual time of 11am-1230pm UK time
All welcome! For details on how to join please see: metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
Wednesday 5th Feb, back to usual time of 11am-1230pm UK time
All welcome! For details on how to join please see: metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
February 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Announcing this week's Consciousness Club with @clarepress.bsky.social on "Learning to perceive and perceiving to learn"
Wednesday 5th Feb, back to usual time of 11am-1230pm UK time
All welcome! For details on how to join please see: metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
Wednesday 5th Feb, back to usual time of 11am-1230pm UK time
All welcome! For details on how to join please see: metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
We're back for the first Consciousness Club of 2025!
@ayeletlandau.bsky.social will be talking to us about Sampling in the Visual Hierarchy: Dynamics, Competition, Perception and Consciousness
Wed 22nd Jan, note earlier start time of 10am GMT
See metacoglab.org/consciousnes... for how to join
@ayeletlandau.bsky.social will be talking to us about Sampling in the Visual Hierarchy: Dynamics, Competition, Perception and Consciousness
Wed 22nd Jan, note earlier start time of 10am GMT
See metacoglab.org/consciousnes... for how to join
January 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
We're back for the first Consciousness Club of 2025!
@ayeletlandau.bsky.social will be talking to us about Sampling in the Visual Hierarchy: Dynamics, Competition, Perception and Consciousness
Wed 22nd Jan, note earlier start time of 10am GMT
See metacoglab.org/consciousnes... for how to join
@ayeletlandau.bsky.social will be talking to us about Sampling in the Visual Hierarchy: Dynamics, Competition, Perception and Consciousness
Wed 22nd Jan, note earlier start time of 10am GMT
See metacoglab.org/consciousnes... for how to join
Time to start promoting the Consciousness Club on here! 🦋
On Wed 27th November at 11am-1230pm UK time we are excited to host @keithfrankish.bsky.social for his talk:
"How to think about artificial consciousness"
For more info and how to join see: metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
All welcome! 🧠🧪
On Wed 27th November at 11am-1230pm UK time we are excited to host @keithfrankish.bsky.social for his talk:
"How to think about artificial consciousness"
For more info and how to join see: metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
All welcome! 🧠🧪
November 26, 2024 at 6:47 AM
Time to start promoting the Consciousness Club on here! 🦋
On Wed 27th November at 11am-1230pm UK time we are excited to host @keithfrankish.bsky.social for his talk:
"How to think about artificial consciousness"
For more info and how to join see: metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
All welcome! 🧠🧪
On Wed 27th November at 11am-1230pm UK time we are excited to host @keithfrankish.bsky.social for his talk:
"How to think about artificial consciousness"
For more info and how to join see: metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
All welcome! 🧠🧪
Good morning London! ☀️
November 12, 2024 at 12:09 PM
Good morning London! ☀️
New reading for the commute @birchlse.bsky.social
November 12, 2024 at 8:53 AM
New reading for the commute @birchlse.bsky.social
Enjoyed this from the Times over the weekend. At the time MacNamara was the second most senior civil servant in the UK
November 11, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Enjoyed this from the Times over the weekend. At the time MacNamara was the second most senior civil servant in the UK
And finally, we retrain Webb et al.’s neural networks on variable stimulus sets, showing that the expected PEB scales with the dimensionality of the stimulus set
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October 25, 2024 at 11:26 AM
And finally, we retrain Webb et al.’s neural networks on variable stimulus sets, showing that the expected PEB scales with the dimensionality of the stimulus set
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We show that this effect can be observed not only for two-choice decisions, but for N-choice decisions (where dimensionality k > N)
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October 25, 2024 at 11:25 AM
We show that this effect can be observed not only for two-choice decisions, but for N-choice decisions (where dimensionality k > N)
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In these higher-dimensional SDT spaces, Bayesian confidence criteria for a two-choice discrimination become detection-like – again, no heuristics and biases
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October 25, 2024 at 11:24 AM
In these higher-dimensional SDT spaces, Bayesian confidence criteria for a two-choice discrimination become detection-like – again, no heuristics and biases
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Within SDT, this can be modelled as confidence criteria being detection-like – rather than being parallel to the major diagonal, and sensitive to RELATIVE evidence, they deviate from the diagonal and become sensitive to ABSOLUTE evidence - as in this nice figure from @matanmazor.bsky.social
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October 25, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Within SDT, this can be modelled as confidence criteria being detection-like – rather than being parallel to the major diagonal, and sensitive to RELATIVE evidence, they deviate from the diagonal and become sensitive to ABSOLUTE evidence - as in this nice figure from @matanmazor.bsky.social
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Excited to be hosting Rafi Malach for this week's Consciousness Club talk:
"Local relational structures in human conscious experience"
Wed 13th March, 11am-1230pm UK time
Please see metacoglab.org/consciousnes... for more information and how to join
All welcome!
"Local relational structures in human conscious experience"
Wed 13th March, 11am-1230pm UK time
Please see metacoglab.org/consciousnes... for more information and how to join
All welcome!
March 12, 2024 at 10:06 AM
Excited to be hosting Rafi Malach for this week's Consciousness Club talk:
"Local relational structures in human conscious experience"
Wed 13th March, 11am-1230pm UK time
Please see metacoglab.org/consciousnes... for more information and how to join
All welcome!
"Local relational structures in human conscious experience"
Wed 13th March, 11am-1230pm UK time
Please see metacoglab.org/consciousnes... for more information and how to join
All welcome!
Looking forward to this week's Consciousness Club with @introspection.bsky.social 🥳
"From Social Physiology to Social Neuro-AI"
2pm-330pm UK time, Wednesday 14th February
For more details and how to join, see metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
All welcome!
"From Social Physiology to Social Neuro-AI"
2pm-330pm UK time, Wednesday 14th February
For more details and how to join, see metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
All welcome!
February 12, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Looking forward to this week's Consciousness Club with @introspection.bsky.social 🥳
"From Social Physiology to Social Neuro-AI"
2pm-330pm UK time, Wednesday 14th February
For more details and how to join, see metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
All welcome!
"From Social Physiology to Social Neuro-AI"
2pm-330pm UK time, Wednesday 14th February
For more details and how to join, see metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
All welcome!