1/Paper out today in Phil Trans B @royalsocietypublishing.org alsocietypublishing.org in a Special Issue «Evolutionary functions of consciousness», by @axc.bsky.social, Catherine Tallon-Baudry, @krysdolega.bsky.social and myself. 👉Open-access at this link: doi.org/10.1098/rstb... ⬇️ Summary below:

Brace yourself: neural and computational insights into the experience of mental effort! Now out in @cerebralcortex.bsky.social Led by Gaia Corlazzoli. Paper: desenderlab.com/wp-content/u.... Thread ↓↓↓

Replicating the unconscious working memory effect: A multisite preregistered study: https://osf.io/sj7fz

📝 Preprint alert 📝 Recent reports showed violations of Bloch's law (aka intensity-duration reciprocity) in visual perception. Me and @axc.bsky.social reassessed these violations using a modern LCD-based tachistoscope: doi.org/10.31234/osf...

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!

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 👇

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 🧠

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!

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 🚀

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/...

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... 🧠🧪

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...

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

🚨ALERT🚨 Do not miss the deadline for abstract submission, on the 26th of February! Looking forward to meet you at our event in Brussels 🧠

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!

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

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

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

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

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 👇

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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...