I hope to have time soon to write a little thread on this, but for now here's the PsyArXiv link to a new preprint from our lab on the construct validity of probed mind-blanking reports. Chandni Lal will be presenting this work as a poster at the upcoming Psychonomics meeting.

How I imagine it must be like to work in a small university town

🧪 Our new study on decoding #MindBlanking events started yesterday. The pilot was successful, and we now fine-tune the details. Led by @agusaragon.bsky.social, with the precious assistance of #NikosSimos and @b-marion.bsky.social

Our lab participated at the meeting of the #BelgianSocietyofNeuroscience last Monday, which was a blast. Thank you for bringing us to Leuven this year. W/ @parboulakis.bsky.social @agusaragon.bsky.social @b-marion.bsky.social @ademertzi.bsky.social

🚨Preprint alert 🚨. Our work “Distinct cortical profiles underlie the common reportability of thought-free experiences” is available at www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... 🧵A thread ...

Our @agusaragon.bsky.social is a finalists at the #MindScienceFoundation Pitch Competition! And tonight she is also up for the audience choice award. Good luck, Agus! @giga-crc-hi.bsky.social @universitedeliege.bsky.social

The @dreamteamicm.bsky.social has launched an online survey about the things you experience when you fall asleep! Everyone is different, so we need you to tell us! It will take only 20 minutes, but it will mean a lot to dream researchers like us! redcap.link/DriftingMinds Please, share! 🧠💤

🧠 New preprint! 🧠 As part of a forthcoming book on consciousness, we wrote a chapter on: Spontaneous thoughts and experiences across wakefulness and sleep osf.io/preprints/ps... with @parboulakis.bsky.social @ademertzi.bsky.social and @jdsitt.bsky.social A brief 🧵!

Mind-wandering is associated with late modulation of the heartbeat-evoked potential; mind-blanking is associated with greater decoupling of heart-brain phase coupling. New findings from our radically-revised study of spontaneous cognitive & physiological dynamics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

One week ago, @parboulakis.bsky.social added three more letters to his title. His defense was a celebration that brought together beloved alumni, current collaborators, and eternal friends. Congratulations again, Boulakis Paris PhD!👏🎉🎯

Just passed my private defence. Time to celebrate by buying new kitchenware, the height of human experience

🚨Publication alert 🚨. Our Registered Report is finally out at Scientific Reports nature.com/articles/s41.... A thread on how mind blanking frequency shifts across different arousal levels ...

🚨Publication alert 🚨 Our review article “Relating mind-blanking to the content and dynamics of spontaneous thinking” is out on Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences (sciencedirect.com/science/arti...). A thread … 🧵