As the buzz of the event starts to fade, fond memories of this venue linger. From the delicious food to the stunning views and the way they adapted the venue to suit our event, Ephesus Retreat really has it all! Tested and warmly recommended by MESEC ☀️ Visit www.ephesusretreat.com for your event!

The MESEC mental imagery workshop 2026 has come to an end ☀️ We warmly thank @escop.bsky.social, whose funding made the event possible, and our participants and speakers for their scientific and human contributions to this amazing week!

🚨 Reminder: applications close today at 23:59 Anywhere on Earth (AoE)! 🚨 Join us in Carcassonne, France, for a week of discussion, collaboration, and exploration of computational approaches to consciousness science. #ConsciousnessScience #AcademicSky #NeuroAI #ComputationalModelling #consci

The deadline is tomorrow !!! Check out this amazing event!

🧠Speaker: Jolien Francken @jolienfrancken.bsky.social brings a philosophy of science perspective to consciousness research, exploring how different theories, methods, and frameworks can be compared and integrated. 🏝️Carcassonne,France 📆29 Aug – 5 Sept 2026 🚨Deadline:29 May🚨 mesec.co/event/worksh...

🧠 Speaker: Nao (Naotsugu) Tsuchiya @naotsuchiya.bsky.social will focus on phenomenological modelling: how formal approaches can capture the structure of conscious experience, including qualia structure. 📍 Carcassonne, France
📆 29 Aug – 5 Sept 2026 🚨Deadline: 29 May🚨 mesec.co/event/worksh...

🧠 Speaker: Sean Froudist-Walsh @seanfw.bsky.social will explore biophysical models of conscious access, linking brain dynamics, large-scale modelling and mechanisms of conscious perception. 📍 Carcassonne, France
📆 29 Aug – 5 Sept 2026 🚨Deadline: 29 May🚨 mesec.co/event/worksh... #consci

🧠 Speaker: @neurograce.bsky.social Grace brings a Neuro-AI perspective on attention, using artificial neural network models to explore selective processing and attentional control in consciousness science. 📍 Carcassonne, France
📆 29 Aug – 5 Sept 2026 🚨Deadline: 29 May🚨 mesec.co/event/worksh...

🚨Only a few days left to apply!🚨 The workshop is mainly aimed at PhD students and postdocs. 🧠 💸Some limited bursaries available.💸 Please check here for more details: mesec.co/event/worksh... #Consciousness #Consci #AcademicSky #NeuroAI #Neuroscience #CognitiveScience #ConsciousnessScience

Have a look at the programme we have prepared for the workshop and the amazing speakers who will be joining us! 🧠 Including @smfleming.bsky.social @seanfw.bsky.social @neurograce.bsky.social @jolienfrancken.bsky.social @naotsuchiya.bsky.social Applications close 29 May!⏳ mesec.co/event/worksh...

🚨Apply before 29 May!🚨 At MESEC, we believe that better science emerges from diverse perspectives and backgrounds.💙 💁🏽‍♀️We especially encourage women and researchers from underrepresented backgrounds to apply to our workshop 💸A limited number of bursaries will be available. mesec.co/event/worksh...

Don't miss the @mesec-community.bsky.social Workshop 2026: Computational Modelling for Consciousness Science — From Fragmentation to Integration. Happening in Carcassonne, France, 29/8-5/9. Apply by 29/5. Chaired by @smfleming.bsky.social. Deets: mesec.co/event/worksh...

Looking forward to this!

🧠 Our ⭐️Computational Modelling for Consciousness Science⭐️ workshop is primarily intended for PhD students and postdocs but advanced master’s students and ECRs are also very welcome to apply! Applications are open until 29 May: mesec.co/event/worksh... #Consciousness

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🚨Exciting news!🚨 🧠 We’re delighted to announce that the MESEC workshop Computational Modelling for Consciousness Science will be chaired by ⭐️Prof. Steve Fleming @smfleming.bsky.social⭐️ 🏝️Join us in Carcassonne, France 📆29 Aug–5 Sept 2026. 👀Applications open until 29 May: mesec.co/event/worksh...

Did we mention we have a pool? Applications open until 29th May! Find more information here: #consciousness #consci #AcademicSky #PhilSci #neuroscience #NeuroAI

This looks amazing, amazing, amazing, if you are a Ph.D. student or postdoc studying consciousness:

Very much looking forward to this! Do get applying

Highly recommended!

🧠 Join us for the Computational Modelling for Consciousness Science workshop in Carcassonne, France! 🧠 Chaired by @smfleming.bsky.social! 🧠 Applications are open until the 29th May! More info soon👀 #ConsciousnessScience #consci #ComputationalNeuroscience #AcademicSky #MESEC

I help organising this year's MESEC summer workshop - and I think it's going to be exciting !!! Do join 😊

Our 2026 MESEC workshop 🧠Computational Modelling for Consciousness Science🧠 will take place at Domaine de Garille, a beautiful winery surrounded by vineyards near Carcassonne, France. 🍇 
📅 29 August – 5 September 2026 Applications open until 29 May: mesec.co/event/worksh... #Consciousness #consci

🚨 Applications are open! 🚨 Join MESEC’s 2026 Summer Workshop: ⭐️Computational Modelling for Consciousness Science: From Fragmentation to Integration⭐️ 📍 Carcassonne, France 📅 29 Aug–5 Sept 2026 🗓️ Deadline: 29 May 2026 More info and applications here: mesec.co/event/worksh...

A big thank you to our chair Anil Seth and all tutors for their presence and guidance. From tutorials and presentations to career panels and informal discussions, these exchanges are invaluable for young researchers and something the MESEC is proud to foster. ⭐️🧠 @ibroorg.bsky.social

Last but not least, Day 5 ✔️ We wrapped up this amazing week with Charlotte Martial, exploring near-death experiences as a window into consciousness. A thoughtful and engaging way to close the winter school.

Animal consciousness was the focus on Day 4 with Angelica Kaufmann. Participants explored different perspectives and exchanged ideas around how to approach consciousness beyond humans.🐝🦇🐙 @ibroorg.bsky.social

Day 3 focused on neuroscience methods to study consciousness with Michael Pereira. From experimental tools to theory, participants explored how we actually investigate conscious experience. @ibroorg.bsky.social

Day 2 done ✔️ A full day on theories of consciousness, working through different frameworks with tutor Krzysztof Dołega. Lots of questions and hands-on thinking with participants. 🐝 @ibroorg.bsky.social

🎉 Day 1 of the Winter School is complete! We kicked things off with our chair @anilseth.bsky.social diving into the big questions of consciousness. Participants, tutors, and the chair already mixing and getting to know each other. Off to a week of ideas and great discussions. ☀️ @ibroorg.bsky.social

🔔 Speaker line-up! 🧠 Perceptual reality monitoring — Nadine Dijkstra (chair) Mental imagery and aphantasia — Alfredo Spagna Dreaming — Francesca Siclari Inner speech — Ladislas Nalborczyk Mind wandering — To be confirmed ☀️ Reminder: applications for the workshop close this Sunday March 15th, 2026!

🔔 WORKSHOP SPEAKER REVEAL 🔔 🌙 Can our sleeping brain’s dream experiences offer insights into their waking counterpart: mental imagery ? 🧠 We are honored to introduce Dr Francesca Siclari, dreams expert, to sketch bridges between disciplines! ⏱️ Don’t miss it. Apply now. mesec.co/event/worksh...

🔔 DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MARCH 15TH 🔔 ⏳ One extra week to submit your application! 🌎 The deadline was extended to ensure fairness by making sure that every motivated applicant gets a proper opportunity. Now is the time. Submit before March 15th. Join us in Turkey ☀️ APPLY HERE: bit.ly/4rRP9sI

🎓 WORKSHOP SPEAKER DROP 🎓 🧠 How does the brain generate and monitor inner speech?How does inner speech vary across individuals, contexts? How can we capture these dynamics in the lab? ⏳ Apply to benefit from Dr @lnalborczyk.bsky.social's talk and privileged discussions! ➡️ mesec.co/event/worksh...

🔔 SPEAKER TEASER 🔔 🧠 What is the Role of the Fusiform Imagery Node in mental imagery? What can we learn from cases such as aphantasia or lesions? ✨ Join our mental imagery spring workshop to attend @alfredospagna.bsky.social's lecture and enjoy the sun ✨ APPLY HERE: mesec.co/event/worksh...

🔔 SPEAKER TEASER 🔔 🧠 What is the Role of the Fusiform Imagery Node in mental imagery? What can we learn from special cases such as aphantasia or lesions? ✨ Join our mental imagery spring workshop to attend Alfredo Spagna's lecture and enjoy the turkish sun ✨ APPLY HERE: mesec.co/event/worksh...

🔔CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 🔔 💡Any crazy intuition about consciousness ? Hot take on mental imagery ? 🎭 Our workshop is an experimental space, far from performative pressure ; designed to playfully share ideas, guided by a skilled comedian! We look forward to getting your application! bit.ly/4rXihyZ

🔔CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 🔔 💡Any crazy intuition about consciousness ? Hot take on mental imagery ? 🎭 Our workshop is an experimental space, far from performative pressure ; designed to playfully share ideas, guided by a skilled comedian! We look forward to getting your application! bit.ly/4rXihyZ

🎓 Last Tutor Announcement! 🌟 Meet our MESEC Winter School 2026 Tutor: Charlotte Martial! We are pleased to welcome her and engage with her work on near-death experiences and disconnected states of consciousness. 🗓️ March 22nd–28th 📍 Ephesus, Turkey 🇹🇷 @ibroorg.bsky.social

Another Tutor Drop! 🌟Meet our MESEC Winter School 2026 Tutor: Angelica Kaufmann! We are delighted to complete our expert lineup with Angelica! 🏛️Get ready to engage with her work on animal cognition and the varieties of conscious experience. 🐾 🗓️March 22nd–28th @ibroorg.bsky.social

🎓 On-Site Tutor Announcement! 🌟 Meet our MESEC Winter School 2026 Tutor: Michael Pereira! We are honored to have Michael join our lineup in Ephesus! 🏛️ Get ready to explore the cutting edge of neuroscience methods 🧠✨ 🗓️March 22nd–28th Ephesus, Turkey 🇹🇷 🌅 @ibroorg.bsky.social

🎓 On-Site Tutor Announcement! 🌟 Meet our MESEC Winter School 2026 Tutor: Krzysztof (Krys) Dolega! We are thrilled to welcome Krys to Ephesus this March! 🏛️ Get ready to dive into the philosophy and science of mind with an expert. 🗓️ March 22nd–28th 📍 Ephesus, Turkey 🇹🇷 @ibroorg.bsky.social

🌎 Diversity of academic and life backgrounds is essential for the richness of intellectual and human exchanges. 💪 We encourage you to apply for the spring Workshop, whatever budget you have! bit.ly/4anS0U7 💸 Bursaries, full or partial, are offered for participants who could not attend otherwise.

Our 20 participants for the MESEC Winter School 2026 are confirmed! 🎉 It was a tough selection, but we can’t wait to welcome this brilliant group to Ephesus 🏛️. We are ready to explore consciousness science and build a lasting research community in Turkey! 🇹🇷✨ 🔗 mesec.co/event/winter...

☀️ Shared experience for shared reflection ☀️ At its core, MESEC aims to create inspiring spaces for contemplation, reflection and in-depth discussion in beautiful landscapes far from labs. Our events allow participants to find their place in the vibrant, collaborative consciousness science community.

☀️ By design, MESEC workshops are centered on intellectual exchanges between participants and speakers. 🎤 Inspired by the Mediterranean tradition of rhetoric, the mental imagery workshop is your opportunity to practice scientific communication in a kind and constructive environment ! urls.fr/4Bc6eq

Dreams, aphantasia, inner speech, synesthesia, mind-wandering… Mental imagery quietly links them all across paradigms and models. MESEC workshops aim to bring together researchers across fields for an intensive week of ideas and collaboration, far from the usual conference rush 🌿 bit.ly/4a6qWZ7

🎓 Very excited to introduce Nadine Dijkstra as chair of our mental imagery workshop ! 🧠 How do perception and mental imagery mechanisms overlap ? How does the brain distinguish these experiences ? ⏳ Apply to benefit from Dr Dijkstra’s lecture and privileged discussions! mesec.co/event/worksh...

🎓 Very excited to introduce Nadine Dijkstra as chair of our mental imagery workshop ! 🧠 How do perception and mental imagery mechanisms overlap ? How does the brain distinguish these experiences ? ⏳ Apply to benefit from Dr Dijkstra’s lecture and privileged discussions! mesec.co/event/worksh...

🔔 APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN 🧠 Already fomo'ing the Winterschool ? At the Workshop, you can collectively explore the interplay between mental imagery and consciousness research ! May 30 - June 7 Ephesus Retreat, Turkey 850€ (bursaries) 20 participants ⏳ APPLY UNTIL February 15 mesec.co/event/worksh...