New paper with @statsepi.bsky.social and @deevybee.bsky.social in which we show there's really no evidence for a link between the gut microbiome and autism www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

There’s little time left to submit a poster for Toward a Science of Consciousness (deadline: Nov 25), and I’m still weighing desire, logistics, and strategy. Should I? And is it the right venue to discuss #enactive #consciousness as a PhD student? 🤔 consciousness.arizona.edu

It is nice to read such a good article about #intersex activism in The Guardian www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

I have already applied for a possible presentation, “Radical Care: Enactive Agency and Sense-Making among Migrants with Variations of Sex Characteristics”. I hope it will be accepted and more hope for attending this #conference personally next year 🙏🏼 #enactivism

The International Society for Theoretical Psychology (ISTP, www.istpsychology.org) will host its 2026 conference at @pratt.edu Conference theme “Theorizing in Dark Times – Art, Narrative, Politics” Submit your proposal at www.pratt.edu/ISTP-2026. The final deadline is extended to December 10, 2025.

Can you having feelings you're not aware of? My latest Substack post on "Unconscious Consciousness." philipgoff.substack.com/p/unconsciou...

Good news for same-sex marriage couples 🏳️‍🌈 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Why #eugenics technologies and policies are becoming such popular in our time? Immigration, medicine, tech…

Today, #IntersexDayofSolidarity, calls us to remember the ongoing struggles for bodily autonomy, dignity & justice—& find strength in solidarity. The next generation of intersex advocates is answering the call. We are thrilled to celebrate our Youth Cohort accomplishments. 🧵

Yesterday evening I had a chance to visit a floristry exhibition inspired by Downton Abbey and then attended a charity fashion show featuring various brands (Hugo Boss, Talbot, Queenvinia, Wolford) and organised by The Lenny Zakim Fund. #Boston #fashion

I’m volunteering at the local food pantry. Today, we served 37 people (each representing a family of 1 to 6). The pantry is already running short on food. And as I understand it, they’ve had an unusually high number of people coming in over the past couple of weeks. #snap

Lineage-resolved atlas of the developing human cortex www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#intersex #inmigrants www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

#JBSP Online & OPEN ACCESS: ‘Shaky Groundlessness: A Phenomenological Critique of the Enactive Approach’ – Andrij Wachtel (University of Copenhagen) New article for the Journal of the British Society for #Phenomenology www.thebsp.org.uk/2025/11/05/j... #philosophy JBSP ed: @posteurope.bsky.social

🎙️ We’re excited to share that the Mind & Life Europe Podcast is evolving... with a new name and a renewed focus! 👉 Find out more here: ow.ly/Zw6350XmFnx #MindAndLifeEurope #Enaction #ContemplativeScience #CognitiveScience #Philosophy #Ethics #Interdisciplinary #Poetry

“For the private prison industry, immigrant detention represents a profit opportunity on multiple fronts.”

"Embodied cognition has philosophical roots in phenomenology and pragmatism, but also incorporates insights from analytic philosophy of mind, and is richly informed by research in developmental and experimental psychology, the neurosciences, and robotics" (p. 1)

Happy Halloween 👻 🎃 :))

1/🧵 Out today in @frontiersin.bsky.social : “Consciousness science: where are we, where are we going, and what if we get there?” By @axc.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social, & me (a CIFAR & @erc.europa.eu production 🧠). www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...

Thank you @mindandlife.bsky.social for organizing the inspiring Mind & Life Workshop: “Analyzing Text Data with Large Language Models for Contemplative Research”, hosted by Dr.Daniel Low. It definitely expanded my understanding of how I can use LLMs in my future research #ai #LLM #Research

Incoming ENSO Seminar! Next week *Matthew Egbert* will present new work on "Adaptive Autonomy in the Sensorimotor Domain." Time: Wed 5th Nov @ 1900 UTC (see www.ensoseminars.com for time in your own timezone). Livestream: youtube.com/live/HPUcWz7... #embodiment #enaction #CognitiveScience

This weekend I enjoyed the sunny fall days in Boston, admiring the colors of nature…

Yesterday I attended an #IntersexAwarenessDay event organized by intersex activist Esther Leidolf, who has MRKH (Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser) We watched the film Every Body and then and discussed ongoing medicalization and lack of protections for #intersex people in MA/Boston.

Day 2 of transcribing my interviews. I’m working in 3 passes: - automatic transcription - careful listening to annotate tone, pauses, subtle vocal qualities - reviewing video to notice gestures, posture, gaze. It’s intense, but fascinating to observe how embodied sense-making unfolds. #4ECognition

This topic was also discussed at the symposium “AI and Consciousness,” which I attended in October at Tufts University. #ai #chatbots www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Do babies have #consciousness? “Just 50 years ago, infants were circumcised without anesthesia, as it was believed they felt no pain.” Unfortunately, the same logic that the infants’ body is "unconscious" if it cannot speak with us - still underlies surgical procedures on #intersex infants

The planet’s brightness is dimming—changing rainfall, circulation and temperature

When I look at this picture/meme, I think that my greatest research skill is presence in stillness: being silent and attentive enough for experience to reveal its own structure. And what is it about your “best research skill”? #AcademicSky #PhDStudent #research

#embodiedcognition #enactivism #consciousness

Just finished Georgiann Davis @georgianndavis.bsky.social ’s “Five Star White Trash: A Memoir of Fraud and Family.” An honest, and deeply human story about class, race, gender & myth of the “American Dream.” Davis writes about growing up working-class, being #intersex and queer in the U.S.

This time my new Sunday one-day trip was in Ipswich (MA). It is a small, charming town about an hour north of Boston by commuter train.

@pewresearch.org published a new report on perception of Artificial Intelligence across 25 countries. It is interesting how it connects with social and digital inequalities, trust in public institutions and gender. #AI #Sociology #TechPerception www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...

I’ve seen spontaneous thoughts discussed in micro-phenomenology, but I didn’t realize how they might connect with agency too. #phenomenology #consciousness #agency

Next week, the first #Consciousness Club seminar of the 2025/26 series will take place! Ken Paler @paller.bsky.social will speak on “Two Sides of Sleep and Memory: Conscious and Unconscious” — Wed 22 Oct, 3 pm UK time. metacoglab.org/consciousness-club #CognitiveScience #SleepResearch

“the common conception that the brain is primarily for thinking, or other cognitive processes, is potentially misleading, and neuroscience may benefit from a theoretical structure that centers on basic questions of how the brain coordinates and efficiently regulates the body.” #embodiedcognition

Tomorrow the next meeting of MIT #Consciousness Club. This is a Zoom link 🔗⬇️

Boston, what are you doing to celebrate Intersex Awareness Day? 👀 Come out for a screening of the acclaimed documentary "Every Body" followed by a discussion with intersex activist, author and leader Esther Leidolf. RSVP: partiful.com/e/KJiOZ3G3Gz...

Could consciousness be more than an illusion? The Mind-at-Large Project & @ctr4process.bsky.social invite presentations from student & early-career scholars (Apr 15–17, 2026). Themes: #4E cognition, #consciousness, philosophy of mind & more. Deadline: Jan 15, 2026 ctr4process.org/mind-at-larg...

Anyway, I realized that the Neuropsychoanalysis Congress I attended this June in NYC resonated more deeply with me than this AI-consciousness symposium. Perhaps this is because it engages the feeling body and phenomenal experience, not just #consciousness as a computational model.

It was a fascinating symposium. I learned a lot about cognitive functionalism. Although Dennett’s ideas diverge from my research, I regretted not meeting him personally. He seemed to have an outstanding intellect: open and deeply inquisitive. provost.tufts.edu/events/denne...

Dr. Ciaunica @annaciaunica.bsky.social - “Mortal Bodies and Immortal Minds in Biological and Artificial Systems: What Dennett Taught Us,” - on #embodiment of #AI, what differentiates living organisms and artificial systems. “When does the body know without our knowing? #Consiousness

Provocative questions from David Chalmers @davidchalmers.bsky.social on “Dan Dennett Teach Us About Large Language Models” Whether LLMs could ever be people: conscious & agential? Current systems likely not. Future ones - maybe. But even if possible, should we create #AI persons? #Consciousness

“What did your body think before you got your brain?” by @drmichaellevin.bsky.social, from his talk Kinds of Minds: Philosophy and Science Meet in the Study of Diverse Intelligence at Tufts University. This question about cognition beyond neurons made me reflect on infant #consciousness & death.

I have just arrived at a symposium on Artificial Intelligence and #Consciousness dedicated to Daniel Dennett at Tufts University (Boston, MA). Looking forward to engaging with the ongoing debates his work continues to inspire about #AI

There will be a fascinating #Lesbian Lives Conference happening in New York City, October 23–26! You can check out the full program and details here ⬇️ #lgbtqi 🏳️‍🌈 www.sinisterwisdom.org/sites/defaul...

This article points #LGBTQI within consciousness studies. It treats social difference as a phenomenological variable, #consciousness as culturally & biologically modulated, and collective sense-making as vital to individual cognition. fabricehoudart.substack.com/p/biology-co...

A new article has been published in the #PhiMiSci special issue on structuralism and the science of consciousness: “Neurophenomenal Structuralism as a General Theory of Consciousness?” by Jakub Mihálik and Tomáš Marvan.

#intersex studies 💛💜

Today I attended the 2nd session of the #Micro-Phenomenology Laboratory with Claire Petitmengin. We explored the experiential dynamics of evocation via self-interviewing. I observed an authentic process of #embodiedcognition process: how my nervous system enacts the body and constructs meaning.