The next Models of Consciousness Conference will take place in Copenhagen! 

 We are excited to bring #MoC7 to the University of Copenhagen on October 12–16, 2026. Call for Abstracts is now open on our website (link below!)

Some arguments for why we should believe that visual experience is the way it seems to be - in Trends in Cognitive Sciences, from myself and Giulio Tononi: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lMzy4sIRv...

this seems like great technical work but pinning "conscious perception" to detection of a target leads to conceptual problems. like.. isn't the subject conscious of the black background, in the stimulus region, at all times? where's the signature for that - is it also being "gated"?

Have updated the Consciousness Science Community Feed to include everyone in the #consci starter packs. 🧪 🧠📈 👉 Pin feed: bsky.app/profile/did:... The feed runs on a #consci list hosted by @consci-feeds.bsky.social. List: bsky.app/profile/cons... Starter Packs: bsky.app/profile/joha...

New preprint out with @algarwegian.bsky.social and Giulio Tononi arxiv.org/abs/2412.21111 Some questions we address 👇 🧵 @joannaszczotka.bsky.social @renzocom.bsky.social @ksks.bsky.social @anilseth.bsky.social @davidchalmers.bsky.social @romainbrette.bsky.social

Join us for @jaanaru.bsky.social's talk on Monday! 👉 amcs-community.org/events/progr... #consci

Progress&Visions in #Consciousness Science Online Seminar series this week: Carlos Montemayor, "Scientific Constraints on Contemporary Theories of Consciousness" (Wed); Claire Sergent, "The Global Workspace and the Global Playground:" (Fri). Info to join, see: amcs-community.org/events/progr...

New online seminar series! amcs-community.org/events/progr... You're cordially invited to join us! 🙂 #consci 🧪

Aside from this discussion, I've been wondering about the scope of psyarxiv, and preprint servers more generally. Are they also aimed at publishing things carry the hallmark of public debate rather than that of empirical work? Is the difference between psyarxiv and a blog post demarcated in any way?

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"The charge of pseudoscience is not only inaccurate, it is also pernicious. In effect, it’s an attempt to “deplatform” or silence integrated information theory – to deny it deserves serious attention." Great summary of the recent IIT "debate" for those who have not reached "IIT debate saturation"

Brilliant piece by Anil Seth.