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Accelerating Research on Consciousness: Empirical Tests of Higher-Order theories of consciousnesS www.arc-ethos.org

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ARC ETHOS @arcethos.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Meet the Team: @rochellekaper.bsky.social is a PhD student in Experimental Psychology at the University College London. She is interested in applying computational cognitive neuroscience approaches to study adaptive learning, metacognition, and (meta)-representational processes.
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ARC ETHOS @arcethos.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We had our annual in-person ETHOS meeting on Friday - here's most of the team enjoying a delicious meal together after the meeting.
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onemorebrown @onemorebrown.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The fall is gearing up and there is just 4 weeks until some spooky Consciousness Live! discussions. First up, October 9th, Francois Kammerer and then Oct 16 with Torin Alter! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Consciousness Live! - YouTube
The podcast you listen to after you've listened to all the other podcasts on consciousness
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ARC ETHOS @arcethos.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Zoltan Dienes, one of our PIs, has been editing, authoring and reviewing Registered Reports since 2013. He has tried to put in concise form the lessons learned and what that means for how he approaches research. See his lessons learned here: osf.io/preprints/ps...
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ARC ETHOS @arcethos.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Meet the Team: Jack Monday Jack finished a BA in Cognitive Science and Psychology at the University of Chicago in 2026, graduating with experience in belief and memory task analysis. Now Jack is working with the Reflexion Lab at the University College of London www.arc-ethos.org/news
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ARC ETHOS @arcethos.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Meet the Team: Dominique Ristori Dominique is a researcher at the NeuroMove Laboratory at ULB. Within ETHOS Experiment 3, she is working on the identification and anatomical characterisation of the neural generators underlying the recorded EEG responses. For more details, see www.arc-ethos.org/news
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ARC ETHOS @arcethos.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Congratulations to Zoltan Dienes for being elected a Fellow of the British Academy. Among his many accomplishments, he's leading ETHOS Experiment 3. Read more here. www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fellows/prof...
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Zoltán Dienes FBA
Zoltán Dienes' research interests are scientific reform in publishing, and in how to obtain evidence that an effect does not exist; and consciousness science, especially how people can construct subje...
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UCL Div. of Psychology & Language Sciences (PALS) @uclpals.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Congratulations to Dr Megan Peters from UCL PALS who has been named a 2026 FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence Scholar. The honour recognises outstanding early-career neuroscience researchers for their scientific excellence, originality and leadership. 🔗Read more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
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Nadine Dijkstra @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I'm so sad to miss ASSC this year! If you're there, please go check out @giuliacabbai.bsky.social's talk presenting our new work on the role of volitional control in perceptual reality monitoring on Friday at 5pm at session 22! And also...
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megan peters 🧠 @meganakpeters.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Come be my colleague! Associate Professor level teaching position available at UCL in Experimental Psychology: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSB720/a... Primary role: lead development of a flexible portfolio of undergraduate modules for non-BSC/MSci Psychology students. Closes 19th July.
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Associate Professor (Teaching) at UCL
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ARC ETHOS @arcethos.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Congratulations to @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social for winning the @theassc.bsky.social's William James Prize for her paper A neural basis for distinguishing imagination from reality. www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... Read more here: theassc.org/james-prize/
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A neural basis for distinguishing imagination from reality
Dijkstra et al. show that our brain distinguishes imagination from reality by monitoring how strongly the fusiform gyrus is activated. When imagined and real images produce similar activity, people ca...
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Stories of WiN @storiesofwin.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Check out our latest profile! Dr. Megan Peters (@meganakpeters.bsky.social) studies how the brain represents & uses uncertainty and she also co-founded the online summer school, Neuromatch Academy. Learn more at the link below! #WomenInNeuroscience #StoriesOfWiN www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...
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Dr. Megan Peters — Stories of WiN
studies how the brain represents and uses uncertainty and she also co-founded the online summer school, Neuromatch Academy
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Templeton World Charity Foundation @templetonworld.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
The CIFAR Neuroscience of Consciousness Winter School is now open to applications! This TWCF-funded three-day event brings together tomorrow’s neuroscience leaders to work closely with world-class researchers. 🔗 Apply before June 10: bit.ly/3ZES2Rq
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CIFAR Neuroscience of Consciousness Winter School - CIFAR
Follow Us FaceBook Twitter YouTube LinkedIn Instagram The CIFAR Neuroscience of Consciousness Winter School is a unique, three-day event where tomorrow’s neuroscience leaders work closely […]
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ARC ETHOS @arcethos.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
And @aliekhlasi.bsky.social presented this poster at VSS - catch up on the ETHOS website if you missed them at the conference! static1.squarespace.com/static/65f46...
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ARC ETHOS @arcethos.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Another VSS poster for you - @ogulyurdakul.bsky.social presented this one! static1.squarespace.com/static/65f46...
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ARC ETHOS @arcethos.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
We had a few ETHOS representatives at VSS recently. Here's a poster that Xueyi Huang presented. static1.squarespace.com/static/65f46...
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ARC ETHOS @arcethos.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Exciting new preprint from @aozsu.bsky.social and company. Read it here: osf.io/preprints/ps... or on our website www.arc-ethos.org/outputs
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megan peters 🧠 @meganakpeters.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
🚨🚨JOB ALERT🚨🚨 I'm hiring a cogsci/philosophy/compneuro postdoc at @ucl.ac.uk @uclbrainscience.bsky.social @uclpals.bsky.social! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRH486/p... Come to London & work on frameworks for "testing" for consciousness using Bayesian belief updating & latent variable modeling. Pls share!
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UCL
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ARC ETHOS @arcethos.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
People of Sussex! See @peterlush.bsky.social and @axc.bsky.social from the ETHOS team at the implicit workshop tomorrow (May 7th) sites.google.com/view/implici...
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implicit workshop
Thursday May 7th (preceded by socialising evening May 6th) No registration needed. Lunch and coffee provided. Venue: Meeting House, University of Sussex. The campus can be accessed via Falmer railway ...
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Matthias Michel @matthiasmichel.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Nadine Dijkstra's talk at the MIT Consciousness Club is now available here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rciv....
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Nadine Dijkstra - Distinguishing imagination and reality in a generative brain
YouTube video by MIT Consciousness Club
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ARC ETHOS @arcethos.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Massive congratulations to Dr. Karen Tian who successfully defended her PhD Thesis on Friday! Can’t wait to see what she gets up to next!
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megan peters 🧠 @meganakpeters.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Want to work on a belief-updating Bayesian framework to understand how tests for consciousness can be applied to artificial systems? Do you want a stipend to go along with that work? And opportunities to meet like-minded peers and do all sorts of fun workshops? Yeah you do. Come join me 😀
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Kevin O’Neill @kevingoneill.github.io · 19/03/2026
happy to announce the official release of my first R package on CRAN! 🎉 building on the Hmetad toolbox by @smfleming.bsky.social, the hmetad package allows users to fit the meta-d' model of confidence ratings using a familiar brms/lme4-style formula syntax
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hmetad: an R package for hierarchical Bayesian modeling of confidence ratings
Implementation of Bayesian regressions over the meta-d' model of psychological data from two alternative forced choice tasks with ordinal confidence ratings. For more information, see Maniscalco & Lau...
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ARC ETHOS @arcethos.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
@aliekhlasi.bsky.social presented his work on ETHOS at UCI's department of cognitive sciences colloquium. Watch it on ETHOS' brand new YouTube Channel. youtu.be/KS-9FPzxAMM
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A Domain Adaptation Framework for Identifying Higher-Order Reality Representations
YouTube video by Empirical Tests of Higher Order Theories
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Jorge Morales @jorgemorales.me · 06/02/2026
I have news! After 4 fabulous years at Northeastern, this July I will be moving to Duke—with tenure! It’s hard to convey how grateful I am to everyone who has made this possible: from old professors in Mexico and mentors in the US to students, colleagues, and, of course, my amazing wife and family.
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ARC ETHOS @arcethos.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Zoltan Dienes has co-authored an encyclopaedia chapter titled Hypnosis and Suggestion. Read it here: osf.io/preprints/ps... Or the full document is also on our website: www.arc-ethos.org/outputs
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ARC ETHOS @arcethos.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
See Rachel talk about Experiment 1's ongoing work here:
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ARC ETHOS @arcethos.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
The performance of mind: from movement, mental states, and consciousness. A new paper from Guy Cheron and Ana Maria Cebolla. Read it here: www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy... or get the PDF from our website: www.arc-ethos.org/outputs
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Frontiers | The performance of mind: from movement, mental states, and consciousness
Integrative neuroscience increasingly recognizes that the brain evolved primarily as a biological system for generating movement. Viewed as a complex oscilla...
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ARC ETHOS @arcethos.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Vivid imagery is reported faster than weak imagery. A new paper by @benjyb.bsky.social @matanmazor.bsky.social @giuliacabbai.bsky.social and @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social Read it here: academic.oup.com/nc/article/2... or on the ETHOS website: www.arc-ethos.org/outputs
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Vivid imagery is reported faster than weak imagery
Abstract. Visual imagery and external perception rely on similar representations. However, whether the same processes underpin the subjective appraisal of
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ARC ETHOS @arcethos.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
OPPORTUNITY: The 2026 Summer School on Consciousness and Metacognition is now taking applications. This year we're focusing on new innovations in the field and one attendee can win a £2500 prize. It's July 8th-10th in London. Find out more and apply here: metacoglab.org/summer-schoo...
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Summer School - About — the MetaLab
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ARC ETHOS @arcethos.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
One of our advisory board members, @onemorebrown.bsky.social has given a talk "Testing the HOROR Theory of Phenomenal Consciousness". Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkZc...
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Testing the HOROR Theory of Phenomenal Consciousness
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ARC ETHOS @arcethos.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Happy New Year from the ETHOS team! Why not celebrate by reading some preprints from @peterlush.bsky.social and @zoltandienes.bsky.social at Sussex which lay the groundwork for Experiment 3? To access the preprints, please see the links on our outputs page: www.arc-ethos.org/outputs
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Outputs — ETHOS - Empirical Tests of Higher-Order Theories of Consciousness
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ARC ETHOS @arcethos.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
In case you missed @aliekhlasi.bsky.social's poster at SfN this year, you can see it here! It's also available, along with ETHOS' other outputs on our website: www.arc-ethos.org/outputs
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ARC ETHOS @arcethos.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Massive congratulations to @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social on being one of The Transmitter's rising stars of neuroscience 2025! Among her many accomplishments, she's leading ETHOS Experiment 2B. www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
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The Transmitter’s Rising Stars of Neuroscience 2025
We recognize the outstanding achievements of 25 neuroscientists who stand to shape the field for years to come.
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ARC ETHOS @arcethos.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Meet the Team: Seth Schallies Seth is at Northeastern University’s Subjectivity Lab with @jorge-morales.bsky.social and working on research relating to mental imagery and perception. Read more on our website: www.arc-ethos.org/news
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megan peters 🧠 @meganakpeters.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
#SfN Poster 6 of 6 TODAY! Wednesday 11/19 1-5p @aliekhlasi.bsky.social PSTR469.12 / NN8 Reproducible and open-source fMRI decoding pipelines for arbitrating theories of consciousness, with @jorge-morales.bsky.social www.abstractsonline....
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ARC ETHOS @arcethos.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Meet the Team: @ogulyurdakul.bsky.social is a PhD student at UCI. He's interested in how statistical signal processing methods can be applied in consciousness science and how different theories of consciousness intersect and differentiate. See www.arc-ethos.org/news, ogulyurdakul.github.io for more.
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ARC ETHOS @arcethos.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Going to @sfn.org this year? Check out @aliekhlasi.bsky.social's poster. November 19th from 4-5pm. See the abstract: www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/?_gl=1*1...
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Program Planner
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megan peters 🧠 @meganakpeters.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
📣 BIG NEWS EVERYONE. I am so excited to announce… 🎉 I’m moving to University College London @ucl.ac.uk to join the Experimental Psychology department in @uclpals.bsky.social! 🎉 The big move happens in spring/summer. So I’m already exploring recruiting staff & students at UCL for fall 2026!
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ARC ETHOS @arcethos.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Xueyi Huang (working with @jorge-morales.bsky.social at Northeastern) presented her work on Experiment 2A at @assc28.bsky.social over the summer. See her poster here:
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ARC ETHOS @arcethos.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Meet the team: Saïd-Iraj Hashemi Saïd-Iraj is a PhD student in neurophysiology at ULB working on Experiment 3. His work investigates the (mis)alignment between lived experience and perceptual processing through the study of evoked potentials and oscillatory brain activity. www.arc-ethos.org/news
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Jorge Morales @jorgemorales.me · 29/09/2025
🚨🚨🚨 The Subjectivity Lab is looking for a lab manager! The position is available immediately. We want someone who can help coordinate our large sample fMRI study, plus other behavioral work. Because *gestures at everything* the job was approved only now (ends in June 2026). Great opportunity! 🧵 1/4
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Laboratory Technician
About the Opportunity SUMMARY The Subjectivity Lab, directed by Jorge Morales, and housed in the Department of Psychology at Northeastern University is excited to invite applications for a full-time L...
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ARC ETHOS @arcethos.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
ETHOS had our first in-person meeting on Friday, September 12th in Brussels. It was exciting to see all the experiments coming together! www.arc-ethos.org/news
The ETHOS team at a rooftop restaurant in Brussels with a beautiful view of the city and the orange sunset behind us.
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ARC ETHOS @arcethos.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Xueyi Huang (working with @jorge-morales.bsky.social at Northeastern) presented her work on Experiment 2A at the Vision Sciences Society meeting in Florida. Read the abstract here: jov.arvojournals.org/article.aspx...
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What Makes Mental Images Vivid? Sharpness as the Key Visual Dimension | JOV | ARVO Journals
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Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
I'm looking forward to "What is consciousness?" tomorrow 9/9, 2:45pm @crick.ac.uk, w/ @profbriancox.bsky.social @smfleming.bsky.social @kathaschmack.bsky.social & Alex O'Connor @cosmicskeptic.bsky.social www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/a-q...
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A Question of Science | What is consciousness?
A new podcast produced for the Crick by BBC Studios Science Unit.
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ARC ETHOS @arcethos.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
.@smfleming.bsky.social @onemorebrown.bsky.social and @axc.bsky.social have published a theoretical paper titled “Computational higher-order theories of consciousness” as a book chapter. See the preprint here. philarchive.org/archive/FLECHT
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Marco K Wittmann @mkwittmann.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
📢 Job announcement: Two (!) 3-year postdoc jobs in our lab at UCL 📢 🧠💫🔊 We are looking for postdocs interested in the abstract mechanisms underlying social cognition. Modelling, fMRI and non-invasive ultrasound, a new deep-brain stimulation method. Please RT www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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Nadine Dijkstra @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
🚨Amazing opportunity: position available for a new associate/full professor at the FIL @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social! Do you have a neuroimaging-focused research program? Get applying! 🚨 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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ARC ETHOS @arcethos.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Our funders @templetonworld.bsky.social‬, have highlighted ETHOS on their website. See their article here: www.templetonworldcharity.org/blog/how-eth...
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How ETHOS: Empirical Tests of Higher-Order Theories of Consciousness is Accelerating Research on…
Led by Stephen Fleming, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London and Axel Cleeremans, the ETHOS project aims to compare the…
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ARC ETHOS @arcethos.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Meet the Team - Ataol Burak Ozsu Ataol recently joined @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social's Imagine Reality Lab as a research assistant. He will study higher-order representations of imagined, perceived, and unconscious stimuli using MEG. See the ETHOS website for more: www.arc-ethos.org/news
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