Lea Moncoucy @leamoncoucy.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Great work! More generally, I applause how complementary the presentations were in this symposium, it was really pleasant to hear. Bravo :) 010
Reposted by Lea MoncoucyERC EXPERIENCE @erc-xp.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Finally, on Friday 3rd, both during the CONCURRENT SESSION 24, from 15h00-16h00, do not miss these talks: 5. "The Structure and Function of Valence in Similarity Space" 📐😍 by Gabriel Brandolini 6. "The value of consciousness: Experiences worth having" by the head of the project, Axel Cleeremans 👏 032
Lea Moncoucy @leamoncoucy.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Gladly! I look forward to learn from your insights and hopefully to be challenged by them. I don't present this work at ASSC this year, but I can gave you a summary.. let's find some time to exchange with each others! 100
Reposted by Lea MoncoucyLena Lange @lenalange.bsky.social · 30/06/2026My first article has just been published for Affective Science's special issue "The Nature of Valence: Pluses, Minuses, Progress" with @springernature.com! Thank you to my supervisor @axc.bsky.social and my team mates from the @erc-xp.bsky.social project 🧠✨ Read it here: rdcu.be/fq9sVrdcu.beMindlessly Motivated – a Critical Review of Subliminal Motivation 1135
Lea Moncoucy @leamoncoucy.bsky.social · 30/06/2026A big thanks to all organisers for proposing this tutorial! The discussion were super enriching. I appreciated that you encouraged all participants to actively take part in the discussion, to create a real exchange, and that you adapted to everybody own's problematic. I wished it lasted longer :) 130
Reposted by Lea MoncoucyAnil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Timescapes of Animal Experience: new paper in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social, led by @singhal.bsky.social, w/ @birchlse.bsky.social and me. Open access link: authors.elsevier.com/c/1nHo74sIRv... 13410
Reposted by Lea MoncoucyEvgeny Parfenov @ea-parfenov.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Our article on the relationships between the heartbeat counting task (HCT) and psychological measures is finally out in @royalsocietypublishing.org Following @olivierdesmedt.bsky.social line of research, we found a moderation effect of the instructions on the relationship between HCT and STAI-T.royalsocietypublishing.orgTesting the correlation between the heartbeat counting task and anxiety, depression and alexithymia scales: a behavioural study and meta-analysisAbstract. A link between interoceptive accuracy, as measured by the heartbeat counting task (HCT), and psychological phenomena like anxiety, alexithymia an 0145
Lea Moncoucy @leamoncoucy.bsky.social · 03/06/2026I'll be giving a talk at #ESCAN2026 on Friday to present some interesting, and sometimes unexpected, naive intuitions about pain and pleasure probed with some fun thought experiments. The last study of this series was really recently collected, I'm happy to present them for the first time in Rome ☺️ 150
Reposted by Lea MoncoucyERC EXPERIENCE @erc-xp.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Our team is excited to be at #ESCAN2026! Where to find us: - S4-1: Valence, value and consciousness Friday 05/06. 10h30 - 12h, Location: Room5 - O2-2: Social cognition - Asymmetries in Basic Valence Friday, 05/06. 14h-15h30 Location: Room 9A - P3: Poster session - Nb 697 Saturday 06/06: 13h-15h. 👾 072
Reposted by Lea Moncoucy Mediterranean Society for Consciousness Science @mesec-community.bsky.social · 25/04/2026🚨 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... 02414
Lea Moncoucy @leamoncoucy.bsky.social · 01/04/2026... @singhal.bsky.social @robertchisciure.bsky.social @annaeiserbeck.bsky.social @kathrynnave.bsky.social @quantummoxie.bsky.social oxie.bsky.social and of course @johanneskleiner.bsky.social 👏👏👏oxie.bsky.socialBluesky 130
Lea Moncoucy @leamoncoucy.bsky.social · 01/04/2026After one week at the Computational Neurophenomenology Cabin Workshop, I can say it was one of the most inspiring experience of my PhD journey - both for the quality of the work & discussions, and for the amazing people I got to meet there. 🏔️ Would 100% recommend it- huge thanks to the organisers. 🤩 1105
Reposted by Lea MoncoucyERC EXPERIENCE @erc-xp.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Thanks for the CONNEX team, this talk will be available online! For people outside of Brussels, find the link below ⬇️ 011
Reposted by Lea MoncoucyERC EXPERIENCE @erc-xp.bsky.social · 26/02/2026✨What is the relationship between aesthetic preferences and consciousness?✨ We are so very excited to welcome Richard Prum to discuss this question with us in Brussels. Do not miss this event! 📅 18 of March, 2026 🕒 16h-18h 📍 Brussels, ULB campus Solbosch, Solvay 032
Reposted by Lea MoncoucyERC EXPERIENCE @erc-xp.bsky.social · 13/02/2026👾 Our team is expanding! 👾 We are very glad to welcome Dr.Gabriel Brandolini as our second postdoctoral researcher. His work on valence dimensionality will complement Dr. Medha Shekhar’s computational approach, further advancing our investigation of the functional role of phenomenal experience. 🧩 051
Reposted by Lea MoncoucyERC EXPERIENCE @erc-xp.bsky.social · 10/02/2026✨We are glad to announce that Inès Mentec, Ivan Ivanchei and Axel Cleeremans’ paper “Exploring the Role of Micro-Valence in the Phenomenal Space: Insights from Similarity Judgments and Deep Learning Models” has been accepted in Neuroscience of Consciousness! 👇Check the feed for highlights 152
Lea Moncoucy @leamoncoucy.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Hey @mini-rhy.bsky.social, I also would have preferred a real artist. Not only for the ethical reason, but also a scientific one: this cover only mimics a phylogenetic tree, but is erroneous. To put it shortly, I had nothing to do with this choice and was not consulted by the editor- smth I regret. 000
Lea Moncoucy @leamoncoucy.bsky.social · 13/11/20255/ ...not only according to the objective value of an extrinsic evolutionary cost function, but is also shaped by the preference-driven subjective value associated with items, situations, events or other agents. Do not hesitate to check out this proposal; and the other of this Special Issue!doi.orgThe value of consciousness: experiences worth having | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological SciencesDC. Dennett (2020,personal communication) asked: ‘How do we go from doing things for reasons to having reasons for doing things?’. This question targets a fundamental shift in nature: while all organisms act in the way they do for reasons that are shaped ... 030
Lea Moncoucy @leamoncoucy.bsky.social · 13/11/20254/ Our answer: We argue that phenomenal experience—what it feels like—is what gives intrinsic value to such behaviour. We propose that phenomenal experience expands an organism’s ability to act. 130
Lea Moncoucy @leamoncoucy.bsky.social · 13/11/20253/ The question: How do organisms go from acting upon reasons explained by extrinsic evolutionary cost functions to acting for reasons of their own—even engaging in behaviour that may be detrimental to their own existence? 130
Lea Moncoucy @leamoncoucy.bsky.social · 13/11/20252/ « How do we go from doing things for reasons to having reasons for doing things? » asked DC. Dennett (personal communication, 2020). We took this question one step further, building on a proposal from Cleeremans and Tallon-Baudry (2022)... 120
Lea Moncoucy @leamoncoucy.bsky.social · 13/11/20251/Paper out today in Phil Trans B @royalsocietypublishing.org alsocietypublishing.org in a Special Issue «Evolutionary functions of consciousness», by @axc.bsky.social, Catherine Tallon-Baudry, @krysdolega.bsky.social and myself. 👉Open-access at this link: doi.org/10.1098/rstb... ⬇️ Summary below:doi.orgThe value of consciousness: experiences worth having | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological SciencesDC. Dennett (2020,personal communication) asked: ‘How do we go from doing things for reasons to having reasons for doing things?’. This question targets a fundamental shift in nature: while all organi... 22914
Reposted by Lea MoncoucyERC EXPERIENCE @erc-xp.bsky.social · 10/07/2025And with that, #ASSC28 is over! Thank you all for the wonderful discussions, and shared time. See you next year! 🧠✌️ 062
Reposted by Lea MoncoucyERC EXPERIENCE @erc-xp.bsky.social · 08/07/2025🚨09/07, 16h30 at #ASSC28: check out posters 389 and 373. Inès Mentec will present her EEG study, with a strong claim: Neutrality doesn’t exist! 🤯 And @leamoncoucy.bsky.social’s experimental phil. studies is show that Unfelt Pains are Felt anyways.. 🤕 See you there!🧠 (Please bring them fresh water…) 121
Reposted by Lea MoncoucyERC EXPERIENCE @erc-xp.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Activities of our team of #ASSC28 Starting with the poster n.13 for Anastassia Loukianov on conflict adaptation. 😵 Tomorrow join us for Lena Lange’s talk at the Concurrent Session 15! She will present her work on the role of perceptual awareness in motivation.💪 And later, watch out for a pirate… ☠️ 195
Reposted by Lea MoncoucyERC EXPERIENCE @erc-xp.bsky.social · 11/03/2025🚨 Do not miss this event! 🧠 Our workshop is filling up fast—registration closes tomorrow at midnight! ⏳ Grab one of the last spots by filling out the form here: survey2.ulb.be/index.php/41... We’re also thrilled to announce two new speakers: Johan Wagemans and Martin Skov @mskov01.bsky.social ! 🎤survey2.ulb.be Call for abstract & registration of the “Value, Valence, and Consciousness” Workshop 011
Reposted by Lea MoncoucyCONNEX Seminars @connexseminars.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Next Wednesday, we are happy to host @nfaivre.bsky.social ! 🤩 He will talk about the relationship between phenomenal, access and perceptual consciousness 👀 More information & abstract on the following link: bit.ly/4ipD2y7 👈 Join us (on site only), @crcnulb.bsky.social in Brussels! 073
Reposted by Lea MoncoucyERC EXPERIENCE @erc-xp.bsky.social · 18/02/2025🚨ALERT🚨 Do not miss the deadline for abstract submission, on the 26th of February! Looking forward to meet you at our event in Brussels 🧠 066
Lea Moncoucy @leamoncoucy.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Here's the link for abstract submission & registration! 🔖 survey2.ulb.be/index.php/41... Very glad to co-organise this second workshop of the ERC project with @krysdolega.bsky.social, @axc.bsky.social, Inès Mentec, Lena Lange & Anastasia Loukianov 🤌 Looking forward to meeting new fellows there ☺️survey2.ulb.be Call for abstract & registration of the “Value, Valence, and Consciousness” Workshop 020
Reposted by Lea MoncoucyERC EXPERIENCE @erc-xp.bsky.social · 24/01/2025 We are excited to announce our 2nd workshop, “Value, Valence, and Consciousness”! 📌 Where? Brussels, Belgium 📆 When? April 7–8, 2025 📢Call for abstracts? until Feb. 26 💸 Registration? Free but mandatory, until Mar. 12 More infos ⬇️ erc-xp.ulb.be/2025/01/20/t... Looking forward to see you there! 🤩 174