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Marc Wittmann @marcwittmann.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

In the spirit of Arthur C Clarke “The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible” I hosted the symposium "Beyond self, time, and space" celebrating science and friendship under the eclipse of the sun: igpp.de/symposium-be...

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Marc Wittmann @marcwittmann.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

An anniversary! Four years of #Floatation-REST @igpp.bsky.social research with the Floataway.com cabin at Prana Freiburg: 2 doctoral theses, 2 master's theses, 2 third-party funding acquisitions, 3 publications, and here the lastest preprint: www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...

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Marc Wittmann @marcwittmann.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

The @springernature.com book "The Bodily Self, Emotion, and Subjective Time: Exploring Interoception through the Contributions of A.D. (Bud) Craig" is out: 22 authors, 16 chapters. Neurobiology, Psychology, Psychiatry, Neuroimaging, Musicology, Philosophy, ... link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Marc Wittmann @marcwittmann.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Coming in September 2025: 16 chapters in the @springernature.com book on "The Bodily Self, Emotion, and Subjective Time: Exploring Interoception through the Contributions of A.D. (Bud) Craig". Subsequently I present all online chapters here. Today 1/16: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

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Marc Wittmann @marcwittmann.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Coming in September 2025 are 16 chapters by experts on "The Bodily Self, Emotion, and Subjective Time: Exploring Interoception through the Contributions of A.D. (Bud) Craig". Stay tuned for my presentation of online chapters which are already available online. link.springer.com/book/9783031...?

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Marc Wittmann @marcwittmann.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Our first qualitative study on the Flotatation experience as Preprint: "Silence, darkness, and gravity: A qualitative analysis of individual experiences during Floatation-REST". By Kristin Schiffer, Eric Pfeifer, Christine Stolterfoth, and Marc Wittmann osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Marc Wittmann @marcwittmann.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Our paper in Consciousness and Cognition on the afterglow effect following floatation in the @igpp.bsky.social floating cabin: "Experience after Floatation-REST: Relaxation during floating mediates the afterglow effect" by Iraklis Pantazis and Marc Wittmann www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Marc Wittmann @marcwittmann.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

3rd birthday of the @igpp.bsky.social Freiburg Floatation-REST cabin at Prana built by floataway.com, supported by Float Research Collective. Our research on ASC resulted in four studies: 1 article, 1 preprint, 2 manuscripts; 2 study grants by Hanns-Seidl-Stifung and Bial foundation. More to come.

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Marc Wittmann @marcwittmann.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

The second Floatation-REST study from my igpp.bsky.social lab as PsyArXiv preprint, with Iraklis Pantazis. Participants report a stronger feeling of afterglow as measured with an afterglow inventory, more state mindfulness, and more interoceptive awareness: osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Marc Wittmann @marcwittmann.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I am part of an intriguing symposium on the "Sense of self: one body, multiple mechanisms" organized by Anne Giersch and Iris Trinkler at University of Strasbourg. Registration soon possible: bodyself.sciencesconf.org

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