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Micha Engeser

@michaengesee.bsky.social
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PhD Student at Kaiser Lab, JLU Gießen, Germany @dkaiserlab.bsky.social

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Mediterranean Society for Consciousness Science @mesec-community.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
How can students and postdocs shape their field of research? We're excited to share our TiCS piece, showcasing MESEC as a case study for exactly this question! So grateful for our wonderful community of MESECeers 🤗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ti... *Free access* link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1njPQ4sIRv...
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Rico Stecher @ricostecher.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The final preprint of my PhD is out! We present a neuro-computational approach that can approximate mental images and allows us to assess their qualities without introspection. We evaluated this approach on a large-scale EEG data set (43,200 trials). (1/n) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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A neuro-computational approximation of the qualities of mental images
Mental images are challenging to study, given that our conscious experience is notoriously hard to access. The currently prevalent introspective methods are inherently subjective and can thus only pro...
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Susan Ajith @suzibot.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
How does the brain track an object even when it is occluded and in constrained, non-linear motion? 👁️🧠 In a new preprint, we use EEG+behavior to study how we mentally track motion (w/ @dkaiserlab.bsky.social, @luchunyeh.bsky.social, @kathadobs.bsky.social,...) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/5 🧵
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Cortical alpha rhythms predictively track occluded motion trajectories
Objects in the real world frequently move along complex, non-linear trajectories shaped by their environment. As they do, they often pass temporarily out of sight, occluded by the surrounding environm...
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Zefan Zheng @zefanzheng.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
🚨 new paper alert Most consciousness theories are just a specific type of recurrent theory, from the implementation perspective. Out in Physics of Life Reviews: doi.org/10.1016/j.pl... Email me for interests in contributing commentaries (zefan.zheng@rub.de)!!! A 🧵
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Lu-Chun Yeh @luchunyeh.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
🚨Out now in J Neurosci! 🧠 Using fMRI and EEG, we mapped where and when contextual knowledge of real-world objects emerges within the visual system - even when those objects are viewed in isolation. @dkaiserlab.bsky.social @peelen.bsky.social www.jneurosci.org/content/46/1...
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Spatiotemporal Representations of Contextual Associations for Real-World Objects
In the real world, objects always appear in context. Many objects are reliably associated with a certain scene context (e.g., pots appear in kitchens) and other objects that appear in the same context...
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Micha Engeser @michaengesee.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Check out our new paper! We investigated how the temporal context of natural scene videos (abrupt onsets vs. gradual transitions from a previous scene) shapes EEG decoding time courses, revealing how context influences the dynamics of visual processing.
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Kaiser Lab @dkaiserlab.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
New paper alert 🚨👀 Check out @ilkrdymz.bsky.social's paper: "Abrupt scene onsets and gradually emerging scene information produce distinct EEG decoding dynamics".
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Micha Engeser @michaengesee.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
What is the functional role of conscious experience? That question led me to approach Cyriel Pennartz about writing my literature thesis with him for my master's at the University of Amsterdam. A few years later, that project has evolved into a paper, now published in Consciousness and Cognition.
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Could we perceive the world differently than we do? Neuroscience-based emergentism and the biological function of consciousness
Whether consciousness serves a biological and psychological function is a topic of intense interest. We reexamine this issue by first focussing on an …
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Kaiser Lab @dkaiserlab.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
#VSS2026 delivered: exciting research, great conversations, and lots of fun. 👁️🏖️ If you are interested in our studies presented at @vssmtg.bsky.social , you can find our posters here: drive.google.com/drive/folder... For relevant preprints, please visit: www.danielkaiser.net/publications
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Micha Engeser @michaengesee.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
If you're at #VSS2026 come check out our posters and talks! On Saturday 6:45 pm I'll present my talk on individual differences in scene perception.
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Adrien Doerig @adriendoerig.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
We wrote a book! www.cambridge.org/core/books/s... Consciousness science is a fascinating but bewildering field: many competing theories, little consensus, and big open questions. If you are looking for an accessible guide through this complex landscape, this book is for you.
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Scientific Theories of Consciousness
Cambridge Core - Neurosciences - Scientific Theories of Consciousness
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Ingmar de Vries @ingmardevries.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
JOB ALERT: PhD opening in my lab! @cimecunitrento.bsky.social in Italy, as part of an Italian FIS3 starting grant. The project will use advanced analysis methods of MEG data to investigate how our world's naturalistic hierarchical structure facilitates predictive neural processing.
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David Watson @dmwatson.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
New paper in Neuropsychologia 🎉 Patterns of functional connectivity differentiate individuals and individual regions in face and scene selective networks With @kiranoad.bsky.social @bartholomewquinn.bsky.social & Tim Andrews, @yorkpsychology.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/a/1mhTF_fKKq...
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alexlepauvre.bsky.social @alexlepauvre.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
⚠️New preprint out⚠️ Discrete episodes of conscious access revealed by the psychological refractory period Together with @michaengesee.bsky.social , @standehaene.bsky.social and Lucia Melloni (@predictivebrainlab.bsky.social) doi.org/10.31234/osf... #Consciousness #CognitiveNeuroscience
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Micha Engeser @michaengesee.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
New preprint with @alexlepauvre.bsky.social, @standehaene.bsky.social and Lucia Melloni (@predictivebrainlab.bsky.social) on the temporal dynamics of conscious access: Discrete episodes of conscious access revealed by the psychological refractory period osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Kaiser Lab @dkaiserlab.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
10 PhD positions at JLU Giessen in the new Research Training Group "PIMON"! We will explore how humans perceive and interact with materials and objects in natural environments. More information on the project, the PIs, and how to apply here: www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns... Please share!
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Lenny van Dyck @levandyck.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
How segregated vs. integrated are face and body representations in human visual cortex? In this new preprint with @kathadobs.bsky.social, we use DNNs and fMRI to find out. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #neuroskyence 🧵 1/n
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Mustafa Alperen Ekinci @alpekinci.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
New preprint! Why do people disagree about what looks beautiful, even when viewing the same stimulus? We show that shared aesthetic experience is linked to shared gaze during naturalistic viewing: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/4
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Kaiser Lab @dkaiserlab.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
📢 Workshop announcement. We are super excited to announce the workshop Perceptual Inferences, from philosophy to neuroscience, organized by Alexander Schütz and Daniel Kaiser. 📍 Rauischholzhausen Castle, near Marburg, Germany 🗓️ June 8 to 10, 2026. 1/4
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Susan Ajith @suzibot.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
🧨 Preprint alert Is it easier to find a ball than a shoe? The answer lies in how variable we think these objects are in the real-world. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... w/ the amazing @dkaiserlab.bsky.social & @luchunyeh.bsky.social 🦄 🧵1/8
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Borjan (Boki) Milinković @neuromorphicboki.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
🎊📜 NEW PAPER 📜🎊 Can we seriously build synthetic consciousness? And if so, where do we start? I’m super excited to present recent publication in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews where @jaanaru.bsky.social and I confront this challenge head on. 1/n
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On biological and artificial consciousness: A case for biological computationalism
The rapid advances in the capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs) have galvanised public and scientific debates over whether artificial systems m…
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Lu-Chun Yeh @luchunyeh.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
🚨 New preprints out!🚨 Excited to share two new preprints from my #MSCA project. With Daniel @dkaiserlab.bsky.social , Marius @peelen.bsky.social , and Belma Seferovic, we show how contextual associations shape real-world object representations and guide everyday visual task performance. 👇👇👇 1/n
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Micha Engeser @michaengesee.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
I’m excited to share the first preprint from my PhD project! Together with Daniel Kaiser (@dkaiserlab.bsky.social), we investigated how internal models shape inter-individual differences in the perception and neural processing of natural scenes. Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps... 1/n
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Micha Engeser @michaengesee.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
In this paper we present flexible methods for participants to express their expectations about natural scenes.
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