Reposted by Editors of Neuroscience of ConsciousnessLucca Jaeckel @luccen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Excited to share the first publication from my PhD project: how does low-dose LSD (10 and 20 µg) affect visual perception🧠 In 30 healthy volunteers (within-subject crossover) we assessed visual perception using visual contrast surround suppression (psychophysics), and subjectively (questionnaires). 143
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Doing the math: detection and neural processing of auditory task-unrelated stimuli while solving arithmetic tasks academic.oup.com/nc/article/2... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comDoing the math: detection and neural processing of auditory task-unrelated stimuli while solving arithmetic tasksAbstract. Load Theory proposes that perceptual load impairs the processing of task-unrelated stimuli. However, there is increasing evidence that not only p 011
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Who’s in charge? Linguistic exploration of social media posts reveals reduced sense of agency in dissociation academic.oup.com/nc/article/2... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comWho’s in charge? Linguistic exploration of social media posts reveals reduced sense of agency in dissociationAbstract. Sense of Agency (SoA), the subjective experience of initiating and controlling one’s actions, is a critical component of self-perception and cons 000
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Memory color influences conscious object perception academic.oup.com/nc/article/2... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comMemory color influences conscious object perceptionAbstract. Can knowledge influence perception? A central case suggesting it can, is evidence showing that knowledge about a color-diagnostic object’s typica 021
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Awareness of being: a computational neurophenomenological model of mindfulness, mind-wandering, and meta-attentional control academic.oup.com/nc/article/2... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comAwareness of being: a computational neurophenomenological model of mindfulness, mind-wandering, and meta-attentional controlAbstract. Mindfulness has established psychological benefits, such as stress reduction and emotional regulation; however, the underlying computational mech 030
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Magnetoencephalography monitoring of hypnosis-induced modulation of event-related brain responses by hypnosis academic.oup.com/nc/article/2... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comMagnetoencephalography monitoring of hypnosis-induced modulation of event-related brain responses by hypnosisAbstract. Hypnosis is increasingly used in a medical context. However, the hypnotic process is dynamic, and we currently lack specific and reliable biomark 000
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Aquahenosis: a non-pharmacological altered state of consciousness induced by floatation-REST in individuals with anxiety and depression academic.oup.com/nc/article/2... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comAquahenosis: a non-pharmacological altered state of consciousness induced by floatation-REST in individuals with anxiety and depressionAbstract. Floatation-REST (Reduced Environmental Stimulation Therapy) systematically alters the balance of sensory signals reaching the brain by combining 000
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC From the attenuation of self-boundaries to inner peace: how nonordinary states of consciousness modulates self-experience and subjective well-being academic.oup.com/nc/article/2... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comFrom the attenuation of self-boundaries to inner peace: how nonordinary states of consciousness modulates self-experience and subjective well-beingAbstract. Nonordinary states of consciousness induced by mind–body practices are increasingly studied for their potential to support self-transcendence and 000
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Towards an active inference account of deep meditative deconstruction academic.oup.com/nc/article/2... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comTowards an active inference account of deep meditative deconstructionAbstract. This paper explores the intersection of the deep meditative deconstruction resulting from Buddhist meditative practice, specifically through the 000
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Gradedness of gist perception with scenes depends on concurrent task load: awareness under high load is more graded due to noise suppression academic.oup.com/nc/article/2... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comGradedness of gist perception with scenes depends on concurrent task load: awareness under high load is more graded due to noise suppressionAbstract. There is growing evidence that the visual awareness of objects is graded. However, it is unclear whether scene perception is graded and whether a 000
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC We need to explain subjective experience, but its explanation may not be mechanistic academic.oup.com/nc/article/d... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comWe need to explain subjective experience, but its explanation may not be mechanisticAbstract. Models of consciousness need to explain both the objective correlates of conscious experience as well as its subjective structure. However, such 020
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC From dots to faces: individual differences in visual imagery capacity predict the content of Ganzflicker-induced hallucinations academic.oup.com/nc/article/d... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comFrom dots to faces: individual differences in visual imagery capacity predict the content of Ganzflicker-induced hallucinationsAbstract. A rapidly alternating red and black display known as Ganzflicker induces visual hallucinations that reflect the generative capacity of the visual 100
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Phenomenology of the stream of thought: dissociable dynamic dimensions revealed through experience sampling academic.oup.com/nc/article/d... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comPhenomenology of the stream of thought: dissociable dynamic dimensions revealed through experience samplingAbstract. The pursuit of a scientific theory of consciousness has gained momentum in neuroscience over the past 25 years. While much research has centered 110
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Decoding hypnotic consciousness: neural and experiential insights into induced and ideomotor suggestions academic.oup.com/nc/article/d... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comDecoding hypnotic consciousness: neural and experiential insights into induced and ideomotor suggestionsAbstract. Hypnotic induction and ideomotor suggestions provide a powerful framework for investigating the remarkable capacity of verbal influence to reshap 100
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC A survey of views about infant consciousness academic.oup.com/nc/article/d... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comA survey of views about infant consciousnessAbstract. We surveyed attendees at two leading conferences on consciousness, asking for their views on central issues concerning infant consciousness. Thes 100
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC From self-organizing systems to subjective temporal extension academic.oup.com/nc/article/d... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comFrom self-organizing systems to subjective temporal extensionAbstract. The self-simulational theory of temporal extension (SST) describes an information-theoretically formalized mechanism by which the “width” of subj 110
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Computational spirits: a neuroscientific account of psychedelic entity encounters academic.oup.com/nc/article/d... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comComputational spirits: a neuroscientific account of psychedelic entity encountersAbstract. Under the influence of psychedelics, people often report encountering “entities” who seem to have their own autonomous agency. Depending on the c 100
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC A non-verbal process dissociation procedure to disentangle explicit from implicit sequence learning academic.oup.com/nc/article/d... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comA non-verbal process dissociation procedure to disentangle explicit from implicit sequence learningAbstract. Human adults can extract regularities through implicit learning, resulting in non-conscious knowledge, or through explicit learning, leading to c 100
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Contrasting predictive coding and representational accounts of perceptual organization, stimulus predictability, and attentional modulation in the visual cortical hierarchy academic.oup.com/nc/article/d... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comContrasting predictive coding and representational accounts of perceptual organization, stimulus predictability, and attentional modulation in the visual cortical hierarchyAbstract. A predictive coding (PC) framework assumes that the visual cortex generates and tests hypotheses about the likely causes of retinal stimulation. 100
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC I sync, therefore I am: brain–body synchrony in typical and disordered consciousness academic.oup.com/nc/article/d... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comI sync, therefore I am: brain–body synchrony in typical and disordered consciousnessAbstract. Consciousness is often treated as a property of the brain alone, yet accumulating evidence suggests that it is shaped by a recurrent dialogue bet 100
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Perceptual learning without feedback is accompanied with systematic changes in confidence processing academic.oup.com/nc/article/d... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comPerceptual learning without feedback is accompanied with systematic changes in confidence processingAbstract. Perceptual learning can occur without external feedback, raising questions about what internal signals might guide this learning. Here, we test t 100
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Trial-wise awareness ratings do not capture the dynamics of masked priming academic.oup.com/nc/article/d... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comTrial-wise awareness ratings do not capture the dynamics of masked primingAbstract. Trial-wise subjective awareness ratings, particularly the Perceptual Awareness Scale (PAS), have been widely recommended for assessing awareness 100
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Neurodynamic profiles in the alpha band distinguish different forms of meditation academic.oup.com/nc/article/d... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comNeurodynamic profiles in the alpha band distinguish different forms of meditationAbstract. Different forms of meditation, like Vipassana and Shoonya, require distinct attentional features. For instance, Vipassana, which involves systema 100
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC A data-driven approach to identifying and evaluating connectivity-based neural correlates of conscious visual perception academic.oup.com/nc/article/d... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comA data-driven approach to identifying and evaluating connectivity-based neural correlates of conscious visual perceptionAbstract. Identifying the neural correlates of conscious visual perception remains a major challenge in neuroscience, requiring theories that bridge betwee 100
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Views on the distribution of consciousness influence ethical judgements toward brain organoids as biological computers: an exploratory study academic.oup.com/nc/article/d... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comViews on the distribution of consciousness influence ethical judgements toward brain organoids as biological computers: an exploratory studyAbstract. Biological computers, or ‘biocomputers’, are being engineered with brain organoids integrated with in silico hardware and software components. Th 100
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Micro-phenomenology of immersion and perceived presences under DMT academic.oup.com/nc/article/d... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comMicro-phenomenology of immersion and perceived presences under DMTAbstract. Psychedelic compound N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is renowned for inducing highly immersive experiences, often including encounters with seemingl 100
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC The experiential self state as affective salience: a dual-self states framework for consciousness and self-transcendence academic.oup.com/nc/article/d... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comThe experiential self state as affective salience: a dual-self states framework for consciousness and self-transcendenceAbstract. This article proposes a dual-self states framework in which reflective and experiential modes of consciousness are understood as dynamic configur 100
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Bridging dream and wake states: a new tool for consciousness research academic.oup.com/nc/article/d... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comBridging dream and wake states: a new tool for consciousness researchAbstract. In this study, the Consciousness States Comparison Scale: REM Version (CSCS-REM) was developed as a self-report instrument to assess dream consci 100
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC A Rosetta Stone hypothesis for neurophenomenology: mathematical predictions from predictive processing academic.oup.com/nc/article/d... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comA Rosetta Stone hypothesis for neurophenomenology: mathematical predictions from predictive processingAbstract. Consciousness science faces the challenge of bridging first-person experience with third-person empirical measurements. Neurophenomenology aims t 100
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Increasing power for detecting awareness: a new approach to test group level objective performance academic.oup.com/nc/article/d... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comIncreasing power for detecting awareness: a new approach to test group level objective performanceAbstract. Demonstrating reliable unconscious effects is notoriously challenging, and the scope of unconscious processing remains debated. Establishing unco 100
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Bridging subjective and neural state transitions in the rubber hand illusion: a neurophenomenological study academic.oup.com/nc/article/d... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comBridging subjective and neural state transitions in the rubber hand illusion: a neurophenomenological studyAbstract. The rubber hand illusion (RHI) provides a powerful paradigm for probing the malleability of bodily self-consciousness. While conventional studies 100
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Strength of religious faith is associated with altered sense of agency during multisensory conflict academic.oup.com/nc/article/d... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comStrength of religious faith is associated with altered sense of agency during multisensory conflictAbstract. Religious belief systems shape human experience of the self and the world, yet their influence on the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying bodily 100
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Early correlates of visual awareness are affected by self-related information academic.oup.com/nc/article/d... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comEarly correlates of visual awareness are affected by self-related informationAbstract. Self-related cues, most notably one’s own face, are highly salient and confer processing advantages at both conscious and unconscious levels. Whe 110
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Integrated information theory (IIT) and the testability of the silent neuron predictions academic.oup.com/nc/article/d... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comIntegrated information theory (IIT) and the testability of the silent neuron predictionsAbstract. Integrated information theory (IIT) makes two predictions about the role of inactive neurons in consciousness. According to the silent brain (SB) 100
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Demographics-robust spontaneous eye blinking slowing in patients with severe acquired brain injury academic.oup.com/nc/article/d... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comDemographics-robust spontaneous eye blinking slowing in patients with severe acquired brain injuryAbstract. This study aimed to explore whether spontaneous eye blinking features from a brief vertical electro-oculogram recording can distinguish patients 100
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Subjective experience of 'Stream of Consciousness Impairment' in three patients with severe amnesia academic.oup.com/nc/article/d... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comSubjective experience of ‘Stream of Consciousness Impairment’ in three patients with severe amnesiaHighlights We document a specific subjective experience reported by three patients with autoimmune encephalitis.This subjective experience involves brief e 100
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Dynamics of the stream of thought: insights from an accumulation-to-threshold model academic.oup.com/nc/article/d... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comDynamics of the stream of thought: insights from an accumulation-to-threshold modelAbstract. The dynamics of the stream of spontaneous thoughts has been the object of increasing research in recent years. Here, we study the timing of trans 100
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Affirmed gender shapes virtual embodiment: a phenomenological account of ownership and agency across gender identities academic.oup.com/nc/article/d... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comAffirmed gender shapes virtual embodiment: a phenomenological account of ownership and agency across gender identitiesAbstract. Gender identity plays a crucial role in how we come to feel our bodies as our own. When the inner sense of gender does not align with bodily appe 110
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Low-dose lysergic acid diethylamide alters subjective visual perception but not visual contrast surround suppression academic.oup.com/nc/article/d... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comLow-dose lysergic acid diethylamide alters subjective visual perception but not visual contrast surround suppressionAbstract. Theoretical models and empirical evidence suggest that psychedelics alter contextual influences on perception. To test this, we examined contrast 111
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Evidence for unconscious priming using a Bayesian single-subject approach academic.oup.com/nc/article/d... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comEvidence for unconscious priming using a Bayesian single-subject approachAbstract. Many studies have claimed the existence of unconscious priming, but a valid statistical procedure for substantiating such claims is often lacking 120
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Why do we need imagination–reality monitoring? academic.oup.com/nc/article/d... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comWhy do we need imagination–reality monitoring?Abstract. The ability to imagine scenarios decoupled from the immediate environment supports a wide range of cognitive functions, such as planning, memory, 100
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026It’s “back to school” time, which, of course, means we’re all sitting at our desks with an empty inbox and plenty of time to spare! 😉 So why not discover (or rediscover) the articles published in #NCONSC over the past couple of months? Many thanks to all our authors and reviewers! 🧠📚 👇 195
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 08/04/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Towards a bridge between intracerebral and surface EEG signatures of conscious report academic.oup.com/nc/article/2... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comTowards a bridge between intracerebral and surface EEG signatures of conscious reportIntracerebral recordings identified Visual (occipito-temporal) and Accumulation (frontoparietal) neural patterns associated with conscious report.We aimed 030
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 08/04/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Mapping of Subjective Accounts into Interpreted Clusters (MOSAIC): Topic Modelling and LLM applied to Stroboscopic Phenomenology academic.oup.com/nc/article/2... @romybeaute.bsky.social @introspection.bsky.social @anilseth.bsky.social #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comMapping of Subjective Accounts into Interpreted Clusters (MOSAIC): Topic Modelling and LLM applied to Stroboscopic PhenomenologyAbstract. Stroboscopic light stimulation (SLS) on closed eyes typically induces simple visual hallucinations, characterized by vivid, geometric, and colour 0134
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 04/03/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Exploring the role of micro-valence in the phenomenal space: insights from similarity judgments and deep learning models academic.oup.com/nc/article/2... @axc.bsky.social #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comExploring the role of micro-valence in the phenomenal space: insights from similarity judgments and deep learning modelsAbstract. Is valence an intrinsic dimension of conscious experience, as different authors have suggested? If so, all conscious experiences, and hence all c 060
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 04/03/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Rapid eye movement sleep displays distinct fractal dynamics between phasic and tonic states academic.oup.com/nc/article/2... #consciousness 🧠🧪💤academic.oup.comRapid eye movement sleep displays distinct fractal dynamics between phasic and tonic statesAbstract. Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep consists of phasic and tonic microstates with unique neurophysiological properties, yet their fractal characterist 030
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 04/03/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Mid-level perceptual features, and not ambiguity, accelerate access to awareness academic.oup.com/nc/article/2... @liadmudrik.bsky.social #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comMid-level perceptual features, and not ambiguity, accelerate access to awarenessAbstract. Current theoretical accounts of perception and high-level cognition suggest that awareness plays an active role in disambiguating incoming sensor 020
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 04/03/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Learning to attenuate myself: a predictive processing account of body-scan meditation and the dissolution of bodily boundaries academic.oup.com/nc/article/2... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comLearning to attenuate myself: a predictive processing account of body-scan meditation and the dissolution of bodily boundariesAbstract. Meditation practices often involve sustaining attention on the body. Typically, attention is understood to enhance both neural resource allocatio 020
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 04/03/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Against (theory-neutral) method (in consciousness science) academic.oup.com/nc/article/2... #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comAgainst (theory-neutral) method (in consciousness science)Abstract. This article challenges the assumption that the science of consciousness can proceed from a theory-neutral foundation. I argue that even ostensib 020
Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · 04/03/2026🚨 New article in #NCONSC Beyond computational equivalence: the behavioral inference principle for machine consciousness academic.oup.com/nc/article/2... @stepalminteri.bsky.social #consciousness 🧠🧪academic.oup.comBeyond computational equivalence: the behavioral inference principle for machine consciousnessAbstract. Large Language Models (LLMs) have rapidly become a central topic in AI and cognitive science, due to their unprecedented performance in a vast ar 161