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Pietro Amerio

@pietroamerio.bsky.social
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Postdoc at UCL (Exp Psych) with Prof. Megan Peters Interested in consciousness, visual perception, Bayesian inference and very very fast screens

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Renzo Lanfranco @renzolanfranco.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
What is the minimal exposure required to process facial features? In our reply to Mamassian & Wexler in Nat Comm, we address important questions about the limits of this approach and explain why manipulating exposure duration can offer advantages over other common visibility manipulations.
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REPLY TO “The meaningfulness of searching for minimal exposure duration to understand visual perception” - Nature Communications
Nature Communications - REPLY TO “The meaningfulness of searching for minimal exposure duration to understand visual perception”
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Renzo Lanfranco @renzolanfranco.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
1/11 New preprint! Can we register eye contact before we consciously see gaze direction? We flashed faces for just 1–5 ms and found that direct gaze facilitates face detection before explicit gaze awareness. 🧵 doi.org/10.64898/202... Work with: @axc.bsky.social & @arvidguterstam.bsky.social
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Conscious and unconscious eye contact at the limits of vision
Eye contact is one of the most potent social signals, but it remains unclear how little visual input is sufficient to register direct gaze, and whether such registration requires conscious awareness. ...
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Lena Lange @lenalange.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
My 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/fq9sV
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Mindlessly Motivated – a Critical Review of Subliminal Motivation
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ERC EXPERIENCE @erc-xp.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
We are really happy to be able to share a lot of our team work in #ASSC29! 4 talks and 2 posters... details below! 1. Starting tomorrow (1/07) with @leamoncoucy.bsky.social during the CONCURRENT SESSION 4, (14h-15h), a talk on the "Dimensions of the phenomenal space and dynamics of its structure" ⬇️
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A. Murat Eren (Meren) @merenbey.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
How every layer of science's "self-correcting machinery" failed when Iva Veseli and I simply wanted to reproduce the findings of a high-profile study on gut microbiome and autism: merenlab.org/2026/04/15/u...
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Unfalsifiable by Design: A Year of Trying and Failing to Reproduce a Human Microbiome and Autism Study
The myth of open data, reproducibility, responsibility, and accountability in science, and your role in it
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Guillaume Pech @guillaumepech.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Two questions: (1) How not to MISS an outlier? (2) Can you tell if a poster was made by AI or by a human? (1) 🤯 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝘀𝗲? MAD? IQR? SD? And with which threshold: 1.5 or 2 IQR? 2 or 3 SD?🤯 Check our new🔗 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙩: osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Audrey Mazancieux @audreymazancieux.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
📢 Excited to share our new paper in Cortex! "Frequency-tagging as a measure of conscious face perception" with @axc.bsky.social & Adélaïde de Heering www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Frequency-tagging as a measure of conscious face perception
Steady-state visual evoked potentials (SSVEPs) from frequency-tagging (FT) paradigms are widely used to investigate visual processing. Yet their assoc…
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Pietro Amerio @pietroamerio.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
So glad to see this work published! Congrats to @aliciafrancomnez.bsky.social for leading this exciting multisite project!!
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Alicia Franco-Martínez (λ) @aliciafrancomnez.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
So happy this is finally out, almost 4 years in the making! academic.oup.com/nc/article/2... A celebration of open and collaborative science: 📜Replicating the unconscious working memory effect: a multisite Registered Report Thank you so much to the 48 coauthors of the uWM project!🇬🇦
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Replicating the unconscious working memory effect: a multisite Registered Report
Abstract. Although in recent years some studies have found evidence suggesting that working memory (WM) may operate on unconscious perceptual contents, dec
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axel cleeremans @axc.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Super proud of @pietroamerio.bsky.social who successfully defended his thesis on « vision at very short durations » today. Congrats!
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Pietro Amerio @pietroamerio.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Coming out of social media hibernation to announce that earlier this month I became Doctor Pietro 🎉 huge thanks to @axc.bsky.social for the amazing mentoring along the way, and to the CO3 lab and @crcnulb.bsky.social for making these years so memorable ❤
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Lea Moncoucy @leamoncoucy.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
1/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:
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The value of consciousness: experiences worth having | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
DC. 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...
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Kobe Desender @kobedesender.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Brace yourself: neural and computational insights into the experience of mental effort! Now out in @cerebralcortex.bsky.social Led by Gaia Corlazzoli. Paper: desenderlab.com/wp-content/u.... Thread ↓↓↓
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PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Replicating the unconscious working memory effect: A multisite preregistered study: osf.io/sj7fz
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Pietro Amerio @pietroamerio.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
📝 Preprint alert 📝 Recent reports showed violations of Bloch's law (aka intensity-duration reciprocity) in visual perception. Me and @axc.bsky.social reassessed these violations using a modern LCD-based tachistoscope: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Surya Gayet @suryagayet.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
If you are up for a nice academic battle, consider responding to our BBS paper "Studying unconscious processing: contention and consensus". The deadline is October 15th. Link below!
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François Stockart @francoisstock.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
The call for commentaries on our BBS paper is out now (deadline October 15): shorturl.at/Hu3Yu. In the paper (shorturl.at/4Rbk6), we provide recommendations and outstanding issues about designing experimental paradigms, analyzing data, and reporting the results of studies on unconscious processing 👇
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Pietro Amerio @pietroamerio.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Absolutely incredible work led by @patxelos.bsky.social and @dsotob.bsky.social - such a compelling case of unconscious perception! Privileged to have been a little part of this 🧠
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Liad Mudrik @liadmudrik.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
BBS just issued the call for commentaries, and we would LOVE to get yours!! The deadline is October 15th, and the reference number is BBS-D-24-00489R2. Looking forward to hearing what you think about our suggestions for how to study unconscious processes!
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Pietro Amerio @pietroamerio.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
So excited to see this work published! It was a truly inspiring collaboration - thanks to @maorschreiber.bsky.social, @francoisstock.bsky.social, @liadmudrik.bsky.social and @nfaivre.bsky.social for their incredibile efforts in making this happen 🚀
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Alicia Franco-Martínez (λ) @aliciafrancomnez.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Super grateful to the WM team for such an exciting project 🥹🗺️🤍 You can check the slides of the @assc28.bsky.social presentation at| www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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Mel Goodale @action-brain.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
CIFAR invites applications for senior PhD and postdocs to participate in the Neuroscience of Consciousness Winter School, held in Montebello, Canada Dec 10-12, 2025. The Winter School is hosted by members of CIFAR’s Brain, Mind, and Consciousness program. Please repost. cifar.ca/next-generat... 🧠🧪
Dog-sled going past the Le Château Montebello.Main public room in Le Château Montebello decorated for Christmas. The building is the world's largest "log cabin".Le Château Montebello is situated on the banks of the Ottawa river, separating Quebec and Ontario.Group photo the school of 2018 at the Winter school on the Neuroscience of Consciousness
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Steve Fleming @smfleming.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Looking forward to this week's Consciousness Club with Renzo Lanfranco @renzolanfranco.bsky.social on "Becoming aware of the world and ourselves" Wednesday 26th March, usual time of 11am-1230pm UK time All welcome! For details on how to join please see: metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
NEW: Elon Musk’s X has suspended accounts of Turkish opposition groups, suppressing footage of anti-government protests. So, best we share all the footage we can here! This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu. 🇹🇷 #Turkey
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ERC 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 🧠
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CONNEX Seminars @connexseminars.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Next 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!
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Liad Mudrik @liadmudrik.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Thrilled to have had the privilege of interacting with this outstanding group of young consciousness lovers at the CIFAR winter school! Huge thanks to the great organizers, Chris Krupenye, Catherine Duclos and Guillaume Dumas. And to TWCF! In the comment, a less dignified photo
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CONNEX Seminars @connexseminars.bsky.social · 05/04/2024
Next week join us for two amazing seminars 🎉 On Monday (08/04 at 15:00 CEST) we will have the pleasure to host Prof. @mschoenauer.bsky.social ! The abstract and link to join us online are here: bit.ly/3U3boNY
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CONNEX Seminars @connexseminars.bsky.social · 05/04/2024
And on Wednesday (10/04 at 12:15 CEST) we are happy to host Dr. @mateoleganes.bsky.social 🎉 Find the abstract of his talk and the link to join us online, here: bit.ly/49pXbPz
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CONNEX Seminars @connexseminars.bsky.social · 16/02/2024
Next Wednesday (21th Feb) we are happy to host Dr. Audrey Mazancieux @audreymazancieux.bsky.social ✨ You can join us online at 12:15 CET with this link! bit.ly/49uDDtT
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CONNEX Seminars @connexseminars.bsky.social · 14/02/2024
Join us today for the seminar of Dr. Stefanie Peykarjou! The time in the flyer below is incorrect: the talk will start at 12:15 CET. Find all details at the link below 👇
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CONNEX Seminars @connexseminars.bsky.social · 09/02/2024
A special double-CONNEX week coming up! Next Friday (February 16th) we are happy to host Professor Sara Mednick 🚀 You can join us online at 14:00 CET: bit.ly/3UQ33LD
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CONNEX Seminars @connexseminars.bsky.social · 09/02/2024
Next Wednesday (14th Feb) we are happy to host Dr. Stefanie Peykarjou 🚀 join us online at 12:15 CET at the link you can find here: bit.ly/49w4Xrl
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CONNEX Seminars @connexseminars.bsky.social · 01/02/2024
CONNEX has now landed on BlueSky 🚀🦋 Follow us for updates about the upcoming seminars at @crcnulb.bsky.social
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CONNEX Seminars @connexseminars.bsky.social · 01/02/2024
We are so glad to host Dr. Grégory Hammad next Wednesday (7th Feb) at 12:15 🎉 here you can find the abstract of his talk and the link to join us online: bit.ly/48XylqE
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Pietro Amerio @pietroamerio.bsky.social · 16/10/2023
So happy to see this as a preprint 🔥 It was a pleasure to work with and learn from @matthiasmichel.bsky.social Stephan Goerttler @meganakpeters.bsky.social and @axc.bsky.social
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Matthias Michel @matthiasmichel.bsky.social · 16/10/2023
As a bonus, @pietroamerio.bsky.social did a fantastic job creating brand new models that model observers providing visibility (not just confidence) ratings! Thanks @axc.bsky.social for inviting me in Brussels as a postdoc to work on this project. I had a fantastic time.
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Matthias Michel @matthiasmichel.bsky.social · 16/10/2023
New paper: we're getting close to showing unconscious perception with a non-biased (2IFC) visibility task, using both metacontrast masking and super fast presentations (980 micro(!!)-seconds) using a modern-day tachistoscope (shown here). Preprint here: osf.io/preprints/ps...
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