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ispsm @ispsm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

How do philosophers and scientists of mind actually work together, and where does the collaboration break down? ISPSM is launching In Conversation, a new online series that aims to bring philosophers and scientists together to work through questions like these. 📅 23 Oct 2026, 1pm BST/8am EDT

Poster for "Philosophy and Science in conversation", the inaugural ISPSM In Conversation event. Speakers: Megan Peters (UCL/UC Irvine), Ida Momennejad (Microsoft Research, New York), Jorge Morales (Duke). Held online, 23/10/26, 1pm BST/8am EDT. QR code and link: tinyurl.com/ISPSMInConversation.

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Shawn Prest @shawnprest.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

How do advanced meditators deconstruct experience? Happy to announce that the peer-reviewed version of Towards an Active Inference Account of Deep Meditative Deconstruction is now out open access in Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social - work with @kevinberryman.bsky.social🧵

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Grace Lindsay @neurograce.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

MIT has put out an "AI and Education" report summarizing what they've found at their own institution. Seems thoughtful. aiandeducation.mit.edu/report/

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Jakob Hohwy @hohwy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

If you're interested in computational psychiatry (with a sprinkling of philosophy of science), then check out this new paper, led by Dr @bethfisher.bsky.social and with brilliant co-authors @noorsajid and Laura Convertino. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Heleen Slagter @haslagter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

PhD position (4 years, paid) on an NWO-funded project on the Role of Foveal Processing in Spatial Attention at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands, supervised by Dr. Mieke Donk (main PI) and me! For more information: workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/ph...

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Vacancy — PhD position (4 years) on the Role of Foveal Processing in Spatial Attention

Are you interested in understanding how attention shapes what we see? Would you like to combine behavioural experiments, psychophysics, and eye tracking to uncover how the brain selects and prioritise...

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RedPen/BlackPen @redpenblackpen.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Tag yourself with your current location!

A map in the style of Tolkein titled 'The Map of Manuscript Earth'. This is something I'm calling 'artography' - and it lists lots of geographic locations on the way to submitting a (scientific) manuscript.

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Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Philosophers out there - do consider submitting to the 4th annual conference of the The International Society for the Philosophy of the Sciences of the Mind - deadline July 31st, conference is 4-6 Nov online, via @niccolonegro.bsky.social philevents.org/event/show/1...

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Marco Facchin @marcofacchin.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

The deadline for submitting your paper to the International Society for the Philosophy of the Sciences of the Mind-ISPSM is approaching (31/07). The conference will take place between 4-6/11 ONLINE, so, no participation fees. Info below #philmind #philsci #philsky #philpsy #neurosky #neuroskyence

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Shawn Prest @shawnprest.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I'm here in Santiago, Chile for ASSC 29 @theassc.bsky.social I'll be giving the following talks today: "What can meditative experience teach us about affective valence: A computational perspective on the determinants of affect" In Session 6 Meditation & Contemplative States / July 1, 3:00 PM

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Luis Cásedas @lcasedas.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

📢 New #INMINDS interview with @trisbek.bsky.social (U of Cambridge) on neurophenomenology, altered states, and the use of the ‘Temporal Experience Tracing’ technique within and beyond the lab. Out in @cienciacog.bsky.social. English version: www.cienciacognitiva.org?p=2665 (1/2)

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Shawn Prest @shawnprest.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

My paper modelling and simulating meditative deconstruction via letting go is now out open access in Neural Computation at @mitpress.bsky.social 🧠 I show how the phenomenology of experiential deconstruction (defabrication) naturally emerges from the dynamics of hierarchical active inference. 🧵

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wanjawiese.bsky.social @wanjawiese.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

You can still submit an abstract for Models of Consciousness 7 #MoC7 (12-16 October 2026) 👇

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Shawn Prest @shawnprest.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I'm happy to share the new preprint of my paper "What can meditative experience tell us about affective valence? A computational perspective on the determinants of affect" bit.ly/4ekg4Jd

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Matthew D. Sacchet @matthewsacchet.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I am delighted to welcome Shawn Prest @shawnprest.bsky.social as an incoming postdoctoral researcher at the Meditation Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School! 🎉🧠⤵️

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ispsm @ispsm.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

It’s that time again! Delighted to announce the call for abstracts for ISPSM 2026 and our keynote speakers! ✨ Dates: 4-6 November 2026 Link for submissions: tinyurl.com/ISPSM-abstra... Deadline for submissions: 31/07/2026 #philsky

Keynote speakers: Devon Bailey (University of Johannesburg), Louise Barrett (University of Lethbridge), Ali Boyle (LSE), Melina Gastelum Vargas (UNAM), Michael Kirchhoff (University of Wollongong), Yukie Nagai (University of Tokyo)

Call for abstracts for ISPSM’s 4th annual online conference. Philosophers working on any science of the mind (broadly construed) are welcome to submit. We particularly encourage submissions from underrepresented groups in the field.

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anil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

wow — the preprint host, arxiv, is banning authors for a year if they submit papers with hallucinated citations 🤖

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If generative AI tools generate inappropriate language, plagiarized content, biased content, errors, mistakes, incorrect references, or misleading content, and that output is included in scientific works, it is the responsibility of the author(s). 2/
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We have recently clarified our penalties for this. If a submission contains incontrovertible evidence that the authors did not check the results of LLM generation, this means we can't trust anything in the paper. 3/
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The penalty is a 1-year ban from arXiv followed by the requirement that subsequent arXiv submissions must first be accepted at a reputable peer-reviewed venue. 4/
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Examples of incontrovertible evidence: hallucinated references, meta-comments from the LLM ("here is a 200 word summary; would you like me to make any changes?"; "the data in this table is illustrative, fill it in with the real numbers from your experiments") end/"

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Borjan (Boki) Milinković @neuromorphicboki.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

The amount of times I have used LLMs and noticed them severely lacking in critical analyses with many incorrect assumptions, particularly on the edge-cases of knowledge, is astounding. If reviewers are using AI to help review articles this is a tragedy for new ideas and science! I beg, don't.

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Jakob Hohwy @hohwy.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

This was fun and super interesting. Thanks to @ispsm.bsky.social for organising. Contrasting these two perspectives seems very fruitful. I strongly recommend @kathrynnave.eurosky.social’s book - an amazing read. (And open access, as is mine)

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Niccolo Negro @niccolonegro.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Just a reminder that you can still register to this ISPSM event with Jakob Hohwy and Kathryn Nave

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Will Harrison @willjharrison.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Scientific figures don't have to be realistic or clever, they just have to communicate ideas in a way that's clearer than a passage of text. Love this figure.

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megan peters 🧠 @meganakpeters.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

🚨🚨JOB ALERT🚨🚨 I'm hiring a cogsci/philosophy/compneuro postdoc at @ucl.ac.uk @uclbrainscience.bsky.social @uclpals.bsky.social! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRH486/p... Come to London & work on frameworks for "testing" for consciousness using Bayesian belief updating & latent variable modeling. Pls share!

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UCL

Discover Postdoctoral Research Fellow jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.

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Shawn Prest @shawnprest.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

I'm excited to share our preprint: "Selfing without a self: The missing dimension of identification in computational accounts of selfhood" The puzzle: How can meditators claim persistent selfless experience without dysfunction when computational accounts claim it's maladaptive? 🧵 t.ly/vDv4n

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Thomas Andrillon @thomasandrillon.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

New article with @oudietted.bsky.social and the @dreamteamicm.bsky.social Dream-like mental states can occur during wakefulness Published now in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-reports... Congrats to Nicolas Decat!

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 03/04/2026

This one. Feels like the old Twitter. Surfaces content you are likely to want. Allows some low-follower accounts to go viral with good posts bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Jakob Hohwy @hohwy.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

"The Self-Evidencing Agent" - my new book - is out now with @mitpress.bsky.social Can be purchased, or just download the whole thing for free, via the 'Open Access' option. I'm grateful to @anilseth.bsky.social and Karl Friston for the generous endorsements. mitpress.mit.edu/978026255389...

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The Self-Evidencing Agent

What is it to be a human individual, an agent? According to Jakob Hohwy, it is to “self-evidence,” to actively seek out sensory evidence for one&...

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Adeel Razi @adeelrazi.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

📢Maths in the Brain Workshop 2026 in Melbourne. We will bring together researchers across Australia with a shared interest in understanding the brain from a quantitative perspective. This year's keynote is delivered by Professor James Cole, University College London. 1/4🧵

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Matthew D. Sacchet @matthewsacchet.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

We're hiring a Program Manager to join the Meditation Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. This is a hands-on role for someone who wants to be in the thick of our efforts. You would work closely with us to drive our current projects forward.... ⤵️

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SPAN @socphilneuro.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Interdisciplinarity Through Research Collaboration & Philosophy and Neuroscience Mentorship Program applications are due 2.28.26. Visit our website for more information.

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Shawn Prest @shawnprest.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

For anyone interested in the mechanisms behind "letting go" in meditation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ndy... This was a really fun conversation to have, thanks Josh! (www.linkedin.com/in/joshricha/)

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Marieke van Vugt @mvugt.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

A lovely Christmas present: this paper led by Henrik Röhr is now out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/YCJX8T... In this paper, we predict on a single-trial level whether someone is practising a self-boundary dissolution meditation practice on the basis of their EEG data

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Decoding the Self: Single‐Trial Prediction of Self‐Boundary Meditation States From Magnetoencephalography Recordings

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Ella Batty @ellabatty.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

I'm biased, but I think Neuromatch has done a lot of good in helping make computational science education accessible. Please consider donating to help us continue!

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Gaia Mizzon @gaiamizzon.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Very excited to announce that our new paper “Are Dreams Narrative Experiences? How Assumptions About Fictional Narratives Shape Debates on Dream Experiences” is officially published in Topoi. I am truly honoured to have collaborated with my supervisor, Jennifer Windt, on this work. rdcu.be/eSXvP

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Are Dreams Narrative Experiences? How Assumptions About Fictional Narratives Shape Debates on Dream Experiences

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Shawn Prest @shawnprest.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Hey all, Thomas Metzinger has a new book out, have a look: www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/B0FZ... @metzinger.bsky.social

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Shawn Prest @shawnprest.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Excited for the Australasian Society for Philosophy and Psychology (ASPP) 2025 Conference next week in Melbourne 24-25 Nov. I'll be presenting posters on multi-dimensional selfing and affective valence with active inference. sites.google.com/monash.edu/a...

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ASPP 2025 Melbourne

Australasian Society for Philosophy and Psychology 2025 Conference Melbourne, November 24th - 25th, 2025

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Jakob Hohwy @hohwy.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Still time to register for the 2025 Conference of the Australasian Society for Philosophy and Psychology, in-person in Melbourne Nov 24-25! Check details and fab keynotes and program on the site👇 #philosophy #neuroskyence sites.google.com/monash.edu/a...

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ASPP 2025 Melbourne

Australasian Society for Philosophy and Psychology 2025 Conference Melbourne, November 24th - 25th, 2025

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Shawn Prest @shawnprest.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Consider participating in this study by if you're starting to meditate (<4 months) and from Australia, New Zealand, UK, or USA! psychologicalsciences.unimelb.edu.au/CSC/research...

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Tracking meditation: A longitudinal study

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Shawn Prest @shawnprest.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

In Boston, happy to be visiting the Meditation Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School meditation.mgh.harvard.edu @matthewsacchet.bsky.social #contemplativescience

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Matthew D. Sacchet @matthewsacchet.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

How can lived experience be mathematically formalized, and what might computational models reveal about the depths of consciousness during advanced meditation? As research on advanced meditation enters a new era, a powerful question emerges: Can we mathematically model meditative experience ...

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Shawn Prest @shawnprest.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

If you weren't aware and are interested in active inference and predictive processing, check out the Active Inference Symposium @actinfinstitute.bsky.social (just started). It's free, online, and has lots of great talks lined up, as well as workshops on modelling: coda.io/d/Applied-Ac...

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Shawn Prest @shawnprest.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Looking forward to visiting the Contemplative Sciences Center at the University of Virginia on Monday and having great conversations there! @mclsheehy.bsky.social @monash-m3cs.bsky.social csc.virginia.edu

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Shawn Prest @shawnprest.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Today is poster day #2 at @iscr.bsky.social here in Chapel Hill. I'll be sharing work on how deep meditative experience challenges existing computational accounts of affective valence. Come by and pepper me with questions, 4:30-6pm :) #ISCR2025

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Shawn Prest @shawnprest.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

If attending @iscr.bsky.social, come by my poster at 4:30pm tomorrow. I'll present work on clarifying selfing with active inference. This is collaborative work with @kevinberryman.bsky.social, @rubenlaukkonen.bsky.social, @matthewsacchet.bsky.social, Aviva Berkovich-Ohana and Yair Dor-Ziderman.

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Shawn Prest @shawnprest.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

I'll be at the International Society for Contemplative Research 2025 Conference in Chapel Hill, North Carolina next week. Looking forward to it and will be on a great panel on Tuesday at 1:30pm with @matthewsacchet.bsky.social, Nicco Reggente, Winson Yang and David Zarka. @iscr.bsky.social #ISCR

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Niccolo Negro @niccolonegro.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

👇 have a look at the program of this year's ISPSM conference, it's online and free. #philmind #philsci #consci

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Shawn Prest @shawnprest.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

I'm presenting my work on affective valence, meditative experience and active inference this Sunday 9:30am GMT at the 3rd Annual Web Conference of the International Society for the Philosophy of the Sciences of the Mind: www.ispsmind.com/internationa... Come by!

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