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Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience @uofg-cspe.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

We are advertising a Research Associate job in Analytic Philosophy of Mind, Empirical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry, or Cognitive Anthropology. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSD786/r...

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Research Associate (Fixed Term) at University of Cambridge

Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Research Associate (Fixed Term) on jobs.ac.uk!

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Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience @uofg-cspe.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

One of our new projects with the University of Cambridge, Exploring the Grey Zone: A Biopsychosocial Approach to Religious Delusions and Conspiracy Beliefs, is looking to hire a fixed term Research Associate in Psychiatry or Psychology: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

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Research Associate in Psychiatry or Psychology (Fixed Term)

The Faculty of Divinity invites applications for the position of Research Associate in Psychiatry or Psychology, to work as part of an interdisciplinary team, led by Professor Joseph Webster, on the U...

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Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience @uofg-cspe.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Exciting news: The Illusions Index is growing! Our first new illusion is the ‘Scintillating Starburst’ and can be found below. More exciting illusions will be added over the next few weeks, stay tuned!

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Scintillating Starburst - The Illusions Index

The Illusions Index is a fully searchable curated collection of illusions brought to you by the Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience.

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Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience @uofg-cspe.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Our Philosophy, Psychology and Neuroscience seminar starts today. Our first session is: ‘The aims of self-control’, Polaris Koi (University of Turku) 15th of September, 3-5pm (UK Time) Seminar Room on level 5 at 62 Hillhead (the Psychology Building)

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Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience @uofg-cspe.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

We have an exciting opportunity for a Research Assistant to contribute to a project ‘Confession & Flourishing’ with Co-PIs Michael Brady (Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience, University of Glasgow) and Eranda Jayawickreme (Wake Forest University).

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Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience @uofg-cspe.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Come and experience various hallucinations and illusions to learn more about the wonders of your mind. Join us at the Riverside Museum from 11am – 3pm on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th June 2025 as part of Glasgow Science Festival. www.gla.ac.uk/events/scien...

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Explore Your Mind Through the Power of Illusion

Experience optical illusions with the University of Glasgow

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Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience @uofg-cspe.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

The Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience (CSPE) has now been in existence for twenty years! We are going to hold a celebratory 20th Anniversary Conference on 4 – 6th June 2025 in Glasgow. We would love for you to join us.

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Fiona Macpherson @macpherson.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

Illusion of the Fortnight

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Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience @uofg-cspe.bsky.social · 19/09/2024

Fascinating and informative explanation of how AI is trained to produce images from text prompts and how AI is being used to generate new forms of ambiguous image. youtu.be/FMRi6pNAoag?...

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This new type of illusion is really hard to make

YouTube video by Steve Mould

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Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience @uofg-cspe.bsky.social · 23/05/2024

Today researchers at Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience (Ben Colburn, Derek Brown, Neil McDonnell, Calum Hodgson, Laura Fearnley and Fiona Macpherson, @macpherson.bsky.social) who took part in a Royal Society of Edinburgh network on Augmented Reality, launch our 1/3

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Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience @uofg-cspe.bsky.social · 08/04/2024

A philosophy postdoctoral position on the SENSOR Project has been advertised. The project has been funded by a joint AHRC and DFG grant and brings together a team from the Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience, University of Glasgow (Derek Brown, Jack Lyons,

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Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience @uofg-cspe.bsky.social · 05/03/2024

Upcoming PPN talk on Monday 11th March with Professor Sascha Fink! We hope you can make it: Sascha Benjamin Fink (FAU Erlangen) Monday, 11th March (3-5pm GMT) Room 303, 57 Oakfield (and online) ‘Epistemic Risks and Psychedelics’ Want to come? Email Derek.Brown.2@glasgow.ac.uk for the zoom link.

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Fiona Macpherson @macpherson.bsky.social · 29/02/2024

Want to do a PhD? Want to investigate the Perception Census and work with @anilseth.bsky.social and me? Here's an amazing opportunity: www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...

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Fiona Macpherson @macpherson.bsky.social · 29/02/2024

What do do a PhD? Want to investigate the Perception Census and work with @anilseth.bsky.social and me? Here's an amazing opportunity: www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...

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Fiona Macpherson @macpherson.bsky.social · 15/02/2024

⭐️ The next Illusion of the Fortnight talk is coming soon! ⭐️ Online (zoom) @UofGlasgow @UofGPsychNeuro @UofGCSPE. Next talk: Tuesday 27 Feb 12-1pm UK time, Shuma Tsurumi Full schedule below👇Want to join? Contact Derek.Brown.2@glasgow.ac.uk

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Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience @uofg-cspe.bsky.social · 12/12/2023

We are delighted to announce that @andreablomkvist.bsky.social has won a @britishacademy.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellowship and a U of Glasgow LKAS Fellowship, which she will take up in January 2024, at the Centre, working with @macpherson.bsky.social. Her project is 'Re-making Mental Imagery'.

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Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience @uofg-cspe.bsky.social · 02/12/2023

Funding Announcement: Sensory Engineering (SENSOR) Project Researchers at the Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience, University of Glasgow, Dr Derek Brown, Prof Jack Lyons and Prof Fiona Macpherson, in collaboration with Prof Sascha Benjamin Fink, currently at the Otto von Guericke

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Arts and Humanities Alliance @artsandhums.bsky.social · 18/11/2023

The Arts and Humanities Alliance remains deeply concerned by news of proposed closures & redundancies in a number of our disciplines: Languages & cultures at Aberdeen University and most recently the planned cuts to English, History, Film, & closure of Music at Oxford Brookes.

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Fiona Macpherson @macpherson.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

Guest Blog on the British Science Association's website: www.britishscienceassociation.org/.../guest-bl.... The Perception Census closes on 31 October. Please take part now or complete the different sections if you've already started: perceptioncensus.dreamachine.world.

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Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience @uofg-cspe.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

Conference: Augmented Reality: Ethics, Perception, Metaphysics 9th and 10th November 2023 Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience, University of Glasgow

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Fiona Macpherson @macpherson.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

The Perception Census is closing on Tuesday 31st October. If you’ve already completed some sections please consider doing a few more. We get such powerful data from people completing many sections. And if you haven’t given it a try yet, we’d grateful if you would. Thank you!

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The Perception Census

Take part in one of the largest scientific studies on perceptual diversity ever undertaken, brought together by a team of world-leading scientists and philosophers.

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Fiona Macpherson @macpherson.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

I was interviewed today on BBC Radio 4's Inside Science about perception and The Perception Census.

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BBC Inside Science - Assembly theory - BBC Sounds

Could a radical theory help us understand the origins of life?

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