We are pleased to share a data descriptor paper to complement the fMRI dataset (N=118) originally released alongside our 2025 Nature adversarial collaboration paper.
ARC-COGITATE
@arc-cogitate.bsky.social
Collaboration On GNWT and IIT: Testing Alternative Theories of Experience (COGITATE)is an innovative Open Science, preregistered adversarial collaboration focused on arbitrating between two leading theories of consciousness, Integrated Information Theory.
A few hours left to apply to Consciousness Commons - an @assc2026.bsky.social satellite event, taking place in Santiago July 4-5 Applications close at midnight PST tonight. consciousness-commons.github.io/cc-assc-2026 #ASSC29 #ConsciousnessScience #openscience @consci-feeds.bsky.social
Apply by April 13. consciousness-commons.github.io/cc-assc-2026 #ASSC29 #ConsciousnessScience #OpenScience #consci
🔴 1/ You do not attend talks. You build something. ⚫️ 2/ You work in a cross-disciplinary team, not alone. 🔵 3/ You leave with a preregistered plan, not just notes. ⚪️ 4/ Your work can be funded.
What makes Consciousness Commons different from a regular workshop? 👉🧵 1/
And applications are officially OPEN. Deadline to apply to join us is --- April 13 🔸Work with open consciousness datasets 🔸Build a preregistered research project with an interdisciplinary team 🔸Compete for $25,000 in seed funding to carry it forward consciousness-commons.github.io/cc-assc-2026/
Something is emerging in Santiago this July. A new kind of scientific gathering. Open data. Interdisciplinary teams. A shared question that's been challenging researchers for decades. Introducing Consciousness Commons: A satellite workshop for early-career researchers @assc2026.bsky.social #ASSC29
Open science breakthrough: @arc-cogitate.bsky.social has launched an open-access iEEG dataset of 38 people, including work from @ae.mpg.de. This high-resolution resource tests competing theories & is available to researchers worldwide: bit.ly/49gRhne
Impressive extension of Alex Lepauvre, et al’s work!!
Predictive Brain Lab@predictivebrainlab.bsky.social · 10mo agoAn amazing collaboration with @uclqsion.bsky.social spearheaded by @alexlepauvre.bsky.social! This is also one of the many spinoff initiatives in @arc-cogitate.bsky.social to build open, standardized open, standardized practices for cognitive neuroscience data collection and analyses. See others at:
@gennadiy.bsky.social is presenting his work on the @arc-cogitate.bsky.social data. And he is positioned in the shade, so it’s another motivator to come :-)))
1/2. Last day of #ASSC28: @gennadiy.bsky.social presents his work on the @arc-cogitate.bsky.social data - predicting NCCs on no-report trials. @ronyhirsch.bsky.social presents her work with @niccolonegro.bsky.social on intuitions about consciousness >>
Wrapping up @assc28.bsky.social with a spotlight on fresh discoveries powered by our data! 🧠✨ 🗣️Presented by Gennadiy Belonosov 👀 Catch the poster today showcasing an exciting project that tapped into our EEG datasets to explore new questions in consciousness science.
Not just a toast to results🥂, but to the people, dedication, and openness that made this milestone possible. ✨ After sharing our Experiment 2 findings with the community @assc28.bsky.social today, we’re taking a moment to reflect on how far we’ve come - together. #TeamScience #ASSC2025 #OpenScience
Congrats Urszula! So great to see our team members thriving ☺️ The hat was a wise (and stylish) choice! 🌞
ania 🌻@azlesniewska.bsky.social · last yr.First time on ASSC Conference, first time conducting and presenting master th. research 🥳 Thank you all for coming and sharing your insights—in sickness and in health, in the sun and in the shade 🎈Photo with my first and best supervisor Urszula Górska-Klimowska, under the sun of @assc28.bsky.social
🚨TODAY at @assc28.bsky.social 🚨 Be among the first to see the results from Experiment 2 👀🧠 We’re unveiling the results in a poster series starting at 4:30pm Come find us in the foyer📍
COGITATE is @assc28.bsky.social! ➖ Come say Hi 👋 ➖ Grab some 🆓 (environmentally friendly 🌱) merch ➖ And learn about our public database 📊 We’re here to demo the data, answer questions & chat about how the community can make the most of the Cogitate ecosystem. Let's connect! #OpenScience #ASSC2025
Coming to #ASSC28? Check out our stuff! Examining theories of consciousness, testing the scope of unconscious processing, exploring intuitions about consciousness - and more! Looking forward to interacting with you there, and showcasing the great work of: >>
COGITATE is heading to @assc28.bsky.social! to present a poster series based on results of Experiment 2 ➕a demo table to showcase how we’ve embraced #OpenScience: 🧠Multimodal 🌎Multisite data 📊 🆓 public 🔗Tools + infrastructure to scale FAIR sharing 👋 Come talk to us about the science and the data! 👋
Rivals or Teammates? What happens when scientists with opposing theories come together - not to win, but to learn? 🌐 arc-cogitate.com 📄 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
🏁 Big news from #Cogitate!🏁 We’re proud to deliver the first part of our promised open multimodal dataset: iEEG data from 38 patients across 3 centers, collected under a unified protocol. 📄 Paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415... 📀 Data: www.arc-cogitate.com/data-release 💻 Code: github.com/Cogitate-con...
📯Reminder : MEGIN Masterclass is tomorrow! We’re told the registration window is still open - but hurry to claim your spot before it’s too late
ARC-COGITATE@arc-cogitate.bsky.social · last yr.Curious how #MEG is used to study #consciousness? In this MEGIN Masterclass, Oscar Ferrante and Ling Liu reflect on lessons from the Cogitate project, offering a bts look at design, challenges, and broader implications for the field. Register👇 marketing.megin.fi/MEGIN_Master... #OpenNeuroScience
Excited to share that our iEEG dataset from the @arc-cogitate.bsky.social is publicly available! 📄Paper: nature.com/articles/s41... 📁Data: arc-cogitate.com/data-release 💻Code: github.com/Cogitate-con... Huge thanks to the team & co-first authors Alia Seedat, Urszula Gorska and Jay Jeschke🙌
Open multi-center intracranial electroencephalography dataset with task probing conscious visual perception - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Open multi-center intracranial electroencephalography dataset with task probing conscious visual perception
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🚨 #Postdoc opening! Join the labs of Yuri Saalmann & @fanispa.bsky.social to study consciousness using Neuropixels, brain stimulation & more. Work across UW–Madison, Uof Athens + collabs with @alleninstitute.org & Sorbonne. 📨 saalmann@wisc.edu / fpanag@psych.uoa.gr #ConsciousnessResearch BSky
Curious how #MEG is used to study #consciousness? In this MEGIN Masterclass, Oscar Ferrante and Ling Liu reflect on lessons from the Cogitate project, offering a bts look at design, challenges, and broader implications for the field. Register👇 marketing.megin.fi/MEGIN_Master... #OpenNeuroScience
Had a great time on @braininspired.bsky.social with Oscar Ferrante and @alexlepauvre.bsky.social , chatting about our work at @arc-cogitate.bsky.social and the results of the consortium's Nature paper (www.nature.com/articles/s41...). Grateful for the chance to share the journey and our thoughts!
Adversarial testing of global neuronal workspace and integrated information theories of consciousness - Nature
Multimodal results (iEEG, fMRI and MEG) of predictions from integrated information theory and global neuronal workspace theory align with some predictions of both theories on visual consciou...
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · last yr.In this episode of “Brain Inspired,” Paul Middlebrooks talks with Oscar Ferrante, Rony Hirschhorn and Alex Lepauvre about putting integrated information and global neuronal workspace theories of consciousness to the test. Listen now: www.thetransmitter.org/brain-inspir...
What a week! Our @nature.com paper is out, and we discussed the results with @ronyhirsch.bsky.social and Oscar Ferrante at the (brain inspired podast)[https://bsky.app/profile/thetransmitter.bsky.social/post/3loli33na7k2f]! Thanks to all the @arc-cogitate.bsky.social members for making this possible
ARC-COGITATE@arc-cogitate.bsky.social · last yr.Our @nature.com paper is out! Bringing together 2 major theories of consciousness - Integrated Information Theory (IIT) and Global Neuronal Workspace Theory (GNWT) - in an unprecedented collaboration. Here’s the story of how we advanced theory testing in neuroscience www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In this episode of “Brain Inspired,” Paul Middlebrooks talks with Oscar Ferrante, Rony Hirschhorn and Alex Lepauvre about putting integrated information and global neuronal workspace theories of consciousness to the test. Listen now: www.thetransmitter.org/brain-inspir...
Oscar Ferrante, Rony Hirschhorn and Alex Lepauvre discuss putting integrated information and global neuronal workspace theories of consciousness to the test
The trio is part of the adversarial collaboration launched to test various theories of consciousness, a project known as COGITATE.
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🤔 Ever wondered what it really takes to pull off a global, preregistered, adversarial collaboration on consciousness? 🎙️ Out now @braininspired.bsky.social episode is a BTS peek into the ideas, challenges, science & team dynamics of our just-published Nature paper. 🔗 braininspired.co/podcast/211/
