Emmanuel A. Stamatakis
@estamatakis.bsky.social
Professor of Neuroscience. Consciousness researcher at Clinical Neurosciences/Medicine, University of Cambridge. bit.ly/ccigcambridge
9/ Team effort across labs & continents 🌍🙏 Thanks to @bechir-jarraya.bsky.social @gozziale.bsky.social @estamatakis.bsky.social @jordytasserie.bsky.social & all great colleagues from NeuroSpin, @riken-sciverse.bsky.social @ulaval.ca @brighamandwomens.bsky.social @tum.de who made this possible!
How individual consciousness works – and makes us unique A "The Conversation" article (with Peter Coppola) on a Communications Biology article we wrote recently. theconversation.com/how-individu... #Consciousness @cneurodept.bsky.social @medcambridge.bsky.social
How individual consciousness works – and makes us unique
There is a deeper side to the brain which weaves your memories, goals, beliefs and emotions into a continuous sense of self.
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How does the thalamus support consciousness? Our new study uses resting‑state fMRI to show nucleus‑specific thalamocortical connectivity changes during anaesthesia and in disorders of consciousness. #Neuroscience #Consciousness #fMRI #Thalamus academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...
A thalamic perspective of (un)consciousness in pharmacological and pathological states in humans
There is ongoing debate about thalamic contributions to consciousness. Using anaesthesia to experimentally model disorders of consciousness, Szocs et al.,
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2nd Cambridge psychedelic research day. Congratulations for an excellent programme Liliana Galindo Guarin and team! #cambridge #psychedelics #consciousness neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/event-posts/...
Second Cambridge Psychedelic Research Day - 22nd April 2026: Confirmed speakers and registration open
The Cambridge Psychedelic Research Group is thrilled to announce that their second Cambridge Psychedelic Research Day will take place on 22nd April 2026 at the historic Clare College…
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What makes brains (un)conscious? We provide new answers—and a universal mammalian blueprint for information processing—in a cross-species study of humans, macaques, marmosets & mice. Exploring convergent breakdown of integration in: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Led by @loopyluppi.bsky.social
Convergent transcriptomic and connectomic controllers of information integration and its anaesthetic breakdown across mammalian brains - Nature Human Behaviour
Luppi et al. identify transcriptomic and connectomic controllers of information integration and its breakdown induced by anaesthesia in humans, macaques, marmosets and mice.
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Everything you ever wanted to know about anaesthesia but were too afraid to ask. Presented by the always amazing @claudiahammond.bsky.social feat. @brucebiccard.bsky.social @estamatakis.bsky.social, Jennifer Hunter & me! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Evidence - Anaesthesia - BBC Sounds
What happens to our brains and our consciousness when we’re put to sleep?
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A pleasure to join a BBC world service The Evidence panel at @wellcomecollection.bsky.social on anaesthesia & consciousness. Great discussion with @drkevinfong.bsky.social @brucebiccard.bsky.social & Jennifer Hunter, expertly chaired by @claudiahammond.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Evidence - Anaesthesia - BBC Sounds
What happens to our brains and our consciousness when we’re put to sleep?
bbc.co.uk
Consciousness is personal. Awake story listening fMRI shows that default mode network dynamics diverge across individuals, supporting personal experience, while auditory & attention networks stay aligned, underpinning shared experience. #Neuroscience #Consciousness www.nature.com/articles/s42...
The neural correlates of shared and individual experience - Communications Biology
The authors find a correspondence between dynamic ratings of subjective experience and brain network dynamics during a naturalistic auditory story. They then explore which networks differentially supp...
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In an article for Frontiers in Science that ended up taking almost five years to compose, @anilseth.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social and I take stock of consciousness science, consider avenues of progress, and ask “what if we succeed?” www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
Advancing consciousness science
Defining new directions in consciousness research and exploring implications for medicine, technology, and ethics
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1/🧵 Out today in @frontiersin.bsky.social : “Consciousness science: where are we, where are we going, and what if we get there?” By @axc.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social, & me (a CIFAR & @erc.europa.eu production 🧠). www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
Advancing consciousness science
Defining new directions in consciousness research and exploring implications for medicine, technology, and ethics
frontiersin.org
We are delighted to announce the launch of a new Master's Programme in Brain Health and Disease within the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Cambridge. Applications are now open! @camneurodept.bsky.social www.clinical-neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/education/ta...
Taught MPhil in Brain Health and Disease | Clinical Neurosciences
Our one-year Master’s programme in Brain Health and Disease: Clinical Neurosciences offers an exceptional opportunity for students to engage with the forefront of clinical neuroscience through a dynam...
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We are pleased to announce the launch of a new taught MPhil programme in Brain Health and Disease: Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Cambridge. We are seeking a Course Coordinator to support the delivery and administration of this new programme. Please see: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/course-...
Course Coordinator (Fixed Term)
We are recruiting a Taught Course Co-ordinator and Administrator in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge. This is a new position in the postgraduate education
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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
Our latest: Core of Consciousness: The default mode network as nexus of convergence and divergence in the human brain. With Andrea Luppi and Dian Lyu. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Core of consciousness: the default mode network as nexus of convergence and divergence in the human brain
We propose an integrative view of the default mode network (DMN) as the anatomical and functional nexus for the interplay of convergence and divergenc…
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We are happy to announce the full programme for #ASSC28 #ASSC2025 is now live at: assc2025.gr/programme/fu...
FULL PROGRAMME
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Just one month to go until ASSC 2025 @assc28.bsky.social. @ademertzi.bsky.social, Eleni Vasilaki, Symvoli.com and I are excited to welcome everyone to cccc.gr/en. Pictures below are from the conference dinner venue at lyrarakis.com/en/home. #consciousness
In addition to causing unconsciousness, anaesthetics temporarily disrupt memory formation in a reversible manner. We explored the hippocampus’ role in this process. www.bjanaesthesia.org/article/S000...
The amnesic effects of propofol on functional connectivity in the hippocampus determined by functional magnetic resonance imaging in volunteers
One of the primary actions of general anaesthetic agents, apart from inducing a state of unconsciousness, is reversible impairment of memory formation during the period of administration. Failure to i...
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For those interested in registering in tutorials, tomorrow the registration page will contain information about which tutorials will take place in the morning and which in the afternoon.
#consciousness #ASSC2025 #ASSC28 Link for student volunteers available here: assc2025.gr
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#ASSC2025 #consciousness #ASSC Following a number of requests, we are announcing a deadline extension for paper submission. You can now submit your abstract for ASSC 2025 here: assc2025.gr/submission
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