Check out our new paper! We investigated how the temporal context of natural scene videos (abrupt onsets vs. gradual transitions from a previous scene) shapes EEG decoding time courses, revealing how context influences the dynamics of visual processing.

Ilker Duymaz@ilkrdymz.bsky.social · 3w ago

New paper! We compared EEG decoding for scenes that appeared abruptly versus scenes emerging gradually during continuous visual input. Takeaway: Presentation context matters when interpreting EEG decoding time courses. With @michaengesee.bsky.social and Daniel Kaiser. doi.org/10.1152/jn.0...

New paper alert 🚨👀 Check out @ilkrdymz.bsky.social's paper: "Abrupt scene onsets and gradually emerging scene information produce distinct EEG decoding dynamics".

Ilker Duymaz@ilkrdymz.bsky.social · 3w ago

New paper! We compared EEG decoding for scenes that appeared abruptly versus scenes emerging gradually during continuous visual input. Takeaway: Presentation context matters when interpreting EEG decoding time courses. With @michaengesee.bsky.social and Daniel Kaiser. doi.org/10.1152/jn.0...

What is the functional role of conscious experience? That question led me to approach Cyriel Pennartz about writing my literature thesis with him for my master's at the University of Amsterdam. A few years later, that project has evolved into a paper, now published in Consciousness and Cognition.

Could we perceive the world differently than we do? Neuroscience-based emergentism and the biological function of consciousness

Whether consciousness serves a biological and psychological function is a topic of intense interest. We reexamine this issue by first focussing on an …

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#VSS2026 delivered: exciting research, great conversations, and lots of fun. 👁️🏖️ If you are interested in our studies presented at @vssmtg.bsky.social , you can find our posters here: drive.google.com/drive/folder... For relevant preprints, please visit: www.danielkaiser.net/publications

If you're at #VSS2026 come check out our posters and talks! On Saturday 6:45 pm I'll present my talk on individual differences in scene perception.

Kaiser Lab@dkaiserlab.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Kaiser Lab is at @vssmtg.bsky.social with 6 posters and 3 talks! 👁️🏖️☀️ Come check out our works!

We wrote a book! www.cambridge.org/core/books/s... Consciousness science is a fascinating but bewildering field: many competing theories, little consensus, and big open questions. If you are looking for an accessible guide through this complex landscape, this book is for you.

Scientific Theories of Consciousness

Cambridge Core - Neurosciences - Scientific Theories of Consciousness

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JOB ALERT: PhD opening in my lab! @cimecunitrento.bsky.social in Italy, as part of an Italian FIS3 starting grant. The project will use advanced analysis methods of MEG data to investigate how our world's naturalistic hierarchical structure facilitates predictive neural processing.

New paper in Neuropsychologia 🎉 Patterns of functional connectivity differentiate individuals and individual regions in face and scene selective networks With @kiranoad.bsky.social @bartholomewquinn.bsky.social & Tim Andrews, @yorkpsychology.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/a/1mhTF_fKKq...

⚠️New preprint out⚠️ Discrete episodes of conscious access revealed by the psychological refractory period Together with @michaengesee.bsky.social , @standehaene.bsky.social and Lucia Melloni (@predictivebrainlab.bsky.social) doi.org/10.31234/osf... #Consciousness #CognitiveNeuroscience

New preprint with @alexlepauvre.bsky.social, @standehaene.bsky.social and Lucia Melloni (@predictivebrainlab.bsky.social) on the temporal dynamics of conscious access: Discrete episodes of conscious access revealed by the psychological refractory period osf.io/preprints/ps...

10 PhD positions at JLU Giessen in the new Research Training Group "PIMON"! We will explore how humans perceive and interact with materials and objects in natural environments. More information on the project, the PIs, and how to apply here: www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns... Please share!

How segregated vs. integrated are face and body representations in human visual cortex? In this new preprint with @kathadobs.bsky.social, we use DNNs and fMRI to find out. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #neuroskyence 🧵 1/n

New preprint! Why do people disagree about what looks beautiful, even when viewing the same stimulus? We show that shared aesthetic experience is linked to shared gaze during naturalistic viewing: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/4

📢 Workshop announcement. We are super excited to announce the workshop Perceptual Inferences, from philosophy to neuroscience, organized by Alexander Schütz and Daniel Kaiser. 📍 Rauischholzhausen Castle, near Marburg, Germany 🗓️ June 8 to 10, 2026. 1/4

🧨 Preprint alert Is it easier to find a ball than a shoe? The answer lies in how variable we think these objects are in the real-world. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... w/ the amazing @dkaiserlab.bsky.social & @luchunyeh.bsky.social 🦄 🧵1/8

🎊📜 NEW PAPER 📜🎊 Can we seriously build synthetic consciousness? And if so, where do we start? I’m super excited to present recent publication in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews where @jaanaru.bsky.social and I confront this challenge head on. 1/n

On biological and artificial consciousness: A case for biological computationalism

The rapid advances in the capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs) have galvanised public and scientific debates over whether artificial systems m…

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🚨 New preprints out!🚨 Excited to share two new preprints from my #MSCA project. With Daniel @dkaiserlab.bsky.social , Marius @peelen.bsky.social , and Belma Seferovic, we show how contextual associations shape real-world object representations and guide everyday visual task performance. 👇👇👇 1/n

I’m excited to share the first preprint from my PhD project! Together with Daniel Kaiser (@dkaiserlab.bsky.social), we investigated how internal models shape inter-individual differences in the perception and neural processing of natural scenes. Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps... 1/n

In this paper we present flexible methods for participants to express their expectations about natural scenes.

Kaiser Lab@dkaiserlab.bsky.social · 10mo ago

From line drawings to scene perception — our new review argues for moving beyond experimenter-driven manipulations toward participant-driven approaches to reveal what’s in our internal models of the visual world. 👁️✍️🛋 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...