Towards a bridge between intracerebral and surface EEG signatures of conscious report

Intracerebral recordings identified Visual (occipito-temporal) and Accumulation (frontoparietal) neural patterns associated with conscious report.We aimed

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Mapping of Subjective Accounts into Interpreted Clusters (MOSAIC): Topic Modelling and LLM applied to Stroboscopic Phenomenology

Abstract. Stroboscopic light stimulation (SLS) on closed eyes typically induces simple visual hallucinations, characterized by vivid, geometric, and colour

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Exploring the role of micro-valence in the phenomenal space: insights from similarity judgments and deep learning models

Abstract. Is valence an intrinsic dimension of conscious experience, as different authors have suggested? If so, all conscious experiences, and hence all c

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Rapid eye movement sleep displays distinct fractal dynamics between phasic and tonic states

Abstract. Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep consists of phasic and tonic microstates with unique neurophysiological properties, yet their fractal characterist

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Mid-level perceptual features, and not ambiguity, accelerate access to awareness

Abstract. Current theoretical accounts of perception and high-level cognition suggest that awareness plays an active role in disambiguating incoming sensor

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Learning to attenuate myself: a predictive processing account of body-scan meditation and the dissolution of bodily boundaries

Abstract. Meditation practices often involve sustaining attention on the body. Typically, attention is understood to enhance both neural resource allocatio

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Against (theory-neutral) method (in consciousness science)

Abstract. This article challenges the assumption that the science of consciousness can proceed from a theory-neutral foundation. I argue that even ostensib

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Beyond computational equivalence: the behavioral inference principle for machine consciousness

Abstract. Large Language Models (LLMs) have rapidly become a central topic in AI and cognitive science, due to their unprecedented performance in a vast ar

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Modulation of sensory attenuation by intensive meditation practice: an active inference perspective

Abstract. Active inference describes motor action as a prediction-driven inferential process, whereby ascending proprioceptive prediction errors are attenu

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Creative problem-solving after experimentally provoking dreams of unsolved puzzles during REM sleep

Abstract. Dreams have arguably been a source of creative insight for millennia. The specific assertion that dreams during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep pr

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The sense of agency in near and far space: where do we stand?

Abstract. Modern technology frequently places the consequences of our actions at a distance (e.g. remote surgery, smart-home control, virtual reality). Doe

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Evaluating Alzheimer's disease with the TMS-EEG perturbation complexity index

Abstract. The Perturbation Complexity Index—State Transitions (PCIST) measures the complexity of the brain’s response to transcranial magnetic stimulation

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Modeling non-dual awareness via constraint closure: a reinterpretation of groundlessness

Abstract. Non-dual awareness (NDA) refers to a shift in consciousness in which the usual distinction between subject and object dissolves, and experience i

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Replicating the unconscious working memory effect: a multisite Registered Report

Abstract. Although in recent years some studies have found evidence suggesting that working memory (WM) may operate on unconscious perceptual contents, dec

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Contingency awareness shapes neural responses in fear conditioning

Abstract. Contingency awareness refers to an observer’s ability to identify the association between a conditioned and an unconditioned stimulus (US). A wid

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Investigating the role of beta and gamma tACS in visual processing and conscious perception

Abstract. It has been proposed that both conscious and unconscious perception are associated with a feedforward sweep of oscillatory activity in the gamma

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Sound frequency predicts the bodily location of auditory-induced tactile sensations in synesthetic and ordinary perception

Abstract. For individuals with sound-touch synesthesia, sounds consistently evoke strong, localized sensations on the body. We systematically investigated

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Functional connectivity drifts during sleep as a marker of fluctuations in the level of consciousness

Abstract. During the wake–sleep cycle, consciousness waxes and wanes, and this is thought to be reflected in varying levels of integration between brain ar

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Now is the time: operationalizing generative neurophenomenology through interpersonal methods

Abstract. Lived experience is shaped by intersubjective, social, cultural, and historical dimensions. For the past 30 years, neurophenomenology has adopted

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Psilocybin-induced modulation of visual salience processing

Abstract. Psychedelic compounds significantly reshape conscious perception, yet the implications of these alterations for complex visual-guided behaviors r

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Brain–body interactions associated with the transition from mind wandering to awareness of its occurrence

Abstract. Our thoughts are inherently dynamic and often wander far from our current situation (mind wandering, MW). Although previous research revealed tha

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Neural field modeling and analysis of consciousness states in the brain

Abstract. Understanding the neural correlates of consciousness remains a central challenge in neuroscience. In this study, we explore the potential of neur

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Qualia structures collapse for geometric shapes, but not faces, when spatial attention is withdrawn

Abstract. Top-down attentional amplification is often assumed to affect ‘what’ we see, that is, the contents of conscious experience. Previously, this clai

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Reimagining pain as an allostatic imperative: perspectives from contemplative traditions

Abstract. The motivational force of pain is undeniable. But what pain commands us to do, how we might satisfy this command, and if our experience of pain i

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Lifting the veil: probing altered visual perception in derealization

Abstract. During an acute episode of depersonalization/derealization (DP/DR), people report a complex and idiosyncratic change in their perceptual experien

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Meditation induces shifts in neural oscillations, brain complexity, and critical dynamics: novel insights from MEG

Abstract. While the beneficial impacts of meditation are increasingly acknowledged, its underlying neural mechanisms remain poorly understood. We examined

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Training can enhance unconscious response priming on fast trials even when measuring consciousness on a trial-by-trial basis

Abstract. Measuring awareness on a trial-by-trial basis might impose a multi-task cost on the observed effect. Here, we examined this potential cost, askin

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Perceptual and attentional uncertainty impact global performance monitoring

Abstract. We have a fair understanding of what contributes to our confidence when performing individual trials of a task. However, little is known regardin

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Specific mechanisms linking network information processing to the generation of qualia

Abstract. There have been many very promising theories published concerning the generation of consciousness. These theories mostly link the emergence of co

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