🧵 I gave Claude two things: a short paper (doi.org/10.1073/pnas...) and a raw behavioural dataset with 3 lines of variable descriptions.
Then I asked it to fit three computational RL models described only by equations in the manuscript. No code, no toolbox, no guidance on the fitting procedure. 1/3
This looks an amazing opportunity to study consciousness with (in my opinion) the best data and in an amazing research environment! As Michael's former PhD student, I can only recommend working with him! + Grenoble is amazing 🏔️🚵🧗♀️⛷️☀️
#hiring
Come work with us to better understand the neuronal mechanism underlying perceptual consciousness!
18 months postdoctoral position at INSERM in Grenoble, France.
⌛Application deadline 10 March 2026.
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/408445
Are you sure there’s no mosquito in the room?
With @matanmazor.bsky.social, Chichi Dézier, @nfaivre.bsky.social & Louise Goupil, we study how we combine multiple sensory sources to be confident in presence and absence: While detection rely on one modality, confidence requires both channels to align!
This paper results from a great collaboration among consciousness researchers, neurologists and neurosurgeons. Thanks @nfaivre.bsky.social, @meaperei.bsky.social, Alexis Robin, Hal Blumenfeld, Milan Brazdil, Philippe Kahane, @liadmudrik.bsky.social and Jasmine Thum!
💡 Looking forward, we think that methodological and technological advances will drive exciting new research in the field. We highlight the promise of improved behavioral paradigms, multi-scale recordings and new intracranial interventions.
⌛Key temporal insight: Latencies vary widely across studies, both in non-primary visual and frontoparietal cortices. This is consistent with the proposal that perceptual consciousness is a dynamic phenomenon. NCCs may occur at variable timings across neural populations, paradigms and trials!
🧠Key anatomical insight: Non-primary sensory cortices are a prime NCC candidate, but there is also evidence for the involvement of prefrontal cortex, and specifically its lateral part. Hopefully, future work will distinguish if NCC candidates are proper NCCs or their prerequisites/consequences.
We delve into 37 studies that examined NCCs at the level of populations of neurons and single neurons in humans. 🤓 Most used the contrastive approach, where neural activity is compared between trials where the same stimulus is consciously perceived or not (we discuss limitations of this approach).
Why do we think that intracranial EEG is an excellent tool to research NCCs? 🤔 (1) unparalleled joint spatiotemporal resolution, (2) great signal-to-noise ratio, (3) access to signals that reflect local neuronal firing and (4) the ability to stimulate the brain invasively!
🥳Our review of intracranial EEG research on the neural correlates of consciousness is out in eLife: elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...! We think these methods offer a unique window on consciousness!🧠 A thread 👇
🎉 APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN 🎉
Join the MESEC Winter School 2026 in Ephesus, Turkey, March 22–28. 🗓️☀️
A week of methods, ideas, and deep dives into consciousness with an international community.
Apply now and share the call. 🧠
🔗 mesec.co/event/winter...
Happy to share that our BBS target article has been accepted: “Core Perception”: Re-imagining Precocious Reasoning as Sophisticated Perceiving
With Alon Hafri, @veroniqueizard.bsky.social, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & Brent Strickland
Read it here: doi.org/10.1017/S014...
A short thread [1/5]👇
Thrilled to share my very first publication, in Translational Psychiatry! 🧠🧪
We used invasive brain mapping to identify personalized neuromodulation targets for treatment-refractory OCD.
Read it here 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#OCD #DBS #Neuroscience #Research
📣 Calling experimental, computational, or theoretical researchers!
WTI's Postdoc Fellowships application is now open, offering a competitive salary, structured mentorship, world-class facilities + more: wti.yale.edu/initiatives/...
Apply by November 10: apply.interfolio.com/174525
#KnowTogether
Our review on intracranial research on consciousness is now out as a preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2510.08736. I believe that intracranial recordings provide one of the most exciting avenues for research on consciousness right now! If you agree, I think you will find the review interesting 🤓
Our spotlight article on Goueytes et al. (2025) study is now online at Trends in Neurosciences: "Pre- and post-decision signals of certainty in changing minds", by P. Barttfeld, @ncomay.bsky.social, I. Embon & @guillermosolovey.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/neuro...
New position, new social media account. After 5 fantastic years in Tuebingen, I moved to @yale.edu and the @wutsaiyale.bsky.social this summer - which means that I’ll be recruiting PhD students and postdocs. Please help me to spread the word and see current opportunities below 👇
The call for commentaries on our BBS paper is out now (deadline October 15): shorturl.at/Hu3Yu. In the paper (shorturl.at/4Rbk6), we provide recommendations and outstanding issues about designing experimental paradigms, analyzing data, and reporting the results of studies on unconscious processing 👇
1/Preprint Alert🔔: Across two experiments plus a computational model, we show the visual system compresses complex scenes into summary statistics that can guide behavior without conscious access to the task-defining features. We term this the Ensemble Blindsight effect.
Two recent #sEEG studies worth checking out if you're interested in evidence accumulation, #consciousness and #metacognition:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
With @francoisstock.bsky.social, Dorian Goueytes, @meaperei.bsky.social, and many others!
Our #sEEG study is now published in Nature Communications: rdcu.be/eIkoG! 🧠
Key finding: We discovered neural evidence accumulation for visual perception that's independent of report preparation—recorded from >3000 channels across 3 experiments!
#Neuroscience #Consciousness #OpenAccess
BBS just issued the call for commentaries, and we would LOVE to get yours!! The deadline is October 15th, and the reference number is BBS-D-24-00489R2. Looking forward to hearing what you think about our suggestions for how to study unconscious processes!
Our paper about contention and consensus in unconscious processing research is now out in Behavioral and Brain Sciences. Check out Maor's thread! Please consider sending a comment, we are interested to continue this discussion 🤓
The event is hosted on Topia (topia.io) and free of charge (thanks to generous support from ASSC). But note that the number of participants is limited, so don’t wait to register. See you on July 3!
@liadmudrik.bsky.social
@luciecharlesneuro.bsky.social
@cam-signorelli.bsky.social
The event will take around 2.5 hours. In the first phase, participants will be assigned to private rooms in pairs and have 5 minutes to introduce themselves before rotating. In a second phase, all participants will gather in a public space structured to enable small-group discussions 🤓
Are you an early-career ASSC member who wants to meet peers interested in consciousness ahead of the @assc28.bsky.social conference? The @ASSC Community Building Committee has the right event for you! Join us for an online ice-breaking event on July 3. Sign up here before June 25: tally.so/r/3qMyQk
New “version of record” in @elife.bsky.social!
We recorded neurons in the thalamus and subthalamic nucleus of humans and found both sensory- and perception-selective neurons with two distinct latencies!
7-year project with @nfaivre.bsky.social + @foscobernasconi.bsky.social.
A short thread 👇
