I'm excited to share our preprint: "Selfing without a self: The missing dimension of identification in computational accounts of selfhood"

The puzzle:

How can meditators claim persistent selfless experience without dysfunction when computational accounts claim it's maladaptive? 🧵

t.ly/vDv4n

Our MOSAIC paper is out in @nconsc!
Turning first-person reports into interpretable phenomenological clusters using topic modelling and LLMs.

New article with @oudietted.bsky.social and the @dreamteamicm.bsky.social

Dream-like mental states can occur during wakefulness

Published now in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social

www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Congrats to Nicolas Decat!

Looking forward to this event with @kathrynnave.eurosky.social

Happy to share our preprint mapping the structure of theories of consciousness and their predictions, with @edenelbaz.bsky.social, @shaifischer.bsky.social, @maorschreiber.bsky.social, and @liadmudrik.bsky.social. Accessible here: osf.io/preprints/ps...

Supplementary: osf.io/9xug8/overview

A metaphysics for predictive processing - Synthese For predictive processing, perception is tied to the upshot of probabilistic inference, which makes perception internal, affording only indirect access to the world external to the perceiver. The meta...

Agree :)
For those interested in these types of debates, there is this attempt to sort out the metaphysics of predictive processing, starting with Helmholtz -
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

@mitpress.bsky.social is set up and ready to go #CNS2026

Meditation dose with Dr. Sarah Strohmaier | M3CS Seminar Series YouTube video by Centre for Consciousness and Contemplative Studies

The recording from my conversation with Craig Hassed chaired by @hohwy.bsky.social about my #research on #meditation #dose as part of the the @monash-m3cs.bsky.social Seminar Series is now available to watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn5z...
Let me know your thoughts/questions!
#mindfulness

Orbitofrontal cortex drives predictive filtering of sensory responses - Nature Neuroscience Top-down projections from the orbitofrontal cortex carry predictive signals that grow with sound experience and suppress the auditory cortex via inhibitory circuits, revealing a predictive mechanism f...

Orbitofrontal cortex drives predictive filtering of sensory responses

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#neuroskyence

Refining the Observed Mindfulness Measure to Create and Validate the Observed Mindful Behaviours Scale - Mindfulness Objectives To offer another lens to study how mindfulness influences behaviours and social relationships, this paper reports the creation of the Observed Mindful Behaviours (OMB) scale. The OMB respon...

Can you observe someone else's mindfulness in the way they act? We need proper tools to investigate this critical second-person perspective on mindfulness.

Masterfully led by Larissa Bartlett, this OA study validates the Observed Mindful Behaviours Scale.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Applications are now open for 2 PhD scholarships on the “The Diversity and Variability of Grief” at Macquarie University, Sydney. 1/3 www.mq.edu.au/research/phd...

Neurobiological illness models of schizophrenia and stigma reduction: has that ship sailed? - Schizophrenia Schizophrenia - Neurobiological illness models of schizophrenia and stigma reduction: has that ship sailed?

Delighted to share our new paper on schizophrenia-related stigma. We argue that explanatory models grounded in predictive processing may offer advantages over classical neurobiological illness models in understanding psychosis — and may even help reduce stigma. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Ida Momennejad, The Ontological Reversal of Computation and the Brain - PhilArchive The Brain Abstracted (2025) critiques treating abstractions in neuroscience as complete explanations of the brain, for their oversimplification and control-orientation. Chirimuuta argues that neurosci...

On the invitation for a commentary on Mazviita Chirimuuta's The Brain Abstracted, I had the pleasure of writing on equating the brain with computation.

The Ontological Reversal of Computation and the Brain

in Philosophy & the Mind Sciences.
Below see what I agree & disagree with in the book.
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The Self-Evidencing Agent: Mind, Existence, and Predictive Processing How the concept of self-evidencing offers a philosophical principle for understanding mind and behavior, consciousness, value, wisdom, and meaning.What is

Here is the direct link to the Open Access book. The "book pdf" downloads the whole book, or there are links for individual chapters too.
doi.org/10.7551/mitp...

Monash University’s Clinical Psychedelic Lab is recruiting adults in Victoria (Aus) for a clinical trial for Major Depressive Disorder. If your depression isn’t improving with current treatment, you may be eligible. No cost. Travel/time reimbursed. Email for info or to apply: cybin.trial@monash.edu

I am very proud of the special issue on „Structuralism in the Science of Consciousness“ that @andrewyuanlee.bsky.social and I edited for @phimisci.bsky.social. The topic has been stewing in the consciousness community for years, but this SI is the first to bring together different perspectives.

Hands holding a copy of "The Self-Evidencing Agent: Mind, Existence, and Predictive Processing" by Jakob Hohwy on a plain background.

"A masterful examination of what it means to be an ‘agent’ ... Essential reading for anyone interested why they are the way they are." — @anilseth.bsky.social

"The Self-Evidencing Agent" by Jakob @hohwy.bsky.social is available in paperback & #OpenAccess editions: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255389...

Ever wondered how the Dalmatian Dog effect works?

The human brain can quickly learn from a single experience and generalize it to related experiences — an impressive feat so far not matched by AI.

Our new paper in @natcomms.nature.com reveals how this works.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Meditation dose: how much is enough and can you have too much of a good thing? with Dr. Sarah Strohmaier Join Sarah Strohmeir as she discusses how much meditation is enough and if you can have too much of a good thing.

Looking forward to my conversation on the @monash-m3cs.bsky.social online seminary series about my #dose #research in #mindfulness #meditation on Feb 12, 12pm AEST. Sign up below (it's free)!
events.humanitix.com/meditation-d...

#philosophy #neuroskyence

No - it's more of a technical term. Probably not very self-evident, in fact :)

The Self-Evidencing Agent What is it to be a human individual, an agent? According to Jakob Hohwy, it is to “self-evidence,” to actively seek out sensory evidence for one&...

"The Self-Evidencing Agent" - my new book - is out now with @mitpress.bsky.social

Can be purchased, or just download the whole thing for free, via the 'Open Access' option.

I'm grateful to @anilseth.bsky.social and Karl Friston for the generous endorsements.

mitpress.mit.edu/978026255389...

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

🚨 New article in #NCONSC

Lifting the veil: probing altered visual perception in derealization
academic.oup.com/nc/article/2...

@anikokusztor.bsky.social
@qualiastructure.bsky.social

#consciousness
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Reality Is a Shared Hallucination—And It’s at Risk of Collapsing, Scientist Claims When that happens, it can lead to some truly disturbing outcomes.

A recent interview with Chris Frith @cdfrith.bsky.social
www.popularmechanics.com/science/a700...

📢Maths in the Brain Workshop 2026 in Melbourne.

We will bring together researchers across Australia with a shared interest in understanding the brain from a quantitative perspective.

This year's keynote is delivered by Professor James Cole, University College London.

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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

Modeling non-dual awareness via constraint closure: a reinterpretation of groundlessness url: academic.oup.com/nc/article/2...

For anyone interested in the mechanisms behind "letting go" in meditation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ndy...

This was a really fun conversation to have, thanks Josh! (www.linkedin.com/in/joshricha/)

Another beautiful work from @ronyhirsch.bsky.social , now with @niccolonegro.bsky.social : they find that contrary to may philosophical stands, public views do not consider consciousness to be neither necessary nor sufficient for moral status! Find this, and many other interesting results, below 👇

An absolute honour 🙏👇

What if pain demands far more than trying to make it stop?

Modern mindfulness gurus often claim that while pain (its sensations) is unavoidable, suffering (our emotional and cognitive responses to it) is optional.

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