Consciousness Science Starter Pack
This is a starter pack to gather accounts of academics studying consciousness (e.g., Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness). DM me if you want to be added!
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@thomasandrillon.bsky.social
@rherzoga.bsky.social
Computational Neuroscientist with interests in consciousness and complexity
@mbaborebelo.bsky.social
Cognitive neuroscience researcher at IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Ramon y Cajal Fellow. Interested in brain-body coupling & self-consciousness.
@alisongopnik.bsky.social
Cognitive scientist, philosopher, and psychologist at Berkeley, author of The Scientist in the Crib, The Philosophical Baby and The Gardener and the Carpenter and grandmother of six.
@christopherjwhyte.bsky.social
Computational / theoretical neuroscientist. PhD student in the Shine lab at Sydney Uni. Research associate at Monash M3CS. Interested in spiking networks, large-scale brain dynamics, consciousness, and complexity. www.ChristopherJWhyte.com
@tecferrer.bsky.social
PhD researcher at Ruhr University Bochum in collaboration with the Donders institute | Altered states of consciousness, wake-sleep transitions, EEG & micro-phenomenology 👩🔬🧠💤
@cmartial.bsky.social
Neuroscientist at Coma Science Group (University (GIGA) & University Hospital of Liège) • 🧠 • Love working on -un-consciousness • Near-death experience (NDE)
@bechir-jarraya.bsky.social
Professor of medicine at Université Paris-Saclay uvsq, head of the primate consciousness and cognition lab at NeuroSpin, functional neurosurgeon at Foch hospital
@standehaene.bsky.social
Cognitive neuroscientist. Professor at College de France in Paris. Head of the NeuroSpin brain imaging facility in Saclay. President of the Scientific Council of the French national education ministry (CSEN)
@dr-adri.bsky.social
European | Cognitive Scientist | Sleep Neuroscience and Dream Engineering Resaerch | ESRS Gender Equality Forum (GEF) Vice-Chair | ESRS Early Career Network (ECN) Chair & Board Representative
@ulysse-klatzmann.bsky.social
Passionate about consciousness and cheese. MESEC enthousiast
@settgast.bsky.social
PhD student at the University of Würzburg investigating brain-computer interfaces and how to improve them by acknowledging different states of mind 🧠 Hyped about consciousness science and 4E-cogniton. He/him. Opinions my own.
@sublicio.bsky.social
@drjasberry.bsky.social
Neuro-AI Research Scientist. Brains-Minds-Machines, Self-Awareness, Consciousness for Robotics and Health. 🧠🤖🦾 UMich 〽️ x USC ✌️ x NSU 🔰
@matteograsso.bsky.social
Research Scientist at UW-Madison, focusing on the philosophy and neuroscience of consciousness, developed of https://www.iit.wiki/
@nirlahav.bsky.social
A physicist who tries to uncover reality. Focusing on consciousness research and the Relativistic Theory of Consciousness. Part of the consciousness and cognition lab in Cambridge university, England.
@qualiastructure.bsky.social
Research Project on qualia. https://en.qualia-structure.jp/
@suryagayet.bsky.social
Assistant professor in cognitive (neuro)science at Utrecht University (The Netherlands), interested in consciousness, working memory, attention, and perception. Head of the CAP-Lab: http://www.cap-lab.net ORCID: 0000-0001-9728-1272
@virginievanw.bsky.social
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscientist . Temporal cognition Dir. https://brainthemind.com/ | CEA NeuroSpin | INSERM Unicog | Univ. Paris-Saclay | Co-Dir https://dim-cbrains.fr/fr/home | Assoc. Ed. https://direct.mit.edu/jocn Views are mine
@d-manasova.bsky.social
Postdoc @ DreamTeam - Sleep Lab, Paris Brain Institute Interested in the in-between of sleep and wakefulness www.dragana-manasova.com
@torgedellert.bsky.social
Cognitive Neuroscience | Psychology | Consciousness | Postdoc | University of Münster https://www.medizin.uni-muenster.de/en/medpsych/institute/team/torge-dellert.html
@andrewhaun.bsky.social
scientist at UW-Madison: vision science, psychophysics, visual neuroscience, consciousness, integrated information theory https://sites.google.com/site/amhaun01/
@lcasedas.bsky.social
Juan de la Cierva Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UAM (Madrid) | Minds & brains, meditation, meta-research | INMINDS interview series | lcasedas.com
@monash-m3cs.bsky.social
M3CS | A unique interdisciplinary centre at Monash University. Through research and education, we explore consciousness, mindfulness, and our connection to each other and the planet. Learn more: http://monash.edu/m3cs
@kperrykkad.bsky.social
(she/her) Cognitive Scientist, Postdoc at Monash Centre for Women’s and Children’s Mental Health. Interested in sense of self | matrescence | autism | active inference
@haslagter.bsky.social
Professor Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Director Institute Brain and Behavior Amsterdam, human brain and mind, attention, predictive processing, action, consciousness, meditation www.heleenslagter.com
@n41c0.bsky.social
Postdoc at the Conscious Brain Lab Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
@clarepress.bsky.social
PI of Action & Perception Lab at UCL. Professor. Cognitive neuroscience, action, perception, learning, prediction. Cellist, lazy runner, mum. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/action-and-perception-lab/ https://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/team/action-and-perception/
@ruffini.bsky.social
Physicist working on computational neuroscience, brain stimulation and foundational aspects of (meta)physics, swimming and music during spare CPU cycles. Neuroelectrics.com, Starlab.es
@lucieberko.bsky.social
MD. PhD. Psychiatrist and researcher at GHU Paris psychiatrie & neurosciences - Psychedelics, consciousness and psychiatry
@mmwozniak.bsky.social
Cognitive neuroscientist. Investigating the self, consciousness, social cognition, and human-robot interaction in @S4HRI_iit, former @SombyLab & @CogPhilLab mmwozniak.github.io
@benjyb.bsky.social
Post doc at UCL, interested in consciousness and everything that might mean
@bman1285.bsky.social
Post doc researching the electrophysiological underpinnings of consciousness. EEG | consciousness | meta-analysis | learning | meditation | psychedelics
@rebeccaboehme.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Neuroscience,🧠 self, body, mind 🦁 grief, neuropsychiatry, neurodiversity, psychedelics, somatosensation🫀 philosopher at heart 👩🔬PI @ BoehmeLab, Linköping, Sweden
@colinhales.bsky.social
Neuroscientist/Engineer. Researcher at the University of Melbourne. Mission: the creation of inorganic brain technology for machines that learn and handle novelty in the manner of natural intelligence. Main expertise: Brain electromagnetism.
@ellia.bsky.social
Researcher at Department of Qualia Structure at ATR - Computational Neuroscience Laboratories 🇯🇵. #neuroscience of #consciousness from the standpoint of #philosophy of #science 🧠
@fahrenfort.bsky.social
Assistant Prof at VU Amsterdam. Neuroscience of consciousness, decision making. Computational modeling. Pet method: EEG. Critical of subjective measures. Co-PI in the http://consciousbrainlab.com with Simon van Gaal and Timo Stein.
@jorge-morales.bsky.social
I study visual awareness, mental imagery & metacognition. Assistant professor of Psychology & Philosophy at Northeastern University. Director of the Subjectivity Lab www.subjectivitylab.org
@adrianaalsa.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities (IASH), University of Edinburgh Research on consciousness, dreaming and imagination https://www.adriana-alcarazsanchez.xyz/ (she/her)
@kerblooee.bsky.social
Cognitive neuroscientist, mom, citizen of the world. Interested in mental imagery extremes and divergent perception. The "Ganzflicker Lady" https://reshannereeder.com
@leahbanellis.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 Postdoc at the Embodied Computation Group. Interested in brain-body interactions, interoception, consciousness, & mental health
@tomdonoghue.bsky.social
Cognitive & Computational Neuro Scientist - studying electrophysiological signals in human brains, mostly by writing Python code. Soon: Lecturer of Cognitive Neuroscience @ University of Manchester. https://tomdonoghue.github.io/
@philippedomenech.bsky.social
Computational neuroscientist and Full Prof in Psychiatry @ University of Paris, Head of Neuromodulation Institute at GHU Paris, Psychiatry Neurosciences
@liadmudrik.bsky.social
@auksz.bsky.social
Maastricht University. Predictive processing, learning/memory, cognitive computational neuroscience. He / him / all pronouns 🏳️🌈
@adriendoerig.bsky.social
Cognitive computational neuroscience, machine learning, psychophysics & consciousness. Currently Professor at Freie Universität Berlin.
@brianodegaard.bsky.social
UF Assistant Professor. Attention, Perception, Consciousness.
@wamsleylab.bsky.social
Cognitive neuroscientist, director of Furman Sleep Lab. Studying sleep, dreaming, memory and rest. Uses EEG, interested in open science, women in STEM. 🧠📈😴 Frustrated with the higher-education industrial complex. #AAUP.
@sfink.bsky.social
Director of Research at the Centre for Philosophy and AI Research @ Erlangen University. The usual: Doing philosophy, paying rent. Opinions are my own.
@keithfrankish.bsky.social
Philosopher, writer, Ελληνοβρετανός. Hon Professor, Sheffield University. Mind, consciousness, illusionism, cog-sci, Ελλάδα. Website: https://www.keithfrankish.com/ Podcast: youtube.com/c/MindChat Banner: https://www.keithfrankish.com/blog/like-a-rainbow
@matthiasmichel.bsky.social
Assistant professor at MIT, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy. Philosophy of science and cognitive science of consciousness.
@benbreant.bsky.social
Sleep & dream researcher @ DreamTeam ICM DPhil in Sleep & Psychedelics 🧙♂️💤
@johannesbrinz.bsky.social
Philosopher at the University of Osnabrück 📚 Working on the philosophy of (Neuromoprhic) AI, computation, and science.
@maelanmenetrey.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher - Psychophysics & Neural Dynamics lab, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne (@unil.bsky.social) & The Sense (@thesensech.bsky.social). Cognitive neurosciences, brain imaging, visual perception.
@giuliacabbai.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Research Fellow | @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social, previously @sussex.ac.uk | Mental imagery, spontaneous thoughts, multisensory perception
@reinavandergoot.bsky.social
PhD student studying consciousness and sense of reality (she/her) 🧠 🏳️🌈
@sam.re
Cognitive scientist @ Oxford. Studying attention, metacognition and curiosity / learning.
@seideltal.bsky.social
Cognitive neuroscientist & clinical neuropsychologist, Excellence chair junior professor at University of Lorraine, Nancy, France. Brains, attention, vision, intracerebral recordings & farniente
@joelfrohlich.bsky.social
I'm a brain studying brains. American expat and fake German living in Deutschland. I love writing about science almost as much as I love doing it. Interested in consciousness and sleep joelfrohlich.com https://somethingitslike.substack.com
@antoinelutz.bsky.social
I am currently an INSERM Director of Research at Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, Inserm U1028 and the co-leader of the Experiential Neuroscience and Mental Training team (Eduwell)
@tobyjwoods.bsky.social
Honorary research fellow @Monash and @UniMelb. Previously postdoc @ Monash Centre for Consciousness and Contemplative Studies, PhD @UniMelb, lawyer @Allens. Science | Philosophy of mind | Meditation | Consciousness | Spontaneous thought/experience
@claudialunghi.bsky.social
CNRS researcher working at the Laboratoire des Systèmes Perceptifs (LSP) in Paris. Interested in visual perception and plasticity. All views are my own :) www.hopla-project.fr
@anllohernan.bsky.social
Cognitive Scientist (LNC2, ENS-PSL). I study how lessons, suggestions, instructions, advice and other forms of linguistic exchange shape perception, preferences and behaviors. I also keep an eye on LLMs.
@benrohaut.bsky.social
Prof of Neurology @Sorbonne-Universite.fr & Neuroscientist @institutducerveau.bsky.social, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris 🧠 Consciousness/Decision making/Critical Care
@oudietted.bsky.social
Sleep researcher & dream chaser Cognition Paris Brain Institute
@giuliobernardi.bsky.social
Associate Professor at IMT School (Lucca, Italy) Investigating experience-dependent plasticity, sleep, and dreams PI of the Sleep, Plasticity, And Conscious Experience (SPACE) Lab ERC-STG grant TweakDreams
@neuroperson.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Drexel University | Cognitive Neuroscience | Spontaneous Thought | kucyilab.com
@diegocandiar.bsky.social
(he/they) (Neuro)physiologist at heart. Researcher at Paris Brain Institute, studying the brain-heart connection and consciousness 🫀🧠 https://www.candia-rivera.com
@neuromorphicboki.bsky.social
Mathematical Neuroscientist. Biologically Inclined. Postdoctoral Researcher @ NeuroPsi (CNRS, Paris-Saclay). Modelling psychedelic- and stimulation-induced shifts in consciousness. Theorising about computation, causation, information, and emergence.
@marcwittmann.bsky.social
Psychologist at the Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health in Freiburg. Time perception in ordinary and altered states of consciousness. MIT Press book author: 'Felt Time' and 'Altered States of Consciousness'.
@wikror.bsky.social
philosopher of biology and cognitive science based in Warsaw, PL; currently a Writing-Up Fellow at the Konrad Lorenz Institute in Klosterneuburg, AT
@canalesjohnson.bsky.social
Brain scientist at Cambridge | Assistant Professor U Catolica del Maule | Creator of 'Talking Brains' 🧠🎙️
@mdcohen.bsky.social
@lachkent.bsky.social
Psych research - theoretical models - time consciousness - mental health - mental gravity
@jdsitt.bsky.social
Researcher Neuroscience of Consciousness. Directeur Recherche INSERM. Physicist, psychiatrist. 4 children juggler. @jordansGAngels parent 🇦🇷🇫🇷
@quining.bsky.social
JSPS research fellow at RIKEN cognitive science, philosophy of mind, metacognition, consciousness. (he/him) 🇦🇺➡️🇯🇵
@anikokusztor.bsky.social
Research fellow at Monash University, Australia; interested in consciousness & open science Website: https://www.aniko-kusztor.hu
@meaperei.bsky.social
INSERM scientist in Grenoble; perceptual consciousness and metacognition with invasive electrophysiology and single neuron recordings (in humans); http://mpereira.me; skiiiiiing
@vincenttd.bsky.social
Assistant prof in psychiatry at the University of Montreal. Affective neuroscience & consciousness - Real-time brain imaging & neurofeedback - Computational psychiatry.
@ademertzi.bsky.social
Experimenter charmed by unconsciousness. FNRS ULiège PI leading the Physiology of Cognition Lab | Co-EiC Neuroscience of Consciousness (OUP) | Co-host of the assc2025.gr/ @assc28.bsky.social
@lenoreblum.bsky.social
Mathematician and Theoretical Computer Scientist (#mathematics, #TCS) interested in #Consciousness and #NeuroAI (#Neuroscience, #AI). Distinguished Career Prof of CS at CMU, Emerita. President, Assoc for MathConscSci (AMCS) (https://amcs-community.org)
@bigna.bsky.social
Cognitive Neuropsychologist. Love science, bodies, illusions & discussions. Prof in transition. Often in cold water.
@matanmazor.bsky.social
Post-doctoral research fellow in cognitive neuroscience (Oxford), interested in complex systems and in simple systems who believe they are complex systems
@corcorana.bsky.social
vagally-interested postdoc attempting to reduce uncertainty @ http://monash.edu/m3cs & https://arc-intrepid.com | caffeine abuser | bunny whisperer | open science enthusiast | thoughts almost certainly not his own
@dresler.bsky.social
PI @ Donders Sleep & Memory Lab, studying functions of sleep. Also brain hacks incl. lucid dreaming, polyphasic sleep, mnemonics. http://dreslerlab.org
@biyuhe.bsky.social
Director, Perception and Brain Dynamics Laboratory @ NYU School of Medicine; Cognitive neuroscientist interested in understanding how the brain generates the mind
@royesal.bsky.social
Prof. University of Haifa. Connoisseur of Consciousness and its varieties https://salomonlab.org/
@cmwhiteley.bsky.social
Philosopher at the University of St Andrews. I work on consciousness and its disorders, and philosophy of psychiatry. Previously at Cambridge and LSE. https://www.cecilywhiteley.com
@mbe-lab.bsky.social
Exploring brain-body 🧠👤 & brain-heart 💭❤️ interactions with psychophysiological, neuroimaging & immersive VR studies @mpicbs.bsky.social (Leipzig/Berlin) Head: @michaelgaebler.com Details: http://www.mind-body-emotion.de/
@johanneskleiner.bsky.social
Physicist and mathematician working on consciousness. Based at Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, LMU Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences, and University of Bamberg's Institute for Psychology. https://jkleiner.de/
@the-ecg.bsky.social
We are a computational neuroscience lab co-located at Aarhus University and Cambridge Psychiatry. Our research investigates how our decisions, emotions, and conscious perception are shaped by visceral and embodied processes. https://www.the-ecg.org/