Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness

academic.oup.comNeuroscience of Consciousness | Oxford AcademicAn open access journal that publishes papers on the biological basis of consciousness, with an emphasis on empirical neuroscience studies in healthy populations and clinical settings.

6 Aug 2025

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academic.oup.comIs it possible to make unconscious inferences? The limits of the influence of unconsciously perceived stimuli on conscious decisionsAbstract. Stimuli presented outside conscious awareness can influence behavior, yet the extent to which such information supports complex decision-making r

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academic.oup.comFrom structure to experience: a Spinozist framework for consciousness rooted in critical brain dynamicsAbstract. The study of consciousness is divided between mechanistic accounts that overlook subjective experience and phenomenological approaches limited to

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academic.oup.comGut consciousness: a perspective on visceral phenomenal awarenessAbstract. The proposition that the enteric nervous system sustains a form of consciousness is seldom entertained in mainstream neuroscience, yet it follows

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academic.oup.comPhysicians’ metacognition in medical decision-makingAbstract. A large literature reports that physicians are overconfident when making medical decisions. However, the validity of these findings is questioned

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academic.oup.comLow-dose lysergic acid diethylamide alters subjective visual perception but not visual contrast surround suppressionAbstract. Theoretical models and empirical evidence suggest that psychedelics alter contextual influences on perception. To test this, we examined contrast

Excited to share the first publication from my PhD project: how does low-dose LSD (10 and 20 µg) affect visual perception🧠 In 30 healthy volunteers (within-subject crossover) we assessed visual perception using visual contrast surround suppression (psychophysics), and subjectively (questionnaires).

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academic.oup.comDoing the math: detection and neural processing of auditory task-unrelated stimuli while solving arithmetic tasksAbstract. Load Theory proposes that perceptual load impairs the processing of task-unrelated stimuli. However, there is increasing evidence that not only p

18 Sept

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academic.oup.comWho’s in charge? Linguistic exploration of social media posts reveals reduced sense of agency in dissociationAbstract. Sense of Agency (SoA), the subjective experience of initiating and controlling one’s actions, is a critical component of self-perception and cons

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academic.oup.comMemory color influences conscious object perceptionAbstract. Can knowledge influence perception? A central case suggesting it can, is evidence showing that knowledge about a color-diagnostic object’s typica

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academic.oup.comAwareness of being: a computational neurophenomenological model of mindfulness, mind-wandering, and meta-attentional controlAbstract. Mindfulness has established psychological benefits, such as stress reduction and emotional regulation; however, the underlying computational mech

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academic.oup.comMagnetoencephalography monitoring of hypnosis-induced modulation of event-related brain responses by hypnosisAbstract. Hypnosis is increasingly used in a medical context. However, the hypnotic process is dynamic, and we currently lack specific and reliable biomark

30 Aug

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academic.oup.comAquahenosis: a non-pharmacological altered state of consciousness induced by floatation-REST in individuals with anxiety and depressionAbstract. Floatation-REST (Reduced Environmental Stimulation Therapy) systematically alters the balance of sensory signals reaching the brain by combining

30 Aug

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academic.oup.comFrom the attenuation of self-boundaries to inner peace: how nonordinary states of consciousness modulates self-experience and subjective well-beingAbstract. Nonordinary states of consciousness induced by mind–body practices are increasingly studied for their potential to support self-transcendence and

30 Aug

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academic.oup.comTowards an active inference account of deep meditative deconstructionAbstract. This paper explores the intersection of the deep meditative deconstruction resulting from Buddhist meditative practice, specifically through the

26 Aug

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academic.oup.comGradedness of gist perception with scenes depends on concurrent task load: awareness under high load is more graded due to noise suppressionAbstract. There is growing evidence that the visual awareness of objects is graded. However, it is unclear whether scene perception is graded and whether a

26 Aug

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It’s “back to school” time, which, of course, means we’re all sitting at our desks with an empty inbox and plenty of time to spare! 😉 So why not discover (or rediscover) the articles published in #NCONSC over the past couple of months? Many thanks to all our authors and reviewers! 🧠📚 👇

academic.oup.comFrom dots to faces: individual differences in visual imagery capacity predict the content of Ganzflicker-induced hallucinationsAbstract. A rapidly alternating red and black display known as Ganzflicker induces visual hallucinations that reflect the generative capacity of the visual

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academic.oup.comWe need to explain subjective experience, but its explanation may not be mechanisticAbstract. Models of consciousness need to explain both the objective correlates of conscious experience as well as its subjective structure. However, such

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academic.oup.comDecoding hypnotic consciousness: neural and experiential insights into induced and ideomotor suggestionsAbstract. Hypnotic induction and ideomotor suggestions provide a powerful framework for investigating the remarkable capacity of verbal influence to reshap

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academic.oup.comPhenomenology of the stream of thought: dissociable dynamic dimensions revealed through experience samplingAbstract. The pursuit of a scientific theory of consciousness has gained momentum in neuroscience over the past 25 years. While much research has centered

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academic.oup.comFrom self-organizing systems to subjective temporal extensionAbstract. The self-simulational theory of temporal extension (SST) describes an information-theoretically formalized mechanism by which the “width” of subj

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academic.oup.comA survey of views about infant consciousnessAbstract. We surveyed attendees at two leading conferences on consciousness, asking for their views on central issues concerning infant consciousness. Thes

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academic.oup.comA non-verbal process dissociation procedure to disentangle explicit from implicit sequence learningAbstract. Human adults can extract regularities through implicit learning, resulting in non-conscious knowledge, or through explicit learning, leading to c

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academic.oup.comComputational spirits: a neuroscientific account of psychedelic entity encountersAbstract. Under the influence of psychedelics, people often report encountering “entities” who seem to have their own autonomous agency. Depending on the c

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academic.oup.comI sync, therefore I am: brain–body synchrony in typical and disordered consciousnessAbstract. Consciousness is often treated as a property of the brain alone, yet accumulating evidence suggests that it is shaped by a recurrent dialogue bet

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academic.oup.comContrasting predictive coding and representational accounts of perceptual organization, stimulus predictability, and attentional modulation in the visual cortical hierarchyAbstract. A predictive coding (PC) framework assumes that the visual cortex generates and tests hypotheses about the likely causes of retinal stimulation.

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academic.oup.comTrial-wise awareness ratings do not capture the dynamics of masked primingAbstract. Trial-wise subjective awareness ratings, particularly the Perceptual Awareness Scale (PAS), have been widely recommended for assessing awareness

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academic.oup.comPerceptual learning without feedback is accompanied with systematic changes in confidence processingAbstract. Perceptual learning can occur without external feedback, raising questions about what internal signals might guide this learning. Here, we test t

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academic.oup.comA data-driven approach to identifying and evaluating connectivity-based neural correlates of conscious visual perceptionAbstract. Identifying the neural correlates of conscious visual perception remains a major challenge in neuroscience, requiring theories that bridge betwee

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academic.oup.comNeurodynamic profiles in the alpha band distinguish different forms of meditationAbstract. Different forms of meditation, like Vipassana and Shoonya, require distinct attentional features. For instance, Vipassana, which involves systema

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academic.oup.comMicro-phenomenology of immersion and perceived presences under DMTAbstract. Psychedelic compound N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is renowned for inducing highly immersive experiences, often including encounters with seemingl

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academic.oup.comViews on the distribution of consciousness influence ethical judgements toward brain organoids as biological computers: an exploratory studyAbstract. Biological computers, or ‘biocomputers’, are being engineered with brain organoids integrated with in silico hardware and software components. Th

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academic.oup.comBridging dream and wake states: a new tool for consciousness researchAbstract. In this study, the Consciousness States Comparison Scale: REM Version (CSCS-REM) was developed as a self-report instrument to assess dream consci

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academic.oup.comThe experiential self state as affective salience: a dual-self states framework for consciousness and self-transcendenceAbstract. This article proposes a dual-self states framework in which reflective and experiential modes of consciousness are understood as dynamic configur

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academic.oup.comIncreasing power for detecting awareness: a new approach to test group level objective performanceAbstract. Demonstrating reliable unconscious effects is notoriously challenging, and the scope of unconscious processing remains debated. Establishing unco

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academic.oup.comA Rosetta Stone hypothesis for neurophenomenology: mathematical predictions from predictive processingAbstract. Consciousness science faces the challenge of bridging first-person experience with third-person empirical measurements. Neurophenomenology aims t

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academic.oup.comStrength of religious faith is associated with altered sense of agency during multisensory conflictAbstract. Religious belief systems shape human experience of the self and the world, yet their influence on the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying bodily

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academic.oup.comBridging subjective and neural state transitions in the rubber hand illusion: a neurophenomenological studyAbstract. The rubber hand illusion (RHI) provides a powerful paradigm for probing the malleability of bodily self-consciousness. While conventional studies

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academic.oup.comIntegrated information theory (IIT) and the testability of the silent neuron predictionsAbstract. Integrated information theory (IIT) makes two predictions about the role of inactive neurons in consciousness. According to the silent brain (SB)

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academic.oup.comEarly correlates of visual awareness are affected by self-related informationAbstract. Self-related cues, most notably one’s own face, are highly salient and confer processing advantages at both conscious and unconscious levels. Whe

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academic.oup.comSubjective experience of ‘Stream of Consciousness Impairment’ in three patients with severe amnesiaHighlights We document a specific subjective experience reported by three patients with autoimmune encephalitis.This subjective experience involves brief e

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academic.oup.comDemographics-robust spontaneous eye blinking slowing in patients with severe acquired brain injuryAbstract. This study aimed to explore whether spontaneous eye blinking features from a brief vertical electro-oculogram recording can distinguish patients

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academic.oup.comAffirmed gender shapes virtual embodiment: a phenomenological account of ownership and agency across gender identitiesAbstract. Gender identity plays a crucial role in how we come to feel our bodies as our own. When the inner sense of gender does not align with bodily appe

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academic.oup.comDynamics of the stream of thought: insights from an accumulation-to-threshold modelAbstract. The dynamics of the stream of spontaneous thoughts has been the object of increasing research in recent years. Here, we study the timing of trans

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academic.oup.comEvidence for unconscious priming using a Bayesian single-subject approachAbstract. Many studies have claimed the existence of unconscious priming, but a valid statistical procedure for substantiating such claims is often lacking

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academic.oup.comWhy do we need imagination–reality monitoring?Abstract. The ability to imagine scenarios decoupled from the immediate environment supports a wide range of cognitive functions, such as planning, memory,

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academic.oup.comTowards a bridge between intracerebral and surface EEG signatures of conscious reportIntracerebral recordings identified Visual (occipito-temporal) and Accumulation (frontoparietal) neural patterns associated with conscious report.We aimed

8 Apr

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