axel cleeremans
@axc.bsky.social
Brain, minds, & consciousness. Also interested in design, visual arts, biology, space, typography, and anticipation. Also known as « Axel from Belgium »
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Consciousness science: where are we, where are we going, and what if we get there? Join me, @axc.bsky.social, @liadmudrik.bsky.social, @lucinauddin.bsky.social & @metzinger.bsky.social for a Frontiers Deep Dive at 3pm GMT. Registration link is below
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November 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Consciousness science: where are we, where are we going, and what if we get there? Join me, @axc.bsky.social, @liadmudrik.bsky.social, @lucinauddin.bsky.social & @metzinger.bsky.social for a Frontiers Deep Dive at 3pm GMT. Registration link is below
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1/Paper out today in Phil Trans B @royalsocietypublishing.org alsocietypublishing.org in a Special Issue «Evolutionary functions of consciousness», by @axc.bsky.social, Catherine Tallon-Baudry, @krysdolega.bsky.social and myself.
👉Open-access at this link: doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
⬇️ Summary below:
👉Open-access at this link: doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
⬇️ Summary below:
The value of consciousness: experiences worth having | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
DC. Dennett (2020,personal communication) asked: ‘How do we go from doing things for
reasons to having reasons for doing things?’. This question targets a fundamental
shift in nature: while all organi...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
1/Paper out today in Phil Trans B @royalsocietypublishing.org alsocietypublishing.org in a Special Issue «Evolutionary functions of consciousness», by @axc.bsky.social, Catherine Tallon-Baudry, @krysdolega.bsky.social and myself.
👉Open-access at this link: doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
⬇️ Summary below:
👉Open-access at this link: doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
⬇️ Summary below:
Can an A.I. experience an orgasm? Until they can, no A.I. is conscious.
November 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Can an A.I. experience an orgasm? Until they can, no A.I. is conscious.
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abc7news.com/post/openai-... Jesus Fucking Christ.
Over 1 million people talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly, new OpenAI data reveals
An estimated 1.2 million users reportedly talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly, according to a newly released report from the A.I. giant. This latest revelation comes as the company races to strength...
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November 9, 2025 at 6:11 AM
abc7news.com/post/openai-... Jesus Fucking Christ.
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"... a sense that the field has reached an uneasy stasis."
"... most extant experimental research (...) is geared toward supporting them rather than attempting to falsify or compare them, reflecting a confirmatory posture that hinders progress. "
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"... most extant experimental research (...) is geared toward supporting them rather than attempting to falsify or compare them, reflecting a confirmatory posture that hinders progress. "
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Frontiers | Consciousness science: where are we, where are we going, and what if we get there?
Understanding the biophysical basis of consciousness remains a substantial challenge for 21st-century science. This endeavor is becoming even more pressing i...
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October 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"... a sense that the field has reached an uneasy stasis."
"... most extant experimental research (...) is geared toward supporting them rather than attempting to falsify or compare them, reflecting a confirmatory posture that hinders progress. "
www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
"... most extant experimental research (...) is geared toward supporting them rather than attempting to falsify or compare them, reflecting a confirmatory posture that hinders progress. "
www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
Gratitude to the @erc.europa.eu for supporting my work and that of @anilseth.bsky.social and @liadmudrik.bsky.social
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Scientists on ‘urgent’ quest to explain consciousness as AI gathers pace
As AI - and the ethical debate surrounding it - accelerates, scientists argue that understanding consciousness is now more urgent than ever.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Gratitude to the @erc.europa.eu for supporting my work and that of @anilseth.bsky.social and @liadmudrik.bsky.social
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Goodhart’s law in action:
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October 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Goodhart’s law in action:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse_j...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse_j...
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1/🧵 Out today in @frontiersin.bsky.social : “Consciousness science: where are we, where are we going, and what if we get there?” By @axc.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social, & me (a CIFAR & @erc.europa.eu production 🧠). www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
Advancing consciousness science
Defining new directions in consciousness research and exploring implications for medicine, technology, and ethics
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October 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
1/🧵 Out today in @frontiersin.bsky.social : “Consciousness science: where are we, where are we going, and what if we get there?” By @axc.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social, & me (a CIFAR & @erc.europa.eu production 🧠). www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
In an article for Frontiers in Science that ended up taking almost five years to compose, @anilseth.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social and I take stock of consciousness science, consider avenues of progress, and ask “what if we succeed?”
www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
Advancing consciousness science
Defining new directions in consciousness research and exploring implications for medicine, technology, and ethics
www.frontiersin.org
October 30, 2025 at 11:04 AM
In an article for Frontiers in Science that ended up taking almost five years to compose, @anilseth.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social and I take stock of consciousness science, consider avenues of progress, and ask “what if we succeed?”
www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
True Facts: Mating Dance of The Peacock Spider (feat. Quinta Brunson)
YouTube video by Ze Frank
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October 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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I have been traveling and today I present to you...the thing I saw in the Frankfurt airport.
Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?
But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.
Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?
But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.
October 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I have been traveling and today I present to you...the thing I saw in the Frankfurt airport.
Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?
But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.
Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?
But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.
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New preprint! Do you prefer to act rather than not to act? We investigate whether the sense of agency is valenced, with Inès Mentec; Charlotte Auger, Murielle Coulibaly, Martine Malaise, Matéo Vandeville, and @axc.bsky.social leveraging explicit and implicit methods.
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October 20, 2025 at 8:27 AM
New preprint! Do you prefer to act rather than not to act? We investigate whether the sense of agency is valenced, with Inès Mentec; Charlotte Auger, Murielle Coulibaly, Martine Malaise, Matéo Vandeville, and @axc.bsky.social leveraging explicit and implicit methods.
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📝 Preprint alert 📝
Recent reports showed violations of Bloch's law (aka intensity-duration reciprocity) in visual perception.
Me and @axc.bsky.social reassessed these violations using a modern LCD-based tachistoscope:
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Recent reports showed violations of Bloch's law (aka intensity-duration reciprocity) in visual perception.
Me and @axc.bsky.social reassessed these violations using a modern LCD-based tachistoscope:
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
doi.org
October 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
📝 Preprint alert 📝
Recent reports showed violations of Bloch's law (aka intensity-duration reciprocity) in visual perception.
Me and @axc.bsky.social reassessed these violations using a modern LCD-based tachistoscope:
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Recent reports showed violations of Bloch's law (aka intensity-duration reciprocity) in visual perception.
Me and @axc.bsky.social reassessed these violations using a modern LCD-based tachistoscope:
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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We’re live!
A powerful line up of speakers will delve into the topic competitiveness and frontier research - timely to take stock a year after the #DraghiReport and look ahead.
Livestream
m.youtube.com/watch?v=4fLC...
Programme
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A powerful line up of speakers will delve into the topic competitiveness and frontier research - timely to take stock a year after the #DraghiReport and look ahead.
Livestream
m.youtube.com/watch?v=4fLC...
Programme
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
October 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
We’re live!
A powerful line up of speakers will delve into the topic competitiveness and frontier research - timely to take stock a year after the #DraghiReport and look ahead.
Livestream
m.youtube.com/watch?v=4fLC...
Programme
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
A powerful line up of speakers will delve into the topic competitiveness and frontier research - timely to take stock a year after the #DraghiReport and look ahead.
Livestream
m.youtube.com/watch?v=4fLC...
Programme
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
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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 👇
September 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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 👇
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[email protected] @onemorebrown.bsky.social and @axc.bsky.social have published a theoretical paper titled “Computational higher-order theories of consciousness” as a book chapter. See the preprint here. philarchive.org/archive/FLECHT
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August 28, 2025 at 10:22 AM
[email protected] @onemorebrown.bsky.social and @axc.bsky.social have published a theoretical paper titled “Computational higher-order theories of consciousness” as a book chapter. See the preprint here. philarchive.org/archive/FLECHT
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The Symposium “ERC Funding in Quantum Science” co-organized with the ÖPG-SPG Meeting Vienna 2025 and the SFB Q-M&S is happening this week in Vienna!
AERG will a host the seminar “The Laser in Quantum Science” by the Nobel Laureate Serge Haroche
More 👉https://oepg-sps-meetingvienna2025.univie.ac.at
AERG will a host the seminar “The Laser in Quantum Science” by the Nobel Laureate Serge Haroche
More 👉https://oepg-sps-meetingvienna2025.univie.ac.at
August 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The Symposium “ERC Funding in Quantum Science” co-organized with the ÖPG-SPG Meeting Vienna 2025 and the SFB Q-M&S is happening this week in Vienna!
AERG will a host the seminar “The Laser in Quantum Science” by the Nobel Laureate Serge Haroche
More 👉https://oepg-sps-meetingvienna2025.univie.ac.at
AERG will a host the seminar “The Laser in Quantum Science” by the Nobel Laureate Serge Haroche
More 👉https://oepg-sps-meetingvienna2025.univie.ac.at
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Outstanding book.
Remarkably prescient and insightful, On Bullshit by Harry G. Frankfurt is a small book that explains a great deal about our time.
The anniversary edition of the international and #1 New York Times bestseller is out now. Learn more and explore a free sample: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
The anniversary edition of the international and #1 New York Times bestseller is out now. Learn more and explore a free sample: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
August 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Outstanding book.
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New lab preprint led by Medha Shekhar in collaboration with @axc.bsky.social. We investigate what drives confidence in decisions of real-world complexity (perception and memory questions about short videos). It turns out confidence is influenced by so many factors!
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OSF
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August 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
New lab preprint led by Medha Shekhar in collaboration with @axc.bsky.social. We investigate what drives confidence in decisions of real-world complexity (perception and memory questions about short videos). It turns out confidence is influenced by so many factors!
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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I want to thank @francoisstock.bsky.social, @liadmudrik.bsky.social, and @nfaivre.bsky.social for leading this project with me!🙏
As well as all of the amazing co-authors: @pietroamerio.bsky.social, David Carmel, @axc.bsky.social, Leon Deouell, Zoltan Dienes, Patxi Elosegi,
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As well as all of the amazing co-authors: @pietroamerio.bsky.social, David Carmel, @axc.bsky.social, Leon Deouell, Zoltan Dienes, Patxi Elosegi,
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July 29, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I want to thank @francoisstock.bsky.social, @liadmudrik.bsky.social, and @nfaivre.bsky.social for leading this project with me!🙏
As well as all of the amazing co-authors: @pietroamerio.bsky.social, David Carmel, @axc.bsky.social, Leon Deouell, Zoltan Dienes, Patxi Elosegi,
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As well as all of the amazing co-authors: @pietroamerio.bsky.social, David Carmel, @axc.bsky.social, Leon Deouell, Zoltan Dienes, Patxi Elosegi,
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Discovering that slimy lego is a thing in the 4 years old community
July 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Discovering that slimy lego is a thing in the 4 years old community
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