Athena Demertzi
@ademertzi.bsky.social
Experimenter charmed by unconsciousness. FNRS ULiège PI leading the @physiocognition.bsky.social | Co-EiC Neuroscience of Consciousness (OUP) | Co-chair of the assc2025.gr/ @assc28.bsky.social
This is so sad news 😢 Jonny was leading the fied of spontaneous thinking. And what a wonderful music maker. Truly will be missed, may he rest in peace.. www.cbs.mpg.de/news/obituar...
Obituary – Jonathan Smallwood
www.cbs.mpg.de
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This is so sad news 😢 Jonny was leading the fied of spontaneous thinking. And what a wonderful music maker. Truly will be missed, may he rest in peace.. www.cbs.mpg.de/news/obituar...
Nothing more exciting than running the first pilot of a new study. It's on @agusaragon.bsky.social 👌
🧪 Our new study on decoding #MindBlanking events started yesterday. The pilot was successful, and we now fine-tune the details. Led by @agusaragon.bsky.social, with the precious assistance of #NikosSimos and @b-marion.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Nothing more exciting than running the first pilot of a new study. It's on @agusaragon.bsky.social 👌
In the line of good news, our lab's magician @parboulakis.bsky.social is presenting our latest work with @thomasandrillon.bsky.social @anikokusztor.bsky.social and #TsuchiyaNao. We combined fMRI and EEG & found that #MindBlanking has different neural signatures depending on perceived vigilance 😍. 🧵👇
🚨Preprint alert 🚨. Our work “Distinct cortical profiles underlie the common reportability of thought-free experiences” is available at www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... 🧵A thread ...
Distinct cortical profiles underlie the common reportability of thought-free experiences
Mind blanking (MB) is a mental state of seemingly no reportable thought content. The question of how we can entertain no thoughts while awake is challenging for the study of spontaneous thinking. By c...
www.biorxiv.org
October 16, 2025 at 12:14 PM
In the line of good news, our lab's magician @parboulakis.bsky.social is presenting our latest work with @thomasandrillon.bsky.social @anikokusztor.bsky.social and #TsuchiyaNao. We combined fMRI and EEG & found that #MindBlanking has different neural signatures depending on perceived vigilance 😍. 🧵👇
She is unstoppable, @agusaragon.bsky.social 🤩
And she got it! 🥳 Bravo Agus, it is a great video!
October 16, 2025 at 4:46 AM
She is unstoppable, @agusaragon.bsky.social 🤩
Good luck, @agusaragon.bsky.social! We are so proud of you ☺️
Our @agusaragon.bsky.social is a finalists at the #MindScienceFoundation Pitch Competition! And tonight she is also up for the audience choice award. Good luck, Agus! @giga-crc-hi.bsky.social @universitedeliege.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Good luck, @agusaragon.bsky.social! We are so proud of you ☺️
So happy for @agusaragon.bsky.social for this distinction, bravo! 🥳
🏆 AWARD: Our PhD trainee @agusaragon.bsky.social is a finalist of the Mind Science Foundation BrainStorm Neuroscience Pitch Competition 🥳
Good luck for getting the Audience Choice Award, Oct 15 San Antonio TX🤞
Her presentation on how to decode #MindBlanking events👇
mindscience.org/brainstorm/
Good luck for getting the Audience Choice Award, Oct 15 San Antonio TX🤞
Her presentation on how to decode #MindBlanking events👇
mindscience.org/brainstorm/
BrainStorm - Mind Science
mindscience.org
September 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
So happy for @agusaragon.bsky.social for this distinction, bravo! 🥳
Accessible for students and not only 😊👇
🧠 New preprint! 🧠
As part of a forthcoming book on consciousness, we wrote a chapter on:
Spontaneous thoughts and experiences across wakefulness and sleep
osf.io/preprints/ps...
with @parboulakis.bsky.social @ademertzi.bsky.social and @jdsitt.bsky.social
A brief 🧵!
As part of a forthcoming book on consciousness, we wrote a chapter on:
Spontaneous thoughts and experiences across wakefulness and sleep
osf.io/preprints/ps...
with @parboulakis.bsky.social @ademertzi.bsky.social and @jdsitt.bsky.social
A brief 🧵!
September 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Accessible for students and not only 😊👇
I am in Sheffield upcoming Wed-Fri for our @escop.bsky.social symposium "The role of the body in cognition and emotion".
🙏 Grateful to @evdbussc.bsky.social & #GethinHughes for bringing together such an interesting panel to address how the body impacts emotions and thoughts.
Connect if you attend!
🙏 Grateful to @evdbussc.bsky.social & #GethinHughes for bringing together such an interesting panel to address how the body impacts emotions and thoughts.
Connect if you attend!
Dr. Demertzi participates in the Symposium "The role of the body in cognition and emotion", at the 2025 @escop.bsky.social in Sheffield, UK.
💬 "Mind blanking reports are mediated by altered arousal levels"
⏱️ When: Thu Sept 4, 16h10 (SYM-25)
📍 Where: Diamond LT6
🌐 www.escop2025.com
💬 "Mind blanking reports are mediated by altered arousal levels"
⏱️ When: Thu Sept 4, 16h10 (SYM-25)
📍 Where: Diamond LT6
🌐 www.escop2025.com
ESCOP | Cognitive Psychology Conference
View the latest information on the ESCOP 2025 Conference is Sheffield
www.escop2025.com
August 31, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I am in Sheffield upcoming Wed-Fri for our @escop.bsky.social symposium "The role of the body in cognition and emotion".
🙏 Grateful to @evdbussc.bsky.social & #GethinHughes for bringing together such an interesting panel to address how the body impacts emotions and thoughts.
Connect if you attend!
🙏 Grateful to @evdbussc.bsky.social & #GethinHughes for bringing together such an interesting panel to address how the body impacts emotions and thoughts.
Connect if you attend!
One month is left for the Pure Awareness Prize!
The deadline for submissions for the 2025 Neuroscience of Pure Awareness Prize (€20k) is soon: Sept 30th. For the best contribution to neuroscience that substantially advances our understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying the experience of pure awareness. For details, see screenshot!
August 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
One month is left for the Pure Awareness Prize!
Reposted by Athena Demertzi
If you are in Paris on October 1-3 : we are organizing a fantastic cognitive neuroscience conference at Collège de France, on topics ranging from language to math, education and consciousness, with many of my favorite scientists !
Full program here:
www.unicog.org/seeing-the-m...
Full program here:
www.unicog.org/seeing-the-m...
Seeing the Mind, Educating the Brain
www.unicog.org
July 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
If you are in Paris on October 1-3 : we are organizing a fantastic cognitive neuroscience conference at Collège de France, on topics ranging from language to math, education and consciousness, with many of my favorite scientists !
Full program here:
www.unicog.org/seeing-the-m...
Full program here:
www.unicog.org/seeing-the-m...
The Belgian mission of the #ASSC28 is heading back home. PS, @axc.bsky.social how.is it possible you are elegant ALL the time?
July 12, 2025 at 7:51 AM
The Belgian mission of the #ASSC28 is heading back home. PS, @axc.bsky.social how.is it possible you are elegant ALL the time?
🥳 Thank you for the nomination @belgianneuro.bsky.social, I'm so humbled! Fingers crossed for a positive outcome 🤞 And big congratulations to #SenneBraem of course! 👏👏👏
July 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
🥳 Thank you for the nomination @belgianneuro.bsky.social, I'm so humbled! Fingers crossed for a positive outcome 🤞 And big congratulations to #SenneBraem of course! 👏👏👏
It was the night when Lionel Naccache paraphrased King Louis "It's good to be the President" #ASSC28 w/ @estamatakis.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
It was the night when Lionel Naccache paraphrased King Louis "It's good to be the President" #ASSC28 w/ @estamatakis.bsky.social
Reposted by Athena Demertzi
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July 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Great post #ASSC28 INTREPID workshop featuring in-depth meta science discussions of the state of affairs in consciousness science and of the value of adversarial collaborations
July 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Great post #ASSC28 INTREPID workshop featuring in-depth meta science discussions of the state of affairs in consciousness science and of the value of adversarial collaborations
It was our pleasure!
A big thank you again to Athena Demertzi and Emmanuel Stamatakis for organising a wonderful ASSC conference @assc28.bsky.social @theassc.bsky.social! See you all in Chile next year @assc2026.bsky.social !
July 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
It was our pleasure!
Not ready to say goodbye to Heraklion yet. For two days I'm participating at the INTREPID Symposium. Science everywhere.
July 10, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Not ready to say goodbye to Heraklion yet. For two days I'm participating at the INTREPID Symposium. Science everywhere.
Impressed by the keynote of Prof Makris Nikos, who gave a comprehensive coverage of the relationship between metacognition and theory of mind and introduces the reflective nexus as the glue ingredient of the former two #ASSC28
July 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Impressed by the keynote of Prof Makris Nikos, who gave a comprehensive coverage of the relationship between metacognition and theory of mind and introduces the reflective nexus as the glue ingredient of the former two #ASSC28
Reposted by Athena Demertzi
What is a journal without its Reviewers?
Yet, finding the right experts is sometimes difficult.
#NCONSC needs your expertise! The more diverse, the better!
If you are interested in reviewing for us, register here!
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Enjoy @assc28.bsky.social!
Yet, finding the right experts is sometimes difficult.
#NCONSC needs your expertise! The more diverse, the better!
If you are interested in reviewing for us, register here!
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Enjoy @assc28.bsky.social!
EOI - Reviewing for Neuroscience of Consciousness
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Thomas Andrillon,...
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July 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
What is a journal without its Reviewers?
Yet, finding the right experts is sometimes difficult.
#NCONSC needs your expertise! The more diverse, the better!
If you are interested in reviewing for us, register here!
forms.gle/GYRJWc2ZWsD9...
Enjoy @assc28.bsky.social!
Yet, finding the right experts is sometimes difficult.
#NCONSC needs your expertise! The more diverse, the better!
If you are interested in reviewing for us, register here!
forms.gle/GYRJWc2ZWsD9...
Enjoy @assc28.bsky.social!
Join us later on for the welcoming reception at 16h30. Later, dnner and entertainment will be offered.
July 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
One of the things I was hoping we provide to the #ASSC28 was children activities, for assisting parents to attend the sessions. And we did it! As a bonus, we get to have kids' refreshing energy around, so very welcome!
Some activities and practical information taking place during the conference 👇
July 5, 2025 at 6:40 AM
One of the things I was hoping we provide to the #ASSC28 was children activities, for assisting parents to attend the sessions. And we did it! As a bonus, we get to have kids' refreshing energy around, so very welcome!
For those joining us at the #ASSC28, mind to download the app for a comfortable navigation and easy networking with peers during the conference days. Soon!
For an easier navigation during the #ASSC28 conference, download the app here 👇
July 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM
For those joining us at the #ASSC28, mind to download the app for a comfortable navigation and easy networking with peers during the conference days. Soon!