Andres Canales-Johnson
@canalesjohnson.bsky.social
Brain scientist at Cambridge & Helsinki | Assistant Professor U Catolica del Maule | Creator of 'Talking Brains' 🧠🎙️
https://www.ccc-lab.org/canalesjohnson.html
https://www.ccc-lab.org/canalesjohnson.html
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Thrilled to share our new study: “Distilling the neurophenomenological signatures of pure awareness during Transcendental Meditation”, combining subjective reports with large-scale screening of neural features to investigate pure awareness. Thread below! 👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Thrilled to share our new study: “Distilling the neurophenomenological signatures of pure awareness during Transcendental Meditation”, combining subjective reports with large-scale screening of neural features to investigate pure awareness. Thread below! 👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
September 30, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Thrilled to share our new study: “Distilling the neurophenomenological signatures of pure awareness during Transcendental Meditation”, combining subjective reports with large-scale screening of neural features to investigate pure awareness. Thread below! 👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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📜[PUBLICATION ALERT]📜
I had the honour to be co-first author of this huge effort to advance dream science and our understanding of conscious experience during sleep.
In Nature Communications rdcu.be/eAwni. @naotsuchiya.bsky.social @thomasandrillon.bsky.social
#sleep
#dreams
#EEG
I had the honour to be co-first author of this huge effort to advance dream science and our understanding of conscious experience during sleep.
In Nature Communications rdcu.be/eAwni. @naotsuchiya.bsky.social @thomasandrillon.bsky.social
#sleep
#dreams
#EEG
A dream EEG and mentation database
Nature Communications - The authors present a multicenter database to investigate the neural correlates of dreaming, including physiological, behavioral and experiential data. This database could...
rdcu.be
August 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
📜[PUBLICATION ALERT]📜
I had the honour to be co-first author of this huge effort to advance dream science and our understanding of conscious experience during sleep.
In Nature Communications rdcu.be/eAwni. @naotsuchiya.bsky.social @thomasandrillon.bsky.social
#sleep
#dreams
#EEG
I had the honour to be co-first author of this huge effort to advance dream science and our understanding of conscious experience during sleep.
In Nature Communications rdcu.be/eAwni. @naotsuchiya.bsky.social @thomasandrillon.bsky.social
#sleep
#dreams
#EEG
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💤🧠🧪 New article! 🧪🧠💤
After years of effort led by @qualiastructure.bsky.social (Nao Tsuchiya and William Wong), Jenny Windt, Katja Valli, Valdas Noreika and @rherzoga.bsky.social, the Dream database is now published in @natcomms.nature.com
**A dream EEG and mentation database**
rdcu.be/eAwni
After years of effort led by @qualiastructure.bsky.social (Nao Tsuchiya and William Wong), Jenny Windt, Katja Valli, Valdas Noreika and @rherzoga.bsky.social, the Dream database is now published in @natcomms.nature.com
**A dream EEG and mentation database**
rdcu.be/eAwni
August 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
💤🧠🧪 New article! 🧪🧠💤
After years of effort led by @qualiastructure.bsky.social (Nao Tsuchiya and William Wong), Jenny Windt, Katja Valli, Valdas Noreika and @rherzoga.bsky.social, the Dream database is now published in @natcomms.nature.com
**A dream EEG and mentation database**
rdcu.be/eAwni
After years of effort led by @qualiastructure.bsky.social (Nao Tsuchiya and William Wong), Jenny Windt, Katja Valli, Valdas Noreika and @rherzoga.bsky.social, the Dream database is now published in @natcomms.nature.com
**A dream EEG and mentation database**
rdcu.be/eAwni
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🗺️ Pathfinding: a neurodynamical account of intuition
📔 We #review the neuroscience of #intuition, and present it as a predictive embodied process, emergent from hippocampal replay & brain metastability
🤝 with S. Kotler, M. Mannino, K. Friston, G. Buzsáki & J.A.S Kelso
🔗 nature.com/articles/s42...
📔 We #review the neuroscience of #intuition, and present it as a predictive embodied process, emergent from hippocampal replay & brain metastability
🤝 with S. Kotler, M. Mannino, K. Friston, G. Buzsáki & J.A.S Kelso
🔗 nature.com/articles/s42...
Pathfinding: a neurodynamical account of intuition - Communications Biology
This Perspective article proposes a neurodynamical model of intuition as a fast, embodied pathfinding mechanism shaped by evolution. Drawing on the free-energy principle and metastability, it explores...
nature.com
August 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
🗺️ Pathfinding: a neurodynamical account of intuition
📔 We #review the neuroscience of #intuition, and present it as a predictive embodied process, emergent from hippocampal replay & brain metastability
🤝 with S. Kotler, M. Mannino, K. Friston, G. Buzsáki & J.A.S Kelso
🔗 nature.com/articles/s42...
📔 We #review the neuroscience of #intuition, and present it as a predictive embodied process, emergent from hippocampal replay & brain metastability
🤝 with S. Kotler, M. Mannino, K. Friston, G. Buzsáki & J.A.S Kelso
🔗 nature.com/articles/s42...
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Delighted to share our new publication in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, entitled:
“Integrated phenomenology and brain connectivity demonstrate changes in nonlinear processing in jhana advanced meditation”
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“Integrated phenomenology and brain connectivity demonstrate changes in nonlinear processing in jhana advanced meditation”
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July 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Delighted to share our new publication in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, entitled:
“Integrated phenomenology and brain connectivity demonstrate changes in nonlinear processing in jhana advanced meditation”
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“Integrated phenomenology and brain connectivity demonstrate changes in nonlinear processing in jhana advanced meditation”
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Very relevant work on emergence by @neuromorphicboki.bsky.social showing an elegant way of dissociating the *amount* from the *organization* of emergent brain dynamics. Much needed distinction in the field of brain complexity
📜🪇[PUBLISHED]: NEW PREPRINT!🪇📜
I am incredibly excited to announce that we have published our paper on how "Dynamical independence reveals anaesthetic specific fragmentation of emergent structure in neural dynamics"
w@thomasandrillon.bsky.social @anilseth.bsky.social Barnett, Carter
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I am incredibly excited to announce that we have published our paper on how "Dynamical independence reveals anaesthetic specific fragmentation of emergent structure in neural dynamics"
w@thomasandrillon.bsky.social @anilseth.bsky.social Barnett, Carter
Strap in!
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Dynamical independence reveals anaesthetic specific fragmentation of emergent structure in neural dynamics
Conscious experience depends on the coordinated activity of neural processes that span multiple scales--from synapses to whole-brain dynamics. A recently introduced measure, dynamical independence, id...
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July 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Very relevant work on emergence by @neuromorphicboki.bsky.social showing an elegant way of dissociating the *amount* from the *organization* of emergent brain dynamics. Much needed distinction in the field of brain complexity
The Zoo of Consciousness: from theories to "theories"; from science to nonsense and absolutely everything in between:
loc.closertotruth.com/consciousnes...
loc.closertotruth.com/consciousnes...
Explore consciousness theories and implications
A global hub for theories of consciousness—authenticated by leading theorists, designed for professional consciousness communities, and open to all
loc.closertotruth.com
July 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The Zoo of Consciousness: from theories to "theories"; from science to nonsense and absolutely everything in between:
loc.closertotruth.com/consciousnes...
loc.closertotruth.com/consciousnes...
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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 9:50 AM
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 !
My best ASSC so far at *ALL* levels. I had an absolute blast. Finding all possible "scientific" reasons to return to Crete asap 😇 @assc28.bsky.social #ASSC28.
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July 10, 2025 at 7:32 AM
My best ASSC so far at *ALL* levels. I had an absolute blast. Finding all possible "scientific" reasons to return to Crete asap 😇 @assc28.bsky.social #ASSC28.
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The one and only @svangaal.bsky.social on how fluctuations in arousal shape conscious perception. @assc28.bsky.social #ASSC28
July 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The one and only @svangaal.bsky.social on how fluctuations in arousal shape conscious perception. @assc28.bsky.social #ASSC28
The great @satupalva.bsky.social on brain critical oscillatory dynamics and perception @assc28.bsky.social #ASSC28
July 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The great @satupalva.bsky.social on brain critical oscillatory dynamics and perception @assc28.bsky.social #ASSC28
The great @neuromorphicboki.bsky.social on micro-to-macro neural dynamic relationships across sleep stages. #ASSC28 @assc28.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 6:46 AM
The great @neuromorphicboki.bsky.social on micro-to-macro neural dynamic relationships across sleep stages. #ASSC28 @assc28.bsky.social
Why should we care about nonlinear cortical interactions in the study conscious content? Find out tomorrow @assc28.bsky.social #ASSC28. All invited! 😎
July 8, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Why should we care about nonlinear cortical interactions in the study conscious content? Find out tomorrow @assc28.bsky.social #ASSC28. All invited! 😎
If you are attending @assc28.bsky.social #ASSC28, on Wednesday, I will present a new principle of cortical communication during visual perception across species. All invited! 😎
July 8, 2025 at 6:22 AM
If you are attending @assc28.bsky.social #ASSC28, on Wednesday, I will present a new principle of cortical communication during visual perception across species. All invited! 😎
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Happy to share the first project of my PhD at #ASSC28, on how voluntary strategies modulate the reading response and how this relates to suggestibility and metacognitive efficiency.
Appreciation to my collaborators, and to @fahrenfort.bsky.social for his support and supervision on this project.
Appreciation to my collaborators, and to @fahrenfort.bsky.social for his support and supervision on this project.
July 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Happy to share the first project of my PhD at #ASSC28, on how voluntary strategies modulate the reading response and how this relates to suggestibility and metacognitive efficiency.
Appreciation to my collaborators, and to @fahrenfort.bsky.social for his support and supervision on this project.
Appreciation to my collaborators, and to @fahrenfort.bsky.social for his support and supervision on this project.
The great @stijnnuiten.bsky.social on the mechanisms of optimal arousal state. #ASSC28 @assc28.bsky.social
July 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The great @stijnnuiten.bsky.social on the mechanisms of optimal arousal state. #ASSC28 @assc28.bsky.social
The "third wave" of meditation research by the great Matthew Sacchet. #ASSC28 @assc28.bsky.social
July 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The "third wave" of meditation research by the great Matthew Sacchet. #ASSC28 @assc28.bsky.social
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Are you at @assc28.bsky.social #ASSC28? Later, @stijnnuiten.bsky.social will present exciting cross-species results on the interaction between latent behavioral states, pupil-linked arousal, and V1 activity. Great collab w/ @psterzer.bsky.social @svangaal.bsky.social @pennartz.bsky.social et al.
July 7, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Are you at @assc28.bsky.social #ASSC28? Later, @stijnnuiten.bsky.social will present exciting cross-species results on the interaction between latent behavioral states, pupil-linked arousal, and V1 activity. Great collab w/ @psterzer.bsky.social @svangaal.bsky.social @pennartz.bsky.social et al.
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I will be presenting some of my postdoc work during the very last session of the conference. would love to hear your feedback 📊📢 @assc28.bsky.social #ASSC28
July 7, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I will be presenting some of my postdoc work during the very last session of the conference. would love to hear your feedback 📊📢 @assc28.bsky.social #ASSC28
"Cuttlefish eat fewer crabs at lunchtime when they know shrimp are available for dinner" #assc28 @assc28.bsky.social. Amazing talk by the great Nicky Clayton.
July 7, 2025 at 8:40 AM
"Cuttlefish eat fewer crabs at lunchtime when they know shrimp are available for dinner" #assc28 @assc28.bsky.social. Amazing talk by the great Nicky Clayton.
Guess what! IIT has problematic implications for animal consciousness. #assc28 @assc28.bsky.social.
July 7, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Guess what! IIT has problematic implications for animal consciousness. #assc28 @assc28.bsky.social.
The logo this year is damn cool @assc28.bsky.social #assc28.
July 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The logo this year is damn cool @assc28.bsky.social #assc28.
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We show that memantine selectively improves neural decoding of attended illusory Kanizsa triangles, revealing NMDA receptor-dependent enhancement of feedback processing.
elifesciences.org/articles/100...
Thanks to Samuel Noorman @fahrenfort.bsky.social @timostein.bsky.social Jasper Zantvoord
elifesciences.org/articles/100...
Thanks to Samuel Noorman @fahrenfort.bsky.social @timostein.bsky.social Jasper Zantvoord
A causal role of the NMDA receptor in recurrent processing during perceptual integration
Memantine selectively improves neural decoding of attended illusory contours, revealing NMDA receptor-dependent enhancement of feedback processing in human visual perception.
elifesciences.org
June 25, 2025 at 9:46 AM
We show that memantine selectively improves neural decoding of attended illusory Kanizsa triangles, revealing NMDA receptor-dependent enhancement of feedback processing.
elifesciences.org/articles/100...
Thanks to Samuel Noorman @fahrenfort.bsky.social @timostein.bsky.social Jasper Zantvoord
elifesciences.org/articles/100...
Thanks to Samuel Noorman @fahrenfort.bsky.social @timostein.bsky.social Jasper Zantvoord
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Next, @canalesjohnson.bsky.social showing that shifts between temporal integration and segregation in sound phenomenology is concomitant with information exchange of neural dynamics between Frontal and Posterior regions prior to report. Super cool!
June 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Next, @canalesjohnson.bsky.social showing that shifts between temporal integration and segregation in sound phenomenology is concomitant with information exchange of neural dynamics between Frontal and Posterior regions prior to report. Super cool!
