Keisuke Suzuki
@ksks.bsky.social
Associat Professor at Center for Human Nature, Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience (CHAIN), at Hokkaido University, working on Artificial Life/Virtual Reality/Embodied Self/Sense of Presence/Altered States/Computational Phenomenology
Reposted by Keisuke Suzuki
New paper! Investigating the role of sensorimotor spatial dependencies in shaping conscious access to virtual 3D objects, w/ Paweł Moytka, DavidSchwartzman, me, and @ksks.bsky.social. Link below. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
September 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM
New paper! Investigating the role of sensorimotor spatial dependencies in shaping conscious access to virtual 3D objects, w/ Paweł Moytka, DavidSchwartzman, me, and @ksks.bsky.social. Link below. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Ever wonder why a ventriloquist's dummy seems to talk, or why a rubber hand can feel like your own? 🤔 Our brains perform an amazing trick, merging what we see, hear, and feel into a single reality. But this process isn't always stable.
A new theory on why. 🧵
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A new theory on why. 🧵
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July 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Ever wonder why a ventriloquist's dummy seems to talk, or why a rubber hand can feel like your own? 🤔 Our brains perform an amazing trick, merging what we see, hear, and feel into a single reality. But this process isn't always stable.
A new theory on why. 🧵
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A new theory on why. 🧵
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🎉 Paper Published! 🎉 Our paper, "The Japanese version of the Phenomenological Control Scale," has been published in Neuroscience of Consciousness! If you're interested in individual differences in phenomenological control, please check it out!
May 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🎉 Paper Published! 🎉 Our paper, "The Japanese version of the Phenomenological Control Scale," has been published in Neuroscience of Consciousness! If you're interested in individual differences in phenomenological control, please check it out!
御茶ノ水女子大学の今泉修さん との論文「現象学的制御尺度（Phenomenological Control Scale）の日本語版開発」がNeuroscience of Consciousness誌に掲載されました！ 現象学的制御の個人差にご興味のある方はぜひご覧ください! DOI: doi.org/10.1093/nc/n... (スレッドで解説します👇) #心理学 #現象学的制御
The Japanese version of the Phenomenological Control Scale
Abstract. People vary in their capacity for phenomenological control, which enables them to align their perceptual experiences with their intentions and go
doi.org
May 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
御茶ノ水女子大学の今泉修さん との論文「現象学的制御尺度（Phenomenological Control Scale）の日本語版開発」がNeuroscience of Consciousness誌に掲載されました！ 現象学的制御の個人差にご興味のある方はぜひご覧ください! DOI: doi.org/10.1093/nc/n... (スレッドで解説します👇) #心理学 #現象学的制御
Global coordination of brain activity by the breathing cycle
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Global coordination of brain activity by the breathing cycle - Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Synchrony between neuronal activity and the respiratory cycle has been observed in numerous brain regions and across many species. Tort et al. discuss the mechanisms by which brain activity is modulat...
www.nature.com
April 20, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Global coordination of brain activity by the breathing cycle
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Beyond Markov: Transformers, memory, and attention
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Beyond Markov: Transformers, memory, and attention
This paper asks what predictive processing models of brain function can learn from the success of transformer architectures. We suggest that the reason transformer architectures have been successfu...
www.tandfonline.com
April 20, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Beyond Markov: Transformers, memory, and attention
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Emergence of Goal-Directed Behaviors via Active Inference with Self-Prior arxiv.org/abs/2504.11075
Emergence of Goal-Directed Behaviors via Active Inference with Self-Prior
Infants often exhibit goal-directed behaviors, such as reaching for a sensory stimulus, even when no external reward criterion is provided. These intrinsically motivated behaviors facilitate spontaneo...
arxiv.org
April 20, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Emergence of Goal-Directed Behaviors via Active Inference with Self-Prior arxiv.org/abs/2504.11075
Reposted by Keisuke Suzuki
Consider joining us at the ASSC Satellite Event on Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness 🏖️🕶️
📣https://www.aliusresearch.org/qualius-retreat.html
with
@aliusresearch.org @qualiari.bsky.social @georgefejer.bsky.social @ksks.bsky.social
📣https://www.aliusresearch.org/qualius-retreat.html
with
@aliusresearch.org @qualiari.bsky.social @georgefejer.bsky.social @ksks.bsky.social
April 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Consider joining us at the ASSC Satellite Event on Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness 🏖️🕶️
📣https://www.aliusresearch.org/qualius-retreat.html
with
@aliusresearch.org @qualiari.bsky.social @georgefejer.bsky.social @ksks.bsky.social
📣https://www.aliusresearch.org/qualius-retreat.html
with
@aliusresearch.org @qualiari.bsky.social @georgefejer.bsky.social @ksks.bsky.social
I'm involved in organising the upcoming ASSC Satellite Event on Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness. Applications are now open!
www.aliusresearch.org/qualius-retr...
www.aliusresearch.org/qualius-retr...
ASSC Sattelite Retreat
This post- ASSC 2025 sattelite event will serve as an interdisciplinary workshop retreat to advance research on consciousness, altered states, and computational phenomenology. It will integrate...
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March 31, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I'm involved in organising the upcoming ASSC Satellite Event on Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness. Applications are now open!
www.aliusresearch.org/qualius-retr...
www.aliusresearch.org/qualius-retr...
Can vagus nerve stimulation change body perception? 🧠⚡️
A new study suggests that transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) makes people less susceptible to bodily illusions, enhancing real body awareness.
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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A new study suggests that transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) makes people less susceptible to bodily illusions, enhancing real body awareness.
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
👇🧵
<em>Psychophysiology</em> | SPR Journal | Wiley Online Library
This study provides novel evidence that transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) reduces susceptibility to the rubber hand illusion (RHI), suggesting a role for the vagus nerve in bod...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Can vagus nerve stimulation change body perception? 🧠⚡️
A new study suggests that transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) makes people less susceptible to bodily illusions, enhancing real body awareness.
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
👇🧵
A new study suggests that transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) makes people less susceptible to bodily illusions, enhancing real body awareness.
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
👇🧵
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Communications Psychology has published our new paper yesterday! Haruki et al., (2025) "Attentional bias towards smartphone stimuli is associated with decreased interoceptive awareness and increased physiological reactivity"
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Communications Psychology has published our new paper yesterday! Haruki et al., (2025) "Attentional bias towards smartphone stimuli is associated with decreased interoceptive awareness and increased physiological reactivity"
rdcu.be/edYM8
March 18, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Communications Psychology has published our new paper yesterday! Haruki et al., (2025) "Attentional bias towards smartphone stimuli is associated with decreased interoceptive awareness and increased physiological reactivity"
rdcu.be/edYM8
Communications Psychology has published our new paper yesterday! Haruki et al., (2025) "Attentional bias towards smartphone stimuli is associated with decreased interoceptive awareness and increased physiological reactivity"
rdcu.be/edYM8
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Communications Psychologyに、新しい論文がでました！Haruki et al., (2025) "Attentional bias towards smartphonestimuli is associated with decreasedinteroceptive awareness and increasedphysiological reactivity" rdcu.be/edYM8
Communications Psychologyに、新しい論文がでました！Haruki et al., (2025) "Attentional bias towards smartphonestimuli is associated with decreasedinteroceptive awareness and increasedphysiological reactivity" rdcu.be/edYM8
March 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Communications Psychologyに、新しい論文がでました！Haruki et al., (2025) "Attentional bias towards smartphonestimuli is associated with decreasedinteroceptive awareness and increasedphysiological reactivity" rdcu.be/edYM8
Communications Psychologyに、新しい論文がでました！Haruki et al., (2025) "Attentional bias towards smartphonestimuli is associated with decreasedinteroceptive awareness and increasedphysiological reactivity" rdcu.be/edYM8
A new paper was out today.
The Vagus Nerve as a Gateway to Body Ownership: taVNS Reduces Susceptibility to a Virtual Version of the Cardiac and Tactile Rubber Hand Illusion
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Vagus Nerve as a Gateway to Body Ownership: taVNS Reduces Susceptibility to a Virtual Version of the Cardiac and Tactile Rubber Hand Illusion
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
<em>Psychophysiology</em> | SPR Journal | Wiley Online Library
This study provides novel evidence that transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) reduces susceptibility to the rubber hand illusion (RHI), suggesting a role for the vagus nerve in bod...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 18, 2025 at 6:32 AM
A new paper was out today.
The Vagus Nerve as a Gateway to Body Ownership: taVNS Reduces Susceptibility to a Virtual Version of the Cardiac and Tactile Rubber Hand Illusion
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Vagus Nerve as a Gateway to Body Ownership: taVNS Reduces Susceptibility to a Virtual Version of the Cardiac and Tactile Rubber Hand Illusion
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The snow is melting little by little. It feels like spring is on its way!
February 27, 2025 at 3:46 AM
The snow is melting little by little. It feels like spring is on its way!
A view from our building in Hokkaido University
February 27, 2025 at 3:36 AM
A view from our building in Hokkaido University
Just welcomed a new postdoc, Alesandoro — making three in total in the lab now! One of them is funded by the JSPS Fellowship (www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-fe...). Interested in applying for this scheme to join us? Please feel free to get in touch!
About the Program (Standard)｜Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan｜Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan
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February 27, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Just welcomed a new postdoc, Alesandoro — making three in total in the lab now! One of them is funded by the JSPS Fellowship (www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-fe...). Interested in applying for this scheme to join us? Please feel free to get in touch!
Two papers are accepted!
February 27, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Two papers are accepted!
Reposted by Keisuke Suzuki
Thank you to my dear friend Keisuke Suzuki @ksks.bsky.social for hosting me in snowy Sapporo for a Japanese Winter School. We were junior postdocs together, and now I get to visit him in his amazing lab ✌️
January 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Thank you to my dear friend Keisuke Suzuki @ksks.bsky.social for hosting me in snowy Sapporo for a Japanese Winter School. We were junior postdocs together, and now I get to visit him in his amazing lab ✌️
日本バーチャルリアリティ学会誌2024年29 巻2号に、「能動的推論ー心、脳、行動の自由エネルギー原理（ミネルヴァ書房）」の書評を書かせていただきました。
www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jvrs...
www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jvrs...
能動的推論：生存と適応の認知理論
日本バーチャルリアリティ学会誌, 2024 年 29 巻 2 号 p. 54
www.jstage.jst.go.jp
August 6, 2024 at 2:42 AM
日本バーチャルリアリティ学会誌2024年29 巻2号に、「能動的推論ー心、脳、行動の自由エネルギー原理（ミネルヴァ書房）」の書評を書かせていただきました。
www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jvrs...
www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jvrs...
Reposted by Keisuke Suzuki
My talk at the recent "Aware & Alive" ASSC27 satellite symposium is now online... thanks @ksks.bsky.social & Katsunori Miyahara for hosting us in Sapporo !
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z9W...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z9W...
Day1 S2-1 Andrew W. Corcoran
Title: Developing awareness: A visceral afferent training perspective on the origins of consciousnessAuthor: Andrew W. CorcoranAbstract: Embodied and enactiv...
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July 24, 2024 at 1:14 AM
My talk at the recent "Aware & Alive" ASSC27 satellite symposium is now online... thanks @ksks.bsky.social & Katsunori Miyahara for hosting us in Sapporo !
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z9W...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z9W...
We are delighted to announce a symposium delving into alternative approaches to consciousness, as a satellite event of ASSC27 (assc27.net). Explore more at sites.google.com/view/awarean... #AwareAndAlive
Aware and Alive
Theme
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April 25, 2024 at 10:25 AM
We are delighted to announce a symposium delving into alternative approaches to consciousness, as a satellite event of ASSC27 (assc27.net). Explore more at sites.google.com/view/awarean... #AwareAndAlive
Reposted by Keisuke Suzuki
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘅 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀: 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀
by W.C. Wimsatt
One of coolest figures in a philosophy paper... And one of most spectacular papers ever!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#philosophy
by W.C. Wimsatt
One of coolest figures in a philosophy paper... And one of most spectacular papers ever!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#philosophy
January 13, 2024 at 7:53 PM
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘅 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀: 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀
by W.C. Wimsatt
One of coolest figures in a philosophy paper... And one of most spectacular papers ever!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#philosophy
by W.C. Wimsatt
One of coolest figures in a philosophy paper... And one of most spectacular papers ever!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#philosophy
The paper on the computational phenomenology of different types of visual hallucination (with Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social and David Schwartzman) was finally out on Frontiers in Human Neuroscience www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
Short explainer thread below:
Short explainer thread below:
Modelling phenomenological differences in aetiologically distinct visual hallucinations using deep n...
Visual hallucinations (VHs) are perceptions of objects or events in the absence of the sensory stimulation that would normally support such perceptions. Although all VHs share this core characteristic...
www.frontiersin.org
January 5, 2024 at 12:30 PM
The paper on the computational phenomenology of different types of visual hallucination (with Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social and David Schwartzman) was finally out on Frontiers in Human Neuroscience www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
Short explainer thread below:
Short explainer thread below: