Paradeisios Alexandros Boulakis
@parboulakis.bsky.social
he / him / himbo
researcher at gigaphysiologycognition.uliege.be
mind-blanking, spontaneous thinking, brain-body interactions
dnd, cozy fantasy, freddo espresso and cookies
researcher at gigaphysiologycognition.uliege.be
mind-blanking, spontaneous thinking, brain-body interactions
dnd, cozy fantasy, freddo espresso and cookies
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🧪 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 7:51 AM
🧪 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
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Our lab participated at the meeting of the #BelgianSocietyofNeuroscience last Monday, which was a blast. Thank you for bringing us to Leuven this year. W/ @parboulakis.bsky.social @agusaragon.bsky.social @b-marion.bsky.social @ademertzi.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Our lab participated at the meeting of the #BelgianSocietyofNeuroscience last Monday, which was a blast. Thank you for bringing us to Leuven this year. W/ @parboulakis.bsky.social @agusaragon.bsky.social @b-marion.bsky.social @ademertzi.bsky.social
🚨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 12:00 PM
🚨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 ...
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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
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
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The @dreamteamicm.bsky.social has launched an online survey about the things you experience when you fall asleep!
Everyone is different, so we need you to tell us!
It will take only 20 minutes, but it will mean a lot to dream researchers like us!
redcap.link/DriftingMinds
Please, share!
🧠💤
Everyone is different, so we need you to tell us!
It will take only 20 minutes, but it will mean a lot to dream researchers like us!
redcap.link/DriftingMinds
Please, share!
🧠💤
Landing Page
redcap.link
September 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The @dreamteamicm.bsky.social has launched an online survey about the things you experience when you fall asleep!
Everyone is different, so we need you to tell us!
It will take only 20 minutes, but it will mean a lot to dream researchers like us!
redcap.link/DriftingMinds
Please, share!
🧠💤
Everyone is different, so we need you to tell us!
It will take only 20 minutes, but it will mean a lot to dream researchers like us!
redcap.link/DriftingMinds
Please, share!
🧠💤
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🧠 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 3:18 PM
🧠 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 🧵!
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Mind-wandering is associated with late modulation of the heartbeat-evoked potential; mind-blanking is associated with greater decoupling of heart-brain phase coupling.
New findings from our radically-revised study of spontaneous cognitive & physiological dynamics
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
New findings from our radically-revised study of spontaneous cognitive & physiological dynamics
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
When your heart isn't in it anymore: Cardiac correlates of task disengagement
Neuroscience is beginning to uncover the role of interoceptive feedback in perception, learning, and decision-making; however, the relation between spontaneous visceral and cognitive dynamics has rece...
www.biorxiv.org
May 19, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Mind-wandering is associated with late modulation of the heartbeat-evoked potential; mind-blanking is associated with greater decoupling of heart-brain phase coupling.
New findings from our radically-revised study of spontaneous cognitive & physiological dynamics
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
New findings from our radically-revised study of spontaneous cognitive & physiological dynamics
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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One week ago, @parboulakis.bsky.social added three more letters to his title. His defense was a celebration that brought together beloved alumni, current collaborators, and eternal friends. Congratulations again, Boulakis Paris PhD!👏🎉🎯
March 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
One week ago, @parboulakis.bsky.social added three more letters to his title. His defense was a celebration that brought together beloved alumni, current collaborators, and eternal friends. Congratulations again, Boulakis Paris PhD!👏🎉🎯
Just passed my private defence. Time to celebrate by buying new kitchenware, the height of human experience
February 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Just passed my private defence. Time to celebrate by buying new kitchenware, the height of human experience
🚨Publication alert 🚨. Our Registered Report is finally out at Scientific Reports nature.com/articles/s41.... A thread on how mind blanking frequency shifts across different arousal levels ...
nature.com
February 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
🚨Publication alert 🚨. Our Registered Report is finally out at Scientific Reports nature.com/articles/s41.... A thread on how mind blanking frequency shifts across different arousal levels ...
🚨Publication alert 🚨 Our review article “Relating mind-blanking to the content and dynamics of spontaneous thinking” is out on Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences (sciencedirect.com/science/arti...). A thread … 🧵
Relating mind-blanking to the content and dynamics of spontaneous thinking
During wakefulness, the stream of thought is occasionally interrupted by moments when we cannot report any content, termed ‘mind-blanking’ (MB). As MB…
sciencedirect.com
February 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🚨Publication alert 🚨 Our review article “Relating mind-blanking to the content and dynamics of spontaneous thinking” is out on Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences (sciencedirect.com/science/arti...). A thread … 🧵