Monash Centre for Consciousness & Contemplative Studies (M3CS)
@monash-m3cs.bsky.social
M3CS | A unique interdisciplinary centre at Monash University. Through research and education, we explore consciousness, mindfulness, and our connection to each other and the planet.
Learn more: http://monash.edu/m3cs
Learn more: http://monash.edu/m3cs
🧠 What happens when your mind goes blank?
New research paper from @monash-m3cs.bsky.social members exploring mind blanking - those moments when thoughts vanish and awareness fades. A collaboration between our team and European colleagues, sparked during @antoinelutz.bsky.social year with us.
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New research paper from @monash-m3cs.bsky.social members exploring mind blanking - those moments when thoughts vanish and awareness fades. A collaboration between our team and European colleagues, sparked during @antoinelutz.bsky.social year with us.
Link 👇
May 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
🧠 What happens when your mind goes blank?
New research paper from @monash-m3cs.bsky.social members exploring mind blanking - those moments when thoughts vanish and awareness fades. A collaboration between our team and European colleagues, sparked during @antoinelutz.bsky.social year with us.
Link 👇
New research paper from @monash-m3cs.bsky.social members exploring mind blanking - those moments when thoughts vanish and awareness fades. A collaboration between our team and European colleagues, sparked during @antoinelutz.bsky.social year with us.
Link 👇
📣Free Event📣
🤔Can being more mindful help us think more clearly?
🤨Can sharper thinking make us more mindful?
Join Craig Hassed & @andymckilliam.bsky.social in this free lunchtime webinar to find out.
🗓️ 8 May | 🕛 12–12:50pm AEST | 💻 Online
🔗 events.humanitix.com/mindful-crit...
🤔Can being more mindful help us think more clearly?
🤨Can sharper thinking make us more mindful?
Join Craig Hassed & @andymckilliam.bsky.social in this free lunchtime webinar to find out.
🗓️ 8 May | 🕛 12–12:50pm AEST | 💻 Online
🔗 events.humanitix.com/mindful-crit...
May 1, 2025 at 6:26 AM
📣Free Event📣
🤔Can being more mindful help us think more clearly?
🤨Can sharper thinking make us more mindful?
Join Craig Hassed & @andymckilliam.bsky.social in this free lunchtime webinar to find out.
🗓️ 8 May | 🕛 12–12:50pm AEST | 💻 Online
🔗 events.humanitix.com/mindful-crit...
🤔Can being more mindful help us think more clearly?
🤨Can sharper thinking make us more mindful?
Join Craig Hassed & @andymckilliam.bsky.social in this free lunchtime webinar to find out.
🗓️ 8 May | 🕛 12–12:50pm AEST | 💻 Online
🔗 events.humanitix.com/mindful-crit...
How does seeing Earth from afar reshape our understanding of human significance? 🌍
👇Read the article below from our very own Tim Bayne.👇
👇Read the article below from our very own Tim Bayne.👇
NASA’s famous 1990 photograph, ‘Pale Blue Dot’, inspires a range of feelings – wonderment, vulnerability, anxiety – but most dominant is that of cosmic insignificance
Why Pale Blue Dot generates feelings of cosmic insignificance | Aeon Essays
When we see the Earth as ‘a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam’ what do we learn about human significance?
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April 28, 2025 at 6:54 AM
How does seeing Earth from afar reshape our understanding of human significance? 🌍
👇Read the article below from our very own Tim Bayne.👇
👇Read the article below from our very own Tim Bayne.👇
Join us for our May Seminar!
We’re excited to welcome Buddhist teacher & author Andy Karr in conversation with @kevinberryman.bsky.social for a thought-provoking discussion: Mind vs Brain – Is There More to Consciousness?
📅 Thursday 1 May 2025
⏰ 12:00 – 12:50 PM AEST
💻 Online & free - register below
We’re excited to welcome Buddhist teacher & author Andy Karr in conversation with @kevinberryman.bsky.social for a thought-provoking discussion: Mind vs Brain – Is There More to Consciousness?
📅 Thursday 1 May 2025
⏰ 12:00 – 12:50 PM AEST
💻 Online & free - register below
April 17, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Join us for our May Seminar!
We’re excited to welcome Buddhist teacher & author Andy Karr in conversation with @kevinberryman.bsky.social for a thought-provoking discussion: Mind vs Brain – Is There More to Consciousness?
📅 Thursday 1 May 2025
⏰ 12:00 – 12:50 PM AEST
💻 Online & free - register below
We’re excited to welcome Buddhist teacher & author Andy Karr in conversation with @kevinberryman.bsky.social for a thought-provoking discussion: Mind vs Brain – Is There More to Consciousness?
📅 Thursday 1 May 2025
⏰ 12:00 – 12:50 PM AEST
💻 Online & free - register below
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New episode! In this episode we are joined by Dr. Saurabh Sonkusare to learn about Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) 🧠 We hear about how DBS works and its uses in psychiatry and research 🔬
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April 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
New episode! In this episode we are joined by Dr. Saurabh Sonkusare to learn about Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) 🧠 We hear about how DBS works and its uses in psychiatry and research 🔬
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@monash-m3cs.bsky.social
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Have you ever wondered how the built environment effects your mood? 💭🏘️ Is it true that red rooms make you angry? 😡 This week we sit down with Dr. Isabella Bower to discuss her on research on how the built environment can impact our mental health 🌇
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March 17, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Have you ever wondered how the built environment effects your mood? 💭🏘️ Is it true that red rooms make you angry? 😡 This week we sit down with Dr. Isabella Bower to discuss her on research on how the built environment can impact our mental health 🌇
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@monash-m3cs.bsky.social
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@monash-m3cs.bsky.social
📣Free Online Event:
Join us this week as @amishijha.bsky.social & Prof. Craig Hassed explore the science of focus & how to reclaim it.
🧠Peak Mind - The Power of Attention
📅 3 April 2025
⏰ 12:00 - 12:50 PM (AEST)
👉 Register here: events.humanitix.com/peak-mind-wi...
@hohwy.bsky.social #Neuroscience
Join us this week as @amishijha.bsky.social & Prof. Craig Hassed explore the science of focus & how to reclaim it.
🧠Peak Mind - The Power of Attention
📅 3 April 2025
⏰ 12:00 - 12:50 PM (AEST)
👉 Register here: events.humanitix.com/peak-mind-wi...
@hohwy.bsky.social #Neuroscience
March 31, 2025 at 1:22 AM
📣Free Online Event:
Join us this week as @amishijha.bsky.social & Prof. Craig Hassed explore the science of focus & how to reclaim it.
🧠Peak Mind - The Power of Attention
📅 3 April 2025
⏰ 12:00 - 12:50 PM (AEST)
👉 Register here: events.humanitix.com/peak-mind-wi...
@hohwy.bsky.social #Neuroscience
Join us this week as @amishijha.bsky.social & Prof. Craig Hassed explore the science of focus & how to reclaim it.
🧠Peak Mind - The Power of Attention
📅 3 April 2025
⏰ 12:00 - 12:50 PM (AEST)
👉 Register here: events.humanitix.com/peak-mind-wi...
@hohwy.bsky.social #Neuroscience
🤔Ever wondered how mindfulness influences your mind? Here is a chance to find out & be part of the research! We’re looking for participants for a free online study with our colleagues @victoriauniversity.bsky.social
Find out more👇https://monash.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0lIFxAdCJJ7qA2G?Q_CHL=qr
Find out more👇https://monash.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0lIFxAdCJJ7qA2G?Q_CHL=qr
March 6, 2025 at 3:44 AM
🤔Ever wondered how mindfulness influences your mind? Here is a chance to find out & be part of the research! We’re looking for participants for a free online study with our colleagues @victoriauniversity.bsky.social
Find out more👇https://monash.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0lIFxAdCJJ7qA2G?Q_CHL=qr
Find out more👇https://monash.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0lIFxAdCJJ7qA2G?Q_CHL=qr
📣New research alert! A fascinating study by @andrejevic.bsky.social @hohwy.bsky.social and Linda Barclay exploring the distinction between dignity and respect and why it matters! 👀👀
Dignity is a very important ethical concept, but a dangerously fuzzy one, which puts into question whether and how we can honour our obligations to treat people with dignity! Our new study detangles dignity and respect, by showing dignity has specific ties to humiliation.
Dignity Is Distinct From Respect: How Treating Others With Dignity Entails Accounting for Their Self-Conscious Emotions - Milan Andrejević, Jakob Hohwy, Linda Barclay, 2025
Dignity is prominently endorsed in health care, organizations, and law. However, humanities research casts doubt over the utility of this concept, disputing tha...
doi.org
February 27, 2025 at 4:31 AM
📣New research alert! A fascinating study by @andrejevic.bsky.social @hohwy.bsky.social and Linda Barclay exploring the distinction between dignity and respect and why it matters! 👀👀
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Dignity is a very important ethical concept, but a dangerously fuzzy one, which puts into question whether and how we can honour our obligations to treat people with dignity! Our new study detangles dignity and respect, by showing dignity has specific ties to humiliation.
Dignity Is Distinct From Respect: How Treating Others With Dignity Entails Accounting for Their Self-Conscious Emotions - Milan Andrejević, Jakob Hohwy, Linda Barclay, 2025
Dignity is prominently endorsed in health care, organizations, and law. However, humanities research casts doubt over the utility of this concept, disputing tha...
doi.org
February 26, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Dignity is a very important ethical concept, but a dangerously fuzzy one, which puts into question whether and how we can honour our obligations to treat people with dignity! Our new study detangles dignity and respect, by showing dignity has specific ties to humiliation.
📣 Free online event: Join @pliknaitzky.bsky.social (Monash Clinical Psychedelic Lab), as he discusses the role of psychedelics in therapy & their potential for transforming treatment at our seminar:
🗓️ Thursday, 6 March 2025
⏰ 12:00 – 12:50 PM AEDT
💻 Zoom
👇 Register via the link in the comments 👇
🗓️ Thursday, 6 March 2025
⏰ 12:00 – 12:50 PM AEDT
💻 Zoom
👇 Register via the link in the comments 👇
February 14, 2025 at 1:18 AM
📣 Free online event: Join @pliknaitzky.bsky.social (Monash Clinical Psychedelic Lab), as he discusses the role of psychedelics in therapy & their potential for transforming treatment at our seminar:
🗓️ Thursday, 6 March 2025
⏰ 12:00 – 12:50 PM AEDT
💻 Zoom
👇 Register via the link in the comments 👇
🗓️ Thursday, 6 March 2025
⏰ 12:00 – 12:50 PM AEDT
💻 Zoom
👇 Register via the link in the comments 👇
A fabulous day of M3CS PhD presentations - Lars Sandved-Smith on pure awareness, @shawnprest.bsky.social on defabrication in meditation, @bethfisher.bsky.social Fisher on optimism and gratitude. All done brilliantly with active inference and FEP modelling.
#neuroskyence #philsky
#neuroskyence #philsky
February 6, 2025 at 11:43 AM
A fabulous day of M3CS PhD presentations - Lars Sandved-Smith on pure awareness, @shawnprest.bsky.social on defabrication in meditation, @bethfisher.bsky.social Fisher on optimism and gratitude. All done brilliantly with active inference and FEP modelling.
#neuroskyence #philsky
#neuroskyence #philsky
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Check out this fabulous paper led by @bethfisher.bsky.social with @christopherjwhyte.bsky.social on optimism bias!
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Excited to have our new paper out in @cpsyjournal.bsky.social 🎉✨ with my amazing co-authors @christopherjwhyte.bsky.social @hohwy.bsky.social
We develop an active inference model of the optimism bias to model development, belief updating and optimistic action.
cpsyjournal.org/articles/10....
We develop an active inference model of the optimism bias to model development, belief updating and optimistic action.
cpsyjournal.org/articles/10....
An Active Inference Model of the Optimism Bias | Computational Psychiatry
Computational Psychiatry publishes original research articles and reviews that involve the application, analysis, or invention of theoretical, computational and statistical approaches to mental functi...
cpsyjournal.org
January 31, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Check out this fabulous paper led by @bethfisher.bsky.social with @christopherjwhyte.bsky.social on optimism bias!
@monash-m3cs.bsky.social
@monash-m3cs.bsky.social
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Frame and relevance problems from the perspective of predictive processing - new paper led by @monash-m3cs.bsky.social's Tom Darling #philsky
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Solving the relevance problem with predictive processing
The frame or relevance problem is a classic problem in cognitive science and philosophy. We attempt to resolve this problem by appealing to predictive processing, a growing theory of cognition. As ...
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February 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Frame and relevance problems from the perspective of predictive processing - new paper led by @monash-m3cs.bsky.social's Tom Darling #philsky
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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New episode!! We sit down with Dr. Nina Rajcic to discuss her work using LLMs in her art practice giving us a new perspectives for thinking about AI 💭🤖 We share our thoughts about the future of AI in art and its connections to tech 🎨 #philsky #ai
@monash-m3cs.bsky.social
@monash-m3cs.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
New episode!! We sit down with Dr. Nina Rajcic to discuss her work using LLMs in her art practice giving us a new perspectives for thinking about AI 💭🤖 We share our thoughts about the future of AI in art and its connections to tech 🎨 #philsky #ai
@monash-m3cs.bsky.social
@monash-m3cs.bsky.social
🚀 New paper alert! 🚀
A fascinating paper on optimism bias led by @bethfisher.bsky.social with @christopherjwhyte.bsky.social.
👀Check it out!
A fascinating paper on optimism bias led by @bethfisher.bsky.social with @christopherjwhyte.bsky.social.
👀Check it out!
Excited to have our new paper out in @cpsyjournal.bsky.social 🎉✨ with my amazing co-authors @christopherjwhyte.bsky.social @hohwy.bsky.social
We develop an active inference model of the optimism bias to model development, belief updating and optimistic action.
cpsyjournal.org/articles/10....
We develop an active inference model of the optimism bias to model development, belief updating and optimistic action.
cpsyjournal.org/articles/10....
An Active Inference Model of the Optimism Bias | Computational Psychiatry
Computational Psychiatry publishes original research articles and reviews that involve the application, analysis, or invention of theoretical, computational and statistical approaches to mental functi...
cpsyjournal.org
February 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
🚀 New paper alert! 🚀
A fascinating paper on optimism bias led by @bethfisher.bsky.social with @christopherjwhyte.bsky.social.
👀Check it out!
A fascinating paper on optimism bias led by @bethfisher.bsky.social with @christopherjwhyte.bsky.social.
👀Check it out!
Why do we dream? 🤔Are they just random neural firings, or do they serve a deeper function? M3CS researcher & lecturer, Dr Manuela Kirberg, joins 'The Briefing' to unpack the science & philosophy of dreaming. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/0jo3...
January 31, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Why do we dream? 🤔Are they just random neural firings, or do they serve a deeper function? M3CS researcher & lecturer, Dr Manuela Kirberg, joins 'The Briefing' to unpack the science & philosophy of dreaming. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/0jo3...
🌟 Start 2025 with some mindful inspiration!
📣Free online event:
Join Elizabeth Granger & Craig Hassed as they explore mindfulness, resilience & stress management in our first seminar of our 2025 series:
🗓️ Thurs, 6 Feb
⏰ 12:00–12:50 PM AEDT
💻 Zoom
👇Register via the link in comments👇
📣Free online event:
Join Elizabeth Granger & Craig Hassed as they explore mindfulness, resilience & stress management in our first seminar of our 2025 series:
🗓️ Thurs, 6 Feb
⏰ 12:00–12:50 PM AEDT
💻 Zoom
👇Register via the link in comments👇
January 16, 2025 at 4:54 AM
🌟 Start 2025 with some mindful inspiration!
📣Free online event:
Join Elizabeth Granger & Craig Hassed as they explore mindfulness, resilience & stress management in our first seminar of our 2025 series:
🗓️ Thurs, 6 Feb
⏰ 12:00–12:50 PM AEDT
💻 Zoom
👇Register via the link in comments👇
📣Free online event:
Join Elizabeth Granger & Craig Hassed as they explore mindfulness, resilience & stress management in our first seminar of our 2025 series:
🗓️ Thurs, 6 Feb
⏰ 12:00–12:50 PM AEDT
💻 Zoom
👇Register via the link in comments👇
📣Congratulations to our M3CS Director, @hohwy.bsky.social for being awarded Monash Graduate Association Supervisor of the Year! Voted by students, this award reflects Jakob’s mentorship & the positive, supportive environment he’s created @M3CS. #Leadership #Mentorship @monashuniversity.bsky.social
December 16, 2024 at 12:19 AM
📣Congratulations to our M3CS Director, @hohwy.bsky.social for being awarded Monash Graduate Association Supervisor of the Year! Voted by students, this award reflects Jakob’s mentorship & the positive, supportive environment he’s created @M3CS. #Leadership #Mentorship @monashuniversity.bsky.social
As the year winds down, we took a moment to pause, reflect, & enjoy some creative mindfulness. 🎨🖌️ With a day of painting & delicious food, we created a way to be present, connect, & contemplate together.
We’re looking forward to what 2025 will bring!
We’re looking forward to what 2025 will bring!
December 13, 2024 at 1:27 AM
As the year winds down, we took a moment to pause, reflect, & enjoy some creative mindfulness. 🎨🖌️ With a day of painting & delicious food, we created a way to be present, connect, & contemplate together.
We’re looking forward to what 2025 will bring!
We’re looking forward to what 2025 will bring!
Exciting research by @bethfisher.bsky.social shows that psilocybin boosts optimism and engagement in rats, potentially offering insights into its use for treating depression.
Just some of the wonderful research our PhD students are doing.
Just some of the wonderful research our PhD students are doing.
December 6, 2024 at 1:55 AM
Exciting research by @bethfisher.bsky.social shows that psilocybin boosts optimism and engagement in rats, potentially offering insights into its use for treating depression.
Just some of the wonderful research our PhD students are doing.
Just some of the wonderful research our PhD students are doing.
So much to unpack in our latest seminar (exploring #consciousness) with @hohwy.bsky.social and Prof. Craig Hassed on how we can influence our awareness to shape our experiences.
#metaawareness #attention
#metaawareness #attention
November 24, 2024 at 11:37 PM
So much to unpack in our latest seminar (exploring #consciousness) with @hohwy.bsky.social and Prof. Craig Hassed on how we can influence our awareness to shape our experiences.
#metaawareness #attention
#metaawareness #attention
Congratulations to our Director @hohwy.bsky.social who was awarded the Monash Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Research Supervision (HASS)! This award celebrates exceptional mentorship and guidance for graduate research students, enriching their journeys and shaping future leaders.
November 20, 2024 at 9:41 PM
Congratulations to our Director @hohwy.bsky.social who was awarded the Monash Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Research Supervision (HASS)! This award celebrates exceptional mentorship and guidance for graduate research students, enriching their journeys and shaping future leaders.
Check out past episodes of M3CS's seminar series, hosted by the great Craig Hassed and with fascinating guests, conversing about mindful parenting, meditation and morality, consciousness and much more
www.monash.edu/consciousnes...
www.monash.edu/consciousnes...
M3CS 2024 Seminar Series
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November 20, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Check out past episodes of M3CS's seminar series, hosted by the great Craig Hassed and with fascinating guests, conversing about mindful parenting, meditation and morality, consciousness and much more
www.monash.edu/consciousnes...
www.monash.edu/consciousnes...
Guess who finally made it to Bluesky? 👋Hello, we're here to share interdisciplinary insights on consciousness, meditation, philosophy, predictive processing...& maybe sprinkle a few fun topics along the way. Follow us for thought-provoking research, news and events that will keep your mind curious!
November 19, 2024 at 4:49 AM
Guess who finally made it to Bluesky? 👋Hello, we're here to share interdisciplinary insights on consciousness, meditation, philosophy, predictive processing...& maybe sprinkle a few fun topics along the way. Follow us for thought-provoking research, news and events that will keep your mind curious!