Matthew Lieberman
@socialbrain.bsky.social
UCLA social neuroscientist, co-founder of Resonance Inc., Substack: https://bit.ly/3BdpdTb
Tomorrow I am teaching Searle's Chinese room in my consciousness class and to add a bit of irony, I have this AI teach it. In the first comment, I have the 2023 version. Pretty amazing how far AI video has come.
October 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Tomorrow I am teaching Searle's Chinese room in my consciousness class and to add a bit of irony, I have this AI teach it. In the first comment, I have the 2023 version. Pretty amazing how far AI video has come.
Tell me you have no prefrontal cortex without telling me you have no prefrontal cortex
July 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Tell me you have no prefrontal cortex without telling me you have no prefrontal cortex
Is someone you love applying to college in the next 3 years? The lessons I learned in my new substack post including: the statistics you can find are mostly meaningless (Lesson 6) and early decision (ED) is mostly a scam (Lesson 12). Here is the link: open.substack.com/pub/matthewl...
June 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Is someone you love applying to college in the next 3 years? The lessons I learned in my new substack post including: the statistics you can find are mostly meaningless (Lesson 6) and early decision (ED) is mostly a scam (Lesson 12). Here is the link: open.substack.com/pub/matthewl...
This is pretty brilliant on multiple levels
May 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This is pretty brilliant on multiple levels
Integrating with other NCC models (Fig 2): RPT handles unstructured sensory experience → CEEing stitches them into coherence pre-reflective experiences → GNWT/HOT broadcast select bits for reflection & report. 8/8
May 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Integrating with other NCC models (Fig 2): RPT handles unstructured sensory experience → CEEing stitches them into coherence pre-reflective experiences → GNWT/HOT broadcast select bits for reflection & report. 8/8
That pattern fits my CEEing model: gestalt cortex fuses raw input with memories, motives & expectations, yielding coherent effortless experiences that feel “given,” not constructed—like invisible AR glasses painting meaning onto the world. 7/8
May 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
That pattern fits my CEEing model: gestalt cortex fuses raw input with memories, motives & expectations, yielding coherent effortless experiences that feel “given,” not constructed—like invisible AR glasses painting meaning onto the world. 7/8
Meta-analysis of differential synchrony studies (Fig 1) highlights Gestalt cortex & posterior medial cortex, where sensory inputs meet personal context. 6/8
May 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Meta-analysis of differential synchrony studies (Fig 1) highlights Gestalt cortex & posterior medial cortex, where sensory inputs meet personal context. 6/8
Neural synchrony measures how two brains’ signals rise/fall together while they watch the same story. Regular synchrony shows shared experience; differential synchrony zooms in on where groups diverge, isolating their unique p-interpretations. 5/8
May 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Neural synchrony measures how two brains’ signals rise/fall together while they watch the same story. Regular synchrony shows shared experience; differential synchrony zooms in on where groups diverge, isolating their unique p-interpretations. 5/8
Subjective experience also integrative: moments blend across time, space, & meaning. Your brain weaves memories, motives, & context together with sensory input, so the now already carries bits of then and next. 4/8
May 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Subjective experience also integrative: moments blend across time, space, & meaning. Your brain weaves memories, motives, & context together with sensory input, so the now already carries bits of then and next. 4/8
Subjectivity is idiosyncratic: what seems like plain fact to me may be “interpretation” to you. Hidden, effortless p-interpretations flow beneath the surface; deliberate r-interpretations float above. 3/8
May 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Subjectivity is idiosyncratic: what seems like plain fact to me may be “interpretation” to you. Hidden, effortless p-interpretations flow beneath the surface; deliberate r-interpretations float above. 3/8
Excited to share my new TiCS paper, currently free to download. After 40 years since I was first obsessed with consciousness, I finally wrote a paper directly about it. A thread on the paper's plot line below. 1/8
May 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Excited to share my new TiCS paper, currently free to download. After 40 years since I was first obsessed with consciousness, I finally wrote a paper directly about it. A thread on the paper's plot line below. 1/8
The cuts to NIH and NSF will cost 100s of billions in the short term and will reduce GPT by ~7% over the next 25-30 years
May 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The cuts to NIH and NSF will cost 100s of billions in the short term and will reduce GPT by ~7% over the next 25-30 years
The scientific catastrophe has formally arrived. This is what Trump's budget would do to science funding in the US. Science funding after WWII is what made the US the powerhouse it is. Is there any US advantage Trump won't squander?
May 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The scientific catastrophe has formally arrived. This is what Trump's budget would do to science funding in the US. Science funding after WWII is what made the US the powerhouse it is. Is there any US advantage Trump won't squander?
Here is a list of all the intervention types reviewed in the paper. (5/5)
February 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Here is a list of all the intervention types reviewed in the paper. (5/5)
Want to make conversations more productive? How you phrase your words can signal receptiveness—helping others stay engaged rather than defensive. This table from the paper breaks down specific language techniques that foster open-minded dialogue. (4/5)
February 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Want to make conversations more productive? How you phrase your words can signal receptiveness—helping others stay engaged rather than defensive. This table from the paper breaks down specific language techniques that foster open-minded dialogue. (4/5)
Open-mindedness isn’t just about hearing the other side—it’s about being willing and able to consider alternative viewpoints. The paper identifies four pathways to fostering open-mindedness: cognitive, motivational, affective, and social. (2/5)
February 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Open-mindedness isn’t just about hearing the other side—it’s about being willing and able to consider alternative viewpoints. The paper identifies four pathways to fostering open-mindedness: cognitive, motivational, affective, and social. (2/5)
Tells you everything you need to know about the composition of X users these days. Also, not sure how much longer I can stand it there. Can only handle so much willful ignorance. I miss all of you being there and balancing things out.
January 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Tells you everything you need to know about the composition of X users these days. Also, not sure how much longer I can stand it there. Can only handle so much willful ignorance. I miss all of you being there and balancing things out.
Heil Trump! Oy
January 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Heil Trump! Oy
Almost everything you need to know about pre-reflective vs. reflective consciousness. Also, Culkin was brilliant in this movie ('A Real Pain')
January 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Almost everything you need to know about pre-reflective vs. reflective consciousness. Also, Culkin was brilliant in this movie ('A Real Pain')
Anyone know why this classic has disappeared from Google Scholar?
January 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Anyone know why this classic has disappeared from Google Scholar?
Hppy Nu Yr! Its is my last day as Editor-in-Chief at SCAN after 20 years. I wanted to say thanks to all of the incredible Associate Editors over the years (too many to name) and to all who submitted amazing work to SCAN. I'm especially grateful to be leaving SCAN in Ajay Satpute's capable hands.
January 2, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Hppy Nu Yr! Its is my last day as Editor-in-Chief at SCAN after 20 years. I wanted to say thanks to all of the incredible Associate Editors over the years (too many to name) and to all who submitted amazing work to SCAN. I'm especially grateful to be leaving SCAN in Ajay Satpute's capable hands.
This is going to be interesting
December 28, 2024 at 4:17 AM
This is going to be interesting
