Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience
@uofg-cspe.bsky.social
Research Centre at the University of Glasgow https://www.gla.ac.uk/cspe/
Our Philosophy, Psychology and Neuroscience seminar starts today. Our first session is:
‘The aims of self-control’, Polaris Koi (University of Turku)
15th of September, 3-5pm (UK Time)
Seminar Room on level 5 at 62 Hillhead (the Psychology Building)
‘The aims of self-control’, Polaris Koi (University of Turku)
15th of September, 3-5pm (UK Time)
Seminar Room on level 5 at 62 Hillhead (the Psychology Building)
September 15, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Our Philosophy, Psychology and Neuroscience seminar starts today. Our first session is:
‘The aims of self-control’, Polaris Koi (University of Turku)
15th of September, 3-5pm (UK Time)
Seminar Room on level 5 at 62 Hillhead (the Psychology Building)
‘The aims of self-control’, Polaris Koi (University of Turku)
15th of September, 3-5pm (UK Time)
Seminar Room on level 5 at 62 Hillhead (the Psychology Building)
We have an exciting opportunity for a Research Assistant to contribute to a project ‘Confession & Flourishing’ with Co-PIs Michael Brady (Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience, University of Glasgow) and Eranda Jayawickreme (Wake Forest University).
June 30, 2025 at 12:12 PM
We have an exciting opportunity for a Research Assistant to contribute to a project ‘Confession & Flourishing’ with Co-PIs Michael Brady (Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience, University of Glasgow) and Eranda Jayawickreme (Wake Forest University).
Come and experience various hallucinations and illusions to learn more about the wonders of your mind. Join us at the Riverside Museum from 11am – 3pm on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th June 2025 as part of Glasgow Science Festival.
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Explore Your Mind Through the Power of Illusion
Experience optical illusions with the University of Glasgow
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May 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Come and experience various hallucinations and illusions to learn more about the wonders of your mind. Join us at the Riverside Museum from 11am – 3pm on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th June 2025 as part of Glasgow Science Festival.
www.gla.ac.uk/events/scien...
www.gla.ac.uk/events/scien...
The Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience (CSPE) has now been in existence for twenty years! We are going to hold a celebratory 20th Anniversary Conference on 4 – 6th June 2025 in Glasgow. We would love for you to join us.
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April 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience (CSPE) has now been in existence for twenty years! We are going to hold a celebratory 20th Anniversary Conference on 4 – 6th June 2025 in Glasgow. We would love for you to join us.
Who’s who?
February 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Who’s who?
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Glasgow Philosophy is looking to hire two new colleagues! 🎉
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Lecturer in Moral/Social/Political Philosophy (Research and Teaching Track) at University of Glasgow
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Lecturer in Moral/Social/Political Philosophy (Research and Teaching Track) on jobs.ac.uk!
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October 31, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Glasgow Philosophy is looking to hire two new colleagues! 🎉
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKK155/l...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKK159/l...
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www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKK159/l...
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Illusion of the Fortnight
October 17, 2024 at 12:29 PM
Illusion of the Fortnight
Fascinating and informative explanation of how AI is trained to produce images from text prompts and how AI is being used to generate new forms of ambiguous image. youtu.be/FMRi6pNAoag?...
This new type of illusion is really hard to make
YouTube video by Steve Mould
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September 19, 2024 at 10:34 AM
Fascinating and informative explanation of how AI is trained to produce images from text prompts and how AI is being used to generate new forms of ambiguous image. youtu.be/FMRi6pNAoag?...
Today researchers at Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience (Ben Colburn, Derek Brown, Neil McDonnell, Calum Hodgson, Laura Fearnley and Fiona Macpherson,
@macpherson.bsky.social) who took part in a Royal Society of Edinburgh network on Augmented Reality, launch our 1/3
@macpherson.bsky.social) who took part in a Royal Society of Edinburgh network on Augmented Reality, launch our 1/3
May 23, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Today researchers at Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience (Ben Colburn, Derek Brown, Neil McDonnell, Calum Hodgson, Laura Fearnley and Fiona Macpherson,
@macpherson.bsky.social) who took part in a Royal Society of Edinburgh network on Augmented Reality, launch our 1/3
@macpherson.bsky.social) who took part in a Royal Society of Edinburgh network on Augmented Reality, launch our 1/3
A philosophy postdoctoral position on the SENSOR Project has been advertised. The project has been funded by a joint AHRC and DFG grant and brings together a team from the Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience, University of Glasgow (Derek Brown, Jack Lyons,
April 8, 2024 at 4:38 PM
A philosophy postdoctoral position on the SENSOR Project has been advertised. The project has been funded by a joint AHRC and DFG grant and brings together a team from the Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience, University of Glasgow (Derek Brown, Jack Lyons,
Upcoming PPN talk on Monday 11th March with Professor Sascha Fink! We hope you can make it:
Sascha Benjamin Fink (FAU Erlangen)
Monday, 11th March (3-5pm GMT)
Room 303, 57 Oakfield (and online)
‘Epistemic Risks and Psychedelics’
Want to come? Email Derek.Brown.2@glasgow.ac.uk for the zoom link.
Sascha Benjamin Fink (FAU Erlangen)
Monday, 11th March (3-5pm GMT)
Room 303, 57 Oakfield (and online)
‘Epistemic Risks and Psychedelics’
Want to come? Email Derek.Brown.2@glasgow.ac.uk for the zoom link.
March 5, 2024 at 11:12 AM
Upcoming PPN talk on Monday 11th March with Professor Sascha Fink! We hope you can make it:
Sascha Benjamin Fink (FAU Erlangen)
Monday, 11th March (3-5pm GMT)
Room 303, 57 Oakfield (and online)
‘Epistemic Risks and Psychedelics’
Want to come? Email Derek.Brown.2@glasgow.ac.uk for the zoom link.
Sascha Benjamin Fink (FAU Erlangen)
Monday, 11th March (3-5pm GMT)
Room 303, 57 Oakfield (and online)
‘Epistemic Risks and Psychedelics’
Want to come? Email Derek.Brown.2@glasgow.ac.uk for the zoom link.
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Want to do a PhD? Want to investigate the Perception Census and work with @anilseth.bsky.social and me? Here's an amazing opportunity: www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
February 29, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Want to do a PhD? Want to investigate the Perception Census and work with @anilseth.bsky.social and me? Here's an amazing opportunity: www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
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What do do a PhD? Want to investigate the Perception Census and work with @anilseth.bsky.social and me? Here's an amazing opportunity: www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
February 29, 2024 at 1:21 PM
What do do a PhD? Want to investigate the Perception Census and work with @anilseth.bsky.social and me? Here's an amazing opportunity: www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
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⭐️ The next Illusion of the Fortnight talk is coming soon! ⭐️ Online (zoom) @UofGlasgow @UofGPsychNeuro @UofGCSPE.
Next talk: Tuesday 27 Feb 12-1pm UK time, Shuma Tsurumi
Full schedule below👇Want to join? Contact Derek.Brown.2@glasgow.ac.uk
Next talk: Tuesday 27 Feb 12-1pm UK time, Shuma Tsurumi
Full schedule below👇Want to join? Contact Derek.Brown.2@glasgow.ac.uk
February 15, 2024 at 5:43 PM
⭐️ The next Illusion of the Fortnight talk is coming soon! ⭐️ Online (zoom) @UofGlasgow @UofGPsychNeuro @UofGCSPE.
Next talk: Tuesday 27 Feb 12-1pm UK time, Shuma Tsurumi
Full schedule below👇Want to join? Contact Derek.Brown.2@glasgow.ac.uk
Next talk: Tuesday 27 Feb 12-1pm UK time, Shuma Tsurumi
Full schedule below👇Want to join? Contact Derek.Brown.2@glasgow.ac.uk
Such a great Gestalt switch!
January 29, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Such a great Gestalt switch!
Sending you warm season's greetings.
December 20, 2023 at 11:54 PM
Sending you warm season's greetings.
We are delighted to announce that @andreablomkvist.bsky.social has won a @britishacademy.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellowship and a U of Glasgow LKAS Fellowship, which she will take up in January 2024, at the Centre, working with @macpherson.bsky.social. Her project is 'Re-making Mental Imagery'.
December 12, 2023 at 8:35 PM
We are delighted to announce that @andreablomkvist.bsky.social has won a @britishacademy.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellowship and a U of Glasgow LKAS Fellowship, which she will take up in January 2024, at the Centre, working with @macpherson.bsky.social. Her project is 'Re-making Mental Imagery'.
Funding Announcement: Sensory Engineering (SENSOR) Project
Researchers at the Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience, University of Glasgow, Dr Derek Brown, Prof Jack Lyons and Prof Fiona Macpherson, in collaboration with Prof Sascha Benjamin Fink, currently at the Otto von Guericke
Researchers at the Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience, University of Glasgow, Dr Derek Brown, Prof Jack Lyons and Prof Fiona Macpherson, in collaboration with Prof Sascha Benjamin Fink, currently at the Otto von Guericke
December 2, 2023 at 12:25 PM
Funding Announcement: Sensory Engineering (SENSOR) Project
Researchers at the Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience, University of Glasgow, Dr Derek Brown, Prof Jack Lyons and Prof Fiona Macpherson, in collaboration with Prof Sascha Benjamin Fink, currently at the Otto von Guericke
Researchers at the Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience, University of Glasgow, Dr Derek Brown, Prof Jack Lyons and Prof Fiona Macpherson, in collaboration with Prof Sascha Benjamin Fink, currently at the Otto von Guericke
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The Arts and Humanities Alliance remains deeply concerned by news of proposed closures & redundancies in a number of our disciplines: Languages & cultures at Aberdeen University and most recently the planned cuts to English, History, Film, & closure of Music at Oxford Brookes.
November 18, 2023 at 11:27 AM
The Arts and Humanities Alliance remains deeply concerned by news of proposed closures & redundancies in a number of our disciplines: Languages & cultures at Aberdeen University and most recently the planned cuts to English, History, Film, & closure of Music at Oxford Brookes.
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Guest Blog on the British Science Association's website: www.britishscienceassociation.org/.../guest-bl....
The Perception Census closes on 31 October. Please take part now or complete the different sections if you've already started: perceptioncensus.dreamachine.world.
The Perception Census closes on 31 October. Please take part now or complete the different sections if you've already started: perceptioncensus.dreamachine.world.
October 27, 2023 at 11:43 AM
Guest Blog on the British Science Association's website: www.britishscienceassociation.org/.../guest-bl....
The Perception Census closes on 31 October. Please take part now or complete the different sections if you've already started: perceptioncensus.dreamachine.world.
The Perception Census closes on 31 October. Please take part now or complete the different sections if you've already started: perceptioncensus.dreamachine.world.
Conference: Augmented Reality: Ethics, Perception, Metaphysics 9th and 10th November 2023 Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience, University of Glasgow
October 13, 2023 at 12:30 PM
Conference: Augmented Reality: Ethics, Perception, Metaphysics 9th and 10th November 2023 Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience, University of Glasgow
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The Perception Census is closing on Tuesday 31st October. If you’ve already completed some sections please consider doing a few more. We get such powerful data from people completing many sections. And if you haven’t given it a try yet, we’d grateful if you would. Thank you!
The Perception Census
Take part in one of the largest scientific studies on
perceptual diversity ever undertaken, brought together by a team of world-leading scientists and philosophers.
perceptioncensus.dreamachine.world
October 3, 2023 at 6:08 PM
The Perception Census is closing on Tuesday 31st October. If you’ve already completed some sections please consider doing a few more. We get such powerful data from people completing many sections. And if you haven’t given it a try yet, we’d grateful if you would. Thank you!
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I was interviewed today on BBC Radio 4's Inside Science about perception and The Perception Census.
BBC Inside Science - Assembly theory - BBC Sounds
Could a radical theory help us understand the origins of life?
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October 12, 2023 at 9:49 PM
I was interviewed today on BBC Radio 4's Inside Science about perception and The Perception Census.