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Michael Pereira

@meaperei

INSERM scientist in Grenoble; perceptual consciousness and metacognition with invasive electrophysiology and single neuron recordings (in humans); http://mpereira.me

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1/6 Happy to share our new paper with @grassocamille.bsky.social and @virginievanw.bsky.social: "Nested contextual change and the temporal compression of episodic memory". www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

27.02.2026 18:25 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

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26.02.2026 18:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Postdoctoral researcher on single neuron recordings for consciousness Contract period: 18 monthsExpected date of employment: June 2026Proportion of work: Full timeSalary: according to INSERM scales (~2900 – 3300 € gross / month based on experience)Desired level of educa...

#hiring
Come work with us to better understand the neuronal mechanism underlying perceptual consciousness!

18 months postdoctoral position at INSERM in Grenoble, France.

βŒ›Application deadline 10 March 2026.

euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/408445

24.02.2026 20:50 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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BAMB! 2026 | Barcelona Summer School for Advanced Modeling of Behavior Intensive training for experienced researchers in cognitive science, computational neuroscience and neuro-AI. Five interconnected modules, expert faculty, hands-on projects. July 12-23, 2026.

Applications for BAMB! 2026 are officially open!

Join us in Barcelona (July 12–23) to master the art of behavioral modeling with our incredible faculty:

@meganakpeters.bsky.social
@marcelomattar.bsky.social
@khamascience.bsky.social
@thecharleywu.bsky.social

Apply now here: www.bambschool.org

12.02.2026 13:08 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

Deadline in 3 days (Thursday 5th) to apply for a PhD with me and @ktsetsos.bsky.social at Trinity College Dublin in Cognitive Computational Neuroscience / neuro-AI. Please share!

02.02.2026 09:26 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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The Human Insula Reimagined: Single Neurons Respond to Simple Sounds during Passive Listening The insula is critical for integrating sensory information from the body with that arising from the environment. Although previous studies suggested that posterior insula is sensitive to sounds, these...

"The Human Insula Reimagined: Single Neurons Respond to Simple Sounds during Passive Listening"

Single neuron activity in the insula
#iEEG

in #JNeurosci @sfnjournals.bsky.social

www.jneurosci.org/content/46/4...

29.01.2026 09:58 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New PhD and post-doc job openings!

Join me and Prof. Nina Kazanina @ Uni Geneva, Switzerland, to take part in an exciting project on relations and binding in language and vision, explored with cutting-edge neurophysiology (#iEEG and MEG).

Full details in the job offer below.

30.01.2026 10:41 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4
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PhD Scholarship

My Centre is a unique place to do a PhD in Philosophy, because you can be in constant contact with experts in veterinary medicine, psychology, zoology and policy and be part of a team united by a shared interest in animal minds. We now have our 1st ever PhD scholarship: www.lse.ac.uk/sentience/phd

30.01.2026 07:39 πŸ‘ 144 πŸ” 77 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 6
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Postdoc position in Paris: come help develop new generation human brain computer interfaces βš‘πŸ§ πŸ’»

Interested? Contact me if you have experience with machine learning (e.g. simulation-based inference, RL, generative/diffusion models) or dynamical systems.

See below for + details and retweet πŸ™

27.01.2026 22:12 πŸ‘ 75 πŸ” 56 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 5

Are you sure there’s no mosquito in the room?
With @matanmazor.bsky.social, Chichi DΓ©zier, @nfaivre.bsky.social & Louise Goupil, we study how we combine multiple sensory sources to be confident in presence and absence: While detection rely on one modality, confidence requires both channels to align!

26.01.2026 06:49 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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main goal for this year: find a new job! πŸ™‚

looking for a role with fun & complex technical challenges & within a great community. my main expertise is in signal processing/EEG/MEG, but topic-wise I am quite flexible.

science/industry both great! starting mid-year. nschawor.github.io/cv

16.01.2026 10:14 πŸ‘ 102 πŸ” 66 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

Check out our literature review (reviewed preprint) on intracranial correlates of consciousness expertly led by @francoisstock.bsky.social and highlighting possible key anatomical substrates and temporal dynamics!

15.01.2026 14:35 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The human insula reimagined: Single neurons respond to simple sounds during passive listening The insula is critical for integrating sensory information from the body with that arising from the environment. Although previous studies suggested that posterior insula is sensitive to sounds, these...

Our paper is out now in J Neuroscience (currently in "accepted paper" form). We directly record single neurons in human insula, as well as primary auditory cortex, while participants passively listen to simple sounds. @sfnjournals.bsky.social www.jneurosci.org/content/earl... (1/5) πŸ§ πŸ“ˆπŸ§΅πŸ‘‡

11.12.2025 14:25 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Seven-parameter drift-diffusion pdfs and cdfs now in Stan | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science

Seven-parameter drift-diffusion pdfs and cdfs now in Stan
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/12/11/s...

11.12.2025 21:00 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
MESEC | MESEC Winter School 2026

πŸŽ‰ APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN πŸŽ‰
Join the MESEC Winter School 2026 in Ephesus, Turkey, March 22–28. πŸ—“οΈβ˜€οΈ
A week of methods, ideas, and deep dives into consciousness with an international community.
Apply now and share the call. 🧠
πŸ”— mesec.co/event/winter...

09.12.2025 20:30 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Interested in whether EEG frequency-tagging can be used to measure conscious perception (visibility and confidence)? Check out our new preprint with @axc.bsky.social and AdΓ©laΓ―de de Heering!
osf.io/preprints/ps...

27.11.2025 09:41 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Neural correlates of perceptual consciousness from within: a narrative review of human intracranial research Despite many years of research, the quest to identify neural correlates of perceptual consciousness (NCC) remains unresolved. One major obstacle lies in methodological limitations: most studies rely o...

Everything you always wanted to know about intracranial correlates of #consciousness (but were afraid to ask):
arxiv.org/abs/2510.08736

With @francoisstock.bsky.social, @liadmudrik.bsky.social, @meaperei.bsky.social and many great clinicians too busy for bsky!

#iEEG

13.10.2025 06:07 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

🚨 PhD/Postdoc alert πŸ‘‡

If you are interested in doing a PhD/Postdoc in computational psychiatry (starting Sept 2026), do get in touch by October 4th at ondrej.zika@pm.me :)

Any inquiries are welcome. To apply, please attach your CV, half page motivation and half page research statements.

01.10.2025 15:22 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We’re looking for a postdoc to join our Max Planck group in Germany some time in 2026. If you have computational and/or neuroimaging expertise, and are interested in questions intersecting perception and cognition, please reach out! I’ll also be happy to chat at the #Bernsteinconference this week.

29.09.2025 17:15 πŸ‘ 63 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Leaky evidence accumulation for near-threshold stimuli in a late-sensory area, even during passive viewing! What a joy to work with @francoisstock.bsky.social! With @nfaivre.bsky.social and many others, including Ramla Msheik for the computational model. #iEEG #consci #neuroskyence

29.09.2025 17:42 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Introducing hMFC: A Bayesian hierarchical model of trial-to-trial fluctuations in decision criterion! Now out in @plos.org Comp Bio.
led by Robin Vloeberghs with @anne-urai.bsky.social Scott Linderman

Paper: desenderlab.com/wp-content/u... Thread ↓↓↓

#PsychSciSky #Neuroscience #Neuroskyence

25.09.2025 09:13 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

WE ARE HIRING!!

Official posting coming soon for a tenure track assistant professor job in Psychology at George Mason University. Focus on Computational Cognitive Neuroscience and AI.

I’m chairing the search committee, so DMs and emails welcome.

16.09.2025 21:20 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Last days to apply!

26.08.2025 16:48 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

We are recruiting a new PI at the FIL @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social, Associate or Full Professor. This is an amazing place to do cognitive neuroscience, in the heart of London. If you or someone you know might be interested, please pass it on. #neuroskyence

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

08.08.2025 10:52 πŸ‘ 58 πŸ” 69 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Confidence in absence as confidence in counterfactual visibility: a CogSci proceedings paper with star MSc student Maya Schipper, is now out on PsyArXiv:

osf.io/preprints/ps...

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23.07.2025 03:23 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
Open positions

We are hiring! We have open PhD and postdoc positions in Bern. Join us to study sleep/wake circuits, and/or auditory functions with iEEG/EEG #iEEG #Neurojobs

Postdoc: neuro.inf.unibe.ch/menu/announc...
PhD: neuro.inf.unibe.ch/menu/announc...

21.07.2025 08:39 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“£ We are hiring! πŸ“£

#BCBL has new PhD positions available for you!

πŸ”Έ 1 PhD – #Neurolinguistics and #Aphasia Group
πŸ”Έ 1 PhD – #PerceptualInference Group
πŸ”Έ 1 PhD – #BrainRhythms and #Cognition Group

The application deadline is soon!

+info πŸ‘‡

www.bcbl.eu/es/unete-a-n...

18.07.2025 11:18 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Hello ppl at #ASSC2025, we'd love your fb on our work!!
πŸͺ§Pauline Laurent's poster (26; doubt in OCD; Mon 12:30)
πŸͺ§Shiva Mahdian's poster (210; intracranial NCCs; Tue 4:30)
πŸͺ§ @azizac.bsky.social's poster (342; priors & false-alarms; Wed 4:30)
πŸ“£My talk on comp. model and intracranial NCCs (Wed 16:10)

07.07.2025 07:53 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hello world!

The account of the editorial team of Neuroscience of Consciousness is live!

We are the journal of @theassc.bsky.social, and we publish scientific articles on #consciousness 🧠πŸ§ͺ

@ademertzi.bsky.social and @thomasandrillon.bsky.social will be at @assc28.bsky.social if you want to chat!

06.07.2025 06:13 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Pre-stimulus beta power mediates explicit and implicit perceptual biases in distinct cortical areas - Communications Psychology Two EEG studies in healthy human adults suggest that choice history and stimulus probability-induced biases in somatosensory perception are reflected in distinct prestimulus beta power modulations acr...

Check out my published PhD work including links to analysis code and EEG data (n=83): www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Big thank you to my co-authors, the editor and the reviewers.

22.06.2025 23:21 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1