We are very happy to welcome Marie Chancel as a new postdoctoral scholar in the Metaction team! Marie obtained a PhD from Marseille university, and worked for 5 years as a postdoc at the Karolinka Institute. With us, she will focus on better understanding metacognitive failures. More details here. Welcome Marie :-)

In this opinion article, we argue that the scientific study of consciousness cannot, and should not, be morally neutral. This has big implications, notably regarding the question of animal models of consciousness. More details here.

A new fMRI study led by Giedre Stripeikyte in collaboration with Olaf Blanke’s lab shows that the phenomenon of attenuation is not limited to sensory events but extends to non-perceptual cognitive processes. More details here.

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