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“As close to state-funded psychedelic drugs as you can get“. 5* review of Dreamachine in The Guardian. Reserve your free tickets now (London, Cardiff).

“A mind-bending light and sound extravaganza is coming to a town near you, and it could help unravel the mysteries of the brain.” Preview of Dreamachine in this week’s New Scientist. Book your tickets now for the London and Cardiff events, starting May.

“engaging and accessible” … “it is a compelling picture”, new review of Being You in the Times Literary Supplement, by master illusionist Keith Frankish

“After decades of research into the mysteries of consciousness, the British academic has reached a radical conclusion – by way of meditation, surfing and a DIY “dream machine”.” New profile of me in this week’s New Statesman.

Announcing Dreamachine – a one-of-a-kind collective, immersive experience, starting May 2022. All you need to do is close your eyes. Follow us @drea_m_achine

What’s so hard about understanding consciousness? My conversation with Antonio Damasio, hosted by Kristen French of Nautilus, is out now.

Simulating homeostatic, allostatic and goal-directed forms of interoceptive control using active inference – new in Biological Psychology, led by Alec Tschantz and Giovanni Pezzulo, with me, Laura Barca, Domenico Maisto, and Chris Buckley.

My conversation with Azeem Azhar, host of Exponential View and author of (the excellent) Exponential, is out now.  We talk about consciousness, AI, and I get grumpy about the metaverse.

Just out in Nature Communications: A comment by Ehrsson et al, and our response (w/ Pete Lush), on the relation between the the rubber hand illusion and phenomenological control. In which they disagree with us, and we disagree with them.

“Lucid, engaging …  awe inspiring and humane.” Being You is one of New Statesman’s 20 essential reads of 2021, across all categories. I could never have imagined sharing a list with Kazuo Ishiguro – but here we are!