Monash Centre for Consciousness & Contemplative Studies (M3CS)
M3CS | A unique interdisciplinary centre at Monash University. Through research and education, we explore consciousness, mindfulness, and our connection to each other and the planet.
Learn more: monash.edu/m3cs
- 🧠 What happens when your mind goes blank? New research paper from @monash-m3cs.bsky.social members exploring mind blanking - those moments when thoughts vanish and awareness fades. A collaboration between our team and European colleagues, sparked during @antoinelutz.bsky.social year with us. Link 👇
- 📣Free Event📣 🤔Can being more mindful help us think more clearly? 🤨Can sharper thinking make us more mindful? Join Craig Hassed & @andymckilliam.bsky.social in this free lunchtime webinar to find out. 🗓️ 8 May | 🕛 12–12:50pm AEST | 💻 Online 🔗 events.humanitix.com/mindful-crit...
- How does seeing Earth from afar reshape our understanding of human significance? 🌍 👇Read the article below from our very own Tim Bayne.👇
- Join us for our May Seminar! We’re excited to welcome Buddhist teacher & author Andy Karr in conversation with @kevinberryman.bsky.social for a thought-provoking discussion: Mind vs Brain – Is There More to Consciousness? 📅 Thursday 1 May 2025 ⏰ 12:00 – 12:50 PM AEST 💻 Online & free - register below
- New episode! In this episode we are joined by Dr. Saurabh Sonkusare to learn about Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) 🧠 We hear about how DBS works and its uses in psychiatry and research 🔬 links in 🧵 @monash-m3cs.bsky.social
- Have you ever wondered how the built environment effects your mood? 💭🏘️ Is it true that red rooms make you angry? 😡 This week we sit down with Dr. Isabella Bower to discuss her on research on how the built environment can impact our mental health 🌇 (links in 🧵) @monash-m3cs.bsky.social
- 📣Free Online Event: Join us this week as @amishijha.bsky.social & Prof. Craig Hassed explore the science of focus & how to reclaim it. 🧠Peak Mind - The Power of Attention 📅 3 April 2025 ⏰ 12:00 - 12:50 PM (AEST) 👉 Register here: events.humanitix.com/peak-mind-wi... @hohwy.bsky.social #Neuroscience
- 🤔Ever wondered how mindfulness influences your mind? Here is a chance to find out & be part of the research! We’re looking for participants for a free online study with our colleagues @victoriauniversity.bsky.social Find out more👇https://monash.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0lIFxAdCJJ7qA2G?Q_CHL=qr
- We are seeking participants for a free online mindfulness study together with colleagues from @monash-m3cs.bsky.social @hohwy.bsky.social See details below, and follow this link for more information lnkd.in/gwCrne7v #research #mindfulness #meditation #psychology
- 📣New research alert! A fascinating study by @andrejevic.bsky.social @hohwy.bsky.social and Linda Barclay exploring the distinction between dignity and respect and why it matters! 👀👀
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- 📣 Free online event: Join @pliknaitzky.bsky.social (Monash Clinical Psychedelic Lab), as he discusses the role of psychedelics in therapy & their potential for transforming treatment at our seminar: 🗓️ Thursday, 6 March 2025 ⏰ 12:00 – 12:50 PM AEDT 💻 Zoom 👇 Register via the link in the comments 👇
- register here: events.humanitix.com/psychedelics...
- A fabulous day of M3CS PhD presentations - Lars Sandved-Smith on pure awareness, @shawnprest.bsky.social on defabrication in meditation, @bethfisher.bsky.social Fisher on optimism and gratitude. All done brilliantly with active inference and FEP modelling. #neuroskyence #philsky
- Followed by a celebration from this wonderful group of current M3CS PhD students, with bon voyage to recent graduates departing for new postdoc adventures.
- Check out this fabulous paper led by @bethfisher.bsky.social with @christopherjwhyte.bsky.social on optimism bias! @monash-m3cs.bsky.social
- Excited to have our new paper out in @cpsyjournal.bsky.social 🎉✨ with my amazing co-authors @christopherjwhyte.bsky.social @hohwy.bsky.social We develop an active inference model of the optimism bias to model development, belief updating and optimistic action. cpsyjournal.org/articles/10....
- Frame and relevance problems from the perspective of predictive processing - new paper led by @monash-m3cs.bsky.social's Tom Darling #philsky www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- New episode!! We sit down with Dr. Nina Rajcic to discuss her work using LLMs in her art practice giving us a new perspectives for thinking about AI 💭🤖 We share our thoughts about the future of AI in art and its connections to tech 🎨 #philsky #ai @monash-m3cs.bsky.social
