@birchalexander
PhD Candidate in Psychology, CIIS (CA). Research interests: micro-phenomenology · enactivism (4EA) · embodied consciousness · intersex/VSC & migration · neuroanthropology aleksanderberezkin.weebly.com Intersex migrant (47,XXY Ks)· they/he ·👬🏳️🌈
An example of how scientific constructs emerge and shift as knowledge accumulates. It also raises the question of what broader contexts (not only scientific) may shape such growth.
Slide outlining the interoception field’s construct validity crisis, research challenges, and a topic-modeling solution.
Graphs show rapid growth of interoception research topics, with cardiac interoception becoming dominant.
Graphs show rising topic diversity but declining coherence in interoception research over time.
One presentation at the 13th #MindBrainBody caught my attention.
Sixun Hou (Cambridge) mapped a century of interoception research using topic modelling.
The field is expanding rapidly, yet conceptual coherence is declining, suggesting fragmentation beneath apparent convergence.
#MBBS2026 #MBB
Ending the day with a #Micro-Phenomenology Lab session on “Micro-phenomenology and Focusing.”Exploring experiential memory & present felt sensation through both methods.
Grateful to Dr. Thorgeirsdottir for sharing materials on #embodied thinking afterward.
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
Just registered for the workshop “Diversity and the Organism.”
The program includes discussions on race and population descriptors in biomedicine, patient experience as knowledge in medicine, and epistemic #diversity in science.
Presentation title slide: 'Mind-body dualism as social signalling' by Matan Mazor, March 2026. Affiliated with All Souls College University of Oxford, Oxford Self-Modelling Group, and Experimental Psychology
Slide titled 'So, what is going on?' showing a diagram of the proposed model. Two inputs Attention Schema and Theory of Mind plus Intuitive Physics — feed into a central box labelled 'A private dualistic belief.' This connects bidirectionally with 'Public expressions of dualism,' which is also influenced by 'Social incentives' from above.
Thanks, @matanmazor.bsky.social, for a great talk on dualism as social signalling.
A question: can experimental methods approach moral belief neutrally, or do we always need an explicit translation framework between lived experience and measurement? Does method co-constitute what we find? #consci
Mm, I like this idea to use comics language to explain complex concepts with irony and visual metaphors:)
“A radical new theory suggests something different: The brain doesn’t only generate #consciousness; rather, consciousness itself can influence the brain’s physical dynamics — and it leaves physical traces when it does.”
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@mindandlifeeu.bsky.social open call for Summer Research Institute topic “Opening in the Midst of Uncertainty: Expanding Time.” Deadline is 31st March, 2026.
ESRI 2026 will take place from 25th – 29th July 2026 (Austria).
#consciousness #contemplative
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"Reality Is Not a Controlled Hallucination" by yours truly iai.tv/articles/rea...
Very timely question about autism dermotcasey.net/the-challeng...
For International Women’s Day, we’re revisiting this powerful Essay by Mallory Feldman and Kristen Lindquist which explores how women’s experiences – of pain, hunger, emotions – are at once enculturated and embodied buff.ly/mUdevDA #InternationalWomensDay
International Women’s Day
Happy International Women’s Day.
In solidarity with women in all their diversity, including women of color, queer, intersex, and trans women — and the ongoing struggle for their dignity and equality.
Today is #InternationalWomensDay, a time to reflect on the achievements of women and girls and celebrate advancements towards equality — including for female migrants
Mm, yummy 😋
Probably in his psychedelic dreams he is. I think the more important question here is not about his happiness, but about the asker, and the reason for their interest in this subject.:)
No I don’t know; I think it is better to ask her directly about an online version. The lecture was not recorded, and she mentioned that it is her first public lecture about this topic.
Ann-Sophie Barwich standing next to a projected slide titled “On Loving the World: Revisiting the Scientific Image with Arendt and Haraway” during a lecture at Boston University.
Event poster for a lecture titled “On Loving the World: Revisiting the Scientific Image with Arendt and Haraway” by Ann-Sophie Barwich at Boston University, hosted by the Center for Philosophy and History of Science and the Department of Anthropology.
Attended a talk by Ann-Sophie Barwich @smellosopher.bsky.social on science, embodiment, amor mundi (Arendt).
It raised an interesting question for me: how does love for the world relate to analyses of embodied consciousness in institutional contexts?
#phenomenology #embodiedcognition #enactivism
Moving the narrative from competition to care?
Check out the ENSO Seminar Series if you are interested in embodied and enactive approaches to cognitive science...
www.youtube.com/live/kUqWHB-...
There are many wonderful ideas to be explored on the ENSO website: www.ensoseminars.com/people
Very interesting! Thank you for sharing
I don't think science can explain consciousness but it's crucial for helping us to understand it.
Klinefelter syndrome 47, xxy
Hypogonadism, adipose tissue inflammation, and adipose tissue circadian clock disruption promote metabolic dysfunction in Klinefelter syndrome” (Feb 13, 2026)
What if metabolic rhythm is part of cognitive architecture?
Recent research on Klinefelter (47,XXY) #intersex variation suggests persistent systemic dysregulation beyond hormones.
In this context, self-regulation and bodily sensitivity may be constitutive of #embodiedcognition and consciousness.
It's a great pleasure to announce a second workshop on questions of measurement!
While our first workshop was dedicated to questions of measurement in #ConSci, this workshop focuses on the foundations of measurement across the sciences.
This Essay interrogates the work of Walter Mignolo, a significant theorist of decoloniality, and asks: Is it enough to be a theoretician when it comes to decolonisation, or does it require an active engagement in politics?
Sunset
Infinite
Zen
Happy moment of peaceful mind, and gratitude for the life 🧘♂️ #sunset #greenportny
Advancing Intersex Healyh Across Fields
Variations of Sex Characteristics
Health Challenges
I just attended an important dialogue on #IntersexHealth disparities and health equity.
Grateful to the speakers for their work across clinical care, research, and policy 💛💜
Report:
interactadvocates.org/wp-content/u...
#Intersex #HealthEquity #LGBTQHealth
Thank you for your article! That’s why in my research, I am focusing on the phenomenological structure of embodied lived experiences and consciousness among intersex migrants.
Intersex human rights: a double-edged sword by Mireia Garces de Marcilla
A central argument of the article is that human-rights frameworks translate lived suffering into juridical categories, risking a misdescription of its phenomenological texture.
In my research on #intersex migration, I use #micro-phenomenology to rethink autonomy, agency beyond procedural models.
Street art?:)
On Feb 23-24, I participated in the BAMΞ workshop “Towards a Measurement Theory for Consciousness Science”
Great discussions on how to relate phenomenology, measurement theory, and embodied experience in #consci research.
I shared some reflections here www.linkedin.com/posts/aleksa...