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Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience

  • Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience
  • About the Centre
  • Philosophy, Psychology and Neuroscience Research Seminars
  • IotF Seminar
  • Projects and collaborations
  • CSPE news and events
  • Public engagement and knowledge exchange
  • Visiting and studying opportunities
  • The Illusions Index
  • Extreme Imagination - Art Exhibition
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  • 13 Sep

    2023 CogX Award

    The Dreamachine Project has won the 2023 CogX award for Best Innovation in Creative Arts. Professor Fiona Macpherson is the co-academic lead on the project.
  • 28 Jul

    Fiona Macpherson’s work featured in the New Scientist's cover story

    Revealed: What your thoughts look like and how they compare to others’
  • 17 Jul

    Heather Annan, PhD Student, Wins Multiple Prestigious Scholarships

    Heather Annan, a PhD student at the Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience has won a Kennedy Memorial Scholarhsip to be a Visiting Fellow at MIT for 2023-2024. This follows on the heels of her recent award of a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Summer Programme Scholarship which is enabling Heather to spend several months this summer, 2023, conducting research at the University of Tokyo.
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The Illusions Index

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