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CSPE 20th Anniversary Celebratory Conference

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 11:44:00 BST

The Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience (CSPE) has now been in existence for twenty years! We are going to hold a celebratory 20th Anniversary Conference on 4 – 6th June 2025 in Glasgow. We would love for you to join us.

New Foundations of the Structure of Perception
New Foundations of the Structure of Perception

Professor Macpherson awarded RSE grant

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 15:15:00 GMT

For a project on New Foundations of the Structure of Perception with collaborator Professor EJ Green from Johns Hopkins University.

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The Hidden REF Competition 700x300

Perception Census wins prize

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 14:58:17 GMT

at the Hidden REF Competition

Augmented Reality Policy Launch
Augmented Reality Policy Launch

Augmented Reality Policy Launch

Sun, 19 May 2024 10:54:00 BST

Researchers will be launching their new augmented reality (AR) policy report at the Advanced Research Centre, on 23 May, where they will share the story of their research network, the research findings, and discuss their policy recommendations.

Andrea Blomqvist
Andrea Blomqvist

New British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow

Tue, 12 Dec 2023 10:54:00 GMT

We are delighted to welcome Dr. Andrea Blomkvist from 1 January 2024 to the CSPE.

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SENSOR

Funding Announcement: Sensory Engineering (SENSOR) Project

Mon, 04 Dec 2023 16:05:00 GMT

Researchers at the CSPE, and their collaborator in Germany have won an AHRC-DFG grant of approximately three quarters of a million pounds to fund work on the philosophy of perception.

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A zoom shot of the Uni Tower and campus viewed from a drone

Final workshop for AR: Ethics, Perception, Metaphysics project

Sat, 28 Oct 2023 13:43:00 BST

9 and 10 November 2023

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Lumen Prize 700x300

Dreamachine wins Lumen Prize for Immersive Environment

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 16:51:56 BST

Another prize for this exciting research project

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BBC Inside Science

Fiona Macpherson appeared on BBC Inside Science

Mon, 16 Oct 2023 16:08:00 BST

She reveals how this could help shine a light on consciousness and what it means to be human.

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White text made of dots on black backgroud saying 'Dreamachine'

The Dreamachine Project wins 2023 CogX award for Best Innovation in Creative Arts

Wed, 13 Sep 2023 09:53:00 BST

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.

Fiona Macpherson cover story in the New Scientist
Fiona Macpherson cover story in the New Scientist

Fiona Macpherson’s work featured in the cover story, “How Are You Thinking?”, for the New Scientist.

Fri, 28 Jul 2023 09:53:00 BST

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

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Heather Annan

Heather Annan, PhD Student, Wins Multiple Prestigious Scholarships

Mon, 17 Jul 2023 17:41:00 BST

Heather Annan, a PhD student at the Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience has won a Kennedy Memorial Scholarship 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.

New Perspectives on Dreaming
New Perspectives on Dreaming

Conference on New Perspectives on Dreaming

Wed, 03 May 2023 17:41:00 BST

3-4 July 2023

Neil McDonell
Neil McDonell

Neil McDonnell and colleagues secure a multi-million pound grant for their two-year Museums in the Metaverse project.

Wed, 29 Mar 2023 16:41:00 BST

Neil McDonnell and colleagues secure a multi-million pound grant for their two-year Museums in the Metaverse project. This grant is from the UK government under the new "levelling up" Innovation Accelerator scheme.

Finalists for the Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2023
Finalists for the Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2023

Finalists for the Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2023

Thu, 16 Feb 2023 16:41:00 GMT

The finalists have been revealed for the Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2023, the annual celebration of business-academic partnerships, hosted by Interface.

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Picture of Dr Hannah Fry looking through an eyeglass which makes her eye look big and Prof Adam Rutherford on a black background with white question marks popping forward

Macpherson on The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry

Tue, 10 Jan 2023 18:32:00 GMT

The CSPE's Fiona Macpherson was a guest on the BBC Radio 4 Programme The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry on 10th January 2023. The case was the Blind Mind's Eye and Fiona discussed how different philosophers' and psychologists' imagery capacities may have influenced their thoeries of how the mind works.

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Macpherson's Work on Aphantasia Featured in the Sunday Post

Sun, 11 Dec 2022 18:32:00 GMT

Fiona Macpherson's was interviewd in the Sunday Post about aphantasia - the reduced ability to form mental imagery.

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A black megaphone on a mustard yellow background with the words,

Macpherson is Guest on Philosophy Takes On The News Podcast

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 18:32:00 GMT

The CSPE's Fiona Macpherson was a guest on the Philosophy Takes On The News podcast, on 9th December 2022 on Series 2, Episode 8. It was the end of year special on constitutional reforms, crypto and effective altruism, end of year round-up, plus hopes and fears for 2023.

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The Royal Society of Edinburgh logo. White text on blakc backgrouns saying

McDonnell has article on VR in education in RSE's ReSourcE magazine

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 18:32:00 GMT

Neil McDonnell's article, “Enhanced Learning: Into the Metaverse” is published in ReSourcE, the magazine of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

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The Royal Society of Edinburgh logo. White text on blakc backgrouns saying

Macpherson has article on perception in RSE's ReSourcE magazine

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 18:32:00 GMT

Fiona Macpherson's article, “Perceptual Diversity: Do You See What I See” is published in ReSourcE, the magazine of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, an dis feature on their blog.

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Alma Mater sculpture in the quadrangle looking at main building roof

Professor Jack Lyons awarded Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 10:07:00 GMT

Where Perception and Cognition Meet

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