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The Holy Shiver: How Aesthetic Chills Calibrate the Art We’re Drawn Toward
July 24, 2026 Blog | E4001

The Holy Shiver: How Aesthetic Chills Calibrate the Art We’re Drawn Toward

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Keep Making That Face: Your Resting Brain Already Knows How Much You Care
July 23, 2026 Blog | E4001

Keep Making That Face: Your Resting Brain Already Knows How Much You Care

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What If 23 Minutes of Light and Sound (In A Reflective Chamber) Could Melt Away Your Stress?
May 22, 2026 Blog | Protocol-004

What If 23 Minutes of Light and Sound (In A Reflective Chamber) Could Melt Away Your Stress?

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Beyond the Testing Room: Virtual Reality and Memory Testing
March 5, 2026 Blog

Beyond the Testing Room: Virtual Reality and Memory Testing

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Making Self-Transcendence and Transformative Insight Accessible: Using Chills-Evoking Music to Enhance Meditation
February 6, 2026 Blog | E4001 | Manuscript | Proceedings

Making Self-Transcendence and Transformative Insight Accessible: Using Chills-Evoking Music to Enhance Meditation

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Extremely Chill Politics: Individual differences in aesthetic experience point to the role of bodily awareness in political orientation
September 30, 2025 E4001 | Manuscript | Proceedings

Extremely Chill Politics: Individual differences in aesthetic experience point to the role of bodily awareness in political orientation

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The Thermodynamic Relationship Between Emotions, Motivation, and Time Perception
August 9, 2025 Blog | Manuscript | Proceedings

The Thermodynamic Relationship Between Emotions, Motivation, and Time Perception

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Aesthetic chills mitigate maladaptive cognition in depression
June 13, 2025 E4001 | Manuscript | Proceedings | Review

Aesthetic chills mitigate maladaptive cognition in depression

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VR for Cognition and Memory
May 31, 2025 Manuscript | Proceedings | Protocol-002

VR for Cognition and Memory

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Is Cannabis Psychedelic?
May 13, 2025 Manuscript | Musings | Proceedings

Is Cannabis Psychedelic?

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Surprising new research reveals how fetal brain complexity declines before and after birth
April 13, 2025 Manuscript | Musings | Proceedings

Surprising new research reveals how fetal brain complexity declines before and after birth

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Individual Differences in Aesthetic Chills
March 13, 2025 E4001 | Manuscript | Proceedings

Individual Differences in Aesthetic Chills

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Predicting Chills – Characterizing Individual Differences in Peak Emotional Response
February 13, 2025 E4001 | Manuscript | Proceedings

Predicting Chills – Characterizing Individual Differences in Peak Emotional Response

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Current State of Potential Mechanisms Supporting Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound for Neuromodulation
January 14, 2025 Proceedings | Protocol-003 | Review

Current State of Potential Mechanisms Supporting Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound for Neuromodulation

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The neural correlates of chills: How bodily sensations shape emotional experiences
January 13, 2025 E4001 | Manuscript | Proceedings

The neural correlates of chills: How bodily sensations shape emotional experiences

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Empathy from Dissimilarity In Neural Responses To Touch and Pain
December 13, 2024 E4001 | Manuscript | Proceedings | PSAI

Empathy from Dissimilarity In Neural Responses To Touch and Pain

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Revisiting Animal Consciousness
November 13, 2024 Musings

Revisiting Animal Consciousness

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Frontiers Research Collection: Possible Applications of Neuroaesthetics To Normal and Pathological Behaviour
October 14, 2024 E4001 | Review

Frontiers Research Collection: Possible Applications of Neuroaesthetics To Normal and Pathological Behaviour

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Cognitive Science Below the Neck: Toward an Integrative Account of Consciousness in the Body
October 14, 2024 E4001 | Proceedings | PSAI | Review

Cognitive Science Below the Neck: Toward an Integrative Account of Consciousness in the Body

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Why Do We Experience Chills?
October 14, 2024 Musings

Why Do We Experience Chills?

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IACS Research Featured in Vice
October 14, 2024 Press

IACS Research Featured in Vice

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Chills Foster Emotional Breakthrough In Depression
October 14, 2024 E4001 | Proceedings

Chills Foster Emotional Breakthrough In Depression

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The Consciousness Compass
October 14, 2024 E4001 | Musings

The Consciousness Compass

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Visiting the “World Behind the World”
October 13, 2024 Musings

Visiting the “World Behind the World”

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Interoceptive Technologies for Psychiatric Interventions: A Comprehensive Review
September 13, 2024 Manuscript | Proceedings | Protocol-002

Interoceptive Technologies for Psychiatric Interventions: A Comprehensive Review

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Interview with Erik Hoel, neuroscientist and author
September 13, 2024 Musings

Interview with Erik Hoel, neuroscientist and author

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Sociopathic Superintelligences, Artificial Empathy, and Robot Bodhisattvas, Oh My!
August 13, 2024 E4001 | Manuscript | PSAI

Sociopathic Superintelligences, Artificial Empathy, and Robot Bodhisattvas, Oh My!

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New research sheds fresh light on mystery of infant consciousness
August 13, 2024 Manuscript | Proceedings | Review

New research sheds fresh light on mystery of infant consciousness

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How floating in darkness challenges our concept of the self
August 13, 2024 Musings

How floating in darkness challenges our concept of the self

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Interoceptive Technologies for Psychiatric Interventions: A Comprehensive Review
July 13, 2024 E4001 | Manuscript | Proceedings | Review

Interoceptive Technologies for Psychiatric Interventions: A Comprehensive Review

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Arousal Regulation by the External Globus Pallidus: A New Node for the Mesocircuit Hypothesis
July 10, 2024 Manuscript

Arousal Regulation by the External Globus Pallidus: A New Node for the Mesocircuit Hypothesis

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Aesthetic Chills and Self-Transcendence: Another step toward the democratization of mystical experience
June 10, 2024 E4001 | Manuscript | Proceedings

Aesthetic Chills and Self-Transcendence: Another step toward the democratization of mystical experience

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Chills Improve Reward Learning in Anhedonic Depression
May 9, 2024 E4001 | Manuscript | Proceedings

Chills Improve Reward Learning in Anhedonic Depression

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In Pursuit of a ‘Neuroprint’ for Neuroscience-Based Personalization
April 9, 2024 Musings

In Pursuit of a ‘Neuroprint’ for Neuroscience-Based Personalization

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Can Aesthetic Chills Make Us More Generous? A Dictator Game Study
March 11, 2024 E4001 | Musings

Can Aesthetic Chills Make Us More Generous? A Dictator Game Study

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Virtual Reality vs. Reflective Chamber: New Study Shows Both Can Help Reduce Anxiety
February 11, 2024 Manuscript | Proceedings | Protocol-004

Virtual Reality vs. Reflective Chamber: New Study Shows Both Can Help Reduce Anxiety

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Decoding Depth of Meditation: EEG Insights from Expert Vipassana Practitioners
January 10, 2024 Manuscript | Proceedings | Protocol-002

Decoding Depth of Meditation: EEG Insights from Expert Vipassana Practitioners

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