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Several people reclined in chairs taking part in the Dreamachine live experience

Take a trip on the Dreamachine: get your free ticket for critically acclaimed immersive experience

16 February 2022

Consciousness experts at the University of Sussex have worked with award-winning artists and musicians to develop a unique immersive live experience

Sussex Medical Robotics team successfully performed a live demonstration of their custom-built Neuro-surgical robot

21 June 2021

Sussex Medical Robotics is a student team at the University of Sussex. They have been working on a robotic arm to achieve precision in medical surgery

Professor Anil Seth stands in front of a white board with mathematical equations written in black pen wearing a grey jumper and blue shirt

Sussex neuroscientist wins €2.43 million grant to probe mystery of human consciousness

22 April 2021

The CONSCIOUS project, led by Professor Anil Seth, has been awarded a €2.43 million grant to explore how conscious experiences depend on the brain.

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Sussex neuroscientists team up with music and theatre talent in bid to appear at Festival UK 2022

25 November 2020

Dr David Schwartzman and Professor Anil Seth form part of one of 30 creative teams competing to appear in Festival UK 2022.

Celebrating another record year for highly cited researchers

19 November 2020

Nine University of Sussex academics have been included in the 2020 Highly Cited Researchers List – up from seven in last year’s global rankings.

A decade of consciousness science at Sussex

24 April 2020

Ten years on from its founding, the Sackler Centre looks back on a successful first decade and forward to even greater discoveries in the future.

New paper points the finger at the Rubber Hand Illusion and raises difficult questions for psychologists

10 April 2020

A world-famous psychological experiment used to explain the brain’s understanding of the body has been dismissed as not fit-for-purpose in a new paper

Neuroscientist named co-director with leading consciousness research program

20 January 2020

A University of Sussex academic has been named co-director of a highly-respected global charitable organisation.