Cyril Costines
M.Sc. PhilosophyNeurosciencesCognition

Academic Profile

I am a doctoral researcher at the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg (UKF), and at the Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health (IGPP) in Freiburg, Germany, under the supervision of Stefan Schmidt and Marc Wittmann. My interdisciplinary background encompasses studies in biology, psychology and philosophy at institutions in Berkeley, Greifswald, Heidelberg, Konstanz and Magdeburg. The focus of my research is on theoretical and empirical studies on consciousness and its altered states, especially those induced by meditation, psychedelics and floating. In particular, I am interested in the phenomenology and neurophysiology of minimal phenomenal experience (MPE). As a member of the international MPE Research Network led by Thomas Metzinger, I contribute to the development of a minimal model of conscious experience. 


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Research Focus & Interests

My empirical and philosophical research focuses on three key areas:

In this context, I have a particular interest in altered states of consciousness (ASCs) induced by:  

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