publications

Recommended:

  1. Laukkonen, R. E., & Chandaria, S. (2025). A beautiful loop: An active inference theory of consciousness. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106296
  2. Laukkonen, R. E., & Slagter, H. A. (2021). From many to (n)one: Meditation and the plasticity of the predictive mind. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.06.021
  3. Laukkonen, R. E., Inglis, F., Chandaria, S., Sandved-Smith, L., Lopez-Sola, E., Hohwy, J., Gold, J., Elwood, A. (2025). Contemplative Superalignment. Artificial General Intelligence. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-00686-8_31
  4. Laukkonen, R. E., Dr., Webb, M. E., Salvi, C., Tangen, J. M., Slagter, H. A., & Schooler, J. (2023). Insight and the selection of ideas. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105363
  5. McGovern, H., Grimmer, H. J., Doss, M., Hutchinson, B., Timmermann, C., Lyon, A., … Laukkonen, R. E. (2024). An Integrated theory of false insights and beliefs under psychedelics. Commun Psychol. https://www.nature.com/articles/s44271-024-00120-6

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  1. Laukkonen, R. E., Inglis, F., Chandaria, S., Sandved-Smith, L., Lopez-Sola, E., Hohwy, J., Gold, J., Elwood, A. (2025). Contemplative Superalignment. Artificial General Intelligence.
  2. Laukkonen, R. E., & Chandaria, S. (2025). A beautiful loop: An active inference theory of consciousness. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews.
  3. Kugel, J., Laukkonen, R. E., Yaden, D. B., Yücel, M., & Liknaitzky, P. (2025). Insights on Psychedelics: A Systematic Review of Therapeutic Effects. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews.
  4. Nath M., Becattini V., Laukkonen RE., Ganesan S., Hanley A., Holecek A., Simonian N., Schoeller F., Khalsa S., Sacchet MD., Reggente N. (2025). Heartbeat-Evoked Potentials as a Neural Marker of Meditative Depth. Arxiv
  5. Mago, J., Chandaria, S., Miller, M., & Laukkonen, R. E. (2024). Pure awareness, entropy, and the foundation of perception. Arxiv
  6. McGovern, H., Grimmer, H. J., Doss, M., Hutchinson, B., Timmermann, C., Lyon, A., … Laukkonen, R. E. (2024). An Integrated theory of false insights and beliefs under psychedelics. Commun Psychol.
  7. Agrawal, V., & Laukkonen, R. E. (2024). Nothingness in meditation: Making sense of emptiness and cessation. The Varieties of Nothingness. Chiron Publications
  8. Laukkonen, R. E., Lewis-Healey, E., Ghigliotti, L., Daneshtalab, N., & Slagter, H. A. (2024). Tracking rivalry with neural rhythms: Multivariate SSVEPs reveal perception during binocular rivalry. Neuroscience of Consciousness.
  9. Laukkonen, R. E. (2024). The Adaptive Function of Insight. The Emergence of Insight, 183.
  10. Biddell, H., Solms, M., Slagter, H., & Laukkonen, R.E. (2024). Arousal coherence, uncertainty, and well-being: an active inference account. Neuroscience of Consciousness.
  11. Chowdhury, A., Lutterveld, RV., Laukkonen, R. E., Slagter, HA., Ingram, DM., Sacchet, MD. (2023). Investigation of advanced mindfulness meditation “cessation” experiences using EEG spectral analysis in an intensively sampled case study. Neuropsychologia.
  12. Laukkonen, R. E., Dr., Webb, M. E., Salvi, C., Tangen, J. M., Slagter, H. A., & Schooler, J. (2023). Insight and the selection of ideas. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews.
  13. Laukkonen, R. E., Sacchet, M. D., Barendregt, H.., Devaney, K. D., Chowdhury, A., Slagter, H. A. (2023). Cessations of consciousness in meditation: Advancing a scientific understanding of nirodha samāpatti. Progress in Brain Research.
  14. Tulver, K., Kaup, K. K., Laukkonen, R. E., & Aru, J. (2023). Restructuring insight: An integrative review of insight in problem-solving, meditation, psychotherapy, delusions and psychedelics. Consciousness and Cognition.
  15. Grimmer, H. J., Tangen, J. M., Freydenzon, A., & Laukkonen, R. E. (2023). The illusion of insight: Detailed warnings reduce but do not prevent false “Aha!” moments. Cognition and Emotion.
  16. Grimmer, H. J., Laukkonen, R. E., Dr., Tangen, J. M., & von Hippel, B. (2022). Eliciting false insights with semantic priming. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.
  17. Grimmer, H. J., Laukkonen, R. E., Freydenzon, A., von Hippel, B., & Tangen, J. M., (2022). Thinking style and psychosis proneness do not predict false insights. Consciousness & Cognition.
  18. Laukkonen, R., Dr., Kaveladze, B., Protzko, J., Tangen, J. M., von Hippel, B., & Schooler, J. (2022). Irrelevant insights make worldviews ring true. Scientific Reports.
  19. Lewis-Healey, E., Laukkonen, R. E., Dr., & van Elk, M. (2021). Future Directions for Clinical Psychedelic Research: The Relaxed Symptom Network. Psychology & Neuroscience.
  20. Laukkonen, R. E., & Slagter, H. A. (2021). From many to (n)one: Meditation and the plasticity of the predictive mind. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews.
  21. Laukkonen, R. E., Ingledew, D., Grimmer, H., Schooler, J., & Tangen, J. (2021). Getting a grip on insight: real-time and embodied Aha experiences predict correct solutions. Cognition and Emotion.
  22. Robson, S. G., Baum, M. A., Beaudry, J. L., Beitner, J., Brohmer, H., Chin, J., Jasko, K., Kouros, C. D., Laukkonen, R. E., … Tangen, J. M. (2021). Nudging Open Science. Collabra: Psychology.
  23. Laukkonen, R. E., Kaveladze, B., Tangen, J. & Schooler, J., (2020). The dark side of Eureka: Artificially induced Aha moments make facts feel true. Cognition.
  24. Laukkonen, R. E., Leggett, J., Gallagher, R. Biddell, H., Mrazek, A., Slagter, H. & Mrazek, M. (2019). The Science of Mindfulness-Based Interventions and Learning: A Review for Educators. Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development.
  25. Laukkonen, R. E., Biddel, H., & Gallagher, R. (2019). Preparing humanity for change and artificial intelligence: Learning to learn as a safeguard against volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development.
  26. Webb, M. E., Laukkonen, R. E., Cropper, S. J., & Little, D. R. (2019). Commentary: Moment of (Perceived) Truth: Exploring Accuracy of Aha! Experiences. The Journal of Creative Behavior.
  27. Laukkonen, R. E., & Tangen, J. M. (2018). How to Detect Insight Moments in Problem Solving Experiments. Frontiers in Psychology.
  28. Laukkonen, R. E., & Tangen, J. M. (2017). Can observing a Necker cube make you more insightful? Consciousness and Cognition.