Research Profile

My specialties are in philosophy of mind, philosophy of cognition, especially the so-called 4E approaches (enacted, extended, embodied, embedded aspects of the mind), philosophy of psychology, as well as interdisciplinary research in cognitive science. My goal is to contribute to the development of a relational model of the self, which integrates embodiment, sociality and technology. I am also researching inter-agent affordances, mental health, social cognition and applied ethics.

Interdisciplinary Research

I am both a philosopher and cognitive scientist. Thus, I actively engage in interdisciplinary research with the natural sciences, especially with psychology, neuroscience and robotics/AI and I relate philosophical, conceptual reasoning to empirical and experimental research. 

At NTNU, I lead and coordinate the recently established interdisciplinary research network "agency, action and embodiment (AAE)" seeking to strenghten collaboration and dialogue between the humanities and the natural sciences. Our group has recently received consolidation funding from the faculty of humanities.

In my previous position I have founded the interself lab (at TU Berlin) a research group bringing together philosophers and psychologists to understand embodied selfhood and how it transformed through social interactions. I am also a Co-PI at "Science of Intelligence" a robotics based excellence cluster at TU Berlin.

Feel free to get in touch with me if you want to discuss collaborative projects or synergy potentials e.g. in the areas of embodied cognition, agency, (artificial) intelligence, mental health, interaction dynamics. 

BOOKS
 

Kyselo, M. (2013), From Body to Self – Towards a Socially Enacted Autonomy, With Implications forLocked-in Syndrome and Schizophrenia. Osnabrück: University of Osnabrück.

ARTICLES

PEER-REVIEWED

Galbusera, L. and Kyselo, M. (2019): The Importance of Dialogue for Schizophrenia Treatment: Conceptual Bridges Between the Open Dialogue Approach and Enactive Cognitive Science. Humana Menta 12 (36).

Galbusera, L., Finn, M. T. M., Tschacher, W., & Kyselo, M. (2019). Interpersonal synchrony feels good but impedes self-regulation of affect. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-50960-0

Kyselo, M., (2019) More than our Body – Minimal and Enactive Selfhood in Global Paralysis, Neuroethics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12152-019-09404-9, With a response by Dan Zahavi

Galbusera, L. and Kyselo, M. (2017). The difference that makes the difference: a conceptual analysis of the Open Dialogue approach. Psychosis, in press

Mitkidis, P., Ayal, S., Heimann, K., Kyselo, M., Levy, G., and Roepstorff, A. (2017). The Effects of Extreme Rituals on Moral Behavior: the performers-observers gap hypothesis. Journal of Economic Psychology 59 (1-7).

Kyselo, M. (2016). The Minimal Self Needs a Social Update. Philosophical Psychology, 1-9. http://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2016.1214251

Kyselo, M. (2015). The Enactive Approach and Disorders of the Self. The case of Schizophrenia. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences. PHEN-D-15-00045R2

Tschacher,W.,Haken,H.andKyselo,M.(2015),Alliance:Acommonfactorofpsychotherapy modeled by structural theory. Frontiers in Psychology for Clinical Settings.

Kyselo, M. (2015). Necessarily in Between: On The Role of the Social Self in Schizophrenia Research, Commentary on Gallese, V. and Ebisch, S. Journal of Consciousness Studies 22 (1-2): 241-245

Tschacher, W., Haken, H. and Kyselo, M. (2015). Empirical and structural approaches to temporality of alliance in psychotherapy. Chaos and Complexity Letters. 9.2 : 177-191

Kyselo, M., (2014) The Body Social: An Enactive Approach to the Self. Frontiers in Cognitive Science 5. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00986

Kyselo, M. and Tschacher, W. (2014), An Enactive and Dynamical Systems Theory Account of Dyadic Relationships. Frontiers in Psychology for Clinical Settings. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00452

Kyselo, M. and Di Paolo, E. (2013), Locked-in Syndrome: a Challenge for Embodied Cognitive Science, Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences. doi: 10.1007/s11097-013-9344-9

Kyselo, M. (2013), Locked-in Syndrome and Brain Computer Interfaces – Towards an Enactive Approach to the Self. Neuroethics 6: 579–591

Kyselo, M. and Walter, S. (2011), Belief Integration in Action – A Defense of Extended Beliefs. Philosophical Psychology 24 (2): 245–260

IN EDITED VOLUMES

Kyselo, M. (2016), The Fragile Nature of the Social Mind: a commentary on Alva Noë. In Metzinger, T. and Windt, J. (Eds). Open MIND. MA: MIT press, with a response by Alva Noë

Levy, G. and Kyselo, M. (2016) Dynamic Perspectives on Defamation of Religion among Jewish NGOs, in Stensvold, A. (Hrsg.), Value politics: Religion and the UN. Routledge (in press)

Seth, A., Verschure, P., Blanke, O., Butz, M., Ford, J., Frith, C.D., Kyselo, M., McGann, M., Menary, R., Morsella, E. and O’Regan, K. (2016), Action-Oriented Understanding of Consciousness and the Structure of Experience. In Engel, A., Friston, K., Kragic, D. (Hrsg.) Ernst Strüngmann Forum Report, Where’s the Action? The Pragmatic Turn in Cognitive Science. Cambridge, MA: MIT press.

Kyselo, M. (2013), Enaktivismus. In Stephan, A. and Walter, S. (Hrsg.). Handbuch Kognitionswissenschaft, J.B. Metzler: Stuttgart: 197–202.