welcome to consciousless.net
Brendan Lehman
(they/them)
neuroscientist / game + web developer / event coordinator
please select a hemisphere to explore further
SCIENCE
RECENT WORK
MUSE: The Brain-Sensing Headband / Interaxon Inc.
Research Tech / Experience Developer
2018 - 2020
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EDUCATION
MSc. Biology
Laurentian University
Dr. M.A. Persinger, Supervisor
: Dissertation :
"Interaction Between Virtual (Computer Gaming) Environments, Brain Activity, and the Schumann Resonance as the Next Evolutionary Step in Adaptation: Teilhard de Chardin’s Noosphere"
CC-BY-SA - PDF
: Select Papers :
"Focal attenuation of specific electroencephalographic power over the right parahippocampal region during transcerebral copper screening in living subjects and hemispheric asymmetric voltages in fixed brain tissue"
Brain Research
ResearchGate - PDF
"Experimental Production of Excess Correlation across the Atlantic Ocean of Right Hemispheric Theta-Gamma Power between Subject Pairs Sharing Circumcerebral Rotating Magnetic Fields"
PART 1 - PDF
PART 2 - PDF
: Conferences & Talks :
The Science of Consciousness 2016
"Non-Local Neural Synchronization - Transatlantic Study: Experimental Production of Excess Correlation of Right Temporal Theta-Gamma Activity Between Subjects Pairs Sharing Circumcerebral Rotating Magnetic Fields"
Google Slides
A MAZE. Berlin 2016
"Mind Games: How to use brain synchronization to control video games"
Toward A Science of Consciousness 2015
"QEEG measurement of a post-mortem human brain: geometry, electromagnetic resonance, and the sense of self"
Google Slides
Canadian Game Studies Association 2015
"Neurophysiological Correlates of Embodied Cognition in Games and Their Implications For Consciousness"
Google Slides
: Press :
Researcher aims to make video games 'more meaningful' - CBC [AUDIO]
PHILOSOPHY
EMERGENCE
Sequence: Chapter 1: The Prebiotic Soup
Video Game (WIN/OSX/GNU) - itch.io
Presented at the Canadian Game Studies Association Conference, 2017 @ Ryerson University (Toronto, ON)
UNIFIED CONSCIOUSNESS
"Convergent Quantification and Physical Support for Teilhard de Chardin's Philosophy Concerning the Human Species and Evolutionary Consciousness"
ResearchGate - PDF
GOVERNANCE
NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
River and Sky Arts In The Woods
Board Chair
2015 - 2017
Laurentian University Graduate Students' Association
President/Vice-President
2012 - 2013
: Successful Mandates :
+ 8-month UPASS contract
+ Long-term financial investment
+ Canadian Federation of Students criticism
POLITICS
STUDENT ORGANIZATION
Political Guides and Writing
How To Get A Mandate
Changing Of The Guard: An Opinion On Unionism - Media Co-op
Events and Groups>
Red Squares In Sudbury - Media Co-op
Canadian Federation of Students Criticism
Student organization has become an out-of-touch, money-squandering bureaucracy, university groups allege - National Post
Students Across Canada Petition to Leave Canadian Federation of Students - Media Co-op
The Canadian Federation of Students Gets Worse, Somehow - Media Co-op
GAMES
CURRENT GAMES
Unannounced Cycling Game
Demo in Spring 2021
~ ~ ~
Seed
Low-poly EEG meditation. Currently on hold.
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ORGANIZATIONS
Hand Eye Society
Special Projects
Toronto, ON
Projects:
Fancy Video Game Party 2018
Fancy Video Game Party 2019
Canzine 2020
TCAF / Canzine / Comics x Games 2021
Long Winter 2021
Camp Cult
Arts & Game Development Collective
Toronto, ON
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PREVIOUS GAMES
Sequence: Chapter 1: The Prebiotic Soup
Philosophical floater. Released 28/11/17.
Unity | Win/OSX/GNU - itch.io
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JAM GAMES
Saccharine
Atmospheric side-scroller. My code + Bronwen Deurbrouck-David's art @ TOJAM10
Unity - itch.io
B.R.A.I.N. v1.1
A time machine with expansion module capability.
Twine - itch.io
Space Station
PERCEPTUAL CORE ERROR
PuzzleScript - itch.io
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SHELVED PROJECTS
Digital Forest
Music festival replicator
: Press :
Video game coming for River and Sky - CBC [AUDIO]
This Video Game Brings Your Favourite Canadian Music Fest to Life - VICE Motherboard
MUSIC
CURRENT PROJECTS
True Connection
underground web radio
role: technical + web, co-founder
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PAST PROJECTS
River & Sky - Dance Zone
not-so-secret rave in the woods
2015 - 2019
Brain Tape
craft cassette label
booking + promotion
sudbury, on
Weird Canada
writer + show promoter
Up Here
booking + promotion
Weird Canada + CKLU
River & Sky Camping and Music Festival
booking + promotion
Weird Canada + CKLU
CKLU 96.7 FM Laurentian University Campus and Community Radio
Music Director
Webmaster + Show Host
Submerged Objects Band
Drummer
Self-Titled album - Bandcamp
CODE
WEB PROJECTS
True Connection
server admin + web dev
Canzine 2020
dev team member, made in Twine with Shopify
test link DO NOT BUY
Other Sites
vanessarieger.com
bronwenalexina.com
consciousless.net
ART
CURRENT PROJECTS + COLLABORATIONS
Symbiosis/Dysbiosis
XR tactile interface bioart project by Tosca Teran
role: biodata programming
more info here
Redshift
EEG data projection installation by Radha Chaddah
role: development of a second version
more info here
Hand Eye Society
Hand Eye Society Ball 2018
Hand Eye Society Ball 2019
Comics x Games 2021
Unannounced Festival 2021
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PAST EVENTS + ORGANIZATIONS + SPACES
Game Gallery
local game demo + electronic music parties @ 1065 bloor
now a HES initiative
Pics from GG #1 December 2017, by Vanessa Rieger
Anywhere Creator Space
Hack lab/co-working space/photo + textile studio
Sudbury, ON
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PAST INSTALLATIONS
Camp Cult
Beach Stage projections @ River and Sky 2015
northernLights.exe @ Up Fest 2015
Hamburger
Static @ We Live Up Here, Vol. 2 Launch Party 2014
