Toward a Science of Consciousness 2011<\/p>\n
Brain, Mind and Reality<\/p>\n
May 2-8, 2011<\/p>\n
Aula Magna Hall<\/p>\n
Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden<\/p>\n
http:\/\/consciousness.arizona.edu\/TSC2011AnnouncCALLforABSTRACTS.htm<\/a><\/p>\n *<\/p>\n *<\/p>\n Toward a Science of Consciousness is an interdisciplinary conference<\/p>\n emphasizing broad and rigorous approaches to the study of conscious<\/p>\n awareness. Topical areas include neuroscience, philosophy, psychology,<\/p>\n biology, quantum physics, meditation and altered states, machine<\/p>\n consciousness, culture and experiential phenomenology. Held annually<\/p>\n since 1994, the conference is organized by the Center for Consciousness<\/p>\n Studies at the University of Arizona, and alternates yearly between Tucson,<\/p>\n Arizona and various locations around the world. Toward a Science of<\/p>\n Consciousness 2011 will be held at Stockholm University, Aula Magna Hall,<\/p>\n Stockholm, Sweden, May 2-8, 2011.<\/p>\n Nine recent developments related to the understanding of consciousness<\/p>\n will be addressed:<\/p>\n 1) Electromagnetic fields and massively coherent neuronal activities<\/p>\n correlate<\/p>\n with consciousness in the brain<\/p>\n 2) Transcranial therapies aimed at brain fields and neuronal targets promise<\/p>\n utility in various mental disorders<\/p>\n 3) Neuronal connection maps enable computer simulations of brain !<\/p>\n functions, but<\/p>\n are axonal and\/or dendritic processes! necessa ry\/sufficient for<\/p>\n consciousness?<\/p>\n 4) Anesthetic gases selectively erase consciousness and block coherent gamma<\/p>\n synchrony EEG acting in a distributed array of dendritic proteins<\/p>\n 5) Warm temperature biological quantum coherence and ballistic conduction in<\/p>\n microtubules have rejuvenated quantum approaches to consciousness<\/p>\n 6) Physics and cosmology are approaching the nature of reality, time and the<\/p>\n place of consciousness in the universe<\/p>\n 7) Libet backward time referral of subjective experience is now observed in<\/p>\n mainstream neuroscience, perhaps accounted for by quantum physics<\/p>\n 8) Surprising end-of-life coherent brain activity suggests a physiological<\/p>\n correlate for so-called near death experiences<\/p>\n 9) Eastern philosophy and secular spirituality accommodate quantum physics<\/p>\n and cosmology<\/p>\n Speakers (preliminary list)<\/p>\n Anirban Bandyopadh! yay<\/p>\n Dick Bierman<\/p>\n Moran Cerf<\/p>\n Lakhmir Chawla<\/p>\n Deepak Chopra<\/p>\n Nicholas Franks<\/p>\n Stuart Hameroff<\/p>\n Germund Hesslow<\/p>\n Anthony Hudetz<\/p>\n Tarja Kallio-Tamminen<\/p>\n Menas Kafatos<\/p>\n Johnjoe MacFadden<\/p>\n Rafi Malach<\/p>\n David McCormick<\/p>\n Leonard Mlodinow<\/p>\n Sue Pockett<\/p>\n Paavo Pylkkanen<\/p>\n Allan Snyder<\/p>\n Jack Tuszynski<\/p>\n W. Jamie Tyler<\/p>\n Pim Von Lommel<\/p>\n Eric Wasserman<\/p>\n and others<\/p>\n Special Pre-Conference Workshop<\/p>\n Deepak Chopra \u00a0Vedic approaches to consciousness<\/p>\n Monday May 2, 2011<\/p>\n Sessions, Themes and Speakers<\/p>\n 1) Brain fields and coherence: Evidence and theory suggest brain<\/p>\n electromagnetic<\/p>\n fields and large scale coherent potentials, ignitions and avalanches<\/p>\n correlate<\/p>\n with consciousness and feed! back on neuronal activities, bolstering<\/p>\n longstanding<\/p>\n electro magnetic field theories of consciousness.<\/p>\n David McCormick, Yale, Brain electric field feedback<\/p>\n Johnjoe McFadden, Surrey, Electromagnetic field theory of consciousness<\/p>\n Sue Pockett, Auckland, E-M field theory of consciousness<\/p>\n 2) Transcranial therapy of mental states: New therapeutic modalities based<\/p>\n on<\/p>\n brain stimulation aimed at conscious mental disorders include transcranial<\/p>\n electric and magnetic fields and ultrasound vibrations. Mechanisms and<\/p>\n utility<\/p>\n in relation to consciousness and memory will be discussed.<\/p>\n Allan Snyder, Sydney, Transcranial Electric fields for memory enhancement<\/p>\n W. Jamie Tyler, Arizona State, Transcranial ultrasound for mental disorders<\/p>\n Eric Wasserman, NIH, Transcranial magnetic stimulation for depression<\/p>\n 3) Neuronal computation and brain simulation: What systems, levels and<\/p>\n specific<\/p>\n brain activities are critical for consciousness: axonal firings, dendritic<\/p>\n synchrony, macroscopic fields, complexity, intraneuronal processes, quantum<\/p>\n states? Will mapping the brain explain consciousness?<\/p>\n Germund Hesslow, Lund, Complex spike timing<\/p>\n Rafi Malach, Weizmann Institute, Neuronal ignitions<\/p>\n 4) Anesthesia and consciousness: Anesthetic gases selectively erase<\/p>\n consciousness and block high frequency gamma synchrony EEG while sparing<\/p>\n non-conscious brain functions, acting by weak quantum forces in a<\/p>\n distributed<\/p>\n array of post-synaptic proteins<\/p>\n Nicholas Franks, Imperial College London, Anesthetic sites of action<\/p>\n Stuart Hameroff, Arizona, Hydrophobic quantum pockets in dendritic proteins<\/p>\n Anthony Hudetz, MC Wisconsin, Anesthetics and gamma synchrony<\/p>\n 5) Quantum biology: The role of quantum phy! sics in consciousness has been<\/p>\n discounted by the ass! umption that the biological brain is too warm and<\/p>\n wet.<\/p>\n But quantum coherence, entanglement and ballistic conductance have now been<\/p>\n recognized in warm photosynthesis, DNA and microtubules.<\/p>\n Anirban Bandyopadhyay, Tsukuba, Ballistic conductance in microtubules<\/p>\n Jack Tuszynski, Alberta, Microtubule information processing capabilities<\/p>\n 6) Consciousness, reality and the universe: Does the conscious observer<\/p>\n collapse<\/p>\n the wave function? Is consciousness an emergent property of complex<\/p>\n computation,<\/p>\n or irreducible and intrinsically related to spacetime geometry? How did the<\/p>\n universe arise from nothingness? What is entanglement?<\/p>\n Menas Kafatos, Chapman University, The holographic universe<\/p>\n Leonard Mlodinow, CalTech, Grand design (with Stephen Hawking)<\/p>\n Paavo Pylkkanen, Helsinki, Bohm and the quantum universe<\/p>\n 7) Time, prec! ognition and consciousness: The Libet experiments and<\/p>\n parapsychology have long suggested backward time referral of subjective<\/p>\n conscious experience of hundreds of milliseconds in the brain. Now such<\/p>\n effects<\/p>\n are seen in mainstream neuroscience. Can they be explained through quantum<\/p>\n physics?<\/p>\n Dick Bierman, Amsterdam, Pre-sentiment<\/p>\n Moran Cerf, NYU\/UCLA, Pre-cognition in human brain neurons?<\/p>\n 9) End-of-life brain activity: Recent clinical studies report a surge of<\/p>\n coherent, high frequency EEG at the time of human death, when neuronal<\/p>\n metabolic supplies are depleted. Historically, nearly all civilizations have<\/p>\n reported so-called near death experiences with remarkably consistent<\/p>\n phenomenology. Have brain monitors captured the correlate of near death<\/p>\n experiences?<\/p>\n Lakhmir Chawla, George Washington, End-of-life br! ain activity<\/p>\n Pim von Lommel, Arnhem, Near death expe! riences< \/div><\/p>\n 9) Eastern philosophy, quantum physics and cosmology. Buddhism and Vedanta<\/p>\n have<\/p>\n much in common with quantum physics and cosmology. Is consciousness inherent<\/p>\n in<\/p>\n the universe?<\/p>\n Deepak Chopra, Chopra Center, Vedic approach to consciousness<\/p>\n Tarja Kallio-Tamminen, Helsinki, Quantum physics and Eastern philosophy<\/p>\n In addition to Keynote and Plenary talks, the conference will feature<\/p>\n Pre-Conference Workshops, Concurrent Talks, Poster Sessions, Art\/Tech<\/p>\n Demos, Social Events and Side Trips in the Stockholm tradition.<\/p>\n *Special Pre-Conference Workshop*<\/p>\n Deepak Chopra – Vedic approaches to consciousness<\/p>\n Monday May 2, 2011<\/p>\n TSC Stockholm 2011 Conference Abstract System will be available via the CCS<\/p>\n website after September 20. \u00a0All Abstracts must be submitt! ed via the<\/p>\n online<\/p>\n system. Accepted abstracts will be included in the conference program book<\/p>\n and posted online.<\/p>\n Schedule of Deadlines:<\/p>\n Abstracts Due \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0November 15<\/p>\n Decisions \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0December \u00a020<\/p>\n Registration \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0January \u00a05<\/p>\n Final Edits \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0February 15<\/p>\n Pre-Conference Workshop Proposals:<\/p>\n Proposals (500 words or less) should be sent to: center@email.arizona.edu<\/a> no<\/p>\n later than October \u00a025 (notifications by November 15)<\/p>\n Workshops will be held in 4 hour sessions on Sunday May 1 and Monday May 2<\/p>\n Sponsors<\/p>\n Perfjell Wellness Center<\/p>\n Center for Consciousness Studies, University of Arizona<\/p>\n Mind Event SA<\/p>\n Chopra Foundation<\/p>\n Agora for Biosystems<\/p>\n Organi! zing Committee<\/p>\n Stuart Hameroff (University of Arizon! a)<\/p>\n Paavo Pylkkanen (University of Helsinki)<\/p>\n Christer Perfjell (Perfjell Wellness Center, Mind Event SA)<\/p>\n Deepak Chopra (Chopra Center)<\/p>\n Adrian Parker (University of Gothenburg)<\/p>\n Hans Liljenstrom (Stockholm University, Agora for Biosystems)<\/p>\n Annekatrine Puhle (University of Gothenburg)<\/p>\n Abi Behar-Montefiore (University of Arizona)<\/p>\n Arlene ‘Abi’ Behar-Montefiore | Manager<\/p>\n Center for Consciousness Studies<\/p>\n c\/o Dept. of Anesthesiology<\/p>\n University Medical Center<\/p>\n POB 245114<\/p>\n Tucson, AZ 85724-5114 USA<\/p>\n Office\/DL 520-621-9317 | Cell 520-444-2813 | Fax: 520-626-5596<\/p>\n center@u.arizona.edu<\/a> | www.consciousness.arizona.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Toward a Science of Consciousness 2011 Brain, Mind and Reality May 2-8, 2011 Aula Magna Hall Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden http:\/\/consciousness.arizona.edu\/TSC2011AnnouncCALLforABSTRACTS.htm * * Toward a Science of Consciousness is an interdisciplinary conference emphasizing broad and rigorous approaches to the study of conscious awareness.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[561],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-related-topics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/tiic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/tiic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/tiic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/tiic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/tiic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/tiic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":328,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/tiic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326\/revisions\/328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/tiic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/tiic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/tiic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}