Data-driven Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness (DUNES)
We are pleased to announce the Data-driven Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness (DUNES) webinar series beginning in the summer of 2024. This series will be hosted on Zoom and will be available for viewing on YouTube afterward. Our goal is to bring together researchers and students in academia and industry who are interested in the science of meditation and/or the science of consciousness. Through this platform, we aim to share work by researchers in these domains, foster engaging discussions, and facilitate Q&A sessions with broad global participation. The talks are expected to involve intersections of neuroscience, psychology, biomedical imaging, machine learning, statistics, and related domains.
Registration and updates on upcoming talks will be posted here, including titles, abstracts, and speaker information. Stay tuned for more updates, and join us in exploring the fascinating themes or potential intersections of meditation and consciousness research.
News
We extend our heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Cohen on the publication of his article "Mental Pain, Boredom, and Diffuse Nociception!" The article is now available online and can be accessed through the embedded link below.
2025-47955-001.pdfRegistration
We invite interested researchers and professionals from academia and industry interested or engaged in research on consciousness and/or meditation to participate and interact in these live webinars. We hope these will foster new collaborations and directions. Students, faculty, and experts from various disciplines and organizations are welcome. The following is the link to the registration form. The Zoom webinar details and updates will be emailed to registered participants.
https://msu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_F5KenHa1Q7Sus37_4ZdhYw#/registration
Series Schedule
Talk 1: June 17, 2024 at 12:00 PM EST
Speaker: Dr. Sara W. Lazar, Psychiatry Department at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
Talk 2: August 19, 2024 at 12:00 PM EST
Speaker: Dr. Joseph E. LeDoux, Henry And Lucy Moses Professor of Science; University Professor; Professor of Neural Science; Professor of Psychiatry; Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University.
Talk 3: September 16, 2024 at 12:00 PM EST
Speaker: Barry H. Cohen; Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development; New York University
Talk 4: October 24, 2024 at 12:00 PM EST
Speakers: Barry H. Cohen; Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development; New York University and expert meditators
Talk 5: November 18, 2024 at 12:00 PM EST
Speaker: Michael Ferguson; PhD, lead of the Neurospirituality Lab at the Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics at Brigham and Women’s Hospital; director of the First-Year Student Wellness Programming at Harvard College.
Talk 6: December 9, 2024 at 12:00 PM EST
Speaker: Julio Rodriguez-Larios; lecturer in Psychology at Brunel University (London).
Talk 7: Janiaury 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM EST
Speaker: Emma Huels; postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Michigan.