Buddhist Inspired Models of the Mind

Friday June 11  
9.30 am Welcome to the workshop
Henk Barendregt

The cover-up model of the mind
Break  
Antoine Lutz The possible role of integrative mechanisms in meditative practices

Jean-Philippe Lachaux

 What can Electrophysiology tell us about 'meditation'
12.30 pm

Lunch

Johan Tinge

Participants' experience with Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction

Emma McLellan-Brown

The use of mindfulness in the management of multiple sclerosis

Break

  

Adeline van Waning

On avoiding and embracing our pain: Buddhist psychological and Western psychotherapeutical approaches to defensive conditioning

Fabio Giommi

Mindfulness meets Cognitive Therapy

7.00 pm

Workshop dinner at local restaurant

Saturday June 12  
9.30 am  
Susan Blackmore

The role of personal inquiry in a science of consciousness
Break  

Evan Thompson

Empathy and Compassion: A Neurophenomenological Approach
12.30 pm lunch

Dietrich Lehmann

Brain electric activity and meditation

Bill Phillips

The search for coherence: neural mechanisms that coordinate cognitive functions
Break  

Roger Watt

Pulling things together - or apart?

Final session

Discussion of possibilities for future studies

7.00 pm

Dinner for speakers at Bill&Rena Phillips' home