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Toward a Science of Consciousness 2014 | Tucson Marriott University Park, Arizona
WELCOME
Storytelling session with filmmakers; 3 Poster Sessions with receptions (one for the East-
Welcome to Toward a Science of Consciousness 2014, the 20th anniversary of the biennial,
West Forum on Monday evening and general TSC poster sessions on Wednesday and Friday
international interdisciplinary Tucson Conference on the fundamental question of how the brain
evenings); Optional Thursday Side Trips; Conference Dinner at the Skyline Country Club; the
produces conscious experience . Sponsored and organized by the Center for Consciousness
traditional ‘Poetry Slam/Zombie Blues’ on Friday evening; and the Saturday closing “End of
Studies at the University of Arizona, this year’s conference is being held for the first time at the
Consciousness’ Party . Over 1000 participants are expected from 60 countries over the course
Tucson Marriott University Park Hotel, steps from the main gate of the beautiful campus of the
of the week . Over 600 abstracts were submitted, and 413 are included in the program .
University of Arizona . Covering 380 acres in central Tucson, the campus is a hub of education,
concerts, plays, lectures, museums, poetry readings, athletic events, playing on the great
History: The first TSC conference was held in 1994 in DuVal Auditorium at the University of
grassy mall, and just hanging out . Adjacent to the UA main gate and hotel are over 30 shops,
Arizona Medical Center, and subsequently elsewhere in Tucson in even-numbered years .
restaurants and pubs along University Boulevard . A short walk in the opposite direction leads
These alternate with co-sponsored international TSC conferences in various locations around
to the village setting of 4th Avenue and then to downtown Tucson .
the world in odd-numbered years . The Center for Consciousness Studies(CCS) at the University
of Arizona was established in 1998 by the Arizona Board of Regents . TSC and CCS are due
Toward a Science of Consciousness (TSC) is the largest and longest-running interdisciplinary
to the work over the years of Al Kaszniak, David Chalmers, Jim Laukes, Stuart Hameroff and
conference emphasizing broad and rigorous interdisciplinary approaches to conscious
the late Alwyn Scott, a co-founder of CCS . Since 2007, CCS and TSC have been successfully
awareness, the nature of existence and our place in the universe . TSC brings together
managed by Abi Behar-Montefiore, subsisting almost entirely on TSC conference registration
perspectives, orientations and methodologies from neuroscience, philosophy, medicine,
fees . CCS is hosted in the Department of Anesthesiology in the University of Arizona College of
quantum physics, cosmology, biology, psychology, anthropology, artificial intelligence,
Medicine .
technology, contemplative and experiential traditions, the arts, culture, humanities and others .
Cutting edge, controversial issues are emphasized .
Thank you to our international colleagues and friends who
helped make TSC alternate year conferences possible:
The TSC 2014 Keynote Speaker is Sir Roger Penrose, esteemed British physicist,
mathematician and author renowned for his work on general relativity, cosmology and 1995 Ischia, Italy; Chloe Taddei-Ferretti
consciousness . Penrose shared the 1988 Wolf Prize for physics with Stephen Hawking for their 1997 Elsinore, Denmark; LO Skolen, Alwyn Scott
contribution to our understanding of the universe . His 1989 book “The Emperor’s New Mind: 1999 Tokyo, Japan; UN University, Mari Jibu, Kunio Yasue
A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousness” helped launch modern consciousness
2001 Skovde, Sweden; University of Skovde, Paavo Pylkkanen
studies . Sir Roger will also give a special Astrophysics Colloquium lecture at Steward
2003 Prague, Czech Republic; Ivan Havel
Observatory April 21 (see page 7) .
2005 Copenhagen, Denmark; Morten Overgard
Plenary Speakers 2007 Budapest, Hungary; George Kampis
Bernard Baars, Anirban Bandyopadhyay, Susan Blackmore, Ned Block, David Chalmers, 2009 Hong Kong, China; Hong Kong Polytechnic, Gino Yu
Deepak Chopra, Karl Deisseroth, Daniel Dennett, David Eagleman, Kenneth Hayworth, 2011 Stockholm, Sweden; Christer Perfjell
Donald Hoffman, Michael Graziano, Alison Gopnik, Rebecca Goldstein, Stuart Hameroff, 2013 Agra, India; Rev . Prof . PS . Satsangi; Vishal Sahni
Russell Hurlburt, Christof Koch, Henry Markram, George Mashour, Julia Mossbridge,
2015 . . .and the upcoming June 2015 TSC in Helsinki, Finland;
Sam Parnia, Mary Peterson, John Searle, Petra Stoerig, Max Tegmark, Giulio Tononi,
University of Finland, Paavo Pylkkanen (June 9-13, 2015)
and Natasha Vita-More .
2014
The Opening Plenary Session is Tuesday, April 22 at 1:45 PM.
Additional Plenary Sessions are Wednesday through Saturday April 23-26.
BHAUMIK PRIZE – COMMEMORATING THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY
Concurrent, Evening and Pre-conference Workshop Sessions: 24 concurrent sessions For the first time, the Bhaumik Prize in Consciousness Studies will be awarded . The recipient
occur in parallel from 5:00pm to 7:05pm, 8 per night on 3 nights, Tuesday April 22nd, will be announced, and the $10,000 award presented at the conference by Dr . Mani Bhaumik .
Wednesday April 23rd and Friday April 25th . Each session is chaired by a moderator and has The award is for significant advances in the science of consciousness .
5 speakers, each with 20 minutes plus 5 minutes discussion (125 minutes/session), a total of
120 Concurrent talks . There are also 3 Poster sessions (Wednesday April 23rd and Friday April 20th Anniversary Conference
24th, 7:00 – 10:00pm), 2 Art/Tech/Health Exhibits/Demos, late-night film showings, and 18
Pre-Conference workshops including an East-West Forum organized by Dayalbagh Educational Program Co-Chairs
Institute (DEI), Agra, India . David Chalmers, Australian National University, New York University
Stuart Hameroff, The University of Arizona
Social Events: Fun social gatherings are a TSC tradition and include the Tuesday Opening
Conference Manager
Welcome Reception; a Tuesday late-evening Film showing; a Wednesday late-evening
Abi Behar-Montefiore, Center for Consciousness Studies, Assistant Director
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Venue
The Tucson Marriott University Park Hotel (880 E 2nd St, Tucson, AZ 85719) is near shops,
TUCSON – KEY NUMBERS/ADDRESSES
restaurants and pubs on University Boulevard . A special conference hotel rate of $109 has
been arranged and this rate is extended for 2-3 days pre/post conference start/finish dates .
Marriott University Park Hotel – 880 East 2nd Street 520-792-4100
Riverpark Inn Hotel – 350 South Freeway 520-239-2312
Thank you!
Arizona Stagecoach Shuttle Service from Airport 520-889-1000
Skyline Country Club – 5200 East St . Andrews Drive 520-299-1111
The TSC Conference and Center for Consciousness Studies wish to thank the Program Doug Kramar Convention & Group Services: USA, Inc 520-444-2532
Committee, in particular Co-Chairs David Chalmers (Australian National University/New York
University) and Stuart Hameroff (The University of Arizona) and CCS-TSC Assistant Director and CCS TSC Conference Manager,
Conference Manager Abi Behar-Montefiore for her masterful administration . center@u .arizona .edu – cell/text: 520-247-5785
We are grateful to SBS web guru Ed Xia for many years of IT support . We appreciate the The University of Arizona
additional support from AHSC BioCommunications team members: Television production team UA Main Telephone Number 520-621-2211
including Ricky Bergeron and Larry McAlister, as well as Darla Keneston, Graphic Designer UA Parking and Transportation 520-626-7275
Senior and Rita Ellsworth, MS, Director, BioCommunications . And to Roma Krebs, Graphic
The University of Arizona Medical Center — University Campus,
Designer Senior at UA BioCommunications, please accept our gratitude for your overall
Arizona Health Sciences Center, 1501 N Campbell Ave, Tucson [phone]
contribution to present this event through all your design concepts . We have much love and
gratitude for Dave Cantrell, BioCommunications illustrator who passed away in November
In case of an emergency dial 911
2013 . Dave did most of the conference logo artwork over many years, including this year’s
Sgt Pepper album cover .
TRANSPORTATION
AIRPORT SHUTTLE SERVICE
We also thank the University of Arizona Department of Anesthesiology support staff and Dr .
Stuart Hameroff’s colleagues in the UAMC surgical operating rooms, in particular Dr . Wayne Arizona Stagecoach
Jacobsen, Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology . We are grateful to our original sponsors,
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the Fetzer Institute and the YeTaDel Foundation who supported us for many years . We
pre-arranged $17 special rate for TSC
also thank The Deepak Choprak Foundation; The Dayalbagh Educational Institue (DEI); The
www.azstagecoach.com Discount Code: UACCS
Bhaumik Foundation; and The Robert Kuhn Foundation .
$17 per passenger – one way
Thanks and congratulations to Journal of Consciousness Studies, Imprint Academic Exeter, UK
for their 20 year anniversary; and additional gratitude to UA News and Communications team TAXI COMPANIES
members, especially (Shelly Littin and Chris W . “Sig” Sigurdson); and the Arizona Health
Sciences Center Office of Public Affairs (George Humphrey, Ann Cisneros, and Katie Riley) for Discount 520-388-9000
all your help with the media . Yellow 520-300-0000
Jeanni’s 520-889-8294
Special thanks to Czarina Salido for research, editing, and all-around program support, VIP Taxi 520-300-3000
Nick Day, and Sascha Seifert (Conscious Pictures); Jason Canfield (video production) and
Dan Maglione (Elite AV) and all the staff at the Tucson Marriott University Park Hotel . We also
TOWNCAR SERVICE
thank Eric Gonzales and the Arizona Historical Society Museum; and Saatviki Gupta for her
help with the DEI program . Thank you Kang Zhou, MS Architecture (and recent UA graduate) Integrity 520-733-1849
for your help in coordinating the art installations, exhibits, and the volunteer schedules . Luxury Towncars – 14 person Vans and Navigators – Mini-Coaches (up to 32 passengers)
[email protected]
This year’s volunteers include long-time friends Stephen Whitmarsh and Sky Nelson .
Pre-arranged service to Sky Harbor Airport, Phoenix
Thank you to all of our 2014 TSC volunteers! And to the Zombie Blues Band: Michael P .
and The Gullywashers – thanks for keeping us in tune! Tucson Resort Transportation 520-425-1935
Value and Executive Service [email protected]
Sponsored by: The University of Arizona Center for Consciousness Studies
Pre-arranged service to Sky Harbor Airport, Phoenix
Press Requests
• All press must apply for credentials and complete an online registration form SIDE TRIPS - BUS GROUP SERVICES
• No filming/podcasting without permission
• Contact: Abi Behar-Montefiore 520-247-5785 – center@u .arizona .edu Doug Kramar Convention & Group Service 520-444-2532
• Questions: www .consciousness .arizona .edu
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PRE-CONFERENCE OVERVIEW
Eighteen Pre-Conference Workshops (see list on pages 10-11)
Monday, April 21 – 9:00am to 10:30pm
Tuesday, April 22 – 9:00am to 1:00pm
East-West Forum
Monday April 21 – 9:00am to 7:00pm
Special Talk – SIR ROGER PENROSE
Monday, April 21 – 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory Room: SO N210
Sir Roger Penrose, the 2014 TSC Keynote Speaker, will give an additional public talk in the
Astrophysics Colloquium at Steward Observatory . He will be speaking about new evidence
supporting his “Cyclical Conformal Cosmology” theory that the Big Bang was preceded by another
aeon, and other before that, suggesting that we live in a serial rather than a parallel universe .
2014 CONFERENCE SESSION OVERVIEW
Several types of presentation sessions make up the conference:
Pre-Conference Workshops and Forum, Plenary Sessions, Concurrent Sessions,
Poster Sessions, and Art/Tech/Health Demos .
Conference Opening | Marriott University Park Grand Ballroom
Tuesday, April 22 – 1:45pm (Plenary 1 Begins)
Plenary sessions (see INDEX on pages 23-25)
Tuesday, April 22 – 1:45pm to 4:10pm
Wednesday, April 23 – 8:30am to 4:10pm
Thursday, April 24 – 8:30am to 12:50pm
Friday, April 25 – 8:30am to 4:10pm
Saturday April 26 – 8:30am to 4:10pm
Concurrent sessions (see INDEX on pages 26-34)
Tuesday, April 22 & Wednesday, April 23 & Friday, April 25 – 5:00pm to 7:05pm
Poster sessions (see INDEX on page 35-50)
Wednesday, April 23 & Friday, April 25 – 7:00pm to 10:00pm
Art/Tech/Health Exhibits/Demos (see INDEX on page 51)
Wednesday April 23 & Friday April 25 – 7:00pm to 10:00pm
Arizona Historical Society Museum, 949 East 2nd Street
More interactive than concurrent sessions,these demonstrate art, media, sculpture, and
experiential techniques with PowerPoint presentations, body and canvas . This year features
Art/Tech/Health Demos, Video Game Play, and Second Life Exhibitions .
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2014 CONFERENCE SESSION OVERVIEW OPTIONAL SOCIAL EVENTS
Late Evening Films Showing
Desert Jeep Adventure
Tuesday, April 22 – 10:00pm to 11:30pm
Thursday afternoon, April 24 – 1:00pm to 5:30pm ($110 per person)
Late Evening Storytelling Session
The four-wheel-drive open-air jeep tour will lead you through some of the most beautiful
Wednesday, April 23 – 10:00pm to 11:00pm
and rugged desert wilderness surrounding Tucson . Your driver/guide will share with you all
of the history and narrate through the cactus forests, canyons, washes and mountains that
SOCIAL EVENTS
surround the trail .
Welcome Reception
Tuesday, April 22 – 7:30pm to 10:00pm, Marriott Lobby/Lounge 20th Anniversary Conference Dinner
Thursday evening, April 24 – 6:30pm to 10:30pm Skyline Country Club ($80 per person)
Poetry Slam/Zombie Blues
Reception, hors d’oeuvres, dinner, and dessert .
Friday, April 25 – 10:00pm to midnight
9:45pm Warming up with Michael P . and The Gullywashers Transportation round-trip to/from Skyline $20
10:15pm Poetry Slam Transportation from Skyline to hotel $10*
11:00pm Zombie Blues Band (TSC’ers jam Michael P . and The Gullywashers) (attire: evening casual – bring change of clothing if attending Mt . Lemmon-Sabino event)
11:45pm Music and Dancing
*Dinner Guests who are taking the Sabino/Mt Lemmon side trip will have transportation
Following the poems, attendees are invited to perform one or more verses of the Zombie Blues
to the Skyline Country Club and will only need a return bus trip back to the Tucson Marriott
with musical accompaniment by Michael P . and The Gullywashers . Write your own verse to add
University Park Hotel after the dinner.
to the original soulless lament:
“I act like you act... I do what you do.. but I don’t know what it’s like to be you”…
What consciousness is... I ain’t got a clue....I got the Zombie Blues.”
‘End-of-Consciousness’ Party
Saturday, April 26 – 8:00pm until ??? – Location TBA
This is a TSC Conference tradition . Enjoy food, drinks/cash bar, and music in a party setting!
OPTIONAL SOCIAL EVENTS
Brain Mapping Symposium
Thursday afternoon, April 24 – 2:30pm to 5:00pm
The University of Arizona Medical Center – DuVal Auditorium
Henry Markram, Christof Koch and Anirban Bandyopadhyay hold a special public symposium
on technology of brain mapping for the University of Arizona neuroscience and related fields .
Mt. Lemmon-Sabino Canyon, The Santa Catalina Mts., and a Nature Walk 1-6pm
Thursday afternoon, April 24 – 1:00 pm to 6:00pm ($85 per person)
10,000 feet above the desert floor, 5 climactic zones, and 30 degrees cooler, lies Mount
Lemmon . Our trip up the Hitchcock Highway is like traveling from central Mexico to Alaska
with foliage changing from desert scrub plants to tall ponderosa pines . A nature walk follows
our journey up the mountain . There is a mountaintop community, Summerhaven, with shops
and restaurants .
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PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP PROGRAM
Monday Morning, April 21 – 9:00am to 1:00pm Monday Evening, April 21 – 5:00pm to 7:00pm
• ALL DAY FORUM: DEI East-West Forum – part 1 / SABINO • Special East-West Forum Poster Session / VENTANA
East: P . Sriramam S . Roy, V . Sahni, A .K . Mukhopadhyay, B . D . Dhir, P .S . Satsangi
West: R . Gennaro, J . Barrell, J . Tuszynski, P . Pylkkanen, S . Hameroff
Monday Evening, April 21 – 7:30pm to 10:30pm
Forum Coordinator: Dr . Bani Dayal Dhir
Forum Organizer: Dr . Vishal Sahni, Dayalbagh Educational Institute • Brain Stimulation / CANYON A
(W .J . Tyler)
Abstracts for this Forum are at the back of this book (pages 276-303)
1 . DEI Final Vision and Plenary Talks Outline • The Reality Problem: Can Science Become Enlightened? / MADERA-PIMA
2 . Final Oral Abstracts (Deepak Chopra)
3 . DEI Final Poster Abstracts
Tuesday Morning, April – 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
• Microtubules and Quantum Biology / MADERA
• From Phenomenology to Consciousness and Back: / SABINO
(Sir Roger Penrose, Stuart Hameroff, Jack Tuszynski, Travis Craddock,
Integrated Information Theory (IIT) 3.0
Anirban Banyopadhyay)
(Giulio Tononi)
• Sleights of Mind: The Illusory Nature of Perception and Deception / CANYON A • Quantum Cognition / MADERA
(Stephen L . Macknik) (Harald Atmanspacher, Peter Bruza, Peter beim Graben, Paavo Pylkkänen)
• Nondual Awareness and the Unity of Consciousness: / CANYON B • The Healthy Human Mind: Tibetan Lamas and The Science of the / CANYON A
Experience and Research Stream of Consciousness; Research on the Nature of the Healthy Human Mind
(Zoran Josipovic, Judith Blackstone) Amongst Tibetan Lamas in South and Central Asia South and Central Asia
(Henry Vyner)
• Toward a Standardized Curriculum of Consciousness Studies / CANYON C
(Allan Combs, Jeffery Martin, Nathan Munn, Ed Sarath, • Theatre, Literature and Consciousness / CANYON B
Gino Yu, Chip McAuley, Katie Noble) (Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe, Harry Youtt)
• Philosophical Theories of Consciousness / CANYON C
Monday Afternoon, April 21 – 2:00pm to 6:00pm (Rocco Gennaro, Josh Weisberg)
• ALL DAY FORUM CONTINUED: DEI East-West Forum – part 2 / SABINO • Expanded States Through Shamanic Wisdom / VENTANA
(Poster Setup – after lunch for 5:00pm to 7:00pm DEI Poster Session) (Francoise Bourzat)
• New Discoveries in Consciousness Science / MADERA
Tuesday Evening, April 22 – 10:00pm to 11:30pm
(Bernard J . Baars)
• Late Evening Film Showing / MARRIOTT BALLROOM
• Neuroscience of Music, Consciousness & Therapy / CANYON A 10:00pm Doug Wolens – The Singularity
(Alexander Graur, Giuseppe Vitiello) 10:30pm Patrick Palucki – Consciousness and Signification
11:00pm Linda Cherry – Press Pause: Reset Your Life
• “First-Person Methods: Philosophers’ Dreams or / CANYON B
Researchers’ Nightmares?” Tuesday Morning, April 23 – 6:30 to 11:00 pm
(Jennifer Windt, Sascha Benjamin Fink) • Nightwalking – Peripheral Vision for Peak Experience – EVENT IS FULL
(Nelson Zink, Petra Stoerig) / OFFSITE at Feliz Paseos Park
• Preserving Consciousness: How a Missing Science / CANYON C
of Consciousness Hobbles Life-Saving Medical Research
Wednesday Evening, April 23 – 10:00pm to 11:00pm
(Kenneth Hayworth, Randal Koene, Max More)
• Late Evening Storytelling Session / MARRIOTT BALLROOM
(Nick Day, Sascha Seifert) Evolution of Storytelling
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MONDAY | April 21, 2014 | PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS Toward a Science of Consciousness 2014 | Tucson Marriott University Park, Arizona
SABINO MADERA CANYON A CANYON B CANYON C VENTANA MADERA/PIMA
8:00am - 6:00pm Pre-Conference Workshop REGISTRATION in the Marriott Atrium Lobby
9:00am - 1:00pm DEI East-West Forum Microtubules and Sleights of Mind: Nondual Toward a Standardized
Quantum Biology The Illusory Awareness and Curriculum of
Full-Day Forum [Part 1]
Nature of the Unity of Consciousness Studies
Sir Roger Penrose
East: P . Sriramam, Perception and Consciousness:
S . Roy, V . Sahni, A .K . Stuart Hameroff Deception Experience and Allan Combs
Mukhopadhyay, B . D . Dhir, Jack Tuszynski Research Jeffery Martin
Stephen L . Macknik
P .S . Satsangi Travis Craddock Zoran Josipovic Nathan Munn
West: R . Gennaro, Anirban Banyopadhyay Judith Blackstone Ed Sarath
J . Barrell, J . Tuszynski, Gino Yu
P . Pylkkanen, S . Hameroff
Chip McAuley
Katie Noble
1:00pm - 2:00pm LUNCH – at a location of your choice 1:00pm - 2:00pm LUNCH – at a location of your choice
2:00pm - 6:00pm DEI East-West Forum New Discoveries in Neuroscience “First-Person Preserving
Consciousness Science of Music, Methods: Consciousness: How
Full-Day Forum [Part 2]
Consciousness & Philosophers’ a Missing Science
Bernard J . Baars
Therapy Dreams or of Consciousness
Researchers’ Hobbles Life-Saving
Alexander Graur
Nightmares?” Medical Research
Giuseppe Vitiello
Jennifer Windt Kenneth Hayworth
Sascha Randal Koene
Benjamin Finks
Max More
5:00pm - 7:00pm DEI East-West Forum
Poster Session

7:30pm - 10:30pm Brain Stimulation The Reality Problem:
Can Science Become
W .J . Tyler
Enlightened?
Deepak Chopra
14 Monday SCHEDULE 15
TUESDAY, April 22, 2014 | PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS Toward a Science of Consciousness 2014 | Tucson Marriott University Park, Arizona
SABINO MADERA CANYON A CANYON B CANYON C VENTANA MADERA/PIMA
8:00am - 9:30am Pre-Conference Workshop REGISTRATION in the Marriott Atrium Lobby
10:30am - 5:00pm General Conference REGISTRATION in the Marriott Atrium
9:00am - 1:00pm From Phenomenology Quantum Cognition The Healthy Theatre, Philosophical Expanded
to Consciousness Human Mind: Literature and Theories of States Through
Harald Atmanspacher
and Back: Integrated Tibetan Lamas Consciousness Consciousness Shamanic Wisdom
Peter Bruza
Information Theory Science of
Daniel Meyer- Rocco Gennaro Francoise Bourzat
(IIT) 3.0 Peter beim Graben the Stream of
Dinkgräfe Josh Weisberg
Giulio Tononi Paavo Pylkkänen Consciousness; Harry Youtt
Research on
Tibetan Lamas
in South and
Central Asia
Henry Vyner
1:00pm END of Pre-Conference Workshops
1:00pm - 1:45pm LUNCH – at a location of your choice
TUESDAY, April 22, 2014 | CONFERENCE OPENING | PLENARY SESSION 1 CONCURRENT SESSIONS 1-8 | WELCOME RECEPTION
1:45pm CONFERENCE WELCOME – in the Grand Ballroom
1:45pm - 4:10pm PLENARY SESSION 1: The Hard Problem — Twenty Years On
PLENARY SESSION 1 For details, see Plenary INDEX on pages 23-25.
David Chalmers | Daniel C . Dennett | Donald Hoffman
4:10pm - 5:00pm break
SABINO MADERA CANYON A CANYON B CANYON C VENTANA PIMA BOARD ROOM
For details, see Concurrent INDEX on pages 26-34. For details, see Concurrent INDEX on pages 26-34.
5:00pm - 7:05pm CONCURRENT CONCURRENT CONCURRENT CONCURRENT CONCURRENT CONCURRENT CONCURRENT CONCURRENT
SESSION 2: SESSION 7: SESSION 1: SESSION 3: SESSION 4: SESSION 6: SESSION 8: SESSION 5:
CONCURRENT
SESSIONS 1-8 Reflexivity and Unity Altered States Materialism and the Extended and Perceptual Computational Quantum Disorders of
Explanatory Gap Distributed Consciousness Approaches Approaches Consciousness
Consciousness
7:05pm - 7:30pm break
7:30pm - 10:00pm WELCOME RECEPTION at the Marriott Atrium Lobby and Lounge
10:00pm - 11:30pm Late Evening Film Showing – Marriott BALLROOM
16 Tuesday SCHEDULE 17
WEDNESDAY MORNING, April 23, 2014 | PLENARY SESSIONS 2-4 Toward a Science of Consciousness 2014 | Tucson Marriott University Park, Arizona
GRAND BALLROOM
For details, see Plenary INDEX on pages 23-25.
8:30am - 10:40am PLENARY SESSION 2:
Attention and Consciousness
Michael Graziano | Alison Gopnik | Ned Block
10:40am - 11:10am break
11:10am - 12:30pm PLENARY SESSION 3: KEYNOTE SESSION
Consciousness and the Laws of Physics
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Sir Roger Penrose
12:30pm - 2:00pm break
2:00pm - 4:10pm PLENARY SESSION 4:
Subjectivity and Objectivity
John Searle | Rebecca Goldstein | Deepak Chopra
4:10pm - 5:00pm break
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, April 23, 2014 | CONCURRENT SESSIONS 9-16
SABINO MADERA CANYON A CANYON B CANYON C VENTANA PIMA BOARD ROOM
For details, see Concurrent INDEX on pages 26-34. For details, see Concurrent INDEX on pages 26-34.
5:00pm - 7:05pm CONCURRENT CONCURRENT CONCURRENT CONCURRENT CONCURRENT CONCURRENT CONCURRENT CONCURRENT
SESSION 9: SESSION 13: SESSION 10: SESSION 12: SESSION 16: SESSION 14: SESSION 11: SESSION 15:
CONCURRENT
Neutral Monism and Brain Consciousness Sleep Vibrations Meditation Foundational History of
SESSIONS 9-16
Panpsychism Stimulation and Attention and Dreams and Scale Issues in the Consciousness
Science of
Consciousness
WEDNESDAY EVE, April 23, 2014 | POSTER SESSIONS & ART/TECH/HEALTH
6:30pm - 11:00pm Nightwalking – Peripheral Vision for Peak Experience – EVENT IS FULL
Feliz Paseos Park (OFFSITE)
For details, see Poster INDEX on pages 35-50 and
Art/Tech/Health INDEX on page 51.
7:00pm - 10:00pm P1 Poster sessions and A1 Art/Tech/Health Exhibits/Demos are available
for viewing during this 3-hour period . – Arizona Historical Society Museum
10:00pm - 11:00pm Late Evening Storytelling Session – Marriott BALLROOM
18 Wednesday SCHEDULE 19