NIAS Consciousness Studies Programme
An international conference for researchers, scholars and students to discuss brain, self, cognition and consciousness . . .
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We live in a time when the emotions we behold, identity we carry, memories we retain, decisions we take, unconscious responses we make, and the free will we exercise - all impact the fundamental nature of our consciousness, and determine how it is going to express or evolve. The 2015 international conference will raise questions, reflect upon the most exciting possibilities, and debate upon the fundamental aspects of consciousness which lies in the cusp of philosophy, neurosciences, artificial intelligence, physics and medical humanities.
10 February 2015 | Posted by Sangeetha Menon |
About NIAS Consciousness Studies Programme
The NIAS Consciousness Studies Programme is an interdisciplinary programme of the National Institute of Advanced Studies situated in the campus of Indian Institute of Science, in Bangalore, India. The Programme brings in philosophy, cognitive sciences, animal studies, psychology, creativity studies, physics and the neurosciences in its research mandate. The NIAS Programme on Consciousness Studies began in NIAS in 1992.
Our Focus ...
There is a need to look at human experiences and consciousness as a whole, and in the interdisciplinary context of the humanities, biological, cognitive and the physical sciences. The Consciousness Studies Programme at NIAS, while adopting a larger framework, is disciplinarily grounded in humanities, neurophysics, behavioural and cognitive sciences, neurosciences and neuropsychiatry.
