The discussions during this Dialogue will primarily focus on the subjective phenomenology, information-processing operations, and neural mechanisms of attention, memory, and conscious awareness from both scientific and Buddhist perspectives. Special attention will be focused on the distinctive characteristics and interactions of attention, memory, and metacognition as seen from diverse viewpoints, including the possibility of multiple dimensions of awareness (not limiting the discussion to the familiar categories of the conscious and subconscious mind), and the relationship between the entire spectrum of human information processing, awareness, and the world of experience (Lebenswelt) as a whole. We anticipate that this exploration will lead to further systematic plans for groundbreaking empirical and theoretical research on meditation and contemplative practice at the interface between science and Buddhism.
LOCATION: Dharamsala, India
Session Videos
Mind & Life XVIII – Session Four
Mind and Life Institute • May 15, 2020
Participants
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
Honorary Board Chair
Shaun Gallagher, PhD
University of Memphis
Amishi Jha, PhD
University of Miami
Convening Faculty, Fellow, Grantee, Planning Committee Member, Research and Programs Council Member
Clifford Saron, PhD
University of California, Davis
Convening Faculty, Fellow, Planning Committee Member
Anne Treisman, PhD
Princeton
