Cultural Neurophenomenology of Hypnosis and Meditation (Michael Lifshitz & Samuel Veissière)
Channel: The Foundation for Psychocultural Research
Date: 2020-02-21

FPR-McGill Social and Cultural Neuroscience Workshop (June 17–21, 2019)

Description: Hypnosis and meditation offer powerful tools for regulating subjective experience, attaining personal insight, and treating a range of clinical conditions. This talk explores the current scientific understanding of these practices—outlining what we know about the underlying mechanisms and exploring emerging questions in the scientific literature. 

Biographical Note: Michael Lifshitz, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Anthropology, Stanford University. Samuel Veissière, PhD, Assistant Professor, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill University. Learn more at thefpr.org and mcgill.ca/tcpsych.