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Program Abstracts.Pdf 20th Anniversary Conference Toward a Science of Consciousness April 21-26, 2014 Tucson, Arizona Tucson Marriott University Park Hotel Sponsored by The University of Arizona Center for CONSCIOUSNESS STUDIES CONTENTS Welcome . 2-4 Tucson Telephone Numbers . 5 Transportation Services . 5 Pre-Conference Workshop . 7 Conference Overview . 8 Optional Social Events . 8-9 Pre-Conference List . 10-11 Conference Week Schedule Grid . 12-22 INDEX to SESSIONS Plenary . 23-25 Concurrents . .. 26-34 Posters . 35-50 Art/Tech/Health Exhibits & Demos . 51 CCS-TSC Taxonomy and Classifications . 52-53 INDEX to ABSTRACTS Abstracts by Classification . 54-274 East-West Forum Abstracts . 275-300 Additional Abstracts . 301-303 Index to Authors . 304-306 WELCOME Welcome to Toward a Science of Consciousness 2014, the 20th anniversary of the biennial, international interdisciplinary Tucson Conference on the fundamental question of how the brain produces conscious experience . Sponsored and organized by the Center for Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona, this year’s conference is being held for the first time at the Tucson Marriott University Park Hotel, steps from the main gate of the beautiful campus of the 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 grassy mall, and just hanging out . Adjacent to the UA main gate and hotel are over 30 shops, restaurants and pubs along University Boulevard . A short walk in the opposite direction leads to the village setting of 4th Avenue and then to downtown Tucson . Toward a Science of Consciousness (TSC) is the largest and longest-running interdisciplinary conference emphasizing broad and rigorous interdisciplinary approaches to conscious awareness, the nature of existence and our place in the universe . TSC brings together perspectives, orientations and methodologies from neuroscience, philosophy, medicine, quantum physics, cosmology, biology, psychology, anthropology, artificial intelligence, technology, contemplative and experiential traditions, the arts, culture, humanities and others . Cutting edge, controversial issues are emphasized . The TSC 2014 Keynote Speaker is Sir Roger Penrose, esteemed British physicist, mathematician and author renowned for his work on general relativity, cosmology and consciousness . Penrose shared the 1988 Wolf Prize for physics with Stephen Hawking for their contribution to our understanding of the universe . His 1989 book “The Emperor’s New Mind: A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousness” helped launch modern consciousness studies . Sir Roger will also give a special Astrophysics Colloquium lecture at Steward Observatory April 21 (see page 7) . Plenary Speakers Bernard Baars, Anirban Bandyopadhyay, Susan Blackmore, Ned Block, David Chalmers, Deepak Chopra, Karl Deisseroth, Daniel Dennett, David Eagleman, Kenneth Hayworth, Donald Hoffman, Michael Graziano, Alison Gopnik, Rebecca Goldstein, Stuart Hameroff, Russell Hurlburt, Christof Koch, Henry Markram, George Mashour, Julia Mossbridge, Sam Parnia, Mary Peterson, John Searle, Petra Stoerig, Max Tegmark, Giulio Tononi, and Natasha Vita-More . The Opening Plenary Session is Tuesday, April 22 at 1:45 PM. Additional Plenary Sessions are Wednesday through Saturday April 23-26. Concurrent, Evening and Pre-conference Workshop Sessions: 24 concurrent sessions occur in parallel from 5:00pm to 7:05pm, 8 per night on 3 nights, Tuesday April 22nd, Wednesday April 23rd and Friday April 25th . Each session is chaired by a moderator and has 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 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 Institute (DEI), Agra, India . Social Events: Fun social gatherings are a TSC tradition and include the Tuesday Opening Welcome Reception; a Tuesday late-evening Film showing; a Wednesday late-evening 2 Toward a Science of Consciousness 2014 | Tucson Marriott University Park, Arizona Storytelling session with filmmakers; 3 Poster Sessions with receptions (one for the East- West Forum on Monday evening and general TSC poster sessions on Wednesday and Friday evenings); Optional Thursday Side Trips; Conference Dinner at the Skyline Country Club; the traditional ‘Poetry Slam/Zombie Blues’ on Friday evening; and the Saturday closing “End of Consciousness’ Party . Over 1000 participants are expected from 60 countries over the course of the week . Over 600 abstracts were submitted, and 413 are included in the program . History: The first TSC conference was held in 1994 in DuVal Auditorium at the University of Arizona Medical Center, and subsequently elsewhere in Tucson in even-numbered years . These alternate with co-sponsored international TSC conferences in various locations around 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 to the work over the years of Al Kaszniak, David Chalmers, Jim Laukes, Stuart Hameroff and the late Alwyn Scott, a co-founder of CCS . Since 2007, CCS and TSC have been successfully managed by Abi Behar-Montefiore, subsisting almost entirely on TSC conference registration fees . CCS is hosted in the Department of Anesthesiology in the University of Arizona College of Medicine . Thank you to our international colleagues and friends who helped make TSC alternate year conferences possible: 1995 Ischia, Italy; Chloe Taddei-Ferretti 1997 Elsinore, Denmark; LO Skolen, Alwyn Scott 1999 Tokyo, Japan; UN University, Mari Jibu, Kunio Yasue 2001 Skovde, Sweden; University of Skovde, Paavo Pylkkanen 2003 Prague, Czech Republic; Ivan Havel 2005 Copenhagen, Denmark; Morten Overgard 2007 Budapest, Hungary; George Kampis 2009 Hong Kong, China; Hong Kong Polytechnic, Gino Yu 2011 Stockholm, Sweden; Christer Perfjell 2013 Agra, India; Rev . Prof . PS . Satsangi; Vishal Sahni 2015 . and the upcoming June 2015 TSC in Helsinki, Finland; University of Finland, Paavo Pylkkanen (June 9-13, 2015) 2014 BHAUMIK PRIZE – COMMEMORATING THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY For the first time, the Bhaumik Prize in Consciousness Studies will be awarded . The recipient will be announced, and the $10,000 award presented at the conference by Dr . Mani Bhaumik . The award is for significant advances in the science of consciousness . 20th Anniversary Conference Program Co-Chairs David Chalmers, Australian National University, New York University Stuart Hameroff, The University of Arizona Conference Manager Abi Behar-Montefiore, Center for Consciousness Studies, Assistant Director 3 Venue The Tucson Marriott University Park Hotel (880 E 2nd St, Tucson, AZ 85719) is near shops, 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 . Thank you! The TSC Conference and Center for Consciousness Studies wish to thank the Program 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 Conference Manager Abi Behar-Montefiore for her masterful administration . We are grateful to SBS web guru Ed Xia for many years of IT support . We appreciate the additional support from AHSC BioCommunications team members: Television production team including Ricky Bergeron and Larry McAlister, as well as Darla Keneston, Graphic Designer Senior and Rita Ellsworth, MS, Director, BioCommunications . And to Roma Krebs, Graphic Designer Senior at UA BioCommunications, please accept our gratitude for your overall 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 2013 . Dave did most of the conference logo artwork over many years, including this year’s Sgt Pepper album cover . 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 Jacobsen, Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology . We are grateful to our original sponsors, the Fetzer Institute and the YeTaDel Foundation who supported us for many years . We also thank The Deepak Choprak Foundation; The Dayalbagh Educational Institue (DEI); The Bhaumik Foundation; and The Robert Kuhn Foundation . 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 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 all your help with the media . Special thanks to Czarina Salido for research, editing, and all-around program support, 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 thank Eric Gonzales and the Arizona Historical Society Museum; and Saatviki Gupta for her help with the
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