Ruben Laukkonen: Meditation and the cessation of consciousness

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A conversation with Dr Ruben Laukkonen exploring the cutting edge of contemplative science and the experience of consciousness cessation.

A conversation with Dr Ruben Laukkonen—cognitive scientist, neuroscientist and meditator —exploring the cutting edge of contemplative science and the mysterious experience of consciousness coming to a complete stop - cessation. - https://rubenlaukkonen.com/To join future events, newsletter and access ad-free event recordings go to: https://adventuresinawareness.com/Ruben completed an award-winning PhD on the cognitive science of insight at The University of Queensland in 2019, followed by post-doctoral research at the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam on the computational neuroscience of meditation. Ruben is now a Senior Lecturer at Southern Cross University where his lab uncovers empirically grounded and experientially authentic models of meditation, insight, psychedelics, and consciousness. Using a combination of methods including neuroimaging, machine learning, and phenomenology, his team is investigating some of the rarest states of consciousness available to human beings- https://adventuresinawareness.com/membership- One-off PayPal donations: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/adventuresin- https://adventuresinawareness.com- Subscribe to us on youtube…

People in this episode

Host: Amir Giles

Guest: Dr Ruben Laukkonen

Topics covered

• meditation
• consciousness
• cognitive science
• neuroscience
• insight
• contemplative science

Keywords

• meditation
• consciousness
• cognitive science
• neuroscience
• insight
• psychedelics
• phenomenology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The University of Queensland, Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam, Southern Cross University, Adventures in Awareness

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