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Director/Principal Investigator Founding Director: Research: Meditation, Consciousness and Nonduality I am interested in states of consciousness cultivated through contemplative practice, what these states can tell us about the nature of consciousness and its relation to authentic subjectivity, and what relevance this may have for understanding the global and local organization in the brain. I use fMRI and a variety of visual and other stimuli to explore functional connectivity changes in the brain’s networks. BBC Interview: Brains of Buddhist monks scanned in meditation study Biography: I am a Research Associate in David Heeger’s Laboratory for Computational Neuroimaging at Center for Neural Science, and a founding member of Margam—metro-area research group on awareness and meditation. In my previous life I worked as a clinical psychotherapist, a bodyworker and have taught meditation at Esalen Institute for many years. Awards: Mind Science Foundation 2010 Tom Slick Awards for research on consciousness Education: 2006: Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience and Asian Philosophy, Union Institute & University, Cincinnati, OH Publications: 1. Josipovic, Z., Dinstein, I., Weber, J., Heeger, D.J., (2011). Influence of meditation on anti-correlated networks in the brain. (in submission).
Josipovic, Z (2011, May). Default to Nonduality. Talk Presented at the Consciousness and Science Conference, Stockholm, Sweden. Josipovic, Z. (2011, September). The Enlightened Brain. Talk presented at the 3rd ‘Buddhism and Science’ conference, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Josipovic, Z., (2008, April). Toward the Neural Correlate of Nondual Awareness. Talk Presented at the Consciousness Conference, Tucson, AZ. Josipovic, Z., (2009, October). Nonduality and Neuroscience. Talk Presented at the Science and Nonduality Conference, San Rafael, CA. Josipovic, Z (2010, April). Influence of Nondual Awareness on Anti-Correlated Networks in the Brain. Talk Presented at the Consciousness Conference, Tucson, AZ. Invited Lectures: “Influence of Nondual Awareness on the Brain”, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, August 2011 “Nonduality and the Brain”, Harvard University and MGH, May, 2011 “Zen and Cognitive Science”, (invited panelist), Columbia University, October, 2010 “Finding Inner Peace” Brainwave series at Rubin Museum, New York, March 2010 “Psychology of Religion”, Center for Inquiry, New York, November, 2009 Media: My current research has been pick up by NPR: http://topics.npr.org/search/articles?q=phakyab+rinpoche My research has been featured in a documentary film The Consciousness Chronicles. At Rubin Museum Brain Brainwave 2010 series: http://www.rmanyc.org/pages/load/164 Online at Scienceline: http://www.scienceline.org/index.php?s=Josipovic&submit.x=27&submit.y=12 And in ‘Spirituality and Health’ magazine: http://www.spiritualityhealth.com/spirit/archives/one-couples-search-oneness Many years ago I co-wrote a somewhat funny comic-book introduction to Zen:
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