Unraveling the Mystery of the Self: From Descartes to the Human Consciousness Project

A Keynote Lecture by Dr. Sam Parnia

September 11, 2008

The United Nations

Videos

Rethinking Mortality:

Exploring the Boundaries between Life and Death

Reversing Death:
The Miracle of Modern Medicine
Featuring: Steve Paulson, Sam Parnia, Lance Becker, Stephan A. Mayer
October 9, 2013

Prolonging Life:
Legal, Ethical, and Social Dilemmas
Featuring: Steve Paulson, Christopher Comfort, Barbara Coombs Lee, Mildred Z. Solomon, Sam Shemie
November 12, 2013

Experiencing Death:
An Insider's Perspective
Featuring: Steve Paulson, Sam Parnia, Mary Neal, Kevin Nelson, Peter Fenwick
December 11 2013

The Emerging Science of Consciousness

Mind, Brain and the Human Experience

The Thinking Ape:
The Enigma of Human Consciousness
Featuring: Steve Paulson, Nicholas Schiff, Daniel Kahneman, Laurie Santos, David Chalmers
October 10, 2012

The Mystery of Memory:
In Search of the Past
Featuring: Steve Paulson, André Aciman, Alison Winter, Joseph LeDoux, Daniel Schacter
November 14, 2012

Music & the Mind:
The Magical Power of Sound
Featuring: Steve Paulson, Jamshed Bharucha, Concetta Tomaino, Charles Limb, Vijay Iyer
December 12, 2012

Becoming Conscious:
The Science of Mindfulness
Featuring: Steve Paulson, Richard Davidson, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Amishi Jha
February 13, 2012

Perspectives on the Self

Conversations on Identity & Consciousness

Who Am I?:
Beyond 'I Think, Therefore I Am'
Featuring: Alex Voorhoeve, Elie During, Timothy Wilson, David Jopling, Frances Kamm
May 24, 2011

Me, Myself, and I:
The Rise of the Modern Self
Featuring: Robert Hanna, Norbert Wiley, Raymond Martin, Jerrold Seigel, Gerald Izenberg
May 12, 2011

A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy:
Linking Belief to Behavior
Featuring Esther Sternberg, Shaun Gallagher, V.V. Raman, Simon Critchley
April 28, 2011

The Pursuit of Immortality:
From the Ego to the Soul
Featuring Lisa Miller, John Haught, Nancey Murphy, Kenneth Miller
March 23, 2011

Quid Pro Quo:
The Ecology of the Self
Featuring Steve Paulson, Paul Bloom, Owen Flanagan, Roy Baumeister
February 23, 2011

To Be or Not To Be:
The Self as Illusion
Featuring Krista Tippett, Pim van Lommel, Evan Thompson, Thomas Metzinger
December 7, 2010

Shifting Realities: Myths, Models & Morality

Life, Death & the Pursuit of Morality

Shifting Realities (Part II)
Life, Death & the Pursuit of Morality
An excerpt featuring Sam Parnia
June 22, 2010

Shifting Realities (Part II)
Life, Death & the Pursuit of Morality
An excerpt featuring Jeffrey Long
June 22, 2010

Shifting Realities (Part II)
Life, Death & the Pursuit of Morality
An excerpt from the Q&A Session
June 22, 2010

Shifting Realities: Myths, Models & Morality

The Contingent Nature of Reality

Shifting Realities (Part I)
The Contingent Nature of Reality
An excerpt featuring Merlin W. Donald
May 12, 2010

Shifting Realities (Part I)
The Contingent Nature of Reality
An excerpt featuring J.A. Scott Kelso
May 12, 2010

Shifting Realities (Part I)
The Contingent Nature of Reality
An excerpt featuring Peter A. Moskovitz
May 12, 2010

Shifting Realities (Part I)
The Contingent Nature of Reality
An excerpt from the Q&A Session
May 12, 2010

Technology, Neuroscience & the Nature of Being: Considerations of Meaning, Morality & Transcendence

Toward a Common Morality

Infinite Echoes
Riccardo Crinella, Emmanuel During & Paola Munari
September 11, 2009

The Varieties of Transcendent Love
Leili Anvar, PhD
September 11, 2009

Persons and their Brains
Roger Scruton, PhD
September 11, 2009

Neuroscience, Reverence and Moral Sense
James Giordano, PhD
September 11, 2009

Common Morality
Deciding What to Do
Bernard Gert, PhD
September 11, 2009

The Neurobiology of Virtue
William Casebeer, PhD
September 11, 2009

Advances in Neuroscience
Kevin FitzGerald, SJ, PhD
September 11, 2009

From Prodigy to Virtuoso: Mozart and Ostad Elahi
Farhad Mechkat
September 11, 2009

The More We Understand, The Less We Understand
Martha J. Farah, PhD
September 11, 2009

Universal Morality, Inclusivity, and the Brain
Andrew B. Newberg, MD
September 11, 2009

The Neuroscience of Fair Play
Donald W. Pfaff, PhD
September 11, 2009

The Impact of Brain Function on the Concept of Criminality
Maxwell R. Bennett, PhD
September 11, 2009

Beyond the Mind-Body Problem: New Paradigms in the Science of Consciousness

Beyond the Brain: The Experiential Implications of Neurotheology
A Panel Discussion
September 11, 2008

Mind-Body Connections: How Does Consciousness Shape the Brain?
A Panel Discussion
September 11, 2008

Unraveling the Mystery of the Self
Dr. Sam Parnia
September 11, 2008

Why God Doesn't Use Biostatistics
Dr. Andrew Newberg
September 11, 2008

Strings Resonance
Claire Antonini & Renaud Garcia-Fons
September 11, 2008

Lectures

A Scientific Look at Synchronicity
An excerpt featuring James Giordano and Ginette Nachman
April 28, 2010

A Scientific Look at Synchronicity
An excerpt featuring Robert Perry, Bernard Beitman and Paul DeBell
April 28, 2010

Decoding the Spiritual Messages of Everyday Life
Paul DeBell, MD
November 5, 2009

Healing Spaces
The Science of Place and Well-Being
Esther M. Sternberg, MD
June 24, 2009

How God Changes Your Brain
Andrew Newberg, M.D.
May 14, 2009

The Science Behind Happiness
Featuring Roxane Cohen Silver, Paul DeBell & Roger Walsh
April 22, 2009

The Faces of Love
Hafez and the Poets of Shiraz
Prof. Dick Davis
April 17, 2009

Three Musical Precursors
Part II - Debussy
Farhad Mechkat
December 18, 2008

Three Musical Precursors
Part I - Beethoven
Farhad Mechkat
November 6, 2008