Neurospirituality Symposium
Mass General Brigham Assembly Row headquarters in Somerville, Massachusetts, 399 Revolution Dr, Somerville, Massachusetts, 02145
Friday, February 28th, in person and streaming.
9:30 AM - 4:30 PM (7h)
About This Event
The inaugural Neurospirituality Symposium will be held on Friday, February 28th, 2025, from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM at the Mass General Brigham Assembly Row headquarters in Somerville, Massachusetts. An after-symposium reception will be held immediately following the closing keynote address.
The event is hosted and organized by Dr. Michael Ferguson, PhD, Instructor in Neurology at Harvard Medical School and director of the Neurospirituality Lab at the Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics, with generous support from the Center for Emergence.
Three main topical categories will be addressed at the symposium:
Prayer Science
Empirical studies about the effects of prayer on behavior, physiology, psychology, or spirituality, exploring its impact through scientific methods.
Mystical-type experiences
Studies relating to spiritual experiences and insights gained through the use of psychedelic substances, often involving altered states of consciousness, profound personal revelations, and a sense of connection to nature, humanity as a whole, or the divine.
Spiritual therapeutics
Studies that explore belief in miracles, or which use of spiritual practices and beliefs, such as meditation, prayer, sacraments, blessings, or other rituals to promote emotional, mental, and physical well-being in a therapeutic context.
Featured talks include:
Foundations of Neurospirituality
Dr. Michael Ferguson, PhD
Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Neurospirituality Lab at the Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics
Foundations of Neurotheology
Dr. Andrew Newberg, PhD
Professor and Director of Research, Marcus Institute of Integrative Health
Thomas Jefferson University and Hospital
Religious Motor Behaviors and Movement Disorders
Dr. Christos Ganos, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Toronto
Staff Physician, Toronto Western Hospital Movement Disorders Centre
Speaking in Tongues
Dr. Josh Brahinsky, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Cultural Anthropology
University of California, Berkeley
Mystical Experiences and Psychedelics Trips
Agathe Fauchille
PhD Candidate in Neuroscience at UCL Brain Sciences Faculty
Harvard Bogue Research Fellow at the Neurospirituality Lab
Existential Neurology: Cotard Delusions and the Sense of Life
Dr. Mengyuan Ding, MD
Senior Research Associate
Neurospirituality Lab at the Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics
Compassion Therapeutics
Morgan Healey
Lab Manager
Neurospirituality Lab at the Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics
Big Data Prayer Science
Dr. C. Estelle Smith, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science
Director of the #HappyPlace research lab, Colorado School of Mines
Frontiers in the Cognitive Neuroscience of Religion
Dr. Jordan Grafman, PhD
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Spiritual Care in Ketamine Therapeutics
Tara Deonauth, MDiv
Spiritual Care Coordinator
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Dark Night of the Soul: Depression & Spirituality
Dr. Jenae Nelson, PhD
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Brigham Young University
Advanced Meditation and the Third Wave of Meditation Research
Dr. Matthew Sacchet, PhD
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Director of the Meditation Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
Scrupulosity: When Faith Becomes Fear
Dr. Jared Nielsen, PhD
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Brigham Young University
The Value of Doubt
Dr. Erik Asp, PhD
Assistant Professor in Psychology, Hamline University
Director of Wesley and Lorene Artz Cognitive Neuroscience Research Center
Varieties of Spiritual Experiences
Dr. David Yaden, PhD
Associate Professor, Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Neuroscience & Mysticism
Brother Vlad Theo
Orthodox Christian Monk, New Skete Monastery
For more information about the symposium, visit: https://neuromichael.com/symposium/
Booking will end on February 28 at 4:30 PM
Register for free at: http://neurospirituality.io
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