Prof. Angelo Gemignani, director of the Department of Surgical, Medical, Molecular and Critical Area Pathology of the University of Pisa, brings the theme To be or not to be, this is the connectome within the conference dedicated to the MindScience Academy.
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Event organized by Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa in collaboration with the University of Pisa, under the patronage of the Italian Buddhist Union and the Region of Tuscany.
Photos from the conference:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/140688878@N02/albums/72157720031441680
Angelo Gemignani
Angelo Gemignani is a medical doctor, psychiatrist and doctor in psychology, full professor of neuroscience at University of Pisa, Director of the Department of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology & Critical Care Medicine; Director of the Master in Neuroscience, Mindfulness and Contemplative Practices; Director of Clinical Psychology branch of the Pisa University Hospital. His didactic activity includes many different topics, i.e. the psychobiological bases of human behavior, the neural correlates of mental disorders, integrative cerebral functions and clinical psychology. His research activity is mainly devoted to the study of psychobiological mechanisms of a) sleep functions, b) consciousness and its related non-ordinary states (i.e. induced by meditation), c) distress and negative emotions. (i.e. sleep and consciousness changes in healthy volunteers simulating the human flight to Mars).
