Speakers and Topics


Arthur D. (Bud) Craig, PhD
  • How do you feel? The neurobiological basis for human awareness of feelings from the body
  • Arthur D. (Bud) Craig, PhD | Bio
  • Atkinson Research Scientist, Barrow Neurological Institute
  • Research Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Arizona College of Medicine
  • Research Professor of Psychology, Arizona State University
Hugo Critchley, DPhil, MRCPsych
  • Visceral influences on emotional awareness
  • Hugo Critchley, DPhil, MRCPsych | Bio
  • Chair in Psychiatry
  • Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Antonio Damasio, MD, PhD
  • The neural correlates of consciousness
  • Antonio Damasio, MD, PhD | Bio | Website
  • David Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience
  • Director, Brain and Creativity Institute
  • University of Southern California
Antonio Damasio photo by Christian Steiner.
Raquel E. Gur, MD, PhD
  • The perception, experience and expression of emotions in schizophrenia: A neuropsychiatric perspective
  • Raquel E. Gur, MD, PhD | Bio
  • Karl and Linda Rickels Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania
  • Director of Neuropsychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Martha Herbert, MD, PhD
  • Framing autism as a systemic disorder that affects the brain: Implications for body, emotion and consciousness
  • Martha Herbert, MD, PhD | Bio | Website
  • Pediatric Neurologist and Director, TRANSCEND Research Program
  • Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Martha Herbert photo by MegPix Photography.
Christof Koch, PhD
  • Are emotions enabling factors of sensory consciousness?
  • Christof Koch, PhD | Bio | Website
  • Lois and Victor Troendle Professor of Cognitive and Behavioral Biology
  • California Institute of Technology
Giulio Tononu, MD, PhD
  • An integrated information theory of consciousness
  • Giulio Tononi, MD, PhD | Bio
  • Distinguished Professor in Consciousness Science
  • Professor of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin, Madison