2:15-3:25 PM (EST)
Pharmacologically Altered States of Consciousness
Moderator: Charlotte Maschke, PhD candidate (McGill University)
Catherine Duclos, PhD (Université de Montréal, QC)
Using anesthesia to modulate consciousness, and modulating consciousness in anesthesia
Miriam Han, BSc (McGill University, QC)
Brain Response to Anesthesia in Pediatric Status Epilepticus Patients
Sidath Rankaduwa, MA (Western University, ON)
The Effects of Psilocybin on Shared Experience in Film Processing
Andrea Luppi, PhD (McGill University, QC)
Mapping Pharmacologically-induced Functional Reorganisation onto the Brain’s Neurotransmitter Landscape
3:25-4:05 PM (EST)
Theories of Consciousness
Moderator: Stefanie Blain-Moraes, PhD (McGill University)
Kira Dolhan, BSc (McGill University, QC)
Being Conscientious about Consciousness: Three Fundamental Assumptions Frequently Taken for Granted in the Scientific Study of Consciousness
Lukasz Kurowski, PhD (Centennial College, ON)
The “real” is no different from the “hard”