Neuroplasticity, Meditation & the Predictive Brain

How does the brain work at its deepest levels? And to what extent can we radically upgrade it, creating neuroplastic changes?

Ruben Laukkonen, PhD is a cognitive neuroscientist, contemplative, speaker, and poet.

His eclectic background includes competing semi-professionally in Muay Thai Kickboxing, founding two businesses (including the first online market for bitcoin in Australia), and intensive meditation training.

Dr. Laukkonen is currently a principal investigator and lecturer at Southern Cross University and holds honorary fellowships at VU Amsterdam and The University of Queensland. He uses methods such as behavior, neuroimaging, machine learning, and phenomenology to empirically investigate some of the rarest states of human consciousness.

This episode is a full tour of the mind, including a deep dive into some of those rare states of consciousness and what they reveal about achieving the highest levels of human happiness.

Hope you enjoy!

P.S. — If you’re serious about starting or deepening your meditation practice, check out the FitMind meditation app.

Ruben Laukkonen, PhD Bio

Ruben Laukkonen is currently a principal investigator and lecturer at Southern Cross University and holds honorary fellowships at VU Amsterdam and The University of Queensland. He’s competed semi-professionally in Muay Thai Kickboxing and founded two businesses, including the first online market for bitcoin in Australia.

Links

https://rubenlaukkonen.com

www.fitmind.com/give