The neural correlates of the self in altered states of consciousness.

Projektinformationen

NeuCoSe

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 749582

DOI 10.3030/749582

Abgeschlossenes Projekt

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 20 März 2017

Startdatum 21 Juni 2017

Enddatum 20 Juni 2019

Finanziert unter

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Gesamtkosten € 185 076,00

EU-Beitrag € 185 076,00

Koordiniert durch

INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE
France

Ziel

The consciousness of self is fundamental to our human existence. In several mental health afflictions there appears to be a change in the relation between the self and conscious experience: in anxiety and depression, people can be absorbed in negative thoughts, while in (traumatic) dissociation, distance between the self and conscious experience can occur. Studies report that meditation and hypnosis can help alleviate symptoms of anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress, but it is unclear why. I hypothesise that meditation and hypnosis change the relation between the self and the conscious experience. I aim to study the neural correlates of these changes in self-consciousness during meditative and hypnotic states with functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in healthy controls and intracranial electroencephalography in people with epilepsy, which is the only way to directly measure the activity of deep brain structures thought to play a role in self-consciousness, such as the insula. I will combine these measurements with first-person interviews and behavioural tasks. This innovative study will elucidate the neural correlates of the consciousness of self and will help understand the reported beneficial effects of meditation and hypnosis on mental health.

Wissenschaftliches Gebiet

• medical and health sciences › basic medicine › neurology › epilepsy
• engineering and technology › medical engineering › diagnostic imaging › magnetic resonance imaging

Programm/Programme

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Thema/Themen

• MSCA-IF-2016 - Individual Fellowships

Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung

H2020-MSCA-IF-2016

Finanzierungsplan

MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EF

Koordinator

INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE

• Netto-EU-Beitrag: € 185 076,00
• Adresse: RUE DE TOLBIAC 101 ; 75654 Paris ; Frankreich
• Region: Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Paris
• Aktivitätstyp: Research Organisations
• Gesamtkosten: € 185 076,00