On Thursday, March 7, 2019, the Science-Actions association invites you to join a discussion about the brain. The Café Scientifique event, titled “Controlling the Brain? Hypnosis, Meditation , and Other Techniques…,” will take place at Le Beaujolais restaurant in Chambéry and will begin at 8:00 p.m.
This science café is also part of the 21st annual Brain Awareness Week.
“Mind control? Hypnosis, meditation, and other techniques…”
Beyond traditional medicine, complementary, alternative, or natural therapies have emerged and reemerged. What is the basis for these therapies?
The participation of practicing specialists alongside neuroscientists and a neurologist will facilitate a contemporary discussion linking neuroscientific discoveries with interventions at various levels of consciousness.
Featuring:
- Ygal Attal, a general practitioner who practices medical hypnosis
- Françoise Blondel, sophrologist and occupational health nurse
- Jean-Jacques Demarteau, kinesiologist
- Véronique Ducretet, psychologist, cognitive psychotherapist, mindfulness meditation instructor
- Sonia Pellissier, assistant professor of psychology and neuroscience at the Inter-University Laboratory of Psychology – Personality, Cognition, Social Change (LIP/PC2S) at the University of Grenoble Alpes and the University of Savoie Mont Blanc
- Laurent Vercueil, a neurologist at Grenoble University Hospital
SCIENTIFIC CAFÉS
Cafés Scientifiques (or "Cafés Sciences et Citoyen, Débat") allow the general public to discuss a variety of topics, often related to current events, with experts, researchers, and professionals in a friendly atmosphere. They are organized by the Science-Actions association, in collaboration with:
- Savoie Mont Blanc University
- the city of Chambéry
- the Eureka Gallery
- the Beaujolais Restaurant and theAstrée cinema