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Driving with Intuition: Advancing Intuition Research Through Virtual Reality

Recorded on March 1, 2024

In this insightful free webinar with IONS Senior Research Associate Cédric Cannard, PhD, we explored the exciting potential of virtual reality (VR) in advancing intuition research. 

Despite consistent findings in past intuition research studies, translating these effects into real-world applications has proven challenging due to the limitations of traditional research environments. 

In this talk, Cedric discussed a new study conducted at IONS’ cutting-edge laboratory called “Driving with Intuition”, and shared about how you can participate in this groundbreaking research. Using innovative technology to measure brain, heart, and eye activity in a virtual driving environment, the study aims to develop a sensitive and reliable measure of intuition with practical implications. 

Don’t miss this opportunity to watch as we delve into this promising research and its potential to revolutionize our understanding of intuition.

PRESENTER

Cédric Cannard, PhD, completed a Bachelor in Sports Science and an MSc in Neuropsychology and Clinical Neuroscience. During his MSc, he worked on brain atrophies in Schizophrenia (Magnetic Resonance Imagery; MRI) at the “Imaging and Therapeutical Strategies in Cerebral and Tumoral Pathologies” Research unit (ISTCT, Caen, France), and then on brain oscillations (electroencephalography; EEG) underlying color vision and perception at the “Cente de Recherche Cerveau et Cognition” laboratory (CerCo, Toulouse, France).

In early 2022, Cédric completed his PhD in Neuroscience co-funded by the CerCo (CNRS, Toulouse, France) and the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS, California), under the co-supervision of Drs Helane Wahbeh and Arnaud Delorme, focusing on well-being, advanced EEG methods, and on collecting large EEG datasets in real-world settings using wearable neurotechnology.

Since then, he has joined the IONS Science team as Sr. Research Associate, working at the intersection between biosignal analysis (EEG, ECG, PPG, EDA, EGG), developing open-source tools (e.g., the BrainBeats toolbox), wearable neurotechnologies, well-being, altered states of consciousness, and psi.

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Make-A-Will Month with IONS: Estate Planning and the Joy of Living

August is National Make-A-Will Month, and IONS hosted a free will and estate planning webinar! Learn the process for ensuring your loved ones are cared for after you are gone, and you’ll find out how you can support the causes you care about through the power of a planned future gift. IONS member Denis Greene also shared his personal, noetic story about preparing his estate.

PRESENTER

Denis Greene

Denis Greene has been a member since 1992 and included a gift to IONS in his will in 1998. After getting married, he created a trust as part of his estate plans and set a percentage of his estate to go to IONS. He discovered IONS during his search for a scientific explanation of what happened during a transcendent experience he had while riding a motorcycle across Africa in 1980. IONS has played a crucial role in helping Denis understand the different states of consciousness he has experienced as a 50-year daily meditator. His current favorite area of research is lucid dreaming and its healing potential for those with PTSD. He has worked professionally in the area of planned giving and is now a consultant to IONS.

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Normally only available for IONS Members, we’re sharing replays of our most popular ConnectIONS Live webinars for the summer.

What Parapsychology Reveals About the Powers of Intention: A Talk by Mitch Horowitz

Recorded on May 5, 2023

PEN Award-winning historian and popular voice of esoteric ideas Mitch Horowitz joined us for a special 90-minute webinar.

In his work, Mitch considers the practical implications of a century of parapsychology, including conditions that foster psychical experience; lessons from ESP research, placebo studies, and neuroplasticity; and the potentials of retrocausality. Mitch explores what findings in psi research and quantum theory may tell us about inter-dimensional capacities of the psyche and fields ranging from thought causation to the UFO thesis.

IONS Chief Scientist, Dean Radin, has this to say about Mitch’s work:

“​​For the clearest and most eminently rational description of exactly how to test the power of your thoughts, there is simply no better choice… “

Time Travel and Unconditional Love

Recorded on February 24, 2023

Time travel. Unconditional love. Not only are these huge subjects to explore by themselves, but for most people, they don’t seem to go together. For Julia Mossbridge, PhD, an IONS Research Fellow, it’s different. Over her long career, she has studied how time is perceived by our unconscious and conscious minds, and how our sense of time is related to authenticity and human interconnectivity.

In this fascinating webinar, Julia Mossbridge shared the latest research and technology in the fields of unconditional love research, precognition, and informational time travel. Plus, Julia led a live guided meditation intended to support time travel and unconditional love!

What are Earthbound Spirits? Scientific, Clinical, and Personal Perspectives

Recorded on October 28, 2022

Around the world, there are cultures that believe a person’s spirit can be trapped on the Earth after they die. This phenomenon can be referred to as earthbound spirits. Some believe that these deceased people did not transition to the light because they either had unresolved issues when they died, or a fear about what would happen to them after death. Earthbound spirits don’t usually refer to spirits who may willingly choose to stay close to the Earth to help others, like guides, gatekeepers, and Bodhisattvas.

ConnectIONS Live hosted a panel discussion exploring this fascinating topic. In this webinar, you’ll hear from Dr. Helané Wahbeh and her panel guests – Alexander Moreira-Almeida, Jan Ögren, Guenet Sebsibe, and David Furlong – as they share their insights on earthbound spirits from scientific, clinical, and personal perspectives.

The Five Stages of Lucid Dreaming

Recorded on February 10, 2023

Robert Waggoner, author and lucid dreaming expert, shared the Five Stages of Lucid Dreaming and some of the powerful realizations that come with each stage. This presentation will help viewers to learn more about the lucid dreaming ‘path’ and what the conscious exploration of the dreaming mind can tell you about the ‘self’ and ‘waking reality.’

As the Taoist Laozi is credited with saying, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” The act of becoming lucidly aware within a dream is like that “single step,” but the unfolding of the lucid dream journey takes time and reflection.

The Nature of Consciousness

Recorded on November 11, 2022

The nature of consciousness is considered one of science’s most perplexing and persistent mysteries. We know the subjective experience of consciousness, but where does it begin? What is its purpose?

Today, the general assumption within the field of neuroscience is that all aspects of consciousness arise solely from interactions among neurons in the brain. At IONS, our research team proposed that there are problems with the assumptions of this materialistic worldview. We are exploring the possibility that consciousness extends beyond the physical brain and body.

IONS Scientist Arnaud Delorme, PhD, discussed his research and shared with us how we can contemplate new ways of thinking about consciousness.

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Watch the June 24th recording of Science and Consciousness: Exploring Beyond the Brain to discover the inaugural winners of the Linda G. O’Bryant Noetic Sciences Research Prize.

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