Politics, Consciousness, Psychology, Psychiatry, and Brain Behavior
Title Talk: Politics, Consciousness, Psychology, Psychiatry, and Brain Behavior
Author: Stephan A. Schwartz Distinguished Scholar, California Institute for Human Science; Consulting Faculty, Saybrook University BIAL Foundation Fellow USA
Email: saschwartz@earthlink.net
Volume: Cognitive Science_02_CN46_AA01
International Live Conference on Brain and Cognitive Science Date: November 4th, 2023 Time: 8:00 PM Indian Standard Time (IST)
Location: Online and to be live streamed on LinkedIn
Abstract: This paper presents research from roughly the past 15 years in a wide range of disciplines showing that politics is much more a function of psychophysiology than rational thought. This emerging fact-based data, has revealed that humans are driven mostly by hormones, group dynamics, and the way we respond to negative stimuli. The takeaway from all of this: psychophysical influences, many occurring with no conscious knowledge that they are happening, combined with Negativity Bias and a deep commitment to protecting one's personal status and position in one's life network are far more important than any facts and are the real dynamic shaping politics.
Biography:
Scientist, futurist, award-winning author of both fiction and nonfiction Stephan A. Schwartz is a Distinguished Associated Scholar of the California Institute for Human Science, Distinguished Consulting Faculty Saybrook, University, and a BIAL Foundation Fellow. He is a columnist for the journal Explore, and editor of the daily web publication Schwartzreport.net in both of which he covers trends that are affecting the future. For over 40 years, as an experimentalist, he has been studying the nature of consciousness. In addition to his non-fiction books and novels, he is the author of more than 300 technical reports, papers, academic book chapters, prefaces, and introductions, His work has been covered worldwide by numerous magazines, newspapers, and television productions, and he is the recipient of the Parapsychological Association Outstanding Contribution Award, the U.S. Navy’s Certificate of Commendation, OOOM Magazine's (Germany) 100 Most Inspiring People in the World Award, and the 2018 Albert Nelson Marquis Award for Outstanding Contributions.
