We often think of our mental state as a single, continuous stream. Yet within this stream exist distinct modes of experience: focused engagement with our environment, open awareness cultivated in mindfulness, and physiological grounding of deliberate breathing. These practices highlight the balance between cognitive functions—such as prediction, attention, and memory—and the embodied aspects of experience that keep us anchored in the present moment.

This talk will explore the neural mechanisms that support this balance. Drawing on contemporary neuroscience research, Dr. Ryszard Auksztulewicz will discuss how meditation and controlled breathing bring about changes in brain activity, shaping both cognition and bodily awareness. He will also touch on the more immersive state often described as “flow,” and consider how these shifts of experience can influence emotional regulation, resilience, and mental well-being.

Talk will be conducted in English

我們常認為自己的心理狀態是一條單一、連續的意識流，但這條意識流中其實包含不同的體驗模式：專注地與環境互動、在正念中培養的開放式覺察，以及透過刻意呼吸獲得的生理穩定。這些練習體現了認知功能（如預測、注意力和記憶）與當下體驗中的身體感知之間的平衡。

本講座將探討支持這種平衡的神經機制。Dr. Ryszard Auksztulewicz 將結合當代神經科學研究，講解冥想與控制呼吸如何改變大腦活動，進而影響認知與身體覺察。此外，他亦會探討常被描述為「心流」的沉浸狀態，並分析這些體驗轉變如何促進情緒調節、心理韌性及心理健康。

座談將以英語進行

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Dr. Ryszard Auksztulewicz

Dr. Ryszard Auksztulewicz conducts empirical and theoretical work at the interface of cognitive, computational, and systems neuroscience, focusing primarily on the neural mechanisms of predictive coding and their modulation by cognitive factors.

Ryszard has worked in the world’s leading cognitive and computational neuroscience groups at University College London and Oxford University, spearheading empirical and modelling studies of the neural mechanisms of prediction error signalling. Most of his previous and ongoing work is directly related to predictive coding and auditory mismatch signalling in the brain.

Ryszard Auksztulewicz 在認知、計算和系統神經科學領域進行實證和理論工作，主要關注預測編碼的神經機制及其受認知因素的調節。

Ryszard 曾在倫敦大學學院和牛津大學世界領先的認知和計算神經科學小組工作，帶頭進行預測誤差訊號神經機制的實證和建模研究。他之前和正在進行的大部分工作都與大腦中的預測編碼和聽覺失配訊號直接相關。

On Mindfulness, Breathing, and Their Impact on Our Brain 腦吾腦: 正念、呼吸