Media and Talks
TEDxCLE
– A Scientific Defense of Spiritual and Religious Faith
Eureka Alert
– The conflict between science and religion lies in our brains
Cleveland Magazine
Talks / Posters
External invited talks
2017 12 7 The Neuroscience of Ethical Leadership. Stockdale Center for Ethical Leaders, United
States Naval Academy. Invited lecture
2017 11 17 Empathy as a natural kind. University of Cincinnati, Philosophy Department
seminar. Invited lecture
2017 10 06 The Neuroscience of Ethics 2.0. Moral Psychology Research Group meeting at Rock
Ethics Center, Penn State University. Invited lecture
2017 04 06 The Neuroethics of Dehumanizing. Defense Finance and Accounting Service
Holocaust Remembrance Day. Invited lecture
2017 02 23 Brain Imaging Reveals the Network Architecture of Cognitive & Affective
Processes. Akron General Psychiatry Grand Rounds. Invited lecture
CWRU talks and workshops
2017 11 9 The how, what and why of fMRI: Using magnets to learn about mental activity.
Francis Payne Bolton School of Nursing CWRU Workshop
2017 11 03 The Neuroscience of Coaching. Coaching Research Lab, Weatherhead. CWRU
Workshops
2017 10 16 The Mind’s Essential Tension. Perspectives on Health: Intro to Medical Humanities
and Social Medicine. CWRU guest lecture
2017 4 24 NeuroEthics of Leadership. Quantum Leadership meeting, Fowler Center,
Weatherhead, CWRU guest lecture
2017 03 08 The Brain’s Essential Tension. Perspectives on Health: Intro to Medical Humanities
and Social Medicine. CWRU guest lecture
Before 2015
Dec 2014 “How do we reason? Neuroscience tells a new story” Science and Humanities Reading
group, College of Arts and Sciences, Case Western Reserve University
Oct 2014 “The Moral Brain: How Neuroscience is Shedding New Light on how to Live a Happy,
Productive and Meaningful Life” Estate Planning Advisory Council, Case Western Reserve
University.
Oct 2014 “Moral Sentiments Drive Folk Beliefs That the Mind and Body are Distinct” Free Will
Conference, Flint, Michigan.
Oct 2014 “Opposing Neural Domains: Implications for self-management” School of Nursing,
Case Western Reserve University
Oct 2014 “How do we reason? Neuroscience tells a new story” Neurology Grand Rounds, Case
Western Reserve University
Sept 2014 “Finding the Mind in the Brain: The opposing domains hypothesis” Danish Academy
of Sciences: Self-awareness meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark.
June 2014 “2D dual process theory: the case from neuroimaging” Pittsburgh University /
Carnegie Mellon University Multimodal Neuroimaging Training Program: Social Cognitive
Neuroscience Mini-Symposium.
May 2014 “NETCO: Neuro-Ethics Training for Combat Operations” with Shannon French.
European International Society for Military Ethics, Koblenz, Germany
May 2014 “Fear, Faith and Cleverness: how spirituality helps our brain build emotional
meaning” St Paul’s Church, Cleveland Heights, OH
April 2014 “Beyond brain mapping: philosophy informs neuroscience informs psychology”
Dept. of Psychology, Case Western Reserve University.
March 5th 2014 “Unlocking the creative brain” Cleveland Institute of Art: Invited talk to faculty
Feb 2014 “Bringing Mind (cognition) and Brain (fMRI) together: Promises and pitfalls” Dept of
Neuroscience, Case Western Reserve University
Feb 2014 “Your Brain on Fear and Faith: What Cognitive Science Tells Us” First Unitarian
Church, Shaker Heights, OH.
Nov 8th, 2013 "Cognitive neuroscience of the balanced, and unbalanced, mind" 4th Annual CET
coaches conference, Cleveland, Ohio
October 26, 2013 “Developing Wisdom to Offset Aging: Brain Imaging Reveals
Mechanisms of Stress Inoculation, Empathy and Healthy Aging” From Neurodegeneration to
Brain Health: An Integrated Approach, conference sponsored by UH/CWRU, Cleveland, Ohio
October 11 2013 “A Scientific Case for Conceptual Dualism: The Problem of Consciousness and
the Opposing Domains Hypothesis” Opening talk (selected by peer review) for the Annual
Experimental Philosophy Conference, SUNY University at Buffalo.
Sept 27 th 2013 “What is neuro-nonsense? A snapshot a discipline in awkward adolescence” Dept.
of Organizational Behaviour, CWRU
August 23 rd , 2013 “The Two Halves of your Brain – What Brain Sciences tells us about Higher
Cognition”. Think seminar for incoming first years at CWRU
May 25 2013 “ALE Based Meta-Analyses of Social, Mnemonic, and Action
Related Processes Support the Opposing Domains Hypothesis” Poster presented at Annual
meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington DC.
May 1 2013 “The Neural Bases of Dehumanization” New School of Social Research,
Psychology Department
April 19 th , 2013 Source Intersections Posters
Friedman: Are you sure you don’t believe in God? – winner 2 nd place in Social Sciences
Gabriel: Individual and gender differences demonstrate a trade-off between empathetic concern
and physical reasoning abilities
April 12 th , 2013 Research ShowCASE
Abou Zeki: Coaching with compassion alters neural mechanisms of stress processing
Feng: Dynamic adjustment of stimuli in real time fMRI
Tillem: Social Brain Meta-Analysis
Friedman: Are you sure you don’t believe in God?
April 4 2013 “Military Ethics and Dehumanizing the enemy” CWRU Public Affairs Discussion
Group / Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence
Feb 22 2013 “Cultivating Empathic Design in an Analytical World” Wisdom 2.0 conference in
San Francisco
Feb 11 2013 “The default network and the opposing domains hypothesis” University of New
England
Dec 3 rd 2012 “The default network and the opposing domains hypothesis” Rotman Research
Institute, Toronto, Canada.
Nov 17 th 2012 “How Analytic Tasks Suppress Neural Networks Used for Social Cognition, and
Visa Versa” and “An fMRI Study of Followers Reactions to Moments with Resonant, Effective
Leaders from Their Lives versus Dissonant Leaders from Their Lives “ Decision Sciences
Institute conference in San Francisco, CA.
Nov 16 th 2012 “What introspection teaches: the brain reveals two ways to understand the mind”
Philosophy of Science Association 2012, Panel on "Introspective Evidence in the Study of
Perception" San Diego, CA
Sept 28 th 2012 “The neuroscience of hope. The hope of neuroscience. fMRI of coaching with
compassion” School of Business, Aarhus University, Denmark
Sept 27 th 2012 “The new science of the soul: the biological origin of the problem of
consciousness, and why neuroscience will never solve the problem” Consciousness lab meeting,
Aarhus University, Denmark
Sept 25 th 2012 “fMRI reveals a fundamental division between social and physical cognition”
MindLAB meeting, Aarhus University, Denmark
Sept 11 th , 2012 “From philosophical paradox to the structure of cognition: the neural origin of the
problem of consciousness” Cognitive Science Student Organization talk, CWRU.
August 24 th , 2012 “The Two Halves of your Brain – What Brain Sciences tells us about Higher
Cognition”. Meet the faculty talk for incoming first years at CWRU
August 4 th , 2012 Symposium speaker and co-chair “Perceptions of consciousness: perspectives
from philosophy, neuroscience and psychology” American Psychological Association
conference Orlando, Florida
June 15 th , 2012 with Shannon French “Honor, Empathy, and Dehumanizing Our Enemies: New
Insights at the Intersection of Neuroethics and Military Ethics” European chapter of the
International Society for Military Ethics, UK Defence Academy, Shrivenham, England
May 11, 2012 “Analytic versus social neural networks” Consortium for Research on Emotional
Intelligence, Boston
April 20 th , 2012 Source Intersections Posters:
- Scott Tillem & Anthony Jack: The social Brain: An ALE Based Meta-Analysis of Social Cognition in the
Brain – winner 1 st place in Social Sciences
- Meral Tubi & Anthony Jack “Exploring the Function of the Inferior Pre-Central Gyrus: Left-Right
Asymmetry in Abnormal Populations” – winner 2 nd place in Social Sciences
April 19 th , 2012 Graduate seminar in Bioethics "Bioethics from the perspective of the psychology
and neuroscience of ethics", CWRU Department of Bioethics
April 13 th , 2012 Plenary talk. “Why don’t psychopaths believe in dualism? The role of opposing
brain networks” Towards a Science of Consciousness, Loews Ventana Canyon Resort Hotel,
Tucson, Arizona.
Feb 15 th , 2012 Keynote talk: “Fear and the Balanced Brain: What differentiates healthy from
dysfunctional fear?” Hillel Foundation event at Great Lakes Science Museum
Jan 28, 2012 “Use of fMRI to optimize Brain Health Interventions”. School of Medicine Brain
Health Retreat, Squire Valleevue and Valley Ridge Farms CWRU
Jan 13 th , 2012 “The default mode network”. Neurology grand rounds, Case Western Reserve
School of Medicine
Jan 9 th , 2012 The default mode network. Epilepsy grand rounds, Case Western Reserve School of
Medicine
Dec 9 th , 2011 A problem for cognitive subtraction? Methodological implications of task induced
deactivations. fMRI journal club, Case Western Reserve University
Nov 17, 2011 Methodology and interpretation of fMRI. Guest lecture in Neurobiology of
Behavior class taught by Roy Ritzmann
Nov 10, 2011 Four poster presentations at Annual Meeting of the International Society for
Neuroethics in Washington DC. Poster titles:
- Neural Basis Of Dehumanization
- Neural Basis Of The Uncanny: Common Neural Circuitry Associated With Body And Social Schema
Violation
- Does Neuroscience Threaten Our Humanity? Endorsement Of Non-Medical Uses Of Neurotechnology Is
Associated With Anti-Social Personality
- Boundary Violation and Moral Judgment: Is the Uncanny Valley the Source of Moral Outrage?
November 8, 2011 An Anti-social Frame of Mind: Neural Basis of Dehumanizing and Social
Schema Violation. CWRU Bioethics works in progress meeting
Sept 21, 2011 KEYNOTE: How the study of the brain provides insight into both human nature
and ethics. Ethics Table meeting (organizer Jeremy Bendik-Keymer) Squire Valleevue and
Valley Ridge Farms CWRU
Sept 14, 2011 Redefining the default: opposing cognitive processes and problem of
consciousness. Invited lecture, Department of Psychology, Georgetown University, Washington
DC.
August 25, 2011 The Two Halves of your Brain- What Brain Sciences tells us about Higher
Cognition. Meet the faculty talk for incoming first years at CWRU
April 8, 2011 The case for neuroethics: how science might reinvent ethics. CWRU center for
policy studies Public Affairs Discussion Group
March 15, 2011 "A biological constraint on thought: two opposing domains of human higher
cognition." – Invited talk, presenter: Tony Jack. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Department, Case Western Reserve University.
January 27, 2011 “Why morality lies beyond reason” Invited colloquium, presenter: Tony Jack.
Department of Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University.
Jan 20, 2011 Moral Boundaries: Psychological, Philosophical, and Neuroscientific Perspectives
CETMONS Second Life conference (online)
January 11, 2010 "A cognitive basis for default phenomenology: Two opposing domains" –
Invited talk, presenter: Tony Jack. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Schey Center for Cognitive
Neuroimaging.
December 14, 2010 “Social and mechanical reasoning define two domains of human higher
cognition” Invited talk, presenter: Tony Jack. Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine &
Science, Chicago, Illinois.
November 2010 “Redefining the 'default' network: two opposing cognitive domains” Invited
talk, presenter: Tony Jack. Department of Psychology, Oxford University, England.
October 2010 ”The social cognition of attachment: Preliminary results from functional imaging
of Capgras delusion” Talk, presenter: Georges Naasan. FMRI Journal Club, University
Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio. Authors: Georges Naasan, Rochelle Hudson, Regina Cesaro, Zimbul
Albo, Alan Lerner, Anthony Jack
October 2010 “Social and mechanical reasoning define two domains of human higher
cognition” Invited talk, presenter: Tony Jack. Department of Biology , Case Western Reserve
University.
September 2010 “Consciousness, Morality and Brain Structure: Why Nice People Believe in the
Soul” Invited talk, presenter: Tony Jack. Church of the Covenant, Cleveland, Ohio.
August 2010 “Functional Imaging of Capgras Delusion” Invited talk, presenter: Tony Jack. The
10th Nordic Meeting in Neuropsychology, Aalborg, Denmark.
August 2010 “Coaching with Compassion: An fMRI Study of Coaching to the Positive or
Negative Emotional Attractor” Talk, presenter: Richard Boyatzis. The Academy of Management
2010 Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, Awarded Best Paper. Authors: Richard Boyatzis,
Anthony Jack, Regina Cesaro, Masud Khawaja, Angela Passarelli (2010)
March 2010 “Updates on the phenomenal stance” Invited talk, presenter: Tony Jack.
Symposium on “What makes us human?”. Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois.
April 2010 “Two domains of human higher cognition: distinct brain networks underlie social
and mechanical reasoning” Poster, presenter: Katie Begany. SOURCE Intersections, Case
Western Reserve University. Awarded 2nd Prize in poster competition. Authors: Katelyn
Begany, Regina Cesaro, Kevin Barry, Angela Ciccia, Anthony Jack.
April 2010 “Yoga and video games induce state changes in socio-emotional intelligence”
Presentation, presenter: Megan Norr. SOURCE Intersections, Case Western Reserve University.
April 2010 “The social cognition of attachment: Preliminary results from functional imaging of
Capgras delusion” Poster, presenter: Georges Nassan. Annual Academy of Neurology, Toronto,
Canada. Authors: Georges Naasan, Rochelle Hudson, Regina Cesaro, Zimbul Albo, Alan Lerner,
Anthony Jack
April 2010 “The social cognition of attachment: Preliminary results from functional imaging of
Capgras delusion” Poster, presenter: Georges Nassan. Clinical Research Poster, Case Western
Reserve University, Awarded Best Poster. Authors: Georges Naasan, Rochelle Hudson, Regina
Cesaro, Zimbul Albo, Alan Lerner, Anthony Jack
April 2010 “Mind-Body duality and psychopathic callous affect: empirical support for a theory
of the origins of the problem of consciousness” Invited talk, presenter: Tony Jack. Midwinter
Meeting of the APA Division 24: Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, Miami, Florida.
February 2010 “Emerging Technologies and Moral Boundaries: Psychological, Philosophical
and Neuroscientific Perspectives” Invited talk, presenter: Tony Jack. Second Consortium on
Emerging Technologies, Military Operations, and National Security, Lincoln Center for Applied
Ethics, Arizona State University
February 2010 “Two domains of human higher cognition” Invited talk, presenter: Tony Jack.
Epilepsy Grand Rounds Neurological Institute, University Hospitals Case Medical Center.
January 2010 “Two domains of human higher cognition” Invited talk, presenter: Tony Jack.
Department of Neuroscience, Case Western Reserve University.
October 2009 “Gender Differences in small-world resting state connectivity” Poster, presenter:
Kevin Barry. Society for Neuroscience 2009 Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. Authors: Kevin
Barry, Regina Cesaro, Andrea Hayes, Katelyn Begany, Avi Snyder, Anthony Jack.
October 2009 “Neural correlates of inspirational mentoring” Poster, presenter: Regina Cesaro.
Society for Neuroscience 2009 Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. Authors: Regina Cesaro,
Richard Boyatzis, Masud Khawaja, Angela Passarelli, Kevin Barry, Katelyn Begany, Anthony
Jack.
October 2009 “Two domains of human higher cognition: distinct brain networks underlie social
and mechanical reasoning” Poster, presenter: Katie Begany. Society for Neuroscience 2009
Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. Authors: Katelyn Begany, Regina Cesaro, Kevin Barry,
Angela Ciccia, Anthony Jack.
October 2009 “Cognitive Science and Ethics of Emerging Technologies” Invited talk, presenter:
Tony Jack. First Consortium on Emerging Technologies, Military Operations, and National
Security, Inamori Center for Ethics and Excellence, Case Western Reserve University.
November 2007 poster “Discriminant analysis as a method for assessing topographic
organization” Poster, presenter: Tony Jack. Society for Neuroscience 2007 Annual Meeting, San
Diego, California. Authors: Anthony Jack, Chad Sylvester, Gordon Shulman, Maurizio Corbetta.