Nonkilling Neuroscience Exploratory Colloquium convened by CGNK
The Center for Global Nonkilling convened the first Nonkilling Neuroscience Exploratory Colloquium on July 27-28, 2009 in Philadelphia, PA. Participants included a small group of leading academics: Nelly Alia-Klein (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Joshua Buckholtz (Vanderbilt University), Joshua Duntley (The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey), Bruce Eldine Morton (University of Hawai`i), James Prescott (Institute of Humanistic Science). Kathleen Taylor (Oxford University), and Peter J. Whitehouse, (Case Western Reserve University). CGNK leadership team members Tom Fee (facilitator) and Katherine Li (convener) were also present, plus Utpal Sandesara, a recent graduate from Harvard University who acted as rapporteur.
Since understanding the human brain (along with structural, cultural, socialization, and situational factors) is critical to understanding what leads one to kill, it is likewise critical to identifying ways to stop killing. Participants in this pioneering neuroscience colloquium were invited to apply their experience and creativity to address these challenging issues. The objective of the colloquium was to generate ideas about the following: seeking neuroscience insights into nonkilling human capabilities for transition from killing to nonkilling global conditions; making research, education-training, and policy recommendations to promote nonkilling social change; exploring possible activities of a Nonkilling Neuroscience Research Committee in association with the Center for Global Nonkilling and/or other organizations.
The report of the Nonkilling Neuroscience Research Colloquium proceedings explores the latest scientific findings on the neurochemistry and neurobiology of killing.
