Recent Conference Presentations by Guy Claxton

2001     Mindfulness and creativity. Invited keynote address to the 5^th International Conference on Buddhism and Psychotherapy, Melbourne, Australia, October

2001     "Quiet mind: Happy?  Unhappy?  Still quiet": the Buddhist approach to reducing unnecessary suffering. British Psychological Society Centenary Conference, Glasgow, March

2001     How brains make creativity, and how schools can strengthen or weaken young people's creative birthright, OECD 2^nd High Level forum on ‘Learning Sciences and Brain Research: Implications for Educational Practice and Policy’, Granada, Spain, February  

2001     A mind to learn: education for the age of uncertainty.  Invited presentation to conference on  Motivation as a Condition of Learning, University of London, Institute of Education, London, March

2001     The psychology of enlightenment: selves, minds, brains.  Invited keynote lecture to British Psychological Society Transpersonal Psychology Section Conference, September, published in Proceedings of the British Psychological Society, 6, p 63

2001     Implicit learning and education. Paper and symposium convened for the British Psychological Annual Conference, Brighton, March   

2000     The development of the brain and early learning: a psychological perspective.  Invited presentation to the Royal Institution Enquiry into ‘Brain Development and Early Learning’, November

2000     The grow zone: development in Vygotsky's "zone of proximal development". Invited paper to International Vygotsky Society Conference, Zvenigorod, Russia, June    

2000     When decisions are best made without thinking.  Invited keynote address to 5^th International Conference on ‘Naturalistic Decision Making’, Stockholm, May  

2000     Growing up confused: first steps on the road to lifelong learning.  Invited presentation to Parent-Child 2000 Conference, London, April

1999     Spiritual practice as perceptual re-education: why mindfulness and martial arts bring happiness and peace.  British Psychological Society Consciousness and Experiential Psychology Conference, Oxford, September, published in Proceedings of the British Psychological Society, Vol. 8, 2000,  p.32

1999     A sure start for an uncertain future, invited keynote address to the British Association for Early Childhood Education Conference ‘Sure Start, Brighter Future’, Westminster, June

1999     The rhythms of learning, invited keynote address to 4^th Annual Conference of the European Learning Styles Information Network, Preston, June