London Academy of Qigong and TCM

Prof. John Gruzelier (PhD) is Professor of Psychology and Head of the Department of Cognitive Neuroscience & Behavior, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London. . He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, the Royal Society of Medicine, the Royal Society of Arts and Commerce, and the International Organization of Psychophysiology for which he also serves on the Board of Governors. He has been the President of the British Psychophysiology Society and the Vice-President of the European Federation of Psychophysiological Societies. He is Co-chair of the Section on Psychoneurobiology of the World Psychiatric Association. Since 1984 he has been Co-Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Psychophysiology and since 2001 editor of Contemporary Hypnosis. His interests in hypnosis include neurophysiology and brain models, hypnotic susceptibility, self-hypnosis for enhancement of health, immunity and well-being, and the negative effects of stage hypnosis. His applied research interests also include neuron feedback with studies on enhancing music and cognitive function and clinical studies on schizophrenia and ADHD. Research also includes the psychological significance of EEG rhythms, schizophrenia and psychosis-proneness. He has over 250 scientific publications. Professor Gruzelier will lecture on the rationale in how meditation, biofeedback, yoga, and qigong can work, based on modern scientific research principles.