Steven Laureys
Neurologist and consciousness researcher
Belgian neurologist who studies consciousness and severe brain injury at the University of Liège. He is the author of The No-Nonsense Meditation Book.
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Belgian Born 1968 in Leuven, Belgium
About Steven Laureys
Steven Laureys is a Belgian neurologist, born in Leuven in 1968. He founded the Coma Science Group at the University of Liège and heads the Brain Centre of the city's university hospital. With his team, he uses brain imaging to study coma, concussion, near-death experiences, anesthesia, dreaming and meditation. Laureys has written more than 500 peer-reviewed articles, along with ten books aimed at a scientific readership, among them The Neurology of Consciousness. He has received the William James Prize and the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Young Investigator Award, and he co-founded the International Mind Care Foundation. His book in our catalog is The No-Nonsense Meditation Book.