Antoine Lutz, PhD is an Associate Scientist at the Laboratory For Functional Brain Imaging and Behavior at the Waisman Center in the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research interests focus on the role of large-scale neuronal integration (neural synchrony mechanisms) during various mental states (voluntary attention, emotion generation) and on the impact of standard meditation techniques on basic affective, cognitive and social functions and on the brain mechanisms that subserve these processes. His research has been largely supported by grants from the National Institute of Health. He is associated with the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds in Madison. He received his PhD in cognitive neuroscience at Paris University under the supervision of Dr. Francisco Varela. He did his post-doctoral work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison under the supervision of Dr. Richard Davidson.
