{"pk":25992,"title":"Cultural consensus modeling of Tibetan Buddhist concepts in cognitive science:\nEnhancing cross-cultural science education through mutual understanding","subtitle":null,"abstract":"The Emory-Tibet Science Initiative (ETSI), a two-way exchange betweenWestern science and Tibetan Buddhism, is\na partnership between Emory University, the Dalai Lama, and the Library of TibetanWorks and Archives in Dharamsala, India.\nETSI is a comprehensive 6-year science curriculum being implemented at Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in India, representing\nthe most significant change in 600 years for the Tibetan Buddhist monastic curriculum. This two-way exchange between science\nand Buddhism offers potential for mutual enrichment leading to new discoveries. Yet a cross-cultural challenge exists between\nscience faculty and monastic students in teaching and learning science, as both traditions can hold quite different understandings\nof fundamental concepts, including sentience, awareness, attention, and perception. Using cultural consensus modeling, we\nestimate Tibetan Buddhist concepts of core cognitive science constructs and compare them with Western scientific definitions.\nResults can enhance cross-cultural science education by supporting faculty in understanding students’ cultural concepts, and\nvice versa.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[],"section":"Member Abstracts","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/63r7d3nh","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Michael","middle_name":"","last_name":"Romano","name_suffix":"","institution":"Emory University","department":""},{"first_name":"Geshe","middle_name":"Dadul","last_name":"Namgyal","name_suffix":"","institution":"Emory University","department":""},{"first_name":"Tsondue","middle_name":"","last_name":"Samphel","name_suffix":"","institution":"Emory University","department":""},{"first_name":"Carol","middle_name":"","last_name":"Worthman","name_suffix":"","institution":"Emory University","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2015-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/25992/galley/15616/download/"}]}