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Mind and Life XVIII: ATTENTION, MEMORY AND THE MIND: A SYNERGY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL, NEUROSCIENTIFIC, AND CONTEMPLATIVE PERSPECTIVES: with His Holiness The Dalai Lama Dharamsala, India • April 6–10, 2009

March 30, 2009

Dear Friends, I have the unique opportunity to attend the private conference Mind and Life XVIII: ATTENTION, MEMORY AND THE MIND: A SYNERGY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL, NEUROSCIENTIFIC, AND CONTEMPLATIVE PERSPECTIVES: with His Holiness in Dharamsala, India – April 6-10, 2009. http://mindandlife.org/conf09.dharamsala.html I will be blogging my experiences from my perspective daily and hope to hear your…
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HOW GOD CHANGES YOUR BRAIN – Book by Newberg and Waldman

March 9, 2009

Andrew Newberg, M.D. and Mark Robert Waldman at the Center for Spirituality and the Mind, University of Pennsylvania publish new book on beliefs of God and neuroimaging data. REVIEWS: Library Journal: “God” can be reality or metaphor for physician Newberg and counselor Waldman (Ctr. for Spirituality and the Mind, Univ. of Pennsylvania; Born To Believe).…
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Can Meditation improve Attention?

February 24, 2009

What types of meditation improve attention? And what types of attention? There appears to be some data that suggest “mindfulness training” will improve orienting ( a component of attention proposed by Posner and colleagues). There appears to be less an effect on shifting attention and engagement of attention. How about the phenomenon of “Change Blindness”…
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2009 Mind and Life Summer Research Institute

January 15, 2009

Applications are now being accepted for the 2009 Mind and Life Summer Research Institute (MLSRI) to be held at the Garrison Institute (www.garrisoninstitute.org) in New York from June 7 (mid-aft. to the morning of June 13, 2009, The application period will close on Sunday, February 8, 2009. To apply now, please go to: http://www.mindandlife.org/sri09.ml.summer.apply.html. This…
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Happiness and the Brain

January 15, 2009

What makes us happy? Are there correlates in the brain? Can positive emotions like happiness find a place in rigorous scientific research? These were some of the questions addressed in the recent TV program, The Agenda with Steve Paikin. See description HERE. You can see the video stream HERE. Happiness and the Brain with Steve…
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Scientists’ Meditation Retreat at Spirit Rock

November 11, 2008

Spirit Rock is offering a Scientists’ Meditation Retreat in early 2009 from Sunday, January 11 – Sunday, January 18. This retreat is designed to introduce neuroscientists, cognitive scientists, psychologists, mental health practitioners and others who study the mind to ways in which mindfulness practice can inform their research. The faculty includes vipassana teachers Sylvia Boorstein,…
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What it’s like to be both a meditator and a meditation researcher.

October 19, 2008

My Colleague and friend, Emma was recently writing an article for Tricycle Magazine about what it’s like to be both a meditator and a meditation researcher. She asked me if I had some thoughts on this topic. I thought it would be appropriate to share below: The simple answer for me is that being a…
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Compassion Meditation May Improve Physical and Emotional Responses to Psychological Stress

October 11, 2008

Data from a new study suggests that individuals who engage in compassion meditation may benefit by reductions in inflammatory and behavioral responses to stress that have been linked to depression and a number of medical illnesses. The study’s findings are published online at www.sciencedirect.com and in the medical journal Psychoneuroendocrinology. “While much attention has been…
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Values and Empathy across Social Barriers: A Neurocognitive Approach to Fairness

October 11, 2008

There will be conference on neuroscientific approaches to fairness and empathy in Barcelona Nov 21, 2008 – Nov 22, 2008 • 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM CosmoCaixa Barcelona, Spain Click HERE for information For the agenda please click here. For the registration form, please click here.

The Polish Mindfulness Association conference on Practical Application of Buddhism in Western Psychology

September 10, 2008

A Conference on Mindfulness and its practical applications will be held in Warsaw, Poland November 26-28th, 2008. The Conference is meant to be the platform of inspiration for scientific research, workshops, and training programmes on mindfulness and other Buddhist techniques. That is why the term practical application has been used instead of theoretical and philosophical…
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