Here is an NPR story from Morning Edition, July 26, 2005 and one from Morning Edition, August 21, 2008, and an earlier one from Morning Edition, March 1, 2007 NPR’s Allison Aubrey reports on the effects of mindfulness on emotion, autonomic responses like blood pressure, and brain plasticity. The article cites JKZ, from the UMASS…
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The NIH has been putting together resources for research scientists who are interested in studying the effects of meditation. Click HERE for the link or just go to: http://obssr.od.nih.gov/Content/BSSRCC/Meetings/Minutes/NIH_Contacts.htm It is part of the office of behavioral science research
Check out this article by NIH NCCAM about meditation. Click Here. NCCAM thanks the following people for their technical expertise and review of this publication: Michael Baime, M.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Richard Davidson, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison; Robert Schneider, M.D., Maharishi University of Management; and Catherine Stoney, Ph.D., Margaret Chesney, Ph.D., and…
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This Blog will serve to provide a cyber space for news dedicated to contempaltive research in the cognitive neurosciences, clinical sciences, developmental and social and health psychology, and education. Please contact me at dvago@mindandlife.org if you have news that is relevant to the study of mind in life. You can also see what types of…
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