Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XXVII: Craving, Desire and Addiction” on October 29, 2013. Day Two: Cognitive and Buddhist Theory Cognitive neuroscientist Kent Berridge begins the day with an exploration of the neural circuitry underlying the experience of wanting, and a description of how this can be studied scientifically. He then …
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Mind & Life XXVII – Session 1
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XXVII: Craving, Desire and Addiction” on October 28, 2013. Day One: The Problem of Craving and Addiction The program begins with introductory remarks by former Mind and Life President Arthur Zajonc, as well as His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Moderators Richard Davidson and Diana Chapman Walsh …
Arming Introspection
Does meditation make a more ethical soldier, or a more dangerous one?
Mind & Life XIII – Session 5
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XIII: Investigating the Mind: The Science and Clinical Applications of Meditation” on November 8-10, 2005. Session Five – Integration & Final ReflectionsSPEAKERS:Wolf SingerRalph Snyderman In this session, Drs. Singer and Snyderman will reflect on the major themes elucidated during the various presentations and dialogues. MODERATOR: Bennet …
Mind & Life XIII – Session 4
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XIII: Investigating the Mind: The Science and Clinical Applications of Meditation” on November 8-10, 2005. Session Four – Clinical Research II: Meditation & Physical HealthSPEAKERS:David S. ShepsJohn F. Sheridan As scientific research establishes that many “physical diseases” are modulated by psychological processes such as stressful life …
Mind & Life XIII – Session 3
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XIII: Investigating the Mind: The Science and Clinical Applications of Meditation” on November 8-10, 2005. Session Three – Clinical Research I: Meditation & Mental HealthSPEAKERS:Helen S. Mayberg, M.D.Zindel V. Segal, Ph.D. With the advent of MBSR and more recently, MBCT (mindfulness-based cognitive therapy), meditative practices have …
Mind & Life XIII – Session 2
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XIII: Investigating the Mind: The Science and Clinical Applications of Meditation” on November 8-10, 2005. Session Two – Possible Biological Substrates of MeditationSPEAKERS: Robert M. SapolskyWolf Singer Modern scientific knowledge of how stress affects the brain and body and how the brain can become re-organized to …
Mind & Life XIII – Intro, Opening Remarks, and Session 1
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XIII: Investigating the Mind: The Science and Clinical Applications of Meditation” on November 8, 2005. Introduction & Opening RemarksSPEAKERS:R. Adam EngleEdward D. MillerJohn J. DeGioiaHis Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama Session One – Meditation-Based Clinical Interventions: Science, Practice and Implementation SPEAKERS:Ajahn AmaroRichard J. Davidson Jon Kabat-Zinn …
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