This is the abstract and video of a recent Google Tech Talk on the “Cognitive Neuroscience of Mindfulness Meditation.”
ABSTRACT
“Mindfulness meditation, one type of meditation technique, has been shown to enhance emotional awareness and psychological flexibility as well as induce well-being and emotional balance. Scientists have also begun to examine how meditation may influence brain functions. This talk will examine the effect of mindfulness meditation practice on the brain systems in which psychological functions such as attention, emotional reactivity, emotion regulation, and self-view are instantiated. We will also discuss how different forms of meditation practices are being studied using neuroscientific technologies and are being integrated into clinical practice to address symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress.”
About The Speaker: Philippe Goldin
“He spent 6 years in India and Nepal studying various languages, Buddhist philosophy and debate at Namgyal Monastery and the Dialectic Monastic Institute, and serving as an interpreter for various Tibetan Buddhist lamas. He then returned to the U.S. to complete a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Rutgers University. His NIH-funded clinical research focuses on (a) functional neuroimaging investigations of cognitive-affective mechanisms in adults with anxiety disorders, (b) comparing the effects of mindfulness meditation and cognitive-behavioral therapy on brain-behavior correlates of emotional reactivity and regulation, and (c) training children in family and elementary school settings in mindfulness skills to reduce anxiety and enhance compassion, self-esteem and quality of family interactions.”
Excellent stuff – thank you very much.
It is extremely interesting! Meditation is a very good clinical intervention. We know that meditation existed in ancient times too. There were many learned people who had sought to solve the problems of the world through seeking answers in mediation.
This blog is really great! Thanks to the author…,meditation is nice to our body because it does not uses any chemical substances, this is great! Hope more blogs like this.
kharen Jamon
I bought a book on mindfulness recently and am working my way through it. I found the above video very useful – thanks very much!
Hector
Indeed, meditation is a great way to be healthy since obtaining a healthy body must start from within.
I really need to find the time to start meditating again, when I did it regular I just found my body and my whole outlook on life was far better.
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Practicing mindfulness is a great way to lower stress, treat anxiety and live a happier more balanced life. fMRI can provide great insight into the workings of the mind, and can show many unconscious mechanisms at work — ones that we would otherwise not be aware of. My interests lie with biofeedback technology, so I've seen first hand how meditation can affect physiological functions as recorded by a biofeedback machine (heart rate, HRV, galvanic sweat response, etc.).
Meditation keeps our mental and emotional stress away from ourselves. It's advisable that we let go of bad stuff that's being stored in our brain and heart.
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