Google Tech Talks
February, 28 2008
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.”
Speaker: Philippe Goldin
Philippe is a research scientist and heads the Clinically Applied Affective Neuroscience group in the Department of Psychology at Stanford University.
“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.”
[...] [...]
Social comments and analytics for this post…
This post was mentioned on Reddit by neuralzen: For anyone interested, there is a book by B. Alan Wallace that goes into this called “Contemplative Science: Where Buddhism and Neuroscience intersect”. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in the…
Social comments and analytics for this post…
This post was mentioned on Twitter by NeuralCorrelate: #Cognitive #Neuroscience of #Mindfulness #Meditation http://bit.ly/3OhCBV #cognition #psychology #science #education #mind #brain #buddhism…
Excellent stuff – thank you very much.
[...] This post was Twitted by NeuralCorrelate [...]
Social comments and analytics for this post…
This post was mentioned on Twitter by NeuralCorrelate: Cognitive Neuroscience of Mindfulness Meditation http://bit.ly/2rsXxH #science #blog…
[...] through meditation, from leaving behind the conflicting forms of three dimensional life and …Cognitive Neuroscience of Mindfulness Meditation | The …Mindfulness has been shown to enhance awareness and as well as induce well-being and emotional [...]