Mindfulness

The Benefits of Meditation

 

Richard J. Davidson on Neuroplasticity and Personal Transformation

Philippe Goldin on Cognitive Neuroscience of Mindfulness Meditation

 

 

Gyldendal uakademisk

Gyldendal akademisk vil tydeligvis veldig gjerne selge den nye flotte boka til Åsa Nilsonne (Mindfulness - Treningsredskap for hjernen, 2010), men til hvilken pris:

Den senere tids forskning viser at ... vi får den hjernen vi skaper selv. [Sic!] Mindfulness er en metode for å trene og forme sin egen hjerne og denne boken er som et muskelatlas [sic!] for hjernen ...

Calming the crazy monkey within and neuroplasticity

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche: An Introduction to meditation (video, ca 19 minutter)

The practice of meditation awakens us to the joy of the present moment. In this short teaching, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche talks about the benefits of meditation, discussing his own experience of using meditation to deal with debilitating panic attacks and the recent scientific research that demonstrates the positive effects of meditation practice.

Finding Happiness: Cajole Your Brain to Lean to the Left

Jeg anbefaler varmt artikkelen Finding Happiness: Cajole Your Brain to Lean to the Left fra The New York Times nettutgave, som allerede er blitt noen år gammel. Den forteller blant annet om opptakten til det unike samarbeidet mellom professor Richard Davidson (director of the Laboratory for Affective Neuroscience at the University of Wisconsin) og Dalai Lama.

The Power of Mindsight

Consciousness for intention and agency: a take-home lesson

The take-home lesson is that the brain has specific cortical circuits that, when triggered, are associated with sensations that arise in the course of wanting to initiate and then carry out a voluntary action. Once these circuits are delimited and their molecular and synaptic signatures identified, they constitute the neuronal correlates of consciousness for intention and agency. If these circuits are destroyed by a stroke or some other calamity, the patient might act without feeling that it is she who is willing the acting!

In the debate concerning the meaning of personal freedom, these discoveries represent true progress, beyond the eternal metaphysical question of free will that will never be answered.

Christof Koch, "The Will to Power: Neurosurgenons evoke an intention to act," Scientific American Mind Nov/Dec (2009): 20-21, p. 21.