Wildmind Meditation News
Jul 23, 2011
Into ‘the science of thriving’
Anndee Hochman (The Inquirer): Richard Davidson has seen people change their minds.
Davidson, a neuroscientist at the University of Wisconsin, has used high-tech imaging tools to peer into the brains of Buddhist monks, electrodes trailing like spaghetti from their scalps, as they practice meditation. And he has seen their brains light up in areas related to empathy, attention, and mind-body interaction.
Davidson’s conclusion: We can train our brains – and our selves – to be more attentive, more compassionate, and even happier. “The key point is that happiness and other positive characteristics are best regarded as skills,” he says. “We can . . . engage in intentional efforts to cultivate positive habits of mind.”
Davidson will share his newest research on meditation and neuroplasticity – the idea that the brain is constantly changing in response to experience and the environment – at the Second World Congress on Positive Psychology, a four-day gathering of about…
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