meditation & brain science

Meditation: Even a little helps

You don't have to be a monk. Scientific literature is brimming with research showing that meditation literally changes the structure…

May 4, 2010

Meditation isn’t for me (it’s for everybody)

As meditation practices rely less on mysticism and more on practical application, more and more people are flocking to it…

April 28, 2010

How to grow your brain

The brains of highly successful people function differently from those of the average Joe, according to the authors of the…

April 21, 2010

Meditation and mental bandwidth

The mind has a limited ability to pay attention -- as any meditator knows. But we can use the mind's…

March 23, 2010

Brain waves and meditation

Forget about crystals and candles, and about sitting and breathing in awkward ways. Meditation research explores how the brain works…

March 21, 2010

Zen meditation: Thicker brains fend off pain

Science Daily: People can reduce their sensitivity to pain by thickening their brain, according to a new study published in…

March 2, 2010

Is This Your Brain on God?

National Public Radio: "More than half of adult Americans report they have had a spiritual experience that changed their lives.…

May 26, 2009

A stroke of insight

Jill Bolte Taylor was suddenly struck by an awareness of a deep connectedness with the world, a profound spiritual realization…

May 27, 2008

Buddha on the brain (Salon.com)

Ex-monk B. Alan Wallace explains what Buddhism can teach Western scientists, why reincarnation should be taken seriously and what it's…

November 27, 2006

Samuel Johnson: “The fountain of content must spring up in the mind…”

There are some things in life we can change. There are some things in life we cannot change. Knowing which…

September 5, 2006