meditation & brain science

Meditation study aims to leap over mental barriers (Sacramento Bee, California)

Volunteers will spend one year exploring minds. Article no longer available

November 29, 2004

Meditation may bolster brain activity (WebMD Medical News)

Buddhist Meditation May Produce Lasting Changes in the Brain Read more

November 10, 2004

Meditate the stress away (Los Angeles Daily News)

David Perrin couldn't let go of his anxious thoughts. If he dealt with a cranky guest at the hotel where…

June 27, 2004

The Science of Meditation (Psychology Today)

As an approach to life, weaving meditation seamlessly into almost every action throughout the day seems unfamiliar to Western cultures.…

June 1, 2004

Study Shows Positive Impact of Meditation on Brain, Antibodies (Epoch Times)

A University of Wisconsin-Madison research team has found, for the first time, that a short program in "mindfulness meditation" produced…

March 31, 2004

Buddhism and mind science

Can concentration be controlled? Can attention be practiced and perfected? These are questions that are of increasing interest today to…

September 15, 2003

The brain at prayer

Ever since he was five years old, Andrew Newberg has been asking himself the big questions - why are we…

May 1, 2003

A monk in the lab

The Dalai Lama : "I believe that there are practical ways for us as individuals to curb our dangerous impulses…

April 26, 2003

Finding happiness: cajole your brain to lean to the left

NY Times article by Daniel Goleman (author of Emotional Intelligence) on scientific explanations of how meditation acts as an antidote…

February 4, 2003