meditation & brain science

Is meditation the push-up for the brain?

Study shows practice may have potential to change brain's physical structure Two years ago, researchers at UCLA found that specific…

August 2, 2011

Hug your inner monkey!

To simplify a complex process, your brain evolved in three stages: Reptile - Brainstem, focused on avoiding harm Mammal -…

August 1, 2011

Re-Wiring your brain for happiness: Research shows how meditation can physically change the brain

Dan Harris & Erin Brady (ABC News): A quiet explosion of new research indicating that meditation can physically change the…

July 28, 2011

Meditation slows down age-related brain atrophy

Researchers at UCLA had earlier found that specific regions in the brains of long-term meditators were larger and had more…

July 16, 2011

Local doctor studies the mystery behind meditation

Victoria Hansen: What are you thinking right now? Research shows the average person has 60,000 thoughts a day. Most are…

May 22, 2011

Meditation may help the brain ‘turn down the volume’ on distractions

The positive effects of mindfulness meditation on pain and working memory may result from an improved ability to regulate a…

April 23, 2011

Meditation makes people more rational decision-makers

Elizabeth Weise: Meditation, the ancient practice of mindfulness employed by all major religions, can actually reprogram the brain to be…

April 21, 2011

Emotional Intelligence and the Brain: an interview with Daniel Goleman

Daniel Goleman's new book, The Brain and Emotional Intelligence: New Insights, is a fascinating round-up of the latest cutting-edge research…

April 20, 2011

“The Brain and Emotional Intelligence: New Insights,” by Daniel Goleman

Although Daniel Goleman’s breakthrough book was the classic Emotional Intelligence, it is his Destructive Emotions that has most impressed me.…

March 30, 2011

Meditation causes changes in brain structure

A study by scientists at the University of Massachusetts, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Bender Institute of Neuroimaging in Germany found…

March 16, 2011