Research

- Cognitive Neuroscience of Mindfulness Meditation

Phillipe Goldin - Philippe is a research scientist and heads the Clinically Applied Affective Neuroscience group in the Department of Psychology at Stanford University.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf6Q0G1iHBI

In this interactive presentation Philippe Goldin explains the relationship between meditation and the brain.
He focuses on the basics of Mindfulness meditation and the practice of bringing one’s attention to the present, which has been said to provide tremendous well-being and emotional balance. Over the past few years, meditation has begun being used as a treatment for mild anxiety and depression. Scientific studies have followed suit, illustrating how meditation “re-wires” neural systems related to attention and emotion.

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- Meditation eases heart disease

 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8363302.stm

- Mindfulnness based stress reduction

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_on_meditation#Mindfulness-based_stress_reduction