http://www.examiner.com/x-14195-Boulder-Science--Spirituality-Examiner?cid=exrss-Boulder-Science--Spirituality-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:03:08 -0700 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:07:11 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-14195-Boulder-Science--Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m6d22-Science-the-mind-and-the-need-for-psychological-empiricism?cid=exrss-Boulder-Science--Spirituality-Examiner  The literature in neuroscience abounds with statements claiming conscious experience—the mind—to be merely the by-product of neuronal firing, thus denying and devaluing any claim to legitimacy the domain of interior subjectivity m... meditation spirituality science neuroscience philosophy of mind consciousness Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:07:11 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14195-Boulder-Science--Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m6d22-Science-the-mind-and-the-need-for-psychological-empiricism?cid=exrss-Boulder-Science--Spirituality-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14195-Boulder-Science--Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m6d22-Buddhism-brain-science-and-the-mindbody-connection?cid=exrss-Boulder-Science--Spirituality-Examiner While there are numerous ideologies connected with the study of how meditation influences the brain, one of the most prevalent is that of Buddhism, which has birthed many of the meditative techniques studied and published in the scientific literatu... meditation spirituality science neuroscience philosophy of mind consciousness Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:48:05 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14195-Boulder-Science--Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m6d22-Buddhism-brain-science-and-the-mindbody-connection?cid=exrss-Boulder-Science--Spirituality-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14195-Boulder-Science--Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m6d19-Contemplative-neuroscience-and-the-philosophy-of-mind?cid=exrss-Boulder-Science--Spirituality-Examiner  What, exactly, is contemplative neuroscience and what relevance, if any, does it have to the study of brain and behavior? Contemplative neuroscience is primarily the study of how contemplative practices like meditation affect the brain and nerv... meditation spirituality science neuroscience philosophy of mind psychiatry psychology Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:39:59 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14195-Boulder-Science--Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m6d19-Contemplative-neuroscience-and-the-philosophy-of-mind?cid=exrss-Boulder-Science--Spirituality-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14195-Boulder-Science--Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m6d17-Making-peace-with-change?cid=exrss-Boulder-Science--Spirituality-Examiner Are happiness and change incompatible? As best selling author Spencer Johnson has so eloquently stated, “[t]he more important your cheese is to you the more you want to hold on to it” (36). As so often seems to happen in our lives, unfo... meditation spirituality science change psychology developmental psychology Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:13:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14195-Boulder-Science--Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m6d17-Making-peace-with-change?cid=exrss-Boulder-Science--Spirituality-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14195-Boulder-Science--Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m6d17-Brain-states-and-the-experience-of-wholeness?cid=exrss-Boulder-Science--Spirituality-Examiner   States of consciousness underlie much of what you experience in life every day, including what you’re experiencing at this very moment. As you are reading these words, your brain is more than likely operating in the beta brainwave patte... meditation spirituality science neuroscience brainwaves Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:43:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14195-Boulder-Science--Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m6d17-Brain-states-and-the-experience-of-wholeness?cid=exrss-Boulder-Science--Spirituality-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14195-Boulder-Science--Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m6d16-Activating-the-brains-peace-circuits?cid=exrss-Boulder-Science--Spirituality-Examiner    "Is it really possible to activate inherent ‘peace circuits’ within the brain?""Can peace be literally hardwired into the brain through mental training?" I'll discuss two research studies which stron... meditation spirituality science neuroscience brainwaves Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:43:22 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14195-Boulder-Science--Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m6d16-Activating-the-brains-peace-circuits?cid=exrss-Boulder-Science--Spirituality-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14195-Boulder-Science--Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m6d15-Meditation-and-the-educated-mind?cid=exrss-Boulder-Science--Spirituality-Examiner  I'm sometimes asked if there is any scientific evidence that meditation is beneficial to the mind and brain. And frankly, I'm surprised that more people, especially educated scientists, aren't already aware of the more than one thousand scienti... meditation spirituality science Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:05:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14195-Boulder-Science--Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m6d15-Meditation-and-the-educated-mind?cid=exrss-Boulder-Science--Spirituality-Examiner