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Mindfulness-related pain relief: Evidence for unique brain mechanisms in the regulation of pain

November 29, 2013by syntropius Leave a comment

ScienceDirect.com – Neuroscience Letters – Mindfulness meditation-related pain relief: Evidence for unique brain mechanisms in the regulation of pain. From the above link: “Abstract The cognitive modulation of pain is […]

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Mindfulness Practice Found to Increase Gray Matter Density

October 19, 2013by syntropius Leave a comment

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21071182 Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density. Hölzel BK, Carmody J, Vangel M, Congleton C, Yerramsetti SM, Gard T, Lazar SW. Source Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. […]

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‘Yale Scientific’ on Benefits of Meditation

October 11, 2013by syntropius Leave a comment

http://www.yalescientific.org/2012/05/the-healing-art-of-meditation/

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Easing Pain, Brain Scans

October 8, 2013by syntropius Leave a comment

http://www.livescience.com/13579-pain-meditation-effects-brain-scans.html “Then the volunteers attended four 20-minute classes to learn a meditation technique called focused attention, which trained them to focus on breathing and to dismiss other thoughts or emotions. […]

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Thanissaro Bhikku photo

First, a functioning healthy ego

November 17, 2012by syntropius Leave a comment

This piece by Thanissaro Bhikkhu addresses an issue often encountered in unbalanced approaches to mental development/cultivation. One can hear and read the terminology of psychology or Buddhism and New Age mixed […]

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Maintain Cars. AND Brains.

October 29, 2012by syntropius Leave a comment

SharpBrains.com has a few articles that can be linked to several training topics in this blog. Two of them are linked below. It is Not Only Cars That Deserve Good […]

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Reading and Believing?

Believe Everything You Read?

July 31, 2012by syntropius Leave a comment

Important to keep in mind with all of this. And with everything. Why You Can’t Help Believing Everything You Read — PsyBlog.

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Does Humanist Meditation Exist?

July 30, 2012by syntropius Leave a comment

Does Humanist Meditation Exist? » Secular Buddhist Association This is a presentation Rick Heller of the Harvard Humanist Contemplative group gave on secular meditation at the American Humanist Association conference, […]

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Stanford studies monks’ meditation

July 28, 2012by syntropius 1 Comment

Stanford studies monks’ meditation, compassion – SFGate.

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Hebbian Theory in Neuroscience

July 23, 2012by syntropius Leave a comment

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebbian_theory

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Manic Nation: Dr. Peter Whybrow Says We’re Addicted to Stress

July 5, 2012by syntropius Leave a comment

Manic Nation: Dr. Peter Whybrow Says We’re Addicted to Stress

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