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Buddhists Meet Mind Scientists in Conference on Meditation and D
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This conference happened in October of last year (2007), but Psychiatric Times is just getting around to reporting on it. Still, it's a good article. Psychology, more than any other field, is beginning to get... More »
Mind Matters: Emodied Cognition
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A cool article from the Scientific American Mind Matters blog. About 15 years ago, I began to suspect that the body is the unconscious mind. At the time, there was very little scientific evidence, but... More »
B. Alan Wallace - Toward the First Revolution in Mind Sciences
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An excellent Google Tech-Talk featuring B. Alan Wallace. Physicist, monk, psychologist, and neuroscientist B. Alan Wallace explains why the first real revolution in the mind sciences hasn't occurred yet. B. Alan Wallace, Ph.D. has been... More »
Defending Consciousness
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The LA Times has an interesting editorial by Jonah Lehrer, called Misreading the Mind . The article is an impassioned defense of subjective experience -- what is often thought of as consciousness -- against the... More »
Speedlinking 1/22/08
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Quote of the day : "Art is science made clear." ~ Jean Cocteau Image of the day ( Yanaar Lee ): BODY ~ Shredded at Last -- "Despite the backlash against cardio, Dr. C thinks... More »
Neuroscience and Buddhism
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The still emerging field of neuroscience has revolutionized our understanding of human behavior and the human mind. We now know that certain chemicals (or the lack of them) in the brain can cause specific mental... More »
Speedlinking 11/30/07
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Quote of the day : "Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed." ~ Herman... More »
Time - What Makes Us Moral
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Time has a feature story, What Makes Us Moral , on the current state of our understanding of how morality works in human beings. Interestingly, the article presents several studies on the morality of animals,... More »
Speedlinking 11/16/07
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Quote of the day : "All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others." ~ George Orwell Image of the day : BODY ~ Winter Sun Makes It Difficult To Get Vitamin... More »
Speedlinking 10/26/07
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Quote of the day : "When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package." ~ John Ruskin Image of the day : BODY ~ The "Best" Exercises Can Revolutionize Your... More »
Buddhism
March 2008 