Below you will find the latest news about the brain, psychology, and the science of well-being, mindfulness, and meditation. And I invite you to send me news items, including scientific studies, great video clips, social implications of brain science, etc., that you find yourself.
The Brain in the News
Largest Brain Wiring Diagram to Date Is Published
Diana Kwon, Scientific American, January 22, 2020
Screen Use Tied to Children’s Brain Development
Perri Klass, M.D., New York Times, November 4, 2019
Learning Not to Fear
MGH News and Public Affairs, The Harvard Gazette, October 15, 2019
A Successful Artificial Memory Has Been Created
Robert Martone, Scientific American, August 27, 2019
Virtual Reality as Therapy for Pain
Jane E. Brody, New York Times, April 29, 2019
Huge Brain Study Uncovers “Buried” Genetic Networks Linked to Mental Illness
Linda Geddes, Scientific American, December 14, 2018
With Brain Implants, Scientists Aim to Translate Thoughts into Speech
Sharon Begley, STAT, Scientific American, November 20, 2018
Reprogrammed Stem Cells Implanted into Patient with Parkinson’s Disease
David Cyranoski, Nature Magazine, November 15, 2018
Mindfulness Could Be the Key to Stopping Technological Misery
Andrew Griffin, Independent, February 24, 2018
Neuroscience Has a Lot to Learn from Buddhism
Matthieu Ricard and Wolf Singer, The Atlantic, December 17, 2017
Mindfulness
Anderson Cooper, 60 Minutes, December 14, 2014
What Does Mindfulness Meditation Do to Your Brain?
Tom Ireland, Scientific American, June 12, 2014
Spine Tuning: Finding Physical Evidence of How Practice Rewires the Brain
Ferris Jabr, Scientific American, April 16, 2012
Neural Responses Reveal Our Optimistic Bent
Andrea Anderson, Scientific American, April 10, 2012
A Neuroscientist’s Quest to Reverse Engineer the Human Brain
Gareth Cook, Scientific American, March 20, 2012
Buddhism, Cosmology and Evolution
John Stanley and David Loy, Huffington Post, February 26, 2012
How the Internet is Changing Our Brain
Shaahin Cheyene, Huffington Post, February 12, 2012
How to Have More Insights
David Rock, Huffington Post, February 8, 2012
Mindful Eating as Food for Thought
Jeff Gordinier, New York Times, February 7, 2012
How Exercise Benefits the Brain
Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times, November 30, 2011
Decoding the Brain’s Cacophony
Benedict Carey, New York Times, October 31, 2011
How Tanning Changes the Brain
Ahahad O’Connor, New York Times, August 12, 2011
The Neurobiology of Bliss–Sacred and Profane – Sex in the brain, and what it reveals about the neuroscience of deep pleasure
Nadia Webb, Scientific American, July 12, 2011
Regimens: Noise Canceling, Without Headphones
Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, May 2, 2011
How Meditation May Change the Brain
Sindya N. Bhanoo, New York Times, January 28, 2011
Searching the Brain for the Roots of Fear
Joseph Ledoux, New York Times, January 22, 2011
Mindfulness Meditation Training Changes Brain Structure in Eight Weeks
ScienceDaily, January 21, 2011
Buddhism Beats Depression
Ed Halliwell, January 5, 2010
Brain Is a Co-Conspirator in a Vicious Stress Loop
Natalie Angier, New York Times, August 17, 2009
Smile As You Read This: Language That Puts You In Touch With Your Bodily Feelings
ScienceDaily, August 15, 2009
Adult Brain Can Change Within Seconds
ScienceDaily, July 30, 2009
Lotus Therapy
Benedict Carey, The New York Times, May 27, 2008
Meditation May Increase Gray Matter
ScienceDaily, May 13, 2009
Compassion Meditation Changes The Brain
ScienceDaily, March 27, 2008
How Your Brain Looks at Race
Sharon Begley, Newsweek, March 3, 2008
Mental Reserves Keep Brains Agile
Jane E. Brody, December 11, 2007
Meditation May Fine-tune Control Over Attention
ScienceDaily, May 10, 2007
Faith in the Brain
Juju Chang and Michael Pressman, May 10, 2007
Study Suggests Meditation Can Help Train Attention
Sandra Blakeslee, May 8, 2007
The Brain on the Stand
Jeffrey Rosen, March 11, 2007
The Brain’s Secret Plans
Max Planck Society, February 12, 2007
Happiness 101
D.T. Max, January 7, 2007
The Mystery of Consciousness
Steven Pinker, January, 2007
Speaking in Tongues
Benedict Carey, November 7, 2006
A Week of Silence
Daniel Siegel, November, 2006
Femme Mentale
Joe Garofoli, August 6, 2006
Finding Reality through Meditation
Ansley Roche, January 18, 2006
Meditation Builds Brain Muscles
Alison Motluk, November 15, 2005
The Brain Tells Time
Robert Roy Britt, October 28, 2005
The Movie in Your Head
Christof Koch, September 21, 2005
The Evolving Human Brain
Melissa Lee Phillips, September 9, 2005
Meditation ‘Brain Training’ Clues
BBC News, June 13, 2005
Meditation Skills of Buddhist Monks Yield Clues to Brain’s Regulation of Attention
Medical News Today, June 7, 2005
Religious Practice May Slow Alzheimer’s
Science Daily, May 1, 2005
Meditation Alters Brain Structure
By Sharon Begley, November 5, 2004
New Brain Studies and Meditation
Punnadhammo Bhikku, June, 2003