Norman Doidge (2007) The Brain that Changes Itself
Diana Fisha, Daniel Siegel, Marion Solomon (2009) The Healing Power of Emotion
Eric Kandel (2006) In Search of Memory
Daniel Levitin This is your Brain on Music, The Wcience of a HUman Obsession
John Ratey (2008) Spark, The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
Dr Daniel Siegel (2007) The Mindful Brain
Dr Daniel Siegel (2010) Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation,
Dan Siegel: The Brain and the Developing Mind
Philipe Goldin The Neuro Science of Emotions
ABSTRACT
The ability to recognize and work with different emotions is fundamental to psychological flexibility and well-being. Neuroscience has contributed to the understanding of the neural bases of emotion, emotion regulation, and emotional intelligence, and has begun to elucidate the brain mechanisms involved in emotion processing. Of great interest is the degree to which these mechanisms demonstrate neuroplasticity in both anatomical and functional levels of the brain.
Speaker: Dr. Phillippe Goldin
Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation, Dr Daniel Siegel
ABSTRACT This interactive talk will examine two major questions: What is the mind? and How can we create a healthy mind? We'll examine the interactions among the mind, the brain, and human relationships and explore ways to create a healthy mind, an integrated brain, and mindful, empathic relationships. Here is one surprising finding: the vast majority (about 95%) of mental health practitioners around the globe, and even many scientists and philosophers focusing on the mind, do not have a definition of what the mind is! In this talk, well offer a working definition of the mind and practical implications for how to perceive and strengthen the mind itself—a learnable skill called mindsight. Then well build on this perspective to explore ways that the mind, the brain, and our relationships are influenced by digital information flow and also how they can be moved toward healthy functioning.
PositivePsychology — October 06, 2007 — What is Mindfulness? Get a quick glimpse into this powerful aspect of positive psychology, and find out how it can work to improve your life today!
Change your Mind Change your Brain: The Inner Conditions
2007 ABSTRACT If happiness is an inner state, influenced by external conditions but not dependent on them, how can we achieve it? Ricard will examine the inner and outer factors that increase or diminish our sense of well-being, dissect the underlying mechanisms of happiness, and lead us to a way of looking at the mind itself based on his book, Happiness: A Guide to Life's Most Important Skill and from the research in neuroscience on the effect of mind-training on the brain. Speaker Matthieu Ricard
Transform Your Mind, Change Your Brain
ABSTRACT
In this talk, Richard J. Davidson will explore recent scientific research on the neuroscience of positive human qualities and how they can be cultivated through contemplative practice. Distinctions among different forms of contemplative practices will be introduced and they will be shown to have different neural and behavioral consequences, as well as important consequences for physical health in both long-term and novice practitioners. New research also shows that meditation-based interventions delivered online can produce behavioral and neural changes. Collectively, this body of research indicates that we can cultivate adaptive neural changes and strengthen positive human qualities through systematic mental practice.
Neuroscience and Cognitive Training
ROCKETBOOM — December 09, 2009 — Rocketboom Tech's Ellie Rountree speaks with Alvaro Fernandez, Founder of SharpBrains, to learn more about the neurology of our brains and cognitive training.
Cognitive Neuroscience of Mindfulness Meditation
ABSTRACT Mindfulness meditation, one type of meditation technique, has been shown to enhance emotional awareness and psychological flexibility as well as induce well-being and emotional balance. Scientists have also begun to examine how meditation may influence brain functions. This talk will examine the effect of mindfulness meditation practice on the brain systems in which psychological functions such as attention, emotional reactivity, emotion regulation, and self-view are instantiated. We will also discuss how different forms of meditation practices are being studied using neuroscientific technologies and are being integrated into clinical practice to address symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress. Speaker: Philippe Goldin Philippe is a research scientist and heads the Clinically Applied Affective Neuroscience group in the Department of Psychology at Stanford University. His NIH-funded clinical research focuses on (a) functional neuroimaging investigations of cognitive-affective mechanisms in adults with anxiety disorders, (b) comparing the effects of mindfulness meditation and cognitive-behavioral therapy on brain-behavior correlates of emotional reactivity and regulation, and (c) training children in family and elementary school settings in mindfulness skills to reduce anxiety and enhance compassion, self-esteem and quality of family interactions. Category:ABSTRACT
Vannevar Bush's 1945 article, "As We May Think," has been much celebrated as a central inspiration for the development of hypertext and the World Wide Web. Less attention, however, has been paid to Bush's motivation for imagining a new generation of information technologies; it was his hope that more powerful tools, by automating the routine aspects of information processing, would leave researchers and other professionals more time for creative thought. But now, more than sixty years later, it seems clear that the opposite has happened, that the use of the new technologies has contributed to an accelerated mode of working and living that leaves us less to think, not more. In this talk I will explore how this state of affairs has come about and what we can do about it. Speaker: David M. Levy
Information Seeking, Visualization and Decision Making
ABSTRACT Delivering the right information to the "right people in the right time" for responding to extreme events has become increasingly difficult due to the explosion of information and the increasing severity of these events' impacts. Drawing from studies about effective human team performance and theories about human decision making under time stress, we have developed a cognitive agent architecture inspired by Recognition-Primed Decision (RPD), which is a naturalistic decision making model. The RPD model provides the context of decision-making, from which the agent dynamically identifies relevant information, proactively seek and share them among a distributed decision-making team for damage assessments and resource allocations.Sharpbrains - Site that talks about the benefits of exercising the brain
www.scientificamerican.com/sciammind/ Website of the popular magazine Scientific American Mind Includes excepts from a number of articles from Bimonthly magazine, key concepts of articles,. You can sign up for newsletter.
Above are 5 misconceptions that are not substantiated by leading scientific research. The problems is that much scientific research is hidden away in academic journals that are not readily accessible to the public. Generally good research is mentioned in Scientific American Mind, Discover Magazine and special reports in Scientific American. See also Website's Worth Looking At below
Attachment Theory is associated with the name of John Bowlby and 1940s and 50s. This theory suggests that every human being requires a "secure base from which one can become an individual, learn about the environment and learn about the multitude of feelings that we are equipped to experience and how to mange them. Further every individual requires a "safe haven" which provides comfort, understanding and protection. Attachment theory suggests that interpersonal experiences with close attachment figures give children the experience of faith in others to provide safety and security. The theory recognizes a system of behaviours which include learning behaviours, fear behaviours (flight/fight/freeze) and attachment behaviours Learning behaviours include exploring and playing; Fear behaviours are associated with one of fight, flight or freezing actions; and attachment behaviours involve the infant or child seeking and obtaining protection from the attachment figure.
Children who are abused may develop an attachment to their abuser that interferes with their desire to seek help or leave a situation. One possible explanation has come from research that suggests that in some animals may become responsive to smells during infancy which may foster parental bonds even when the odour is associated with a stressful stimulus. Gordon Bar in a new paper in Nature, Neuroscience, suggest that the behaviour might have evolved as a survival tactic as the individual has to be attached to its caregiver regardless of the quality of care. (Mind March/April 2010 Page 10).
