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Change Your Brain by Transforming Your Mind

February 22, 2024 by

Stephen E. Straus Distinguished Lecture in the Science of Complementary Health Therapies National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health In this talk, Dr. Davidson will present an overview of studies conducted in his laboratory on neural changes associated with different forms of meditation. Distinctions among three major forms of meditation practice will be made: Focused Attention, Open Monitoring, and Positive Affect Training. These different forms of meditation have different neural and behavioral effects. From the perspective of Western neuroscience, different forms of meditation can be conceptualized as mental training to promote the regulation of emotion and attention. Data from studies on long-term meditation practitioners as well as those with shorter durations of trai...

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