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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
Consciousness Does Not Reside Here – Christof Koch – Scientific American, April 4, 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, Feb. 26, 2012
How the Internet is Changing Our Brain – Shaahin Cheyene – Huffington Post, Feb. 12, 2012
How to Have More Insights – David Rock – Huffington Post, Feb. 8, 2012
Mindful Eating as Food for Thought – Jeff Gordinier – New York Times, Feb. 7, 2012
How Exercise Benefits the Brain – Gretchen Reynolds – New York Times, Nov. 30, 2011
Decoding the Brain’s Cacophony – Benedict Carey – New York Times, Oct. 31, 2011
How Tanning Changes the Brain – Ahahad O’Connor – New York Times, Aug. 12, 2011
Is Meditation the Push-Up for the Brain? Study Shows Practice May Have Potential to Change Brain’s Physical Structure – ScienceDaily – July 14, 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 – Jan. 28, 2011
Searching the Brain for the Roots of Fear – Joseph Ledoux – New York Times – Jan. 22, 2011
Mindfulness Meditation Training Changes Brain Structure in Eight Weeks – ScienceDaily – Jan. 21, 2011
Brain Is a Co-Conspirator in a Vicious Stress Loop – Natalie Angier – New York Times, Aug. 17, 2009
Smile As You Read This: Language That Puts You In Touch With Your Bodily Feelings – ScienceDaily – Aug. 15, 2009
Adult Brain Can Change Within Seconds – ScienceDaily – July 30, 2009
Meditation May Increase Gray Matter – ScienceDaily – May 13, 2009
Lotus Therapy – Benedict Carey – The New York Times – May 27, 2008
Compassion Meditation Changes The Brain – ScienceDaily – March 27, 2008
How Your Brain Looks at Race – Sharon Begley – Newsweek – March 3, 2008
Bolt Leads To Key Moment – Jake Palmateer – The Daily Star – Jan. 23, 2008
Mental Reserves Keep Brains Agile – Jane E.Brody – Dec. 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
Hemorrhaging Nirvana – Robert C. Koehler – March 16, 2007
The Brain on the Stand – Jeffrey Rosen – March 11, 2007
The Brain’s Secret Plans – Max Planck Society – Feb. 12, 2007
Happiness 101 – D.T. Max – Jan. 7, 2007
The Mystery of Consciousness – Steven Pinker – Jan. 29, 2007
Speaking in Tongues – Benedict Carey – Nov. 7, 2006
A Week of Silence – Daniel Siegel – Nov, 2006
Femme Mentale – Joe Garofoli – Aug. 6, 2006
Finding Reality through Meditation – Ansley Roche – Jan. 18, 2006
Meditation Builds Brain Muscles – Alison Motluk – Nov. 15, 2005
The Brain Tells Time – Robert Roy Britt – Oct. 28, 2005
The Movie in Your Head – Christof Koch – Sep. 21, 2005
The Evolving Human Brain – Melissa Lee Phillips – Sept. 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 – Nov. 5, 2004
New Brain Studies and Meditation – Punnadhammo Bhikku – June, 2003
Can Buddhists Transcend Mental Reservations? – Steve Connor – May 22, 2003
This is Your Brain on Buddha – Erik Davis – June 23, 1999