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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 – 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 – Mar. 27, 2008
How Your Brain Looks at Race – Sharon Begley – Newsweek – Mar 3, 2008
Bolt Leads To Key Moment – Jake Palmateer – The Daily Star – January 23, 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
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 – 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
Can Buddhists Transcend Mental Reservations? – Steve Connor – May 22, 2003
This is Your Brain on Buddha – Erik Davis – June 23, 1999
