Michael Sheehy, PhD, Director of programs, Mind and Life Institute, Charlottesville, VA. Considering the interface of Buddhism / science, we begin with historical and semantic reflections … Read More
Kalina Christoff, PhD, Professor of Psychology, University of British Columbia. Mind-wandering has recently come to occupy a central position in psychology and neuroscience. Most theories and … Read More
Cortland Dahl, PhD, Research Scientist, Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin – Madison Despite the great diversity of practices found in the world’s contemplative traditions, … Read More
Claire Petitmengin, PhD, Professor, Institut Mines-Télécom; Associate Researcher, Archives Husserl, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris. Numerous scientific studies are now conducted on the neurophysiological effects of meditation … Read More
Martijn van Beek, PhD, Associate Professor, Interacting Minds Centre & Department of Anthropology, Aarhus University. The scientific study of contemplative practices, their mechanisms and effects has … Read More
Shaun Gallagher, PhD, Lillian and Morrie Moss Professor of Philosophy, University of Memphis. We know about different practices of mindfulness involved in meditation and other contemplative … Read More
Elena Antonova, PhD, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London. Experimental psychology of behaviourist era was explicitly non-ontological. Cognitive psychology that based its explorations … Read More
Andrew Dreitcer, PhD, Director of Spiritual Formation; Co-Director of the Center for Engaged Compassion; Associate Professor of Spirituality, Claremont School of Theology. Christian spiritual/contemplative practice traditions … Read More
David Presti, PhD Professor, Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology, Univ. of California, Berkeley. Contemporary biophysical science assumes that the qualities of mental experience (mind, consciousness) … Read More
Catherine Shaddix, PsyD, Instructor, Baywell Psychiatry Group. Hidden cultural assumptions and unacknowledged worldviews permeate the myriad forms of Buddhist practice that one might encounter in 2017, … Read More