In other words, every night you go through a “Brain in a Vat” experiment after falling asleep, as if the brain has been removed from the body (cutting off animal nerves) and put into a vat of life-sustaining liquid to maintain its physiological activity (keeping vegetative nerves). The ...
So, this was proof ofneuroplasticity– our brain’s ability to change in response to conscious effort. In other words, the meditating monks were intentionally remoulding their minds in more positive ways! Sam And this was possible because the...
it points out all the ways in which we are “not good enough, emotionally unstable, wounded, and not well-adjusted enough” etc., etc. And on the other, it gives us all the tools to help us “get over” these pathologies (or give us theideathat we’re getting over them – until...
In other words, compassion meditation may induce a cognitive state whereby negative stimuli are attended to very briefly and then released from attention with subsequent cognitive processing (see Lutz, Slagter, Dunne, & Davidson, 2008).Individuals in a positive mood state can recall more words than...
In other words, the brain gets reprogrammed by the experiences it is continually subjected to. The good news is that our minds can be trained to manage stress better. Studies using MRI scans have shown a regular meditation practice can shrink the amygdala, which helps us respond rather than ...
In other words, when meditating, trying harder, is not better. In the article titledEffortless Meditation, Peter takes a slightly different approach to meditation that I think would benefit many people who struggle with achieving the quintessential “mind like glass” state of pure calm and no-th...
My answer is topay attention to which one ‘calls’ to you. In other words, which one generates a strong emotion likeintrigue, excitement, or awe? If none call to you, reflect on what you would like to ‘get out of’ spiritual forms of meditation. For instance, perhaps you want to ...
In other words, there is no prior information included in the estimation process.Footnote 1 Asymptotically, the probability that the parameter is on the other side of zero compared to the estimate coincides with the p value for a one-sided test in a LRT against the null hypothesis that the ...
In other words, his argument has two stages in it: the first stage (1) ends in the claim that there are no certain indications for distinguishing dreaming and waking, and the second stage (2) draws, as a result of this, the inferences (a) that we are now, or may now be, dreaming...
The reedy tones of Kondo and Abe contrast well with Graves tom-tom heavy approach, but as the drummer continually plays in triple, and even quadruple time, their soloing comes off more as bleats of sound than an articulation of musical ideas. In other words, this date, feels more like ...