Science and the meditation boom

Mindfulness based meditation is being touted as beneficial for any number of afflictions - from anxiety to asthma; social phobia to psoriasis. But what is it, and how can science scrutinize subjective states of mind? Three scientists at high powered institutions discuss how they’ve turned a personal passion into a professional investigation.

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Guests

Venerable Ajahn Brahm
Abbot of Bodhinyana Monastery, in Serpentine, Western Australia
Spiritual Director
The Buddhist Society of Western Australia
http://www.bswa.org/

Dr James Carmody
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School
http://www.umassmed.edu/behavmed/faculty/carmody.cfm

Dr Philippe Goldin
Clinically Applied Affective Neuroscience (CAAN)
Department of Psychology
Stanford University, USA
http://www-psych.stanford.edu/~caan/

Dr Amishi P. Jha
Center for Cognitive Neuroscience
Dept of Psychology
University of Pennsylvania
http://www.amishi.com/lab/people/amishi.php
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