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The Science of Meditation Selected Bibliography 1. "Long-term meditators self-induce high-amplitude gamma synchrony during mental practice," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 101, pp. 16369-16373, Nov. 16, 2004, Antoine Lutz, Lawrence L. Greischar, Nancy B. Rawlings, Matthieu Ricard, and Richard J. Davidson. 2. "Meditation and the Neuroscience of Consciousness," Antoine Lutz, John D. Dunne, Richard J. Davidson, In press in Cambridge Handbook of Consciousness edited by Zelazo P., Moscovitch M. and Thompson E. also available online at http://brainimaging.waisman.wisc.edu/~lutz/Meditation_Neuroscience_2005_AL _JDD_RJD_2.pdf. 3. "Mental Training Affects Distribution of Limited Brain Resources," Richard Davidson, et al., Public Library of Science: Biology, June 2007, vol. 6, issue 6, e!38. 4. Lutz, A., Slageter, H. A., Rawlings, N. B., Francis, A. D., Greischer, L. L., & Davidson, R. J. (2009). Mental training enhances attentional stability: Neural and behavioral evidence. Journal of Neuroscience, 29(42), 13418-13427. 5. "Attention Regulation and Monitoring in Meditation," Anton Lutz, Helene Slagter, John Dunne, Richard Davidson, Trends in Cognitive Science, April 2008, 12(4) pp. 163-169. Contrasts focused attention with open monitoring. 6. "Meditation experience is associated with increased cortical thickness," NeuroReport, vol. 16, 28 November 2005, pp. 1893-1897, Sara W. Lazar et al. 7. "The Evaluation of a Mind/Body Intervention to Reduce Psychological Distress and Perceived Stress in College Students," Journal of American College Health, vol. 50, pp. 281-287 (May 2002), Gloria Deckro, Herbert Benson et al. 8. "Academic Performance Among Middle School Students After Exposure to a Relaxation Response Curriculum," Benson H., Wilcher M., Greenberg B., Huggins E., Ennis M., Zuttermeister P.C., Myers P., Friedman R., Journal of Research and Development in Education, Vol. 33: No. 3, Spring 2000. 9. MBSR studies are available through the Center for Mindfulness at the Univ. of Massachusetts website, http://www.umassmed.edu/cfm/research/findings.cfm 10. "Mechanisms of Mindfulness," Journal of Clinical Psychology, (2006), DOI 10.1002/jclp20237, Shauna L. Shapiro, Linda E. Carlson, John A. Astin, Benedict Freedman. 11. "The Meeting of Meditative Disciplines and Western Psychology," Roger Walsh, Shauna L. Shapiro, American Psychologist, vol. 61, pp. 227-239 (April 2006). 12. The Dalai Lama at MIT, Anne Harrington and Arthur Zajonc (Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ. Press, 2006). Documents the Mind and Life/MIT 2003 conference, Investigating the Mind, with particular focus on attention, emotion and mental imagery. DVDs from http://www.investigatingtheniind.org/dvd.cd.html. 13. Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain, How a New Science Reveals our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves, Sharon Begley (Ballantine, 2007).
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The Science of MeditationSelected Bibliography
1. "Long-term meditators self-induce high-amplitude gamma synchrony duringmental practice," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 101, pp.16369-16373, Nov. 16, 2004, Antoine Lutz, Lawrence L. Greischar, Nancy B.Rawlings, Matthieu Ricard, and Richard J. Davidson.
2. "Meditation and the Neuroscience of Consciousness," Antoine Lutz, John D.Dunne, Richard J. Davidson, In press in Cambridge Handbook of Consciousnessedited by Zelazo P., Moscovitch M. and Thompson E. also available online athttp://brainimaging.waisman.wisc.edu/~lutz/Meditation_Neuroscience_2005_AL_JDD_RJD_2.pdf.
3. "Mental Training Affects Distribution of Limited Brain Resources," RichardDavidson, et al., Public Library of Science: Biology, June 2007, vol. 6, issue 6,e!38.
4. Lutz, A., Slageter, H. A., Rawlings, N. B., Francis, A. D., Greischer, L. L., &Davidson, R. J. (2009). Mental training enhances attentional stability: Neural andbehavioral evidence. Journal of Neuroscience, 29(42), 13418-13427.
5. "Attention Regulation and Monitoring in Meditation," Anton Lutz, HeleneSlagter, John Dunne, Richard Davidson, Trends in Cognitive Science, April 2008,12(4) pp. 163-169. Contrasts focused attention with open monitoring.
6. "Meditation experience is associated with increased cortical thickness,"NeuroReport, vol. 16, 28 November 2005, pp. 1893-1897, Sara W. Lazar et al.
7. "The Evaluation of a Mind/Body Intervention to Reduce Psychological Distressand Perceived Stress in College Students," Journal of American College Health,vol. 50, pp. 281-287 (May 2002), Gloria Deckro, Herbert Benson et al.
8. "Academic Performance Among Middle School Students After Exposure to aRelaxation Response Curriculum," Benson H., Wilcher M., Greenberg B.,Huggins E., Ennis M., Zuttermeister P.C., Myers P., Friedman R., Journal ofResearch and Development in Education, Vol. 33: No. 3, Spring 2000.
9. MBSR studies are available through the Center for Mindfulness at the Univ. ofMassachusetts website, http://www.umassmed.edu/cfm/research/findings.cfm
10. "Mechanisms of Mindfulness," Journal of Clinical Psychology, (2006), DOI10.1002/jclp20237, Shauna L. Shapiro, Linda E. Carlson, John A. Astin, BenedictFreedman.
11. "The Meeting of Meditative Disciplines and Western Psychology," Roger Walsh,Shauna L. Shapiro, American Psychologist, vol. 61, pp. 227-239 (April 2006).
12. The Dalai Lama at MIT, Anne Harrington and Arthur Zajonc (Cambridge, MA:Harvard Univ. Press, 2006). Documents the Mind and Life/MIT 2003 conference,Investigating the Mind, with particular focus on attention, emotion and mentalimagery. DVDs from http://www.investigatingtheniind.org/dvd.cd.html.
13. Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain, How a New Science Reveals ourExtraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves, Sharon Begley (Ballantine,2007).
14. The Mind and the Brain, Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force, JeffreySchwartz and Sharon Begley (Regan Books, 2002).
15. Mind and Life Summer Research Institute,http://www.mindandlife.org/sri06.ml.summer.institute.shtml
16. "Toward the Integration of Meditation into Higher Education: A Review ofResearch Evidence," Shauna Shapiro, Kirk Warren Brown, John A. Astin, 2007(preprint)
17. "The Eureka Hunt," The New Yorker, Jonah Lehrer, July 28, 2008, pp. 40-4518. "Neural Activity When People Solve Verbal Problems with Insight" PLOS-
Biology, April 2004, Mark Jung-Beeman, et al.19. "Meditation Practices for Health: State of the Research," M. B. Ospina, et al.,
prepared by University of Alberta Evidenced-based Practice Center, June 2007,Evidence Report 155.
20. Moore, A., & Malinowski, P. (2009). Meditation, mindfulness and cognitiveflexibility. Consciousness and Cognition, 18(1), 176-186.
21. B. Rael Cahn and John Polich, "Meditation States and Traits: EEG, ERP andNeuroimaging Studies," Psychological Bulletin, (2006), vol. 132, pp. 180-211.
22. Jha, A. P., Krompinger, J., & Baime, M. J. (2007). Mindfulness meditationmodifies subsystems of attention. Cognitive Affective Behavioral Neuroscience,7(2), 109-119.
23. Tang, Y. Y., Yinghua, W., Wang, J., Yaxin, F., Feng, S., Lu, Q., et al (2007).Short term meditation training improves attention and self-regulation.Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, 104(43), 17152—17156.
24. Mindfulness meditation improves cognition: Evidence of brief mental training.Fadel Zeidan, et. al, Consciousness and Cognition (2010) vol. 19, pp. 597-605.
25. Research on altruism and compassion training through Stanford's CCARE(Center for Compassion, Altruism Research and Education). See websitewww.ccare.stanford.edu and webcast of Dalai Lama conference,http://ccare.stanford.edu/content/scientific-explorations-compassion-and-altruism.
