The Neurobiology of Meditation

Nov 10, 2009 5:30 am (Tuesday)
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Event details: The Neurobiology of Meditation
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Bio Med 202
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Victoria_Smith@brown.edu - Victoria Smith
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Dr. Sara W. Lazar, PhD., is a neuroscientist in the Psychiatry Department at Massachusetts General Hospital and an Instructor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School. The focus of her research is to both elucidate the neural mechanisms underlying meditation in clinical settings and to promote and preserve health and well-being in healthy individuals. One main focus of her work is determining how yoga and meditation influence brain structure, and how these changes influence behavior. She has been practicing yoga and mindfulness meditation since 1994, and is a Board member of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy.





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