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Cognitive Neuroscience of Mindfulness Meditation
Google Tech Talks
February, 28 2008
ABSTRACT
Mindfulness meditation, one type of meditation technique, has been shown to
enhance emotional awareness and psychological flexibility as well as induce
well-being and emotional balance. Scientists have also begun to examine how
meditation may influence brain functions. This talk will examine the
effect of mindfulness meditation practice on the brain systems in which
psychological functions such as attention, emotional reactivity, emotion
regulation, and self-view are instantiated. We will also discuss how
different forms of meditation practices are being studied using
neuroscientific technologies and are being integrated into clinical
practice to address symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress.
Speaker: Philippe Goldin
Philippe is a research
scientist and heads the Clinically Applied Affective Neuroscience group in
the Department of Psychology at Stanford University.
He spent 6 years in India and Nepal studying various languages,
Buddhist philosophy and debate at Namgyal Monastery and the Dialectic
Monastic Institute, and serving as an interpreter for various Tibetan
Buddhist lamas. He then returned to the U.S. to complete a Ph.D. in
Clinical Psychology at Rutgers University. His NIH-funded
clinical research focuses on (a) functional neuroimaging investigations of cognitive-affective mechanisms in adults with anxiety disorders, (b)
comparing the effects of mindfulness meditation and cognitive-behavioral
therapy on brain-behavior correlates of emotional reactivity and regulation, and (c) training children in family and elementary school settings in mindfulness skills to reduce anxiety and enhance compassion, self-esteem and quality of family interactions.
Length: 2934
Rating: 4.80 (93 ratings)
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Wings to Freedom: Himalayan Yoga Neuroscience & Astrophysics
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Wings to Freedom
Mystic Revelations from Babaji and the Himalayan Yogis
There never has been, nor will be, a time when man's own nature shall cease to demand his foremost attention. The evolution of human consciousness is the most comprehensive enterprise ever undertaken by mankind, besides which the greatest of human achievements pale into insignificance.
In the quiet spaces of our lives we often wonder: Where did we come from? Where do we go after death? Who are we and why are we here? Meditating Yogis realized that the answers lay within the depths of one's own consciousness, unlocked by the key of breath and the Science of Yoga.
Join award winning documentary film makers Som and Rita Bakshi as they follow the path of a yogi's mystic journey through the Himalayas.
The film captures candid moments as Gurunath illumines us on man's timeless questions against the breathtaking high-altitude scenery, glacial rivers, and caves hallowed by Ancient Sages. A unique feast for the eyes and the intellect unfolds as the Yogi's experiences and in-depth revelations come to life.
Featuring Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath, a living Kriya Kundalini Solar master.
"To transmute the minds of sincere seekers of yoga into a higher state
of consciousness is the purpose of my work." -- Siddhanath
If earth peace is to herald the dawn of the new age, we must all realize:
Humanity is one's only religion,
Breath one's only prayer, and
Consciousness one's only God.
Evolution of the Human Brain:
In the center of the human brain, there is a miniature cave of Brahma. This cave of Brahma is the 3rd ventricle.
In the human brain lies the corpus callosum. Connected to the corpus callosum is the Hamsa swan.
Since eons yogis have reported seeing a Hamsa during meditation. Now in the 3rd eye center there is the agya chakra, called the "shiva netra", the eye of shiva. The Hamsanath yogi sees the shiva netra, which is just in front of the cave of Brahma.
Within the center of the 3rd eye is the scintillating white star called the kutastha chaitanya. When the yogi by constant years of meditation, penetrates the star—he is already in the no mind state, the "unmani avasta" a state of bhav samadhi, sabikalpa samadhi. —he penetrates the star and enters into a state of nirvikalpa samadhi! And now this lofty soul, radiant in his splendor, rests with his pranic spiritual energy in the ventricles of the Hamsa swan, which are the lateral ventricles in the brain. The evolution of human consciousness is still going on, as the human brain develops, vaster and more beautiful, the texture refines. The 100 billion cells in the human brain are uniting with the 100 billion stars in our galactic system, and they go beyond the galactic system into the wonderful state of supernal splendor of niranjan nirvana, kaivalya samadhi, the Nirvana.
His physical brain and body cannot take it much, but the ultimate stage is that the corona radiata in his brain cells, these subtle fibers, these tubes, light up with a divine effulgence. This radiant splendor goes and spreads in its aura far beyond the earth system, way into the galaxies.
Length: 658
Rating: 4.70 (191 ratings)
Tags: Earth Self Peace Consciousness Brain Spirituality Science Yoga Enlightenment Samadhi Kriya Hamsa Surya Kundalini Babaji
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The Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience of Categorization, Novelty-Detec...
Google Tech Talks
November, 15 2007
ABSTRACT
Neurocomputational models provide fundamental insights towards
understanding the human brain circuits for learning new associations
and organizing our world into appropriate categories. In this talk I
will review the information-processing functions of four interacting
brain systems for learning and categorization:
(1) the basal ganglia which incrementally adjusts choice behaviors using environmental
feedback about the consequences of our actions,
(2) the hippocampus which supports learning in other brain regions through the creation of
new stimulus representations (and, hence, new similarity
relationships) that reflect important statistical regularities in the
environment,
(3) the medial septum which works in a feedback-loop with
the hippocampus, using novelty-detection to alter the rate at which
stimulus representations are updated through experience,
(4) the frontal lobes which provide for selective attention and executive
control of learning and memory.
The computational models to be described have been evaluated through a variety of empirical
methodoligies including human functional brain imaging, studies of
patients with localized brain damage due to injury or early-stage
neurodegenerative diseases, behavioral genetic studies of
naturally-occuring individual variability, as well as comparative
lesion and genetic studies with rodents. Our applications of these
models to engineering and computer science including automated anomaly
detection systems for mechanical fault diagnosis on US Navy
helicopters and submarines as well more recent contributions to the
DoD's DARPA program for Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures
(BICA).
Speaker: Dr. Mark Gluck
Mark Gluck is a Professor of Neuroscience at Rutgers University - Newark, co-director of the Rutgers Memory Disorders Project, and publisher of the public health newsletter, Memory Loss and the Brain. He works at the interface between neuroscience, psychology, and computer science, where his research focuses on the neural bases of learning and memory, and the consequences of memory loss due to aging, trauma, and disease. He is the co-author of "Gateway to Memory: An Introduction to Neural Network Models of the Hippocampus and Memory " (MIT Press, 2001) and a forthcoming undergraduate textbook, "Learning and Memory: From Brain to Behavior." He has edited several other books and has published over 60 scientific journal articles. His awards include the Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contributions from the American Psychological Society and the Young Investigator Award for Cognitive and Neural Sciences from the Office of Naval Research. In 1996, he was awarded a NSF Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers by President Bill Clinton. For more information, see http://www.gluck.edu.
Length: 3733
Rating: 4.60 (37 ratings)
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Richard Restak - Neuroscience and Advertising
Complete program at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=448
Acclaimed neurologist Richard Restak discusses ways in which advertisers may potentially use neuroscientific research to sell products.
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Richard Restak on "The Naked Brain."
Each time neuropsychiatrist Restak visits with a new book, we learn more about the exciting findings being made in neurology. In his new book, Restak writes about "social neuroscience," the interaction between our brains' hard wiring and our social relationships. - Politics and Prose
Dr. Richard Restak is a practicing neurologist and neuropsychiatrist and the author of dozens of articles and more than 15 books on the brain, including "The Brain," "Mysteries of the Mind," and "The Longevity Strategy." "The Brain," also a companion book to a PBS series, was a national bestseller. Restak has appeared on National Public Radio's Morning Edition and All Things Considered, PBS's McNeil-Lehrer Report, NBC's Today Show, ABC's Good Morning America, and the Discovery Channel. Restak has served on various national advisory councils for brain research and has been a consultant to PBS and to NBC's Today Show. Dr. Restak is a graduate of Georgetown University School of Medicine.
Length: 287
Rating: 4.70 (10 ratings)
Tags: advertising advertizing advertise advertize advert marketing subliminal thought thinking behavior memory fora tv fora.tv
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Mind Wars: Neuroscience and the Next Generation of War
Drugs to make terrorists talk? Brain research to build a better soldier? Future robot armies? Sounds sci-fi, but according to Dr Jonathan Moreno, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, many of these technologies are here and more are on the way. Neuroscience research is growing at an exponential rate, a fact Moreno explores in his new book, "Mind Wars".
For more on "Mind Wars" please see:
http://www.amazon.com/Mind-Wars-Research-National-Defense/dp/1932594167
WWW.AMERICANPROGRESS.ORG
Length: 156
Rating: 4.40 (10 ratings)
Tags: mind brain neuroscience war pentagon terror science defense ethics weapon military intelligence seeprogress thought
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Issues in Neuroscience: Social Disabilities.
Sort of follows on from Neurodiversity. I define the concept of social disability as how I see it, and talk about my opinions on it. A social disability, in my eyes, is a trait that causes problems due to the society we live in, but if we weren't social animals, and lived alone, wouldn't cause any problem.
Some examples I talk about are:
- Mutism and deafness
- Autism
- Tourette syndrome
- Friedreich's ataxia
Also, what can you do is helping people with social disabilities? But also, how can strange behaviours of a few people affect everyone else around them, or you, personally? Can you help it but to judge others, and do you really mean to cause harm? Bleh, society is complicated!
http://www.youtube.com/itsabrainthing - It's a brain thing, by Dr. Henley. The aim is to fight stigma for brain conditions. One that really got me thinking was the 'addictions' video. Think about how much some of us look down on those with drug and alcohol addictions. Is it really their choice?
Length: 939
Rating: 4.70 (17 ratings)
Tags: social disability nervousneuron neuroscience psychiatry mutism deafness autism aspergers tourette adhd Friedreich ataxia
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Neuroscience Vacation (lol)
I am talking about my current vacation and how I love studying anything about science especially with brain, mind, and consciousness. It is my passion. If you need me to translate anything into ASL, I will do it gladly!
P.S. This video is very spontaneous -- I did it in a hurry since it was my vacation. Sorry for some interrupted parts. Also, if you have any suggestions in how I can improve my sign language skills, please feel free to help me out. I want to be able to master the art of American Sign Language and use it artistically! Smile!
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Hello again. I am here on my vacation. I have a lot of books that I have been reading nonstop, burying my nose in them. I am excited because I love the topics that I am studying: neurology, science-related subjects. I will show you some books ---
[interrupted]
Hello again, sorry about that. Now what? I have magazines I want to show -- book first.
[DHEA book]
It talks about DHEA, a hormone.
[interrupted again]
Sorry about that. Here are other magazines I want to show.
[showing magazines]
A lot of books/magazines. I have been reading a lot about mind, consciousness, etc. I am thrilled. I love them. Now, my husband is getting a subscription to NewScientist and...
[looking for it]
I will show you
[one moment]
Other magazine that is related to NewScientist {showing} is, Scientific American Mind {showing}. "Lies" {showing} is so interesting! There are many different topics. Really deep even.
I thought I should share it with you, thrilled to show you all materials/topics I have been reading about.
Today, I have been reading a lot! We have computers hooked up to internet here and normally I'll be on it, but I have been reading those instead. I am addicted.
I have decided to buy more of those books to study. I did it before, but in my past, I had problems at home, bad situation so I had to drop my own study. I want to study again, deep inspecting what life's purpose is, etc. My personality is like a scientist, an explorer, and plus a spiritualist too, not like a common spirituality, but -- it is tabooed -- more like different, deep issues related to science. Connecting by using logics and experiences while being able to adapt my beliefs if needed. I enjoy philosophy and similar subjects. I don't know which topic to discuss about. There's a lot to discuss, but I think there's few examples showing what I have read so far. I have read DHEA. Oh! Remember I was interrupted before? DHEA means a brain hormone -- not really hormone -- a neurotransmitter. It helps with -- DHEA can break down into two separate hormones (can't recall what they were called).
[Reviewing, but unsuccessful]
Anyways, the words are too long for me to remember. I have to study vocab. some more, but I know that it breaks down into two. This first hormone is for female or male. Anyways, it has a lot of information.
I have read about hypnosis, tricks and tips to improve memory recall -- know those memory contest? They remember a lot easily. It tells how -- interesting. They use the same technique. I have used that technique before, but I don't study/practice it deeply. I maybe focus and improve on that some more. And discuss about dreaming, what it is really about. There is a new study that have changed the concept of dreaming and from there, I see how different it is. Do I agree with it 100%? Not really. Other one is magnetic cure. I thought it was also interesting. A lot of issues I am excited reading about. I wonder, do you also enjoy studying those subjects? Or is it too hard to understand? Oh, I can study and translate it into ASL for you if needed. I enjoy it. It is my passion studying them. I just thought I'd share. Enjoy your time! I will go and enjoy my remaining vacation time. Ok, see you later.
Oh! I forgot something! See you later.
[I love you sign]
Indumamoon
Really two things..
[I love you sign]
Indumamoon
Length: 386
Rating: 5.00 (1 ratings)
Tags: video blog asl american sign language vacation neurology neuroscience mind consciousness brain vlog DHEA
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Issues in Neuroscience: Are we our brains
Are we really our brains? I certainly have an opinion on it! I first start talking about my understanding of the brain from the past, and a bit about how I see it now. Will that change? What are our minds? Our souls? Can they really be boiled down to the firing of neurons? What is Biological basis VS biological marker of illness? Can various behaviours be localized to specific brain structures? How can disease states help us understand normal behaviour? What impact does the complexity of the brain have on our understanding of it? What is science for? Why do we care about the function of the brain? What are some of the ethical issues involved with treating brain illnesses? What has neuroplasticity got to do with anything? Who is right, western or eastern medicine? Does talk therapy change our brains? Does watching a youtube video change our brains? Are psychotrophic drugs helpful or dangerous?
Don't feel obligated to watch this video. It's long, and I barely talk about anything, it seems like to me, because there is so much to talk about.
COMING SOON:
Neurodiversity - Is that diagnosis a mental illness needing treatment or just a variation in our thinking and behaviour.
Length: 2193
Rating: 4.20 (26 ratings)
Tags: nervousneuron neuroscience psychiatry brains soul mind personality mental illness
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