| Description |
288 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Records of the conference, "Investigating the mind," at MIT, September 2003. Cf. Introduction. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-273) and index. |
| Contents |
I: Orientations -- Introduction / Anne Harrington -- Neurophenomenology and Francisco Varela / Evan Thompson -- II: Attention and cognitive control -- Understandings of attention and cognitive control from cognitive neuroscience / Jonathan Cohen -- Buddhist training in enhanced attention skills / B. Alan Wallace -- Dialogue: attention and cognitive control -- III: Imagery and visualization -- Buddhist perspectives on mental imagery / Matthieu Ricard -- Introspection and mechanism in mental imagery / Stephen M. Kosslyn, Daniel Reisberg, and Marlene Behrmann -- Dialogue: Imagery and visualization -- IV: Emotion -- An Abhidharmic view of emotional pathologies and their remedies / Georges Dreyfus -- Emotions from the perspective of western biobehavioral science / Richard J. Davidson -- Dialogue: Emotion -- V: Integration and final reflections -- Dialogue: Integration and implications -- Reflections on "investigating the mind," one year later / Arthur Zajonc -- About the Mind and Life Institute / R. Adam Engle. |
| Subject |
Psychology and religion -- Congresses.
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Buddhism -- Psychology -- Congresses.
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| Added Author |
Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935-
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Harrington, Anne, 1960-
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Zajonc, Arthur.
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| ISBN |
0674023196 alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
9780674023192 |
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