Research Articles

• Buddha’s Brain: Neuroplasticity and Meditation – Davidson and Lutz – Sept, 2007
• Cost Savings from Teaching the Transcendental Meditation Program in Prisons – Magill
• Buddhist and Psychological Perspectives on Emotions and Well-Being – Ekman, Davidson, Ricard and Wallace, 2005
• Healing Anger: The Power of Patience from a Buddhist Perspective – His Holiness the Dalai Lama
• Regulation of the Neural Circuitry of Emotion by Compassion Meditation: Effects of Meditative Expertise – Lutz, Brefczynski-Lewis, Johnstone, Davidson – Mar, 2008
• Effects of Meditation – various articles
• Meditation FAQ
• Meditation Helps Inmates Reach “Natural Awareness” – Turner, Houston Chronicle – Sept, 2011
• Mindfulness, Compassion and Language – Barstow
• Mental Training as a Tool in the Neuroscientific Study of Brain and Cognitive Plasticity – Slagter, Davidson and Lutz
• Theta Phase Synchrony and Conscious Target Perception: Impact of Intensive Mental Training – Slagter, Lutz, Greischar, Nieuwenhuis and Davidson
• Summary of Research on the Beneficial Effects of a Regular Meditation Practice
• The Meeting of Meditative Disciplines and Western Psychology – Walsh, Shapiro – American Psychologist, Apr 2006