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2009 Summer Research Institute Reading Lists

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Adam Anderson’s Recommendation

Farb, N.A.S., et al., Attending to the present: mindfulness meditation reveals distinct neural modes of self-reference. . Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci, 2007: p. nsm030.
 

Kalina Christoff’s Recommendation

Christoff, K., Gordon, A. M., Smallwood, J., Smith, R., & Schooler, J. W. (2009). Experience sampling during fMRI reveals default network and executive system contributions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106 (21): 8719-8724

Christoff, K., Gordon, A. & Smith, R. (in press). The role of spontaneous thought in human cognition. In: Neuroscience of Decision Making (Eds: O. Vartanian and D.R. Mandel). Psychology Press.

Christoff, K., Ream, J.M. and Gabrieli, J.D.E. (2004). Cognitive and neural basis of spontaneous thought processes. Cortex, 40: 623-630.
 

David Creswell’s Recommendation

Article: Buckner, R. L., Andrews-Hanna, J.R., Schacter, D.L., The Brain’s Default Network Anatomy, Function, and Relevance to Disease.

Wil Cunningham’s Recommendations

Article:  Cunningham, W. A., Zelazo, P. D., Packer, D. J., & Van Bavel, J. J. (2007). The Iterative Reprocessing Model: A Multilevel Framework For Attitudes And Evaluation. Social Cognition. 25, 736-760
 
Article:  Packer, D. J. & Cunningham, W. A. (in press). Neural correlates of reflection on goal states: The role of regulatory focus and temporal distance. Social Neuroscience.
 

Richie Davidson’s Recommendations:
 
Lutz, A., Slagter, H.A., Dunne, J.D., & Davidson, R.J., Attention regulation and monitoring in meditation. Trends in Dogn. Sci., April 2008 Vol.12 No. 4, pp.163-169
 
Book: Cambridge Handbook of Consciousness 2006,Chapter 19

George Dreyfus and Evan Thompson's Recommendations:
 
Article: Dreyfus, G., Thompson, E., “Asian Perspectives: Indian Theories of Mind”

Article: Lutz, A., Thompson, E., “Neurophenomenology Integrating Subjective Experience and
Brain Dynamics in the Neuroscience of Consciousness”
 
The link to the figures for the neuropheno article

John Dunne’s Recommendations:
 
Article: Dunne, J. D. (2006). "Realizing the unreal: Dharmakirti’s theory of yogic perception."
J Indian Philos 34: 497–519

 
 Shaun Gallagher’s Recommendations:

Article:  Gallagher, Shaun (in press). Multiple Aspects of Agency. New Ideas in Psychology.
 
Article:  Gallagher, S. 2006. Where's the action? Epiphenomenalism and the problem of free will. In W. Banks, S. Pockett, and S. Gallagher. Does Consciousness Cause Behavior? An Investigation of the Nature of Volition (109-124). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Sherryl Goodman’s Recommendations:

Article:  Thompson, R. A. (2006). The development of the person: Social understanding, relationships, self, conscience.
 
Article: Damasio, A.(2003) Feeling of Emotion and the Self

Article: Wegner, D.M. Precis of The illusion of conscious will. Behavioral and Brain Sciences (2004) 27, 649-692

Anne Klein Recommendations:
 
Book:
Klein, Anne C., Meeting the Great Bliss Queen: Buddhists, Feminists, and the Art of the Self (Chapter 3). Snow Lion Publications (March 25, 2008)

Klein, A.C., Wangyal Rinpoche, G.T., Unbounded Wholeness: Dzogchen, Bon, and the Logic of the Nonconceptual  (Introduction).  Oxford University Press, USA (April 20, 2006)

Rinbochay, L., Napper, E., Mind in Tibetan Buddhism (introduction). Snow Lion Publications (January 25, 1981)

Dorothee Legrand’s Recommendations 

Article: Legrand D & Ruby P (2009). What is self specific? A theoretical investigation and a critical review of neuroimaging results. Psychological Review, 116 (1) 252–282.

 
Robert Roeser's Recommendations 

Article: Roeser, R.W. & Peck, S.C. (2009). An education in awareness: Self, motivation and self-regulation in contemplative perspective. Educational Psychologist, 44, 119-136.

Article: Roeser, R.W., Peck, S.C. & Nasir, N.S. (2006). Self and identity processes in school motivation, learning, and achievement. In P.A.
Alexander & P.H. Winne, (Eds.). Handbook of educational psychology, 2nd edition (pp. 391-424 ). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

 Perrine Ruby’s Recommendations
 
Article:   Ruby P, Collette F, D’Argembeau A, Peters F, Degueldre C, Balteau E, Luxen A, Maquet P, Salmon E. Perspective taking to assess self personality: what is modified in Alzheimer’s disease? Neurobiology of Aging, 2008.

Sharon Salzberg’ s Recommendations
 
Article:  “Sit” in 'O' Magazine, March 2001
 
Book: Salzberg, Sharon, The Kindness Handbook, Sounds True; 1 edition (October 1, 2008). ISBN-10: 1591796555

 

Beate Genko Stolte & Roshi Joan Halifax’s Recommendation
 
Book: Suzuki, Shunryu,  Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind,  New York. Weatherhill; New Ed edition 1973. ISBN 0-83480-079-9

Timothy Strauman’s Recommendation
 
Article: Strauman, T.J. (2002).  Self-regulation and depression.  Self and Identity, 1, 151-157.

David Vago’s Recommendations:

Article: Damasio, A., Feelings of emotion and the self. Ann N Y Acad Sci, 2003. 1001: p. 253-61.
 
Article: Wegner, D.M., Precis of the illusion of conscious will. Behav Brain Sci, 2004. 27(5): p. 649-59; discussion 659-92.

 
 
Edward Watkins’ Recommendation  

Article: Watkins, E.R., Constructive and Unconstructive Repetitive Thought. Psychol Bull, 2008. 134(2): p. 163-206.

 
 
Philip Zelazo’s Recommendations: 

Article: Ortner, C. M. N., & Kilner, S., & Zelazo, P. D. (2007). Mindfulness
meditation and emotional interference in a simple cognitive task.
Motivation and Emotion, 31, 271-283.
 
Article:  Zelazo, P. D., Gao, H. H., & Todd, R. (2007). The development of
consciousness. In P. D. Zelazo, M. Moscovitch, & E. Thompson (Eds.).
Cambridge handbook of consciousness (pp. 405-432).  New York: Cambridge University Press.

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